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Another stormy power struggle while our country's credibility flows down the drain........
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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.
Goast town Varosha / Famagusta / Northern Cyprus
The sad story of Varosha:
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Since 1818, the Willard InterContinental Washington, DC has played host to the world’s social and political elite. An iconic hotel, often referred to as the ‘Residence of Presidents’, The Willard has welcomed U.S. presidents, foreign dignitaries and celebrities, as well as has been the site of many historic moments in U.S. history for 200 years.
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...
....for Adlai Stevenson, US Democratic presidential candidate in 1952. Captured for Macro Mondays theme: Pin Badge.
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I took a short walk today in the nearby Humber Bay Park, West. There were only 10 swans left in the lake. Marking World Autism Awareness Day - April 2!
Happy weekend, my friends.
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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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.
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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.
Saw this poster after I met a friend for lunch, and thought it appropriate given the times that are in it..
The state of the world was probably the only thing we didn't get round to discussing but we had issues closer to home to mull over. Namely that Dundalk's St Patrick's Day parade mightn't be happening this year, due to funding issues.
Anyway, while I obviously don't condone violence, there are lots of other ways of protesting - attending demonstrations, making posters, phoning politicians, and letting your neighbours know you support them if you're living under a dictator.
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!
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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))
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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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Captured at a rally in George Square where there are calls for another independence referendum. This guy clearly wearing his political ideology on his sleeve, his lapels and his cap. Enjoy!
Hier haben alle geklebt, die Linken, die Rechten, die Dazwischen und die äußeren Flügel.
Keiner ist geblieben - finde ich irgendwie unglaublich beruhigend.
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Exmouth, Devon isn't really known for its baseball so this theme proved to be a bit tricky...a lack of bats, balls and mits meant that until yesterday, inspiration was well and truly lacking...until I read the weekly round up of news...and hey presto...Ed Milliband saves the day!!
Loved watching these two LOUDLY talking about something...which they clearly did not agree on... and thought it would be perfect for today. Happy Fence Friday, my friends! And, if you're from the U.S., Happy July 4th, too! Once Hurricane Arthur blows past us later today we should have a beautiful long weekend! :)
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.
Boston Globe
6 April 2020.
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