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Saturday 29 July 2017

Jim Dine: Utopia (It takes a lot of work to make a world) / William Blake: Auguries of Innocence / Robert Creeley: Heroes / Comme un air de vacances

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People watch as coverage of an ICBM missile test is displayed on a screen in a public square in Pyongyang on July 29. Photo Kim Won-Jin: mage via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 July 2017


#Syria Squeezed in Raqa, IS jihadists ramp up counter-attacks. Photo @Delilsouleman: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 June 2017


Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Force on the streets of Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017


Syria Raqqa

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs as he fires mortars against the Islamic State militants at one of the front lines, in Raqqa city, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said Thursday.: photo by Hussein Malla/AP, 27 July 2017

Syria Raqqa  

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs as he fires mortars against the Islamic State militants at one of the front lines, in Raqqa city, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said Thursday.: photo by Hussein Malla/AP, 27 July 2017


Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Force on the streets of Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017

 

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Force on the streets of Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017


Amid ceasefire, civil defense members in Syria's rebel-held Deraa shift focus to clearing unexploded cluster bombs: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017


Palestinian relatives of a youth who was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes, cry during his funeral in Gaza. Photo @mohmdabed: mage via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 July 2017

Israel Palestinians

Protesters throw stones at Israeli solders during clashes on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, July 28, 2017. Gaza's Health Ministry says a Palestinian teen was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed near the strip's border fence with Israel.: photo by Adel Hana, 28 July 2017

Israel Palestinians

Protesters throw stones at Israeli solders during clashes on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, July 28, 2017. Gaza's Health Ministry says a Palestinian teen was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed near the strip's border fence with Israel.: photo by Adel Hana, 28 July 2017


Israeli police bar men under 50 from Friday prayers at Jerusalem holy site #AFP Photo @gharabli_ahmed
: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 28 July 2017

 

Clashes between #Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces in Hebron. @hazembader1:: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 28 July 2017
 

Clashes between #Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces in Hebron. @hazembader1: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 28 July 2017


An Infiltrated member of the Israeli forces (L) detains a #Palestinian protester during clashes near the settlement of Beit El @Abbasmomani: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 28 July 2017


Palestinians react as a stun grenade explodes, during scuffles after worshippers surged into Jerusalem's holy site: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 July 2017


OTD in 1967, an accidental rocket launch on the USS Forrestal caused explosions that killed 134. Future Sen. John McCain was a survivor.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 29 July 2017

Venezuela Political Crisis

Bolivarian National Guards fire rubber bullets as they advance on anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 28, 2017, two days before the vote to begin the rewriting of Venezuela's constitution. Protesters say the election of a constitutional assembly will allow President Nicolas Maduro to eliminate democratic checks and balances and install an authoritarian single-party system.: photo by Ariana Cubillos, 28 July 2017
 

#Venezuela An anti-government activist is arrested during clashes in Caracas. Photo @rschemidt: mage via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 July 2017


#Venezuela Minor killed at anti-government protest in Venezuela #AFP Photo @jbarreto1974: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 28 July 2017

Syria

Kurdish citizens visit the graves of their relatives who were killed while fighting against Islamic State militants in Raqqa and other places, at a cemetery in Kobani, Syria, Friday, July 28, 2017. Islamic State militants have carried out a deadly attack on U.S.-backed forces in Syria, killing and wounding many fighters and civilians, Syrian monitors and an IS-linked media outlet said Friday.: photo by Hussein Malla, 28 July 2017


Indian flood victims eat cooked food distributed inside a temporary shelter at a school building in Chitnan village. Photo Dibyangshu Sarkar: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 July 2017

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Park Fitness - Beijing, China | by Maciej Dakowicz

Park Fitness -- Beijing, China: photo by Maciej Dakowicz, 28 May 2017

Park Fitness - Beijing, China | by Maciej Dakowicz

Park Fitness -- Beijing, China: photo by Maciej Dakowicz, 28 May 2017

Park Fitness - Beijing, China | by Maciej Dakowicz

Park Fitness -- Beijing, China: photo by Maciej Dakowicz, 28 May 2017

Untitled | by Jack Simon

Glasgow....really: photo by Jack Simon, 18 July 2017

Untitled | by Sakis Dazanis

Untitled: photo by Sakis Dazakis, 20 July 2017

;] | by www.bawgaj.eu /Brighton now/

;] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2017, kentmere 1600. "When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life a thousand reasons to smile." -- Unknown.
: photo by Przemek Strzelecki, 24 July 2017


