I was browsing the web last night and happen to cross over some old pictures of “Twist” (Barry Mcgee). Just thought I would share…

so there has been rumblings in Atlanta about a billboard that has been displayed showing the picture of an African-American baby next to the words, “Black children are an endangered species.” it is in clear opposition to abortion, and is as blunt as you can get. question is, was it smart for the group behind this billboard to bring such a strong sentiment to this issue as to call out race? this is where the controversy has been brewing. Atlanta’s population consists of a majority of African-Americans, and this billboard only expresses concern for this single ethnic group. this is exactly the issue that has been brought up against whites for decades. whites have always owned the majority of the population within the country; because of minority suppression, the days of Jim Crow laws and civil rights, the efforts to increase minority rights were born to oppose such actions as this one. this sign is the same blueprint used against minority’s for decades, and because African-Americans are the majority there, this can be looked at negatively. I think it is a justified perception, even though it is not necessarily right.

controversy makes the airwaves, so though they are a majority in Atlanta, they are still a minority in the country. this billboard was created to inflict outrage, and as a result, it has reached countless other people across the country who may have got the message. personally, I think the best way they could have displayed the billboard was to have the same baby with the message “An endangered species,” without the specific race identified. if you are against abortion, it has to be abortion from all races, unless you do consider yourself racist cause that’s exactly where that’s headed. putting African-Americans, or other minorities, on the forefronts of media without mentioning race is a positive effect that will assist in diminishing the stigma of seeing a minority on a billboard without an ulterior motive.

” The Astonishing Tribe has come up with a brand new augmented reality application that targets mobile devices, known as the Recognizr. Basically, the Recognizr enables one to check out who a particular person is as well as the social network(s) which they are connected to. It will save you a whole lot of trouble as well by linking whoever it sees back to your address book profile, showing off their important details such as name, address and phone number among others. It seems that a commercial application of the Recognizr will roll out within the upcoming months, so stay tuned!” -ubergizmo.com

 This new application might make things a little crazy…what are your thoughts about it?

So the “Epic Bear Man” video has gotten huge…Check this one out… 

a few weeks ago there was a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court on a subject that didn’t cause a stir before it was voted on. but the storms began churning when the Supreme Court reversed what was a decades old decision that kept corporations from having an unlimited power to donate money to political campaigns.

the justice’s decision paved the way for corporations to donate as much money as they so desire to any political candidate they see fit. their reasoning for it? if they did not allow them to, then they would be going against free speech, which is allowed by the constitution. now I know all of us out here are for free speech, especially myself, yet allowing corporations this freedom is like handing over prey to a lion instead of allowing him to hunt. it will turn campaigns, an already money driven system, into a full out war for the support of the richest corporations. in the language of politics- money equals victory. 95% of the time the candidate with the most money wins, the last times being Obama and Scott Brown of Massachusetts. what’s more is this now allows for any domestic or foreign corporation to display their political interests, potentially letting other countries have an influence on the American government. catch any red flags yet?

so there has been fallout ever since that infamous day. first Obama criticized the Supreme Court (to their faces) about the decision at his State of the Union address, and now it is coming out that, in a rare twist, that BOTH Democrats and Republicans agree the justices screwed up. through all the separation from the past two years between the dems and GOP, they have come to a conclusion with this issue: 85% of Democrats, 81% of Independents, and 76% of Republicans oppose it. so what is it that the dems and republicans both find outrageous about this? special interests.

with allowing corps to dump as much money as they want into the campaigns of politicians, the interests of these companies may be seen in bills passed on Capital Hill. kinda hard to imagine someone giving you a couple mil then acting like you don’t care afterwards. plus, the profits that could potentially be given to politicians by these companies come from people who probably wouldn’t support that politicians ideas. exp: if you are firmly against abortion and bought a car from Toyota, they easily could take the money you gave to them and donate it to a politician who is for it.

the good that comes from this is that, whether we are republican or democrat, left or right, in times like this we still have the capability to say when enough is enough. check out samuel alito and his reaction to Obama callin’ them out. but watch the crowd, and everyone who agreed.

The Tube by Transport for London (TfL) or its advertising contractors are censoring advertisement. A poster showing the band Massive Attack’s artwork for their new album Heligoland is the latest advert to be rejected by TfL’s advertising department.

The trip-hop twosome were forbidden from advertising their new record Heligoland on the tube because officials said it looked like graffiti.

In February 2008, a poster featuring a 16th Century painting depicting Venus, the Roman goddess of love, in the nude, was banned from the Tube!