RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—The palm trees lining the desert roads leading out of Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport were wet with rain drops when Cristiano Ronaldo arrived this week in Saudi Arabia’s capital city. The surprising weather greeted the soccer great’s shocking move to the Middle East, where the gray skies in Riyadh were more akin […]
Posts Tagged ‘surreal’
The Surreal Spectacle of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Capitol Riot Rage Cage
DALLAS – As dozens of onlookers looked on, some with tears in their eyes, a barefoot man in an orange jumpsuit and red MAGA cap sobbed in a cage in a convention center in Dallas, Texas. Attendees at CPAC, the massive annual conservative activist conference, were given bluetooth headphones, emblazoned with the word “silence,” where […]
Japan Braces For A Surreal Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at hand. It’s an Olympics, sure, but also, in a very real way, something quite different. No foreign fans. No local attendance in Tokyo-area venues. A reluctant populace navigating a surge […]
‘One of the Most Stunning Places on the Planet’: Photographer Captures Surreal Landscapes on Socotra Island
An adventurous Russian-born photographer recently captured some outlandish landscape images of Socotra—an island of extraordinary geography off the east coast of Africa and Yemen. Words cannot properly describe some of the pictures the trip produced. Daniel Kordan, a Nikon ambassador who now lives in a gorgeous villa in Tuscany, journeyed to Socotra with a mission […]
Warp-speed spending and other surreal stats of COVID times
The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of the economy full force into defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan All of that was cheaper for American taxpayers than this pandemic. The $1,400 federal […]
Surreal photos from Texas’ sub-zero weather: A frozen fish tank and icicles on a ceiling fan
A winter storm brought record breaking temperatures to Texas this week, with Sunday seeing thermometers drop to lows of 0F (-18C). As many as three million Texans were still without power or heating on Wednesday, due to the continued surge in demand — and ongoing power outages. Temperatures have not been so low in Texas […]
Shtetl Lit? Two new novels blend Jewish past and future in surreal ways
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Shtet Lit? Two new novels blend Jewish past and future in surreal ways
Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
Tulsa Man Recounts ‘Surreal’ Experience of DUI-Drug Arrest With Blood Test Later Finding No Intoxicants
Handcuffed and seated in the back of a patrol car, Adam James contemplated his perception of his own reality: Had he, in fact, unwittingly ingested a narcotic? Of course, the answer for the 41-year-old Tulsa man was “no.” However, James was en route to a hospital for a blood draw after a Tulsa County sheriff’s […]
Surreal Fantasy Storytelling Illustrations by Andrew Ferez
Moscow based Russian illustrator Andrew Ferez (Андрей Ферез) creates surreal scenes, each with their own fantastical narratives, that seamlessly merge various opposing elements. Digitally drawing his elaborate renderings, Ferez’s work has a dark, fantasy-driven appeal. The digital artist manages to incorporate the human face into several areas of his works in creative ways. Whether multiple […]
“Surreal” Before and After Photos of Houston Underwater Are Going Viral
(ANTIMEDIA) — “This image and the forecast of what is still to fall…. This is surreal,” said Matthew Sitkowski, senior editor at Weather Channel, who tweeted this photo of Houston’s East Loop at Market Street on the I-610. This image and the forecast of what is still to fall…. This is […]
EU-Russia ‘strategic partnership’ desired but surreal amid sanctions – Mogherini after Lavrov talks
“Our bilateral cooperation is not frozen,” Mogherini told journalists on Monday. “My visit here is the most evident demonstration of that.” “It is true that it is not any more what it used to be or what we would have liked it to be. For years, the European Union and Russia were working on the […]
New Bill: Doctors Will be Imprisoned for Up to Three Years if They Perform an Abortion
James Palmer | Courthouse News Service A bill that passed the Oklahoma House would strip the medical license from doctors who perform an abortion for any reason but to save the mother’s life, and send them to prison for up to three years. Senate Bill 1552 defines abortion as […]
Numbers clearly show that the ‘war on police’ is a propaganda lie
2015 saw several high-profile killings of officers around the county, leading police supporters and pundits the nation over to rail against a perceived “war on cops.” But what was the truth of the matter? According to data collected by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which tracks police deaths, there is no upward […]
How soon can we get AIPAC owned traitors out of Congress ? – Veterans Today
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