“Confederate veteran and capitalist Henry A. Landes (1844-1919) had this house built in 1887-88. Designed by prominent architects George E. Dickey of Houston and D. A. Helmich, the house reportedly provided refuge to some 200 people during the disastrous 1900 hurricane. John P. McDonough, owner of a dry docks and ironworks business, purchased the property in 1911. Acquired by the Dominican Sisters in 1954, it housed a fine arts center for a number of years. The eclectic Victorian structure features Romanesque style accents in its fine ornamental terra cotta, brick and ironwork, and its exuberant parapet and towers.”

“Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 1973”

Location: intersection of Avenue E and 16th Street, Galveston, Texas

holaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa finalmente si ritorna a vivere..

I mari sono sempre stati solcati da navi che trasportano beni di consumo.

Un tempo i prodotti erano poggiati sulle spiagge, i venditori si allontanavano con le loro scialuppe in attesa che gli acquirenti scegliessero ciò che desideravano. Di seguito, gli ultimi lasciavano altri beni di consumo di pari valore di quelli presi.

Poi, è stata coniata la prima moneta. Da quel momento, i commerci si sono avvalsi di piccoli oggetti che hanno un grande valore.

Il libero commercio è diventata l'anima della produzione e del consumo...ma in realtà, come disse Denis Diderot, "il libero commercio non è un principio, è un espediente".

♫ Ziggy Marley - I Am A Human ♫

I am a human

Haven't I suffered for so long?

Still the reason for hope

Keep on holding on

I am a human

Well, I am a child like her

And if you look into my eyes

Deep down there's a light

I'm not a Christian, I'm not a Muslim

I'm not a Jew, it shouldn't matter to you

I'm not a capitalist and I'm not a communist

I'm not a socialist, I'm not the politics

Tell me, are these the reasons, you can't live right?

I am a human

Haven't I suffered for too long?

Still the reason for hope

Keep on holding on

Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It is covered by a few meters of a salt crust, which has an extraordinary leveling with variations of average altitude of less than one meter throughout the entire area of the Salar. The crust serves as a source of copper salt and a pool of brine, which is extremely rich in lithium. It contains 50 to 70% of the world's lithium reserves, a resource that is in the process of being mined. The large area, clear sky and exceptional leveling of the surface make Salar an ideal object to calibrate the altimeters of Earth observation satellites.

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PS. After Bolivia, Elon Musk says capitalists can overthrow any government they want.

Billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk has come under fire after welcoming last year’s overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales in what was seen as a bid to obtain the country’s lithium reserves.

In response to a tweet on Saturday that accused the U.S. government of forcing Morales out, allowing Musk to access Bolivian resources, he wrote: “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”

Hundreds of Bolivia’s Indigenous population were massacred following what was branded “a fascist coup” against Morales, who is currently in exile in Argentina.

Bolivia has between 25% and 45% of the world’s known lithium reserves, an estimated 21 tons, most of which is in the Salar de Uyuni salt flat.

Lithium is a crucial component of the batteries used in Tesla vehicles and other electric cars, as well as computers, smartphones, and other equipment, and its value is set to skyrocket as sales of such vehicles increase.

peoplesworld.org/article/after-bolivia-elon-musk-says-cap...

du Bignon Burial Grounds

Jekyll Island, GA

Henri duBignon sold Jekyll Island to a group of millionaire capitalists and formed the famous Jekyll Island Club.

Happy Fence Friday!

Mushin’ around is a prime time drama about shrooms that are a little extra in a forest that always has something exhilarating happening just on top of the mossy surfaces. In it’s infancy, the show was meant to be a docudramedy appealing to the scientific community who felt they had a sense of humor. Hard core mycologists and forest fanatics were drawn to the crazy antics of these shrooms and their unique personalities. The scientific community’s Skype was sizzling with excitement, especially when they were waiting for their solutions and procrastinating on putting in another order to replace broken test tubes. Microscopes were also having a magnificent time! Could this be a genre bending nonfiction dramedy? Could this be an anti capitalistic statement with recommendations to prevent further climate change? Could this actually be a reality show set in a forest? Either way, it’s easy to understand the almost alarming long standing baited breath. And so, what was supposed to be a one off show became more of a running thing, with a whole cast of memorable characters and their daily joys and struggles because that’s what happens when the world demands something (I guess?).

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A view of the three main buildings of the Peoria Waterworks constructed between 1890-91 and 1913. On the left is the Richardsonian Romanesque Pumping Station #1, and on the right i the Main Well House. Both structures were erected in 1890-91. The center building, Pumping Station #2, was erected in 1913. All three buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

History: In 1843 the Illinois State legislature chartered the Peoria Water Company. The system remained publicly owned until 1890 when the entire system belonging to the City was sold to two eastern capitalists who agreed to straighten out the utility's finances and construct needed additional facilities.

