Getting Wasted For Change (Audio Below)
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Via Andrew Sullivan. Pic totally unrelated. (But awesome, right? Forgot where I got it from.)
We Are Borg
Some welcome surreality, at the expense of the presidential candidates.
Drill Baby Drill
I have to admit I’ve never watched any conventions. Looks fun!
via Street Boners
Great Wall 5
From The Big Picture, which has some of the best and biggest photographs on the web:
Earlier in June, China launched a week-long series of anti-terrorist drills called “Great Wall 5,” in preparation for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The drills involved emergency responders, police forces, the People’s Armed Police, the People’s Liberation Army and the [...]
George Carlin Is Eating Pork Chops Now
I know this isn’t typical DG material, but wanted to give it up to one of the all-time greats. It’s hard to imagine how revolutionary this little routine was back in ‘72. Who gets arrested doing stand-up today?
Btw, is it just me or does he look a little bit like Russell Crowe in this video?
Stuff Black People Like: Space
Turns out that spaceships stand in for slave ships:
Echoes of Sun Ra and NOI [Nation of Islam] are audible in the music of George Clinton, who must have had both in mind when he transformed Parliament from a doo-wop group into a mother-ship-worshipping acid-funk congregation in the 1970s. Clinton’s mother ship, of course, was likelier [...]
Porn, It Gets Pretty Weird Sometimes, Pt. 12
The above image was taken from the web site of Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and sometimes mentioned as a future Supreme Court nominee. According to the LAT, he’s admitted to putting the images on his site (later suggesting his son may have uploaded the content) but defended some [...]
King Kong Is Dead
Some amazing pics from Brent Stirton, who documented the search party for four mountain gorillas killed in Eastern Congo last year. One of them was a silverback alpha male, the leader of the group, who was shot.
via we make money not art
BARAKTIMUS PRIME
OBAMA/PRIME in ‘08? Hell yes! That’s a ticket I could vote for.
From a run-down of all Obamas’ options for a running mate at MightyGodKing.