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Ruck and Rock, y’all are sick for this. Shout to the whole Bootcamp.

 If your in Brooklyn Next Friday Septemeber 19th check this out should be dope.  Shouts to Overspray Magazine

Heavy rain postponed the East Village Radio Musical Festival on Saturday and has been rescheduled for today, Sunday September 7th.  The FREE festival kicks off at 1pm on Pier 17 at South Street Seaport, with a solid line-up of performers.  Artist include Devin The Dude (4:20pm cst), Mark Ronson, Dr.Lonnie Smith, Flying Lotus and many more.  For those not able to attend, the show will stream live on www.eastvillageradio.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps took the cake, breaking the record of winning 8 gold medals. But the medals he earned are not 100% gold.

China’s impressive haul of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics was tarnished somewhat today when it was revealed that “abnormally high levels of lead” were found in the first-place medallions.

The medals, which were supposed to be made entirely of gold, were instead found to be composed of 99% lead alloy and coated with a gold-colored lead-based

(Via Borowitzreport)

With the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks fast approaching, it’s time once again to reconsider their impact on history as we know it. And you know what that means: it’s time to entertain a conspiracy theory! What’s scary about the one Darren Williams posits in his video Pentagon Strike is its main sticking point: no wreckage of a Boeing 757 was ever found, photographed or otherwise documented. How is that possible when an 80 ton bird loaded with 5,300 gallons of fuel crashlands at 580 mph into a building made of concrete and steel? Coulda been a missile, coulda been a military plane, coulda been Rocky & Bullwinkle. The world may never know — especially since surveillance tapes from both a nearby gas station and a hotel were confiscated by the FBI and subsequently never released to the public. Spooky. . .

Peep the video and judge for yourself. (via Sign-Of-the-Times.org)

Support Congressman Dennis Kucinich in his efforts to impeach President George W. Bush.

Kucinich Petition

WHEREAS, in his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed abuses of power.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and Commander in Chief, and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States and that he be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Cuz you’re still fiending for stories of aviation hijinx after the Jet Set Chapter of Frank151 dropped months ago, Frank commemorates the 70th anniversary of Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan’s flight across the Atlantic and into the hearts of wingnuts who thought Charles Lindbergh was a punk. Corrigan took off from Brooklyn, NY and wound up in Dublin, Ireland after over 28 hours in the air, despite having submitted a flight plan that named California as his destination.

When the Bureau of Air Commerce came-a knockin’ for an explanation, the seasoned pilot blamed a faulty compass and claimed he hadn’t noticed how off-course he was until 26 hours into the journey. The Irish prime minister welcomed him in the emerald capitol and New Yorkers threw a ticker-tape parade upon his return that outdid Lindbergh’s — all for shoveling so much bullshit onto The Man and getting away with it. What’s more, Corrigan pulled it off in a gangsta ride:

The thing is, Sunshine really was a crate. It was patched up and lashed together and, worse . . . had developed a gas leak that Corrigan decided he didn’t have time to repair. Gasoline actually leaked into the cockpit while the plane was over the Atlantic. Corrigan solved that problem by using a screwdriver to punch a hole in the cockpit floor.

Props to “Wrong Way” Corrigan for elevating the phrase ‘ghetto rig’ to a whole new level.

(via Wired)

“In this handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) on July 16, 2008, The Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, is pictured from ESA’s Mars Express.” (check out more images via Chicago Tribune)

Mare 139, pioneer of the “style writing sculpture” opened his new exhibition, titled “Freestyle Archityper”, at Brighton University in Sussex this weekend. His exhibition thoroughly represents his continued transformation of graffiti and hip-hop imagery from the layup into the tangible, three-dimensional space. His pieces here have set a new standard. Brilliant.

More photos after the jump… (more…)