The new owners reconstructed the entire water system at this site along the Illinois River less than 5 miles north of downtown Peoria. The three principle buildings are shown above. The complex is still in use today and is owned and operated by American Water, a public utility company operating in the United States and Canada founded in 1886.

With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.

A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.

The west Texas desert isn't the place you would visit to do street photography. However, if you put a Prada store out in the middle of it you'll find it draws an amazing array of people to photography. However, Prada Marfa isn't a real Prada store.It’s a permanent sculptural art installation by artists Elmgreen and Dragset. Wikipedia describes it as “The site-specific of Prada Marfa invites for a comparison with other art movements such as minimalism and land art, which are equally dependent on the site where they are placed. Prada Marfa relies almost entirely on its context for its critical effect. The “sculptural Intervention” can be interpreted as criticism of consumerism, luxury branding and gentrification, but whether intentionally or not, it is also argued it reinforces the capitalist values it criticizes.”

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There is an underground narrative in the West. With each year of the progress of continued capitalist domination, enshrined in state, law and public discourse, a much less noticed shadow story trailed in its tracks. This is the storyline connecting us to our Dreamtime. This is where our spirits live, where we can sing and dance.

JPEG done with the Samyang mirror-reflex lens fixed at F6.3.

A massively oversized (as big as a Vespa scooter) sculpture of a wasp in a shopping centre in Watford, Hertfordshire. Its black and yellow colours ought to be enough to warn you, but for those ignoring this the sting is already out! Makes you think, does it not? In times when "anti-capitalist" thoughts are regarded as heretical, here is a reminder that "shopping" comes with its own dangers. It is difficult to ignore the presence of this sculpture. It is not even 'nice'. It is unsettling. It makes you think. That is what art should do.

Building Name：Sky Tree

by Japanese architect Toyo Ito design, Base about 97200 square feet, 82800 square feet planning garden and artificial lake, 39 layer avant-garde building, the total number of about 72 households, Each household between 6300 ~ 8892 square feet, The price of each household more than 3.33 million US dollars.

Taiwan is a capitalist paradise…

Because the cost of holding real estate in Taiwan is not high,

The actual occupants of such a mansion, May be a foreign worker,Help the homeowner to look after the house and clean,

The behavior of buying a house, It may be just an investment.

Can only look up…XD

建築名稱：天空樹

由日本建築師伊東豊雄設計，基地約2700坪，2300坪規劃花園及人工湖，39層前衛建築，總戶數約72戶，每戶坪數在175~247坪之間，每戶價格超過9990萬新台幣。

台灣是資本主義的天堂…

因為在台灣持有房地產的成本不高，這樣的豪宅的實際居住者，可能是外國工人，幫助房主照顧房子並清潔，買房子的行為，這可能只是一項投資。只能仰望…XD

Antonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history and linguistics. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime.

Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks and 3,000 pages of history and analysis during his imprisonment. His Prison Notebooks are considered a highly original contribution to 20th-century political theory. Gramsci drew insights from varying sources – not only other Marxists but also thinkers such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Vilfredo Pareto, Georges Sorel and Benedetto Croce. The notebooks cover a wide range of topics, including Italian history and nationalism, the French Revolution, fascism, Taylorism and Fordism, civil society, folklore, religion and high and popular culture.

Gramsci is best known for his theory of cultural hegemony, which describes how the state and ruling capitalist class – the bourgeoisie – use cultural institutions to maintain power in capitalist societies. The bourgeoisie, in Gramsci's view, develops a hegemonic culture using ideology rather than violence, economic force, or coercion. Hegemonic culture propagates its own values and norms so that they become the "common sense" values of all and thus maintain the status quo. Cultural hegemony is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than the use of force to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced by the dominant class through the institutions that form the superstructure.

Gramsci also attempted to break from the economic determinism of traditional Marxist thought, and so is sometimes described as a neo-Marxist. He held a humanistic understanding of Marxism, seeing it as a "philosophy of praxis" and an "absolute historicism" that transcends traditional materialism and traditional idealism.

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Deutsches Eck ("German Corner") is the name of a headland in Koblenz where the Moselle joins the Rhine. In 1897, nine years after the death of the German Emperor William I, the former emperor was honoured with a giant equestrian statue bearing an inscription quoting a German poem: "Nimmer wird das Reich zerstöret, wenn ihr einig seid und treu" (Never will the Empire be destroyed, so long as you are united and loyal). Another inscription could be found at the statue dedicating it to “Wilhelm der Große” (William the Great).

After the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in 1949, the country was divided into a capitalist west and a communist east. In order to express the deep wish for a united Germany, President Theodor Heuss turned the German Corner into a monument to German unity. As a result, the coats of arms of all German Länder (states), including those of former German territories such as Silesia, East Prussia and Pomerania, were installed.

After the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989, three concrete parts of the actual wall were installed next to the monument. On 3 October 1990, the emblems of the new federal states were added.

