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Another stormy power struggle while our country's credibility flows down the drain........
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity.
Robert Kennedy
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Back in the city one day and on the corner . . . My neighbors making a statement. Coming from a conservative part of Connecticut, I must say this was very refreshing.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
Thomas Mann
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.
Aldous Huxley
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
William Tecumseh Sherman
I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
Shel Silverstein
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
Hiram Johnson
If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?
Joan Baez
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AWB 082-3317 7922 is a creation by artist Sven Augustijnen (2021)
Exhibition "Congoville" in the Middelheim open-air museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
Sven Augustijnen (1970) was born in Mechelen, Belgium, and he lives and works in Brussels. Working primarily in film and installation, Augustijnen’s practice has long been exploring political, historical, and social themes, constantly challenging the genre of the documentary and reflecting a wider interest in historiography and a predilection for the nature of storytelling.
This work is a ‘political ghost shrine’ for Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the first Prime Minister of the independent Congo.
Lumumba was assassinated by a coalition of Belgian, American and Katangese authorities, but to this day has still not been given a grave. The bicycle had been Lumumba’s preferred means of transportation. The sacks of charcoal and the tree to which the bicycle is attached refer to the tree against which he was executed along with two political companions, and which was probably reduced to ashes to cover all traces. But also, the piece imitates the bike riders carrying homemade charcoal, so common on contemporary Congolese roads. Augustijnen’s assemblage is titled after the airway freight number assigned to the shipment of these objects from the village in which Lumumba was assassinated to Belgium. In the end, the package never arrived. That loss, on the way from Africa to Europe, plus the seriality and anonymity of the administrative code, echo the ‘cold case’ of this murder, and in a broader sense of the Belgian-Congolese post-colonial history. [Source: Middelheimmuseum]
I caught this guy in Washington D.C. selling his vote for peanuts. What a scandal! Why is no one reporting this? I actually did photograph this guy near the Whitehouse. I don't really know his political affiliation though....
In a town where the mayor is also your barber, it serves you well to approach casual politcal discussions with care.
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A close up version of a shoot I did a while back.
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This bison cow and calf have more clearly and concisely expressed my opinion much better than I can about the debates and activities that are ongoing in our national circus headquartered in Washington D.C.
Apologies to anyone who finds this picture offensive, but I find the current dysfunction and lack of cooperation just as offensive. I just couldn't resist this one. This picture was originally to be titled "bad manners" ... maybe that's what I'm showing today.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June 2014
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Anyone know of any good political exorcists? We could use one. The demon of fascism has inhabited that body of the majority of voting Americans.
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St. George ...
Putin is increasingly generating himself in his nationalism as St. George in the media, while Donald Trump now often generates himself as God's messenger for the Bible-belt, e.g. in the courtroom next to Jesus, and it has an effect on his followers, as well as he is generating himself as perpetrator as victim ...
Two pictures that couldn't be more different and yet they have something important in common ...
the picture on the left shows St. George with a sword, defeating the dragon and is by Hilma Af Klint ...
the one on the right is by Wassily Kandinsky and also shows St. George slaying the dragon on horseback ...
The legend of the dragon slayer Gregory, who frees the country from a tyrannical dragon if the people allow themselves to be baptized in return, emerged in the 12th century and is recorded in the medieval text collection Legenda aurea.
St. George is one of the fourteen holy helpers. He is the patron saint of various countries, noble families, cities, knightly orders and scouts. The first name George (and its linguistic variations) is one of the most popular first names.
Its symbol in heraldry is the George Cross. The red cross on a white background is included in many coats of arms and flags. In addition to the cross of St. George, the dragon and his depiction as a knight with a lance on a horse are also used to identify the saint.
Further links to Russia:
In the Orthodox churches, he is venerated as a great or arch-martyr.
Russian Order of St. George
Rouble coin
Icon depictions
Coat of arms of the city of Moscow - patron saint of Moscow and Russia as a successful warrior
Georgia owes its name to the saint ...
Politisch hoch aktuell ...
St. Georg ...
Putin generiert sich in seinem Nationalismus zunehmend als St. Georg in den Medien, während Donald Trump sich als Täter als Opfer generiert ...
Zwei Bilder, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, und doch haben sie etwas Wichtiges gemeinsam ...
das linke Bild zeigt den heiligen Georg mit dem Schwert, der den Drachen besiegt und ist von Hilma Af Klint ...
das rechte Bild stammt von Wassily Kandinsky und zeigt ebenfalls den heiligen Georg, der den Drachen zu Pferd tötet ...
Die Legende vom Drachentöter Gregor, der das Land von einem tyrannischen Drachen befreit, wenn sich das Volk im Gegenzug taufen lässt, entstand im 12. Jahrhundert und ist in der mittelalterlichen Textsammlung Legenda aurea festgehalten.