untitled | by Jiorgos Gavrilakis

untitled [Crete]: photo by Jiorgos Gavrilakis, 5 July 2017

untitled | by Jiorgos Gavrilakis

untitled [Crete]: photo by Jiorgos Gavrilakis, 5 July 2017

untitled | by Jiorgos Gavrilakis

untitled [Crete]
: photo by Jiorgos Gavrilakis, 5 July 2017


;] | by www.bawgaj.eu /Brighton now/

;] Morocco 02.2016, kentmere 1600. "I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts." -- Herman Melville.
: photo by Przemek Strzelecki, 19 January 2017


Thung Wua Laen Beach,Chumphon,Thailand | by noppadol.maitreechit

Thung Wua Laen Beach, Chumphon, Thailand: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 29 December 2015

Thung Wua Laen Beach,Chumphon,Thailand | by noppadol.maitreechit

Thung Wua Laen Beach, Chumphon, Thailand: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 29 December 2015

Thung Wua Laen Beach,Chumphon,Thailand | by noppadol.maitreechit

Thung Wua Laen Beach, Chumphon, Thailand: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 29 December 2015

© Spiros Soueref, Corfu, Greece 2017 www.theworldthroughaphotograph.com | by Spiros Soueref

Corfu, Greece: photo by Spiros Soueref, 16 June 2017

Hamburg-2017 | by Siegfried Hansen

Hamburg - 2017: photo by siegfried hansen street photography, 24 July 2017

Hamburg-2017 | by Siegfried Hansen

Hamburg - 2017: photo by siegfried hansen street photography, 24 July 2017

Hamburg-2017 | by Siegfried Hansen

Hamburg - 2017: photo by siegfried hansen street photography, 24 July 2017

China BRICS

A worker walks through an empty hall before a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and a delegation from the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 28, 2017.: photo by Ng Han Guan, Pool via AP, 28 July 2017

China BRICS

A worker walks through an empty hall before a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and a delegation from the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 28, 2017.: photo by Ng Han Guan, Pool via AP, 28 July 2017

;] | by www.bawgaj.eu /Brighton now/

;] Poland 2011, ilford pan 400. "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: photo by Przemek Strzelecki, 19 January 2017


. | by TyKroh

Chengdu, 2017: photo by TyKroh, 27 July 2017

. | by TyKroh

Chengdu, 2017: photo by TyKroh, 27 July 2017

. | by TyKroh

Chengdu, 2017: photo by TyKroh, 27 July 2017

;] | by www.bawgaj.eu /Brighton now/

;] mongolia 2013, neopan 400. "Don't be afraid your life will end. Be afraid that it will never begin."
-- Grace Hansen: photo by Przemek Strzelecki, 24 February 2017


12 Apostles, 2016 | by mr.roc46

12 Apostles, 2016 [melbourne]: photo by mr.roc46, 10 April 2016

12 Apostles, 2016 | by mr.roc46

12 Apostles, 2016 [melbourne]: photo by mr.roc46, 10 April 2016

12 Apostles, 2016 | by mr.roc46

12 Apostles, 2016 [melbourne]: photo by mr.roc46, 10 April 2016

;] | by www.bawgaj.eu /Brighton now/

;] Poland 2014, pan 400. "Run when you can, walk if you must, just never give up." -- Dean Kamazes
: photo by Przemek Strzelecki, 19 January 2017


Club Memphis | by ADMurr

Club Memphis [Memphis, Tn]
: photo by Andrew Murr, 29 July 2017


Robert Creeley: Heroes
 
Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico
: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017

Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico
: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017


Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017
In those stories the hero
is beyond himself into the next
thing, be it those labors
of Hercules, or Aeneas going into death.

I thought the instant of the one humanness
in Virgil's plan of it
was that it was of course human enough to die,
yet to come back, as he said, hoc opus, hic labor est.

That was the Cumaean Sibyl speaking.
This is Robert Creeley, and Virgil
is dead now two thousand years, yet Hercules
and the Aeneid, yet all that industrious wis-

dom lives in the way the mountains
and the desert are waiting
for the heroes, and death also
can still propose the old labors.


