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Park Slope might be the Obama-related-promotion center of the world. "At the Medusa Hair Salon in Park Slope, a gentrified, liberal neighbourhood of Brooklyn, a poster in the window offers 'Updos for Obama.' A play on the ubiquitous Obama campaign image by street artist Shepard Fairey, it features the senator sporting Palin's famed beehive." The look is $75; proceeds go to Obama's campaign. [The Guardian via OTBKB]