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Das Deutsche Eck ist eine künstlich aufgeschüttete Landzunge in Koblenz an der Mündung der Mosel in den Rhein. Im Jahr 1897 wurde hier ein monumentales Reiterstandbild des ersten Deutschen Kaisers Wilhelm I. errichtet, das als Denkmal für die Deutsche Reichsgründung 1871 konzipiert war. Das von der Rheinprovinz in Auftrag gegebene Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal stand in Tradition von vielen zwischen 1888 und 1918 im deutschsprachigen Raum errichteten Denkmälern.

Der Sockel des im Zweiten Weltkrieg schwer beschädigten Standbildes diente von 1953 bis 1990 als Mahnmal der Deutschen Einheit. Eine Nachbildung der Skulpturengruppe wurde 1993 nach vorausgegangenen kontroversen Diskussionen wieder auf dem Sockel angebracht.

Das Deutsche Eck ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt Koblenz und bedeutender Anziehungspunkt für Touristen.

Submitted: 29/09/2015

Accepted: 13/10/2015

In 1843 the Illinois State legislature chartered the Peoria Water Company. The system remained publicly owned until 1890 when the entire system belonging to the City was sold to two eastern capitalists who agreed to straighten out the utility's finances and construct needed additional facilities.

The new owners reconstructed the entire water system at this site along the Illinois River less than 5 miles north of downtown Peoria. The three principle buildings were constructed between 1890-91 and 1913. This view shows the Richardsonian Romanesque style Pumping Station #1, which was constructed in 1890-91. I encourage you to zoom in and check out the gargoyles on the roof!

Pumping Station #1, along with Pumping Station #2 and the Main Well House were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The complex is still in use today and is owned and operated by American Water, a public utility company operating in the United States and Canada founded in 1886.

With a 2020 population of 113,150 (402,391 metro), Peoria is the seventh largest city in Illinois and is the largest city on the Illinois River. It also is the seat of Peoria County. Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.

A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar. The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which originated from the vaudeville era and was popularized by Groucho Marx.

Sources:

"Peoria Waterworks" and "Peoria, Illinois" on Wikipedia, both retrieved on June 9, 2022.

purtroppo facciamo troppo ridere.....ma ci piacerebbe far paura, e' che non siamo credibili, non riusciamo dare i meglio di noi stessi se non con il cabaret, con lo Zelig, con la faccia comica dell'Europa......

e gli zingari quelli si che ci fanno paura.....quelli sono brutti sporchi e cattivi....e per quello che il Governo vuole schedarli.....soprattutto per INVIDIA....

la prossima mossa sarà schedare gli svedesi,.......TROPPO BIONDI, per non parlare degli americani, TROPPO CICCIONI, e gli spagnoli? TROPPO MODERNI, i francesi? TROPPO MODAIOLI, i tedeschi? TROPPO SERI, i russi? TROPPO CAPITALISTI, i cinesi? TROPPO TROPPI!

ABBIAMO UN SACCO DI LAVORO DA FARE.....LACIAMOLI LAVORARE....E' PIENO DI MINIERE IN DISUSO IN ITALIA...IO UN'IDEA CE L'AVREI.....

WE MUST WORK HARD .....LET THEM WORK ....BUT I HAVE AN IDEA....IN ITALY, THERE ARE MANY MINES FALLEN INTO DISUSE....

supermen!

The Iron Curtain Trail (ICT), also known as EuroVelo 13 (EV13), is a partially complete long-distance cycling route which will run along the entire length of the former Iron Curtain. During the period of the Cold War (c. 1947-1991), the Iron Curtain delineated the border between the Communist East and the capitalist West, with the East being the Warsaw Pact countries of the Soviet bloc and the West being the countries of NATO. This image was made at the border of Germany and the Czech Republic near Waidhaus.

Text adapted from Wikipedia

- The Beatles Bar-Restaurant in Varadero, Cuba. Live cover performances of Beatles, Led Zep and other famous groups by some of Cuba best rock bands. Fidel Castro banned the Beatles in 1964, believing in a link with another American capitalist pretext, even if they were British. The group blacklisted for about ten years was heard in secret, like the Rolling Stones and others. He also wanted the people to be listening to their country’s own music. But now, today there are places devoted to the Beatles, and John Lennon even has his statue on a Havana park bench where you can sit next to him. And what about the Stones concert in Havana on March 25th, 2016 ...

