30 Amazing Works of Political Graffiti and Street Art from Around the World

Barack Obama shakes the hand of America in a piece by Chicago based artist Ray Noland. This was spotted at the Got Next art exhibition in San Francisco.

John McCain gets his heart ripped out by the devil himself. This was spotted in downtown Freemont, Washington.

 George W. Bush depicted as a true cowboy. Spotted in Sydney, Australia.

Hillary Clinton wears a Barack Obama campaign button on her hat. Found this in New York City.

Barack Obama is straight gold.

It only seemed natural that these next two graffiti pieces be grouped together as one.

John McCain sings “Bomb, bomb, bomb… Bomb Iran” to the tune of the Beach Boys Barbara Ann. This was spotted in the Pearl district of Portland, Oregon.

This John McCain piece was found on Olvera Street in Hollywood, California.

Dick Cheney as Jabba the Hutt. Found in Brooklyn, New York City.

George W. Bush points a gun to his head in a chair. This piece was found in London, England.

Bill Clinton was always known as a ladies man.

Barack Obama gives a speech to America on a street corner from Chicago, Illinois.

Hillary and Barack put up their dukes. This was spotted in New York City.

George W. Bush as an old school football player clutching a bomb. This is by Maya and was found in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

John McCain’s new campaign slogan: McCain’t. This was found in Austin, Texas.

A TV show poster is modified to portray the faces of Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, and Condi Rice.

We live in the age of the laser guided democracy. Seen in the Soho section of New York City.

Barack Obama says that this is our moment. This was found in Brooklyn, New York City.

Barack Obama looks good on an orange background.

 Barack Obama is good with words.

Ronald Reagan and Zombie Reagan make an appearance this election season.

Ronald Reagan as a cat (or mouse).

Zombie Reagan needs BRAAAAAAIIINNNSSSS. Zombie Reagan was found in Washington, DC.

Richard Nixon also decides to make an appearance during the 2008 presidential election season. This particular piece was found in Paris, France.

This piece was seen in Brooklyn, New York City.

Dick Cheney clutches his infamous shotgun, dressed in Wild West garb. This poster was pasted on the corner of Bellevue and Memorial Avenues in Newport, Rhode Island.

This version was seen on Wooster Street between Grand and Canal in New York City.

John McCain sprouts wings and spews (or sucks) what looks to be oil funnels in this graffiti piece.

Barack Obama knows how to use cans. Seen at the Cans Festival in London.

Barack Obama and John McCain hang out with a little girl in this graffiti piece in Spokane, Washington.

George W. Bush is a true cowboy at heart. This was seen on the corner of Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, Queens.

This poster was seen on 22nd street between 10th and 11th in New York City.

Al Gore has always been known to love the Earth. Now we know why. This piece was found in London, England.

Sarah Palin was once crowned Miss Wassilla. Maybe she has a future in bodybuilding? Both of these were found in New York City.

“What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.” -Sarah Palin
This stencil piece features Sarah Palin’s head on pitbull’s body wearing lipstick. It was found on Ponce de Leon Ave in Atlanta, Georgia in between Briarcliff and Highland.

This is the same exact piece as above, but shot from a different angle.

Here is the same piece cleverly placed on a billboard underneath text reading “This is why we are FUCK’D.”

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The 15 Funniest Local News Reports Of 2009

1. Rare Bear Sightings In Ohio



Fox 8 in Cleveland uses a really awesome prop for a story about a recent string of black bear sightings.


2. Grandma Beats Reporter With A Hoe



When a news crew went to Rosemary Lumpkin's house, the woman who answered the door came after the cameraman with a garden hoe…



3. Squirrel With A Yogurt Cup On Its Head



WYFF 4 Photojournalist rescues a squirrel who got his head stuck in a yogurt cup.



4. Costume Shop Owner Accused Of Cyber Stalking



A costume-shop owner is accused of harassing a competitor. NBC 10 talks to the suspect in an interview you won't soon forget.



5. Magical Standing Broom Stuns Alabama Town




A broom standing upright and unsupported causes a commotion in a small Alabama town. Several hundred people have stopped by Vintage Blu, a yet-to-be-opened consignment shop, since the phenomenon was discovered.


6. 10-Year-Old Obsessed With Vacuums





Greg Evans has been into vacuums since age 3. His ideal vacation is the Hoover museum, and he can tell you which vacuum model is running just by hearing its sound.


7. Drunk Dancing Teacher




Students say the 8th grade teacher at Rushe Middle School also partially exposed her butt while trying to dance with a 13-year-old boy.


8. Inside Horrorcore

KPIX Channel 5 takes a look into the horrorcore rap scene on Friday The 13th for Insane Clown Posse's BANG! POW! BOOM! tour date in San Francisco.

