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Wednesday 8 August 2018

The Triumph of Too Bad | out of the past

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Movies, santiago, Chile, 1992 "18"-3-k29m | by Marcelo  Montecino


epa editor's choice 07 August 2018: Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro march in Caracas, Venezuela, 06 August 2018. Thousands of people expressed their support for Maduro after he escaped unharmed from an exploding drone attack while speaking at a military ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the national army on 04 August. #NicolasMaduro #AssassinationAttempt #DroneAttack #Caracas #Venezuela #epaphotos Photo epa-efe / Miguel Gutierrez: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 7 August 2018 
 
#Colombia People demonstrate against Colombia's President-elect Ivan Duque on the day of his inauguration, in Bogota Photo John Vizcaino #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018


#Indonesia Search and rescue personnel look for victims in the rubble of a mosque in Pemenang, northern Lombok Photo @BerryAdek #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018


 
epa editor's choice 06 August 2018: Patients are moved to an emergency tent outside of a hospital after an earthquake in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 06 August 2018.  #earthquake  #earthquakebali #baliearthquake #IndonesiaEarthQuake #Denpasar #Bali #Indonesia #epaphotos Photo epa-efe / @madenagi: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 6 August 2018
 
Mine disaster, Curanilahue, Chile, 1989, NYC, 1, , + | by Marcelo  Montecino



 #Iran US reimposes tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran Photo Atta Kenare #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 7 August 2018
 


Untitled | by Barry Talis

   
The #MendocinoComplex fires surpass the #ThomasFire to become the largest fire in California state history. The blaze has scorched 283,800 acres and continues to burn through tinder dry fuel. #RiverFire #ranchfire: image via Justin Sullivan @sullyfoto,  6 August 2018


How is the air quality in Berkeley? Orange sun long after sunrise today. @Berkeleyside: image via Jason Martens @bitmaker_me, 7 August 2018



The morning sun and sunlight in East Oakland: image via Scenic Oakland @ScenicOakland, 7 August 2018


The morning sun and sunlight in East Oakland: image via Scenic Oakland @ScenicOakland, 7 August 2018

Eastbound 10 with full moonrise | by ADMurr

Eastbound 10 with full moonrise [eastside, LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 31 July 2018

Wall of Fame | by ADMurr

Wall of Fame [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 30 July 2018

Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence Photo @evanvucci #EnemyofThePeople: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 5 August 2018

Got to hand it to Ol' Smoky Eye. What a piece of work! Like one of those composite pics that constructs a face out of two faces. One droops and the other judges. Droopy is older than her years with that deepset smoldering and slant and slow and sneering down at you all slow and stinky-slowburny passive-resentful; Judge aggressively menaces and warns; dramatic brow-angle asymmetry enhances totality max RBF impact; downturned frownymouth molds the whole show into everything we know and (don't) love about Where We Would Now Be As a People, were we a People, rather than merely a crowd of angry vehicle operators in a hurry to ruin the planet for everybody but Us and Our Kids. 

Still, awww...  ain't they precious though? Sooo cute. I mean, just 100% adorable. Almost remind us of Us, in fact. So get those butts in the back of the SUV, vacation time, team! We're haulin' out first thing... Yosemite, hey, yeah!... wait, check that Hon... no, closed, smoke?... so... what say Lake County, maybe a little swim... Watch out that trailer hitch don't drag on the road and spark up now, it's how that Redding fire got started... I mean, no, yeah, hey it's all just a series of communist mistakes and weird coincidences not climate change, got to be true 'cause the President says so...  or the Bible or somewhere... somebody's always gonna be sayin' somethin'... That's what we mean by freedoms, right, kids?... hmmmm, hack, cough, naw, better re-check those AQ advisories... Well, ok, we'll get ice cream then... over to Solano... or maybe just a ride around the block, but... cough, gasp... What's that, kids? Can't breathe? C'mon! No lettin' the side down, now.  Just shut up and get in the back. What? Who cares if the sun's red. Probably they're just testing... like, you know, something. Huh? Nope! Climate change ain't even a thing. Smoke's really good for you. I don't care what your freakin' Commie teacher said! Time to gas up and go! No more stupid questions!


