Sugihara was under orders to leave, which he could no longer delay. The family departed on September 1st, but he kept signing visas even as he boarded the train. Sugihara then tossed his official stamp out to the crowd, as he hadn’t time to stamp them all. - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
retropolitics:
Sign on window advertising drinks and patriotism. Location: Kansas City, MO, US. Date taken: August 1945. Photographer: Hans Wild (via) - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
Reminds me of David Attenborough’s little quote about the origins of his atheism. Related: ZOMG this is horrifying (via myuniwork) - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
Stewart Spoofs Beck: There’s a War Going on in America, and The Stakes are Nothing Less than Glenn Beck’s Internal Organs - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
retropolitics:tariqrahman:
An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US embassy, as opposition supporters clashed with police at a rally intended to mark 30 years since the embassy’s seizure by militants. (via BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Day in pictures) - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
Bald bears baffle vets with mystery condition at German zoo
This is the weirdest thing I’ve seen this week. And honey, that means something, because I’m from the internets. - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...