Bitter Billionaire Broadcasting – A Curse on Rupert MurdochSure Fox News and the rest of the Rightwing Fiction Machine still spends 24 hours a day trying ...
Dick Cheney Still Alive – As Scalia, Thomas and the rest of the bitter rightwing Supreme Court majority gets ready to declare even limp health ...
Proudly Serving the 1% – Still no time, but... The luxury towers continue to rise as more and more of us sink into an economic hole we'll never ...
Bloomberg & Occupy Wall St. – A laughable quandary: Demonstrators Test Mayor, a Backer of Wall St. and Free Speech. The mayor wonders "...why don't ...
Note: Occupy Wall Street – Right: Inside one of The 15 Most Expensive NYC Banker Homes, on W 67th. Paul Krugman's Confronting the Malefactors: "...
9/11 Anniversary – Taken with a webcam I think, from the roof in Williamsburg Frank Rich does a nice job of summing up the decade since 9/...
Note: Rich and War on Poor – I missed the debut of Frank Rich's monthly column at New York magazine. His first column was Obama's Original Sin...
Note: New GOP Logo – I designed a new logo for the GOP, left, free of charge. The party's elephant logo slanders a noble creature, and ...
Note: Great Analysis of Obama's Failure – Drew Weston has written the best analysis I've read so far of Obama's failure to become the latter-day Franklin ...
Poop About to Hit Debt Ceiling Fan – Centrist heaven Update: Joe Nocera had a great column today about the Tea Party GOP's War on America. Yes, I'd ...
Escape from New York Recipes – Coming soon: Creamed Banker Beef on a Shingle, pictured here under a heat lamp in Hell Escape from New York The Tea ...
Boiling Snake Oil Hot Tub – Outhouse duplex overlooking flag at the rising Fulton St. Transit Center Flag draped coffin iPhoneThe founding fathers ...
GOP Dictionary – Ronald Reagan Memorial Abortion Something women do to insult those who believe that life -- in the womb or in the tomb, ...
The More Palin Drinks – Left, what she would look like without a constant supply of fresh blood. We haven't heard much from her lately; maybe...
Obama, Bridge to Nowhere – Ladder to nowhere on Bayard in Williamsburg "The president is trying to present himself as a bridge between the parties...
State of the Disunion – Fascinating map at The Atlantic: The 12 States of America I haven't complained about the GOP lately because it feels ...
Gilded Catwalk NYC – Aristocrats frolic in the window at 51st St. & 7th Ave. I remember the trolls in the comments at Curbed used to (still ...
Best Wishes Rep. Giffords – USA, fading fast...Reading the NY Times article Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics spurred me to waste time...
Zombies Eat American Dream – Egalitarian dream come true: Now anyone can be a celebrity slut! Thanks to everyone who looked at or linked to Restless ...
A Curse on Rupert Murdoch – With the world up to its neck in a cesspool of evil, and not a lifeboat in sight, I've been forced to take supernatural ...
Bloomberg's No-Nothings – Why do I pick on bike zealots? Because Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, and Gail Collins are too busy taking on big-time...
Bike Zealots Con Council – I think the markings on the left mean "Bikes Run Intersections" Bike zealots are now spreading their tired propaganda at...
Bloomberg for President! – Bloomberg kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech along the Brooklyn waterfront. He claims the problem with ...
Goodbye Obama – He says "The American people didn't send us here to wage symbolic battles or win symbolic victories." We didn't send ...
Congratulations GOP! – Yes, I removed my serious post on Obama's whimpering end -- it was too depressing. Instead, looking forward to a ...
Palin for President! – I am so sick of the world we've let happen... ...of NYC turning to plastic, phony as a high-rent hooker's smile, as it ...
The Topless Party – Judith with Head, Cranach the ElderIf you want thoughtful analysis of our degraded state following the midterm elections...
Diving Newtown Creek – Maybe it's the fumes, but Newtown Creek looks pretty good to me from the Greenpoint Ave. bridge, above. Note the ...
Kochs Get Boehner – The billionaire Koch brothers, above, are elated to have the GOP back in charge of the House, led by faithful ...
Vote for Tom – Tea Party sugar daddy Montgomery Burns explains Long ago, GOP strategists helped turn "liberal" into a sneer-word for "...