- The Beatles Bar-Restaurant à Varadero, Cuba. Performances de couverture en direct des Beatles, Led Zep et d'autres groupes célèbres par certains des meilleurs bands rock de Cuba. Fidel Castro avait banni les Beatles en 1964, croyant à un lien avec un autre prétexte capitaliste américain, même s’ils étaient britanniques. Le groupe mis à l’index durant une dizaine d’années était écouté en catimini, tout comme les Rolling Stones et autres groupes célèbres. Il voulait aussi que le peuple écoute plutôt la musique de son propre pays. Mais voilà qu’aujourd’hui, il y a des endroits consacrés aux Beatles, et John Lennon a même sa statue sur un banc de parc de la Havane sur lequel on peut s’asseoir à côté de lui. Et que dire du concert des Stones à La Havane, le 25 mars 2016 …

- El Bar-Restaurante Beatles en Varadero, Cuba. Actuaciones de cobertura en vivo de los Beatles, Led Zeppelin y otros grupos famosos de algunas de las mejor bandas rock de Cuba. Fidel Castro prohibió a los Beatles en 1964, en la creencia en un enlace con otro pretexto capitalista estadounidense, incluso si eran británicos. El grupo de la lista negra durante casi diez años se ha oído en secreto, como los Rolling Stones y similares. También quería que la gente que escucha bien la música de su propio país. Pero ahora hoy en día hay lugares dedicados a los Beatles y John Lennon, incluso tiene su estatua en un banco de parque de La Habana donde se puede sentar a su lado. Y qué pasa con el concierto de los Stones en La Habana, el 25 de Marzo 2016 ...

"Tensei Tenmoku" es el título de esta escultura que se encuentra ubicada al final del dique del puerto pesquero de Garachico, Tenerife - Islas Canarias.

Significa "Puerta sin puerta" y fue realizada en el año 2002 por el artista japonés Kan Yasuda. Está construida en mármol blanco de carraca, es una composición de estilo minimalista en dos piezas colocadas una tras la otra, que se integra perfectamente en el paisaje.

Esta escultura estaba prevista para ser colocada en la Rambla de las Tinajas, frente al Parque García Sanabria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, pero por el desinterés del Consistorio capitalino del momento se acabó trasladando a Garachico.

El japonés Kan Yasuda viajó a la Isla con su mujer y eligieron junto a la Comisión de Escultura del Colegio de Arquitectos de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, la Rambla de las Tinajas como lugar idóneo en la capital para colocar sus dos piezas de mármol.

Pasó el tiempo, el Cabildo costeó la obra, se hizo la escultura y Yasuda la mandó a la Isla. Se habla con el Ayuntamiento para colocarla, como se había pactado desde el principio, y el alcalde dijo que no, que "en la Rambla no se podía". La escultura estuvo casi un año embalada en el muelle sin que nada pasase.

Desesperados, los arquitectos llamaron al escultor para que volviera y buscasen juntos otro emplazamiento. Cuando Yasuda vio el sitio dijo: "El mejor que puede haber para una escultura mía es este". Al final esta historia tuvo final feliz y Kan Yasuda volvió a casa contentísimo.

"Tensei Tenmoku" is the title of this sculpture that is located at the end of the dike of the fishing port of Garachico, Tenerife - Canary Islands.

It means "Door without door" and was realized in the year 2002 by the Japanese artist Kan Yasuda. It is built in white rattle marble, is a composition of minimalist style in two pieces placed one after the other, that integrates perfectly in the landscape.

This sculpture was planned to be placed on the Rambla de las Tinajas, in front of the García Sanabria Park, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but because of the disinterest of the capitalist Consistory of the moment it ended up moving to Garachico.

Japanese Kan Yasuda traveled to the island with his wife and together with the Sculpture Commission of the College of Architects of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, they chose the Rambla de las Tinajas as the ideal place in the capital to place their two pieces of marble.

Time passed, the Cabildo paid for the work, the sculpture was made and Yasuda sent it to the Island. He speaks to the City Council to place it, as had been agreed from the beginning, and the mayor said no, that "on the Rambla it was not possible". The sculpture was almost a year packed on the pier without anything happening.

Desperate, the architects called the sculptor to come back and look for another site together. When Yasuda saw the site he said: "The best there can be for a sculpture of mine is this." In the end this story had a happy ending and Kan Yasuda returned home very happy.

Zuiko Digital ED - 12-60mm - f/2.8-4 - SWD

Velbon PH-156

After collecting my new lens somewhere in Zeeland. I went on to the famous ghost town of Doel. By the place's night security I was told that today, only 22 people stand their ground, right here where they have lived for so many years while being built in by industry and unsafely operating power plants. As the capitalistic management of the harbor and the local government tried to make them move out in order to create more harbor space which they technically never really needed, not even today. And for as long as nothing happens the rest of the village lays abandoned and dilapidated right where it is, partly vandalized and sprayed over with graffiti. Some of which are works of art, but mostly pointless tags. My best hopes and wishes go with the inhabitants still fighting for their rights to live where they always have, without accepting no-good capitalists to tell them what to do.

(capitalist credentials)

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I work in the nuclear power exactly 32 years. The communists have produced it at the cost of violence against employees and lying to the population. Capitalists (these are sometimes the same people under a different political party) it produces exactly the same. Employee raped, threatened and populations they are lying.

Where is freedom? What is freedom? I do not know. I am disgusted and I want to retire or would rather die!

Communists were bastards but in the field of nuclear energy provide us with the experts. Perhaps from USSR. They were not bad people. They hated Leonid Brezhnev as I do. Armenians and Lithuanians.

