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Tuesday 2 August 2016

José Emilio Pacheco: Dichterliebe / Who ate Harambe?

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Indian artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad on August 1, 2016. The eleven-day 'Bonalu' festival sees ritual offerings of food and dancing made to the  Hindu goddess Maha Kali, who is honoured mainly by women during the event. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAMNOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images

Indian artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. The eleven-day ‘Bonalu’ festival sees ritual offerings of food and dancing made to the Hindu goddess Maha Kali: photo by Noah Seelam/AFP, 1 August 2016 


Artists perform at the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad in worship of the Hindu goddess Mahankali @AFP @AFPphoto
: image via Noah Seelam @noahseelam, 1 August 2016

Indian artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad on August 1, 2016. The eleven-day 'Bonalu' festival sees ritual offerings of food and dancing made to the  Hindu goddess Maha Kali, who is honoured mainly by women during the event. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAMNOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images

Indian artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. The eleven-day ‘Bonalu’ festival sees ritual offerings of food and dancing made to the Hindu goddess Maha Kali: photo by Noah Seelam/AFP, 1 August 2016 


INDIA - The Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. By @noahseelam #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 August 2016 


Indian artists perform during Bonalu festival at Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad @AFP @AFPphoto: image via Noah Seelam @noahseelam, 1 August 2016 
 
PATTAYA,THAILAND -JULY 31, 2016:  Bar girls use their mobile phones outside a bar along the Walking Street where bars and sex scenes are a commonplace July 31, 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand's first female minister of tourism would like the sex trade that is a huge business in the country to be banned. Tourists flock to Thailand for many sights including beautiful beaches but also for sex tourism. Cities like Bangkok and Pattaya are well known as hubs of the Southeast Asian sex trade, despite the fact that prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1960.(Photo by Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images)

Bar girls use their mobile phones outside a bar along the Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand’s first female minister of tourism would like the sex trade that is a huge business in the country to be banned: photo by Paula Bronstein, 1 August 2016 

PATTAYA,THAILAND -JULY 31, 2016:  Bar girls use their mobile phones outside a bar along the Walking Street where bars and sex scenes are a commonplace July 31, 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand's first female minister of tourism would like the sex trade that is a huge business in the country to be banned. Tourists flock to Thailand for many sights including beautiful beaches but also for sex tourism. Cities like Bangkok and Pattaya are well known as hubs of the Southeast Asian sex trade, despite the fact that prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1960.(Photo by Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images)

Bar girls use their mobile phones outside a bar along the Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand’s first female minister of tourism would like the sex trade that is a huge business in the country to be banned: photo by Paula Bronstein, 1 August 2016
 
TOPSHOT - An Afghan farmer harvestS fresh wheat grains in a field On the outskirts of Herat on July 31, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AREF KARIMIAREF KARIMI/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan farmer harvests fresh wheat grains in a field on the outskirts of Herat: photo by Aref Karimiaref/AFP, 1 August 2016

TOPSHOT - An Afghan farmer harvestS fresh wheat grains in a field On the outskirts of Herat on July 31, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AREF KARIMIAREF KARIMI/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan farmer harvests fresh wheat grains in a field on the outskirts of Herat: photo by Aref Karimiaref/AFP, 1 August 2016

Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, Syria August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, Syria: photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters, 1 August 2016 

Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, Syria August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, Syria: photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters, 1 August 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 31:  An aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue amidst mist as Rio prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on July 31, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue amidst mist as Rio de Janeiro prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Brazil: photo by Mario Tama, 1 August 2016 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 31:  An aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue amidst mist as Rio prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on July 31, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue amidst mist as Rio de Janeiro prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Brazil: photo by Mario Tama, 1 August 2016

TOPSHOT - A man collects recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk, washed ashore after tropical storm Nida passed through northern Philippines on August 1, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

A man collects recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk: photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP, 1 August 2016 


PHILIPPINES - A man collects recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk. By Ted Aljibe #AFP
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 July 2016


TOPSHOT - A man collects recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk, washed ashore after tropical storm Nida passed through northern Philippines on August 1, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

A man collects recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk: photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP, 1 August 2016

In this picture taken late Sunday, July 31, 2016 a lightning strikes in the sky above the town of Nagykanizsa, 208 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary. (Gyorgy Varga/MTI via AP)

Lightning strikes in the sky above the town of Nagykanizsa, Hungary: photo by Gyorgy Varga/MTI/AP, 1 August 2016 

In this picture taken late Sunday, July 31, 2016 a lightning strikes in the sky above the town of Nagykanizsa, 208 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary. (Gyorgy Varga/MTI via AP)

Lightning strikes in the sky above the town of Nagykanizsa, Hungary: photo by Gyorgy Varga/MTI/AP, 1 August 2016 

A religious officer canes an Acehnese youth onstage as punishment for dating outside of marriage, which is against sharia law, outside a mosque in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2016. The strictly Muslim province, Aceh has become increasingly conservative in recent years and is the only one in Indonesia implementing Sharia law. / AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDINCHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images

A religious officer canes an Acehnese youth onstage as punishment for dating outside of marriage, which is against sharia law, outside a mosque in Banda Aceh. The strictly Muslim province, Aceh has become increasingly conservative in recent years and is the only one in Indonesia implementing Sharia law: photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP, 1 August 2016 

A religious officer canes an Acehnese youth onstage as punishment for dating outside of marriage, which is against sharia law, outside a mosque in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2016. The strictly Muslim province, Aceh has become increasingly conservative in recent years and is the only one in Indonesia implementing Sharia law. / AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDINCHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images

