Dracula has some new pets in his defense against the Ottoman.

Dracula has some new pets in his defense against the Ottoman.

Originally shared by Richard Balmer

Dracula’s castle has been seized by bears. I always knew this would happen. #rollforinitiative ?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/10/protective-mother-bear-cuts-off-draculas-romanian-castle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/10/protective-mother-bear-cuts-off-draculas-romanian-castle//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js

Summon googly eyes and fencepost teeth.

Summon googly eyes and fencepost teeth.

…I’d like to find a non-disparaging term for the kind of obsessive, repetitive exploration that’s going on here, which is sometimes compared with pornography. I think Don Kenn’s up to something even apart from making these images so lovable (and I do love them). And I don’t think that something is actually repetitive or at all lazy but maybe his goal is still just out of reach.

And I fear that if he gets to it, he’ll stop.

Originally shared by Mike Evans

Doing some yummy John (Don) Kenn art today!

http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/

#rollforinitiative  

So this is where Tartary and CCH cross over.

So this is where Tartary and CCH cross over. China is building islands to extend its sovereign territory into the South China Sea, in order to control all shipping around East Asia, create a zone of exclusive military control, and assert the old Imperial claim that all trade is mere tribute to the celestial throne.

The sea has long been a legal black hole. The UN’s UNCLOS convention is supposed to close it up equitably and responsibly, but its implications are huge and war-fostering – notably the extension of countries’ defensible mineral and resources rights to 300 miles off any bit of shoreline they claim, so a handkerchief-sized island defines a circle of territory 600 miles across.

The balance of power shifted a while ago. This is the slide accelerating. Welcome to your new world order. Oh, and ASEAN? #rollforinitiative .

#toxictartary #countercolonialheistcrawl  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js