I think the creatives at BBDO’s Ecuador office were on horse tranquilizers while hatching these visuals. Rintal is a Bayer pharmaceutical that controls nematodes and lungworms in cattle, sheep, goats, and I guess horses, though equines are not listed on the company’s product page. Headline translation: “Eliminates all kinds of parasites.” Let’s examine the creative process: Read more »
The New York Times went foraging for maple syrup and found some, in Brooklyn! It was a lot easier than expected and according to one expert, there’s plenty of maple trees producing syrup “all winter long” and more than enough to provide for a thriving industry with the right entrepreneurial spirit: “If someone did it on a commercial scale they could make a fortune.” |TheLocal|
Photo: Ava Chin
There was some speculation going into last night’s State of the Union whether or not we’d have a moment similar to Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” moment during Obama’s health care speech last year. Well, it wasn’t as obvious, but Justice Alito showed his ass last night when he broke traditional Supreme Court SOTU protocol and reacted visibly to Obama’s criticism of a recent ruling by the court. Read more »
Although short on details, this video appears to show how easy it is to deposit fake currency that was designed as part of an ad campaign for Deutsche Bank and turn it into real money. After the individual “failed so desperately the last time” he tried this, he decided to give it another go. Watch what happens to his balance when the bogus bills are fed into an ATM and see how long before you start contacting friends in Europe. |F.A.T.|
So Apple made a lot of noise today with the release of their hyper revolutionary tablet that was destined to alter the course of human history, but the hype might have heightened expectations a little too high as some of the tech world’s geekiest arbiters of gadgetry aren’t that impressed. Since you’ve probably haven’t had your fill of the iPad just yet, iLounge has assembled a gallery of images that offer a better perspective.
As you may have heard, Shepard Fairey, stole a photo owned by the AP and transformed it into the iconic “HOPE” image that became a dominating symbol for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and permeated pop culture, even making its way into the Smithsonian. But then the AP sued him and he lied, twice. Read more »
Many of Fox News’ conservative punditry enjoy drilling it into the heads of their viewers that there’s no difference between President Obama to Latin American communist dictators like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. Tonight during the State of the Union, an RCN subscriber in Chicago sent us this screengrab as evidence that they’re taking it to the next level. Anyway, if you missed the SOTU, here’s video of the entire speech: Read more »
Still holding it down in Thailand, Judith Supine installs some street (tree?) art in another unlikely place.
Photo: Patrice R via Judith Supine
No longer shrouded in secrecy, a Masonic lodge in New Zealand plans on displaying some “110-year-old emblems and symbols” they recently found behind a wall to members in February and then the public in April. |Stuff.co|
As promised, authorities in Utah have been removing Banksy’s Sundance work at a feverish pace and even managed to hike into City Creek and buff his Osama piece, leaving ugly gray splotch marks instead. Mormons, figures.
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