What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
The hilarious simplicity of the pose didn’t go unnoticed by Jagr fans; hence, the “Jaromir Jagr blackmail selfie” has joined such memes as the Usain Bolt Lightning Pose in having people recreate the scene and post it to social media.
Jaromir Jagr fans turn his ‘blackmail selfie’ into Instagram meme | Puck Daddy – Yahoo Sports Canada
Snicker of the Day!
As an American I’m not really up on all of the in and outs of English laws of succession but it seems to me this guy ignores a complicating fact. George was convicted of treason. As I understand it, treason is a crime against the immortal crown and not the specific monarch. Doesn’t someone forfeit their right to pass on any inheritance (like say, a claim to the throne) when they are convicted of treason? How could his descendants be in line for the throne?
Liam Dutton, a weatherman for British TV station Channel 4 News casually nailed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Weatherman Perfectly Pronounces 58-Letter Village Name, Takes Internet By Storm
Holy moly!
“Now we are free. For five days in Hungary, we were in a very, very bad position. And Allah, thanks God, thanks God,” a migrant told CBS News
Germany, Austria welcome migrants with open arms – CBS News
cool!
LONDON (AP) — Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stonehenge ruins.
Hidden prehistoric monument discovered near Stonehenge
cool!
Thousands of refugees are crammed in squalid conditions on Aegean island, waiting for papers from Greek authorities to travel to mainland
WTF?
The appeal comes as more arrivals flowed to Germany and Austria, after Hungary relaxed its policies.
Amid unabated refugees crisis, pope calls on parishes to take in families – The Washington Post
As wave after wave of African and Middle Eastern refugees launch themselves across the Mediterranean in overcrowded boats, a young Louisiana millionaire and his Italian wife take to the sea to save them.
Can a Young American Entrepreneur Succeed Where Europe Has Failed?
what a cool thing
President Vladimir V. Putin has sent a military advance team to Syria and is taking other steps that the United States fears could lead Russia to expand its military support for President Bashar al-Assad, administration officials said.
Russian Moves in Syria Pose Concerns for U.S. – The New York Times
hmmmmmm
Busloads of Syrian migrants reach Austria after Hungary provides transport – The Washington Post
Asylum-seekers were being given a choice of going to Vienna or …Germany. German officials have said they expect to take in up to 800,000 asylum-seekers this year, especially Syrian refugees.
“I had doubts because I thought they would take us to a camp in Hungary. I thought it was a trick,” she said.
…“I still don’t feel like I’m safe yet.”
…Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday reiterated her nation’s offer, saying that “the right to political asylum does not have a limit on the number of asylum seekers.”
“As a strong, economically healthy country we have the strength to do what is necessary,” she told the Funke media consortium.
That’s Germany they are heading to. Germany. That’s where they’re going to be safe. Germany stepping up and flinging open the gate doors. Germany. Where my German grandfather went with his fellow Americans in WWII. Germany.
What amazing things can be done over the short span of a few generations. Sure humans have the ability to tear things down and destroy centuries worth of society, accomplishment, work and culture in a generation or two but look what else we can do in the same span of time. Given all of the propensity for tearing things down that exists out there it almost make it even more amazing to see the progress swing around and go forward. Germany. Amazing.
It’s a huge job, the logistics of settling that many people but of all the peoples in the world, Germany is nothing if not effectual. The power of Germany’s efficiency put to a humane cause? Awesome in so many ways.
(Oh, please let this be good. Please don’t fuck it up, Germany. Please don’t fuck it up.)
Scuffles break out west of Budapest as police try to force migrants off a train at a refugee camp, while European leaders wrangle over the growing refugee crisis.
Why the language we use to talk about refugees matters so much – The Washington Post
This.
I can’t help but wonder how conversations about ‘migrants’ coming over the United States’ southern border would change if we took into account (or were more familiar with) the strife and danger they were leaving behind.
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“While witnessing the tragedy, suddenly we noticed the lying, lifeless bodies,” she said. “We recognized the bodies belonged to toddlers. We were shocked; we felt sorrow for them. The best thing to do was to make this tragedy heard.”
Source: Photographer who found Syrian toddler dead on Turkish beach: ‘I was petrified’ – The Washington Post
I think they made the right call. These pictures really brought home the scope and humanity of this tragedy and that needed to be done.
Migrants forced from a train threw themselves onto railway lines and scuffled with helmeted riot police in Hungary on Thursday as politicians across Europe struggled to respond to public opinion
: Hungary police prise migrants from train tracks; dead boy’s image shocks Europe | Reuters
Photos of Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Doubly awful to look at because you want to look away quickly but it really does highlight the human aspect of this terrible tragedy so you can’t.
Outpouring comes after officials said Iceland would only take 50 refugees.
Thousands of Icelanders Have Volunteered to Take Syrian Refugees Into Their Homes | TIME
Police in a German city have been forced to ask the public to stop bringing donations for arriving refugees after being inundated with food, clothes and toys in an overwhelming show of support.
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