The Campaign: new film poster painting in progress on NYC building

infographic with more than a couple good reasons for why we should help save PBS.

handmade signs at the Sanity and / or Fear Rally, photographed by Annie Colbert
(via Enchantment Facebook page)

MTA Greed poster, calling attention to “The New MTA: State of Decay” site

It took me a few seconds to notice that this MTA service poster was a spoof.

“Fake subway service alert posters that take jabs at the MTA’s plans to cut service are no laughing matter, the agency said Tuesday. The orange posters replicate the NYC Transit signs down to the Helvetica font and “GREED” typed out in circular train letters…” —“MTA not amused by spoof service announcement posters” via AMNY

a new GOOD Transparency: “Foods That Might Make You Sick”

No Third Terms: Mr. Burns for Mayor propaganda posters by Art in Odd Places.

“The Art of Rebellion,” Steven Heller reviews “New visual books on the comics artist Harvey Kurtzman, classic underground comics, political posters from the Lebanese civil war and mug shots” (via NYTimes.com)

“…On Monday, June 15, 2009, Iranian opposition demonstrators protest in support of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tehran. Opposition supporters defied a ban to stage a mass rally in Tehran in protest at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s landslide election win, as Iran faced a growing international backlash over the validity of the election and the subsequent crackdown on opposition protests…” (image credit: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran’s Disputed Election / The Big Picture (via Boston.com)

Iran political system by Nicolas Rapp (discovered via Michael Surtees on twitter)

redesignrelated:

Stephen Colbert shaves his head and takes over Newsweek as the magazine’s first guest editor in its 76-year history. (this coincides with this week’s Colbert Report “Iraq Invasion”) Newsweek magazine recently launched their redesign, so this special issue is a nice way to bring attention.

We were expecting that anything “Colbert” branded would be very humorous—but the issue is far from an escape on the realities of the situation in Iraq. Stephen Colbert delicately (though some may argue) brings sarcasm and wit to sensitive subject matter.

President Obama’s budget proposal is surprisingly a downloadable pdf that is easy to read, complete with chart graphics.