Thursday, August 12, 2010
Hiding in Plain Sight
Liinda Greenhouse wrote a great column Hiding in Plain Sight that relates the Prop 8 gay marriage case with Roe and no-fault divorce among other things. Really worth a read.
Lawrence Lessig: On the Rage of Gibbs
Lawrence Lessig: On the Rage of Gibbs "Obama's strategy as president has not been to 'change the way Washington works.' Rather, he has pushed reforms in the same old way, with the same old games."
"But beefed up Clintonism is not what Obama promised. He promised to "take up the fight." His failure to deliver on that critical promise -- the promised that distinguished him from his main primary rival -- or even to try, is a failure that everyone, Lefties included, should be free to complain about without suffering the rage of Gibbs."
"But beefed up Clintonism is not what Obama promised. He promised to "take up the fight." His failure to deliver on that critical promise -- the promised that distinguished him from his main primary rival -- or even to try, is a failure that everyone, Lefties included, should be free to complain about without suffering the rage of Gibbs."
Comparing Democratic and Republican Tax Plans
The Washington Post has a great graphic Comparing Democratic and Republican tax plans "The Republicans' plan to extend the Bush administration tax cuts for the wealthy would cost $36.6 billion more than the Democrats' plan, which extends cuts only for families making less than $250,000 a year and individuals making less than $200,000."
(via Ezra Klein via Brad DeLong)
(via Ezra Klein via Brad DeLong)
Paul Krugman Today
Why We Need An Inflation Target.
"Look at the lower left-hand corner: the real interest rate on 5-year inflation-protected securities is now negative. In other words, prospects for other investments are so poor that some investors prefer a safe asset that doesn’t quite keep up with inflation.
Yet to maintain employment, we need to sustain spending, one way or another. One way is to have the government take advantage of its low financing costs to spend on useful things; but the deficit peacocks in Congress are blocking that solution. Another is to get real interest rates low enough to get the private sector spending; but that, as we can see, means that the real interest rate on medium-term government debt has to be negative."
And also, The Meaning Of 2.71 which is the 10-year bond rate.
"As it happens, interest rates are also now lower than they were when the big debate over fiscal policy and its interest-rate effects began. For those who don’t remember or don’t know, this started with the claim that government borrowing would send rates soaring, crowding out private investment, and that this would abort the recovery. I tried at the time to point out that this reflected a failure to understand basic macroeconomics; but as usual, made no headway with the culprits."
And, The Price Stability Trap. "The analysis also suggests something else, however: as the inflation rate goes toward zero, it seems to become “sticky”: in the modern world, rapid deflation doesn’t happen, and in fact slight positive inflation often persists in the face of an obviously depressed economy."
"And this raises the specter what I think of as the price stability trap: suppose that it’s early 2012, the US unemployment rate is around 10 percent, and core inflation is running at 0.3 percent. The Fed should be moving heaven and earth to do something about the economy — but what you see instead is many people at the Fed, especially at the regional banks, saying ‘Look, we don’t have actual deflation, or anyway not much, so we’re achieving price stability. What’s the problem?’ And the slump will just go on."
As a bonus, The Baseline Scenario writes Why Won’t “Fiscal Hawks” Discuss The Real Issues?. "To see where our current deficits come from, we need only look at the budget office’s baseline projections. In January 2008, the budget office projected that total government debt in private hands – the best measure of what the government owes – would fall to $5.1 trillion by 2018 (23 percent of GDP). As of January 2010, the budget office now projects that debt will rise to $13.7 trillion (more than 65 percent of GDP) – a difference of $8.6 trillion. Of this change, 57 percent is due to decreased tax revenues resulting from the financial crisis and recession; 17 percent from increases in discretionary spending, much of it the stimulus package necessitated by the financial crisis; and another 14 percent to increased interest payments on the debt – because we now have more debt."
"What do matter are taxes and entitlements. Therefore, the coming battle over the Bush tax cuts is of real importance. According to the Congressional Budget Office, extending the Bush tax cuts would add $2.3 trillion to the total 2018 debt. The single biggest step our government could take this year to address the structural deficit would be to let the tax cuts expire. And a credible commitment to long-term fiscal sustainability should reduce interest rates today, helping to stimulate the economy."
