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Tuesday 2 February 2016

Second Eye Whiteness

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A shot I took of beautiful Malheur National Wildlife Refuge this AM. #LiveOnK2  #Oregonstandoff: image via Mike Warner @MikeKATU, 1 February 2016  Hines, OR

BREAKING: American militia movement stunned and saddened to learn that most Americans don't like them very much.  #Oregonstandoff: tweet via David Bates @DavidBWriter, 1 February 2016   Oregon, USA

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Pro-law enforcement rally on courthouse steps. Pro-militia folks in street ready for theirs at noon. #Oregonstandoff: image via Lincoln Graves @LincolnGraves, 1 February 2016

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2nd protest forms across street. 225 locals, 65 supporters.. #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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 3% leaders speak with Sheriff Ward as they leave the courthouse. Told each other to be safe. #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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Sheriff Ward is watching the scene from the 2nd floor. Crowd of 150 outside. #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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Protests continue in Burns. Locals have outside group outnumbered.  #Oregonstandoff: image via Tim Gordon @TimGordonKGW, 1 February 2016  Hines, OR

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This will be my favorite statement from the entire #Oregonstandoff "Do you speak Paiute": image via rebels mom @anonhumanperson, 1 February 2016
 
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Local calls outside protestors "Tater Tots" (many from ID). Response: "you sage grouse yuppie!" #Oregonstandoff "Do you speak Paiute": image via Martin Kaste @martinkaste, 1 February 2016

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The locals are in it for the long haul - they brought coffee. #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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And snacks #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016
 
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The protest includes a couple of pocket-protector compact-constitutionalist advocates for that great new American Peckerwood Replacement State, the State of Double-X Jefferson. #Oregonstandoff: image via Amelia Templeton @ameliaOPB, 1 February 2016

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Seeing lots of photos of Finicum among protesters. This man came from Redmond.: image via Amanda Peacher @amandapeacher, 1 February 2016   Burns, OR

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This man is growing hoarse yelling "go home" to the PPN protesters: image via Amanda Peacher @amandapeacher, 1 February 2016   Burns, OR

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 #Oregonstandoff police step in between Idaho III% militiaman BJ Soper and counter protesters, who are screaming "you're not from here": image via Amelia Templeton @ameliaOPB, 1 February 2016

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 Protesters tried to approach the courthouse doors; locals backed up to block them. #Oregonstandoff : image via Amanda Peacher @amandapeacher, 1 February 2016   Burns, OR

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This man had a slightly different agenda at the protest in Burns today! #Oregonstandoff: image via Mike Warner @MikeKATU, 1 February 2016

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Occupation fatigue, day 31. #Oregonstandoff : image via Amanda Peacher @amandapeacher, 1 February 2016   Burns, OR

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One thing the folks of Harney County haven't lost in the last month - their sense of humor #Oregonstandoff: image via Mike Warner @MikeKATU, 1 February 2016  Hines, OR

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'We're all Americans!' Says he has 200 signatures on petition to recall local officials. #Oregonstandoff: image via Molly Young @mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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Looks like the 3% only got 11 signatures on their petition. #Oregonstandoff: image via Gerald M @nukker3mollykyoung, 1 February 2016

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Grant County residents: "We are not all crazy here in John Day!" #Oregonstandoff: image via DJ Rubiconski @ Rubiconski, 31 January 2016


Cliven Bundy holds up a letter claiming possession of a federal wildlife refuge whose name he can't spell ("Malhaur"). ‘What this is saying is that Cliven Bundy is taking control of things,’ Cliven Bundy said of the Oregon standoff in an interview from his ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada.: photo by Sam Levin for the Guardian, 1 February 2016

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Meanwhile Cliven Bundy has sent an "Ohfishul Notus" all certified n such, to Sheriff Ward. LMFAO #Oregonstandoff: image via Cat Ballou @Catballou, 1 February 2016

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The #Oregonstandoff LAND GRABBERS want #PublicLand for PRIVATE MONEY @Catballou
: image via BardOfEarth4Bernie @BardOfEarth. 1 February 2016


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Sheesh! If this isn't a Freudian slip, nothing is. Thank you @cadria04! #Oregonstandoff: image via Cornelia @PaladinCornelia, 1 February 2016



Rancher Cliven Bundy poses at his home in Bunkerville, Nevada
: photo by Jim Urquhar/Reuters, 2014

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My response to Cliven’s certified letter to Sheriff Ward. I’ll send it certified tomorrow. Or not. #OregonStandoff: image via Alan Gardner @alangardner, 1 February 2016

  
A convoy of unmarked law enforcement vehicles passed along a road lined with media vehicles near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside Burns, Oregon: photo by Rob Kerr/Agence France-Presse, 31 January 2016


