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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:14:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.weirdomatic.com

Persepolis

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:33:09 GMT

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Clip Source: home.comcast.net

Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis)

Clip Source: whc.unesco.org

Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site.

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Immortals - elite soldiers

Darius's Palace once filled with jewelled statues and doors covered in gold

Palace of 100 Columns with the tomb of Ataxerxes II behind

a karibu guarding Xerxes' Gateway

the lion of summer devours the bull of winter

Zoroastrian Symbol

Mikhi (cuniform) inscription

the tree of life

the fight between good and evil

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Persepolis Recreated

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Rock Out With Your Bailout

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:49:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: After government rescue, insurance firm AIG partied at swank resort

Clip Source: www.thesmokinggun.com

OCTOBER 7--Days after federal officials agreed to an $85 billion bailout of American International Group, the insurance firm spent more than $440,000 for a corporate retreat at a swanky California resort. An invoice from the week-long getaway, a copy of which you'll find below, was obtained by the congressional panel that has been holding hearings this week about Wall Street collapses and executive excess. The late-September AIG gathering at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach cost $443,343, according to the invoice. The six-figure sum covered hotel rooms, banquets, golf fees, and spa services at the resort south of Los Angeles. However, company funds apparently were not spent on exploding cakes or urinating ice statues. (2 pages)

Clip Source: www.thesmokinggun.com

Tags: american international group, $85 billion bailout, st. regis resort in monarch beach, $440, 000 retreat, hotel rooms, banquets, golf fees, spa

Vietnamese gang ransacks Catholic chapel as police stand by

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:28:15 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado

Clip Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

Hanoi, Sep 22, 2008 / 04:56 pm (CNA).- The simmering property disputes between the Catholic Church and the Vietnamese government were again aggravated on Sunday when a Hanoi official accused the Archbishop of Hanoi of inciting riots, making false allegations against the government, ridiculing the law, and disrespecting the nation.

Meanwhile late Sunday night, a street gang made a second attack upon a chapel at Thai Ha Church with no interference from nearby police. In what one priest called a “sort of terrorism” against the Catholic faithful, the gang ransacked the building, destroying statues and books while shouting threats against the lives of clergy and religious, Catholic faithful, and the Archbishop of Hanoi.

On Sunday morning thousands of Catholics demonstrated in Hanoi, following a protest of more than 5,000 people the previous evening.

The Sunday protest was the largest since the Communist takeover in 1954.

Tags: catholic, church, vietnam, persecution, communism

Giant Buddha statue unearthed in Afghanistan

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:38:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Archaeologists have discovered a 62-foot Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago.

The team was searching for a giant sleeping Buddha believed to have been seen by a Chinese pilgrim centuries ago when it came upon the relics in the central province of Bamiyan, an official said on Monday.

He said the idol, in sleeping posture, was badly damaged.

The latest discovery has raised hopes of finding a 300-metre-long Buddha statue that according to an ancient Chinese pilgrim is lying in Bamiyan, Afshar said.

Tags: buddhism, afghanistan, islam, chinese

Buddha statue find at Afghan site

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:10:08 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A giant statue of a Buddha has been discovered in central Afghanistan, near to the ruins of the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas.

Archaeologists say the 19m (62ft) statue is in a sleeping position and dates back to the Third Century.

Other relics such as coins and ceramics were also found.

The Taleban blew up two giant standing Buddhas carved into the mountainside at Bamiyan - once a thriving centre of Buddhism - in 2001.

The statues, the tallest such standing Buddhas in the world at the time, were considered by the Taleban to be un-Islamic representations of the human form.

Archaeologists are working on restoring the largest of the two Buddhas in a project that is expected to take a decade.

A local official in Bamiyan said the newly found statue had been badly damaged, but some parts of it, such as the neck and right hand, were in a good condition.

Tags: afghanistan, buddhism, archaeology

Buddha statue find at Afghan site

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:33:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Conservative religious extremists.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A giant statue of a Buddha has been discovered in central Afghanistan, near to the ruins of the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas.

The Taleban dynamited the Buddha statues in 2001

Archaeologists say the 19m (62ft) statue is in a sleeping position and dates back to the Third Century.

Other relics such as coins and ceramics were also found.

The Taleban blew up two giant standing Buddhas carved into the mountainside at Bamiyan - once a thriving centre of Buddhism - in 2001.

The statues, the tallest such standing Buddhas in the world at the time, were considered by the Taleban to be un-Islamic representations of the human form.

Archaeologists are working on restoring the largest of the two Buddhas in a project that is expected to take a decade.

Tags: religion

Fatwah envy

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:36:10 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: scienceblogs.com

We prefer our Jebus impotent, please

Somebody took offense again. An art museum in England is exhibiting some controversial statues, and of course some kook can't just stay away, they have to make sure no one else gets to see them.

A Christian group is taking an art centre to court, claiming it displayed an indecent statue of Jesus Christ.

The artwork was part of an exhibition at Gateshead's Baltic Centre featuring several plaster figures with erections, including ET, Mickey Mouse and Jesus.

Lawyers for Christian Emily Mapfuwa, 40, of Essex, are bringing a civil case for outraging public decency.

It seems a little unkind to demand that the poor guy be eternally flaccid, as well as tortured. And look! Fatwah envy!