Der heilige Georg ist einer der vierzehn heiligen Helfer. Er ist der Schutzpatron verschiedener Länder, Adelsfamilien, Städte, Ritterorden und Pfadfinder. Der Vorname Georg (und seine sprachlichen Varianten) ist einer der beliebtesten Vornamen.
Sein Symbol in der Heraldik ist das Georgskreuz. Das rote Kreuz auf weißem Grund ist in vielen Wappen und Flaggen enthalten. Neben dem Georgskreuz werden auch der Drache und seine Darstellung als Ritter mit einer Lanze auf einem Pferd zur Identifizierung des Heiligen verwendet.
Weitere Verbindungen zu Russland:
In den orthodoxen Kirchen wird er als Groß- oder Erzmärtyrer verehrt
Russischer St. Georgs-Orden
Rubel-Münze
Ikonen-Darstellungen
Wappen der Stadt Moskau - Schutzpatron von Moskau und Russland als erfolgreicher Krieger
Georgien verdankt seinen Namen dem Heiligen ...
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Highest Explore Position #229 ~ On February 7th 2009.
Palace of Westminster, London, England - Monday February 2nd 2009.
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Well, I know this shot has already been on Flickr before, as I saw it on the FP of Explore on Tuesday...it was probably taken by the person who got in my way..lol
I was on my knees, in the cold, wet snow and slush...when I somebody cut in front of me and spoiled my shot!!!!...Grrr!!!
Thus I missed the top off of the real "Big Ben"...she...for it was a she...then spent sooooooo long taking her shots, I gave up and went to the park instead...I have noooooooo patients lol..:O)))
I would have said something to her, but she was good looking and smiled at me, when she turned around and saw me on my knees...although that didn't make her move out of the way!!!!
I'm a sucker for a beautiful woman...they will be my downfall for sure..lol..:O))
For those that have asked...I didn't make this snow model, twas somebody with a lot more talent then I have..lol..:O))
There were a lot of very talented snow artists out and about in the snow here in London on Monday, what with this and all the snowmen I saw in the Park..:O)))
Well, the promised snow for central London today didn't arrive!!!...:O(((
We just got a mixture of rain, sleet and snow flurries...Big Boo to that..:O((
Oh well...at least tiss Friday...so welcome to the weekend...I hope everybody has an awesome one...:O))
The interior of the governor's house, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after an arson attack targeting governor Josh Shapiro and his family after the Passover seder.
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Photo credit: Commonwealth Media Services
A tendril grows in a twisting pattern exploring space and looking for new ways to achieve its objective, sunlight
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A political analysis written in the grime on the NS 8105's fuel tank. Vote Wick Moorman for president! Hurituge for everyone!
Let me explain the symbology behind this picture:
I know that right now it seems that the whole USA is focusing mainly on the 2008 elections, but I care more about the political situations around the world, particularly Venezuela, since that's where my mom is from and that's where some of my family lives.
Ever since Chavez was elected president, I feel like the whole Venezuelan government/political situation is broken, or ruined like this mug. Sure, you can still use the mug, but it's broken..
I was raised to be seriously Anti-Chavista (against Chavez, Venezuela's president, and his whole administration,) and I know he's always been a horrible president (well, really more like dictator) but I was really shocked when I heard he was assisting FARC. I know FARC is a funny name, but there's nothing funny about them. FARC is a Colombian extremist group who kidnapped hundreds random people and held them hostage for years (most of them still haven't escaped). On top of that, they kidnap children from the Venezuela/Colombia border and turn them into child soldiers. This has been an ongoing problem in both Venezuela and Colombia for years, and Chavez has publicly spoken about how we need to stop them, and supposedly taken some action about it. but it turns out that he was SUPPLYING THEM WITH WEAPONS.
how could ANYONE be supportive of a group that makes children into CHILD SOLDIERS!? how could a LEADER OF A COUNTRY even do that!? and the worst part is, that he LIED to the whole world about it, and he's not even getting impeached or anything! How is it that Bill Clinton gets impeached for having an affair, but Chavez doesn't get impeached for supplying FARC with all the supplies they need to do what Chavez is trying to stop them from doing!?
But of course, Chavez is a known liar, because he promised during his presidential campaign in 1998 that he would change his name if there were still homeless children on the street by the time he was done with his term, and he hasn't done ANYTHING about it, and he's been in power for almost 10 years! (and, by the way, the length of a presidential term in Venezuela is 4 or 5 years (I can't quite remember), but of course, he changed the constitution so that he could be in power for even longer!)
the whole situation pisses me off to no end.
and that is why I took this picture.