"Look at the lower left-hand corner: the real interest rate on 5-year inflation-protected securities is now negative. In other words, prospects for other investments are so poor that some investors prefer a safe asset that doesn’t quite keep up with inflation.
Yet to maintain employment, we need to sustain spending, one way or another. One way is to have the government take advantage of its low financing costs to spend on useful things; but the deficit peacocks in Congress are blocking that solution. Another is to get real interest rates low enough to get the private sector spending; but that, as we can see, means that the real interest rate on medium-term government debt has to be negative."
And also, The Meaning Of 2.71 which is the 10-year bond rate.
"As it happens, interest rates are also now lower than they were when the big debate over fiscal policy and its interest-rate effects began. For those who don’t remember or don’t know, this started with the claim that government borrowing would send rates soaring, crowding out private investment, and that this would abort the recovery. I tried at the time to point out that this reflected a failure to understand basic macroeconomics; but as usual, made no headway with the culprits."
And, The Price Stability Trap. "The analysis also suggests something else, however: as the inflation rate goes toward zero, it seems to become “sticky”: in the modern world, rapid deflation doesn’t happen, and in fact slight positive inflation often persists in the face of an obviously depressed economy."
"And this raises the specter what I think of as the price stability trap: suppose that it’s early 2012, the US unemployment rate is around 10 percent, and core inflation is running at 0.3 percent. The Fed should be moving heaven and earth to do something about the economy — but what you see instead is many people at the Fed, especially at the regional banks, saying ‘Look, we don’t have actual deflation, or anyway not much, so we’re achieving price stability. What’s the problem?’ And the slump will just go on."
As a bonus, The Baseline Scenario writes Why Won’t “Fiscal Hawks” Discuss The Real Issues?. "To see where our current deficits come from, we need only look at the budget office’s baseline projections. In January 2008, the budget office projected that total government debt in private hands – the best measure of what the government owes – would fall to $5.1 trillion by 2018 (23 percent of GDP). As of January 2010, the budget office now projects that debt will rise to $13.7 trillion (more than 65 percent of GDP) – a difference of $8.6 trillion. Of this change, 57 percent is due to decreased tax revenues resulting from the financial crisis and recession; 17 percent from increases in discretionary spending, much of it the stimulus package necessitated by the financial crisis; and another 14 percent to increased interest payments on the debt – because we now have more debt."
"What do matter are taxes and entitlements. Therefore, the coming battle over the Bush tax cuts is of real importance. According to the Congressional Budget Office, extending the Bush tax cuts would add $2.3 trillion to the total 2018 debt. The single biggest step our government could take this year to address the structural deficit would be to let the tax cuts expire. And a credible commitment to long-term fiscal sustainability should reduce interest rates today, helping to stimulate the economy."
America's Biggest Jobs Program -- the U.S. Military
Robert Reich on America's Biggest Jobs Program -- the U.S. Military "Wouldn’t it be better to have a jobs program that created things we really need — like light-rail trains, better school facilities, public parks, water and sewer systems, and non-carbon energy sources — than things we don’t, like obsolete weapons systems?"
David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve
Just one TEDTalk today, David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve "As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation."
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Gashlycrumb Terrors
In the June 15, 2010 Crypto-Gram, Bruce Schneier announced the Fifth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner. "Your task, ye Weavers of Tales, is to create a fable of fairytale suitable for instilling the appropriate level of fear in children so they grow up appreciating all the lords do to protect them." The winner...
The Gashlycrumb Terrors, by Laura
A is for anthrax, deadly and white.
B is for burglars who break in at night.
C is for cars that have minds of their own
and accelerate rapidly in a school zone.
D is for dynamite lit with a fuse.
E is for everything we have to lose.
F is for foreigners, different and strange.
G is for gangs and the crimes they arrange.
H is for hand lotion, more than three ounces;
let's pray some brave agent soon sees it and pounces.
I is for implants (I'll explain when you're older).
J is for jokers who only grow bolder.
K is for kids who aren't afraid
to play in the park or drink lemonade.
L is for lead in our toys and our food.
M is for Mom's cavalier attitude.
