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Monday 29 May 2017

Genocidal Culture Busker Haircut #2: Going / Last Gasp in Kingdom City (Immigrant Song)

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The surviving #Portland hero. Micah Fletcher, 21, won a 2013 poetry competition w/ a poem condemning Islamophobia. In hospital w/stab wounds.: image via Tarek El-Messidi @Elmessidi, 27 May 2017


This courageous human being lost his life in #Portland standing against racist, white supremacist terrorism. We will remember you, Taliesin: image via The King Center @TheKingCenter, 27 May 2017


Ricky stood against hate, and laid down his life as an ally to Muslims facing violent bigotry. Rest in power. #Muslims4Portland #VetsVsHate: image via Vets Against Trump @Vets_Vs_Trump, 27 May 2017


Rick Best was an Army veteran, father of 4. He died defending teens from a racist tirade. Hero of the highest order.: image via Bradd Jaffy @BraddJaffy, 28 May 2017


 #TheResistance @realDonaldTrump Dan Rather's open letter to Trump urging him to speak about heroes killed by Islamophobic man in Portland.: image via the Anti-Trump @IMPLORABLE, 28 May 2017


8th tweet of the day on this rainy Sunday in Washington. On health care.: image via Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs, 28 May 2017

Immigrant Song | by rosenunezsmith

Immigrant Song. Looking south toward Seneca Lumber Co. from Auction Way in the evening [Lane, Oregon]:  photo by Rose Nunez Smith, 19 May 2017

Immigrant Song | by rosenunezsmith

Immigrant Song. Looking south toward Seneca Lumber Co. from Auction Way in the evening [Lane, Oregon]:  photo by Rose Nunez Smith, 19 May 2017

Immigrant Song | by rosenunezsmith

Immigrant Song. Looking south toward Seneca Lumber Co. from Auction Way in the evening [Lane, Oregon]:  photo by Rose Nunez Smith, 19 May 2017

Going | by all quiet please proceed

Going. Paulina Underpass [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 2 May 2017

going | by all quiet please proceed

Going. Paulina Underpass, Kinzie and Carroll [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 3 May 2017

Philip Larkin: Going

There is an evening coming in
Across the fields, one never seen before,
That lights no lamps.

Silken it seems at a distance, yet
When it is drawn up over the knees and breast
It brings no comfort.

Where has the tree gone, that locked
Earth to sky? What is under my hands,
That I cannot feel?

What loads my hand down?

Philip Larkin (1922-1985): Going, February [?] 1946, from XX Poems, 1951


2017-108 | by biosfear

 2017-108. Watsonville, Ca.: photo by biosfear, 2 May 2017

treats | by all quiet please proceed

treats. W 16th, east of Ashland [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 12 March 2017

treats (2) | by all quiet please proceed

treats (2). Van Buren east of Kilpatrick [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 30 January 2017

treats (3) | by all quiet please proceed

treats (4). St. Adalbert Church (adjoining rectory). 1650 W. 17th St. [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 26 January 2017

treats (5) | by all quiet please proceed

treats (5). Aberdeen underpass (Kinzie and Hubbard) [Chicago].
: photo by annie maus, 26 January 2017

& | by all quiet please proceed

and [Chicago]
built 1894: photo by annie maus, 18 April 2017

Ford City Industrial Park | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

Ford City Industrial Park. 7401 S. Pulaski [Chicago] (built in 1940): photo by curtis locke, 22 May 2017

Ford City Industrial Park | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

Ford City Industrial Park. 7401 S. Pulaski [Chicago] (built in 1940): photo by curtis locke, 22 May 2017

Ford City Industrial Park | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

Ford City Industrial Park. 7401 S. Pulaski [Chicago] (built in 1940): photo by curtis locke, 22 May 2017

Untitled | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

1224-1234 W. Loyola [Chicago]
(built in 1940): photo by curtis locke, 22 May 2017

Tenderloin, San Francisco | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Turk Street between Mason and Taylor, Tenderloin District, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass, 27 March 2017

Tenderloin, San Francisco | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Turk Street between Mason and Taylor, Tenderloin District, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass, 27 March 2017

Tenderloin, San Francisco | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Turk Street between Mason and Taylor, Tenderloin District, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass, 27 March 2017

Par-T-Pak (Hotel Warfield in the Tenderloin) | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

Par-T-Pak (Hotel Warfield in the Tenderloin). NW corner of Taylor and Turk, San Francisco, CA: photo by curtis locke, 17 April 2014

Club 21 ("No Bikes Allowed") | by find myself a city (1001 Afternoons in Chicago)

Club 21 ("No Bikes Allowed"). NW corner of Taylor and Turk, San Francisco, CA: photo by curtis locke, 17 July 2006

Monterey County, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Roadside political billboard, Soledad, Monterey County, California: photo by Dave Glass, 10 May 2017

