Corduroy skirts, gay marriage, and Christian Bale are all targets in this gallery of 50 protest signs. Via.
*Previously: A protester asks an important question.
*Buy Batman sketch cards at eBay.
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Corduroy skirts are a sin
Corduroy skirts, gay marriage, and Christian Bale are all targets in this gallery of 50 protest signs. Via.
*Previously: A protester asks an important question.
*Buy Batman sketch cards at eBay.
Dog wearing a muzzle
Photo of a police dog wearing a muzzle found amongst this excellent collection of Pittsburgh G-20 photos.
*Previously: Horse gas masks.
*Buy gas masks at eBay.
Elongated chair (link rondup)
Odd-shaped chair by Valentin Loellmann, who has more furniture on display here. Via.
And a few more links:
1. Funny/accurate observations about shopping at Ikea. Via.
2. The opposition continues to assemble for large protests in Iran. Via.
3. Sometimes a good gift isn't about spending money at all.
*Previously: Pasta chair.
*Buy The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Streets of Seattle at Amazon.
Excuse me, is that a T-Rex in your pocket? (link roundup)
Flying Dragon Toys demonstrates that sometimes it's tough to figure out where to put the T-Rex head on a transforming robot. More photos here.
And a few more links:
1. Original script for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. Via.
2. Shirley Temple, Lady Diana, and Marilyn Monroe paper dolls.
3. It's really important to some women that they be able to post photos of themselves breast-feeding on Facebook.
4. Motorola wants to prevent laid off employees from signing on with competitors. Via.
*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.
*Buy Dinobots at eBay.
Bugs Bunny takes a devastating punch (link roundup)
High res version of Bugs Bunny taking a devastating punch (and context) here.
And a few more links:
1. Handy summary of Jim "Mad Money" Cramer's recent terrible advice.
2. Supposedly Caroline Kennedy once shaved off an eyebrow (on purpose).
3. Students at The New School (yes, that's its ridiculously stupid name) really, really want school president Bob Kerrey out and their charming actions have included staging sit ins, throwing tomatoes at Kerrey, and chasing him (he lost a leg in the Vietnam war).
4. Roland Burris, the guy the Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich appointed to the Senate, named his children Roland and Rolanda, has already created a huge tombstone/monument for himself, has lost races for mayor of Chicago, U.S. senator, and governor of Illinois (three times), and advocated a handgun ban even though he owned one himself.
*Previously: Deadpool takes a devastating punch to the face.
*Buy Looney Tunes toys at eBay.
O.J. Simpson attacked and bloodied by 39-year-old daughter and other news of the day
1. O.J. Simpson was reportedly attacked and bloodied by his 39-year-old daughter Arnelle. In a bit of delicious irony, he declined to press charges for the domestic violence.
2. LA Times editor allows article to mention that robbery suspects were "5'6" - 6'0" tall, 150 –200 pounds – in their early to late 20s" but removes fact that they were African-American. After readers pointed out the obvious missing information, the LA Times said it was just a mistake by an overeager editor. Well, that's sort of what the explanation was.
3. TMZ has video of Beyonce's sister, Solange Knowles, starting an interview by saying she is dissatisfied by the introduction the host gave.
4. Wikileaks intends to auction off limited time exclusive access to three years worth of Hugo Chavez's personal email.
5. Dave Barry reminisces about the time he and a few colleagues went to the 1988 Democratic Convention "protest zone" with boxes on their heads and managed to be covered by the national news.
*Find more news stories here.
*Find great deals on Dave Barry's books at Amazon.
2. LA Times editor allows article to mention that robbery suspects were "5'6" - 6'0" tall, 150 –200 pounds – in their early to late 20s" but removes fact that they were African-American. After readers pointed out the obvious missing information, the LA Times said it was just a mistake by an overeager editor. Well, that's sort of what the explanation was.
3. TMZ has video of Beyonce's sister, Solange Knowles, starting an interview by saying she is dissatisfied by the introduction the host gave.