 Linda Gainer, owner of The Narrows R.V. park and cafe, which is experiencing its busiest January ever: photo by Jarod Opperman for The New York Times, 31 January 2016



Hillary Clinton in Des Moines last month. A study shows that relative wealth makes a difference in how some Democrats think on policies. Can Hillary Clinton represent the interests of working people when she and her husband have taken so much money from Wall Street?: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 1 February 2016

onham's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale...A woman walks past Untitled (Red Fan) by Kazuo Shiraga, estimated at between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000, during the press preview of Bonham's forthcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale which will be held on February 11 in London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2016. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire  

A woman looks at Untitled (Red Fan) by Kazuo Shiraga, estimated to sell between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000 at Bonham's forthcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale which will be held on February 11 in London: photo by Anthony Devlin/PA. 1 February 2016

Hillary Clinton, Gabrielle Giffords

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords looks on as Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at Iowa State University in Ames: photo by Craig Lassig / Associated Press, 31 January 2016
 
onham's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale...A woman walks past Untitled (Red Fan) by Kazuo Shiraga, estimated at between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000, during the press preview of Bonham's forthcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale which will be held on February 11 in London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2016. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Untitled (Red Fan) by Kazuo Shiraga, estimated to sell between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000 at Bonham's forthcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale which will be held on February 11 in London: photo by Anthony Devlin/PA. 1 February 2016

Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Holds Iowa Get Out The Caucus Rallies...A supporter waves signs supporting Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, outside a campaign event at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Hillary Clinton is holding onto a slim lead over Bernie Sanders in Iowa as Democrats prepare for Monday's caucuses, though an outpouring of young voters and those who say the system is rigged could enable Sanders to pull off an upset, according to a new poll. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

A supporter waves signs supporting Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, outside a campaign event at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa: photo by Daniel Acker / Bloomberg, 1 February 2016

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"cunt on" sounds like a cool catchphrase for an 80s all-women punk band: image via Julia Carrie Wong @juliacarriew, 1 February 2016 

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Dominican Air Force personnel fumigate in Santo Domingo against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the #ZikaVirus: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 January 2016

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Colombia has more than 2,000 #Zika cases in pregnant women
: image via AFPnews agency  @AFP, 30 January 2016


Geovane Silva holds his son Gustavo Henrique, who has microcephaly, at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Recife, Brazil. The World Health Organisation has declared the current outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin America as a global health emergency, after a meeting of an expert panel in Geneva.Tens of thousands of Zika cases have been reported since the outbreak began in Brazil, and the virus has been linked with a dramatic spike in babies born with microcephaly, or abnormally small brains. Though symptoms are relatively minor for most victims, the virus also appears to be associated with the rare Guillain-Barré post-viral syndrome, which can lead to paralysis. It has led to recommendations pregnant women don't travel to affected regions.: photo by Reuters, 1 February 2016

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A Harvard psychiatrist says three things are the secret to real happiness: image via the Independent @Independent, 1 February 2016

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Groundhog dies just days before Groundhog Day: image via the Independent @Independent, 1 February 2016


Consensual fetishes can be a good thing to add to your sex life: photo by Orlando/Three Lions via the Independent, 1 February 2016

Muslim pray as they visit the Hira cave at the Mount Al-Noor during their Umrah Mawlid al-Nabawi in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Muslims pray as they visit the Hira cave at the Mount Al-Noor during their Umrah Mawlid al-Nabawi “Birthday of Prophet Mohammad” in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia: photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters, 16 January 2016

Afghan girls stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan...Afghan girls stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan February 1, 2016. Ten people were killed and 20 wounded, most of them civilians in Monday's suicide bomb attack outside a police station in a busy area of western Kabul, Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Ayub Salangi said in a Twitter post. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghan girls stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ten people were killed and 20 wounded, most of them civilians in Monday’s suicide bomb attack outside a police station in a busy area of western Kabul: photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters, 1 February 2016

TOPSHOT - Palestinian members of the Ezz...TOPSHOT - Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016 in Gaza city to pay tribute to their fellow militants who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip.  Seven Hamas militants were killed on January 28, 2016 after a tunnel built for fighting Israel collapsed in the Gaza Strip, highlighting concerns that yet another conflict could eventually erupt in the Palestinian enclave.  / AFP / MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering in Gaza city to pay tribute to their fellow militants who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip: photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP, s, 1 February 2016

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Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse among films to have major presence during the #SuperBowl: image via IGN @IGN, 31 January 2016

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The 50th Super Bowl will be the Super Bowl of #surveillance #SuperBowlCity #SuperBowl: image via Steven J. Frisch @stevenjfrisch, 1 February 2016

The interior of Levi's Stadium.

