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tierradentro: “Lunar Night” (detail), 1857, Ivan Aivazovsky.

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:52 -0400

tierradentro:

“Lunar Night” (detail), 1857, Ivan Aivazovsky.

Croatia send weapons to the Syrian rebels

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:21:52 -0400

Croatia send weapons to the Syrian rebels

Boxer of Quirinal - A Hellenistic Greek sculpture dated to...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:29 -0400

Boxer of Quirinal - A Hellenistic Greek sculpture dated to around 330 b.c.

It’s a sculpture of a defeated boxer, complete with caestus, or leather handwraps, still wrapped around his fists. Look at the cauliflower ear, the cuts, and the swollen face. It’s straight out of the latest pay-per-view but this was created more than 2,300 years ago.

This is divine.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 19:03:33 -0400

May 19, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:36:20 -0400

May 19, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day:

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n 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. The Pontic Genocide is one of the darkest moments in history not only for Greeks, but also for mankind. The Genocide vanished from its ancestral and historic homeland in Pontus a culturally vibrant and unique part of the Greek population that had been fighting for its survival for about 3,000 years.

http://youtu.be/yW256u3ZMmw

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Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:38 -0400

May 7, 1999, Nis, Serbia: Mercy of a merciful... NATO WAR CRIME

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:19:23 -0400

May 7, 1999, Nis, Serbia: Mercy of a merciful... NATO WAR CRIME

"“I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or..."

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:15:40 -0400

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“I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible- Jew, Gentile, black men, white…

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others’ happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls; has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind.

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery ,we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.

Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me, I say “Do not despair.”

The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Soldiers! Don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder!

Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men—machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have a love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate!

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it’s written “the kingdom of God is within man”, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power.”

Let us all unite.

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise. They never will!

Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people!

Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance!

Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness.

Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

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- (via kieranhogan)

Serbian KOSOVO and METOHIJA, by William Dorich, author of the 1992 book "Kosovo"

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:37:37 -0400

Serbian KOSOVO and METOHIJA, by William Dorich, author of the 1992 book "Kosovo":

“Serbs were the first to anticipate the grave peril coming at one time from Islam and then from Nazism and finally Communism. They were the first to resist … making the victories of others possible, even if they themselves were defeated.”

sharpie-tattoos-and-coffee: its-a-meki: myriad: aacot: FAV...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:18:20 -0400

sharpie-tattoos-and-coffee:

its-a-meki:

myriad:

aacot:

FAVE

WOW LITERALLY WATCHED THIS UNTIL THE END

HAHAHAHAHHAHA

Reblogging for the 6th time time now

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"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am..."

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:18:11 -0400

““Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.””

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via theoncominghope)

simplynorule: Balsam Root and Tree at Sunset Palouse (by Chip...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:14:11 -0400

simplynorule:

Balsam Root and Tree at Sunset Palouse (by Chip Phillips)

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Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:12:45 -0400

‘Kosovo’ Albanians Praise NATO for 1999 Military Intervention

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:12:08 -0400

‘Kosovo’ Albanians Praise NATO for 1999 Military Intervention:

‘Kosovo’ Albanians Praise NATO for 1999 Military Intervention Edit this entry

We have a proverb that says: things that make an honest man ashamed are the same those that make the immoral proud.
So in the same spirit, Pristina’s (Albanian) leaders thanked NATO for launching its bombing campaign 14 years ago to end the Kosovo war, and stressed their hope of gaining membership of the military alliance

caption: Kosovo Albanian boy waving NATO flag;

‘Kosovo’ president Atifete Jahjaga said that 14 years after the conflict with Serbian forces, Kosovo “is proud and thankful to all NATO’s soldiers and commanders who contributed to the end of genocide against the people of the country”.“Thanks to the engagement of all citizens, the determination of the society, our country is establishing a just society… a rule-of-law state with clear prospects of integration into the European Union and NATO, and eternal friendship with the United States,” Jahjaga said in a statement on Sunday.

NATO launched its bombing campaign on March 24, 1999 after attempts to secure a peaceful end to the conflict failed during internationally-mediated talks in Rambouillet in France.

The air strikes lasted until June 10, 1999, and ended with Belgrade’s forces pulling out of Kosovo and being replaced by international peacekeepers.

“I am happy to say that 14 years after the NATO bombings, Kosovo is ready to be a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in order to give its contribution to efforts for peace, democracy, the rule of law and human rights,” Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said in a statement.

While NATO’s intervention led to the removal of Serbian forces, the UN mission installed in Kosovo after the bombings also dismantled Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla structures.

Kosovo initially established the Kosovo Protection Corps which existed until January 2009 when the Kosovo Security Forces, KSF, was formed.

The KSF is due to have some 2,500 active troops and 800 reservists.

Caption: Memorial to Bill Clinton

In June this year, NATO is expected to assess the KSF’s operational capacities, and Kosovo officials are optimistic that the alliance will give the green light for the force to be transformed into an army.

More than 5,000 troops from the NATO-led Kosovo Force, KFOR, have remained in Kosovo since 1999, when the mission started its operations with some 50,000 troops.

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 despite strong opposition from Belgrade.

EU-mediated technical dialogue aimed at normalising relations between Pristina and Belgrade started in March 2011 and talks are currently ongoing.

source: : http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-praises-nato-for-its-intervention-in-1999;

Iran # subversion in #Balkans #KLA support gives Tehran foothold in Europe (or When the USA and Iran were allies)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:35:33 -0400

Iran # subversion in #Balkans #KLA support gives Tehran foothold in Europe (or When the USA and Iran were allies)

Neurolove.me: Are you a procrastinator?

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:24:00 -0400

Neurolove.me: Are you a procrastinator?:

psych-facts:

onlinecounsellingcollege:

If you find yourself doing the following, then the chances are that you’re procrastinating:

1. You fill your time with low priority tasks. That way it feels like you’re doing something – just not the most important stuff.

2. You keep checking tumblr, facebook,…

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:52:12 -0400

Croatia: Intolerance towards the Orthodox even if they died over 100 years ago

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:47:38 -0400

Croatia: Intolerance towards the Orthodox even if they died over 100 years ago

A Pilgrimage to Kosovo Today – An inspiring pilgrimage report by a nun Natalia of Holy Cross Skete with impressions from her visit to the Serbian Orthodox shrines of Kosovo i Metohija, 1996.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:28:48 -0400

A Pilgrimage to Kosovo Today – An inspiring pilgrimage report by a nun Natalia of Holy Cross Skete with impressions from her visit to the Serbian Orthodox shrines of Kosovo i Metohija, 1996.

The National Theater in Pristina shares faith with their audience

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:48:23 -0400

The National Theater in Pristina shares faith with their audience