The Artifacts of Modernity Internet Museum presents its own “OMG Adorbz! of the Day”…

If only elementary school music class was always this indie chic.

P.S. We would also like to congratulate this video on its racial diversity and its embracing of other cultures via the French band Phoenix.

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America’s lowest ranked news source has more:

Washington (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Colleen LaRose, known as “Jihad Jane” and “Fatima LaRose,” has also been charged with making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft…

LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet “to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the Internet who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad,” according to a Justice Department statement.

If convicted, LaRose faces a possible life prison sentence and a $1 million fine, the statement said.

The conspiracy began in June 2008, when LaRose posted a comment on YouTube under the username JihadJane saying she is “desperate to do something somehow to help” Muslims, according to the indictment unsealed Tuesday.

From December 2008 to October 2009, LaRose engaged in electronic communication with the five co-conspirators about their shared desires to wage jihad and become martyrs, according to the indictment…

According to a U.S. government official familiar with the case, LaRose was successful in recruiting some people to join the cause. She also was able to raise money, the official said, adding that she was in contact with committed jihadists in South Asia, Western Europe and Eastern Europe. The official declined to link her to any specific terrorist organizations.

La Rose, the indictment claims, stole a U.S. passport at one point in order to “facilitate an act of international terrorism.”

She received “a direct order to kill a citizen and resident of Sweden, and to do so in a way that would frighten ‘the whole Kufar [non-believer] world.’ “

“I will make this my goal till I achieve it or die trying,” LaRose said via electronic communication, according to the indictment.

LaRose, along with the co-conspirators, believed that “her appearance and American citizenship would help her blend in while carrying out her plans, calling it a possible “way to achieve what is in my heart,” according to the indictment.

The indictment alleges that LaRose even agreed to marry one of the co-conspirators to obtain residency status in a European country.

LaRose traveled to Europe in August and “tracked the intended target online in an effort to complete her task,” the statement said.

According to the indictment, LaRose told the co-conspirator who ordered the murder that she considers it an “honour & a great pleasure to die or kill for” the co-conspirator and pledged that “only death will stop me here that I am so close to the target.”

The killing did not occur, and LaRose was arrested about two weeks after the electronic message was sent.

While this may not stress anything uniquely apparent about Life in the 2k10’s or other post-post-modern such, the Museum would like to applaud this chart’s simplistic and awe-inspiring truth.

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Sometimes, hipsterrunoff says it better than our little start-up Museum ever could.

Carles, author of the acclaimed blog, has more:

In an effort to rebrand herself to fit in with the modern world + to fit in with tweens and minorities, the popular celebwhore “Mona Lisa” paid for the opportunity to chill with popular 1990s/2000s rapper Puff Daddy AKA Sean Combs AKA P Diddy AKA Bro Puffdy.

By embracing social media and schmoozing with pop culture icons + hip hop moguls, the Mona Lisa will be able to transition her brand into the modern memesphere. While she will always exist in textbooks because of her close ties with Leonardo DaVinci, creating an internet brand for herself will ultimately make her more valuable to investors like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yelp, and Gawker.

In other news, the Louvre is currently confused on whether to be happy for this boost in commercial viability or horrified by this caustic breach on art and culture.

Dear 2010, I hate it here.  See below:

Condoms in ‘extra small’ for boys age 12 set for Britain’s shelves soon

(taken from The Daily Mail, UK)

Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 could soon be on our shelves.

The Hotshot condoms are going on sale in Switzerland after research found that not enough 12 to 14-year-old boys were having protected sex.

The condoms are likely to end up on sale in Britain, said their manufacturer Lamprecht AG.

A standard condom has a diameter of 52mm in comparison with the Hotshot’s 45mm. Both are the same length – 190mm.

According to a study of 13 to 20-year-olds, a quarter said that a standard condom was too large.

Hilary Pannack, of teenage pregnancy charity Straight Talking Peer Education, said: ‘We know young people are having sex and if this is what it takes to protect them, we need to go along with it.’

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Always wanted to sexually explore a twelve year old/tween?  Now you can do it as safely as possible!!  Glad the industry is shifting in ways to keep kids more safe.

Now this kid doesn’t have to ask Mom and Dad to drive him to CVS to pick up some Plan B for his “lucky lady” the next morning:

Now these kids can safely mess around all they want, say Bye Bye to silly ol STD’s!

Look like its gonna be a fun and well-protected night ahead…

Take comfort in this: when all the world is frigid, your iPhone will keep you warm.

Video clip classic in the making.

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In case Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards couldn’t get any sillier and more fun to make fun of, they just did:  President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have just been nominated for the “Cutest Couple Award” at the 2010 Kids Choice Awards.

The competition, however, is pretty intense.  They’re pitted up against “Edward and Bella” from Twilight New Moon.  And in case that wasn’t steep enough, they’re also running against “Jacob and Bella” from Twilight New Moon.  And the fourth nominee? “Neytiri and Jake” from Avatar.

Can’t wait to see if Obama and Lady GaGa interact backstage or on the “orange carpet” as they await their possible orange blimps.

I wonder if Barack and Miley are on good terms or are sorta frenemies… hopefully she’ll keep her cool for the “big night”.

Move over Zaknessa, Barchelle is now in town. (Is that what we’re calling the Prez & wifey these days?)

P.S. If Barack and Michelle win, they better get slimed.

The above photo could be the Commander in Chief.

These children are robots.  But seriously, what will become of them as the years go by?  Who will be the rebellious druggy?  Who will have the coke addiction?

Never forget Jon and Kate.

Just accept it.

Embrace it.

Revel in its destroyed state.

Yes, my friends, Art is dead.

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It’s hard to say goodbye when it’s to someone you loved so much, someone you cared so much for, someone who was so important to your life and your personal dickwad brand.

It’s hard to understand just how much pain and suffering this shall cause.  It’s hard to describe this type of raw emotional loss… like the kind you had when Obama won or the kind you have every time you drive pass a wind power farm.

It’s hard to think of the future without your baby, your pride and joy, your Daddy’s little girl.

It’s hard to move on from something so nurturing, so wonderful… something that was so symbolic of everything you believed in.

It’s hard to sit there and watch as your one true love fades away into the distance, as a cruel horrible enemy crushes her into oblivion, as the evil of another triumphs over your innocent, your sweet, your former love.

Rest in peace, my love.  We will never forget you.

“I will remember you (dooby dum dum dum), Will you remember me? (dooby dum dum dum), Don’t let your life pass you by…. weep not for the memories”

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R.I.P. Hummer ( 1992-2010 )

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(Educate your damn self, read the NY Times article here)