.
And @PressSec is now a full hour late .... we just got a 2-minute warning: image via Jonathan Karl @jonkarl, 16 March 2017
At briefing, @PressSec angrily slamming press for not reporting developments that back Pres Trump's charge of "wiretapping" at Trump Tower.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Spicer again calls end to his briefing. Used to be the Q and A went on until the senior wire service reporter said "thank you.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
President Trump’s budget is out. Now the lobbying begins.
How, in a few short weeks, Tillerson has rendered the State Dept rudderless and irrelevant
Opinion: The increasing significance of the decline of men
The Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017
The Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017
No Trump. If your name is Trump, keep movin buddy, nobody is gonna grab me! This saucy cat sat and stared at me as I put my camera right up close and personal in Cobh a couple of weeks ago. Almost as much as to say "Don't dare grab me mister"!!!!!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017
The long slow climb! While visiting the cathedral in Cobh which is set very high above the town I saw these houses! Climbing step by step up the hill they gave a diagonal like and the sense of taking a long slow climb from the bottom to the top!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017
Safe parking! With the promise that I will keep an eye on your car this mural provides safe parking! Spotted in in Quarteira on the Algarve in Portugal!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 16 October 2016
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
Military honor guard in place at West Wing driveway and portico for arrival of Taioseach Enda Kenny for talks with Pres Trump.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Pres Trump greets Taioseach Kenny at the West Wing Portico and escorts him to the Oval Office for their talks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"I really love Ireland," said Pres Trump at start of talks with PM Kenny, indicating his intention to visit Ireland during his presidency.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Prime Minister Kenny is the 6th head of state or government Pres Trump has met with since taking office.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Please be seated. We only have the bartender for the hour," jokes @SpeakerRyan at Friends of Ireland Luncheon with @POTUS and Taioseach.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
“My new friend. My new friend. Great guy," says Pres Trump of Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland Luncheon in the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Ireland will never be anything but a friend of the United States," says Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Per tradition, the WH fountain water dyed green to mark St. Patrick's Day. (Pool photo by @karentravers): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
@SpeakerRyan toasts Friends of Ireland luncheon with a glass of Guinness. "You don't have to drink the whole thing," he told guests.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Bagpiper (playing "America the Beautiful") leads Pres Trump, PM Kenny, @SpeakerRyan down the Capitol steps after Ireland Luncheon.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Very well," said Pres Trump, to reporter's question on how the negotiations were going on the GOP health care bill.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
VP Pence administers oath of office to Dan Coats as 5th US Director of National Intelligence.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"These are clearly uncertain times," says newly-sworn-in DNI Dan Coats, pledging to do all he can to keep America safe.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Mulvaney says border wall will take longer than 2 years to build. Says source of the funds (Mexico?), is up to somebody else to decide.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
The TV Cameras in the back really appreciate all the smartphones blocking the view of the President, VP, and Taoiseach. Many thanks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
At East Room reception for St Patrick's Day (a day early), Pres Trump says he knows a lot about the "fighting Irish.""They're tough.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
African migrants pray at a small Greek Orthodox church at the Moria village, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and a European Union deal a year ago with Turkey to stop migrant flows.: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP, 16 March 2017
A Federal Police soldier shoots toward Islamic State militant positions during fighting in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 16 March 2017
Ultra-Orthodox Jews get hit by a police water canon during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March. 15 , 2017. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have for years been exempt from military service, which is compulsory for Jewish Israelis. The arrangement has caused widespread resentment among Israel's secular majority. The ultra-Orthodox claim the military will expose their youth to secularism and undermine their devout lifestyle.: photo by Oded Balilty/AP, 15 March 2017
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
Status update: "Landed on Earth safely": photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
[Ghent, Belgium]: photo by Kristof Vande Velde, 27 December 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017
[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Peter Kool, June 2015
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017
President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017, during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 16 March 2017
Waiting for Sean: @PressSec briefing was scheduled to begin 46 minutes ago: image via Jonathan Karl @jonkarl, 16 March 2017
And @PressSec is now a full hour late .... we just got a 2-minute warning: image via Jonathan Karl @jonkarl, 16 March 2017
At briefing, @PressSec angrily slamming press for not reporting developments that back Pres Trump's charge of "wiretapping" at Trump Tower.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Spicer again calls end to his briefing. Used to be the Q and A went on until the senior wire service reporter said "thank you.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Donald Trump speaks during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Washington.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 16 March 2017
President Trump’s budget is out. Now the lobbying begins.
