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Another stormy power struggle while our country's credibility flows down the drain........
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I think this image sums up our state of political division quite well. On the positive side, they are sharing the same branch. (Anhinga on the left - Anhinga anhinga; Double-crested Cormorant on the right - Nannopterum azurites) (Sony a1, 600mm lens, 1/2500 second, f/4.5, ISO 160)
What is going on with the Trump Presidency????
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The United States of America has a new pair of glasses we are demanding that all politicians wear. these glasses are made in fairy land, are all bent and croaked and are free to all politicians. lenses are not needed since all politicians have their own agendas and their own bent and croaked fairyland ideas. the only requirement is that they must stop two things. first; stop telling us that they are not raising taxes and second; they stop telling us they are working for the american people. since, they cannot abide by these rules the next step will be to provide them with liars undergarments. stay tuned.
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.
Goast town Varosha / Famagusta / Northern Cyprus
The sad story of Varosha:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha,_Famagusta
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Three years ago I published an image like this under the title Incubus. This was the text going with it:
"This is the tool, a pitchfork, that the man who wishes to be the British Prime Minister wants to use in order to drive out the "great incubus", namely the European Union. Words matter. "Incubus" is a term taken from religious language. It describes the Devil entering you sexually. When Mr Boris Johnson conjures up the scenario of the EU f...g the UK from behind and that he would "pitchfork" it off the back of the British people [BBC interview, 24/6/19] you know what you have to expect. You have been warned."
Today, Mr Johnson resigned from office. His incompetence and dishonesty caused great damage inside and outside of the UK. Those who supported him and swept him into power have to ask themselves how they are going to regain credibility.
Watching birds in groups I've found they're a lot like people. They're harder on their own families.
If you don't realize it you are an ignorant moron. His generals have said so. Trump has since said those whom he will target and use violence/force, All pictures are political. "Every image is political. The most political are those which pretend not to be. " beautiful pictures that are the salve of the soul. WIm Wenders.
1-Ajo Lighthouse-Cantabria-Spain
OKUDA SAN MIGUEl (Autor de la obra en el Faro de Ajo -Cantabria -España
Es un pintor, escultor y diseñador español nacido en Santander 1980.
Especializado en arte urbano, realizador de obras de gran formato con figuras
fragmentadas en formas geométricas y fuerte policromía. Sus estudios son en Bellas Artes en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Okuda se ha convertido en un genio del grafiti que triunfa fuera de los Museos
Su proyecto en el Faro de Ajo-Cantabria situado sobre el acantilado a 72 mts sobre el nivel del mar y construido en 1930 con una altura de 16 mts fue objeto de criticas por parte de algunas Asociaciones Culturales que trataron de paralizar el proyecto por un bulo que parece ser sobre el coste final del proyecto que no era real. También fue llevado a la Fiscalía por parte de un Partido político ,pero al final se completo el proyecto el 26 de Agosto de 2020 ,el cual parece ser tendrá una vida de ocho años para volver el faro a su estado inicial.
OKUDA SAN MIGUEL (Author of the work at the Ajo Lighthouse -Cantabria -Spain
He is a Spanish painter, sculptor and designer born in Santander 1980.
Specialized in urban art, creator of large-format works with figures
fragmented in geometric shapes and strong polychromy. His studies are in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, Okuda has become a graffiti genius who triumphs outside the Museums
His project at the Ajo-Cantabria Lighthouse located on the cliff 72 meters above sea level and built in 1930 with a height of 16 meters was the subject of criticism by some Cultural Associations that tried to paralyze the project due to a hoax that seems to be about the final cost of the project that was not real. He was also taken to the Prosecutor's Office by a political party, but in the end the project was completed on August 26, 2020, which seems to be It will take eight years to return the lighthouse to its initial state.
I took this photograph on my phone last February but have posted it now because moorland burning is in the news. My photo was also used this week here in the excellent Raptor Persecution UK blog raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/enviro...
This was taken on a cloudless day in the Peak District and shows the air pollution caused by this seemingly small moorland fire. But the real damage is not quite so obvious as this with a double blow to the climate. The first blow is the simple unessential burning of a fossil "fuel" (peat), but more importantly healthy deep peat blanket bog should remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, and thus help to counter climate change. But blanket bog damaged by fire cannot absorb CO2.
In 1993 farmers were prevented from burning crop stubbles when the Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations came into force in the UK. Yet moor owners are exempt from these regulations. Moorland burning also contributes to water discolouration in the reservoirs that we pay to have removed in our water bills, yet it continues on a massive scale in the uplands, and here in the Peak District National Park too. The moors and their wildlife survived perfectly well for the thousands of years before burning and gamekeepering.
This week 17 environmental organisations have written to George Eustace (Secretary of State for DEFRA) who has proposed a sort of "ban" on burning peat peat. But the "ban" is so riddled with loopholes and concessions to the grouse shooting industry that it will allow burning to continue unabated. These organisations are calling for a proper ban on burning of deep peat and you can read the letter and see the organisations behind it on the RPUK blog linked above. There is also strong public support for a ban, with recent polling showing that 62% are in favour of a ban, while only 3% are against it.
Finishing on a lighter note, that valley just this side of the burning is Mickleden Clough where Britain's first Marmora's Warbler was found in May 1982. That was one of my earliest rare birds in Britain but alas I never took a photograph. But here is a Marmora's Warbler taken by my friend Chris Galvin www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgalvinphoto/22997669301/in/pho...
