WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - ARTS

Dresses, not suicide vests, parade at Pakistan's Fashion Week

Old_Logan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:38:13 +0000

In a country where the all-enveloping burqa is common for women and a hijab to hide the hair or full face is growing in popularity, daring amounts of female skin were on display.

WRH permalink

Is this the world's best body art? Stunning eye-deceiving images reveal an artist at the top of his game

malterwitty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:53:19 +0000

Craig Tracy paints stunning images on people's bodies before photographing them in unique poses.

The resulting collection of masterpieces could be regarded as some of the best body painting in the world by an artist at the top of his game.

WRH permalink

When Ancient Artifacts Become Political Pawns

Old_Logan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:09:04 +0000

Egypt’s chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, announced that his country wanted its queen handed back forthwith, unless Germany could prove that the 3,500-year-old bust of Akhenaten’s wife wasn’t spirited illegally out of Egypt nearly a century ago.
Mr. Hawass also recently fired a shot at France, demanding the Louvre return five fresco fragments it purchased in 2000 and 2003 from a gallery and at auction. They belonged to a 3,200-year-old tomb near Luxor and had been in storage at the museum.
But Jewish groups and prominent French and German intellectuals (not the Israeli government, though) campaigned against Mr. Hosny. When asked in Egypt’s Parliament last year about the presence of Israeli books in Alexandria’s library, Mr. Hosny said: “Let’s burn these books. If there are any, I will burn them myself before you.”

WRH permalink

So Don't Give Hacking A Bad Name, Yo! (poem)

jo-ann F. — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:32 +0000

So Don't Give Hacking A Bad Name, Yo!

Like (at our best) hackers, our wings far from untested,
effective per accindens, though improbably guessed at;
more impossibly intended, (in practice) depending, per...haps
on our ablity to sense it - if - it's initially mapped.
no: philosophies without hammers, no, nor dreams lacking anvils,
status threatening, can strike at the hearts of immortals:
haven't they stayed enough staid enough stated, and - quo -
alterii vadis, warranto, quorum, quid pro
reason enough (should reason persever) to know & to will & to dare demand never
ever be told odds that one changes if clever.

johanna faust, a fledgeling

WRH permalink

Obama says 9-11 victims were "sacrifice?"

Mike Rivero — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:49:34 +0000

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president would "speak about what the day means and the sacrifices of thousands, not just at the Pentagon, but in Pennsylvania and certainly and most obviously in New York".

WRH permalink

100 Artworks From the Top Digital Artists in the USA & Canada

suman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:48:06 +0000

Hydro74 is a Orlando based designer, otherwise known as Joshua M. Smith. The soul purpose of my career is to push the boundries in doing what I feel is relevant to the market as well as extract various elements and trends to be able to offer them up in my own personal work. But let’s be honest. I do what I love because I love it. Not because I have to do it, nor am forced to do it, but rather passionate about doing what I do. I firmly believe in having set style tones, yet a sense of diversity to make any various project unique to the demands that are set forth."

WRH permalink

The Chop Shop.. (Is that kidney kosher ?)... blues.

poorrichard — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:28:43 +0000

The Chop Shop.. talkin' blues

I went to see my Rabbi, I’d been felling kind of sick.. Does he know a doctor who might cure me real quick?.. I met the good Doctor the very next day, He said my kidneys were shot, so how much could I pay?. I said plenty because, I’m selling ecstasy , So he told me of a place that would be just right for me.

The clinic door was open, this place must be Blessed.. I walked right in and sat on down in the chair next to the desk.

They had row of lungs, and corneas on ice, the donors wouldn’t need them in paradise.
I saw rows of freezer chests and cases; one of freezers was for transplanting faces.

WRH permalink

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing

Uncle_Meat — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:31:43 +0000

A good friend of mine sent this to me, and I felt compelled to share. If more and more people use such beautiful and moving mediums to convey their disgust for war and conquest, maybe we can wake up enough people to bring it to a screeching halt..

WRH permalink

WBCN and "The American Revolution"

Old_Logan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:50:12 +0000

Created in The Spirit of Revolution
Shut down in the age of apathy ,

WRH permalink

Obama Posters On Government Property Allowed; Anti-Obama Posters Called “Vandalism”

poorrichard — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:01:56 +0000

In the wake of a Florida news station covering the “vandalism” of Obama as Joker posters going up around the country, Infowars has discovered an Obama quote published in The Washington Post thanking Obamanoids for posting the artwork of Shepard Fairey on government property. Fairey created the now famous image of Obama used during the election.

“I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign,” Obama wrote the artist last year. “The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign.

WRH permalink

youth plaster jokerbama posters everywhere!

youngpatriot — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:37 +0000

WRH permalink

Woman in hot water after attacking the Mona Lisa with a mug of English Breakfast tea

Mike Rivero — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:12:23 +0000

Doctors were trying to assess whether she was suffering from Stendhal Syndrome, a rare condition that causes dizziness, confusion or violent acts when an individual is exposed to art.

WRH permalink

Feral Houses

poorrichard — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Like some of the dogs I've seen using these houses as shelter (I followed a whole pack into #9 last week), these houses are reverting to a wild state, as from domestication, a word derived itself from domesticus (the Latin for belonging to the domus, or house). Now these houses are feralis. They belong only to the dead.

WRH permalink

Grand Canyon Photographer

Mike Rivero — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:38:26 +0000

WRH permalink

The Young British Soldier

Mike Rivero — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:03:54 +0000

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.

WRH permalink

Simply birolliant - the incredible 10ft 'photographs' drawn with a ballpoint pen

malterwitty — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:04:32 +0000

They may look like pin-sharp photographs - but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen.

