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Is that even possible? Iran certainly thinks so and they are threatening to execute Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an Iranian-American accused of developing said games.
Aaron Wood is at it again, this time bringing the heat with more propaganda posters. Here is Part I and Part II. (via bitshare.tumblr.com)
Culture Buzz Aaron Wood has more posters to add to his social network agit prop that, again, bluntly remind us of our patriotic duties to use Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. Found via BitShare.
Politics Buzz In light of the sexual harassment turned sexual ASSAULT charges against Herman Cain, Ned Hepburn has designed a new campaign poster in the style of Shepard Fairey. Sometimes the easy joke is the right one.
Do you want to know what the #occupywallstreet protesters really really want? There's a 30-second commercial for that!
Politics Buzz You're too dumb to tell what's real and what's not. Besides, what would you do with that information anyway? Change the world or something? Fat chance.
Tech Buzz Artist Aaron Wood designed these awesome propaganda posters for some of the biggest social networks. They are awesome and prints are available to order at his etsy store. (via thehighdefinite.com)
Culture Buzz Artists Olly Moss, Tyler Stout, and Eric Tan created these awesome 1940s propaganda posters for Captain America: The First Avenger. Prints of the posters will be available for purchase from Mondo, who partnered with the Alamo Drafthouse to commission the works.
Syrian officials released this photo of President Bashar al-Assad swearing in the new governor of the rebellious Hama province. Apparently Syrian officials have a lot in common with their Chinese government counterparts!
Culture Buzz Levitation, powered by Chinese propaganda. If you look closely at the pixels of this picture, posted on a Chinese county government news site, you can see that there may have been some shenanigans. Add yours! Use the image overlay tool to put these awesome officials on a different background. (via zonaeuropa.com)
A little girl's science experiment turns into a lesson about buying local produce. Also … effing adorable.
Culture Buzz PETA’s new comic for the kiddies is just as fun as you might expect. It stars all those old McDonald's characters from our childhood, having a good old fashioned cannibalistic bloodbath. Seems like the sort of thing that maybe parents are going to get all upset about, but I'm into it. (From PETA, via @joelrama.)
Politics Buzz On second thought, let's not go to D.C. It is a silly place. Using satire as his medium, Safwat Saleem takes quotes and statistics and turns them into dark humor.
Culture Buzz Artist Phillip Toledano, working under the conviction that “being an artist is a great deal like being a dictator,” has incorporated himself into a series of Kim Jong Illustrations. Much more over at Kim Jong Phil.com.
Government communists are re-mixing old cartoons to attack Glenn Beck, says Beck. Watch as Mickey finds out.
Just in time for Caturday… [Jack's note: What? Every day is Caturday. You should know that by now. From Allie Brosh, of course.]
A commercial for Mancrunch, a new gay dating website, will not be aired during the Superbowl, which would be less weird if CBS hadn't given the OK to a pro-life commercial featuring Tim Tebow. To be fair, babies are cute. Two dudes kissing? Not so much, says CBS.