Monterey County, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Roadside political billboard, Soledad, Monterey County, California: photo by Dave Glass, 10 May 2017


Monterey County, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Roadside political billboard, Soledad, Monterey County, California: photo by Dave Glass, 10 May 2017


Untitled | by el zopilote

First Presbyterian Church, Taiban, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Untitled | by el zopilote

First Presbyterian Church, Taiban, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Volvo 240 left for dead | by rickele

Volvo 240 left for dead. [Bradshaw Road, Sacramento County]: photo by Rick Ele, 16 May 2017

Volvo 240 left for dead | by rickele

Volvo 240 left for dead. [Bradshaw Road, Sacramento County]: photo by Rick Ele, 16 May 2017

Volvo 240 left for dead | by rickele

Volvo 240 left for dead. [Bradshaw Road, Sacramento County]: photo by Rick Ele, 16 May 2017

Near I-17 | by GC_Dean

Near I-17. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 3 September 2016


Near I-17 | by GC_Dean

Near I-17. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 3 September 2016


Near I-17 | by GC_Dean

Near I-17. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 3 September 2016


Bennett Court, Portland | by austin granger

Bennett Court, Portland: photo by Austin Granger 24 May 2017

Kingdom City | by ADMurr

Kingdom City: photo by Andrew Murr, 27 May 2017


Kingdom City | by ADMurr

Kingdom City: photo by Andrew Murr, 27 May 2017 


#kingdomcity: image via #SteakOsaurus @SnarkCattleTour, 9 February 2017

kingdom city | by sparrowsfall

kingdom city. just what you expect.: photo by Parrish Baker, 12 April 2007

IMG_7177 | by J.G. Park

IMG_7177 [Kingdom City, Missouri]: photo by J.G. Park, 28 June 2014

McStop - Kingdom City, Missouri | by JeromeG111

McStop - Kingdom City, Missouri. Drop in off I-70 get gas, scarf some McFood, have a McBurp, and leave McHappy: photo by Jerome G111, 19 September 2010

Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 23 May 2017


Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 23 May 2017


Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 23 May 2017


Radio beach nº 1 | by efo

Radio beach no. 1 [Oakland]: photo by efo, April 2017

Radio beach nº 1 | by efo

Radio beach no. 1 [Oakland]: photo by efo, April 2017

Radio beach nº 1 | by efo

Radio beach no. 1 [Oakland]: photo by efo, April 2017

Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 4 February 2017


Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 4 February 2017


Untitled | by J. Ward

Untitled [LA]: photo by J Ward, 4 February 2017


Homes | by GC_Dean

Homes. Manitou Springs, Colorado.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 25 July 2016


Homes | by GC_Dean

Homes. Manitou Springs, Colorado.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 25 July 2016

Homes | by GC_Dean

Homes. Manitou Springs, Colorado.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 25 July 2016

For lease | by michaelj1998

For lease. Los Angeles, Ca.: photo by michaelj1998, 22 May 2017


Jefe de Los Amerikanski's: Colossus of Jerkhood (A New Wonder of the World)



He only knows to strong-arm. Records #Trump's "get the hell out of my way." #NATOSummit #Brussels
: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 27 May 2017 


Real force to that slap. There is Trump's blurry hand. #NATOSummit #Brussels: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 27 May 2017


Post shove, #Trump in the embers. Deemed family moment w world peers, that isolation. #NATOSummit #Brussels: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 27 May 2017 

 
After acting out, recovery effort riddled w tension. Croatia prez looks it right in the face. #Trump #NATOSummit: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 27 May 2017

pegged

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must fight for its own destiny in a western alliance divided by Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom she did not see eye to eye at the "six against one" G7 summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must fight for its own destiny in a western alliance divided by Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom she did not see eye to eye at the "six against one" G7 summit.:
photo by Miguel Medina/AFP, 28 May 2017

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners: AFP, 28 May 2017

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - Europe "must take its fate into its own hands" faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump's presidency, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday.

"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Merkel told a crowd at an election rally in Munich, southern Germany.

"We Europeans truly have to take our fate into our own hands," she added.
While Germany and Europe would strive to remain on good terms with America and Britain, "we have to fight for our own destiny", Merkel went on.
Special emphasis was needed on warm relations between Berlin and newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron, she said.

The chancellor had just returned from a G7 summit which wound up Saturday without a deal between the US and the other six major advanced nations on upholding the 2015 Paris climate accords.

Merkel on Saturday labelled the result of the "six against one" discussion "very difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory".

Trump offered a more positive assessment on Twitter Sunday, writing: "Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!"

The US president had earlier tweeted that he would reveal whether or not the US would stick to the global emissions deal -- which he pledged to jettison on the campaign trail -- only next week.

