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peoplemag: “I want my kids to look back and say, ‘Mama played...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:48 -0500

“I want my kids to look back and say, ‘Mama played it smart. Not like those other reality TV people.’”

- Honey Boo Boo’s June “Mama” Shannon, who put most of the show’s earnings in a trust fund for her four daughters and granddaughter, to TMZ

Honey Boo Boo (real name: Alana Thompson), 7, makes about $15,000 to $20,000 per episode. That money, mom said, is placed in the girls’ trust accounts by TLC and she simply receives a statement informing her of the amount.

The family bills, she added, get paid by her husband Sugarbear’s job as a contractor. Their biggest splurge since their TV success thus far has been a 2005 Ford Expedition SUV.

“You’re never gonna see me drive a Range Rover or a Mercedes,” she said. “I’ll drive one if someone else pays for it. Never gonna live above my means.”

Tiny Amigurumi by Martina

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:32 -0500

Tiny Amigurumi by Martina

magicalnaturetour: Yellowstone’s popular alpha female wolf was...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:27 -0500

magicalnaturetour:

Yellowstone’s popular alpha female wolf was shot dead by hunters outside park. Gray wolves at Yellowstone are tagged in an effort to study their habits and population spread. Photograph: Dawn Villella/AP via guardian.co.uk
R.I.P. dear one ♥

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Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:44 -0500

"The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:40 -0500

“The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet.”

- John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (via tall)

Swarovski Lovlots - City Park

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:35 -0500

Swarovski Lovlots - City Park

Do you hear the people sing?

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:33 -0500

Do you hear the people sing?

Fairy Tale Photography by Wendi Riggens

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:33 -0500

Fairy Tale Photography by Wendi Riggens

Punishment for rape in Ancient Rome: Rapist's gonads were crushed between two stones.

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:44 -0500

Punishment for rape in Ancient Rome: Rapist's gonads were crushed between two stones.
Punishment for rape in America in 2013: 1-2 years of jail and victim-blaming, rapist-sympathetic media coverage.

Most beautiful Sunset with giraffes I by Lumi3471

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:30 -0500

Most beautiful Sunset with giraffes I by Lumi3471

thebaconsandwichofregret: mutilatedmemories: I will never understand girls who throw their bras at...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:44 -0500

thebaconsandwichofregret:

mutilatedmemories:

I will never understand girls who throw their bras at guys on stage those things are fucking expensive and he has no use for it like what do you want him to do pass it down to his first born daughter

I thought this was going to be slut-shaming but it’s glorious

Insanely realistic miniatures from PetitPlat

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:49 -0500

Insanely realistic miniatures from PetitPlat

endthymes: “does anyone else-” yes “am i the only one who-” no “is it weird that i-” probably not

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:39 -0500

endthymes:

“does anyone else-” yes

“am i the only one who-” no

“is it weird that i-” probably not

Mary Magdalene - Outerwear

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:24 -0500

Mary Magdalene - Outerwear

youaintpunk: The riots also offered a glimpse into how...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:23 -0500

youaintpunk:

The riots also offered a glimpse into how photographs can be used out of context:

‘Sir: In last week’s article about the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square (‘THE MOB’S BRIEF RULE’, 7 April) there is a large photograph labelled ‘A West End shopper argues with a protester’. The woman in the photograph is me, and I thought you might like to know the true story behind the picture.

I was on my way to the theatre, with my husband. As we walked down Regent Street at about 6.30pm, the windows were intact and there was a large, cheerful, noisy group of poll-tax protesters walking up from Piccadilly Circus. We saw ordinary uniformed police walking alongside, on the pavement, keeping a low profile. The atmosphere was changed dramatically in moments when a fast-walking, threatening group of riot-squad police appeared.

We walked on to the top of Haymarket, where the atmosphere was more tense and more protesters were streaming up Haymarket from the Trafalgar Square end. Suddenly a group of mounted police charged at full gallop into the rear of the group of protesters, scattering them, passers-by and us and creating panic. People screamed and some fell. Next to me and my husband another group of riot-squad appeared, in a most intimidating manner.

The next thing that happened is what horrified me most. Four of the riot-squad police grabbed a young girl of 18 or 19 for no reason and forced her in a brutal manner on to the crowd-control railings, with her throat across the top of the railings. Her young male companion was frantically trying to reach her and was being held back by one riot-squad policeman. In your photograph I was urging the boy to calm down or he might be arrested; he was telling me that the person being held down across the railings was his girlfriend.

My husband remonstrated with the riot-squad policeman holding the boy, and I shouted at the four riot-squad men to let the girl go as they were obviously hurting her. To my surprise, they did let her go – it was almost as if they did not know what they were doing.

The riot-squad policemen involved in this incident were not wearing any form of identification. Their epaulettes were unbuttoned and flapping loose; I lifted them on two men and neither had any numbers on. There was a sergeant with them, who was numbered and my husband asked why his men wore no identifying numbers. The sergeant replied that it did not matter as he knew who the men were. We are a middle-aged suburban couple who now feel more intimidated by the Metropolitan police than by a mob. If we feel so angry, how on earth did the young hot-heads at the rally feel?’

Mrs R.A. Sare, Northwood, Middlessex Source

Erté - sculpture

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:51 -0500

Erté - sculpture

lynxgriffin: For the Flying Types

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:49 -0500

lynxgriffin:

For the Flying Types

Yak near Yamdrok Lake, Tibet

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:30 -0500

Yak near Yamdrok Lake, Tibet

novur:

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:24 -0500

novur:

15 Fantastically Imaginative Doctor Who Creations

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:32 -0500

15 Fantastically Imaginative Doctor Who Creations