In a brief yet revealing interview at the Marijuana Policy Project’s 15th Anniversary Gala, Politico learned that the godfathers of weed, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, would love nothing more than to light up a nice big joint with former vice presidential candidate and current Fox talking head, Sarah Palin. Why? Because she answers a [...]

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Back in early November, we wrote about a set of Christmas tree ornaments that depicted politicians dressed up like wrestlers. They were fun: each had a really clever and appropriate alias, and to be honest I’m surprised more people didn’t discuss them. The makers of those, Yee-Haw Industries, have just released this Presidential Heavyweight Championship [...]

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Today, Fortune Magazine named Steve Jobs “CEO of the Decade.” According to the article, Apple was worth somewhere around $5 billion in the early 2000s. But thanks to Jobs and his “groundbreaking digital lifestyle strategy,” they are now worth slightly more than Google at $170 billion!
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With names like Sarah “The Killa From Wazilla” Palin, Howard “On You Like The Clap” Dean, and Hillary “The Crusher” Clinton, these presidential and vice presidential Christmas tree ornaments from Knoxville, Tennessee-based Etsy seller, YeeHaw, promote the political throw down we’ve all been waiting for.
Click on through to discover each politician’s hilarious wrestling alias; as [...]

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Jodi Kantor has written an in-depth and insightful piece about the marriage of Barack and Michelle Obama for The New York Times Magazine.
The article, while a thorough examination of a the first couple’s relationship, is more about Michelle’s struggle to compromise her notions of a normal marriage so her husband could make a name for [...]

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Jakarta, Indonesia-based illustrator and photographer, Agan Harahap, takes photographs from mid-20th century wartime and political events like the Yalta Conference and Neuschwanstein and inserts iconic superheroes in them.
This is quite a novel idea and one that works on a number of levels. The presence of Batman beaming down on Fidel Castro might seem obtrusive, but [...]

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On Sunday, The New York Daily News ran a short story detailing the upcoming fall release of Jailbreak Toys‘ latest creation–so we figured it the perfect time to cordially introduce her to everyone else!
Ladies and gentlemen of the blogosphere, meet the Michelle Obama Action Figure.
If there’s one person in America who has captured the public’s [...]

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In a surprising announcement, President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning for his, “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples,” according to the Nobel Committee.
The web is bursting with reactions and stories, with the latest news saying that a “humbled” Obama accepted the award as a “call to [...]

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It seems that Fox News is looking to pick a fight with Jailbreak.  For the second time in as many weeks, they have gone shopping at NBC’s store in Rockefeller Center and stumbled upon our famous little icon  – the Obama Action Figure.  I said it last time and I’ll say it again, Fox News, [...]

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We’ve shied away from too many Shepard Fairey-related posts in the past couple of weeks, but his new print is worthy of sharing on a number of levels.
First: Fairey is probably the most important artist in the world in terms of his ability to pick a cause, create a print about that cause, and subsequently [...]

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