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John Tyrrell
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1988 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ;-)
[Shared with maybe a million other UN Peacekeepers] ;-)

What other consenting adults do with each other is none of my damn business unless I am invited to join in.

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Still have mine from first year of college - 1963. In a lovely leather case with loop for hanging in the belt. 😅
June 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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"Again"? The only rationale for that is if it worked the first time.
June 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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1/8 scale? I don't think so. This would require it to be about 75 feet long. Perhaps 1/80 scale.

But still, yes, a beautiful model.
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Dark Angel, Arches National Park, 24 August 2007

#photography #landscape #redrock #geology #bluesky #ArchesNP #Utah #CanonPowerShotD1000
A narrow near-rectangular rock formation reaches up to the sky. It stands atop a red dirt slope. The base of the formation is light coloured, but turns dark with desert varnish a few feet off the ground. Small shrubs are scattered around the rick. A cloudless blue sky forms the background. And no-one is considering the possibility of an orange fool as US President.
June 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I've seen this meme a few times. I am convinced the math is wrong. A negative number reduces the total.
June 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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"Various stages"? Apparently, there's a stage called "CANCELLED." Just ask Canada. 😂
June 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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It's a scam. We pay. They get the credit for the donation.
June 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I guess we've got to be more subtle in mocking TACO TRUMP.
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Entrance to Upper Antelope Canyon. A few years later, I was to "discover" the less advertised Lower Antelope Canyon which I prefer, if for no other reason than it avoids the bone crushing jeep ride to get there.

#photography #landscape #canyon #Arizona
A group of people entering a narrow slit in a sandstone cliff. They are walking over near white sand. A small sliver of blue sky overhead.
June 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ, 2 September 2007

#photography #landscape #redrock #canyon #naturalabstract #SonyA100
A narrow twisting canyon, horizontal lines of sandstone layers visible, multiple shades of red rock, a small patch of white at the top where the canyon is open to the sun Looking through a narrow gap where both walls of the canyon appear a deep violet into l more brightly lit section which is glowing orange. On the lower right is a silhouetted head where someone crept into the image
June 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Waterfall, Logan Pass, Going to the Sun Highway, Glacier NP, MT
Mountain in second image is Clements Peak. 30 July 2006
#photography #landscape #waterfall #GlacierNP #hiking #bluesky #Polaroidi832
A waterfall cascades down a rocky slope to disappear into a culvert under a paved road on which there is a double yellow line. On the left side of the slope are tall evergreens, on the right, low shrubs. Overhead, cloudless blue skies. In retrospect, the Polaroidi832 was a pretty good little camera which I picked up, remaindered for C$99. Even in 2006, a real bargain. A paved highway runs across the image, below it is a lightly treed slope, across it there is a steeper slope with grasses leading up to evergreens on the left, on the right a waterfall tumbling through a rocky gorge then a steep rock slupe. Above, on the left is a mountain, steep and rocky. Overhead, the sky is blue.
June 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Why did the capitalized "ME" stand out so much? Oh yeah - it's Trump.
June 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I know you exist as a local news source, but I look forward to you continuing to publish significant national news items
June 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Homan's Wife: "Keep those death threats coming, folks. Life is great now."
June 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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University of Montana and City of Missoula
Photographed from above the big "M" on the mountain overlooking the university and city, 26 July 2006
#photography #landscape #cityscape #hiking #Missoula #ClarkForkRiver #Polaroidi832
Scene overlooking a city with a river running through it. In the immediate foreground is half of a large concrete "M" on a downslope. Just at the foot of the M, a couple of people are sitting on the grass enjoying the view. At the bottom of the slope are university buildings including a tall residence building and sports stadium. In the distance, beyond the city, lad rises into surrounding hills / mountains. Overhead a narrow band of hazy blue sky. And there is no thought that an ignorant orange clown could possibly become US President.
June 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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She finally realized the Musk was in charge of DOGE?
June 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Yes! Lock themselves in a room. Then the Dems can further lock the doors from the outside. Have the Senate chamber to themselves. And they have a quorum as long as none of them question it.
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Interesting that Zelenskyy is included in a photo of NATO leaders.

That's a poke in Putin's eye.
June 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Crawford Arch on Bridge Mountain, Zion NP, March 2006

The arch looks small in the image, but it is 427 ft (130 meters) long. It is about 1000 ft or 300 meters above the floor of the canyon.
Handheld with 300mm lens

#photography #landscape #RockyTuesday #analogue #Zion #redrock #bluesky
On a steep reddish sandstone incline surrounded by trees, a natural arch reaches higher up the mountain. Above, cloudless blue skies.
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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The Larson and Fife cabins, Kolob Canyons, Zion NP
8 June 2006

Constructed in the 1930s as summer homes, these two cabins were on the verge of collapse when photographed. Stabilized and repaired to a degree since then
#photography #architecture #landscape #logcabin #Zion #SonyDSCF828
Larson Cabin: A small log cabin in disrepair stands in red dirt clearing amongst trees. Behind, a red rock butte towers into the blue sky (washed out by overexposure) A couple of lens flares obscure the butte. And the US president is not whining about his lack of a Nobel prize. Fife Cabin: A log cabin stands in a clearing amongst trees. The roof has holes and there are unplugged gaps between the logs. A metal mesh door blocks entry for safety reasons. On the right in front of the cabin is an information sign. Light shines through the leaves. And an orange clown is not the American President.
June 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Actually it must be a politician or a previous winner.

As UN peacekeeping forces were awarded a peace prize and I served on two missions, I could probably nominate him. But I won't.
June 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I think The Razzies (aka The Golden Rasberry Awards) need to award a Peace Prize.
June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Can't be Trump. They didn't call him "sir" in this story.
June 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Double Arch Alcove, Kolob Canyons, Zion NP
8 June 2004

#photography #landscape #redrock #ZionNP #Utah #SonyDSCF828
Looking into an alcove in red sandstone. Tree branches covered with fresh green leaves are in the foreground. The red rock is streaked with desert varnish. Deep in the alcove, the dark streaks are from water seeping through the rock. At the top of the image the red rock and the small patch of sky turn white (overexposure of that part of the image)
June 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I look at the title of the article and the accompanying image and...

it just strikes me that if that guy's 35, he's doing something wrong.

{I know it's a stock image and really not relevant to anything}
June 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM