I know it’s to be expected that some critics will capitalize on the fact that the leading democratic presidential nominee at this point is a muslim named Barack Hussein Obama, but the situation is getting out of hand. One of the cunts currently at the top of my most-despised list, Hillary Clinton, has just released a photo of Obama while he was touring Kenya in 2006:
I don’t have too much useful to add here - Hillary’s becoming desperate, and revealing herself as the sack of shit she really is. The only reason I’m commenting on this is because this is not a stand alone occurrence. On February 18th, this was what MSNBC was displaying as Chris Matthews talked about Barack Obama on Hardball:
CNN, too, has been in on the act. Check out these gems from the “most trusted name in news”:
How many fucking “mistakes” can the media make with this guy? I can’t wait to see how they treat him in a general election. Wait… What I truly want to see is what the Republicans pull. It’s gonna be fun.
I let this happen all the time. I get lulled into an ordinary routine where I’m too busy to actually think about anything beyond my immediate goals. So I forget about things, and it takes seeing (or even just re-seeing) something really dramatic to shock me back into realizing why I want to live my life the way I do.
I’ve known about his documentary ‘Manufactured Landscapes’ for a while, and even saw Ed Burtynsky speak at the ‘Worldchanging’ book launch tour last year (where was the post for that one? Ha!). The clips he showed from industrial China, especially combined with his personal narration, were pretty mindblowing. But it takes seeing a full 90 minutes of the stuff to really hammer it, uncomfortably, into your head. There’s even some comment on the perverse beauty that arises from it all, and when its framed so artfully, it’s hard to disagree.
It was especially poignant to watch after seeing a Chinese factory in person last summer, though the scale I witnessed doesn’t compare with the factories Burtynsky shoots. Even still, the scale of production was difficult to capture - part of the reason I’m glad I actually took a few panoramic scenes. I’ve even been inspired to sift through some of the other photos I took but didn’t post, and a couple are actually cool, so if someone reminds me I will definitely get on posting them.
Here’s some excerpted scenes from Manufactured Landscapes - watch the DVD if you can:
Yes, it’s true. Prostitution is bigger and (probably) older than humanity. A recent study by Michael Gumert demonstrates a “mating market” operating among Indonesian macaques in which males pay for sex by grooming females. The sophisticated system involves many factors, as high-ranking males pay less for sexual access, low-ranking females are cheaper than ones further up the hierarchy, and the number females available for sex directly affects the price each one commands. Sounds a lot like the situation at Queen and Sherbourne, eh? There’s not much more to say, but I’m sure this system will be studied rather intensively in the near future. I’ll leave you with a couple pictures from Gumert’s paper, showing a male grooming a female, and then the female begging for more as the male gets down to business.
So here’s the deal: This girl was born in India with four arms and four legs. She is now having surgery to remove the four extra appendages, but there are complications. This is because those extra arms and legs are from a twin that this little girl absorbed into herself. Therefore, she also has four kidneys, two stomachs, and two chest cavities. Luckily for the impoverished parents, the Indian god of wealth has four arms, so this girl is being revered, and is having her surgery taken care of for free. THIS IS REAL! HERE’S AN ARTICLE ON CBC.CA
Scenic photography can get boring, since it’s so difficult to capture the impact of what you’re actually seeing. Comprehending China is all about comprehending the scale of everything, so I took a few panoramic shots while I was there. More shots after the jump, and I’ll upload some normal snaps a bit later.
