Neighborhood Watch: Friday, Dec. 12

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The ACLU wants people to "Design the Restoration of America"...in poster form. The winning entry earns $500.According to the Times of London, California is going to run out of money in February.Another anonymous missile strike on the Pakistani side of the Afghanistan border. The Associated Press "suspects" the United States did it.The NewScientist has a fun gallery of anamorphic art.Some well-known foodies are banding together to encourage President-elect Obama to adopt a "literal kitchen cabinet" and grow organic food in the White House garden.Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Kimya Dawson, and more will play the music of the legendary R.E.M. on March 11 at New York's Carnegie Hall to benefit music programs for underprivileged children.From the GOOD Community: beamcamp puts out a call for collaborative art project proposals for a four-week camp for kids in New Hampshire in the summer of 2009.(Image: the collage work of Patrick Haemmerlein. More at urban1028.)