Amier El Refaie looks into the eyes of a cobra during his show at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Photo @AmrDalsh: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures,  7 August 2018

Mexico City | by Joey Harrison

DSCF6030 | by locaburg

DSCF6030: photo by Locaburg, 1 August 2018

Gary, Indiana | by Joey Harrison
  
Gary, Indiana: photo by Joey Harrison, 22 June 2013

So... if Creation was a major mistake, what about Recreation? Huh? Having fun yet?
 
  
People on inflatable boats enjoy the weather on the Lake Lucerne in Sisikon, Switzerland Photo @denisbalibouseAmrDalsh: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures,  7 August 2018


#South Korea People gather in a wave pool at the Caribbean Bay water park in Yongin, outside Seoul Photo @edwardesjones #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018



#Switzerland Aerial view of tomatoes dumped on a field near Perly-Certou, as a heatwave sweeps across Europe. Too soft or too ripe, the tomatoes are thrown because of the heat that generated a sudden overproduction  Photo @Coffrinews #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018


India Men race oxen in a paddy field during the 'Oorchatheli' festival in Kozhikode Photo Arun Arc #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018



#Yemen A Yemeni child plays on used car tyres in the district of Hajjah province Photo Essa Ahmed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018


#Greece Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on the island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey with a dinghy  More than 1,500 migrant deaths in Mediterranean this year: UNHCR  Photo @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018



#USA View of a "For Rent" sign on a graffiti filled door in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg is a magnet for soi-disant artists and home to one of the largest Hasidic Jewish communities in the United States. Photo @timothyaclaryk #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 August 2018

NYC 2016 / 9427 | by dirtyharrry   

NYC 2016 / 9247 |  final cut for 'WARN'D IN VAIN' , the book i 'm trying to edit and design last year, a NYC story on a parallel line with the Argonautic myth. I 'll try to make a crowdfunding campaign in September to be able to print the book this year. 'WARN'D IN VAIN' is a twin story of 'BACK TO NOWHERE', a Minotaur inspired tale from Crete, hopefully to be published some day in the future.: photo by dirtyharrry, 6 August 2018

1978_29294 | by Pierre Wayser

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 14 June 2016

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 24 October 2017

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 17 December 2015

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 20 April 2017

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 30 May 2018

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Untitled: photo by Julie Paterson, 30 May 2018

Untitled | by Missy Prince

Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 5 August 2018

Untitled | by Missy Prince

Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 5 August 2018

Untitled | by Missy Prince

Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 5 August 2018

_DSF0819 | by Pierre Wayser

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, Aug 2013 | by Shin Noguchi

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, August 2013: photo by Shin Noguchi, 10 August 2013

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, Aug 2013 | by Shin Noguchi

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, August 2013: photo by Shin Noguchi, 10 August 2013

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, Aug 2013 | by Shin Noguchi

Yumeji, Sagami Sansen Park, Ebina, August 2013: photo by Shin Noguchi, 10 August 2013

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Untitled [Sagar Colony, Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 30 November 2014

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Untitled [Sagar Colony, Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 30 November 2014

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Untitled [Sagar Colony, Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: photo by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, 30 November 2014

Untitled | by noppadol.maitreechit

Untitled [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 1 August 2018

Untitled | by noppadol.maitreechit
  
Untitled [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 1 August 2018

Untitled | by noppadol.maitreechit 
Untitled [Chumphon, Thailand]: photo by noppadol maitreechit, 1 August 2018

#09 | by chrisowenrichards

#09 [Soho, London]: photo by chrisowenrichards, 1 July 2018

 #09 | by chrisowenrichards

#09 [Soho, London]: photo by chrisowenrichards, 1 July 2018

#09 | by chrisowenrichards

#09 [Soho, London]: photo by chrisowenrichards, 1 July 2018

4 comments:

TC said...

UB40 live in Santiago, Chile, 1989: Johnny Too Bad

TC said...

The Slickers: Johnny Too Bad

Walking down the road With your pistol in your waist Johnny you're too bad Walking down the road With your ratchet in your waist Johnny you're too bad You're just robbing and you're stabbing And you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad You're just robbing and you're stabbing And you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to? One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to? You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock Walking down the road With your pistol in your waist Johnny you're too bad Walking down the road With your ratchet in your waist Johnny you're too bad

Sandra said...

love that poem...and morning light does help !!

TC said...

Gracias, Sandra!