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Sunday 10 December 2017

Solstice (the only way not to slide into darkness) / They dropped like spinning spiders from the sky... the wind picked up... the white moon floated across the black night between two red crosses... / Insomnia 0411

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Regards Palestiniens... | by MASSILIA JMMC

Regards Palestiniens... [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 10 December 2017

Regards Palestiniens... | by MASSILIA JMMC

Regards Palestiniens... [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 10 December 2017

Regards Palestiniens... | by MASSILIA JMMC

Regards Palestiniens... [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 10 December 2017

#05 | by paulu

#05 "You (high) light up my life" - Michelle Rick [Lisboa]: photo by Paulo Guerra, 21 April 2017

#19 | by paulu

#19 "Put your subject in context" - Sara Nicomedi [Sé de Lisboa]: photo by Paulo Guerra, 16 November 2017

#19 | by paulu

#19 "Put your subject in context" - Sara Nicomedi [Sé de Lisboa]: photo by Paulo Guerra, 16 November 2017

#19 | by paulu

#19 "Put your subject in context" - Sara Nicomedi [Sé de Lisboa]: photo by Paulo Guerra, 16 November 2017


#France A homeless man sleeps in a sleeping bag in Paris street Photo Lionel Bonaventure #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017

back20 | by a stage/diurnal illness
 back20: photo by Hannes Herbst, 7 December 2017

back20 | by a stage/diurnal illness
2860 miles since | by lille abe

2680 miles since [chengdu]: photo by Michal Pachniewski, 23 May 2017

2860 miles since | by lille abe

2680 miles since [chengdu]: photo by Michal Pachniewski, 23 May 2017

2860 miles since | by lille abe

2680 miles since [chengdu]: photo by Michal Pachniewski, 23 May 2017
Solstice

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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) with winter plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009

Cold floating days, difficult to keep body 
Temp. up as planet cools off mysteriously 
This P.M. two small grey birds bump 
About in the rose bush for a while 
A capella (no rush hour for once) 
In last rays of tinny Christmas sun 
While voluntary trumpets are quietly 
Emitted by radio into Jerusalem foiled sky 
Far off and to our great astonishment 
O blue earth sounds your golden flower 
From the bell of its silver horn 
I didn’t think it would ever come back on


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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) in non-breeding plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009


Untitled [Jerusalem]: image via ahmad gharabli @gharabli_ahmad, 9 December 2017



Untitled [Jerusalem]: image via ahmad gharabli @gharabli_ahmad, 9 December 2017



"Jordan, Palestinians request emergency Arab League meeting on Jerusalem" #AFP Photo @TomCOEX: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 6 December 2017



Women react as an Israeli mounted policeman disperses Palestinian protesters on December 9, 2017, in East Jerusalem. #PALESTINIAN #ISRAEL #CONFLICT #MOUNTED #UNREST #JERUSALEM Photo by @gharabli_ahmad / @AFP photo: image via Amir Makar @amakar, 9 December 2017 
 

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian Child during Thursday's protests in Hebron. PHOTO : Abed Hashlamoun: image via HosamSalem @HosamSalemG, 8 December 2017

  
Clashes after US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise #Jerusalem as the capital of Israel Photo @musaalshaer #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017 
 

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Face-off at Damascus gate #Jerusalem @AFPphoto by @TomCOEX #Israel #intifada #DayOfRage #Palestinians: image via Jean-Marc Mojon @mojobeirut, 8 December 2017



Trump Jerusalem move sparks Palestinian protests, clashes #AFP Photo @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 7 December 2017



Trump Jerusalem move sparks Palestinian protests, clashes #AFP Photo @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 7 December 2017



Trump Jerusalem move sparks Palestinian protests, clashes #AFP Photo @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 7 December 2017



#clashes #Palestine #AFP Mahmud Hams: image via Mahmud Hams @MahmudHams, 9 December 2017


#UPDATE Palestinian president Abbas will refuse to meet US Vice President Pence following Washington's controversial policy shift on Jerusalem: Abbas aide: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 December 2017



Il y a 30 ans débute la première Intifada dans les territoires occupés #AFP: image via AFP Archives @AFParchives, 9 December 2017 
 


#Turkey Thousands march in #Istanbul to protest #Trump's #Jerusalem recognition @ozannkosee #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 December 2017



#Turkey Turkish anti-riot police officers detain leftist protesters during a demonstration against the US and Israel in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. @yasinnakgul #AFP #Jerusalem: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017