N is for neighbors -- you never can tell:
is that a book club or terrorist cell?
O is for ostrich, with head in the sand.
P is for plots to blow up Disneyland.
Q is for those who would question authorities.
R is for radical sects and minorities.
S is for satanists, who have been seen
to give children razor blades on Halloween.
T is for terrorists, by definition.
U is for uncensored acts of sedition.
V is for vigilance, our leaders' tool
for keeping us safe, both at home and at school.
W is for warnings with colors and levels.
X is for xraying bags at all revels.
Y is for you! So don't be a dope.
Z is for zero tolerance, our finest hope.
The Gashlycrumb Terrors, by Laura
A is for anthrax, deadly and white.
B is for burglars who break in at night.
C is for cars that have minds of their own
and accelerate rapidly in a school zone.
D is for dynamite lit with a fuse.
E is for everything we have to lose.
F is for foreigners, different and strange.
G is for gangs and the crimes they arrange.
H is for hand lotion, more than three ounces;
let's pray some brave agent soon sees it and pounces.
I is for implants (I'll explain when you're older).
J is for jokers who only grow bolder.
K is for kids who aren't afraid
to play in the park or drink lemonade.
L is for lead in our toys and our food.
M is for Mom's cavalier attitude.
N is for neighbors -- you never can tell:
is that a book club or terrorist cell?
O is for ostrich, with head in the sand.
P is for plots to blow up Disneyland.
Q is for those who would question authorities.
R is for radical sects and minorities.
S is for satanists, who have been seen
to give children razor blades on Halloween.
T is for terrorists, by definition.
U is for uncensored acts of sedition.
V is for vigilance, our leaders' tool
for keeping us safe, both at home and at school.
W is for warnings with colors and levels.
X is for xraying bags at all revels.
Y is for you! So don't be a dope.
Z is for zero tolerance, our finest hope.
Air Marshal Service Useless?
In April, Bruce Schneier pointed to this post by Rep John Duncan (R-TN) from a year ago
Duncan Blasts "Useless" Air Marshal Service which cites a USA Today story from Nov 2008, but still...
"And listen to this paragraph from a front-page story in the USA Today last November: ‘Since 9/11, more than three dozen Federal air marshals have been charged with crimes, and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct. Cases range from drunken driving and domestic violence to aiding a human-trafficking ring and trying to smuggle explosives from Afghanistan.''
Actually, there have been many more arrests of Federal air marshals than that story reported, quite a few for felony offenses. In fact, more air marshals have been arrested than the number of people arrested by air marshals.
We now have approximately 4,000 in the Federal Air Marshals Service, yet they have made an average of just 4.2 arrests a year since 2001. This comes out to an average of about one arrest a year per 1,000 employees.
Now, let me make that clear. Their thousands of employees are not making one arrest per year each. They are averaging slightly over four arrests each year by the entire agency. In other words, we are spending approximately $200 million per arrest. Let me repeat that: we are spending approximately $200 million per arrest."
I wonder what's happened?
Duncan Blasts "Useless" Air Marshal Service which cites a USA Today story from Nov 2008, but still...
"And listen to this paragraph from a front-page story in the USA Today last November: ‘Since 9/11, more than three dozen Federal air marshals have been charged with crimes, and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct. Cases range from drunken driving and domestic violence to aiding a human-trafficking ring and trying to smuggle explosives from Afghanistan.''
Actually, there have been many more arrests of Federal air marshals than that story reported, quite a few for felony offenses. In fact, more air marshals have been arrested than the number of people arrested by air marshals.
We now have approximately 4,000 in the Federal Air Marshals Service, yet they have made an average of just 4.2 arrests a year since 2001. This comes out to an average of about one arrest a year per 1,000 employees.
Now, let me make that clear. Their thousands of employees are not making one arrest per year each. They are averaging slightly over four arrests each year by the entire agency. In other words, we are spending approximately $200 million per arrest. Let me repeat that: we are spending approximately $200 million per arrest."
I wonder what's happened?
Old Art with New Tech
Last night I saw Shakespeare's Othello performed (for free) on Boston Common. This is an annual event performed by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company It was a great show and is playing through Sunday and I highly recommend it.