NYC Cast as Villain – Barclays Capital burns money thru its lit facade near Times Square One nasty recurring thought I've had over the years ...
The Billionaire Gap – $50,000 mattress for the billionaire whose bedbugs have everything! Breathless teaser: The Cold War had the Space Race ...
Start Making Sense – Found "belt bomb" drawing. Blame yourdirty mind, not me, if you see something else... This guy Franzen makes a lot...
Bitter Billionaires – The Koch brothers, pissed off that you have anything at all! If you read one article on politics this year, make it this...
Welcome Your New Warlords – Friday the 13th day-mare: 3-eyed KKK from Johnson & Jay in the BK From Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee for Senate ...
A Tale of Two Economies – Explained below. Meanwhile, learn to breathe under water... There's the Wall Street Economy, run by people who ...
FOX/GOP Blood Party (BP) – An alien ship, Dick Cheney's heart pump, or the BP Gulf platform? If there was any justice, Dick Cheney would have a BP ...
GOP BP Arson Party – BP Station Spills Green All Over E. Williamsburg "The images from the last month -- Washington essentially powerless, BP...
Obama, Bombs, Arizona – ...just like Pearl Harbor!... Sorcerer Obama Casts Socialist Spell on Audience At a Graduation, Obama Urges Openness ...
NY Post Licks Banker Boots – I noticed the crowds around Cooper Union Thursday morning, but didn't realize until I got home that Obama was there, ...
FOX GOP Tea Party McVeigh Day – X Chromosome of Palin's Real Americans On the 15th anniversary of Real American hero Tim McVeigh's assault on the ...
GOP's Million McVeigh March on DC – Protesters gathered outside the Capitol, NYT Update 3/25: It's their Tea Party Warlord Way or the Highway. The GOP...
School Daze – From the excellent season 4 of The Wire Sure there's the deadly recession and the wars, and the fascist harpies on FOX ...
We Need Guillotines – Municipal Razor, via Chicago Now Millions of unemployed face years without jobs; with no help in sight, more homeowners ...
Bloomberg Times Square Antidote – Now that Bloomberg has declared his patio lounge Times Square a success... Where TV viewers and tourists can sit and ...
State of the Union – Angry American at 123 5th Ave. I didn't watch Obama's speech last night and I'm glad I didn't, since anything short of a...
Dems Replace Ted with Torso – I cleaned up the original title; for a moment I forgot this is a family tabloid! How could anyone be surprised by the ...
Haiti, FOX/GOP and Wall Street – Real Americans Do It with Hate Warning: The following is a flabby, spiteful cloud of spew, but the Chernobyl heart that ...
Picturing the '00s – I took up the NY Times "Documenting the Decade" challenge [ Lens ] and picked five of my photos to represent events of ...
Roll-Down Gate Redesign – My contributions to the redesign the roll-down gate feature at City Room. I have negative feelings about most of the '...
Wall Street Flag – NYSE, Last Refuge of Scoundrels What, you expected Wall Street to hide behind some other flag? If you haven't been down...
New Museum Hits the NY Times – Face of Money on the Bowery Before the New Museum The New Museum conflict has hit the NY Times, and besides giving ...
New Museum Hits the Fan – I wondered months ago about the civic purpose of the New Museum. Now artist William Powhida has summed up ...
Political Blogging Note – Attack Attack Monday Yogurt Yogurt, 23rd near Lexington In case you wondered, Yes I do get tired of listening to myself ...
FOX Stands for Full Of Xhit – Like ABC stands for A Big Corporation Of course I don't watch FOX News -- I don't need any New York media elitists' help...
NY Times Endorses Tycoon Island – His Majesty MIKE III From today's NY Times' endorsement of Bloomberg: His plans suit the times. With little city ...
Burn Baby Burn Monday – Solution to Our Energy Problems? Some heat to warm you on this cold Monday morning. Above, a tagger proposes we burn ...
Thank You MIKE Bloomberg – Mailed to my cats Snagglepuss Jr., Ms. Meow, and The RatMaster 5000 Thank you MIKE for all the big sturdy campaign ads I...
My Two Cents – Above, police man the intersection at 57th & Park Ave. a few days ago, to handle all the black SUV convoys going to and...
