“These photographs and videos were taken outside the gates of San Quentin Prison on the evening of December 12, 2005 during a vigil marking the execution of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, which happened shortly after midnight. “
That guy who fell into the vat of stuff they boil to make Snickers bars wasn’t this surrounded by nuts when he died.
The Stanley “Tookie” Williams Vigil at San Quentin, Monday, December 12, 2005 [Zombietime]
Via Z Filter
Short filmmaker Aaron Valdez’s epilepsy-inducing cut job done on the Fox network. It’s got a beat, and you can rant to it. In the tradition of media grinders like EBN and Negativland.
Big Screen Version
Aaron Valdez’s vlog
What a drag that we’ve got possibly the worst president of the modern area and this absolutely perfect mimic left SNL when he did. Check out Will Ferrell’s goof on president George’s tight grasp of environmental issues during the TBS Earth to America special.
Earth to America - Will Ferrell [one good move]
We’re actually having a pretty crappy Fitzmas, but we couldn’t let the holiday pass unobserved, and this video can’t help but warm the heart. With bile.
With thanks to Allen, and Patrick, of course.
Freshly upset by the UK police recently mistaking its parka-wearing citizens for clay pigeons, Tim Ireland continues his birdoging of Tony Blair with another bit of Flash fun. Little UK-centric for this side of the pond maybe, but it’s s’dang angry you can’t help but be entertained by it.
Backing Blair VI - Not Over By A Long Shot [backingblair.co.uk]
Also serves as a good excuse to link to some of Tim Ireland’s hits from the past:
· With a low D.P.I every print is obscene
· Star Wars: A Musical Tribute
· London Underground: The Song
Climate Mash, Horseback Salad’s Flash toon for environmental advocacy group Clear The Air, slips in some seriously funny goofs on all things Neocon in their beg for people to start pressuring the powers that be to take climate change seriously. We only wish this could have been done in time to save Trent Lott’s summer home. Once again, Mankind learns too late.
Bill Maher’s goof on the Fox News tendency to do the president’s bidding. The last caption sold us on the bit. We kind of think if Fox could get away with that caption, they’d go for it in most markets.
Real Time With Bill Maher - Fox News [One Good move]
Democrat? Upset with the direction things are going in America? Here’s a fine suggestion - go Republican. Rage Against The Right, surprisingly, would like to show you how. The humor in this Flash cartoon is a little heavy handed, but funny enough to be amusing, provided you agree with it.
Become Republican [Rage Against The Right]
Seen @ Z Filter
A couple of Believe Media’s kick ass kinetic AIDS PSAs in which drums and graffiti artists assault urban spaces.
The Know Is Spreading:
·Mural
·Connection
[`boards]
Crony Jobs: “Choice government careers for the taking. No experience necessary.” For example:
NAME: Mark McClellan
POSITION: Administrator, Medicare & Medicaid Svcs.
SALARY: $143,250/year
TESTIMONIAL: “First I was an Economic Advisor, then Commissioner of the FDA, and now I decide which oldsters and poor folks live and die. If I get bored again, I think I’ll swap CronyJobs with my baby brother Scott!”
We’d hoped to secure a smooth version of the by now ubiquitous Belgian UNICEF Smurf bombing PSA thing making the rounds, a clip in which the Smurf village is seen bombed and sort of dares to people to get upset over cartoon characters while remaining blase about real bombed children. So far we have only the harsh bitter lies of Belgian “friends” to offer and the same slideshow as the other sites, so we’ll link to Crooks and Liars until we get our mitts on a smoother one. The caption translates as “Do not let war destroy the world of children.”
Smurfs [crooks and liars]
Update: Thanks to reader Nemo, who points us to this Smurfs clip which is “smooth as baby Smurf’s behind.”
More Update: Even better
“Talk loudly and carry a big dick.”
Check out performance artists/ war protestors the Missile Dick Chicks who employ the one Freudian missile joke over and over, but they really seem to enjoy it. Makes for some interesting images.
· Missile Dick Chicks site
· Fred Askew’s Missile Dick Chicks gallery [Fred Askew Photography]
Unrelated, but funny: The largest collection of Mitch Hedberg we’ve seen so far [Smit Happens]