To prep for it I streamed from Netflix (via my TiVo) the 1965 film version with Lawrence Olivier and Maggie Smith. To date it, Olivier performed in blackface. Normally it takes me about 15 minutes to get used to the language but I found I had a hard time throughout most of it. I was also surprised I only knew two quotes from the play, "wear my heart on my sleeve" and "making the beast with two backs". This version is close to filmed play with few edits and sparse sets. The acting is strong, the film got four acting nominations though no wins. Lawrence Olivier lost to Lee Marvin.
When the performance started last night I immediately recognized Othello as Carver from The Wire and checked the program to find his name was Seth Gilliam and verified my recognition on IMDb. Reading the program, I also saw that Iago was James Waterston who was Mr. Pitts in Dead Poets Society ("A very unfortunate name.").
The play had an interesting set. Basically a bare stage with a large stone wall in the back. There were two large panels that rotated to act like doors. Occasionally props such as boxes, tables, chairs and a bed were brought out. Around the back wall was scaffolding that provided a balcony on one side and a spiral staircase on the other. The characters were dressed in 1940s costumes, mostly military which I found odd at first but mostly worked. The play talks about swords and includes some sword fights, and while all the soldiers had pistols, the fights used knives.
I found the language much easier to follow in the play. During a conversation at intermission someone wondered about how faithful it was. When it started up again, I turned on my iPhone and started Stanza and downloaded the play from Project Gutenberg and read along. I found that every couple of screens worth they removed about two sentences (maybe about 10%). This allowed them more time to speak a little slower and I think it helped a lot (it's still about 2h45m, the same as the movie).
Today I learned that I saw Othello on an interesting anniversary. "1942 When Paul Robeson opens as the title role in Othello tonight at the Brattle Hall Summer Theatre in Massachusetts, he becomes the first African-American actor to play the Moor in the United States. His performance receives rave reviews."
To prep for it I streamed from Netflix (via my TiVo) the 1965 film version with Lawrence Olivier and Maggie Smith. To date it, Olivier performed in blackface. Normally it takes me about 15 minutes to get used to the language but I found I had a hard time throughout most of it. I was also surprised I only knew two quotes from the play, "wear my heart on my sleeve" and "making the beast with two backs". This version is close to filmed play with few edits and sparse sets. The acting is strong, the film got four acting nominations though no wins. Lawrence Olivier lost to Lee Marvin.
When the performance started last night I immediately recognized Othello as Carver from The Wire and checked the program to find his name was Seth Gilliam and verified my recognition on IMDb. Reading the program, I also saw that Iago was James Waterston who was Mr. Pitts in Dead Poets Society ("A very unfortunate name.").
The play had an interesting set. Basically a bare stage with a large stone wall in the back. There were two large panels that rotated to act like doors. Occasionally props such as boxes, tables, chairs and a bed were brought out. Around the back wall was scaffolding that provided a balcony on one side and a spiral staircase on the other. The characters were dressed in 1940s costumes, mostly military which I found odd at first but mostly worked. The play talks about swords and includes some sword fights, and while all the soldiers had pistols, the fights used knives.
I found the language much easier to follow in the play. During a conversation at intermission someone wondered about how faithful it was. When it started up again, I turned on my iPhone and started Stanza and downloaded the play from Project Gutenberg and read along. I found that every couple of screens worth they removed about two sentences (maybe about 10%). This allowed them more time to speak a little slower and I think it helped a lot (it's still about 2h45m, the same as the movie).
Today I learned that I saw Othello on an interesting anniversary. "1942 When Paul Robeson opens as the title role in Othello tonight at the Brattle Hall Summer Theatre in Massachusetts, he becomes the first African-American actor to play the Moor in the United States. His performance receives rave reviews."
Today's TED Talks
For all my friends with young children, you should watch this...Julia Sweeney has "The Talk" "Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction -- and starts to ask some very smart questions."
William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?
Here's the list of foods, these foods seem to make all the good lists:
Green tea
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
blueberries
Oranges
Grapefruit
Lemons
Apples
Pineapple
Cherries
Red grapes
Red wine
Bok choy
Kale
Soy beans
Ginseng
Maitake mushroom
Licorice
Turmeric
Nutmeg
Artichokes
Lavender
Pumpkin
Sea Cucumber
Tuna
Parsley
Glarlic
Tomato
Olive Oil
Grape seed oil
Dark Chocolate
William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?