Au crépuscule, c'est aussi l'heure où on croise le plus de travailleurs du soir. Des précaires, retraités ou non, distribuant des prospectus au bénéfice d'entreprises commerçantes souvent déjà tentaculaires et à la politique capitalistique assez déchaînée pour que d'autres prolos puissent être au courant des dernières promos qui rendront le nutella un peu plus abordable que d'ordinaire, parenthèse consommatrice qui rapprochera un peu plus ces précaires et prolos d'une normalité de papier glacé servant de mètre-étalon obligatoire à la réussite sociale...

"Si à cinquante ans, tu n'as toujours pas participé à une grève, t'as quand même un peu raté ta vie...", aurais-je envie de rétorquer. :-))

50 years on, who really still believes the moon landings were faked?

Fifty years ago today, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins took off from Cape Canaveral in a Saturn V

rocket as tall as a football pitch is long. Five days later they stepped out onto the surface of the moon, the first humans

ever to do so.

While the Apollo programme’s success was clearly a huge win for the United States in the geopolitical context of the time,

it is possible to read the historic mission in other ways too.

For some, the lunar missions are prime example of the capitalist West beating the communist East, of democracy

triumphing over tyranny. For others, they are proof that government intervention can achieve things that the private sector

is still yet to match.

But half a century on it’s interesting to consider those people with a entirely different view: that it never really happened

at all.

Moon landing conspiracy theories are the sort of thing you’d associate with the darkest corners of today’s internet,

but they’ve actually been around for far longer. Ever since (and perhaps even before) Bill Kaysing self-published an influential pamphlet in 1976 entitled “America’s $30bn swindle” there have been those who have doubted the greatest of scientific achievements.

The questions raised vary. Sometimes it’s the crosshairs in the photos, sometimes it’s pseudo-technical stuff about

radiation from the Van Allen belts. Occasionally it’s even the strange idea that someone else must have been present

to film Neil Armstrong climbing down from the Lunar Module (because even though such things as computers and TV satellites existed, NASA couldn’t possibly manage mechanical arms on which to mount TV cameras).

But how many people actually believe the moon landings were just a big hoax? And who are they?

I often think about the people I never meet but often pass by on my way to work, all on a different level of journey. It seems like our goals are often in line with a sort of capitalist system that knows our algorithms well to keep us working and focused on producing then buying all over again. We don't ever seem to start our days thinking maybe the goal for that day is meeting a bunch of strangers, for instance.

I think sometimes we also just need to be aware of these things and break even the simple routines we have in our lives. Any time we feel like we are just functioning and every day is just drudgery, we need to try something different even if it is just a new or different route to work or a different spice. Some days, I carry around Sichuan peppercorns and I force myself to chew on them every time I become light headed. How can one faint when her mouth is on fire? It is impossible.

Do not let the world make a puppet out of you. Be aware of the multi layers of systems in our society that do not serve you as an individual-human or artist.

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All of those Ists sure knew how to work together

Especially after they took over the media for themselves

You had the obvious ones

The imperialists…the capitalists…the sadists

The racists the sexists

You had the humans who insisted they didn’t

Fit inside a box or an ist

But as soon as an ist came along and they saw the advantage,

They were isted right on the spot

It would be accurate to say

When the isting occurred, people started to lose track

Of the things that mattered to them before

Simple melodies or the way the wind rustles through trees

They were so caught up in the isting, you see.

People also forgot to think about the future

And all of the previous treasures disappearing

Under the strain of all of the isting

Like a Cancer, is starts with your hair falling out

Then your teeth

Your internals are mush

You can’t taste a thing except the metal

The days of carefree whistling

Have turned into megalomaniac isting

Until there’s nothing remaining to be written down

Or left of who we were.

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Late day view of farmhouse at the Woodstock Farm. This is a one-of-a-kind Pacific Northwest venue, beautifully situated with panoramic views of Chuckanut Bay. The year 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Woodstock Farm on Chuckanut Bay. The Farm, actually more of a suburban estate, was named for the town of Woodstock, Vermont by its builder, Fairhaven capitalist, park creator and civic leader, Cyrus Lester Gates. (www.cob.org/services/recreation/parks-trails/Pages/woodst...) Bellingham WA USA

I really didn’t think it would be a miracle to elect Kamala. She wasn’t a perfect candidate but she also wasn’t a criminal or a rapist amongst other things. I thought it would be a pretty easy choice. And, those who are hopeful now when Trump will control all three branches of government and is appointing is cabinet of capitalist clowns aren’t really paying very close attention. There will be no miracles here and, despite what some of the Trump supporters truly believe, he is not the second coming of Jesus. If you actually paid attention to key lessons in the Bible, Jesus did not make friends with billionaires and profit off of the misery of others and did not talk about putting women in front of firing squads for having different political opinions. That would be very non-Jesus like. But these anti-body autonomy people will stop at nothing to get their very narrow religious agenda underway.

