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UPDATED with "Finale": Sesame Street's Birthday - Google, "Pox" , & First Lady!

Google did this for a week and we collected them all.  They've appeared here and there on this blog for a few days.

 

For some strange reason, Google used different characters and pictures in some foreign countries, such as Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, Israel, Phillipines and Indonesia. Here are some samples. 

"Sesame Street Trashes POX NEWS" went viral - it's a two-year-old satirical video.  Grundgetta, a female Muppet viewer, calls to complain that the content was not offensive enough “From now on, I’m watching Pox News, she says.” “Now there’s a trashy news show."

Silenced Majority Portal: Sesame Street vs FOX News  Conservatives went wild. Conservatives Grouch-y over PBS's 'Sesame Street' Fox News jibe

Big Hollywood, a blog created by conservative writer Andrew Breitbart, accuses the episode of revealing PBS's liberal slant.

"PBS — a network partially funded with my tax dollars — has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch “trashy” news?" he writes of the network that houses "Sesame Street." "The message is clear, I can’t even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. "

Here it is again, in case you didn't see it.

 

 Michelle Obama dropped by to talk about being tall, counting by tens and growing vegetables.  Video will be added once it's up.  

First Lady Michelle Obama visits 'Sesame Street' on 40th anniversary

Mosnar Communications, Inc. Public Relations Blog: Sesame Street Birthday PR Branding “Google and Michelle Obama” Too

Sesame Street: Google celebrates 40 years of Big Bird and the gang | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Google celebrates 40 years of Sesame Street

‘Sesame Street’ Takes a Shot at Fox News | Fancast News

This is the FINALE!!!

India Has More Honors Kids Than America Has Kids (& other Techie facts)

(Thanks to Alan Castle, Seattle)

Sony played this video at an executive conference this year. 

Levi Johnson's "Tweets," as Poetically Rendered by WIlliam Shatner

Bush Watches YouTube Now

.. was offered job in hardware store

 

Celebrating Big Bird's 40th Birthday with Google

Big bird’s birthday: Part of Google’s charm campaign? | csmonitor.com 

Is GOOGLE Awesome or evil?

 

Ari Melber Talks to CNBC About Blog Topics - Amtrak, NW Pilots & Will Swine Flu Crash the Internet

Wingnuts Say the Darndest Things

Subject: Facebook member Gee Dub (who claims to be a black man) on the value of racism

"Racism is necessary in our capitalistic system. To subject ourselves to the the socialist ideal of equality will surely destroy the American way of life. As a black man, racism has served as a great inspiration for me to work harder. God bless the Republican Party and God bless America"

This facebook member posted a picture on the Republican National Committee page of President Obama eating what appears to be fried chicken with a caption claiming that "Miscegenation" is a "crime against American values".   The RNC apparently determined the photo and caption were suitable enough to allow it to remain up on the site from 10/20 to 10/26.
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Powerhiking Paris Book / My Little Paris iPhone App

'PowerHiking' authors saw the light in Paris - local author!  (They have Power Hikes for other cities)

Another little temptation:

Paris in your pocket The application is in French, which is not exactly your mother tongue.  Discover the application live in video: demonstration of MyLittleParis application in video.

"Republicans in Congress" iPhones App

(from Richard in NY)

Borowitz: New iPhone App Detects Balloon Hoaxes

New iPhone App Detects Balloon Hoaxes - Borowitz Report

iBalloon Available for Download

CUPERTINO, CA (The Borowitz Report) - Amid fears that publicity-starved parents may try to convince unwitting viewers that they have launched giant balloons with their children inside, Apple today introduced a new iPhone app that detects balloon hoaxes.

The app, called iBalloon, enables the user to point the iPhone at a balloon overhead to determine whether or not there is a child inside.

In other news, Merriam-Webster, the dictionary company, said that the word "balloon" is now an acceptable verb, meaning "fuck with."

The online dictionary offers this example of the new verb: "You come home at 3 AM and say you were at work all that time - are you ballooning me?"

Elsewhere, Afghan president Hamid Zarkai was accused of ballooning the recent presidential election.