It’s amazing how much time you can sink watching videos online:

• Robot Chicken is a satirical stop-motion animation show on Cartoon Network. For example, take a look at how the Emperor reacts when he finds out the Death Star was destroyed. (Thanks to Brian.)
• Line Rider is a Flash-based game where a little guy goes sledding down the lines you draw on the screen. There are dozens of Line Rider videos online — some of the drawings get really elaborate. (Thanks to Bill Buxton.)
• Here’s a “kinetic art movement” project by Tim Fort. It’s way more than dominos. (Thanks to Clemens.) Reminds me of the Honda “Cog” commercial.
• See Sacha Baron Cohen (of Ali G and Borat fame) like you’ve never seen him before: normal.
• I was intrigued by the music in the TV commercial for “Gears of War,” an Xbox 360 game. The song is “Mad World,” sung by Gary Jules for the movie Donnie Darko. And it turns out that the song is originally by Tears for Fears.
• Another melancholy song: “Missing” by Everything but the Girl is one of my favorite songs from the 90s.

Today is Election Day in the U.S., and I’m reminded of a funny thing I saw on CNBC last Friday. Morning Call hosted two economists, one from the AFL-CIO labor union, and the other from the libertarian Cato Institute. Surprisingly, they both agreed that a Democratic majority in Congress would improve the economy.

The AFL-CIO economist said that Democrats would fight to increase the minimum wage (which studies have shown do not significantly increase unemployment) and would allow Bush’s tax cuts, which the country can’t afford, to expire. The Cato economist said that a Democratic Congress would split the government, introducing gridlock and preventing the government from enacting dumb policies. He pointed out that since World War II, government spending has grown the fastest when the same party controlled both the Congress and White House: LBJ, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush.

So if you want to vote with your wallet, vote Democrat!