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There are thousands of pictures and videos of the Los Angeles area fire catastrophe.  This one for some reason stuck with us.  It's a utility worker surveying the damage in Pacific Palisades, a community that will never be the same again:  where there was once life, there is now nothing but ashes and debris, and the Pacific sending its waves endlessly lapping against the beach.

(Photo:  David Ryder / Reuters)

Photo Of The Day: March For Voting Rights

 

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Hundreds of marchers calling for the strengthening of voting rights in the face of Republican attacks marched across Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. today. The march was led by Martin Luther King III and other members of Dr. King's family, including 13 year old Yolanda Renee King, who spoke about the urgency of passing voting rights legislation and suspending the filibuster to do so. 

Last Saturday, the King family marched for voting rights in Phoenix, AZ, the home state of flaky filibuster friend Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has declared her opposition to dropping the Senate's filibuster rule in order to pass voting rights legislation, which is opposed by every single Republican / New Confederate / Active Shooter Party senator.

(photo: Astrid Riecken / Washington Post)

 

Photo Of The Day

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The late, great Muhammad Ali "boxes" with a man in Beijing in 1985. The photo is part of a collection by Adrian Bradshaw documenting the evolution of Chinese life over his 30-year residence there. The photos are part of Bradshaw's book, "The Door Opened: 1980s China."

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(Photo: Aaron Lynett, Reuters, via NBC News)

Photo of the American Falls from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.  More pictures here.

Sunday Reflection - Rainbows

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(Photo: A boy looks at a double rainbow during sunset in Bogota, Colombia, 12/13/17. Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)

"A rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty." -- Kyle Hill, science writer and host of the Science channel's "Mythbusters: The Search."

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The Eiffel Tower in Paris, illuminated tonight in solidarity with the Belgian people in the colors of Belgium's flag: red, gold and black.

(photo: Reuters, Philippe Wojazer)

Dirty Job Photo of the Day

Mwahahaha.

(photo: Same Sad Echo, via Balloon-Juice.com)

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In a poignant moment for him, President Obama pauses to wave to the gallery one last time as he exits the House of Representatives chamber after his final SOTU.

(photo: Evan Vucci, Associated Press)

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President Obama shakes hands with Cuban leader Raul Castro, as the Summit of the Americas meeting gets underway in Panama.  The two are expected to meet today to discuss opening trade and tourism, and steps to normalize relations (that's U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on the right).

(photo:  AFP/Getty Images)

Frozen Photo of the Day

A frozen American Falls at Niagara Falls this week, as Arctic air descended into the middle Atlantic and New England states.

(photo:  Lindsay Dedario/Reuters)

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President and Mrs. Obama, along with former Secretary of State Clinton and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, tour the new National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York, which was dedicated today.

(photo:  K. Lamarque, Reuters)

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Newly sworn-in Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy participates in a tea ceremony with Japan's Ambassador to the U.S. Kenichiro Sasae and her husband, Edwin Schlossberg.

Ambassador Kennedy was confirmed by unanimous consent by the Senate on October 16, and sworn in by Secretary of State Kerry yesterday.  Next week will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of her father, President John F. Kennedy.

(photo:  Embassy of Japan)

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President Obama signs an excuse slip for 5 year old Alanah Poullard at a reception for wounded warriors on Thursday.  Nice memento for the kindergarten cutey.

(White House photo by Pete Souza)

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Someone's not impressed!

The President talks with students, graduates and educators at Magnolia's Deli and Cafe in Rochester, NY, on August 22, during his college affordability tour, although one little patron had a different agenda.

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 photo by Emmanuel Coupe

A photo of frozen methane gas bubbles as they reach the icy surface of Abraham Lake in Western Canada.  

(h/t MaddowBlog)