17 posts from March 2008

I suppose many of us don't even pay attention at the differences between the package illustrations and its contents.

but these guys are. a project where they photographed 100 prepared food items as depicted in their packaging next to the real life versions.  here's a few:

Projekt1_gefro-gemuesesuppe

Projekt1_homann-curryputenb

Projekt1_biopizza

Projekt1_alacarte-hacksteak

I have to wonder. what kind of cosmic joke made it so that four American soldiers died yesterday as a result of a roadside bomb?  'tis way too neat that we now have 4,000 dead on our side - not counting "contractors" or those soldiers who died of their injuries outside Iraqi soil. not counting the hundred(s) of thousands iraqis that have lost their lives, their families, and their country.

the March 31 issue of The Nation has coverage of the occasion, including some pieces on how the war in Iraq has affected - maybe caused - the economic recession we are enjoying right now. if you can, grab a copy at your library; or read them at the The Nation website, from where I got this graphic (click thrice to embiggen)

Cost_of_war

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I am very impressed by the work and thoughtfulness that went into this graphic:   /golf clap.

celebrate at will!

Springbunny

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Dandelion Flower

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | World's best-known protest symbol turns 50

http://news.bbc.c...

By Kathryn Westcott BBC News It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted, attacked and commercialised.

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if you believe [skapsakaps] has lost its power over the last half-century, gaze over this:

Chinese flag peace sign