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This is a poster designed by Michael Drake, which was released as an available poster to be used for the anti-gun-violence rally in Washington, D.C. planned for March 24, 2018.
Michael Drake also created another poster which simply has the text from part of one of Emma's famous speeches: "We are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks".
This portrait of Emma Gonzalez is by "sheringsnippets" and is one of 30 artworks of Emma featured in Latina magazine. The artist has declared the work to be in the public domain: "Save this image, share it, repost it, I want this spread like wildfire". Her illustration also includes this text: "I don't care what your affiliation is, but I think the fact that some people are waking up without a child or a sibling or a friend is an issue beyond politics. We need change...Gun reform needs to happen. No more thoughts. No more prayers. I stand with Emma Gonzalez."
(This image is cropped from the original to focus on the portrait).
The British Airways i360 *** and West Pier Trust laid on a special remembrance journey for War Veterans on Armistice Day. The glass passenger pod started out at 10.45 am and slowly climbed to the top, 162 metres, where it stopped just before 11 am for readings of 'Never Again' by 10 year old Scott Beer and 'Making or Breaking' by David Roberts. This was followed by 2 minutes silence and the bugle call. I did take photos of the war veterans from behind the BBC news crew but I felt this image, taken afterwards, was more appropriate for Flickr.
*** The i360, standing on Brighton seafront, was designed, engineered, manufactured and promoted by the team responsible for the London Eye. It is the world's first vertical viewing tower and the world's tallest observation tower. It is expected that the i360 will qualify for the 2017 Guinness Book of Records as the world's 'slenderest tall tower'.
The owners of the site, the West Pier Trust, hope that the successful i360 will fund and lead to the rebuilding of the iconic West Pier.
A photo of Peter Tatchell taken in Whitehall during an anti-Trump rally on 30 January 2017 with a very apt message -
"First they came for the Muslims. Next they'll come for you."
I don't think I know of any political activist who is so committed, works so hard without hoping for any personal reward and often taking extreme risks with his own safety during some of his more daring protests at home and abroad.
Here however there was not only safety in numbers but no hint of any disturbance of the peace as thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchell, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
Hey Jude, don't be afraid.
H / Day 40 - July 8th, 2009.
H is for Hey Jude.
This isn't really a good picture. But it's one of those pictures that if you look at it, really look at it, then there's nothing else to say.
This is terrifying for me to post. 50% terrifying, 50% relief.
I truly apologize from the bottom of my heart if it makes you uncomfortable in any way. I'll take it down if you want.
I'm not uploading this to any of the ABC or 365 groups because I feel that it is far too intensely personal. I'm already regretting putting this up to be honest.
Hey Jude is so much more than a song to me.
Secret 23: See ankles ...
But never again. Never ever.
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Thank you Jennalee for helping me this morning and painting on my back. I can't thank you enough but I ended up going with this instead. I hope you're not upset. Thank you again for painting on me though :) But I think you understand this. Of all people, you do, my love. Remember when you were asking me this morning about meaning? Now we both know.
Pictures of Titan up soon soon and HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY. It's your birthday tomorrow. I have a sick card for you. Which may or may not include a dinosaur.<3
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This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
If you were born in the mid 70s or earlier, then you probably know what this is about. For those of you who don't or for those not from America, there was a hugely popular show on TV in the late 70s and early 80s called Laverne & Shirley. Well anyways, one of the main characters in the show, Laverne...her favorite drink was Milk & Pepsi. Not Milk. Not Pepsi. Milk AND Pepsi...mixed. Pretty nasty you would think huh?
Well I decided to put it to the challenge. Okay so I used Diet Pepsi instead of Pepsi. So I poured me half a glass of milk. Half a glass of Diet Pepsi. And before I could think too much, I raised my glass and downed it. In the 2nd to the last frame, I had just finished it and I thought to myself, "Hmmm...that was friggin weird, but it wasn't too bad." Then a second later (last frame) I began to gag and had to step over to the sink. I thought it was going to come rushing back up. :D
Now that i think about it...it was pretty nasty. Don't ever try it. I do not recommend it. It's been a good 30-40 minutes since I downed that glass and I still feel a bit queasy
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside the US Embassy in London's Grovesnor Square for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Oops, forgot it was supposed to be wordless wednesday... too late now LOL
So, have a beautiful blue Wednesday. (I just made that up).
Photo details:
Late afternoon sun.
Taken from one of my favourite spots to stop and shoot along my bike route...
the photos below were all taken from roughly the same spot (before or after the little foot bridge...)
Old film - SOOC! (that the processing people messed up majorly, but I was able to salvage-ish it.)
I've been thinking about this scene a lot lately. And when this song comes on my iPod's shuffle, I see it in my mind - it's perfect.
