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The Irony of Hope
What is this? Get a graffiti artist week? In the space of seven days, one of the world’s most famous street artists has been in various brushes with the law. Late last week, Shepard Fairey, creator of the ‘Hope’ portrait of Barack Obama that showed up everywhere in the election, was arrested in Boston on vandalism charges. The arrest came just days after Fairey was in the headlines for allegedly illegally using a photo of Obama owned by the Associated Press.
Continue reading...“Get them! Get them!” Man Orders Albino Python To Attack Police
Thursday, June 19, 2008
image via Everything Reptile Victor Rodriguez from Bridgeport, Conn., seemed to mistake his pet python for a dog the other day, when he ordered it to attack a policeman.
Continue reading...Man Uses Bear Spray in Bar, Jailed
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A man from Kodiak, Alaska has been sentenced to five months in jail for discharging a canister of bear spray in a bar twice in two days. He just wanted a pint, man! Image from geunterlietenbauer on Flickr
Continue reading...Russians Live Underground For A Year, Decide It’s Not That Different
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
For half of a year, a cult expecting the end of the world had been hiding in an underground bunker in a remote area of Russia– that is, until recently, when 14 of the group decided that the fourth partial collapse of their structure was a sign [...]
Continue reading...Tiny Police Helicopter is Watching You
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
One of the best things about living in the 21st century is all the cool new gadgets. An armada of microdrones. Image from Bot Junkie My favourite new discovery is a toy-sized helicopter that’s the latest in police technology.
Continue reading...Atlanta’s Real Life RoboCop
Monday, February 25, 2008
To rephrase a line from the critically acclaimed masterpiece RoboCop, “Atlanta has a cancer, and that cancer is crime.” Photo of a creepy man dressed as RoboCop by Karl Palutke But not to worry ladies and gentlemen, because a real life RoboCop is now prowling the city’s streets dispensing [...]
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Friday, February 13, 2009
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