Here's the list of foods, these foods seem to make all the good lists:
Green tea
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
blueberries
Oranges
Grapefruit
Lemons
Apples
Pineapple
Cherries
Red grapes
Red wine
Bok choy
Kale
Soy beans
Ginseng
Maitake mushroom
Licorice
Turmeric
Nutmeg
Artichokes
Lavender
Pumpkin
Sea Cucumber
Tuna
Parsley
Glarlic
Tomato
Olive Oil
Grape seed oil
Dark Chocolate
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Trade Secrets of English Muffins
On Saturday, the New York Times wrote A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Way to Cash Them In. "Bite into a Thomas’ English muffin and, it turns out, you are about to swallow one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world of baking. The company that owns the Thomas’ brand says that only seven people know how the muffins get their trademark tracery of air pockets — marketed as nooks and crannies — and it has gone to court to keep a tight lid on the secret."
But sentences like this made check if Stephen Glass wrote it: "Mr. Botticella, who lives in Southern California, has worked in the baking business for nearly four decades, spending the last eight years with Bimbo USA, the American division of the Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo."
But sentences like this made check if Stephen Glass wrote it: "Mr. Botticella, who lives in Southern California, has worked in the baking business for nearly four decades, spending the last eight years with Bimbo USA, the American division of the Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo."
Mad Men Season Four
Mad Men started up again and we're now three episodes into the fourth season. After the first I was surprised how much I had missed the show, now after the third, I'm hoping it improves. It's focusing most squarely on Don Draper and he's close to bottom but not there yet. The result is not much happy, which is par for the course of Mad Men, but we're also not getting a lot of fun.
Perhaps because we're not getting a lot of the other characters, and what we do get is mostly them in scenes with Don (Lane this week, the secretary last week). We did get some Joan this week which was nice, but I want more of Peggy and Roger and the crazy Cooper. See how much fun they can be: Pete Campbell's Bitchface "A tumblelog dedicated to everyone's favorite little shit from Mad Men and his beautifully bitchy facial expressions."
While Terry Gross' Interview with Matthew Weiner taught me a few things, nothing has made me think as deeply as I have before here and here. I get it, "who is Don Draper", now tell me more about the sixties.
Perhaps because we're not getting a lot of the other characters, and what we do get is mostly them in scenes with Don (Lane this week, the secretary last week). We did get some Joan this week which was nice, but I want more of Peggy and Roger and the crazy Cooper. See how much fun they can be: Pete Campbell's Bitchface "A tumblelog dedicated to everyone's favorite little shit from Mad Men and his beautifully bitchy facial expressions."
While Terry Gross' Interview with Matthew Weiner taught me a few things, nothing has made me think as deeply as I have before here and here. I get it, "who is Don Draper", now tell me more about the sixties.
Today's TED Talks
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
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I saw this one last week and I like it more in conjunction with the above one, Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
And for fun, nothing beats the end of this, Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?
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I saw this one last week and I like it more in conjunction with the above one, Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
And for fun, nothing beats the end of this, Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?
Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s
The NY Times reports Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s - NYTimes.com "Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease."
Rescue the Hitchcock 9
The British Film Institute is asking for donations to Rescue the Hitchcock 9 "Hitchcock's 9 surviving silent films are a vital part of British cinematic history. Decades of wear and tear have left them in urgent need of restoration. Every penny counts. So please give whatever you can, and help bring a cinemati"
Monday, August 09, 2010
Proof that P ≠ NP ?
Computational Legal Studies writes P ≠ NP ? [ Vinay Deolalikar from HP Labs Publishes His Proof to the Web, $1Million Clay Institute Prize May Very Well Await ] "After sending his paper to several leading researchers in the field and acquiring support, Vinay Deolalikar from HP Labs has recently published P ≠ NP to the web. While it has yet to be externally verified by folks such as the Clay Mathematics Institute, it looks very promising. Indeed, this very well represent a Millennium Prize for Mr. Deolalikar."
Update: Perhaps not.
Update: Perhaps not.