There will be no miracles here. I certainly am not expecting any at this point.

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Your hope - even your 'theory' - was that the socialisation of the means of production would end human misery. Granted, the red elites trying to realise your theory failed, partly because their views of socialisation were incomplete as they themselves (and not society) wanted to control it. Their understanding of 'means of production' was way too narrow and did not give enough space and autonomy to the fields of intellectual thought and religious sentiment. After the catastrophes of the 20th century we are all a bit wiser (hopefully). But could you ever have imagined that "Facebook", the matador of a late capitalist and manipulative culture industry, would sail under the flag of the socialisation of the means of communication? Rotate in your grave, Karl!

your profits our death -

our profit your death -

masters capitalists slavetraders

dance to this

Many beautiful flowers are found at the Woodstock Farm. This is a one-of-a-kind Pacific Northwest venue, beautifully situated with panoramic views of Chuckanut Bay. The year 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Woodstock Farm on Chuckanut Bay. The Farm, actually more of a suburban estate, was named for the town of Woodstock, Vermont by its builder, Fairhaven capitalist, park creator and civic leader, Cyrus Lester Gates. (www.cob.org/services/recreation/parks-trails/Pages/woodst...) Bellingham WA USA

I want to live in un-interesting times.

The interesting times just don't suit me anymore.

I want to wake up every day

Drink my coffee

Go to work and help kids

Or draw and photograph

Walk through forests

Pet cats and read books

And I don't want to think about suffering

---Any suffering---

I don't want to think about animals or people dying.

Or billionaire capitalists

War and climate change

Diseases once eradicated now

Growing stronger in bodies

Homeless people freezing on streets

People with no body autonomy

Refugees being turned away

Elon Musk buying himself another big toy rocket ship.

I am sick of the interesting times.

I want to look up at the clouds and breathe deeply

Not fearing all of the chemicals in the air or the water I drink

Or the vegetables and fruits I eat

I want to go to art galleries and concerts

Take long bike rides through the woods and

photograph mushrooms.

I want to spend whole nights drinking tea and

Listening to Christina Vantzou's No 2 or

Watching a Kaurismäki film with a favorite feline on my lap or Reading a Bae Suah novel in the bathtub.

I can amuse myself.

Make my own fun.

I don't need the "help" of egomaniac politicians to make it interesting.

So, I wish they would all just leave us artists alone.

Happy New Year.

**All photos are copyrighted**

Historians agree: Amos Northup’s Graham Blue Streak is one of the most influential automotive designs of the 1930s. What makes it so noteworthy? Let’s take a look.

The Graham brothers—Joseph, Robert, and Ray—were successful entrepreneurs, the kind of investors we call venture capitalists today. Their many enterprises included agriculture, glass, and truck manufacturing, and for a time they managed the giant Dodge Brothers organization for the investment bank Dillion, Read & Company. For their final foray into the auto industry, in June of 1927 they acquired Paige-Detroit and quickly put their their stamp on the Motor City car maker, renaming the products Graham-Paige and then simply Graham.

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On December 8, 1931, the second-series 1932 Graham Model 57 Blue Streak was introduced, featuring a groundbreaking body design by Amos Northup. The Blue Streak look, which Graham continued through 1935, was a genuine style setter as much of the industry followed its direction. “The most imitated car on the road,” boasted the Graham ads. While many of the Blue Streak’s innovations seem evolutionary, a logical and natural progression from one era to the next, the credit goes to Graham and Northup for seeing the future and executing it.

While the catalog illustration above is a tad idealized, it effectively shows what made the Graham so fashion forward. Arrows have been added to indicate the key advances.

Most notably, the front and rear fender sweeps have been skirted in behind the wheels. Concealing the exposed chassis and mechanical components, the fender valences also create a longer, smoother profile.

The grille shell and windshield have been laid back at a sporty angle, finally breaking from decades of horse-drawn carriage tradition toward a more streamlined look. Additionally, the radiator cap has been removed from the top of the shell and tucked away under the hood, another step into modernity.

The headlamp buckets have been tucked in close to the body and fenders and painted body color, the better to blend them into the overall package.

While the rendering doesn’t show it well, Graham was an early adopter of metallic-type paint finishes. But instead of the aluminum particles used in later pigments, this paint contained guanin, the photonic crystal that gives fish scales their iridescence. Available colors in Graham’s Pearl Essence Finish, as it was called, included Avon Blue Pearl and Opalescent Gunmetal.

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As the in-house designer for Murray Body Company of Detroit, Northup performed styling duties for a number of independent makes, including Willys, Hupp, and Reo. Since the smaller automakers lacked dedicated styling studios, body suppliers Murray, Briggs, and Hayes included design services to attract their business. Other noteworthy Northup designs include the Reo Royale and Willys 77, but the Blue Streak can be considered the most important of his efforts—a tipping point in 1930s car design.

