Category: A World of Hurt
Funny, Palestinians Don’t Look Like Animals to Me
I have a friend, an American Jew, who has been indoctrinated from an early age to rabidly support Israel, and he has repeatedly told me that the Palestinians are “animals.” Well I’m looking at this picture, courtesy of our friends at Reuters, of a Palestinian nurse and a newborn baby…
From India With Love
So I recently ordered some shit from India, and it arrived in the mail today. To say the package was a bit curious would be somewhat of an understatement. Here is what it looked like: Not too weird at first, until you note that it was not wrapped in paper,…
Fabulous Photographs From the Venetian Carnival 2012
The Carnevale di Venezia starts 40 days before Easter and ends on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday or Martedì Grasso), the day before Ash Wednesday. The Venetian Carnival is famous for its balls, parties, extravagant costumes and of course its masks. Check out online colleges to find online history classes that…
Meanwhile Back in India
Rotting corpse in the river Ganges in the eastern Indian city of Patna. Wow that’s not too fucking creepy or anything… Related stuff you want to buy on Amazon: The Ganges (Rivers of the World) The Ganges: India’s Sacred River (Rivers Around the World) A Journey Down the Ganges (River…
Meanwhile Back in Zimbabwe, Dinosaurs Walk the Earth
The next time you’re waiting for a soy chai tea latte and you feel yourself starting to get angry because the line is moving so slow, stop and consider how your problems stack up against those of the rest of the world. The 16 foot long crocodile pictured was shot…
The Living Goddess Kumari
From our friends at Reuters come this photograph of the Living Goddess Kumari at the Changu Narayan festival in Kathmandu on January 9, 2012. The Kumari is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal and emerges from her temple about a dozen times a year on religious occasions. Related…
A Passage to India
Click on image to enlarge Somehow India keeps coming up in my life. Anyway, here’s a map of India from 1882. Related stuff you want to buy on Amazon: Passage to India, A (MAXNotes Literature Guides) A Passage to India (RosettaBooks Into Film) E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India (The…
It’s Good to Be the King
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the Dragon King of Bhutan and his wife Jetsun Pema. Nice fucking shoes dude. Related stuff you want to buy on Amazon: Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World (Outdoor Lives) Buttertea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya Lonely…
Photographs of North Koreans Freaking the Fuck Out Over Kim Jong-Il’s Death
News of the death of their Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il sent many North Koreans into hysterics, as seen in these pictures courtesy of our friends at Reuters. I had a similar reaction when I heard Ronald Reagan got shot BUT WAS NOT GOING TO DIE. Clearly nothing breaks the heart…
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