Nagasaki, August 9th 1945
Iconic Photos covers Nagasaki, August 9th 1945 too. "On the day after the Nagaski Bombing,a military photographer Yosuke Yamahata took over a hundred photographs of the devastated city. His photographs, taken in an interval of twelve hours in the afternoon of August 10th, were the most extensive record of the atomic bombings. In between Japan’s surrender and arrival of the American Occupation Forces, these photos were widely circulated; for instance, the 21 August issue of Mainichi Shinbun printed them."
Everything You Wanted to Know About Meteor Showers
This is a great 2 year old article, What Causes a Meteor Shower? | How to Observe a Meteor Shower. THe Parseids are Thursday night.
The Library of Congress Unlocks The Ultimate Archive System
The Library of Congress Unlocks The Ultimate Archive System "The Library of Congress is working to preserve film for hundreds, even thousands of years. Seriously. In this article from Creative COW Magazine, Ken Weissman, Supervisor of the Library's Film Preservation Laboratory, tells the steps they're taking toward the ultimate archive system, starting with the restoration of films first printed on paper instead of film!"
Sunday, August 08, 2010
NPR Audience Picks: Top 100 Killer Thrillers
Audience Picks: Top 100 'Killer Thrillers' "The NPR audience nominated some 600 novels to our 'Killer Thrillers' poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots. The final roster of winners is a diverse one to say the least, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code, Presumed Innocent to Pet Sematary. What these top 100 titles share, however, is that all of them are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure."
I've read a few but a ton of them have been made into movies and I've seen most of them.
I've read a few but a ton of them have been made into movies and I've seen most of them.
The Hidden Evolution of Babylon 5
A friend sent me these two Republibot articles from last year on The Hidden Evolution of Babylon 5: part 1 and part 2.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier
BBC News writes Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier "A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles) has broken off a glacier in Greenland, according to researchers at a US university. The block of ice separated from the Petermann Glacier, on the north-west coast of Greenland. It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas Muenchow of the University of Delaware."
"Calve"? huh.
CNN says, "The freshwater stored in this ice island could keep the Delaware or Hudson rivers flowing for more than two years. It could also keep all U.S. public tap water flowing for 120 days," Muenchow said."
"Calve"? huh.
CNN says, "The freshwater stored in this ice island could keep the Delaware or Hudson rivers flowing for more than two years. It could also keep all U.S. public tap water flowing for 120 days," Muenchow said."
Friday, August 06, 2010
Pictures of Mercury
Universe Today has twin posts: Picture of Planet Mercury and Pics of Mercury the Planet. Some are duplicates but all are amazing photos taken by the MESSENGER space craft.
Color Photos From America in 1939-1943
I'm not sure why I'm finding so many interesting photos lately. Plog Photo Blog writes Captured: America in Color from 1939-194 "These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color."
Reminds me of (and doesn't disprove) one of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes.
Reminds me of (and doesn't disprove) one of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes.
Hiroshima, 6th August 1945
Iconic Photos wrote Hiroshima, 6th August 1945 and I've never seen these photos.
"Today marks the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima...Nuclear blast and wind destroyed buildings within its 1.5-mile radius. Yoshito Matsushige was barely out of this radius at a little over 1.6-miles from the ground zero. Heading out to the citycentre, Matsushige took the only photographs taken of Hiroshima on that calamitous day. Matsushige himself was not seriously injured by the blast, but the scenes of carnage and dying people prevented him from taking further pictures. (He had 24 possible exposures, in the 10 hours he spent wandering the devastated city, but only seven came out right. He ruined two in darkroom process)."
Update: More Hiroshima pics.
"Today marks the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima...Nuclear blast and wind destroyed buildings within its 1.5-mile radius. Yoshito Matsushige was barely out of this radius at a little over 1.6-miles from the ground zero. Heading out to the citycentre, Matsushige took the only photographs taken of Hiroshima on that calamitous day. Matsushige himself was not seriously injured by the blast, but the scenes of carnage and dying people prevented him from taking further pictures. (He had 24 possible exposures, in the 10 hours he spent wandering the devastated city, but only seven came out right. He ruined two in darkroom process)."
Update: More Hiroshima pics.
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