The innovations weren’t limited to styling. To lower the stance, chief engineer Louis Thoms dispensed with the traditional rear frame kickup and crafted what Graham called a deep banjo frame, with the rear live axle captured in a pair of pass-throughs in the frame rails (above). The benefits included a 2.5-inch reduction in overall height and a more torsionally rigid structure.

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To increase roll resistance, the parallel leaf springs front and rear were mounted outboard of the frame rails. Meanwhile, the track was widened to 60.5 inches front and 61 inches rear—not just to improve cornering, it is said, but also to sweeten the car’s visual proportions in height versus width.

More big news came from Graham came in 1934, when the automaker became the first to offer supercharging on a popular-priced car on the Model 69 Custom Eight. Reportedly based on the Schwitzer-Cummins technology used on the Duesenberg SJ, the Graham setup sported a 7.5-inch centrifugal blower turning at 5.75 times engine speed via an external accessory shaft. Output was increased from 95 to 135 horsepower on the 265.5 CID straight eight, producing a 10 mph increase in top speed and a significant boost in midrange punch. In the following year, a supercharged version of the six-cylinder Graham was introduced as well (GOCI Note: Supercharging on the six-cylinder line actually began two years after the eight - Bill McCall). It’s been noted that Graham built more supercharged models than the Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg marques combined.

In 2017 the Blue Streak series was recognized again as a 1933 Graham Deluxe Eight was enrolled in the National Historic Vehicle Register (GOCI Note: Bulgari's car is actually the 119-inch wheelbase Model 64 Standard Eight and not a “Deluxe Eight” - Bill McCall). To mark the event, the Golden Tan Pearl sedan, owned by noted collector Nicola Bulgari, was photographed in the driveway of Amos Northup’s former home in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, a Detroit suburb (above). Photo courtesy Historic Vehicle Association.

Thanks to Bill McGuire, from Mac's Motor City Garage for this comprehensive and thoughtful history of the Graham Blue Streak.

Some additional tidbits: Erwin George Baker, also known as "Cannonball" Baker, drove a 1933 Graham Blue streak across the country in 53.5 hours, setting a record that stood for almost 40 years.

Automobile production from Graham - Paige ceased in 1940, and its automotive assets were acquired by Kaiser-Frazer in 1947.

Rouen (France) - Après avoir quitté la manifestation et les Black-blocs, avec un collègue photographe, je suis passé par la place de la cathédrale où un motard de la police nationale m’avait signalé quelques incidents. Je savais que j’arriverai après la bataille. Je voulais juste voir s’il y avait des dégâts. En tombant sur cette scène, les violences avaient dues être modérées. Hormis ce tas de conteneurs qui commençaient à brûler, pas une vitrine des magasins (hors-champ) n’était brisée.

Trois personnes que j’avais pris pour des black-blocs, en raison de leur tenue vestimentaire, attendaient à proximité du « feu de joie ».

J’ai quand même été intrigué par le drapeau national, car celui des activistes anti-capitalistes est une tête de mort sur fond noir. Après avoir pris cette photo du jeune homme qui retire son drapeau avant qu’il ne s’embrase, je suis allé discuter avec les trois manifestants. En réalité, il s’agissait de Gilets jaunes, militants d’extrême droite, tendance complotiste, déguisés en Black-blocs. « Dès que les policiers voient un gilet jaune, il est immédiatement arrêté. La police, comme les syndicats, détestent notre mouvement, affirment-ils. Alors on s’habille en noir pour être moins identifiables. Mais notre étendard reste le drapeau tricolore ».

Rouen (France) - After leaving the demonstration and the Black Blocks, with a fellow photographer, I passed by the cathedral square where a motorcyclist from the national police had reported a few incidents to me. I knew I would arrive after the battle. I just wanted to see if there was any damage. By falling on this scene, the violence had to be moderate. Apart from this pile of containers that were starting to burn, not one shop window (off-camera) was broken.

Three people whom I had taken for black-blocks, because of their dress, were waiting near the "bonfire".

I was nevertheless intrigued by the national flag, because that of the anti-capitalist activists is a skull on a black background. After taking this photo of the young man removing his flag before it caught fire, I went to chat with the three demonstrators. In reality, they were yellow vests, far-right activists, conspiratorial tendencies, disguised as Black-blocks. “As soon as the police see a yellow vest, he is immediately arrested. Both the police and the unions hate our movement, they say. So we dress in black to be less identifiable. But our standard remains the tricolor flag”.

The Capitalist in me thinks that field would be a perfect location for an expansive contemporary home, with lots of glass windows facing the lake. The conservationist in me hopes there's no fertiliser runoff from the farm into the lake. The farmer in me wonders if the sheep brought a good price at market.

