Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

Duggy747 · 06-10-2011 9:31am

The technological world lost one of it's most important people. I'm not a fan of Apple but I wouldn't have a career without this guy.

Tiocfaidh Armani · 07-10-2011 6:00pm

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Sums up our world.

Lab_Mouse · 07-10-2011 7:48pm

I wonder was the ceo white?no photo with the first story........

crazyderk · 07-10-2011 8:20pm

Tiocfaidh Armani wrote: »

Sums up our world.

Sorry to quote a pic, but the difference hear is the actual crime, one is considered armed robbery (regardless of whether he had a weapon or not he declared he did) the other is fraud, both crimes have very different sentences regardless of the amount. I don't agree with it and i understand where the homeless man came from and the judge should of taken that into consideration
but thems the facts!

Lab_Mouse · 07-10-2011 8:54pm

crazyderk wrote: »

(regardless of whether he had a weapon or not he declared he did)

in fairness the article said he told the girl it was a robbery and there was no mention of a gun.

ah intentz lawyers we is!!
anyway here' a pic.

my mother was talking to my son about 9/11 and she brought up the cuban missile crisis and how the whole world thought ww3 was about to break out.
Here's a CIA aerial photo of the missile site

Grimebox · 15-10-2011 7:26pm

http://imgur.com/a/lFhVE

take your pick

barbarians · 15-10-2011 8:26pm

^^

Any context to go with the above ?

Lab_Mouse · 15-10-2011 9:15pm

dont think so.

one of the pictures was of a dog with explosives tied to its back.
the soviets use to starve the dogs and then place food under a tank that was broke so that they would be trained to check under them for food.

they were then used against german tiger tanks in the battle for stalingrad.The russian tanks had a hard time penetrating the armour on the tigers so when the starved dogs,looking for food, got under them they were blown up and took out the tank.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-10-2011 11:58am

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

dont think so.

one of the pictures was of a dog with explosives tied to its back.
the soviets use to starve the dogs and then place food under a tank that was broke so that they would be trained to check under them for food.

they were then used against german tiger tanks in the battle for stalingrad.The russian tanks had a hard time penetrating the armour on the tigers so when the starved dogs,looking for food, got under them they were blown up and took out the tank.

Actually what happened was that when the Russians trained the dogs they used Russian tanks. So the dogs didn't associate food with German tanks. It backfired.

Lab_Mouse · 16-10-2011 3:42pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Actually what happened was that when the Russians trained the dogs they used Russian tanks. So the dogs didn't associate food with German tanks. It backfired.

wouldnt surprise me.In the book(about the battle of stalingrad)it was only mentioned in passing as 2 russian conscripts were excecuted for eating one of the dogs that had been trained.I sh1t you not!

Kersmash · 17-10-2011 5:01pm

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/232400/20111017/indy-car-crash-killing-dan-wheldon-earnhardt.htm

rebel10 · 17-10-2011 5:19pm

^^^Probably a little inappropriate given the event and timing, but your username worked in nicely there.

CrazyRabbit · 17-10-2011 5:59pm

NSFW...Holocaust pics. Don't think I've seen them here before.

One of the things that strikes me is how widespread it was for the US troops to force German civilians (including children) near the death camps to view the victims in the camps.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/

triseke · 18-10-2011 1:29pm

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

NSFW...Holocaust pics. Don't think I've seen them here before.

One of the things that strikes me is how widespread it was for the US troops to force German civilians (including children) near the death camps to view the victims in the camps.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/

That first picture, or the one of the 14 year old, are the ones that stand out most for me. Its horrific viewing..

Leiva · 18-10-2011 1:54pm

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-holocaust/100170/

Jesus there are kids & babies amongst the group .

It looks like they are told to face the ground and await execution .

Looks like a kid around 8 is sitting up looking at his mother who has probably just been shot .(center of pic)

I am honestly moved by this photo.

How can mankind do this

Penn · 18-10-2011 2:03pm

Grimebox banned for a week for trolling, and all posts referring to it and the fake pictures have been deleted.

Do not troll this thread. At all.

Lab_Mouse · 18-10-2011 7:14pm

mixednuts wrote: »

How can mankind do this

we are one of the few animals on this planet that kill for the sake of it.

We can send lumps of metal with men inside into space and get them back safely,we can send words thousands of miles in a fraction of a second but scratch underneath we show our true colours a little bit to easy.

here's a **** picture from our own country,irrespective of the rights or wrongs of the situation,it's a harrowing picture

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images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlePF-q0lArPJWnBTW7E0a-YUzOZCSJtyHEr-NBO1Kjc0cCNqBMx55vHPD0g

Simon Adebisi · 19-10-2011 2:34pm

Kersmash wrote: »

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/232400/20111017/indy-car-crash-killing-dan-wheldon-earnhardt.htm

Christ almighty, how did only 1 person die in that.

