Seen this dude walking outta Lenox Station in the "A" a few years back... Yelled out "WOOOOO" and he threw one back at me
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Breakin' and Poppin'
My nomination for the "Exact moment that Hip Hop died" category at this years VMA's. That's Carlton, right?
Kid Ceaze
Loss Prevention contributor Ceaze just got back from M-Town, Ten-a-key and graced us with some treatsies. Peep the dead-stock Mutumbo's size 17.
Friday, September 7, 2007
The Great Iraq Swindle
The Rolling Stone has a long article about the vast sums of taxpayer money pouring into the coffers of sleazy US contractors in Iraq -- and how that money isn't being used to make things better for anyone but the ultra-rich in the US.
In short, some $8.8 billion of the $12 billion proved impossible to find. "Who in their right mind would send 360 tons of cash into a war zone?" asked Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee. "But that's exactly what our government did."
Because contractors were paid on cost-plus arrangements, they had a powerful incentive to spend to the hilt. The undisputed master of milking the system is KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary so ubiquitous in Iraq that soldiers even encounter its customer-survey sheets in outhouses. The company has been exposed by whistle-blowers in numerous Senate hearings for everything from double-charging taxpayers for $617,000 worth of sodas to overcharging the government 600 percent for fuel shipments. When things went wrong, KBR simply scrapped expensive gear: The company dumped 50,000 pounds of nails in the desert because they were too short, and left the Army no choice but to set fire to a supply truck that had a flat tire. "They did not have the proper wrench to change the tire," an Iraq vet named Richard Murphy told investigators, "so the decision was made to torch the truck."
In perhaps the ultimate example of military capitalism, KBR reportedly ran convoys of empty trucks back and forth across the insurgent-laden desert, pointlessly risking the lives of soldiers and drivers so the company could charge the taxpayer for its phantom deliveries. Truckers for KBR, knowing full well that the trips were bullshit, derisively referred to their cargo as "sailboat fuel."
Read more here:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle
In other news... This guy is awesome!
FRANK151 X DM$
2Hips DM$ RIP
by MQIZM
LA, 2007
NYC institution DM$ has gotten together with my dudes over at Frank 151 and will be collaborating on a new issue of the book tentatively slated for release sometime early next year. This is one of a handful of Memorial Walls which will be featured in the issue.
NFL 07'
The recent trend of successful athletes with conventional first names that start with "La" -- like LaMarcus Aldridge and LaRon Landry -- has me more excited than ever to name my first son "LaBrett". My boo not so much. Still amped for the start of the new season tonight. Sleeper money's on the Falcons.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
© Highland Park '03
"STRESEOEWAVTVOBEEOKERMKR"
executed by SEVER, TOTEM, REVOK, EWOK, & SABER
August 14th-16th 2003
Los Angeles, CA
ADULT SWIM NONSENSE
Cartoon Network... Expect a call from the Humane Society as well as our attorney's. Shit ain't royalty free.
Melrose '07
(peep the Banksy rat in the top right that got buffed a short time later)
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Hollywood, CA
March 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
WU TANG
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Loss Prevention commissioned graphics from the fall of 2006 produced to accompany the Wu Tang Clan on their 2006/2007 World Tour.
Monday, September 3, 2007
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