The UN released some report on drugs and it appears that cocaine production in Colombia has dropped off significantly. However, evidence suggests that Peru and Bolivia are picking up the slack as their cultivation of the coca crop increases dramatically. |AP|
Possibly fraudulent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is a natural born caricature. He’s petite, funny looking, says lots of crazy shit and even when drawn as a cartoon, looks frighteningly real. Above are a few of the comic strips floating around that nicely encapsulate the leader in light of recent events.
Well, Jesus was stoned, right? Religious right-baiting poster via the United Church of Canada—the country’s largest Protestant denomination—promoting their discussion site, wondercafe. “Does it matter how you achieve your spiritual high?” I guess not, though 8am on a Sunday is a little early for me to smoke doob. But, very old Bible pages could possibly make good rolling papers, yes? Speaking of which, these aren’t very expertly-rolled joints at all. They should have gotten Saul Silver from Pineapple Express to roll them one of his cross joints. Gotta at least give them credit for trying to get the kids involved. The site’s pretty progressive for a church, with blogs and discussion groups and my favorite feature, EZ Answer Squirrel. Spark one up and watch the smart little fella. |Image via: AdsOfTheWorld|
After 11 months of investigation, upstate police have made an arrest for the $66,000 worth of New Era hats stolen from the hat company’s Buffalo factory last August. Four men, between the ages of 22 and 26, have each been charged with six counts of burglary and grand larceny for stealing 1,800 baseball caps that they fenced to area shops for pennies on the dollar. More than 1,400 of the hats, including bedazzled baseball caps, were recovered as evidence, after which they’ll likely be resold at their original exorbitant prices. |WIVB|
Following the friendly fire killing of a black off-duty police officer by a white cop, the NYPD has hired an academic psychologist to reduce racial bias in department training and practice. Joshua Correll from the University of Chicago will help “new methods to further reduce the potential influence of racial bias” in the NYPD’s minority targeting practices. |NYP|
While most artists are inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s urinals, building them bigger or creating collections of museum-quality bathroom fixtures, Ji Lee reworks the Readymade artist’s Bicycle Wheel for Duchamp Reloaded:
In 1913, Marcel Duchamp took found objects from the streets and placed them in museums. 96 years later, if Duchamp were alive, he may want to do the very opposite.
While the High Line park is by no means perfect, the criticisms collected by Oobject are perhaps the weakest and most irrelevant we’ve ever heard. Among their complaints: the new park isn’t lit up with gaudy lights, there are no plants in an area that doesn’t see sunlight, it’s longer than it is wide, and the far-fetched claim that people won’t use it. Skimming the irrational arguments, it becomes pretty apparent that whoever’s behind them hasn’t actually seen the park in person, in part because of repeated speculation that the non-existent pedestrian areas underneath the trestle will harbor crime, danger and other scary things. Whoever came up with them should have their internet ranting privileges revoked.
Among the eerie works going on display tonight for “Low Blow: And Other Species of Confusion” at Stux Gallery in Chelsea, one of the most unsettling is this pipe cleaner creation by Don Porcella. The child-sized sculpture, “Nature Boy, the Naked Beekeeper with Split Personality,” looks like it fits right in with the other seedy themed artworks. Full possibly not safe for work body shot after the jump. Read more »
Japan never ceases to amaze with their hyper-technological advancements and steadfast dedication to replacing humanity with cyborgs. Their latest invention? A “fleshy robot hand” that “handles sushi like a pro” now, but will eventually be deployed to phase out just about every other job involving manual labor that humans do. |PinkTentacle|
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