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The mysterious origins of a Windows desktop image.

“The island of Elugelab is missing!” President Eisenhower heard this short report on the Mike shot in Operation IVY from Gordon Dean, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

…each diary entry will be published on this blog exactly seventy years after it was written, allowing you to follow Orwell’s recuperation in Morocco, his return to the UK, and his opinions on the descent of Europe into war in real time. The diaries end in 1942, three years into the conflict…

House No. 1, located 3,500 feet from ground zero, was completely destroyed on the first day of testing. The elapsed time from the first picture to the last was 2⅔ seconds. The camera was completely enclosed in a 2-inch lead sheath as a protection against radiation. The only source of light was that from the detonation. Frame No. 1 (upper left) shows the house lighted by the blast. Frame No. 2 (upper right) shows the house on fire.

Blood In Blood Out aims to give a brief view on particular events in the history of Europe. It will show the relationship between Europe’s oldest and later cultures and its current multicultural identity resulted from wars, marriages, treaties and alliances in the past.

“Look Me in the Eyes and Tell Me Honestly: Who is your friend? Who is your enemy? You have no friends among capitalists. You have no enemies among the workers. Only in a union of the workers of all nations will you be victoriousover capitalism and liberated from exploitation.
Down with national antagonisms!
Workers of the world unite!”

A documentary film about life in Israel and Gaza

The 114 photographs on this site are from Pol Pot’s secret prison, codenamed “S-21” during his genocidal rule (1975-79). Between 1-2 million Cambodians (and many thousands of foreigners) were starved to death, tortured, or killed, during his brutal reign of terror.