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The pieces follow the Copenhagen summit.

Four new images by the elusive street artist Banksy have surfaced over the weekend, with one seemingly attacking global warming sceptics.

The latest designs were discovered by londonist.com along the banks of Regent’s Canal.

It found the first beneath Camden Street Bridge – “almost in the back yard of the British Transport Police building”.

The second and third pieces were etched under and next to the Oval Road Bridge in the direction of Primrose Hill.

The most provocative simply has the words: “I don’t believe in global warming”, with the writing gradually disappearing into a canal.

Image of man unrolling advert for graffiti.

Another shows a man rolling a graffiti-covered advertisement.

The third has a young boy fishing a dripping ‘Bansky’ tag out of a polluted canal.

Londonlist says it also found evidence of a new rat stencil, but was unable to track it down.

Bansky’s artworks use spray paint and stencils and are often satirical in nature.

There is debate over his identity as he shuns media exposure, preferring to remain anonymous.

This has only added to Banksy’s iconic status as one of the world’s greatest street artists.

Some of his pieces have gone for over £50,000 at auction but apparently he has never profited from the sale of any of his works.

Artwork showing a boy fishing in a polluted canal.

taken from SkyNews

A billboard depicting Jesus’ mother looking dejected after unsatisfying sex with Joseph has given Kiwi Catholics a nasty pre-Christmas surprise.

An angry Christian vandalises the controversial billboard

The huge ad erected in Auckland shows the unhappy couple in bed accompanied by the slogan: “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.”

In the fresco-style work, Joseph looks down red-faced while an anguished Mary looks to the heavens.

The billboard, which has been vandalised by angry Christians who say it is blasphemous, was erected by progressive Christian church, St Matthew’s

Its vicar, Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, said it was a cutting-edge strategy to engage non-believers.

“Progressive Christianity is distinctive in that not only does it articulate a clear view, it is also interested in engaging with those who differ.

“Its vision is one of robust engagement.”

But the city’s Catholic diocese said the implication that Mary and Joseph had just had sex was “disrespectful” and “offensive” to Christians.

Spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer said it was particularly inappropriate given the inference was wrong.

Rev Glynn Cardy

“Our Christian tradition of 2,000 years is that Mary remains a virgin and that Jesus is the son of God, not Joseph,” she said.

But statistics show New Zealanders may need such edgy advertising to help spark interest in religion.

The 2006 Census showed that 32.2% – or 1.3 million Kiwis – profess to have no religion, an increase of 270,000 on the previous survey.

A recent atheist fundraising campaign to put controversial “No God” posters on buses was overwhelmed with donations.

Organiser Simon Fisher said the campaign, which mimics one that ran in Britain, was designed to break religious taboos.

“Religion should not be a taboo subject that no one brings up at dinner parties,” he wrote on the NZ Atheist Bus website.

taken from SkyNews

My Inbox getst SPAM every day, every minute and hate it with a passion! It literally drives you nuts…and just as you think you’ve seen it all, somebody does some creative marketing and sends something funny that actually gets your attention.  This was one of those classic ads about getting a larger penis, etc.

Excellent, I really had a good laugh!

SUBJECT: Julius Malema STAMP

Stamp affected: Julius Malema STAMP

The Reported Problem: Stamp Was Not Sticking To Envelopes.

Course of Action: The Premiers Office Allocated R1.5 Million To Test Stamp

FINDINGS

• 1. The stamp is in perfect order.
• 2. There is nothing wrong with the adhesive.
• 3. People are spitting on the wrong side.

taken from Iluvsa