A religious officer canes an Acehnese youth onstage as punishment for dating outside of marriage, which is against sharia law, outside a mosque in Banda Aceh. The strictly Muslim province, Aceh has become increasingly conservative in recent years and is the only one in Indonesia implementing Sharia law: photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP, 1 August 2016 

TOPSHOT - An Afghan labourer looks on as he works at a traditional cotton factory in Jalalabad on July 31, 2016. / AFP

An Afghan labourer looks on as he works at a traditional cotton factory in Jalalabad: photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP, 1 August 2016 

 
AFGHANISTAN - A labourer looks on as he works at a traditional cotton factory in Jalalabad. By @NoorullahShirz #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 July 2016
 
TOPSHOT - An Afghan labourer looks on as he works at a traditional cotton factory in Jalalabad on July 31, 2016. / AFP

An Afghan labourer looks on as he works at a traditional cotton factory in Jalalabad: photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP, 1 August 2016

José Emilio Pacheco: Dichterliebe

La poesía tiene una sola realidad: el sufrimiento.
Baudelaire lo atestigua, Ovidio aprobaría
afirmaciones semejantes.
Y esto por otra parte garantiza
la supervivencia amenazada de un arte
que pocos leen y al parecer
muchos detestan,
como una enfermedad de la conciencia, un rezago
de tiempos anteriores a los nuestros
cuando la ciencia cree disfrutar
del monopolio eterno de la magia.

José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014): Dichterliebe


INDIA - Kashmiri protestors shout pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans during a protest in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 July 2016


A Kashmiri protestor stands amid teargas fired by Indian forces near the UNMOGIP office Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 July 2016


INDIA - A house with windows covered with sheets to prevent projectiles during clashes in Srinagar. @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 July 2016

Campaign Problematics: The Four Percent is asking: Who ate Harambe? Did he die for our parents' sins?
 

Great afternoon in Ohio and a great evening in Pennsylvania - departing now. See you tomorrow Virginia!
: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 August 2016


Son is eating inferior fake chicken with a fork and knife: image via Kenny @PhillyCustoms, 1 August 2016



holy shit
: image via dan mentos @DanMentos, 1 August 2016


holy shit: image via dan mentos @DanMentos, 1 August 2016


holy shit: image via dan mentos @DanMentos, 1 August 2016


holy shit: image via dan mentos @DanMentos, 1 August 2016


oh my god he ate Harambe: image via Brian Altano @agentbizzle, 1 August 2016

CNN/ORC poll in a four-way race: Hillary #Clinton — 45% Donald #Trump — 37% Gary Johnson — 9% Jill Stein — 5% Harambe — 4%: tweet via Wu_Tang_Financial @Wu_Tang_Finance, 1 August 2016



In presidential polls, how's #Harambe doing?: image via WCPO Verified account @WCPO, 31 July 2016


My love for the lord and savior Harambe will never burn out #Harambe
: image via Andrés @Andres301, 28 July 2016


Let's go win this, together!: image via Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton, 28 July 2016
 

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: image via Wu_Tang_Financial @Wu_Tang_Finance, 1 August 2016
 

Incredibly proud of Hillary and so happy to join her and Tim on the trail this week
: image via Bill Clinton @billclinton, 30 July 2016


Never 4get. #Harambe
: image via Harambe @HarambesSpirit, 1 August 2016


This ones for my boy Harambe
: image via Samantha Kroschinsky  @samanthak1365, 1 August 2016



This ones for my boy Harambe: image via Samantha Kroschinsky  @samanthak1365, 1 August 2016
 

The saddest people always have the most beautiful smiles #Harambe: image via skeletron @ogthagod, 30 July 2016


"Why are the greatest fighters for human rights always shot dead" - Harambe #Harambe: image via Harambe Quotes @HarambeQuotes, 26 July 2016  



[Untitled]: image via Cute Emergency @Cute Emergency, 24 July 2016



[Untitled]: image via Cute Emergency @Cute Emergency, 24 July 2016



[Untitled]: image via Cute Emergency @Cute Emergency, 24 July 2016

 
[Untitled]: image via Cute Emergency @Cute Emergency, 24 July 2016
 
 
Only 90's kids will remember #Harambe: image via 21jared @jpjaredphillips, 23 July 2016 
 

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016


 
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[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016
 

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016
 

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016
 
 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 28 July 2016
 

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 28 July 2016


What is Russia doing to influence the U.S. election?: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 1 August 2016

 
 [Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 27 July 2016
 

U.S. weighs dangers, benefits of naming Russia in cyber hack: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 1 August 2016

 
[Untitled]: image via Harambe @HarambeActivity, 24 July 2016

4 comments:

Hazen said...

José Emilio Pacheco: Dichterliebe

Poetry has but one reality: suffering.
Baudelaire attested to it. Ovid would approve
with similar affirmations.
And this, what's more, guarantees
the threatened survival of an art
that few read and many
seemingly detest,
like a sickness of consciousness, a residue
of former times left over in ours,
when science believes it enjoys
an eternal monopoly on magic.

(My translation)

STEPHEN RATCLIFFE said...

Nice one Tom, Harambe and Trump and Hillary and Bill and all -- along with that unnamed man collecting "recyclable materials amongst the floating garbage at Manila baywalk" (all those colors, all that plastic, that red hat) . . .

Sandra said...

oh...what a beautiful poem...!!

TC said...

Oh, what fine friends to have!