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President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017, during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 16 March 2017

President Donald Trump waves as arrives to speaks at the American Center of Mobility, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 15 March 2017

Through the swarm of smartphones, you can just about see PM Kenny present Pres Trump with a crystal bowl of shamrock.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Recalls the phrase, "he laughed so hard it actually hurt." Also, the Romney dinner? Photo @al_drago @nytimes #Trump #Ryan #Ireland: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 16 March 2017

Waiting for Sean: @PressSec briefing was scheduled to begin 46 minutes ago: image via Jonathan Karl @jonkarl, 16 March 2017

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Waiting for Sean: @PressSec briefing was scheduled to begin 46 minutes ago
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Maybe he's watching the South Dakota St. v Gonzaga game (22-26 at the half) ...

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And @PressSec is now a full hour late .... we just got a 2-minute warning: image via Jonathan Karl @jonkarl, 16 March 2017

At briefing, @PressSec angrily slamming press for not reporting developments that back Pres Trump's charge of "wiretapping" at Trump Tower.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Spicer again calls end to his briefing. Used to be the Q and A went on until the senior wire service reporter said "thank you.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Donald Trump speaks during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Washington.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 16 March 2017

Copies of President Donald Trump's first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington before dawn in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. The $1.15 trillion presentation proposes a reordering of national spending priorities, pumping significantly more money into the military and homeland security while sharply cutting foreign aid, medical research and the arts.: photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP, 16 March 2017

President Trump’s budget is out. Now the lobbying begins.: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

Evening Briefing: Here's what you need to know at the end of the day: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

Pious Paul of Ryan tells Jesus the poor can take care of themselves, writes @NickKristof: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

How, in a few short weeks, Tillerson has rendered the State Dept rudderless and irrelevant: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

Opinion: The increasing significance of the decline of men: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

A timeline of the White House's responses to the wiretapping charge: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 16 March 2017

goat parking

The Sweet little Shamrock of Ireland | by National Library of Norway

The Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017

No Trump | by swordscookie back and trying to catch up!

No Trump. If your name is Trump, keep movin buddy, nobody is gonna grab me! This saucy cat sat and stared at me as I put my camera right up close and personal in Cobh a couple of weeks ago. Almost as much as to say "Don't dare grab me mister"!!!!!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017

The long, slow climb! | by swordscookie back and trying to catch up!

The long slow climb! While visiting the cathedral in Cobh which is set very high above the town I saw these houses! Climbing step by step up the hill they gave a diagonal like and the sense of taking a long slow climb from the bottom to the top!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017

Safe parking! | by swordscookie back and trying to catch up!

Safe parking! With the promise that I will keep an eye on your car this mural provides safe parking! Spotted in in Quarteira on the Algarve in Portugal!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 16 October 2016

ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017

green water and little white lies

Military honor guard in place at West Wing driveway and portico for arrival of Taioseach Enda Kenny for talks with Pres Trump.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Pres Trump greets Taioseach Kenny at the West Wing Portico and escorts him to the Oval Office for their talks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

"I really love Ireland," said Pres Trump at start of talks with PM Kenny, indicating his intention to visit Ireland during his presidency.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Prime Minister Kenny is the 6th head of state or government Pres Trump has met with since taking office.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

"Please be seated. We only have the bartender for the hour," jokes @SpeakerRyan at Friends of Ireland Luncheon with @POTUS and Taioseach.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

“My new friend. My new friend. Great guy," says Pres Trump of Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland Luncheon in the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

"Ireland will never be anything but a friend of the United States," says Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Per tradition, the WH fountain water dyed green to mark St. Patrick's Day. (Pool photo by @karentravers): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

@SpeakerRyan toasts Friends of Ireland luncheon with a glass of Guinness. "You don't have to drink the whole thing," he told guests.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Bagpiper (playing "America the Beautiful") leads Pres Trump, PM Kenny, @SpeakerRyan down the Capitol steps after Ireland Luncheon.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

"Very well," said Pres Trump, to reporter's question on how the negotiations were going on the GOP health care bill.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

VP Pence administers oath of office to Dan Coats as 5th US Director of National Intelligence.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

"These are clearly uncertain times," says newly-sworn-in DNI Dan Coats, pledging to do all he can to keep America safe.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

Mulvaney says border wall will take longer than 2 years to build. Says source of the funds (Mexico?), is up to somebody else to decide.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

The TV Cameras in the back really appreciate all the smartphones blocking the view of the President, VP, and Taoiseach. Many thanks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

At East Room reception for St Patrick's Day (a day early), Pres Trump says he knows a lot about the "fighting Irish." "They're tough.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

“The ties that bind our two countries are deep and historic," says Taoiseach Kenny at WH event. Pledges to work with Pres Trump.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017

blue smoke

Burqa-clad women walk on Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Rahmat Gul/AP, 16 March 2017

A man plays in a flooded street using an inner tube in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. Authorities said Thursday they expect the intense rains caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 16 March 2017

Neighbors work to salvage belongings from their flooded home in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. Authorities said Thursday they expect the intense rains caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP,, 16 March 2017

A Kashmiri laborer load goods on the roof of a bus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Laborers, most of them who have come from outside of the city, earn approximately rupees 300 (US $5) after a daylong hard work.: photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP,, 16 March 2017

Blue smoke covers taxi workers as they protest blocking the main city artery during a two-hour mid-morning protest for their rights in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Taxi drivers in Spain's Madrid and Barcelona were striking Thursday to urge authorities to protect their regulated service against companies such as Uber and Cabify that offer rides at a lower cost.: photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP, 16 March 2017

A visually impaired woman assists her husband to button up his coat during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Hundreds of people with disabilities took to the streets to protest against government's austerity measures which affect their income and state subventions.: photo by Yorgos Karahalis/AP, 16 March 2017

African migrants pray at a small Greek Orthodox church at the Moria village, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and a European Union deal a year ago with Turkey to stop migrant flows.: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP, 16 March 2017

A Federal Police soldier shoots toward Islamic State militant positions during fighting in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 16 March 2017

A Federal Police soldier runs for cover during fighting against Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 16 March 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jews get hit by a police water canon during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March. 15 , 2017. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have for years been exempt from military service, which is compulsory for Jewish Israelis. The arrangement has caused widespread resentment among Israel's secular majority. The ultra-Orthodox claim the military will expose their youth to secularism and undermine their devout lifestyle.: photo by Oded Balilty/AP, 15 March 2017

rag doll hanging from brick wall: a certain strangeness of being in the world ("... old man thinking of the old day...")

"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017

Status update: "Landed on Earth safely" | by [ | ^ ! ^ | ]

Status update: "Landed on Earth safely": photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016

hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016

[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016

The Aquarium | by Thanakorn Treratanaboot

The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017

[Ghent, Belgium]: photo by Kristof Vande Velde, 27 December 2016

Untitled. Vancouver, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016

[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017

[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016

[Untitled]: photo by Peter Kool, June 2015

[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016

"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017

Untitled. Burnaby, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016

[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017

TOM CLARK

Friday, 17 March 2017

Would you buy a used presidency from this man? / goat parking / orange rag doll hanging from red brick wall wonders: Is this It?

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