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Baltimore Police Save Us From Powwow Goers - Photos

We think these photos sum up nicely the absurdity of city wasting resources to bust up the 26th Annual Powwow in the park behind the lovely Port Covington Wal-Mart.

You'd think they were expecting a riot.

Instead, they got...



Thanks, Baltimore. We're much safer as a city now.

photos by Mobtown Shank staff

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Holiday Shopping Guides Aggregator

If you're like me (and here's hoping you're not), you haven't even started your holiday shopping yet. But here's the rub, Christmas is a week away! Are you freaking out now? I am. In fact, I was awakened by a panic attack this AM. 

Well here is a list of some holiday shopping guides to help you make your seasonal consumption easier.

Atomic Books Holiday Shopping Guide

The B Paper's 2012 Baltimore Gift Guide

Baltimore Citypaper's 2012 Gift Guide

Baltimore Magazine's 2012 Gift Guide

Now get out there! Good luck!

The Mobbies - The Shank & Friends Nominated

The Baltimore Sun has opened voting for their Mobbies - Maryland's Outstanding Blog Awards.

We have many friends (and/or blogs we're fans of) deservedly nominated - like Gutter, Aural States, B-More Musically Informed, Pasta Primavera, Quarterlife Party, The Baltimore Taper, Pragmatik, Charm City Craft Mafia (sorry if I forgot anyone).

The Shank was also nominated in the following categories:
-Best Overall Blog
-Neighborhood
-News
-Art & DIY

You can vote here.
And go here to vote for best overall blog.

Beardymore

Ladies and gentlemen - I introduce you to Beardymore!

The bearded men of Baltimore!

Missed Connection - Baltimore

link submitted by Mag Sabo

Most Baltimore missed connection ever.

Addicted to missed connections? Check out the Julia Wertz edited comic anthology:  I Saw You: Comics Inspired By Real-Life Missed Connections.

Breaking: The Sun Twitters Oscars!

We'd like to thank The Baltimore Sun for using some of its ever-shrinking resources on Twittering the Oscar winners last night.

Imagine if they start to apply that new technology to actual news.

Baltimore Sun on Twitter

Finding Atlantis

Did Google Ocean just find the lost city of Atlantis?

Some think so.

The Death Of Old Media

links submitted by Scott Huffines

2 fantastic examples of why many "traditional" media outlets (like newspapers and magazines) are dying.

Time Magazine: "25 Things I Didn't Want To Know About You"

The New York Times: "Ah, Yes, More About Me? Here Are ‘25 Random Things"

Dear Print Publications,

If I could slap you or shake you out of this ridiculous self-caricature that you've become I would.

After 8 years of carrying water for the Bush Administration, do you really not know what news looks like anymore?

The fact that you think inanity of 25 Things on Facebook is story-worthy makes you irrelevant.

I think the sooner you go away, the better it will be for everyone.

Signed,
Someone Who Is Embarrassed For You

Are We Living In A Tyler Durden World...

... and they're just not telling us?

During SuperBowl last night, Comcast's feed in Arizona was interrupted and replaced with a several seconds long pornographic clip.

Comcast believes the pornography that interrupted its feed of the Super Bowl Sunday night was the result of foul play, a company spokeswoman said Monday morning.
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The Arizona Daily Star newsroom was flooded with calls from irate viewers who said that the porn cut into the game with less than three minutes left to play, just after Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald scored on a touchdown pass from Kurt Warner to put the team in the lead.

Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.

At least Comcast is now admitting it seems likely this is a prank, unlike Google.

Over the weekend, if you searched anything on Google for a period of time, everything that came up warned you that it may harm your computer.

This weekend, the mighty Google, the world’s most popular search engine, proved fallible. Following a period on Saturday where nearly all search results were flagged with the warning the sites "may harm your computer," Google’s vice president of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer issued a statement on the company blog that attributed the incident to human error.

Uh-huh. Suuuuure it was human error, Google.

Then there is the "possible" suspect (what does that even mean?) Rodney Stanger in the case of a missing girl in FLA. I think it's safe to assume Stanger is not really a hamster.

And finally, zombies attacked Austin.

Tyler Durden?

For more reading on pranks.

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Shank Action: BMA Film Petition

Our friend Eric Allen Hatch hosted an awesome free film series at the BMA. Great films were shown, frequently to great turnouts. Then the BMA canceled the series.

Justin over at Beatbots has organized a petition to get the film series reinstated.

Sign it, won't you?

For more about it.