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We’re not sure if it’s 9-11 or the fact that they’re all dying so the neocons can live out some weird oil dream but somewhere down the line cops and military guys went from “pigs” and “dickhead jocks” to “really amazing guys with hearts of gold.” Even their outfits have improved. They have so much shit on them now with the belts and the utility packs they look like fuckin’ Batman. Comments/Enlarge | See all


Somebody sent us this outtake from G. Gordon Liddy’s 2009 Stacked and Packed calendar and we said, “Ugh, ‘girls with guns’ is the kind of cornball shit that could only appeal to a guy who spent the 60s beating up his kids’ hippy friends and trying to firebomb the Democratic Party headquarters,” but then we were like, wait a second, that guy is actually pretty amazing. Comments/Enlarge | See all






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Published June, 2008

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I’ve been photographing fighting roosters since 2000. The photos here were all shot between 2004 and 2006 in Mexico. The cocks are usually armed with surgical knives that are strapped on one or both of their legs. They use little ones—up to an inch long. Cockfighting is not legal there, but as with so many illegal things in Mexico, it’s still sort of allowed. That’s why I love Mexico so much.





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