Back to Business as Usual – - Paul Krugman worries that "a crucial opportunity is being missed," and that we'll soon be back to following Reagan's ...
Urban Shed Competition – Something Is Going On Up There; 38th St. off Sixth Ave. I got excited when saw a blurb about the Urban Shed Competition...
What Obama Should Do – Tiresome, I know. But since I started this, and read Paul Krugman's excellent piece this morning, I might as well ...
The Persistence of Assholes – America Takes a Leak (near 48th St. & 48th Ave., Queens) Half of all people tend toward being assholes. (Proved ...
More Morsels – Tara Donovan at Lever House Rubber stamping all that development was easy, but now Bloomberg's Dept. of Buildings is at ...
The Eternal Con – Trash bunny in front of 30 Bayard in Williamsburg "...derivatives allow risk to be shifted from those who understand it ...
Propaganda Pictures – From the Red-loving New York Times: On top, a picture of North Korean functionaries commemorating the late state ...
My 2 Cents – I've been trying to spare you my opinion for weeks, but now that everyone else in the world is venting, I feel cold and...
Yes You Can – For the time capsule on this Inauguration Day, the front page of the NY Times website, where jeweler Harry Winston goes ...
Inaugural Atmosphere – Before you can inhale the good air, you have to exhale the bad air. Rothman's on Union Square has a tradition of ...
My Good Taste – - First, on the future of Atlantic Yards: Marty says Frank is too fancy [Curbed], and Unbeige says Gehry is gone [via C...
Naked Power Palin – Sign above seen at the CUNY Graduate Center on Fifth at 34th I'm ready to ignore the rest of the GOP hierarchy for a ...
Obama's Victory Speech – I just watched it. I am allergic to charisma -- I don't like con men, and don't have any patience for the soft fables ...
Election Eve of Destruction – The election is nigh. I have a good feeling -- thanks to those who've fought the good fight for years, like Frank ...
Five Brothers Fat Enterprise – Some signs I've seen lately. Above left, a Five Brothers Fat Enterprise sign that nicely spans at least two ...
Palin: North to Alaska – I used to dream we could dangle Bill Clinton as bait to bring together the hardcore GOP / Fox News Nation, entice it ...
Sarah the Barbarian – Sarah Palin, as Frank Rich points out so well today, has more testosterone than McCain and all his tired Swift Boat ...
Headless Moosewoman – A disgusted friend -- and patriot, I must add -- says he's building a guillotine. Then this morning I saw the headless...
Palin Seduces Moose – Palin seduces Bullwinkle, lonely in rutting season. He woke up missing his antlers and musk gland -- he might as ...
GOP Flag – Sure they're patriots, but to what nation? The GOP is the endless last stand of the Confederacy, living the Big Lie, a...
Frank Rich & Paul Krugman – Every time I see the NY Times feature Bush / Cheney's latest statements I think "Why do they give these compulsive liars...
No Iraq Exit Strategy – (Update: They shocked me and printed my letter today (7/27); some days it's great to be a crank...) It's pathetic -- ...
Memorial Day Parade – Is it me, or are the troops they're sending to Iraq getting younger all the time? Just kidding, which I shouldn't do on...
Idea: Custom Carved Soap – Yet another borderline practical business idea. Customers send in a picture, then you use computer programs (for shape ...
Osama's Cave – Update above: Osama -- now the honorary Sultan of Swat, Pakistan, and lonely for the large harem he is due -- has ...
White House Xmas Bush – I cooked up this image yesterday morning for the December round of the Huffington Post's Contagious Festival. It seems...
Roots – The base images I used to make the picture above (for an Accidental Oracle item) are below. It's my favorite ...
Merged Portraits – I did a few "mergers" of photos for my Accidental Oracle stuff. On top is a picture of "Heart Attack" Dick Cheney...
Fox Fascist News Poster – Nobody Licks Boot Better!"Fair and Balanced" Fox News posters were plastered all over the subway a few years ago (I read...
Dear Ms. Munch - Part 1 – Found Portrait of Ms. Munch To: Cynthia Munch Comptroller, Grants Division Ronald McDonald Foundation 22278 Ronald ...
Dear Ms. Munch - Part 2 – Found Portrait of Ms. Munch [ Dear Ms. Munch - Part 1 ] The World Turns Out to Be a Super Titanic Death Match I have ...
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