Viral videos capture devastation in Japan

If you saw the recent 1st-person video from the Japan tsunami (embedded below; watch the whole thing), you may be interested in more of them. This disaster so far pales compares to the Indonesia tsunami (left) and Haitian earthquake (and US-related wars) where the death tolls were each over 200,000 -- but the nuclear monster is not yet contained. See The Rachel Maddow Show for balanced info on the nuke angle.

Check out 2 from Viral videos capture devastation in Japan below (there's more at CitizenTube):

The Particular After Effects of After Effects

Note to self on perspective: this little psunami video from Japan, if you watch the first 3 minutes only it's like "oh whatever" -- but stick with it. Via @seanbonner, @petebw, etc. Plus, a state of emergency at five nuclear reactors! The Atlantic has pictures of the aftermath. Godzilla is an interesting metaphor, and those mocking Japan now about Pearl Harbor (see Ignorant and Online) aren't immune to natural disasters. 

Ok, Carpal tunnel's not as bad a tsunami, but still these cartoons hit home. There's another one as well...

Update: hiding beneath the funny... the "Bear" dies, and via Andrew Sullivan, an analysis of the recent NPR takedown by James O'Keefe (more), infamous for his manipulation of video on ACORN. Does raw video of NPR expose reveal questionable editing & tactics? is from "The Blaze, a Web site owned by Glenn Beck and edited by Scott Baker, a co-founder and former editor of Breitbart.tv..."