Fantastic thread btw. One of the best ive ever read.

Leiva · 20-10-2011 1:30pm

glynf · 20-10-2011 8:26pm

Looks like they caught him alive & executed him, not quite how the press are reporting it.

******Warning very graphic video link-don't look if squeamish !!!*****

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/gruesome-video-gaddafi-captured-alive-beaten-bloody-and-shot-dead-by-militants/

BaZmO* · 20-10-2011 11:04pm

Sky News are actually showing that video and worse. Sad really

smash · 21-10-2011 7:50am

glynf wrote: »

Looks like they caught him alive & executed him, not quite how the press are reporting it.

******Warning very graphic video link-don't look if squeamish !!!*****

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/gruesome-video-gaddafi-captured-alive-beaten-bloody-and-shot-dead-by-militants/

That video doesn't show him being executed. None of them do.

Agent Smith · 21-10-2011 8:21am

smash · 21-10-2011 9:19am

Agent Smith wrote: »

...

Hamilton and Scherzinger split up..... :eek:

Leiva · 21-10-2011 9:19am

Agent Smith wrote: »

Im apoligise for breaking forum rules but in this instance i cant help it .

THE SUN are nothing but a two bit rag pushing -inflated headline whores .

I honestly think they dont care about any of the contents ,victims or perpetrators in the headline , nor do they give a flying fook about anyone ...they just love the eye catching bullshiit headline , and have been peddling shiite for decades .

Only a matter of time before they get caught out like that other rag did NOTW .

rant over ...delete when you want .

BaZmO* · 21-10-2011 10:30am

Oh how they forget.

thebullkf · 22-10-2011 2:16pm

Photographer, Monica Szczupider.

On September 23, 2008, Dorothy, a female chimpanzee in her late 40s, died of congestive heart failure. A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy had spent eight years at Cameroon’s Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade.

After a hunter killed her mother, Dorothy was sold as a “mascot” to an amusement park in Cameroon. For the next 25 years she was tethered to the ground by a chain around her neck, taunted, teased, and taught to drink beer and smoke cigarettes for sport.

In May 2000 Dorothy—obese from poor diet and lack of exercise—was rescued and relocated along with ten other primates. As her health improved, her deep kindness surfaced. She mothered an orphaned chimp named Bouboule and became a close friend to many others, including Jacky, the group’s alpha male, and Nama, another amusement-park refugee.

Szczupider, who had been a volunteer at the center, told me: “Her presence, and loss, was palpable, and resonated throughout the group. The management at Sanaga-Yong opted to let Dorothy's chimpanzee family witness her burial, so that perhaps they would understand, in their own capacity, that Dorothy would not return. Some chimps displayed aggression while others barked in frustration. But perhaps the most stunning reaction was a recurring, almost tangible silence. If one knows chimpanzees, then one knows that [they] are not [usually] silent creatures."

thebullkf · 22-10-2011 2:21pm

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wa3pRKYu2VA/R4c1jSMdxSI/AAAAAAAABxU/2IpMTYWeIIs/s1600-h/pakistani_airlines_twin_towers_ad.jpg

Didn't shake the world but oddly portentious..

JerryHandbag · 25-10-2011 5:25pm

Miracle of the Turkey earthquake, 2 week old baby found alive

Morlar · 26-10-2011 12:57am

For those who missed this last most dramatic-ever Irish Presidential Election 2011 Live TV debate :

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/video-ireland-election-hopeful-sean-gallagher-has-meltdown-on-live-tv-16068486.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTMzZAtlLt4

Ireland election hopeful Sean Gallagher has meltdown on live TV

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Republic of Ireland presidential hopeful Sean Gallagher endured a huge setback during a live TV debate over allegations he collected a €5,000 cheque in an envelope from a fuel smuggler.

In a major blow to his credibility, Mr Gallagher admitted he may have collected a €5,000 cheque from a businessman for a Fianna Fail fundraiser.

The Irish Independent revealed last week Mr Gallagher attended and helped organise the corporate fundraiser for former Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

Mr Gallagher was last night rattled by an accusation from Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, who said he had collected a cheque from the donor for a Fianna Fail corporate fundraiser in 2008.

On the RTE 'Frontline' debate, Mr Gallagher said he had "no recollection of getting a cheque". But Mr McGuinness said Mr Gallagher personally delivered a photograph to a donor and collected a cheque from him for €5,000.

When he came under intense pressure, his version of events began to change. "I may well have delivered a photograph. If he gave me a cheque, it was made out to Fianna Fail headquarters," he said.

Members of the audience in RTE began laughing at his answer.

Mr Gallagher described the businessman concerned as a "fuel smuggler" who had been investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau and said he had Sinn Fein connections.

Yet he also admitted he made contact with the businessman about the fundraiser.

