Sunday, April 2, 2017

steam locos in Guatemala, 1964


Possibly 2-8-2's, American made.  A pic at El Rancho. All of Guatemala's system was 3 ft gauge.

a 28-y-o arab man from Gaza crosses illegally into Egyptian waters, gets shot by Egyptian soldiers



No tolerance of illegal migrants here, particularly those coming from Gaza.

The Israel Video Network asked, "what would happen if Israel did this?"  You could guarantee headline news in the West proclaiming another atrocity by Israel.  A lot of attention is given in western media to Israel's border fortifications and the restriction on trucks with merchandise going into Gaza to 800 a day, but none mention that Egypt allows no trucks in and out of Gaza through its crossing point -- all these have to go through Israel.

There is clearly a double standard involved.

1969 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood Brougham


traffic on Steintordamm outside Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, West Germany, August 1952