Robert Creeley (1926-2005): Heroes, from For Love, 1960

Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico
: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017


Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico
: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017


Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico
: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, July 2017


It takes a lot of work to make a world: Jim Dine: Utopia (2011)

Zebra Mount-Pastel Bands | by puroticorico

Zebra Mount -- Pastel Bands. Blue Mesa, Apache, Arizona.The pastel bands of color in the Blue Mesa indicate the type of environment in which the sediments were deposited. Blues and grays are a sign of carbon from decaying organic material that was buried under water and not exposed to air. Reds result from an iron mineral, hematite,. When exposed to air, even a small amount of iron causes the rocks to oxidize or rust. The whites represent nearly pure bentonite clay. Ground water, percolating through the buried sediments, also accounts for some color changes.: photo by Richie Diesterheft, 24 March 2008

work work work work work work work
work work work work or
just wait for this
to end.
Don't buy anything
anymore
What's the point of decorating what?
so...
work work work work work work work work
work work work work
until --
there's nothing
more and no one
left to love or
feel bad about
or dream

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Quaternary clay in Estonia (400,000 years old): photo by Siim Sepp, 17 September 2005

Throughout all these Human Lands
Tools were made & Born were hands
 
Andesite outcrop. Eastern coast of Scotland.: photo by Siim Sepp, 3 August 2007

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Glacially abraded rocks in western Norway near Jostedalsbreen glacier: photo by Siim Sepp, 25 November 2006

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Pyroclastic rocks (tuff) in Massif Central, France.: photo by Siim Sepp, 27 August 2012

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Roadside outcrop of schist in Scotland.: photo by Siim Sepp, 8 August 2007

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Gulch in Scotland: photo by Siim Sepp, 4 August 2007

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Double-terminated quartz crystals from Spain. Red color is due to hematite inclusions. The width of the view is 4 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 30 July 2012

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Agate breccia from Schwarzwald, Germany. Width of sample is 12 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 2 August 2012

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Semi-precious phosphate mineral variscite filling the cracks in siltstone. The sample is from Queensland, Australia. Variscite is often mistaken for another better known phosphate mineral turquoise. The width of the view is 11 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 30 July 2012

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Upper and lower parts are chemically weathered. Rock is from Estonia, Silurian system.The width of the view is 11 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 21 April 2005

Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia) | by Thomas Hawk

Jim Dine, 1963: Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia): photo by Thomas Hawk, 18 September 2013

Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia) | by Thomas Hawk

Jim Dine, 1963: Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia): photo by Thomas Hawk, 18 September 2013

Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia) | by Thomas Hawk

Jim Dine, 1963: Two Palettes (Sears, Roebuck; Francis Picabia): photo by Thomas Hawk, 18 September 2013

Jim Dine:

Jim Dine's House of Words: photo by Gunter Grass Archive, September 2015

Run | by michaelj1998

Run. Los Angeles, Ca.: photo by michaelj1998, 15 June 2017
 

Inauguration des Écrivains en bord de mer à La Chapelle Sainte-Anne #LaBaule en présence de #jimdine à découvrir jusqu’au 16 juillet: image by Ville de La Baule @VilleLaBaule, 12 July 2017
 
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Folded sedimentary rocks (calcareous turbidite sequence) of Carbonferous age at Loughshinny, Ireland. The Variscan orogeny is responsible for the folding.: photo by Siim Sepp, 13 June 2012

Folds at Loughshinny.  Loughshinny is a village in Ireland, about 15 km north of Dublin. This place has a very nice exposure of folded sediments from the late Carboniferous. Folded cliff is easy to access but one should really take care to visit the place during low tide. It was high tide when I first arrived to the scene. As you can see, it was hard to take a good photo without getting very wet. Folds are really spectacular. They have angular hinges and northern limbs are overturned. The mountain building event that is responsible for this deformation is the Variscan orogeny. Folded sediments are turbidites. Dark layers represent fine-grained mudstone. Lighter layers are somewhat coarser. The whole sequence is calcareous, there are many calcite veins cross-cutting it.: photo by Siim Sepp, 13 June 2012


 
I left the folds at Loughshinny to see other places but I really wanted to take a better picture and see more. So I came back about 6 hours later and the whole scene was very much different. The coastline was several hundred meters away from the cliff and I was able to take many more photos and wander along the coast as long as needed.
 

 
These are really crazy folds, the best I have seen so far.
 

 
The folds are plunging towards the sea. White veins visible on top of the shale layer are composed of calcite.



