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War and Terror: What Shocks Me Most About the Bloody Marathon Bombing Pictures (GRAPHIC)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:35:00 -0700

What takes me aback are how graphic the news photos are (#8 especially) as compared to the almost...

Bag’s Take-Away: Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:04:52 -0700

Bag’s Take-Away:

Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine.

Just saying, it’s an odd match up. Odd that he even knows who she is.

via The Charlotte Observer

(Photo Credit: L’Osservatore Romano/AP Photo caption: US artist Patti Smith, right, is greeted by Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2013.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: I suppose there is another table, unseen...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:09:43 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

I suppose there is another table, unseen to us, that says ‘uomini’, but I find it odd that Italians separate the vote — and least, in their list keeping — between men and women. Am I translating that wrong or do we have a great photo of the plasticized Berlusconi walking away from ‘women’ (donne) to cast his vote?

via: Charlotte Observer

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Bag’s Take-Away: This is a pool photo of George Zimmerman...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:06:54 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

This is a pool photo of George Zimmerman and his lead counsel Mark O’Mara a Zimmerman’s hearing on his motion to delay trial February 5, 2013. I found it interesting that both men have gotten overweight since their intro to the American public (it’s not just the camera angle that enlarges O’Mara). And in this country, “overweight” means disintegrate.

Here’s O’Mara at his first news conference. Maybe the message isn’t about my body image-centric viewpoint, but from the idea that when justice has been delayed long enough for you to get huge, it’s been delayed enough. The judge denied Zimmerman’s motion at the hearing.

via Road Runner

(Photo Credit: Pool/AP Images)

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Bag’s Take-Away: I’m having trouble imagining Kerry...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:06:45 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

I’m having trouble imagining Kerry getting tough with anybody, so this photo caught my eye even though it’s most likely Kerry is describing his battle for a primo spot in the State Department parking garage.

via Getty Images

(Photo Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images caption: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) talks to U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) after Kerry was sworn in during a ceremonial swearing in at the State Department February 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. Kerry was officially sworn in on February 1 at the U.S. Capitol as the 68th Secretary of State, succeeding Hillary Clinton.)

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Vine video taken from news wire photos of Ct legislative hearing...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:07:09 -0800

Vine video taken from news wire photos of Ct legislative hearing on gun laws. (Photos: Jessica Hill/AP)

Bag’s Take-Away: To start with, I think this photo is one...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:06:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

To start with, I think this photo is one of those that won’t catch much notice due to its subject matter. The American public doesn’t care much about Karzai negotiating for American troop strength to remain at high levels in Afghanistan after 2014. After all, this transition will occur after the next Afghan election, i.e., after Karzai and his family are safely ensconced in Dubai or some other safe haven. But in terms of composition, color, and symbolism, I really like this Alex Wong photo. The deep, brilliant colors of Karzai’s traditional Uzbek coat play off against the crisp whites and deep blues of the honor guard at attention behind him. His face is lit heroically as he takes a statuesque pose. But he stands as if supported by a dwindling number of soldiers to his back and with the “zero option” trial balloon floated by the Obama Administration, even that number is in question.

Though a floated balloon doesn’t always become a reality, Karzai’s “heroic” stance during this visit to the U.S. may actually be a last stand against strong public opinion in America.

via The Charlotte Observer

(Top Photo Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images caption: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) reviews the honor guards during a full military honors ceremony welcoming Karzai to the Pentagon January 10, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. Karzai is on a visit in Washington, to include a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, to discuss the continued transition in Afghanistan and the partnership between the two nations.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: Well, it was hardly avoidable, especially as TV zoomed in closer on the...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:08:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away: Well, it was hardly avoidable, especially as TV zoomed in closer on the...

Bag’s Take-Away: 1. Still photo-op shopping at the...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:48:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

1. Still photo-op shopping at the dollar-brand store. 47% sure he doesn’t need any more flack over the bank roll.

2. And then, reeking of upper crust, there’s always the British version. Cheerio!

3. By the way, who buys cereal at a drug store?

4. Shorts in late November. Ah, the good life.

5. All about the hair.

indecen-t:

look who just waltzed in last night and bOUGHT HIS FUCKING CHEERIOS

didnt even look at the camera when i asked for a pic

Bag’s Take-Away: Embarrassment of riches. via:Wall...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:02:15 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

Embarrassment of riches.

via:Wall Street Journal Photos of the Day 11/28/12

(photo: Getty Images caption: STATE BANQUET: Queen Elizabeth II delivered a speech during a state banquet for Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait in Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Tuesday. The Amir of Kuwait is conducting a three-day state visit to the U.K.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: Just another fleeting cringe instant for...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:54:26 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

Just another fleeting cringe instant for web advertising (movie ad on top of Middle East distress in creating a “share” link).

via NYT: Fighting Escalates Between Israel and Hamas

(photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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Bag’s Take-Away: I’m thoroughly grateful for the...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:51:36 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

I’m thoroughly grateful for the way the great Christopher Morris captured post-9/11 and “War on Terror” America. To be honest, though, I’m not sure he exactly nailed Campaign ‘12. If you take a look at his at “On the Road” slideshow at TIME, I see it expressing a little more of the anxiety, pensiveness and “Stepford USA” of the Bush campaigns. Nevertheless, this one photo is smashing. I’m not sure if I’ve seen a better take on Romney, the Two America, and how thoroughly disconnected the man demonstrated himself to be from Main Street than this photo taken the day of his sham “non-campaign” hurricane food drive. But, why post this now, Campaign 12 already consigned to the history books? Because of the challenge of keeping focus on the disconnect as we launch ahead.