If You Go Near the Super Bowl, You Will Be Surveilled Hard
: photo via Wired, 31 January 2016

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This is sooo San Francisco, I'm not even mad. #SuperbOwl: image via Kate Scott @katetscott, 29 January 2016

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Hide Your Pets: Fighter jets to buzz Bay Area in anticipation of Super Bowl: image via SFist @SFist, 28 January 2016

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Are these Homeland Security devices stationed on SF streets fart detectors or what?: image via SFist @SFist, 27 January 2016

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Media, protest, tourists, and the homeless: #SuperBowl50 in San Francisco: image via Julia Carrie Wong @juliacarriew, 30 January 2016

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#SuperBowl50 is a civic celebration: image via Julia Carrie Wong @juliacarriew, 30 January 2016

Superbowl

Beleaguered Alamo Square 'Super Bowl 50' Statue Now Salutes 'Superb Owl 50'
: photo via SF Citizen / Hoodline,  27 January 2016


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Super Bowl 50 Statue Removed From Alamo Square After Repeated Vandalism
: photo by LZ, 31 January 2016
 
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Good riddance. Toppled twice, now headed for Ed Lee's backyard. #sb50 @hoodline #SFCitizen: image via LZ @lz, 31 January 2016


SF's money-grubbing, lying mayor Ed Lee: When you're repping your city's sports successes, and also are the mayor of that city: photo by Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports via Vice Sports, 29 January 2016

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This is embarrassing: image via We Built This City @The RealWBTC  31 January 2016  The Embarcadero, San Francisco

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Oh JFC what is this bullshit: image via We Built This City @The RealWBTC  31 January 2016  The Embarcadero, San Francisco

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This 3rd grader is going places
: image via WORLDSTARHIPHOP @WORLDSTAR, 29 January 2016


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Having trouble sleeping? Try this: image via 100 @thei100, 1 February 2016

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The more you sleep, the less sexist and racist you become: image via 100 @thei100, 1 February 2016
 


Positive fantasies about the future linked to depression
: image via The Independent @Independent, 1 February 2016

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Nouveau naufrage de migrants en mer Egée: au moins 37 morts par @ozannkosee #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @AFP, 31 January 2016

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Cuerpo de un niño ahogado yace en costa de Çanakkale Turquía @ozankosee #refugeeswelcome: image via Nacho Sánchez @nsestratec, 31 January 2016

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 "What if this baby were mine?", by @ozannkosee: image via Jade Montane @jmontane_AFP, 31 January 2016

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@AFPMakingof « Que ferais-je si ce bébé était à moi ? », par @ozannkosee: image via Jade Montane @jmontane_AFP, 31 January 2016

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 "What if this baby were mine?", by @ozannkosee: image via Jade Montane @jmontane_AFP, 31 January 2016

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Devastating day on coast of #Turkey at least 33 #refugees drown trying to reach #Greece photo @ozannkosee @AFPphoto
: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 30 January 2016


Three bodies are seen washed up on a beach after at least 37 migrants and refugees were killed when their boat sank in the Aegean while trying to cross to Greece. Canakkale, Turkey, Jan. 30, 2016.
 
Three bodies are washed up on a beach after authorities said at least 37 people were killed when their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross to Greece from Canakkale province, Turkey: photo by Ozan Kose/AFP, 30 January 2016

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TURKEY - Migrants wait with life vests after being cheated by smugglers in Canakkale. By @ozannkosee #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 January 2016

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 #Migrants and #refugees try to keep warm by a fire as they wait for a train to Croatia. Check @AFPphoto and @afpf: image via Armend Nimani@armend_nimani, 29 January 2016

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 #Migrants and #refugees trying to keep themselves #warm #migrantcrisis #refugeecrisis: image via Armend Nimani @armend_nimani, 29 January 2016


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 #Migrants and #refugees try try to keep warm. #presevo #migrantcrisis #refugeecrisis #borders #people #crisis #europe: image via Armend Nimani @armend_nimani, 29 January 2016


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 #Migrants and #refugees try to keep warm by a fire as they wait for a train to Croatia. Check more on @AFPphoto: image via Armend Nimani @armend_nimani, 29 January 2016

2 comments:

Mose23 said...

Second Eye Whiteness is a terrible condition. Pretty much incurable as things stand.

TC said...

Yes. Let us not dwell on the possible evolution. To compute the extent of the bloodless mechanical horror of Third Eye Whiteness is not easy... and too, computation may prove redundant, the cold hand of 3EW may be already "reaching out" to us... closing around our clayey gizzards, e'en as we croak on... "standing our ground," as the pre-sentient anti-bird patriots endlessly reiterate...