Le mie ultime due grasse

La civiltà capitalistica ci ha indotto a pensare esclusivamente ai " fatti nostri " : l'altro non è più né fratello, né amico e neppure prossimo simile a me , piuttosto è un estraneo da evitare e, possibilmente da schiacciare e sfruttare

Don Andrea Gallo

Un pensiero che ho letto stamattina

Taking the risk

Zuiko Digital ED - 12-60mm - f/2.8-4 - SWD

Velbon PH-156

After collecting my new lens somewhere in Zeeland. I went on to the famous ghost town of Doel. By the place's night security I was told that today, only 22 people stand their ground, right here where they have lived for so many years while being built in by industry and unsafely operating power plants. As the capitalistic management of the harbor and the local government tried to make them move out in order to create more harbor space which they technically never really needed, not even today. And for as long as nothing happens the rest of the village lays abandoned and dilapidated right where it is, partly vandalized and sprayed over with graffiti. Some of which are works of art, but mostly pointless tags. My best hopes and wishes go with the inhabitants still fighting for their rights to live where they always have, without accepting no-good capitalists to tell them what to do.

Last light view the scenery around the Woodstock Farm. This is a one-of-a-kind Pacific Northwest venue, beautifully situated with panoramic views of Chuckanut Bay. The year 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Woodstock Farm on Chuckanut Bay. The Farm, actually more of a suburban estate, was named for the town of Woodstock, Vermont by its builder, Fairhaven capitalist, park creator and civic leader, Cyrus Lester Gates. (www.cob.org/services/recreation/parks-trails/Pages/woodst...) Bellingham WA USA

Viewed from this angle, this structure has a certain abstract quality, very vaguely reminiscent of Yugoslav spomeniks (find out more about these wonderful sculptures here: www.spomenikdatabase.org). However, this is the side of this object, the other faces of it are basically two large screens endlessly running advertisements.

Martin’s Beach, California

The setting sun lights up the clouds above the off shore marine layer. The sea stack in the foreground is the known locally as the Wizard’s Hat. There’s some history with this location involving a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist, the legal right of all Californians to beach access, and locked gates. The people won a few years ago. This was my first visit to the location.

Achupallas / Villa Grisolìa

Al pueblo de Achupallas se lo conoce como “Pueblo de Amigos”, por lo que ese concepto le pone el nombre al “Festival de la Amistad” que allí se realiza anualmente.

La localidad está 29 kilómetros de Chivilcoy, y pertenece al partido de Alberti, la cual es conocida desde siempre por la accesibilidad de sus pobladores, que suman alrededor de 200 personas, entre las que hay muchos que vienen de turistas, capitalinos en búsqueda de aires más tranquilos, jubilados, y los pobladores de los campos vecinos, quienes comparten este pueblo que está a casi tres kilómetros del asfalto. El Pueblo está compuesto en su mayoría por jubilados agropecuarios, un policía, un empleado público, y dueños de los famosos “boliches”, además de algún propietario de camiones o máquinas agrícolas. Fue fundado en 1909, momento en que se creó la Estación de ferrocarril, luego en 1910 con la ley que funda la localidad de Alberti pasa a formar parte del partido. Curiosamente, el pueblo todavía figura en catastro como “Grisolía” porque el loteo lo realizó Pascual Grisolía, famoso capitalista italiano, quién fomentó la radicación de muchos inmigrantes italianos en la región.

Fuentes: Diario "La Campaña" de Chivilcoy.

El pueblo tiene un Film

www.cinemargentino.com/films/914988468-achupallas

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Achupallas / Villa Grisolìa

The town of Achupallas is known as "Town of Friends", so that concept gives the name to the "Festival of Friendship" that takes place there annually.

The town is 29 kilometers from Chivilcoy, and belongs to Alberti's party, which has always been known for the accessibility of its inhabitants, who number around 200 people, among whom there are many who come from tourists, capitals in search of airs calmer, retired, and the inhabitants of the neighboring fields, who share this town that is almost three kilometers from the asphalt. The Town is composed mostly of agricultural retirees, a policeman, a public employee, and owners of the famous "bowling alleys", in addition to some owner of trucks or agricultural machines. It was founded in 1909, when the railway station was created, then in 1910 with the law that founds the town of Alberti becomes part of the party. Curiously, the town still appears in the cadastre as "Grisolía" because the lot was carried out by Pascual Grisolía, famous Italian capitalist, who encouraged the settlement of many Italian immigrants in the region.

the town have a film

www.cinemargentino.com/films/914988468-achupallas

Indoors, ambient light. Mitakon Speedmaster manual lens at F0.95. "Glued" to the TV? Yes, but why? I believe I have observed that what is happening here is the transfer of role models and, in general, of a whole repertoire of set pieces of phrases and gestures. This repertoire is characterised by the drive to help the individual to thrive in and survive a capitalist and consumerist culture by fully adapting to it. The outcome, the equally adaptive and selfish individual with high material expectations, may not be good news for society, but this new survival mode is here for a reason: as long as alternative repertoires are not offered (within the family and in school, in social traditions such as religious bodies or the trade union movement) and as long as the financially driven communication corporations, such as TV and social media, have free access to our children, the chances are that "education" will happen more and more through a digital interface.