PROTESTS IN EGYPT Photograph by latenightcabdriving This photograph was taken by Reddit user ‘latenightcabdriving’, last night in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The sign reads: “Leave, leave, Mubarak”. via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
HAITI – HOPE & DESPAIR, 1 YEAR LATER DESPAIR Photograph by THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images An aerial view of a tent city in a Port-au-Prince is seen on January 10, 2011, one year after the quake of January 12, 2010. HOPE Photograph by REUTERS/Kena Betancur Soccer players from Haiti’s Zaryen team (in blue) and the national…
LET IT DOUGH! BY CHRISTOPH NIEMANN If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: 20 BURNING QUESTIONS WITH THE FAMOUS PHILOSORAPTOR
Photograph from a Japanese plane at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma via Naval History & Heritage Command The attack on Pearl Harbor (called the Hawaii Operation or Operation Z by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise military strike conducted by…
Photograph by DDancer/artforthesky.com From November 20-28, 350 EARTH launched the world’s first ever global climate art project. In over a dozen places across the globe, citizens and artists created massive public art installations to show how climate change is already impacting our world as well as offer visions of how we can solve the crisis.…
BURN BABY BURN Photograph by REUTERS/Jorge Duenes Photograph by REUTERS/Jorge Duenes Blocks of marijuana, weighing a total of 46 tons, are incinerated at a military base in the border city of Tijuana May 11, 2010. Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, is a California ballot proposition which…
RALLY CRIES Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s ‘Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear’ Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance…
Russia Today tells us to, ‘Question More’. Fox News claims they are, ‘Fair and Balanced’. The New York Times simply publishes, ‘All the News That’s Fit to Print’. And, The Guardian makes you, ‘Think…’. It seems there’s always an ulterior motive, a deeper agenda and complicated back story to every headline. Any news outlet can…
RED WITH ANGER Photograph by AP Photos/MTI, Gyoergy Varga On Monday, October 4th, a large reservoir filled with toxic red sludge in western Hungary ruptured, releasing approximately 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of stinking caustic mud, which killed many animals, at least four people, and injured over 120 – many with chemical burns. The…
BEER O’CLOCK Photograph by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images On Saturday, September 18th, with the tapping of the first keg by Munich Mayor Christian Ude and a cry of “O’zapft is!”, Oktoberfest 2010 officially started in Munich, Germany. While this year marks the 177th Oktoberfest to be held, 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the very first…
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