McKayla left me a lovely testimonial that I was not expecting whatsoever. I hadn't signed onto Flickr in a long time, and figured I should even though there wouldn't be anything new, and then I see her testimonial. It was wonderful and made my day and thank you McKayla. :). If you all don't follow her stream, you should do so. :).
1 Peter 5:6-11 was suggested to me as a reading and I keep reading over it. Life is so weird.
A person should always have a back up supply of peanut butter ... I love peanut butter!!
11/365 365: The 2013 Edition
Our Daily Challenge Topic: SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN
Thank you all so much for all of your comments, faves and views, I appreciate them all =)
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside the US Embassy in London's Grovesnor Square for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
You can read the words that Emma Gonzalez spoke at a rally a few days after the mass shooting at her high school in Parkland, Florida in my March 2nd posting. Peter Wang was one of her younger classmates who died in that mass murder. He was a Junior ROTC cadet who died saving his classmates when he opened an exit door and herded as many of his classmates as he could through the door to safety before he was gunned down. Peter was awarded the ROTC Medal for Heroism along with two of his fallen JROTC comrades, Alaina Petty and Martin Duque, and buried in uniform with military honors. Then the US Army awarded him a rare posthumous appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point.
Cadet Peter Wang showed that he was made of the right stuff that we Americans need as our officers. I am proud that MY service recognized him in a special way.
There is something else West Point could do to honor this fine young man and teach his fellow classmates about duty. Give him a student roster number appropriate for his class year and have his name called out and answered in every roll call formation during the four years he would have attended. Rotate the honor of answering for him among his classmates as a teaching moment that the “Duty-Honor-Country” motto that they are supposed to live by has responsibilities and consequences.
If Peter Wang was a high school freshman in 2018, then he would have graduated in 2021, started West Point in September of that year, and gotten commissioned in 2025. When it is Peter’s turn to graduate, the Commandant could award the Wang family the lieutenant bars their son should have gotten the chance to earn and thank them for raising a son whose exemplary life continued to serve his class. We don’t ask our 15 year-olds to go to war and possibly die for their country, and I tear up every time I see his picture or read of his bravery. I never knew Peter, but I can assure you that he wasn’t thinking about heroism when he went to school that morning; he just did what needed to be done when the time came. Wang would have been the kind of officer I'd gladly follow into battle.
I read about Cadet Wang’s heroic act when I was looking up the angry words I heard his high school classmate Emma Gonzalez speak on “Democracy Now” the following Tuesday when she called out Trump for taking campaign money from the corrupt NRA. I hope she runs for city council, state rep, or similar offices while she is in college and runs for Congress as soon as she is old enough. And about the time Peter Wang would be making colonel, Emma Gonzalez will be old enough to run for Senate or President. Woe to anybody who gets in her way! I hope that her brave and angry class tramples down every crooked politician in their path and takes their jobs away from them. Go get 'em!
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside the US Embassy in London's Grovesnor Square for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
The journey to the bottom of the bottle is never a pleasant one......
#19 Depressing or sorrowful 113 in 2013
Strobist: snooted 430II camera left at 9 o'clock, ETTL -1 1/3, minimal natural light to camera left
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again.
This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
The next two images are frame captures from HD video, using the Canon EOS Rebel T6 and the Canon 18-55mm zoom lens. I wanted to get a regular still photo, but I was lucky to be able to catch up to get the video image. Whoever created this sign did an amazing job of matching both sides perfectly. This was taken somewhere halfway between Pershing Square and Grand Park.
You can see this shot in the video I created about the Women's March on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lXIqv8D70Q&t=1s
Also, any political comments must stick to the subject and be intelligent and thoughtful. Any ad hominem attacks, or remarks that involve insults and poor grammar and poor punctuation, will be immediately deleted.
i've never taken a picture of my office so i figured why not. plus i just moved into a new office and it would probably be best to take one now before i have a chance to really mess it up....granted i don't know where anything is right now.
NOT FOR BLOGGING!
Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
On January 27th 1945, the red army liberated Auschwitz death camp.
1 million and 100,000 Jews were brutally murdered there, just for being who they were.
We will never forget and never forgive.
Their memory will live on forever.
Photo: Holocaust Memorial Museum of Yad-Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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The gutted Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, which is currently called the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Let's hope the world is to never lay witness to such horror and devastation again!
Close The Camps!
San Francisco
July 2, 2019
What started as a passionate rally across from Senator Dianne Feinstein's office, grew quickly (and I sense unexpectedly) into a spontaneous blockade of Market Street at lunchtime with over 1000 people, disgusted by US cruelty at the border, calling to immediately CLOSE THE CAMPS!! Two hours later, after a march down the center of Market Street and another street blockade, the rally ended outside the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. #closethecamps