4. Wikileaks intends to auction off limited time exclusive access to three years worth of Hugo Chavez's personal email.
5. Dave Barry reminisces about the time he and a few colleagues went to the 1988 Democratic Convention "protest zone" with boxes on their heads and managed to be covered by the national news.
*Find more news stories here.
*Find great deals on Dave Barry's books at Amazon.
Best two sentences I read today
Paul Boutin for Valleywag:
If you're not familiar, Adbusters is a fun, angry, Starbucks-hating publication whose credo states that we've all been brainwashed by advertising and mass media into an orgy of overconsumption that lets the American Empire destroy the rest of the world to feed our fat faces. I buy it at Whole Foods.
"Williamsburg doesn't need a space elevator"
Actually old to the web, but new to me. Spotted here. Here's the official site for the brave men and women of F.E.T.S.E.o.t.N (Fight Extremely Tall Space Elevators on the Northside.)
Bizarre: Anti-Abortion Activists Disrupt Horton Hears A Who Premiere
Seriously, these people had to have secretly been pro-choicers looking to give pro-lifers a bad name, right?
TMZ:
Read the rest. Via.
(Edited to make sense. Sheesh.)
TMZ:
All hell broke loose at the Hollywood premiere of "Horton Hears a Who!" today when a group of pro-lifers infiltrated the screening, then chanted anti-abortion slogans after the flick.
The theme of the movie is based on the motto: "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." So the pro-lifers thought it was a good idea to use this theme to their advantage -- even though their complicated message was falling mostly on the ears of children.
Read the rest. Via.
(Edited to make sense. Sheesh.)
Books I'd want if there were more hours in the day (an occasional series)
Pearl Jam vs. Ames.
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
Scouts in Bondage: And Other Violations of Literary Propriety
Zeroville
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
Dead Street
War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age
Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities
The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
Photo gallery of a different type of super hero
After September 11, the notion of the "hero" began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of national and global crisis to acknowledge those who showed extraordinary courage or determination in the face of danger, sometimes even sacrificing their lives in an attempt to save others. However, in the whirlwind of journalism surrounding these deservedly front-page disasters and emergencies, it is easy to take for granted the heroes who sacrifice immeasurable life and labor in their day to day lives for the good of others, but do so in a somewhat less spectacular setting.
The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It is common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme conditions for very low wages which are saved at great cost and sacrifice and sent to families and communities in Mexico who rely on them to survive.
The Mexican economy has quietly become dependent on the money sent from workers in the US. Conversely, the US economy has quietly become dependent on the labor of Mexican immigrants. Along with the depth of their sacrifice, it is the quietness of this dependence which makes Mexican immigrant workers a subject of interest.
The principal objective of this series is to pay homage to these brave and determined men and women that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural power, to withstand extreme conditions of labor in order to help their families and communities survive and prosper.
This project will consist of 12 color photographs of Mexican immigrants dressed in the costumes of popular American and Mexican superheroes. Each photo will picture the worker/superhero in their work environment, and will be accompanied by a short text including the worker's name, their hometown in Mexico, the number of years they have been working in New York, and the amount of money they send to Mexico each week.
Link. Via.
Hypocrisy: PETA President hurts herself, says "thank goodness for IV drips"
Ingrid Newkirk has said she's against animal testing even if it results in a cure for AIDS. Of course, both IV drips and the painkillers typically administered through them have been extensively tested on animals.
Protesters march as zombies to protest Boston University's Level-4 Biosafety Laboratory
With Boston Police Department officers close behind, the horde of protesters began their menacing march at the corner of Albany and East Dedham Streets and snaked toward City Hall, moaning, "We have been infected by the BU biolab" and "The BU biolab has infected me with a terrible pathogen." During the march -- the newest form of protest in a seemingly futile battle to stop construction of the biolab -- the zombies stuffed anti-lab flyers under the doors of nearby businesses and into the palms of curious onlookers.
Link. Via.
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