Weekending: brains

This week's weekending hodge podge of clicks, flicks and... ummm... not pricks... something nice that carries on the rhyme.

• Classic Speak your brains.
• David Blunkett warns of a developing Big Brother State. Yes. David Blunkett.
• Good debate at CiF by Sabby Dhalu of UAF on combating the BNP.
  
• The social liberal forum is basically a left grouping in the Lib Dems. Interesting.
• I've only just come across art not oil. Rather cool.
• It's probably time I linked to Colchester trades council.
• I've also just spotted a new blog from excellent lefty John Nicholson.
  
• What's the bloody point is a site that scams the scammers. Sweet.
  
• Of the Oscar speeches, Dustin Black's and Sean Penn's (Milk) are worth watching.
• This is not the first time Mark Steel's Independent column has been spiked. This time he's been too controversial about Palestine aid. Naughty boy.
  

Separating it out - here's the Green Party news.

• Caroline Lucas is in Palestine this week.
  
• Sarah Cope nee Mitchell has moved her blog due to an outdated, patriarchal tradition.
• The Mexico Greens are campaigning FOR the death penalty. Fallout.
• Val Kilmer, who's endorsed the Greens before, is running for governor of NEW Mexico.
  
• New "green" party to run in Hungary.
  
• Irish Green Party TD criticises coalition. Paul Gogarty take a bow.
• But the Greens have been praised from other quarters.
  
• The Irish are also doing cool things on YouTube. My favourite is below. Madness.
• Also the New Zealand Greens do a weekly podcast, this one is on the Green New Deal.
  

Let me know of any links you think I've missed.