It wasn’t just peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors who were blasted with peppery-spray on Saturday. Another video of the law enforcement-induced melee near Union Square has surfaced on YouTube and depicts some friendly fire. Read more »
If you, unlike ANIMAL, weren’t privy to a firsthand experience of the Gathering of the Juggalos, watch this beautifully shot, short doc, American Juggalo. It’s beautiful and terrifying: Hooting hordes, whipping tits, whip-its and monologues. Read more »
Sure as shit, about 24-hours later, one of the MTA’s MetroCard vending machines at the Bryant Park subway station is malfunctioning again. At least it’s a slight improvement… usually both are down. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
Ukrainian protest crew FEMEN protested the Euro soccer games by pouring something on themselves out of a gas bucket and wielding DIY flame throwers at hired goons protecting the Olympic Stadium… just after teen monks self-immolated for Tibet. NSFW. Read more »
The Daily News quoted a “key police source” who said that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is probably bullshitting when he claimed that the NYPD possesses the weaponry to shoot down the type of airliners that were crashed into the Twin Towers on 9/11. But it is likely that they can take out a small plane with the department’s fleet of helicopters fitted with high-powered guns. (Photo: Ryan Tir/flickr)
Here are some fresh street hacks by TrustoCorp in Brooklyn, wherein BP’s “KINDA SORRY,” “Everything is Not a Fine” and “Life Is Ice Cold.” Yeah, not quite as cheery as the last round. The centerpiece is a monochrome, multi-part gas station air pump takeover, complete with an old timey Drive-Thru Liposuction billboard and a 25 cent “Lipo Vac” machine: excess, gluttony, miracle cures… all zeitgeisty American themes.
How to Get the Media’s Attention at the Occupy Wall Street Protest
We just arrived to Occupy Wall Street encampment’s at Liberty Park Plaza. The demonstration is now entering its ninth day and there’s still hundreds of protesters, but unlike other nights, there’s virtually no visible police presence out front, apart from two officers in white shirts and another two community affairs officers in blue shirts. Then this lady appeared and not only got our attention, but also the media’s. NSFW angle below. Read more »
Parting Shot
The DUMBO Arts Festival’s trippy Immserive Surfaces projections under the Manhattan Bridge have lived up to their hype, drawing crowds to sprawl mesmerized beneath the light show. (Photo: Gerry Padden/Flickr)
When you’re a police officer, it’s usually not a good idea to break the law, because it garners lots of unwanted attention, but that’s exactly what happened to a bunch of cops caught up in the great ticket-fixing scandal. Read more »
Putin continues to demonstratively trample democracy, and we’re not talking about the whole “running” for president in the 2012 “election” thing. The most expensive movie ever made in Russia — a box office disaster and a horribly reviewed festival flop directed by Putin’s friend — has been submitted to the Academy Awards. Read more »
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