Designer Evan Stremke’s Invitation to an Assassination minimalist posters are morbid and conflicting. They’re simple and crammed with murder specifics, active participants’ affiliation insignia and conspiracy theories surrounding the high-profile assassinations of heroes and villains of world history, like the four broken strings for four shots fired into Lennon. There are also Easter Eggs. Does that Bin Laden assasination symbol for “Operation Neptune Spear” look a bit like a cross?
Great news for wealthy New Yorkers. Starting this summer, JetBlue will be flying nonstop flights to Martha’s Vineyard.
In an article about whether President Obama should face a primary challenger when he comes up for his 2012 job review, the Times‘ Matt Bai compares the prez to John F. Kennedy. Er, make that “the hipster John F. Kennedy.” ARG! Read more »
JFK Contraband Mystery Meat and More From the Gallery of Fail
Polish date rape drugs by the gallon, Indian heroin, Pakistani steroids and Ukrainian lard, unidentified mammal corpses, plastic pitchers of salami and more drugs – that’s just some of the “Strange Cargo” in a batch of 1,075 photographed by Taryn Simon on her five day, five night stint at the John F. Kennedy airport. Read more »
So the air traffic controller at JFK who everyone’s mad at for letting his son give directions to pilots also let his daughter on the mic the following day. I wonder if she was as talented as her brother. The FAA issued a statement and suspended the father along with his supervisor. Press play for the raw audio cause you know you want to hear it again. Read more »
Hey, if an 8-year-old can handle driving a subway train, one of his peers should certainly be able to give pilots instructions from an air traffic control tower at JFK, right? The FAA isn’t so happy about the transmissions and has launched a formal investigation. Jeez, can’t a kid have a little fun anymore? |Fox|
As if things weren’t bad enough during normal operations, one of the busiest runways in the entire country was taken out of service today at JFK airport for renovations that are expected to last nearly four months, so travelers can expect even more congestion, longer lines, and delays. Fun. The Van Wyck Expressway will also continue to suck, making every part of a flight out of the airport miserable. |NYP|
So Joel Surnow, the conservative who is the writer/creator of the TV series “24,” is producing a mini-series about the Kennedy family for the History Channel. The script for said series made its way into the hands of some historians, who are so appalled by the distortion of facts contained within — like that the Berlin Wall was JFK’s idea — that they’re now trying to kill the project. Read more »
Hey remember that photo of JFK frolicking on a boat with a bunch of naked ladies that TMZ published earlier today? Yeah, well, it was a fake.
People are always saying, “Can you imagine what today’s tabloid media would have done to American icons like JFK if it existed back in the day?” Well, today TMZ published a photo of then-Senator John F. Kennedy frolicking on a boat with a bunch of naked women in the Mediterranean while the pregnant future first lady was being rushed to the hospital to deliver a stillborn infant. Read more »
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