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.
with the battle cry of
‘drill, baby, drill’ and withdrawing the country from the Paris climate agreement ...
global warming?
well ..."'that is not our problem"
welcome to the new world order...
oil slicks and rubbish tips - new landscaping of our times.
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The title of the book I have been reading is "Household Politics" by Don Herzog, published by Yale University Press in 2013.
Herzog is not a professional historian, his academic specialty is politics.
You might think that my new image is a tranquil scene of early modern England peasant domestic life. But it is actually a design for a scene in video I am creating in the Ravensway series.
Herzog tells us that the early modern household was as unruly, chaotic and occasionally violent as the world we still live in. It is still the same world. It just hasn't changed.
What evidence does he present for the politicized peasant household? Everywhere. From the layout of the thatched cottage to the objects found in it. But what I found most interesting is the cultural evidence he presents. He goes for the bottom drawer, the stuff considered unworthy. He finds out what is going on in the early modern household in jokes, "popular" entertainment (like Shakespearan plays or murderous stories), chapbooks, household manuals, sermons, proclamations, journals, letters and Jonathan Swift whose scatalogical poem never appeared in the anthologies I was assigned in my post graduate English studies.
This was the age when print became cheap enough and distributed widely enough to reach the hands and eyes of the common rural labourer. It was cheap pulp, the equivalent of the dime novel of the 50s. And today, what household do you gain entry to by watching a Hallmark Christmas romance? The movie "Pulp Fiction?" "Barbie?"
So what are my couple in the new image talking about? I think I know. I can hear them talking. I am learning to listen.
With political smears thick in the air with the election just a little over a couple of weeks away, I was highly surprised to see a smear of another kind yesterday at Meaher State Park! You could've knocked me over with a feather when I found this Smeared Dagger Moth cat in mid-October! I'd only seen them in the March-early June timeframe before...I never knew they had a Fall season! It was a middle instar on Goldenrod and it sure got my vote for coolest find of the day! Talk about an October surprise!
When someone decides that whether to wear a mask or not during a deadly pandemic is an indicator of political leanings, or enlightenment rather than a concern or disregard for the lives of fellow human beings, we have failed. A mask is not a matter of politics, and it never has been. It is a matter of public health. Those who fail to use the means available to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are just as culpable in the deaths of others as those who drink and drive and those who do drive by shootings. Just because you don't know if you infected others and caused deaths by your arrogance does not give you absolution before God or society. You deserve to be a pariah.
When you hear “Code Blue - Full Isolation” overhead multiple times a day, as you toil in full protective gear to perform tracheostomies and PEG placements on patients with the knowledge they will likely never be aware again....you have nothing to say. Until you see your countrymen selfishly decide to travel for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year, gathering in groups and two weeks later wondering why their parents are in the ICU, or can't get in the ICU,... say nothing. Until you realize that we are just now approaching the inevitable deadly result of Christmas travel, and we still have the result of New Years celebrations to go, say nothing.
This is not a matter of politics. It is not a matter of personal freedom. It is a matter of selfishness, arrogance and narcissism. It is a matter of whether you give a damn about the lives of your fellow human beings. Until you realize that, there is nothing further to be said.
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Berlin, Old Marzahn Harvest Festival: Looking through the tinted acryllic glass of a ferris wheel cabin over the historic village of Marzahn, surrounded by high-rise buildings
Vier Jahre lang hatte es das traditionelle Alt-Marzahner Erntefest nicht mehr gegeben Erst musste es wegen Corona ausfallen, dann sagte die Firma, die bislang das Fest organisiert hatte, ihre weitere Mitarbeit ab. Dieses Jahr gab es einen Neuanfang. Aber hatte das Erntefest früher den Charakter eines großen Bauernmarktes, ergänzt durch einige Fahrgeschäfte vor allem für Kinder, so war es dieses jahr eher ein großer Rummel, der Bauernmarkt fehlte fast zur Gänze. Nur einige soziale Organisationen und Kleingartenvereine sowie Parteien stellten sich vor.
The traditional Old Marzahn Harvest Festival had not been held for four years. First it had to be cancelled due to coronavirus, then the company that had previously organised the festival cancelled its further involvement. This year there was a new start. But while the harvest festival used to have the character of a large farmers‘ market, supplemented by a few rides, especially for children, this year it was more of a large funfair, the farmers’ market was almost completely missing. Only a few social organisations, allotment garden associations and political parties presented themselves.
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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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Den Haag/Netherland
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Did you really think you would escape the ugly face of today's politics by retreating to nature? There is nothing wrong with being in nature, just do not look the other way. Respect yourself!
Hand-held, edited in Fuji's raw converter and refined in Luminar.
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As you can see, there is not much to read... I am still trying to catch up. But I really wanted to show you this book. When I was in DC, there was an exhibition of Herblock's political cartoons. Amazing person, amazing drawings. You can pretty much study American history by looking at them. Recently they published a new book which includes a dvd with 18,000 cartoons. I loooooooove them!
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.
Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls
www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/03/iran-deliberate-p...
The interior of the governor's house, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after an arson attack targeting governor Josh Shapiro and his family after the Passover seder.
Not my photography.
Photo credit: Commonwealth Media Services