 

#Turkey Turkish anti-riot police officers detain leftist protesters during a demonstration against the US and Israel in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. @yasinnakgul #AFP #Jerusalem: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017

 

#Turkey Turkish anti-riot police officers detain leftist protesters during a demonstration against the US and Israel in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. @yasinnakgul #AFP #Jerusalem: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017



#Turkey Turkish anti-riot police officers detain leftist protesters during a demonstration against the US and Israel in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. @yasinnakgul #AFP #Jerusalem: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 December 2017

 
 @realDonaldTrump talks with Pearl Harbor survivor Army Private Lawrence Parry as he signs a proclamation for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with other Pearl Harbor survivors.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 7 December 2017

   
Jared Kushner, at a forum on Middle East issues on Sunday in Washington #gettyimagesnews #trump #gop #whitehouse #dc #washington #israel #middleeast #politics: image via Drew Angerer @drewangerer, 3 December 2017


Father and son-in-law share a brief chat during a Hanukkah reception at the White House #gettyimagesnews #gop #whitehouse #dc #washington #russia #hanukkah: image via Drew Angerer @drewangerer, 3 December 2017
 

 One more #RussiaGate echo from #Jared at Mid-East #SabanForum. With collusion evidence piling up, standard viewfinder shot imagines the silent one on the record. Photo @drewangerer: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 4 December 2017
 
Interesting how #Jared's lawyer attended #Mideast #SabanForum strictly as a Jewish American and interested citizen. Getty pic, again, speaks to #RussiaGate echo. @AbbeLowell mindful of what's just out of sight?: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 4 December 2017



 More #Jared at Mid-East #SabanForum and larger #Russia/legal echoes. Paranoid tone completely understandable. @BrookingsInst Photo @drewangerer #RussiaGate: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 4 December 2017
 

No surprise how Getty’s #Jared photos at hawkish #Mideast #SabanForum seem to channel growing Russia scandal woes, not to mention the  @BrookingsInst meeting's few facts, no questions and the #Israel/#Saudi fingerprints. Like he’s choking on it. Photo @drewangerer: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 4 December 2017 



Ready or not, #santacon strikes NYC! Check out the invasion of inebriated Santas here: Photo: Stephanie Keith: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 9 December 2017



Ready or not, #santacon strikes NYC! Check out the invasion of inebriated Santas here: Photo: Stephanie Keith: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 9 December 2017



Ready or not, #santacon strikes NYC! Check out the invasion of inebriated Santas here: Photo: Stephanie Keith: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 9 December 2017


@ozannkosee A cosplayer dressed as the "Riddler" poses for a picture at Sao Paulo Comic Con 2017 Photo @Mschincariol #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 December 2017



From #Pensacola in support of #RoyMoore. Another rough rally, Trump in the bubble, the shot evoking a goal post, contact sports. Photo @TomBrenner_PJ: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 9 December 2017
  

As much as we know from the Middle East these days. Photo @ericthayer #Egypt #Arizona: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 8 December 2017


Since Trump took Office, White House press photographs have been mindful of two crucial themes in the face of this rouge administration, history and witnessing. Photo @TomBrenner_PJ @nytimesphoto #DiplomaticRoom: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 4 December 2017
 

An illustration of a hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris from two neutron stars before they collided: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 December 2017


 Rohingya refugee Roshid Jan cries holding her son Muhammad Gyab at their dedicated camp in Bangladesh, built to better protect them from the risks of human trafficking, sexual abuse or child and forced marriages: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 December 2017
 
  Widowed and orphaned Rohingya refugees find a safe haven in a dedicated camp in Bangladesh, better sheltered and protected from human trafficking, sexual abuse or forced marriage Photo @damirsagolj: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 December 2017
 

"I'm so afraid that I will never go back to Myanmar," Rihana Begun told me. "I would rather die here." From a camp within a camp built for some of the most vulnerable - Rohingya widows and orphans.: image via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 7 December 2017



Of about million things we should all be ashamed of, hunger and severe malnutrition among children is probably the worst one. No matter where they are taken images like this should never been possible. These are scenes from a Rohingya refugee camp, today.: image via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 7 December 2017



It's like a black hole of pain - there is not a single tent at Rohingya refugee camps that doesn't know the sorrow and suffering. And it just doesn't stop, even if they survived the worst. Abdul Aziz suffered from fever and cough for about ten days, and then died.: image via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 5 December 2017
 
