German design shop Donkey Products created a set of tea bags fit for the times. Scalding world leaders and members of the royal family has never been easier with their appropriately named series of Democratea and Royaltea. |Likecool|
Back in late May, Red Bull Cola was banned in parts of Germany because it contains about 0.13 micrograms of cocaine per can—enough Bolivian marching powder to… do absolutely nothing to you. Taiwan and Hong Kong also flagged their supplies for containing bits of coca leaves. Red Bull, of course, was hoping for this negative publicity. Unfortunately for them, the hubbub didn’t create the huge market interest they were anticipating. Next step in the effort to make their cola the choice of bad boys and girls? Hire British graffiti artists Agents of Change to laser bomb the MI6 building in London. After ID’ing themselves as from Red Bull, the laser taggers mixed some branding statements with questions such as “is 007 in there?” While it’s a fairly funny stunt, it’s an idea hijacked from the Graffiti Research Lab and it probably won’t sell much of the subversive cola. Jump for the video of the security-breaching attack. Read more »
The Daily News takes a dramatic approach to explaining the aftermath of yesterday’s weather: “Central Park looked like a bombed-out war zone Wednesday – hours after a freakishly powerful thunderstorm roared through, uprooting or killing more than 100 trees.” |NYDN|
In sharp contrast to Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial one way ticket program that encourages poor people to relocate, a new tourism campaign launching this fall hopes to attract the more affluent with discounted round trip fares to the city. |ABC|
The resourceful Germans beat everyone to the punch and posted the first quality version of Jay-Z’s freaky new world premiere video, “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. See what Hip Hop fans have been fiending over after the jump. |MissInfo|
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NBC’s Ann Curry tweeted about this photo she posted on Facebook of a certain elderly White House correspondent with the caption: “Helen Thomas at 89, upon being asked if she would consider joining Twitter.” The look on her face alone answers that question.
This photograph accompanying a female Christian blogger’s ‘Can we forgive Michael Vick’ post is just heavenly. |Her.meneutics/CT|
When all is said and done, there’s really nothing that cool about being a bike messenger anymore, but today’s marketing savvy package jockey’s have done a great job perpetuating the myth. They’ve even convinced 42 Below vodka, a natural fit for cycling, to support their fiercely independent, anti-corporate Gold Sprints event. Watch their video! |YouTube|
Kanye West’s part time girlfriend and former full time stripper, Amber Rose, is living the good life now that she can show her tits on her terms and not for crumpled dollar bills either. The bald-headed vixen was photographed with ‘Ye in Miami looking perfectly, ahem, tan. |MissInfo|
Considering Sarah Palin’s highly vocal and extremely make believe statements about President Obama’s so called “death panels,” that ultimately guarantee baby Trig will die early, this California-based artist sums up the accuracy of the her contribution to the national health care debate quite nicely.
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