The folds are plunging towards the sea. White veins visible on top of the shale layer are composed of calcite.


 
Here is a piece of shale from Loughshinny. White is calcite. Width of sample 10 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 13 June 2012

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Sand sample from Hawaii (Papakolea Beach). Green is olivine (some olivine grains are darker due to weathering). White grains are coral fragments. Gray grains are pieces of basaltic rock. Orange grain on the left is a foraminifer. The width of the view is 1 cm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 20 October 2011

William Blake: Auguries of Innocence

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Heavy mineral sand composed mainly of garnet crystals. Sand collected from: Cape Nome, Alaska, USA.: photo by Siim Sepp, 6 December 2009

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower 
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
And Eternity in an hour
A Robin Red breast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage 
A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons
Shudders Hell thr' all its regions 
A dog starvd at his Masters Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State 
A Horse misusd upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood 
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fibre from the Brain does tear 
A Skylark wounded in the wing 
A Cherubim does cease to sing 
The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight
Does the Rising Sun affright 
Every Wolfs & Lions howl
Raises from Hell a Human Soul 
The wild deer, wandring here & there 
Keeps the Human Soul from Care 
The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife
And yet forgives the Butchers knife 
The Bat that flits at close of Eve
Has left the Brain that wont Believe
The Owl that calls upon the Night
Speaks the Unbelievers fright
He who shall hurt the little Wren
Shall never be belovd by Men 
He who the Ox to wrath has movd
Shall never be by Woman lovd
The wanton Boy that kills the Fly
Shall feel the Spiders enmity 
He who torments the Chafers Sprite
Weaves a Bower in endless Night 
The Catterpiller on the Leaf
Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief 
Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly 
For the Last Judgment draweth nigh 
He who shall train the Horse to War
Shall never pass the Polar Bar 
The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat 
Feed them & thou wilt grow fat 
The Gnat that sings his Summers Song
Poison gets from Slanders tongue 
The poison of the Snake & Newt
Is the sweat of Envys Foot 
The poison of the Honey Bee
Is the Artists Jealousy
The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags
Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags 
A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent 
It is right it should be so 
Man was made for Joy & Woe 
And when this we rightly know 
Thro the World we safely go 
Joy & Woe are woven fine 
A Clothing for the soul divine 
Under every grief & pine
Runs a joy with silken twine 
The Babe is more than swadling Bands
Throughout all these Human Lands
Tools were made & Born were hands 
Every Farmer Understands
Every Tear from Every Eye
Becomes a Babe in Eternity 
This is caught by Females bright
And returnd to its own delight 
The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar 
Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore 
The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath
Writes Revenge in realms of Death 
The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air
Does to Rags the Heavens tear 
The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun 
Palsied strikes the Summers Sun
The poor Mans Farthing is worth more
Than all the Gold on Africs Shore
One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands
Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands 
Or if protected from on high 
Does that whole Nation sell & buy 
He who mocks the Infants Faith
Shall be mockd in Age & Death 
He who shall teach the Child to Doubt
The rotting Grave shall neer get out 
He who respects the Infants faith
Triumphs over Hell & Death 
The Childs Toys & the Old Mans Reasons
Are the Fruits of the Two seasons 
The Questioner who sits so sly 
Shall never know how to Reply 
He who replies to words of Doubt
Doth put the Light of Knowledge out 
The Strongest Poison ever known
Came from Caesars Laurel Crown 
Nought can Deform the Human Race
Like to the Armours iron brace 
When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow
To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow 
A Riddle or the Crickets Cry
Is to Doubt a fit Reply 
The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile
Make Lame Philosophy to smile 
He who Doubts from what he sees
Will neer Believe do what you Please 
If the Sun & Moon should Doubt 
Theyd immediately Go out 
To be in a Passion you Good may Do 
But no Good if a Passion is in you 
The Whore & Gambler by the State
Licencd build that Nations Fate 
The Harlots cry from Street to Street 
Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet 
The Winners Shout the Losers Curse 
Dance before dead Englands Hearse 
Every Night & every Morn
Some to Misery are Born 
Every Morn and every Night
Some are Born to sweet delight 
Some are Born to sweet delight 
Some are Born to Endless Night 
We are led to Believe a Lie
When we see not Thro the Eye
Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night 
When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light 
God Appears & God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night 
But does a Human Form Display
To those who Dwell in Realms of day

