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Drivers on Staten Island’s Hylan Boulevard this week have been greeted by a towering portrait of Ronald Reagan, musclebound like a non-bald Mr. Clean and wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Dear God, Let Me Go Back For Just A Day.”

The artist is Scott LoBaido — previously noted for terrible subway safety ideas and anti-Muslim protests at the “Ground Zero Mosque” — who explains the work thusly: “[Vladimir] Putin and Kim Jong-un would be wearing diapers if Reagan were here for just a day. Reagan, like all presidents, had some baggage, but he ended the Cold War without firing a single shot, and we were feared and respected.”

After its stay in Staten Island, LoBaido plans to move the artwork to other locations around the city, starting in Queens. He says his piece is an homage to the heyday of trickle-down economics and the crack epidemic. “Reagan created the patriotic beast in me over 20 years ago,” he told DNAinfo. “I want the viewer to remember the days when we were all proud and felt strong and free with little fear, knowing that our leader was there to lead.”

(Photo: DNAinfo)

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There are very few things in the world that have the power to make me roll my eyes as hard as Burning Man. I’m a lefty, but I’m also a curmudgeon with precious little patience for whimsy, specifically like, white-people-with-dreads-and-furry-boots-doing-fire-dancing whimsy. Particularly if it involves techno. It’s fine for other people, but not if they want to talk to me about it, as I find there is a lot of crossover between Burning Man types and people who will tell you the same story over and over again in the same conversation.

However, I have to give my full-throated support to Sean Shealy, a dude who is in some way associated with Burning Man, and his glorious plan to hold a month-long music fest on the Federal Ground across the way from Cliven Bundy’s ranch, where his cows have been illegally grazing for decades. That is hilarious and awesome and I hope it happens.

Via Facebook:

Come celebrate TOTAL FREEDOM at BUNDYFEST, just across the road from the Cliven Bundy Ranch, in Bunkerville, Nevada! 240 bands, 24 hours a day, for a SOLID ROCKIN’ MONTH!!!!

*NO PERMITS REQUIRED
*CAMP ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE
*FULL NUDITY NOT A PROBLEM
*GAY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE
*PENIS ERECTION CONTEST: Erect the largest penis in the open desert, win valuable prize! (tbd)

Daniel Quist is the other “sapeur” of Accra. Today, he’s toned it down because it’s a Sunday. Photo by Nana Kofi Acquah @africashowboy (Copyright: 2014). #africashowboy #ghana #accra #portrait #sunday

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Daddy

'Ok Wonderella, let's try that again - but hold the bottle at eye level this time. Take two...'

As Jim Romenesko indicated on his blog, the Tampa Bay Times ran an obituary on Wednesday for a David W. Cummings, known to friends and family as “Pervert Dave,” who died on Sunday at the age of 65. The upstate New York native, who relocated to the quiet Citrus County  town of Crystal River, was a Leo as well as veteran of the United States Air Force.

Our thoughts are with Dave and his loved ones.

h/t Romenesko

I discovered Hannah Kunkle's strange series of religious-themed graphic collages of Kim Kardashian on Instagram. They perplexed and excited me, so I asked her to create a slew of exclusive new ones in time for this season's cluttered religious celebrations. This month, Jews stuff their faces at Passover dinners, Christians stuff their faces at Easter brunches, and Bahá'ís do... I don't know, but they have, like, two holidays in April according to the University of Washington. Anyway, I'm not so into religion, but a faith based on the cutie with the booty is something I could definitely get behind. Here is what Hannah had to say about these awesome graphic lamentations on the power of celebrity, the cult of personality, and the fervor of fandom:

“Kim Kardashian is God. She’s crazy bodacious and has the nose job of an angel. I don’t know if she’s omniscient, but no one can deny she’s not omnipresent. Kim floats above us all, even the deniers and the haters. We have accepted her into our lives via television screens, memes, and Instagram feeds. If Jay Z is the father and Yeezus is the son, then she is the ever-present holy ghost of pop culture.”

Hannah Kunkle is a graphic designer, artist, and Pratt grad living in Brooklyn.

The Nobel laureate's friendship with the Cuban revolutionary, to some, was the famed novelist's one glaring flaw

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Drifting ~ Odd Nerdrum

In 1944, Doris Roy and Thelma Popp who were 21 years old and just graduated from college, made a plan to ride bicycles from their home in Buffalo, New York, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio River met the Mississippi.

"World War II affected our college life as most of the male student body joined one of the services. Women assumed some of their roles by taking jobs in armament industries. During the summer, I worked from early morning to evening in a public school caring for infants whose mothers were working in aircraft factories or other related industries."

"But now, before starting our careers, we decided that the coming summer after graduation would be the ideal time to have our adventure. We had a limited period of time to accomplish this. I had signed a contract to begin teaching first grade in Middleport, New York, on the Erie Canal on September 4, 1944. And so - with the leanest of equipment - we made our preparations and were ready to leave on June 22, 1944."

