Obama Endorses UK Tyre Chain

“We must ask for change…tyre change.” In less than a year, we’ve seen on-the-sly Bam Branding for French mustard, Russian ice cream, and an Israeli language school. London’s Financial Times even scored a legal endorsement from the President. Now, those sneaky, cheeky bastards at DDB London just created a humorous Plunderphonics mashup of Barack Obama speeches for Kwik Fit, a British chain of 570 automotive and tyre centres. Taking advantage of the fact that Obama mentioned the importance of tires in one of his energy speeches, the agency put together a short video they’re hoping goes mega-viral before White House lawyers take the air out of it. They even pieced together a clear “quick fit” sound bite. Video magic after the jump. Read more »

By on July 30, 2009 at 11:40 am
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A .32-caliber revolver recently found at the scene of an accidental cop shooting has a long and storied history. The weapon first made its way into the city back in 1949, landing in the John Jovino Gun Shop in Little Italy and was once owned by a “law enforcement officer, who reported it lost in 1976.” |NYT|

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A Queens police officer accused of blatantly stealing donuts and other snacks from a Rockaway Dunkin’ Donuts has been slapped with unknown departmental charges. Sgt. Eric Turetsky has also been transferred to the 104th precinct, which fortunately for him as no absence of his favorite fried dough franchise. |NYP|

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Child Left Behind At Subway Controls

A MTA subway operator not only allowed a young boy into the cab, but left him unattended, a witness to the Sunday joyride says. 53-year-old Nessa Hampton tells the Daily News that the motorwoman, now suspended along with the train’s conductor, left the kid at the controls as she stepped off the stopped 4 train to speak with a colleague at Union Square. “Suppose he touched something and the train started moving. There was no way this woman could have ran back to the train and stopped it. … She was risking people’s lives.” |NYDN|

Photo by Jules Cattie via NYDN

By on July 30, 2009 at 10:30 am
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Last month’s crash between a pedicab and taxi cab in Williamsburg focused the city’s attention on passing regulations that the pedicab industry has been asking for the last five years. The City Council passed a bill to license, require safety training, as well as ban pedicabs from bridges and tunnels. |NYP|

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Parting Shot: Bearded Ladies

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Beards were placed on statues throughout Paris last weekend as part of some women’s rights protest or something.

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By on July 29, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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Packaging Weed Properly

The hobo state of California is likely to legalize the weed pretty soon and once that happens, shit is going to get flooded. But with this green deluge, two things will matter most: quality and branding. In anticipation of this inevitable industry, Print mag asked a few design boutiques to come up with some cutting edge packaging ideas. While none of the submission particularly jumped out at us, it’s still a step in the right direction. And by “right” we mean no dancing bears, peace symbols, or that god awful “420″ designation. |Printmag via Gawker|

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Two charges against subway-riding dog owner Chrissie Brodigan have been dismissed. But she’s still facing a disorderly conduct charge from her arrest, unemployment and disappointment that arresting officer Joel Witriol didn’t show up to be interrogated at her hearing. There’s still no word on the Post’s mystery witness Viane Delgado. |Gothamist|

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Baby-Eater Says She “Didn’t Mean To Do It”

CORRECTION Baby Decapitated

This atrocious Texas woman is Otty Sanchez and she ate her 3 1/2-week-old son. The 33-year-old ex-mother decapitated and “chewed off three of her infant’s toes and ate parts of the brain,” although it’s not clear which body part she snacked on first. But the woman didn’t do it on purpose. “I didn’t mean to do it. He told me to to,” she told police. He is The Devil, for those who aren’t familiar with how these baby-eating post-partem depression plot lines go. |AP|

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By on July 29, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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READER Blasts Brooklyn

In the short time he’s been back in Brooklyn, the graffiti writer known as READER, among other names, has been busy making his mark. Among other embellishments around the borough, the bold vandal blasted a bunch of walls with fire extinguisher tags. Full gallery of destruction below. Read more »

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