At a press conference, someone asked the mayor about panhandling in the subway to which he snapped back: “There aren’t very many panhandlers left, in all fairness to the MTA. Come on.” A collective gasp of astonishment then began to rumble throughout the city and anyone who rides the train was once again reminded how shockingly out of touch the billionaire running New York City really is.
A Ukrainian FEMENista flash-protested sleezy geezer Dominique Strauss-Kahn outside the National Bank of Ukraine today with breasts, a confusing “No Honey No Money” sign, and a makeshift French maid costume. NSFW Read more »
Terrible Fox News person Bill O’Reilly is apparently still very upset over the White House inviting lily-white rapper Common to a poetry event and so Jon Stewart ventured into enemy territory to try and help set the record straight. Read more »
Civilization. Metropolis. Internet? Screened over the weekend at the London International Documentary Festival, the new documentary film Article 12 highlights the downside of human society’s third big move – plugging into the web and surrendering our privacy. No backsies! Read more »
Ai Weiwei’s wife Lu Qing was allowed to see the artist for 20 minutes this Sunday, 43 days since Ai was detained. After the monitored meeting at an undisclosed location, Lu told the press that Ai’s eyes were puffy, “he has changed,” he was “conflicted” and “not behaving naturally,” but “repeatedly assured her” that his “health is good” and that he’s “fine.” His diabetes and high blood pressure are being taken care of, “don’t worry.” He wasn’t tortured, he’s just “tense.” Right. Read more »
Scribbly straphangers add some amendments to the MTA’s braggy ad campaign. (Photo: Joe Schumacher/Flickr)
A Las Vegas art gallery is in hot water over their exhibition featuring the art, letters and audiotapes of John Wayne Gacy a.k.a. Pogo the Clown who tortured and murdered 33 young boys and men and buried them in his crawlspace. Read more »
“One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a static,” or so goes the quote attributed to Soviet Union’s most mustache-endowed tyrant. Stalin was referring to starvation, but 100 Years of World Cuisine deals with war and conflict. These gory mason jars and pitchers of bloodshed help visualize the scale of 38,000,000 deaths, 1915 to present. Read more »
Way back in 1977, New York State lawmakers decriminalized the possession of 25 grams or less of weed, reducing the penalty from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction, as long as the pot wasn’t publicly visible. However, despite this long standing legislation, NYPD officers have figured out creative ways to circumvent the law and use it to their advantage, resulting in a surge of low level busts, specifically amongst people of color. But that could all change real soon. Read more »
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