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Cost of War
This is a post by a fellow photojournalist I met a few weeks ago in the office, he’s based in Kabul. follow his blog at http://argusphotography.blogspot.com/
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Obama and Afghanistan 1 year later
I was in Afghanistan on the day they announced Obama’s victory. There was a glimmer of hope, a sparkle in the eye and whispers of change within the Afghan population.
A year later the situation is no better, actually it is dramatically worse for everyone. Operation Enduring Freedom is costing the American tax payer $67 million per day [$771 per second]. International military casualties are at an all time high and an average of 3 Afghan dies every day from conflict related incidents.
Now the Taliban has a presence in more than 80% of the country. [When they offer a poor rural farmer double the salary the government does, you can’t blame them for joining.]
The ace in the hand for the Taliban is the increase in civilian casualties from careless bombing raids by international forces. This waste of countless innocent lifes along with a corrupt invested government and rigged elections is slowly the ostracises the population. No one carries that sparkle in their eye anymore……Posted on November 4, 2009 -
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
incredibly powerful and moving, this is one of the best Ted Talks lectures I’ve seen.
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Plays: 45[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Empire State of Mind (feat Alicia Keys) by Jay Z
- Umm… how late am I to this song?
- How fucking awesome is this song?
I usually hate the idea that New York (among other cities) is one of the only places where a human being can live and actually be worth anything to the rest of the world, but this song is just about the first time I realized that my ideas of being happier in a bigger, more lively city are actually good ideas.
What I mean is, this song evokes something… and it’s 100% the beat and Alicia Keys’ chorus. Not that Jay-Z is terrible in this song, because he’s on point, but those other two things really make the song.
Also, for the record, this is the first time in a long, long time I’ve heard a song for the first time and could not go a day without listening to it, humming it, introducing or introducing it to friends (please note: my friends are J5 hippies).
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self explanatory
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*”Social Media is like teen sex. Everyone wants to do it.
Nobody knows how.
When it’s finally done there is surprise it’s not better.”
Avinash Kaushik - Analytics Evangelist, Google(via grapplica)
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Better Together
We were really awesome. And you are an idiot.
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Basterds!
honey, your education is everything. fight to the death for it.Sis:What about AUS?Mum:I can’t afford AUS.Me:But there are full scholarships.Dad:Scholarships are for smart kids, the ones who actually study.Me:Oh, so 89% average is totally slacking?Dad:No, I didnt mean it like that.Me:What did you mean?Dad:You have to get in the 90’s, to get accepted.Me:I think we are both capable of that.Dad:Pfffft, Sara please be reasonable here, why not go to a public university.Sis:NEVER!Dad:What’s wrong with it?Me:Laaa nothing, AT ALL! If you don’t know what happens in those schools, then don’t even use it as an option. We know people there. And they adviced us NOT to go.Dad:No matter what, I still think you should be reasonable, I am not even forcing you to study something, you two should consider yourselves lucky.Sis:*_*Me:So, ermm wait, so we should settle for less, and not aspire to be better?Dad:BE REASONABLE!Me:Wow. I don’t think I want to talk about this anymore.Dad:What are you majoring in Sara?Me:I don’t know.Dad:You don’t know or you don’t want to say, because you know I will judge you, and give you my opinion?Me:…..and force in your guilt treatment too, make fun, humiliate me??Dad:~talks to mum~ TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTERS!Sis:She wants us to stop working when we get married. =_=Dad:What?Mum:Yes, that would be one of the marriage conditions, he should not let her work and stay at home.Me:~puts on ipod and blasts it on high volume~Posted via Wackonified Baabeh :D on October 24, 2009 -

This is not photoshopped!! Florentijn Hofman created an actual 100-foot long rubber ducky and sticking it in the water like God’s bathtub.
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kid cudi feat. ratatat: “pursuit of happiness” on the late show with david letterman.