Mrs Mapfuwa, of Brentwood, said Baltic would not have dared depict Mohammed in such a way.

"Sphinx statues found in Egypt"

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:25:26 GMT

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CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed four small statues of the Sphinx, the mythological figure of a lion with a human head, the Higher Council of Antiquities said on Friday.

The headless sandstone statues were found on a road linking the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement.

They were unearthed in an area once occupied by a police station that was demolished as part of a project to rescue artifacts, Hawass said.

The statues date from the reign of King Nekhtnebef who founded the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC), Hawass added.

The same team of archaeologists also found a sandstone block engraved with the name of Queen Cleopatra.

Huge Marcus Aurelius statue uncovered in ancient Turkish city of Sagalassos

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:50:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Huge Marcus Aurelius statue uncovered in ancient Turkish city of Sagalassos

The head, right arm and lower legs of a huge statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been uncovered by archaeologists in the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey.

The 15-foot statue was originally located in the frigidarium, the coldest and largest room in the Roman baths at Sagalassos

Archaeologists now believe the frigidarium contained a gallery of large imperial statues running around its long walls, offering a treasure trove of antique images.

Marcus Aurelius

ruled from 161AD to 180AD and won fame for his standing as a Stoic philosopher, as well as for his wise governance of the empire.

Sagalassos,

was destroyed by an earthquake between 540AD and 620AD

Professor Marc Waelkens

said Marcus Aurelius' eyes were "in deep contemplation, perfectly fitting an emperor who was more of a philosopher than a soldier."

Prof Waelkens believes the room housed representations of the whole Antonine dynasty

Jon Stewart: I’ve got as much authority as McCain in the Georgia situation.

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:56:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Dropy Dog and Howdy Dudy ain't gonna cut it, McCain.

Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

Jon Stewart mocks President Bush’s lack of short-term memory about when it’s OK to invade other countries, as well as McCain’s presumptuousness for dispatching “Droopy-Dog and Howdy Doody” (Lieberman and Graham) to Georgia, despite his status as candidate for President.

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Do you guys have any short term memory? Do you have anything? You just said, yeah let’s be clear about it, you can’t just overthrow a government, occupy a capital, knock over their statues, stack their prisoners, refer to the, refer to the horrific level of civilian casualties as birth pangs of democracy. Of course obviously this situation isn’t just the dangerous escalation of once mordent cold war hostilities. It’s a chance for our Presidential nominees to get inside the Commander in Chief simulator, and play a little make believe.

Tags: russia, georgia, campaign, mclame, politics, looserman

Drunk Builders & Mad Architects

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:51:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

How would you explain that all these "structures" passed the quality control and house inspections? Only by the possible fact that controllers and inspectors were drunk too. Or just near-sighted. I really want to believe the latter, but in some countries they are actually neither drunk or blind - but handsomely bribed. See for yourself:

It all starts with mad designs:

Foundation? Basement? Who needs it, lets get more creative:

Oh, I like that. Great idea -

Something somewhere did not work out for these builders... -

More than plumbing. A work of art.

One is labeled "Red", the other "Blue". Can't go wrong here -

There is something in my wa...

This one will launch you into the air:

...or into the basement:

Some statues don't stay erect for very long (this time earthquake was responsible) -

Whatever it was before... (we really hope it was more than that):

Best theft protection:

Using the old bus as a brick storage:

Don't park your BMW anywhere close to these guys:

Enter the bathroom (with caution):

Tags: architecture, buildings, construction

Weird Statues...

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:44:49 GMT

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Tags: weird, strange, statues, statue, world, strange statues around the world

Does It Feel Like The World Is A Little Less Evil Now?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:07:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just after it was handed down, I wrote about Medellin v. Texas and the case's importance to the War on Terror. I'm as grateful now that Chief Justice Roberts is on the court as I was then.

Clip Source: minx.cc

Texas executed convicted murderer Jose Medellin this evening after a three hour delay while the Supreme Court reconsidered his case. The court voted 5-4, usual suspects, to allow the execution to proceed (PDF). Justice Stevens switched from his agreement with Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and Alito in Medellin v. Texas (PDF), which was decided just five months ago.

Medellin's case took on international significance after the World Court (to which the U.S. is a party) ruled that his execution should not proceed. Medellin, a Mexican national, was properly convicted under the statues of Texas and in compliance with the Texas Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. However, he was not afforded the proper procedural protections under various treaties the U.S. has signed and ratified. The Supreme Court's March decision held that those treaties were not self-executing and could not be applied to the State of Texas absent some federal enabling legislation

Tags: jose medellin, texas executed murder, 3 hour delay, scotus reconsideration

Dozens blinded in India looking for Virgin Mary in the sun

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:47:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports.

Alarmed health authorities in India's Kottayam district have set up a sign dispelling rumours of a miraculous image in the sky and warning of the dangers of looking into direct sunlight.

Forty-eight cases of sight-loss, allegedly caused by photochemical burns on the retina, have been recorded at St Joseph's ENT and Eye hospital in the region since Friday.

Despite warnings, and the potentially harmful effects of their actions, believers are allegedly still flocking to a hotelier's house in Erumeli near where the divine image is said to have appeared.

The hotelier, who has since moved, had claimed that statues of the Virgin Mary in his house have been crying honey and bleeding oils and perfumes.

Tags: india, christian, health, sun, medical