William Blake (1757-1827): Auguries of Innocence, from the Pickering Manuscript, c. 1803

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Coral sand sample from Bermuda. Pink foraminifera Homotrema rubrum gives pink color to the beaches of Bermuda. Corals are light-colored but not all of the pieces are fragments of coral reefs. Molluscs, other foram species, and even echinoids (sea urchin spine in the lower left) are also present. Width of view 32 mm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 15 October 2012

Comme un air de vacances

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Foraminifera are microscopic marine amoeboid protists with calcareous tests. Genera Calcarina, Sorites, and Baculogypsina from left to right. The width of the view is 10 mm.: photo by Siim Sepp, 30 July 2012


"Y'know where you protect their heads putting 'em in the wagon? You can take your hands away." (Cheers.) Also flanking #Trump w women again.: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 July 2017


"Y'know where you protect their heads putting 'em in the wagon? You can take your hands away." (Cheers.) Also flanking #Trump w women again.: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 July 2017

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After Trump LI speech, this now downright terrifying. Sadism rising. @Reuters "president's people" Photo @ReutersBarria: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 July 2017

Trump

Law enforcement officers listen as President Donald Trump speaks on the street gang MS-13, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Brentwood, N.Y.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 28 July 2017


Scenes from President Donald Trump's speech today to law enforcement in Brentwood, N.Y. Photo @evanvucci: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 July 2017

Trump .

Law enforcement officers listen as President Donald Trump speaks on the street gang MS-13, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Brentwood, N.Y.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 28 July 2017
 
Plan B from Outer Space

OK I gave you people a chance too many times, you let me down
So as of right now we're going to have this tremendous thing it's new it's a great deal and if there's
Anything I'm good at it's doing a deal that and playing with giant trucks
And baseball bats and standing around on flight decks getting in the way
And hugging cops and my generals, I've got the best generals by the way,
I've decided I'm going to call this tremendous thing the New Deal, you're going to love it people,
Also I love playing with giant screwdrivers, and giant pliers
And brains smaller than peanuts, those are the greatest people, I can eat
Six of those in a single afternoon of watching live executions on TV
And we're going to have lot of those, people, it's going to be tremendous,
Ivanka says she loves it already, Jared is keeping mum but that's Jared people, you know how he is, he's just that way


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If this seems too easy, says as much about the WH: Two faces of Jared. Photo @Reuters pix of the week: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 July 2017


The president's people: Trump's inner circle of staff and advisers. White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump and her husband senior adviser Jared Kushner walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as they accompanied President Donald Trump before his departure to New York May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017



President Trump replaced his chief of staff Reince Priebus after only six months, installing John Kelly in his place: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017



President Trump replaced his chief of staff Reince Priebus after only six months, installing John Kelly in his place: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017



President Trump replaced his chief of staff Reince Priebus after only six months, installing John Kelly in his place: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017



today's David Brooks column is worth reading: image via Simon Maloy @SimonMaloy, 11 July 2017


War is hell: image via Bucky Isotope @BuckyIsotope, 11 July 2017


Replying to @BuckyIsotope: image via Maple Jordan @JohnFarmen, 11 July 2017

 
Replying to @BuckyIsotope: image via TC @WEB_DemBoyz, 11 July 2017

Made some delicious vegan hotdogs: image via Fred Delicious @Fred_Delicious, 28 May 2016


Mood. Photo @olivercontreras #WhiteHouse: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 July 2017


White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci arrives to travel with @POTUS to Ronkonkoma, New York. Photo @Barria_Reuters: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017


White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci arrives to travel with President Donald Trump to Ronkonkoma, New York from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017

 

The new White House communications director has become obsessed with leaks and threatened to fire staffers if he discovers that they have given unauthorized information to reporters.: photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via The New Yorker, 27 July 2017

 
 that Scaramucci is one smooth operator: image via Simon Maloy @Simon Maloy, 27 July 2017

President Trump: Thank you for what you did that day and for everything you do every single day.: image via The White House @WhiteHouse, 27 July 2017


@realDonaldTrump awards the Medal of Valor to police officers Kevin Jobe, Nicole Battaglia, Alexander Jensen, David Bailey and Crystal Griner: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 27 July 2017


Scenes from President Donald Trump's speech today to law enforcement in Brentwood, N.Y. Photo @evanvucci: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 July 2017
 