On a previous leg of his first trip abroad as president, Trump had repeated past criticism of NATO allies for failing to meet the defensive alliance's military spending commitment of two percent of GDP.

Observers noted that he neglected to publicly endorse the pact's Article Five, which guarantees that member countries will aid the others they are attacked.

The omission was especially striking as he unveiled a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the US, the only time the mutual defence clause has been triggered.

Trump also reportedly described German trade practices as "bad, very bad," in Brussels talks last week, complaining that Europe's largest economy sells too many cars to the US.

Sunday's event saw Merkel renew bonds with the Christian Social Union (CSU), Bavarian sister party to her own centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), ahead of a parliamentary vote in September.

Polls show the chancellor, in power since 2005, on course to be re-elected for a fourth term.


Oakland, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Flint's BBQ, San Pablo Avenue, Oakland: photo by Dave Glass, 30 March 2017

Oakland, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer

Flint's BBQ, San Pablo Avenue, Oakland: photo by Dave Glass, 30 March 2017

Oakland, California | by Dave Glass, Photographer
 
Flint's BBQ, San Pablo Avenue, Oakland: photo by Dave Glass, 30 March 2017


Alleged killer of 8, Cory Godbolt, arrested by police in Lincoln County, #Mississippi: image via Josh Caplan @joshdcaplan, 28 May 2017


US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounts up to drive a Harley-Davidson on the 30th Anniversary of Rolling Thunder: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017
 


#MemorialDayWeekend scenes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017



#MemorialDayWeekend scenes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017



#MemorialDayWeekend scenes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017



#MemorialDayWeekend scenes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017


Venezuela's president blames opposition for death of retired officer: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017


Great Barrier Reef bleaching worse than first thought, scientists say: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017


Protestors crowd the streets of al-Hoceima during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Morocco: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 May 2017


#President #donaldtrump wraps up his nine day foreign trip with a speech to US troops and their families at Naval Air Station Sigonella.
: image via Evan Vucci @evanvucci, 27 May 2017


President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to U.S. military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, May 27, 2017, Italy. Photo @evanvucci: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 May 2017 


How far we've fallen, even from Bush and Jon Stewart.
: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 May 2017


OTD one year ago, a boy fell into an enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and was rescued by a team that shot to death a gorilla named Harambe.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 May 2017



Students attend prayer during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. #APPhoto @binsarbakkara: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 27 May 2017

2017-05-25_10-04-45 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-25_10-04-45 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017

2017-05-25_10-04-45 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-25_10-04-45 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017


2017-05-25_10-04-45 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-25_10-04-45 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017


2017-05-11_06-43-41 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-11_06-43-41 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017


2017-05-11_06-43-41 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-11_06-43-41 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017


2017-05-11_06-43-41 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-05-11_06-43-41 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 11 May 2017

Untitled | by patrickjoust

Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine: photo by Patrick, July 2016

Untitled | by patrickjoust

Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine: photo by Patrick, July 2016

Untitled | by patrickjoust

Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine: photo by Patrick, July 2016

Los Amerikanski's | by michaelj1998

Los Amerikanski's. Los Angeles, Ca..: photo by michaelj1998, 25 May 2017

Los Amerikanski's | by michaelj1998

Los Amerikanski's. Los Angeles, Ca..: photo by michaelj1998, 25 May 2017

Los Amerikanski's | by michaelj1998

Los Amerikanski's. Los Angeles, Ca..: photo by michaelj1998, 25 May 2017


The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge, based in Norfolk, Va., came to New York on Wednesday for Fleet Week.: photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times, 26 May 2017



The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge, based in Norfolk, Va., came to New York on Wednesday for Fleet Week.: photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times, 26 May 2017


Unless now taking #Trump looks, pageantry obsession totally for granted, this in same lineage as Mansfield and Monroe. #flotus #military #USO: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 May 2017
 

Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for special House election in Montana, at a recent campaign event. On Wednesday, he was charged after witnesses said he attacked a reporter asking a question.: photo by Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times, 26 May 2017


 
Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for special House election in Montana, at a recent campaign event. On Wednesday, he was charged after witnesses said he attacked a reporter asking a question.: photo by Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times, 26 May 2017


Nga Naung Mone, Myanmar’s largest unregulated oil field, where thousands of prospectors have come  in hopes of striking it rich.: photo by Adam Dean for The New York Times, 26 May 2017


 
Nga Naung Mone, Myanmar’s largest unregulated oil field, where thousands of prospectors have come  in hopes of striking it rich.: photo by Adam Dean for The New York Times, 26 May 2017


Children played last week under ornaments for Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, on the outskirts of Cairo.: photo by Mohamed Hossam/European Pressphoto Agency, 26 May 2017



Children played last week under ornaments for Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, on the outskirts of Cairo.: photo by Mohamed Hossam/European Pressphoto Agency, 26 May 2017