Parting Shot: Rocky Road
Protesters and authorities in Egypt still aren’t getting along too well as a revolution continues to spread throughout the country. (Photo: Euro News/flickr)
Like gun control, supporting the legalization of weed or even the growing of hemp is tantamount to political kryptonite for our elected officials, so it’s kind of understandable why President Obama jokingly dismisses the issue whenever he’s asked about it, which is a shame, because producing cannabis and hemp is absolutely an industry that America could innovate, if given the chance. Read more »
Even on April Fool’s (!) Day–it will get you in trouble. Just ask “G.W.,” a law school graduate who was denied admission to the New Hampshire bar because of a bunch of criminal convictions–including one for pretending to be a bank robber–as well as student loan debt that, sadly, isn’t much higher than my own law school-related debt load. Read more »
Good news for really poor tourists and area hookers, the Sumner Hotel is officially open for business. Located right off Flushing Avenue on Sumner Place in Bushwick, they’re currently offering a promotional rate of $79.99 a night for a room with a queen size bed. But, one of the spot’s best features by far is its newness, virtually ensuring a bedbug-free experience, a guarantee that not even some of the city’s most expensive hotels can give at this point. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
You could end up stuffed in the trunk. That what happened to Akeem Ajimotokan when he attempted to sell his 2008 BMW M3 to a man who was identified as ex-con Barion Blake thanks to a bill of sale found in the car. Shockingly, Craigslist wasn’t involved and police are still investigating according to the New York Times. Ajimotokan is recovering in a hospital and cops are looking for Blake.
This should give the iconic flower-stuffed gun imagery a new kick. After serving in Afghanistan, British Army officer Bran Symondson returned to photograph the Afghan National Police — tender moments and lots of poppies. Yes, they are all stoned on that “absolutely stunning plant” and hash. Read more »
Someone really loves maps, Central Park and trees, because they mapped thousands of them, their species and every building, bridge, archway, statue, path, trail and rock formation. Buy “the most detailed map of any urban park in the world” if you want to hide something somewhere very, very specific… Read more »
On Thursday a barge broke free from its mooring at the Tappan Zee Bridge and began floating south on the Hudson, but it only made it about a mile before a tugboat got hold of it and brought it back.
The Chinese don’t give a fuck. Within earshot of rolling out their spiffy new, possibly knocked off stealth aircraft, a state run network broadcasted video of what they said was a J-10 fighter jet destroying a target during a training exercise, but there was one little kink. The footage looks awfully similar to a scene out of Top Gun, a popular U.S. propaganda film. Goodness gracious great balls of fire! (Sorry.)
Bored? Al Jazeera is doing it live today and broadcasting the massive protests that are going down in Egypt right now! Despite the government shutdown of Twitter, Facebook and the rest of the internet, the people have taken to the streets of cities all across the country and can be heard chanting “down with the regime,” referring of course to President Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic rule over the past three decades.
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