They camped outside, slept in barns, hitched rides on riverboats, went to church on Sundays, and worked at a Walgreens serving Cokes when their money ran low. They wrote letters to their families, and nearly every day Thelma wrote in her diary. The entire diary was transcribed and can be read here.






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Bill de Blasio’s plan to ban horse-and-carriage rides in NYC has hit some setbacks, but the mayor says he remains committed to getting the despondent animals off the street. Today at the New York Auto Show, the anti-carriage organization NYCLASS unveiled the electric, vintage-style car it has long touted as an alternative.

“My distinct honor and challenge has been to design a vehicle that celebrates the nostalgia and romance of the early 1900s, while eliminating a lot of the not-so-great realities of that time,” said Jason Wenig of The Creative Workshop, the firm that manufactured the car.

It’s much bigger than we expected. Wenig compared the car’s dimensions to those of a contemporary full-size SUV, which feels about right. NYCLASS claims eight-passenger capacity, but six might fit more comfortably. Two bench-style seats face each other in the car’s rear, atop large, exposed wheels and a host of vintagey brass accoutrements, chief of which is the goofy manual Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-style horn. But it won’t exactly be flying around Central Park: the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive electric car packs 84 horsepower and tops out at about 30 miles per hour.

Also on hand at the unveiling was Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who supports the horse-and-carriage ban. After thanking Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Vivierto for their leadership, he announced passing the legislature and introducing the cars as a replacement was only a “matter of time.”

“I believe New York City is about being progressive. And being progressive also means to protect our animal rights,” he added. “That’s why I’m standing here and saying having dozens of horses going through accidents in the streets of New York City is unacceptable.”

Your move, Liam Neeson.

(Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork)

 

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Canadian singer Christo Graham has turned the water of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most beloved musicals into the wine of glorious, everlasting parody, recasting Webber’s musical life of Christ with an all-felt cast with Muppet Christ Superstar. Casting Kermit as the Messiah, Gonzo as Judas Iscariot, and Miss Piggy as Mary Magdalene, Graham has re-recorded all the musical numbers from Jesus Christ Superstar. He also does fairly good impressions of all the various Muppets, including backup vocals from the Electric Mayhem, Beaker, and Gonzo’s chickens.

Apart from the fact that they’re sung as Muppets, the songs are more or less faithful—and also apart from a few lyrical changes. For example, Piggy sings, “He’s a frog… he’s just a frog…” in “I Don’t Know How To Love Him,” while Gonzo asks what happens “If you strip away the myth from the frog ...

 
There’s no gimmick with this LEGO sculpture of a little girl holding flowers. I’m so used to seeing things like “Your favorite bands made out of LEGO” or “Album covers made out of LEGO” that’s it’s sorta refreshing to see this

Great news, ladies of Brooklyn! If you’re currently a little light on cash and an extra $175 sounds like just the thing to help you make rent this month, then one local man is answering your prayers this week. According to a very unique Craigslist ad posted on Saturday, this gentleman, a foodie perhaps, is looking for a woman who will come over to his apartment for a half hour, and he doesn’t even have to be there. Instead, he’ll let you in, probably show you around a little in case there’s a problem and you need to know where a fire extinguisher or phone is, and then it’s up to you to put on a bathing suit and sit in a bathtub filled with Ramen noodles for 30 minutes.

I know, I couldn’t believe how good this sounded either!

Because some people like to be pranksters on the Internet (is nothing sacred?) the Daily Dot already reached out to this connoisseur of fine but affordable pasta to see if this was indeed an actual opportunity, or instead an elaborate ruse to shame some unfortunate soul. Me? I’m a believer in man, so I’m just going to assume that it’s real.

After all, I live in Florida, so a guy who likes to eat Ramen noodles after a woman has bathed in them for 30 minutes would probably be the 43rd strangest thing that I could see on a random Tuesday.

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The new stamps from the Finland postal service are gay. Like really gay. Like overtly gay. And that's the point. The new stamps feature artwork from Tom of Finland, an artist known for the in-your-face homoeroticism of his illustrations.

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drama and snake-friendship.

I was gonna make like a 2 page comic just for fun and then it ended up with 6 pages, woops

So I visited hell itself this weekend

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This is my new favorite thing in the history of life

This is an extremely rare photograph of Inauguration of James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. The photo was taken by John Wood at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on March 4th, 1857. (via LoC)

In case you were wondering — and let’s be real, surely you were — right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh weighed in CBS’ decision to hire Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman this afternoon on his AM radio hot air party, and basically Colbert replacing Letterman is the end of everything America holds precious and dear.

“CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America,” Limbaugh said this afternoon. “No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatives…now it’s just going to be wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny and a redefinition of what is comedy.”

So there you have it, folks. Straight from the horse’s ass’ mouth. Also, note that Limbaugh believes comedy as it currently exists is a “covert assault on traditional American values.” I’m pretty sure they say the same thing about comedy in North Korea.

What the…?

How did…?

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I think that about sums it up. This is the role Sofia Vergara should win an Emmy for.

Via Bro Bible