Scenes from President Donald Trump's speech today to law enforcement in Brentwood, N.Y. Photo @evanvucci: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 July 2017


 WH press corps filing from Andrews terminal: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017
tears in rain 


Potus remarks on Priebus be Kelly. Potus made his remarks in a downpour on the tarmac.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017

  
Van with Priebus has departed Joint Base Andrews; Potus still on board: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017


Meanwhile, this aide has been holding umbrella outside door of AF1 waiting for Potus for 10 min now.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017

  
Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017

 
  
Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017

 

Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017


Scaramucci not coming back to D.C. on AF1 return flight: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017
 

Trump motorcade passed this tribute from law enforcement. Also protesters with signs, "Trump is a bigger threat to America than ISIS.": image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017



Nikki Haley, Rep Peter King, other Congress members disembark AF1 after Potus in Suffolk County.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017


Nikki Haley, Rep Peter King, other Congress members disembark AF1 after Potus in Suffolk County.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017


Priebus, far right, and Scaramucci, far left, kept their distance on tarmac in Suffolk. Reince didn't respond when I asked for comment.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017



Scaramucci boards while still on cell. "Better to not comment," on NYer story he tells pool.: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017



Potus and @nikkihaley board AF1 on rainy day for trip to NY. Both Reince and Scaramucci also boarded separately: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017
 


Potus and @nikkihaley board AF1 on rainy day for trip to NY. Both Reince and Scaramucci also boarded separately: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 28 July 2017
 
@SHSanders45 doing Fox News hit outside WH: image via David Nakamura @DavidNakamura, 27 July 2017



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I was in the middle of Shaq vs. Kobe...and it wasn't even close to this
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And he's only been at WH for a week
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New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci’s wife has filed for divorce, according to the New York Post. The paper, citing multiple sources, reported Friday that Deirdre Ball, 38, is giving the Mooch — with whom she has two children  — the ax after three years of marriage. “Deidre is not a fan of Trump,” one source said. Scaramucci was photographed sans ring at the White House Friday. Above, Scaramucci is seen at a press briefing this week.: photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP via Washington Post, 29 July 2017


 

  New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci’s wife has filed for divorce, according to the New York Post. The paper, citing multiple sources, reported Friday that Deirdre Ball, 38, is giving the Mooch — with whom she has two children  — the ax after three years of marriage. “Deidre is not a fan of Trump,” one source said. Scaramucci was photographed sans ring at the White House Friday. Above, Scaramucci is seen at a press briefing this week.: photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP via Washington Post, 29 July 2017

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White House Director of Social Media Dan Scavino, left, walks with former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus as they arrive on Air Force One Friday, July 28, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump says Homeland Secretary Secretary John Kelly is his new White House chief of staff.: photo by Alex Brandon/AP, 28 July 2017

Es ist leichter, dass ein Kamel durch ein Nadelöhr gehe, als dass ein Reicher ins Reich Gottes komme


Wildfire smoke fills the sky as tourists relax on the beach on the French Riviera: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 July 2017


#LaBaule: la concession de la plage fait (toujours) polémique
: image via Le Point @LePoint, 28 July 2017


L'été et son cortège de suppléments #LaBaule: image via Charles Cadiet @charles_amaury, 17 July 2017



Début des vacances à #labaule #laSignature bar branche: image via Julie Pietri @Julie_Pietri, 27 July 2017


Mmmm soleil à la #Baule!!!: image via Julie Pietri @Julie_Pietri, 28 July 2017
Dortmund, Bonifatius-Kirche, Eingang zum westlichen Kirchplatz. „Es ist leichter, dass ein Kamel durch ein Nadelöhr gehe, als dass ein Reicher ins Reich Gottes komme.“; Mk 10:24; ähnlich: Lk 18:25 & Mt 19:24: photo by Mathias Bigge, September 2007


Comme un air de vacances, vivement dans 15 jours #NoFilter #LaBaule #weekendautop: image via Ophélie Teneau @OphelieT, 15 July 2017 


Tranquillement sur la plage de #LaBaule w/@Sabina_tweets et la belle-familie: image via Anthony Z @Epsilon_bluH, 15 July 2017


Pas de doute, l'été est bien arrivé sur la looooooongue plage de @VilleLaBaule #LaBaule: image via bon Sud bon Genre @bonsudbongenre, 15 July 2017


Sunset on the Loire River off Donges, #France Photo @LoicVenance: mage via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 29 July 2017