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Bag’s Take-Away:
From my reader, Tom, in Greece (clearly with an eye to the aesthetics): “There is so much contrast — color, clothing, posture — and the other photographer looks great.” From my end (though I do love the photog’s custom riot helmet), I see: hippy punching goes international.
(photo: AP via Spiegel Online)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
The NYT stereotyping the Wisconsin protesters as hippy meditating sixties throwbacks??? …Nahh, they wouldn’t do that!
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(photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times)
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