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Omaha beach, Normandy, France earlier..

Martco writes:

“Took these at 5-6am this morning the 70th Anniversary of D-Day…the last such official gathering as the veterans won’t be around much longer (do the maths) but some of them ARE very much still alive and again it was a privilege to have met them….they’re living history…telling stories of desperate disorganisation and guesswork, hardship and pain..definitely not glory…and all for us…I surely believe that many things, freedoms, existence we take for granted today would not be were it not for these brave men & women.”

 

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Con/Struct: the fictional landscapes of Cape Town-based artist designer and photographer Justin Plunkett of which it is said::

Con/Struct is an exploration into the themes of empowerment and imagination. Plunkett, using his own photography, has created new juxtaposed environments that encourage questioning and exploration: inviting the debate around how marketing- induced aspiration and perceived value can empower but can also corrupt, how it can be both perverse and create beauty. At the same time, at the core of his work, he honours and applauds ingenuity and the creative spirit.

See? Now you don’t know what to believe.

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Health Minister Dr James Reilly appeared on the BBC2 documentary series ‘Burning Desire’ last night. As Peter Taylor asked him about the introduction of plain packaging he had this to say about the tobacco lobby:

Peter Taylor: “But on what grounds could the tobacco industry/cigarette companies take legal action against your government?”

Dr James Reilly: “They will argue that we are interfering with intellectual property rights. It would be an extraordinary society that would put the intellectual property rights of multinationals over the right to life of citizens and children particularly. This is a nation that stands on its own two feet and we’ll protect our children.”

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Previously: Remember This Guy?

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The Guardian reports that: “Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile phone groups, has revealed the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen to all conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in some of the 29 countries in which it operates in Europe and beyond

Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance (Guardian)

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