(photo: Christopher Morris—VII for TIME caption: Oct. 30, 2012. Supplies donated to the Red Cross at a campaign stop in Kettering, Ohio.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: They really believed it. They were ready...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:56:08 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

They really believed it. They were ready to get working. Even if it meant using a photo of Obama’s inauguration in their representation of Romney’s special day.

But what this truly underlines is the difference between the science party and the “no science” party. Had they looked at the U.S. Census and read analysis of the popular vote in the last two elections, they would see they overestimated the white vote by 5-6 percent and no pixels would have died in putting up a transition team website.

Clinton wasn’t talking about electoral math or polling when he said “People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic.” My take is that if you can use math in one endeavor, you can use it in another.

via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire

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Bag’s Take-Away: I like this photo of Stacie Laughton,...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:40:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

I like this photo of Stacie Laughton, the first transgender woman to be elected to office in New Hampshire. Women candidates have brought about many firsts in New Hampshire electoral history but, like all women running for office, how they look matters. Yet no one is looking at Laughton in this photo. And she won.

via The Manchester Union Leader

(Photo Credit: Simon Rios/Union Leader Correspondent caption: Selectman Stacie Laughton assists a voter to fill out an affidavit. Voters are required to sign affidavits affirming their identity if they have no means of identification.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: It’s interesting to me how the poor...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:48:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

It’s interesting to me how the poor were effectively absent during the campaign but they are somehow showing up today in so many voting slideshows, this man at the Los Angeles Mission. Example of representative government — or media wall paper?

(photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters caption: David Klaz stands in line to vote during the U.S. presidential election at Los Angeles Mission’s Anne Douglas Center in Los Angeles, California November 6, 2012.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: The still poignant but also familiar...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:46:26 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

The still poignant but also familiar photo of the low wage worker sweeping up the campaign venue before or after the hoopla goes down. #TwoAmericas

via: Reuters

(photo: Adrees Latif/Reuters caption: A woman cleans the floor near the stage at McCormick Place, the site for U.S. President Barack Obama’s post election speech, in Chicago, Illinois November 6, 2012. Obama congratulated Republican rival Mitt Romney on Tuesday for running a hard-fought race for the White House and expressed confidence he would win re-election during a stop at a local campaign office to thank volunteers. linked photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Bag’s ELECTION DAY Take-Away: Team Romney struggled with...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:56:00 -0800

Bag’s ELECTION DAY Take-Away:

Team Romney struggled with the optics all campaign. Here on the last day, in a shot meant to be nostalgic and emotional, instead what we see (evoking shuttered factories, even Gitmo) is Mitt waving through a fence at distant admirers. There are at least 4 variations on this scene, by the way, taken by pool reporters on Instagram

via: webstagram

(photo: @ashleyrparker- Instagram caption: “That’s when you know you’re gonna win,” says a visibly touched Romney, waving at the hundreds who arrived to greet him in Pittsburgh.)

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Bag’s Take-Away: Mitt was legion on the trail this year...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:50:00 -0800

Bag’s Take-Away:

Mitt was legion on the trail this year for the number of photo ops with police officers. Lest you think Romney is a big law-and-order man, though, the real backstory here is that cops are the easiest people to grab for a picture with the pool photographers around. …You know why this is true, btw? The vast majority of these pics are taken on tarmacs where law-and-order folks are typically dispatched.

via: Webstagram

(photo: Justin Sullivan/Instagram caption: Mitt poses with cops in Cleveland, OH at his second to last campaign stop of the election.)

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Bag’s Election Day Take-Away: One of the more poignant...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:45:36 -0800

Bag’s Election Day Take-Away:

One of the more poignant pics of the day (and a large focus of media coverage): voting in Queens by flashlight.

via:MSNBC

(photo: Jason Decrow / AP caption: Election workers help a voter, right, finalize his affidavit ballot at a consolidated polling station for residents of the Rockaways on Election Day, on Tuesday, in the Queens borough of New York.)

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Before the Campaign ‘12 results come in this evening, I...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:44:00 -0800

Before the Campaign ‘12 results come in this evening, I want to pay my respects to one of America’s finest editorial photographers. I’m constantly taken by his ability to capture meanings on multiple levels. Take his images from candidate Romney’s final blitz, for example. On face value, Stephen Crowley is merely offering glimpses into stagecraft and campaign ephemera. Look further though, and the photos are silent editorials, even essays about the candidate, his personality and political culture.

I want to touch on a few of Crowley’s images that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times slideshow entitled: “To the White House? Or Home to Massachusetts?” as Crowley sees Mitt back to the land of the 1%.

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