The CO15 climate summit ended Friday, and despite the US’s claim of a “meaningful agreement,” Greenies worldwide are fuming like smokestacks as CO2 emissions reduction goals were dropped. In honor of this historic success/failure, let’s take a look at a few Red, White, and Blue-tweaking installations from the conference. First up (click images), the Oxfam Big Heads made their expected appearance, this time with mug shot signs around their necks with the line “History will judge me.” Next, Danish artist Jens Galschiot, part of the activist group Seven Meters, erected “Balancing Act” sculptures of world leaders around the city, including this taut-butted naked Obama. And lastly, a six-meter high replica of the Statue of Liberty belching smoke out of her torch—called “Freedom to Pollute”—was placed on a hill over the city. Disappointing, was the apparent lack of anti-China pieces. See more work at The Inspiration Room Daily.
TMZ, which is basically live-blogging Brittany Murphy’s autopsy, reported late last night that she’d been sick and vomiting with some sort of flu-like ailment in the days leading up to her death. Read more »
Hey you know Billy Bush, the annoying little twat cousin of George W. Bush who co-hosts that horrible Access Hollywood show with the beautiful Nancy O’Dell? Well apparently he’s such a real-life twat that he’s driven O’Dell to quit the show because she can’t take him anymore. Read more »
The New York Post would like for you to vote for your favorite New York Post cover from the 2000s, so go over and select your favorite witty take on the decade’s most notable tragedies and sex scandals. |NY Post|
Many have noted that for all its dumbassery, Twitter is very useful for one thing: determining someone’s intelligence. The thinking behind this is that Twitter forces users to express thoughts in 140 characters or less. Some do it exceptionally well, others do not, and some expose themselves to be intellectual lightweights time and time again. Sarah Palin is one of those people. Read more »
One of the more fascinating documentaries you could ever watch is The Bridge, a film that delved into trying to figure out what drove a group of people to jump off of the Golden Gate bridge over period of a year. Read more »
Following the shocking death of Brittany Murphy today, a few people of the internet have noted that she was recently parodied by Abby Elliot on SNL after being fired from a film for “erratic behavior.” Read more »
Considering that it’s not even winter yet, that was a pretty okay snowstorm. About 11 inches fell in Central Park, the weather epicenter of New York City. Here’s some random snowy shots spanning from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
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Brittany Murphy Is No Longer Alive
Hollywood’s death announcement blog, TMZ, is reporting that actress Brittany Murphy died this morning from cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. Usually cast as a crazy bitch or trailer park trash, she’s starred in a bunch of movies like Clueless, Don’t Say A Word and 8 Mile. She was 32. |TMZ|
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Parting Shot: Dissed
Paying homage to all the trash talkers on the internet, graffiti writer LUSH covered his piece in curses and epithets.
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