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awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Meryl Streep & Hillary...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:50:31 -0500

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Meryl Streep & Hillary Clinton

thedailywhat: Marriage Proposal of the Day: The planning! The...

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:32:24 -0400

thedailywhat:

Marriage Proposal of the Day: The planning! The dorkiness! The tears!

So imperfect it’s perfect.

[thanks, rob!]

funniest10k: Click here for the funnest blog you will EVER...

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:21:48 -0400

funniest10k:

Click here for the funnest blog you will EVER follow

israelfacts: Activist prevents Israeli officer from arresting...

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:50:49 -0400

israelfacts:

Activist prevents Israeli officer from arresting Palestinian child

During Sunday’s Jerusalem Day events, a Palestinian boy, perhaps 10 years old, was chased down an East Jerusalem street by a very angry officer of the Border Police. The boy tripped and fell, then picked himself up just as the Border Police officer reached him and tried to grab him. But a 22 year-old female Israeli activist prevented the boy’s arrest by throwing herself between the two, allowing the Palestinian boy to flee.

Jerusalem Day is meant to be a celebration of the city’s ‘reunification’ following Israel’s victory in the 1967 war. In practice, it is a day for Israeli nationalists, draped in flags, dancing in circles, singing and chanting (including the popular Israeli nationalist chant, ‘death to Arabs’) as they march through the streets of East Jerusalem and the Old City. Many of the Jewish demonstrators are bused in from right-wing yeshivas in Israel and the West Bank

This year, an Orthodox Jewish man grabbed the Palestinian flag from the hands of a 10 year-old boy and refused to return it. The boy, enraged, tried to prise it out of the Jewish man’s hands. A Border Police officer, seeing the struggle between a 10 year-old Palestinian boy and a fully grown Jewish man, chased the Palestinian boy rather than ordering the Jewish man to return the flag. Someone made a montage of the incident and posted it on Facebook, with commentary. Note the expression of rage in the Border Police officer’s eyes, as seen in the second photo.

In the end the boy got away, due to the intervention of a 22 year-old Israeli activist from Jerusalem named Sahar Vardi, who threw herself in front of the Border Police officer just as he was about to grab the child. Photojournalist Haim Schwarczenberg caught the incident.

The incident was also filmed and the clip posted on Youtube.

Source: +972mag

gifhound: Pizza Hut introduces the Crown Crust Burger Pizza - a...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:53:43 -0400

gifhound:

Pizza Hut introduces the Crown Crust Burger Pizza - a pizza encrusted by cheeseburgers. Only available in the Middle East.

(Via YouTube)

factandaphoto: Cranberries are harvested as pictured above —...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:52:38 -0400

factandaphoto:

Cranberries are harvested as pictured above — the beds are flooded and the floating berries are “wet-picked.” (About 5-10% of cranberries harvested in the United States are “dry-picked.”)

(Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

My dream life

thedailywhat: Forbidden Love of the Day: An outreach initiative...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:07:23 -0400

thedailywhat:

Forbidden Love of the Day: An outreach initiative started by two Israeli graphic artists aiming to bridge the sociopolitical divide between Israel and Iran by sending out simple messages of love is yielding promising results.

According to Israeli paper of record Ha’aretz, “Israel Loves Iran” began attracting responses from Iranian Facebook users over the weekend, and more are being added every hour.

“My Israeli friends, I do not hate you; I do not want war. love, Peace,” read one such pacific missive from an anonymous Iranian contributor. Many of the Iranians participating in this campaign have chosen not to identify themselves for fear of arrest or other reprisals.

Still, the message is being heard loud and clear — and the campaign’s creators want to ensure it gets louder and clearer.

They’ve turned to the crowd funding site indiegogo for assistance in taking “Israel Loves Iran” to the next level: Print ads, billboards, and an unignorable spot overlooking Times Square.

[haaretz / israel<3iran / thanks mattan!]

Let it be.

thedailywhat: Morning Fluff: Sea otter pup Cayucos was clearly...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:25:25 -0400

thedailywhat:

Morning Fluff: Sea otter pup Cayucos was clearly engineered by mad scientists at an evil laboratory dedicated to destroying the world through cuteness.

[sisfti.]

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Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:32:53 -0500

soupsoup: Puppy dumped for being deaf is given a new home… and...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:45:24 -0500

soupsoup:

Puppy dumped for being deaf is given a new home… and learning sign language

Abby, this is for you.

moneyisnotimportant: To answer my own question from earlier,...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:59:54 -0500

moneyisnotimportant:

To answer my own question from earlier, see above.

Happy Friday!

Photo

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:28:00 -0500

Photo

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:10:05 -0500

Currently Seeking

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:17:48 -0400

The heavenly meaning of sacrifice.

The Christ-like image of vibrance.

Better evening news.

Divinely provided discipline.

Thoughts of the day

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:14:17 -0400

1. How can I maintain as many brain cells as possible?

2. What would it be like to pet a whale?

3. Did Jesus have a baby talk voice?

Postgraduate Revelation

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:34:45 -0400

I’m not ready to meet my future just yet.

Where. I. Am.

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:14:59 -0400

Where. I. Am.

I wonder

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:24:38 -0400

how much peanut butter I will have consumed by the time I die…

"Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive..."

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:06:49 -0400

““Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh. I remember what this flesh had gone through; I dream of what it may go through. I record here the actions of optical nerves, of taste buds, of sensory perception. And, I think: I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence.” -Sylvia Plath”

Lover of the Light

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:01:19 -0400

Lover of the Light