I Am Invincible

This stallion's genes are so good, he’s commanding $250,000 per foal.

I Am Invincible will see more than 180 mares over the next four months from his Hunter Valley home at Yarraman Park, and his harem includes the queen of turf Winx, her mother Vegas Showgirl and the unbeaten champion Black Caviar.

There are no words.....

A Sikkimese woman carrying a European man on her back, West Bengal, India, c. 1900. 

Sikkimese are people who inhabit the Indian state of Sikkim

Donald and Boris

Donald Trump Tweet:

“Would be very hard for Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, to seek a no-confidence vote against New Prime Minister Boris Johnson, especially in light of the fact that Boris is exactly what the U.K. has been looking for, & will prove to be “a great one!” Love U.K.”

Thank you Leonardo

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio shared a video made by the Waorani People and NGO Amazon Frontlines. He urged his more than 32 million Instagram followers to stand with the tribe by taking selfies to express their support and signing a petition.

Earlier this year, the Waorani People of Pastaza — who have lived in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest for generations — won a case to save their land. But this was just one battle, and the war against the oil companies that seek to take it away is yet to be won.

To ensure the Waorani People’s victory isn’t overturned, the indigenous tribe is asking for support from the modern world, via the most modern form of communication — selfies.

Brazilian President insults French President's wife

French President Emmanuel Macron has described his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro as "extremely disrespectful" after the South American leader appeared to mock his wife, Brigitte Macron, in a Facebook post.

President Macron with his wife, who is 25 years his senior

 President Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle, 37

Macron claimed Mr Bolsonaro had gone back on a promise to halt deforestation, threatening to no longer support the EU’s Mercosur deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Mr Bolsonaro had missed a scheduled meeting with the French foreign minister in favour of a barber’s appointment, Mr Macron added. 

Overnight, Macron announced a $20 million emergency fund to help Amazon countries affected by the rainforest fires. 

Committed Australian

Deforestation of Brazil

Satellite images suggest that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest has shot up since Jair Bolsonaro became president in January, despite his claim on Friday that the data “lies”.  More than 3700 square kilometres of forest has been deforested this year, an area about a fifth the size of Wales, preliminary satellite data indicates.

Indigenous people from the Mura tribe walk in a deforested area in non-demarcated indigenous land.  Leader Raimundo Praia Belem Mura, a 73 year old, has lived on the land his entire life and has vowed to fight to the bitter end.  "For this forest, I will go on until my last drop of blood" he said.

 Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, 20 August 2019.  Member of Brazil's Mura indigenous tribe painted their bodies with orange - red paint and took up long bows and clubs as they headed into the jungle this week, prepared for battle.  Their enemy?  The deforestation and destruction of their home, the Amazon rainforest.

An aerial view of logs illegally cut from Amazon rainforest are seen in sawmills near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil.

Smoking in the 1950s

Man buys cigarettes from his hospital bed.

Hong Kong accountants join protest

Thousands of Hong Kong accountants join protest march – despite pleas from employers and promise of free lunches….

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3024154/thousands-hong-kong-accountants-join-protest-march-despite 

Living off the grid for 77 years and loving it

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2019/aug/16/living-off-grid-77-years-in-pictures

Steve Smith out of third test

The Poms are wondering if he will ever be the same again.

Our thoughts are with you Smithy.

Iranian grandma

Iranian grandma staring defiantly at security forces during the protest against inhumane killing of dogs by municipality workers

Berlin Wall, 1960

East and West German policemen argue after a young woman flees into the Western Sector, 1960

Soldiers on both sides poke at each other with machine guns. Between them is just a drawn line, later it becomes a Bruno spiral, then barbed wire and finally, a four-meter brick wall. 

To Dream

Vasily Alexandrovich

Vasily Alexandrovich was a Soviet Navy officer credited with casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response which, as Noam Chomsky described, could have destroyed much of the world…..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral)

The unsung hero who prevented WW3 in 1962, Vasili Aleksandrovič Arkhipov

Vasily Alexandrovich was a Soviet Navy officer credited with casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response which, could have destroyed much of the world…..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_

The hypnotic illustrations of Visoth Kakvei

In this case he animated it

Couple at Woodstock 48 hrs after they met and 50 years later

"For 50 years we’ve been looking for a picture of ourselves, and out of the blue one shows up," says husband Jerry Griffin

For 50 years, Judy and Jerry Griffin have been telling friends and family the fairy tale story of how they met on the way to Woodstock in 1969 and have been together ever since. The only downside to their meet-cute is that they never had any physical proof that they were at Woodstock together — until two months ago.

Judy met Jerry on Aug. 15, 1969 — day one of the iconic Woodstock music festival — when her car broke down on New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge, roughly 90 miles from the concert grounds, and she and the two acquaintances she was traveling with decided to hitchhike.

In that moment Jerry, who was caravanning to the festival with a group of friends in two VW Beetles, thought his luck had definitely changed for the better.

“I thought, ‘Okay, this is definitely unusual. We just picked up this really cute girl. And I’m going to Woodstock and I’ve got a tent and she doesn’t,’ ” says Jerry, 72, with a laugh.

That first ride together in the back seat of Jerry’s pal’s 1967 VW Beetle eventually grew into 50 years of love and marriage, including two sons and five grandchildren.

I want you:

The original painting is by Australian-American artist Petrina Ryan-Kleid, although it is unclear if Epstein had bought the canvas or had a print mounted.

Children for sale

Original caption:  August 4, 1948, Chicago Illinois.  They are on the auction block.

These small children belong to Mr and Mrs Ray Chalifoux of Chicago, 40 year old Ray and his wife Lucille 14, waged a desperate but losing battle to keep food in the mouth and a roof over their heads.  Now jobless and facing eviction from their near barren flat, the Chalifoux have surrendered to their heart breaking decision.  Left to right, Lana 6, Rae 5, Milton 4, Sue Ellen 2.