9. Beer Between The Legs Bandit

A Louisiana woman was caught on tape stealing a 12-pack of beer and “hiding it” between her legs and underneath her moo moo. She also shoved several Coke cans down her top.

10. Ambulance Stealer Had A Good Time


 

State troopers say a woman stole an ambulance from a hospital and proceeded to go on a joyride looking for her boyfriend for over an hour.

11. Michael Jackson's Face In A Tree Stump

Michael Jackson's face has sensationally appeared on a tree stump in Stockton, California.

12. Timmy Gets Hacked

Timmy is high level player in an internet game site called RuneScape. But recently, Timmy learned this virtual world is full of some real life dangers.

13. UFO Over Virginia Amusement Park

An unidentified black ring appeared over a amusement park in Virginia. Some say UFO. This woman says God. Others say smoke.

14. Popeyes Runs Out Of Chicken

A Popeyes in Rochester, NY runs out of chicken, and only interviews black people and their subsequent outrage.

15. Dead Deer In A Clown Suit

Animal control officers in Sioux City, Iowa, say someone dressed a dead deer in a clown suit and wig and put it on a family's porch.

16. BONUS



This isn't an actual news report, but it is the best news fail EVER.

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Oddest Twitter Stars

The best man who twitters about the newlywed's sex life

An anonymous best man came up with the smartest prank ever. Based on the same concept used for the Twittering office chair, this cheeky guy set up a system to get and report increased activity up top straight from the groom's bed. So, every time the couple is… ahem… "on the job", there's a tweet that makes this private moment not so private. Once everything is done, the bed even reports a summary of the love-birds performance!
The daring best man justifies himself saying the prank is a payback for a joke his friend (now the victim) played on him when he was his best man. However, he promises to never unveil the couple's identity or his own. Well, with or without names, I bet the huge amount of visitors do enjoy every time they take a look at his profile!

The 28 year-old who moved back to his parents' and became a million follower sensation by quoting his dad's thoughts.

How would you feel moving back with mom and dad at the age of 28? Well, let me tell you that you're not a loser and even in a situation like this, there's still hope. Just take a look at Justin Halpern from San Diego, who turned this frustrating reality into an internet phenomenon. This creative man found his inspiration in his dad's irreverent daily quotes that he decided to post everyday on a site called shitmydadsays.
The site contains fragments of conversations, observations and exclamations coming out from Samuel's mouth, the most famous dad on Twitter now. The 73-year-old retired man has now thousands of followers on the internet. He and his son, Justin have even received some interesting offers from literary agents and book publishers.

The Big Ben account which twitts o'clock “bongs”

Yes, even the world's most famous clock in London,has a Twitter account. In its virtual version, The Big Ben does exactly the same as in real life, it bongs every hour! What was created as a statement on the banality of the site at first, became a true Twitter sensation with more than 30,000 followers! 

The world's oldest person on Twitter (104 year-old)

Ivy Bean is 104, she lives in Bradford, West York and she is probably the coolest grandma on earth. This lovely woman, who has a Facebook profile already, has become a Twitter sensation –with over 50,000 followers- by posting her updates on the microblogging site.

The mother who tweeted her son's drowning and death almost in real time

This one is about Shellie Ross' misfortune, whose 2 year-old son, Bryson drowned in the swimming pool of the house. But what's Twitter got to do with this? Well, here comes the odd part… The woman, who has more than 5,400 followers, tweeted them at almost every stage of the tragedy. First, a 911 call saying her son was lying at the bottom of the pool; about half an hour later she tweeted “Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool”; and a few hours later she tweeted one more time “remembering my million dollar baby” and posted some photos of her little son.
Although some of these tweets have been since removed, a debate was set on Twitter about the mother's behavior. Either to support or criticize Shellie, this terrible misfortune has caused a great shock on the famous site's users.

The plant chip who twitters updates to remind you to water your plants

Surprised? Well, if even a clock has a Twitter account, why not a plant? At least this one is a living thing!
This is a pothos -a real life plant-, and it's there to remind you that even if you're too busy Twittering, you must water your houseplants!
Who said that technology and the environment don't get along??

The space craft who twitters about life in Mars

Check this out... The Phoenix Mars Lander is on Twitter as well, and it tweets phrases such as "I've entered the gravity well of Mars". Well, some people's creativity goes definitely beyond this world.

The whale that twitters

So far we have a clock, a plant, a lander...now, it's a whale's turn. However, this is not a common one but the most famous whale in the US. The huge animal at the Museum of Natural History in New York City not only has a Twitter account but it has over 11,000 followers!

The house that twitters its energy use

Andy Stanford-Clark , IBM's “Master Inventor”, has rigged up his house to twitter its energy use. So, everybody can see in real time when the famous man turn his lights off, reduces the power consumption or even when has his phone ringing! What at first looks like an oddity is actually an attempt to make electricity consumption transparent in order to change consumer's behavior and reduce energy consumption. 

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