Mr Gallagher said he did not know of the businessman's past at the time.

But the latest revelation means the closing days of Mr Gallagher's campaign will be dominated by questions over his role in the fundraiser.

Sinn Fein is threatening to make the businessman's name public today.

Mr Gallagher invited donors to attend the secret Fianna Fail fundraiser in July 2008 -- just a day before disastrous tax figures showed the downturn was well under way.

The €5,000-a-head fundraiser took place on July 1, 2008 in the four-star Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The corporate donations made by the businessmen in attendance did not have to be made public by Fianna Fail because they were for €100, under the legal threshold for declaration.

Mr Gallagher continues to claim he only spoke to a small number of local businessmen at the time for a fundraiser organised by Fianna Fail.

Fianna Fail did not have to declare the donations taken at the event.

Under the law, a party has to declare a donation only if it exceeds €5,078.95, meaning it can take as many sums as it likes below that threshold and not reveal them.

For the year of 2008, Fianna Fail only declared €11,800 worth of corporate donations.

Playing down his role, Mr Gallagher has said he had been responding to a request by Fianna Fail headquarters. And he said he had not asked any of the guests for money.

"No I didn't. I was asked if I would let local business people know that the event was on, which I did. But I collected no money," he said.

Mr Gallagher said last week he was a "grassroots member" at the time and had not given any personal donation at the fundraising event.

"And even of those who turned up, I have no idea whether they made a donation or not. That would be solely a matter for Fianna Fail," the candidate said.

©belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Paddy Cow · 27-10-2011 7:08am

I don't know who is worse, the women who want to give birth to this many children at once or the doctors who agree to go along with it. For those who don't know, this is Nadya Suleman aka Octomom. She already had six children before becoming pregnant with her octuplets. Surprisingly for someone who now has 14 children, she was an only child herself! I have just finished this whole thread and while it was great, I needed some light relief. Octomom is shockingly irresponsible but at least the birth of new babies is a bit happier than some of the atrocities on this thread.

I'm not knocking the thread or anything. It is a fantastic but tough read and it puts my own life into perspective. It's easy to take things for granted and get caught up whinging about how sh!te you have it and then something like this makes you realise how good you have it. Sorry for rambling, this thread has really put me in a philosophical mood

Sykk · 27-10-2011 7:51am

Morlar wrote: »

Can you elaborate on this?

cyrusdvirus · 27-10-2011 8:02am

Sykk wrote: »

Can you elaborate on this?

It's when McGuinness slapped Gallagher over the head with the envelope that the cheque was in

Bondvillain · 27-10-2011 9:01am

Beau Bitter Drop wrote: »

Obviously everyone's ignored this warning since I just had to delete 14 posts of chat. So allow me to make myself more clear:

This is a picture thread. Extensive discussion of the images you see here is off-topic may be taken off-thread.

Just a reminder of policy.

Sykk · 27-10-2011 10:46am

I know we're not meant to post here unless it's with a picture but just a little suggestion.

Pictures without an explanation can be meaningless if you don't know what's going on - when someone inevitably asks the question of what it is and gets an answer, paste the answer into the OP's picture and then delete the questions.. Just a thought.

Cheers!

sensibleken · 27-10-2011 11:56am

what started it all.

This is the first photograph ever taken by Joeseph Niépiece in 1826. Its the view from his window.

the first picture of a person by Louise Daguerre, who gave his name to the Daguerreotype (an early name for photographs)

First portrait ever of Robert Cornelius
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The first colour photo ever taken in 1861

Morlar · 27-10-2011 3:54pm

Sykk wrote: »

I know we're not meant to post here unless it's with a picture but just a little suggestion.

Pictures without an explanation can be meaningless if you don't know what's going on - when someone inevitably asks the question of what it is and gets an answer, paste the answer into the OP's picture and then delete the questions.. Just a thought.

Cheers!

I have now edited the post for our moonbase alpha viewers

Genuinely surprised people didn't get that but there ya go, all fixed now.

ConorLSB · 28-10-2011 10:12pm

Floodwaters stretch to the horizon on the 20th of October 2011 on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.

biko · 29-10-2011 3:33pm

Three Soviet guerrillas in action in Russia during World War II.

thebullkf · 29-10-2011 3:56pm

A U.S. soldier inspects thousands of gold wedding bands taken from Jews by the Germans and stashed in the Heilbronn Salt Mines, on May 3, 1945 in Germany

Of the pics mentioned on the previous page this (among others it has to be said) stands out to me.... given their symbolism and what they represented or meant, to the original wearers and their devotion to "cherish" each other it may as well be a casket of human hearts:mad::(:mad::(:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

ConorLSB · 01-11-2011 4:24pm

Pilot successfully lands a plane in Warsaw, Poland with no landing gear on the 1st of November 2011. Miraculously, the plane stayed intact and nobody was injured.