Pious Paul of Ryan tells Jesus the poor can take care of themselves, writes @NickKristof
How, in a few short weeks, Tillerson has rendered the State Dept rudderless and irrelevant
Opinion: The increasing significance of the decline of men
A timeline of the White House's responses to the wiretapping charge
goat parkingThe Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017
The Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017
The Sweet Little Shamrock of Ireland: card with a bag of real shamrock seeds attached in the top left corner, artist unknown, published by Lawrence (Dublin), c.1905-1915: image by Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway, 7 March 2017
No Trump. If your name is Trump, keep movin buddy, nobody is gonna grab me! This saucy cat sat and stared at me as I put my camera right up close and personal in Cobh a couple of weeks ago. Almost as much as to say "Don't dare grab me mister"!!!!!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017
The long slow climb! While visiting the cathedral in Cobh which is set very high above the town I saw these houses! Climbing step by step up the hill they gave a diagonal like and the sense of taking a long slow climb from the bottom to the top!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 27 February 2017
Safe parking! With the promise that I will keep an eye on your car this mural provides safe parking! Spotted in in Quarteira on the Algarve in Portugal!: photo by swordscookie back and trying to catch up, 16 October 2016
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
ROOO1906: photo by toufiq_ovi, 26 February 2017
green water and little white lies
Military honor guard in place at West Wing driveway and portico for arrival of Taioseach Enda Kenny for talks with Pres Trump.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Pres Trump greets Taioseach Kenny at the West Wing Portico and escorts him to the Oval Office for their talks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"I really love Ireland," said Pres Trump at start of talks with PM Kenny, indicating his intention to visit Ireland during his presidency.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Prime Minister Kenny is the 6th head of state or government Pres Trump has met with since taking office.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Please be seated. We only have the bartender for the hour," jokes @SpeakerRyan at Friends of Ireland Luncheon with @POTUS and Taioseach.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
“My new friend. My new friend. Great guy," says Pres Trump of Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland Luncheon in the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Ireland will never be anything but a friend of the United States," says Taioseach Kenny at Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Per tradition, the WH fountain water dyed green to mark St. Patrick's Day. (Pool photo by @karentravers): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
@SpeakerRyan toasts Friends of Ireland luncheon with a glass of Guinness. "You don't have to drink the whole thing," he told guests.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Bagpiper (playing "America the Beautiful") leads Pres Trump, PM Kenny, @SpeakerRyan down the Capitol steps after Ireland Luncheon.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"Very well," said Pres Trump, to reporter's question on how the negotiations were going on the GOP health care bill.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
VP Pence administers oath of office to Dan Coats as 5th US Director of National Intelligence.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
"These are clearly uncertain times," says newly-sworn-in DNI Dan Coats, pledging to do all he can to keep America safe.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
Mulvaney says border wall will take longer than 2 years to build. Says source of the funds (Mexico?), is up to somebody else to decide.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
The TV Cameras in the back really appreciate all the smartphones blocking the view of the President, VP, and Taoiseach. Many thanks.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
At East Room reception for St Patrick's Day (a day early), Pres Trump says he knows a lot about the "fighting Irish.""They're tough.": image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
“The ties that bind our two countries are deep and historic," says Taoiseach Kenny at WH event. Pledges to work with Pres Trump.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 16 March 2017
blue smoke
African migrants pray at a small Greek Orthodox church at the Moria village, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and a European Union deal a year ago with Turkey to stop migrant flows.: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP, 16 March 2017
A Federal Police soldier shoots toward Islamic State militant positions during fighting in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 16 March 2017
A Federal Police soldier runs for cover during fighting against Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 16 March 2017
Ultra-Orthodox Jews get hit by a police water canon during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March. 15 , 2017. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have for years been exempt from military service, which is compulsory for Jewish Israelis. The arrangement has caused widespread resentment among Israel's secular majority. The ultra-Orthodox claim the military will expose their youth to secularism and undermine their devout lifestyle.: photo by Oded Balilty/AP, 15 March 2017
rag doll hanging from brick wall: a certain strangeness of being in the world ("... old man thinking of the old day...")
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
"...few hours back, during my evening walk, I saw this doll, hanging lonely from the wall...": photo by toufiq_ovi, 15 March 2017
Status update: "Landed on Earth safely": photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
hair: photo by Claire Grinberg, 10 September 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 17 July 2016
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
The Aquarium [Thailand]: photo by Therakorn Treratanaboot, 22 January 2017
[Ghent, Belgium]: photo by Kristof Vande Velde, 27 December 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
Untitled. Vancouver, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 1 September 2016
[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017
[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017
[Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 February 2017
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Hyderabad, India]: photo by YeshwanthYK, 22 April 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Peter Kool, June 2015
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
[Untitled]: photo by toufiq_ovi, 9 March 2016
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
"I had a dream seem like the romantic movie.. The lovers kissing. I be an old man to see and thinking of the old day..." [Hong Kong]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 12 March 2017
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
Untitled. Burnaby, B. C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 10 July 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017
[Untitled]: photo by Akkapon Kumpusan, 22 January 2017