America’s coke users are being warned that tainted drugs have killed three and sickened dozens more. According to the DEA, a third of cocaine seized is cut with levamisole, a livestock deworming drug that reportedly “elevates opiate levels in various brain regions,” producing a stronger high. However, it also weakens the immune system and decreases white blood cell counts, leaving the contaminated coke sniffers unable to fight off common infections like swine flu and rat-borne diseases. |NYT|
Uncontroversial Mural In D.C. Causes Controversy
Albus Cavus, a nonprofit art group in D.C. secured funds from the city to paint a massive mural. Naturally, they brought in mostly graffiti artists, but that’s not really the source for concern. According to the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and local scrooge, Marshall Phillips, there’s “nothing that reflects on the Redskins,” and no tribute to Martin Luther King—two obvious prerequisites to qualify for mural status in his eyes. |WoosterCollective|
Photos by Albus Cavus
In promotion of their next toy release, Kid Robot launched a weeklong scavenger hunt today. As an alternative to waiting hours in line so they can get turned away, Kid Robot fans can follow clues to publicly pasted QR codes, which translate into virtual Dunny dolls and possibly toy prizes. |Kid Robot|
A young British woman decided to be edgy with her lottery winnings, “I was spending a fortune on cocaine, a nasty evil drug that tears your life apart. I’ll be honest, about a quarter of a million pounds of my win has been wasted on it.” |DailyMail|
After floating down Hudson River and across the Adriatic Sea, the Swimming Cities collective is planning a boating expedition on India’s Ganges River. Coinciding with the mass Hindu pilgrimage of Kumbh Mela, the crew is hoping to “construct a large fleet of small sculptural rafts and travel from the Himalayan foothills city of Haridwar to the holy city of Varanasi” next March. |Swimming Cities|
One of the problems with creating exceedingly gigantic 9/11 memorials is that there are few places in New York City to actually contain them. A Staten Island nonprofit blames their difficulty displaying a16,000-square-foot memorial quilt says people forgetting about 9/11, not the city’s lack of space. |NYP|
Wondering what to watch on TV tonight? Well here’s something that should both horrify and depress the living shit out of you! It’s HBO’s new documentary, Youth Knows No Pain, which is all about the ridiculous lengths people who still don’t realize that chronic masturbation is the secret Fountain of Youth go to these days to try to look young. Among the subjects featured in the film is the infamously hideous New York-based internet person Julia Allison! Here’s the trailer: Read more »
Despite the apocalyptic warnings of the New York Post and the NYPD, rapper 50 Cent mingled around his old stomping grounds in Queens without causing mass murder. The Hip Hop philanthropist was forced to cancel a garden charity event with Bette Midler, after grumblings from the police and alarmist predictions from the Post. However, he showed up to his old neighborhood anyway and walked around the South Jamaica Houses without incident. Video evidence of the violence-free gathering below. |NahRight| Read more »
YRB Renders Cover Girl Unrecognizable
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The newest cover girl for Yellow Rat Bastard appears airbrushed and styled beyond all recognition. Can you guess the reality show personality beneath the dark dress, erased eyebrows and perfectly Photoshopped pale skin? You’ve got four clicks to figure it out. Still not sure? Mystery woman revealed after the jump. Read more »
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