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My last attempt to edit video in Linux, sent me back to iMovie on my Mac and Magix Movie Editor in wondows. It might be time to revisit video editors in Linux.Open Movie Editor: Linux Video Editor with Plot Twists | OStatic

In general, Linux video editors, admittedly, aren't where Mac video editors are presently. Kino and Jahshaka, two popular "end user" video editing applications for Linux, seem fairly comparable to some of the common "consumer targeted" proprietary applications available for other platforms in terms of features, function, and ease of use.

Go read Christopher Buckley's explanation of his NR resigation - its a fascinating look at how one conservative thinks of the "modern conservative movement." The latter now apparently means, think as we tell you to think, and disloyalty must not be tolerated. A lot of people are realizing that the current Republican leadereship, with its concentration of executive power, expansion of government spending, and theocratic totalitarian tendencies is not what used to be called the "Republican Party" just a few decades ago.\

Buckley Bows Out of National Review - The Daily Beast

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While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for. Eight years of "conservative" government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance. As a sideshow, it brought us a truly obscene attempt at federal intervention in the Terry Schiavo case.