Sorry for the Inconvenience

A convoy of armed police trucks has been stationed at a sports centre in a mainland Chinese city bordering Hong Kong, adding to speculation online that Beijing could be preparing to intervene directly in the protests roiling the special administrative region.

But a Beijing-based military expert said the movements were part of regular exercises and not cause for concern.

Donald Trump's Irish Golf Course

Doonbeg, Ireland.  Michael and Theresa McDermott sit by the fire in their farmhouse which overlooks Donald Trump’s Doonbeg Golf course.

While the president made no appearances that were open to the Irish public, his sons toured the pubs in Doonbeg, buying drinks for almost everyone in the village.

Australian Private Hunting

Over the past week, private properties running guided hunts for international tourists have been in the spotlight after one website allegedly published in Mandarin for visitor access to high-powered rifles and offering wombats and rabbits to be shot.

The Herald Sun revealed dozens of private operators are offering hunting tours across the state, charging up to $6500 for three-day deer hunting packages on private land in the Alpine Ranges and East Gippsland….

 http://www.sportingshooter.com.au/latest/australian-private-hunting-properties-cashing-in-on-tourist-dollars#060RycA5Vd6h51vO.99

Breast cancer survivor

This portrait is part of a series showing honest and empowering images of breast cancer

Credit: Becky Yee

Class distinction, UK, 1930s

Homeless Jesus

Someone has recently taken up permanent residence on a park bench outside St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina.

It's "Homeless Jesus," a bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz installed in February, which depicts Jesus lying on a park bench under a blanket. His face and hands are covered. His feet, wounded from the crucifixion, are exposed.

Australian photographer David Moore

Redfern interior, Sydney, 1949

The careworn face on older woman speaks volumes about these tough times.

Statue of Lucifer - Holy Trinity Church Marylebone. Aberdeenshire, UK.

The Holy Trinity Church in Marylebone, Westminster, built specifically to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon, hasn't been used as a place of worship since the 30's, but that didn't stop artist Paul Fryer from making a religious statement by hanging this terrifying statue of Satan inside.

The piece, titled "Lucifer (Morningstar)" is a wax sculpture depicting the devil snared in a set of power lines. The statue is equal parts grotesque and beautiful, showing Lucifer as an oily, black creature with immense white wings (created from real feathers). Even creepier in the fact that it's lit via the church's stained glass windows, an ironic juxtaposition that won't be lost on many.

Garma 2019

A Yolngu child looking up to fellow dancers at Garma, Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural gathering, in Arnhem Land. Photo by Melanie Faith Dove

David Warner’s response to a rowdy sledge on Day 3 at Edgbaston

Human orthopaedic plate found in the stomach of old crocodile.

….."Once we can get the plate identified properly and the period in which it was made, maybe [we can] find out if any of these missing people did have some fractures that needed some reparation."…

Australian sandpaper cheats cop sledging from the Brits

Brutal England fans have taunted Australian batsmen David Warner and Cam Bancroft with sandpaper after the opening pair were dismissed cheaply in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston

and then

Steve Smith struggled to keep his emotions in check after bringing up his comeback ton.

Graduating students from Hebron University in the West Bank

Some of the 1,117 Palestinian students who graduated from different colleges at Hebron University in the West Bank.

The late mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Ja’bari, wished to establish an institution of higher learning to offset restrictions and obstacles created by the occupation by Israel. In 1971 the foundation was laid and forty-three students joined the 'Sharia' college from different parts of the Palestinian Territories. In 1983, the campus was attacked by Israeli settlers resulting in the deaths of 3 students and 50 students were injured. After the attack the University was closed by the Israeli Civil Administration for a period of time.

Eventually, the college became a university and now has an undergraduate enrolment of more than ten thousand students.

Gandhi And The Spinning Wheel

Photo credit:  Margaret Bourke-White, 1946

When the British held Mohandas Gandhi prisoner at Yeravda prison in Pune, India, from 1932 to 1933, the nationalist leader made his own thread with a charkha, a portable spinning wheel. The practice evolved from a source of personal comfort during captivity into a touchstone of the campaign for independence, with Gandhi encouraging his countrymen to make their own homespun cloth instead of buying British goods. 

Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. In addition to boycotting British products, Gandhi urged the people to boycott British institutions and law courts, to resign from government employment, and to forsake British titles and honours. 

Gandhi thus began his journey aimed at crippling the British India government economically, politically and administratively.

Migrant Mother, photo credit: Dorothea Lange, 1936

….At the camp, the Hoboken, N.J.–born Lange spotted Frances Owens Thompson and knew she was in the right place. “I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother in the sparse lean-to tent, as if drawn by a magnet,” Lange later wrote. The farm’s crop had frozen, and there was no work for the homeless pickers, so the 32-year-old Thompson sold the tires from her car to buy food, which was supplemented with birds killed by the children. Lange, who believed that one could understand others through close study, tightly framed the children and the mother, whose eyes, worn from worry and resignation, look past the camera. Lange took six photos with her 4x5 Graflex camera, later writing, “I knew I had recorded the essence of my assignment.” Afterward Lange informed the authorities of the plight of those at the encampment, and they sent 20,000 pounds of food. Of the 160,000 images taken by Lange and other photographers for the Resettlement Administration, Migrant Mother has become the most iconic picture of the Depression. Through an intimate portrait of the toll being exacted across the land, Lange gave a face to a suffering nation.

The cycle of life

My grandpa, hours before his passing, putting a smile on his newly born great-grandson.

Reddit contributor u/gerbetta33