Insomnia 0411: image via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 3 December 2017

 Is the only way not to slide into darkness to pretend things are okay and to keep digging, pushing, working hard? Until when? And then what?: tweet via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 29 November 2017
  
So much so, it's dripping. Photo Shannon Stapleton @reuterspictures #Brooklyn #streetart: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 9 December 2017
 
  
The Pope takes a ride in rickshaw over the red carpet at Dhaka's cathedral. Then in his speech finally uses the word Rohingya, meets a group of refugees, shakes their hands, prays together. Some of them cried.: image via Damir Sagolj @damir sagolj, 1 December 2017
 
  
 Policemen try to rescue four-year-old Ali Ahmad at the site of a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghan forces and insurgents in Kabul, and more images of conflict around the world in 2017: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 9 December 2017



#2017inReview September 4 #Washington The Eagle Creek wildfire burns as golfers play at the Beacon Rock Golf Course in North Bonneville, Washington. By Kirsti McCluer @reuterspictures: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 9 December 2017 

Ray of light... | by MASSILIA JMMC
  
Ray of light... [sunset, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017

Ray of light... | by MASSILIA JMMC

Ray of light... [sunset, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017

Ray of light... | by MASSILIA JMMC

Ray of light... [sunset, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017

The White City - Tel Aviv | by Efrat Sela

The White City - Tel Aviv: photo by Efrat Sela, 1 December 2017

The White City - Tel Aviv | by Efrat Sela

The White City - Tel Aviv: photo by Efrat Sela, 1 December 2017

The White City - Tel Aviv | by Efrat Sela

The White City - Tel Aviv: photo by Efrat Sela, 1 December 2017

DSC07911-stavrosstam | by stavrosstam

DSC07911-stavrosstam: photo by Stavros Stamatiou, 3 December 2017

flagrant Mistral | by MASSILIA JMMC

 flagrant Mistral [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017

 flagrant Mistral | by MASSILIA JMMC

 flagrant Mistral [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017

flagrant Mistral | by MASSILIA JMMC
  
flagrant Mistral [protest, Marseille]: photo by MASSILIA JMMC, 9 December 2017


afp ahmad gharabli: image via ahmad gharabli @gharabli_ahmad, 5 December 2017

5 comments:

Mose23 said...

last rays of tinny Christmas Sun

There's a line well timed; gives me the shivers. Last Post through fucked speakers.

Jared scares me more than The Donald. I suspect he has less brains than his father in law and that is a fearful thought.

The mounted police officer in East Jerusalem made me think of Uccello; the women the effect of all that stately violence.

TC said...

Thank you Duncan.

Uccello was my first thought also: The Battle of San Romano.

Though it's hard to imagine the Florentines being in quite that state of mortal panic out of dread of the Sienese, some 20 years after the fact as it was. Composition is a calmer kind of history.

Dread and panic, certainly appropriate responses to the kind of threat the Palestinians now face.

Every day for the past year, as the news percolates, comes to a boil, goes off, boils again in the Drumpf Teapot, the bit that most enrages my life partner, whose experience of life has allowed her to see a bit of what's in the shadows, is the Jared stuff. Smirking from the shade, furtive master of the Stealth Cabinet.

Mercury, slipping through the grasp. Proper metal for a tinny season.

kent said...

TC,

One brief bit of light: white tigers Trammel and Morris end their 15-year slow walk thru vote jungle to HOF. Hope rumors are true team will also retire Sweet Lou's number 1 alongside T&M's next summer. His omission a black eye on the paleface process with career numbers in several categories even stronger than Tram's. My daughter holds out hope as Lou her favorite since he signed a Lindell AC napkin addressed to "baby Emily" as her mother nursed her near the bar area during their rookie season. Co-owner brother Johnny B. thought breastfeeding cause for ejection of us all from LAC, but Lou and Dave Rozema talked him out of it.

This has been a BTP sports moment. Reporting LIVE from Detroit, now back to what's tinny...k

TC said...

I once rode in the back of a van with MF, Rozema and Lance P from downtown LA to Fullerton, where we watched half an NFL game on TV in a crash pad with a couple of buddies of somebody's from Irvine. The guys driving the van liked Boston (the band), tape deck played at missile launch volume. Over the noise Lance admitted he had hit 21 dingers at Birmingham. Nothing happened. We went back to LA.

kent said...

"A bird, a rose, a priest, and a poet walk into a bar..."

I'll be here all week.

k