9-11-2011

Never Forget.

The Reckoning

Beyond 911

Tyranny Unveiled

Michael Ramirez.

Defiance in Iran

Pictures from Iran

On Flickr.

Upgraded B-2 Bomber

Its unmistakable teardrop profile is shrouded in the blur of a condensation cloud as it reaches high subsonic speed.

The striking image of the B-2, officially known as the Spirit Bomber, was taken as the aircraft soared over Palmdale, near Los Angeles.

It was released to coincide with the announcement of upgraded military software for the United States Air Force's fleet of 20 B-2s.

A Thousand Words

How many lessons can we be taught by one picture?

Social repression, sexual curiosity, physical and emotional longing, cultural backwardness...

Many lessons.

An SS Auschwitz Scrapbook Emerges

Nazi officers walk toward the dedication of the new SS hospital in Auschwitz.

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From left to right: Richard Baer (Commandant of Auschwitz), Dr. Josef Mengele and Rudolf Hoess (the former Auschwitz Commandant)

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From left to right: Josef Kramer, Dr. Josef Mengele (with his arms folded), Richard Baer, Karl Hocker and unidentified.

The New York Times: In the Shadow of Horror, SS Guardians Frolic:

...they realized they had a scrapbook of sorts of the lives of Auschwitz’s senior SS officers that was maintained by Karl Höcker, the adjutant to the camp commandant. Rather than showing the men performing their death camp duties, the photos depicted, among other things, a horde of SS men singing cheerily to the accompaniment of an accordionist, Höcker lighting the camp’s Christmas tree, a cadre of young SS women frolicking and officers relaxing, some with tunics shed, for a smoking break.

In all there are 116 pictures, beginning with a photo from June 21, 1944, of Höcker and the commandant of the camp, Richard Baer, both in full SS regalia. The album also contains eight photos of Josef Mengele, the camp doctor notorious for participating in the selections of arriving prisoners and bizarre and cruel medical experiments. These are the first authenticated pictures of Mengele at Auschwitz, officials at the Holocaust museum said.

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It's perverse, but ultimately unsurprising to see these SS Officers unabashedly joking amidst the atrocities they directed.

Lightning Strikes

...an airplane in mid air over Osaka, Japan. Amazing:

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H/T Ace.

Greece In Flames

Smoke is seen rising as forest fires sweep through Greece in this handout satellite photo from NASA released on August 26, 2007. Since Friday, towering walls of flame have cut a swathe of destruction through the Peloponnese and swept across other regions, prompting Greece to declare a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday. The regions in red indicate the different locations of the fire.

An elderly woman stands amongst burnt cars in the village of Artemida in Peloponnese peninsula, southwest of Athens August 25, 2007. The worst forest fires to hit Greece in decades have killed 41 people and more are feared dead, authorities said on Saturday.

Pictures from Reuters.

Mordor?

Guatemala's Fire Volcano or "Volcan de Fuego" erupts in Guatemala August 9, 2007. You Witness News/Santiago Billy Prem (Reuters)

Graduation In Yemen

University graduates attend their graduation ceremony in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Reuters)

From Triumph To Tragedy

I play soccer once a week with friends. It's just a pick-up game in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I love soccer, not that I'm very good at the sport. So this I can understand: Iraq and Saudi Arabia Advance to Asian Cup Final

Thousands of fans gathered in the central Baghdad district of Karradah to celebrate Iraq's victory by dancing, beating drums and chanting ''Iraq! Iraq!

But the murder which followed is beyond my experience:

The first bomb exploded in a crowd of people cheering near a well-known ice cream parlor in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Mansour, according to police and hospital officials. At least 30 people were killed and 75 were wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.

Pat Dollard has more: Al Qaeda Tries To Quench Every Light In Iraq: Soccer Celebartions Bombed

Gateway Pundit has more, including pictures.

USMC: Providing Enemies An Opportunity To Die

Yet more great military pics from an email forward.

Air Superiority

Another great picture from an email forward.

"You're never beaten until you admit it"

Another picture from a great email forward.

Incompetence

I got this in an email forward.

What's up Doc?

The Ryskind Sketchbook:

Opinions

This is great.

Tiger... Shark?

Odin, a five-year old white Bengal tiger, dives into the water for a piece of meat during a show at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. (Getty Images)

Big American Hair

Big hair winner Tricia Nathan, of Grafton, Mass., salutes to the judges during the Imperia Vodka Hair Competition in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday, June 2. (Courtesy Yahoo Pictures)