WRH permalink

"Over the Rainbow"

poorrichard — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:18:50 +0000

This writer just completed a six-part series on Ellen Brown's remarkable 2007 book titled "Web of Debt." This article follows from it by picking up on the theme she struck, using L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as a combination parable, monetary allegory, and political manifesto for change at a time it's most needed.

WRH permalink

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

Mike Rivero — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:17:10 +0000

This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

WRH permalink

Astronauts Watch Star Trek Movie From Space

Old_Logan — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:28:28 +0000

NASA officials fulfilled the wishes of a Star Trek fan who didn’t want to miss the premiere because of his space journey. They beamed the movie to the International Space Station. Three astronauts enjoyed the special preview of the movie at the station.

US astronaut Michael Barratt requested this movie before he boarded the space shuttle in March. He told NASA officials that he was a big fan of the Star Trek TV series and didn’t want to miss J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek.

NASA officials agreed and reformatted the movie so that the astronauts at the station can watch it on their laptop. NASA beamed the movie to the station on Friday morning.

WRH permalink

Critique of Israel not anti-Semitism: Margolyes

Mike Rivero — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:27:30 +0000

One of the things that I didn't expect was that the Australian Jewish community would find it impossible to have a dialogue.

Is this play critical of Israel? Yes, it is, very critical of Israel. That doesn't mean it is anti-Semitic.

Can theatre make a difference? I hope it can, because otherwise I have wasted my whole life in something irrelevant.

WRH permalink

Controversial play about Israeli history getting Canadian premiere

chillyphantom — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:09:53 +0000

A controversial new play about Israeli history that has been slammed by some as anti-Semitic and praised by others as thought-provoking is set to make its Canadian premiere in Montreal on Sunday.

"Seven Jewish Children - A Play for Gaza" is a 10-minute performance by British playwright Caryl Churchill, inspired in part by the most recent Gaza conflict.

The play includes several scenes where Israeli adults ponder how they will explain key moments in Israeli and Jewish history to their children, who are never seen on stage.

The chronological work begins with the Holocaust and ends with the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza.

WRH permalink

Pandemic 1918

poorrichard — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:34:50 +0000

WRH permalink

Bernanke put you on the hook for 2 trillion and counting. You are an involuntary investor

DonRobertson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:50:15 +0000

Bloomberg.com -The public is an “involuntary investor” in the nation’s banks, according to an April 15 court filing by Bloomberg.

In the report, the Fed detailed its assets in three limited liability corporations, all called Maiden Lane for a street in Lower Manhattan that runs past the New York Fed.

The losses become real if the principal isn’t returned.

WRH permalink

Swimming Without a Suit - And Masterbating in the Pool - Little Tommy Friedman

DonRobertson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:26:35 +0000

The New York Times [Tom Friedman gets this week's boner award. He pathetically draws on popular clichés handed down to his likelier recipients -the Long Island dead and dying Mall culture -from none other than the likes of the Market Shill from Omaha -to wit - "only when the tide goes out do you find out who is not wearing a bathing suit." So true, -says Tom Friedman.

Spare me the underwater farts -you asshole-Friedman.

Tom gives us this too: There are millions of kids who are in modern suburban schools “who don’t realize how far behind they are,” said Matt Miller, one of the authors. “They are being prepared for $12-an-hour jobs — not $40 to $50 an hour.”

WRH permalink

A song to keep you going #1

SamLowrey — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:01:41 +0000

First in a series of songs that inspire "us."

This one by Phil Collins hit me like a ton of bricks - I distinctly remember where I was and what grocery store I was in and what aisle where I really "heard" it playing over the grocery store speakers. I don't want to suggest Collins is some sort of fellow traveler of ours, but geez, these lyrics make you wonder a bit.

"they don't tell me nothing - so I find out what I can"

"there's a fire burning right outside my door."

"seems so long I've been waiting - still don't know what for."

"cause I've been a prisoner all my life..."

"mine's an ordinary life"

"they don't THINK THAT I LISTEN, BUT I KNOW WHO THEY ARE"

WRH permalink

Tom Friedman pulls his head out of his ass long enough to say, The Price Is Not Right, before stuffing it back in.

DonRobertson — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:28:17 +0000

The New York Times T. Friedman - Opinions are like Assholes - “Destructive creation” has wounded both the Market and Mother Nature. Smart regulation and carbon taxation can heal both.

WRH permalink

GOOGLE pays for nothing! Cheap bastards say, All your music are us.

DonRobertson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:12:13 +0000

The New York Times Tim Arango -As Rights Clash on YouTube, Some Music Vanishes Chris Dale, a spokesman for YouTube, said, “While we work with music labels to keep music on the site, sometimes our negotiations don’t pan out, and we understand that this can be a big disappointment to our community.”

WRH permalink

REMEMBERING ODETTA, WHO SANG OF FREEDOM

Mike Rivero — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:58:07 +0000

WRH permalink

Mind the crevasse: The amazing 3D pavement art that has pedestrians on edge

Mike Rivero — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:41:50 +0000

WRH permalink

A Request from Michael Moore

DonRobertson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:42:23 +0000

Friends,

I am in the middle of shooting my next movie and I am looking for a few brave people who work on Wall Street or in the financial industry to come forward and share with me what they know. Based on those who have already contacted me, I believe there are a number of you who know "the real deal" about the abuses that have been happening. You have information that the American people need to hear. I am humbly asking you for a moment of courage, to be a hero and help me expose the biggest swindle in American history.

All correspondence with me will be kept confidential. Your identity will be protected and you will decide to what extent you wish to participate in telling the greatest crime story ever told. --MM

WRH permalink