(Photo taken at Zuccotti Park yesterday - by Josh Sternberg) Red and white/blue suede shoesI’m Uncle Sam /how do you do?Gimme five/I’m still aliveAin’t no luck/I learned to duck Check my pulse/it don’t changeStay seventy two/come shine or rainWave the flag/pop the bagRock the boat/skin the goat Wave that flagWave it wide and highSummertimeDone come and goneMy oh my I’m Uncle Sam /that’s who I amBeen hidin’ out/in a rock and roll bandShake the hand that shook the handOf P.T. Barnum/and Charlie Chan Shine your shoes/light your fuseCan you use/them ol’ U.S. Blues?I’ll drink your health/share your wealthRun your life/steal your wife Wave that flagWave it wide and highSummertime doneCome and goneMy oh my Back to back/chicken shackSon of a gun/better change your actWe’re all confused/what’s to lose?You can call this song/the United States Blues Wave that flagWave it wide and highSummertime done come and goneMy oh MySummertime done come and goneMy oh My —-“US Blues” from the Grateful Dead’s album “From the Mars Hotel” (Taken from the great site “The Annotated Grateful Dead”)

(Photo taken at Zuccotti Park yesterday - by Josh Sternberg)

Red and white/blue suede shoes
I’m Uncle Sam /how do you do?
Gimme five/I’m still alive
Ain’t no luck/I learned to duck

Check my pulse/it don’t change
Stay seventy two/come shine or rain
Wave the flag/pop the bag
Rock the boat/skin the goat

Wave that flag
Wave it wide and high
Summertime
Done come and gone
My oh my

I’m Uncle Sam /that’s who I am
Been hidin’ out/in a rock and roll band
Shake the hand that shook the hand
Of P.T. Barnum/and Charlie Chan

Shine your shoes/light your fuse
Can you use/them ol’ U.S. Blues?
I’ll drink your health/share your wealth
Run your life/steal your wife

Wave that flag
Wave it wide and high
Summertime done
Come and gone
My oh my

Back to back/chicken shack
Son of a gun/better change your act
We’re all confused/what’s to lose?
You can call this song/the United States Blues

Wave that flag
Wave it wide and high
Summertime done come and gone
My oh My
Summertime done come and gone
My oh My

—-“US Blues” from the Grateful Dead’s album “From the Mars Hotel”

(Taken from the great site “The Annotated Grateful Dead”)

Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok May 17. This year marks 2600th anniversary of Buddha’s enlightenment. The image was taken using a long exposure. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok May 17. This year marks 2600th anniversary of Buddha’s enlightenment. The image was taken using a long exposure. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

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Shafer’s lede:

In a world where every form of splatter, dismemberment, and slaughter has found a home on the Web—a place in which tens, perhaps hundreds, of millions have watched blood bubble out of Neda Salehi Agha Sotan’s face and pool on the asphalt beneath her head—it seems nuts that President Barack Obama has decided not to release the photos of Osama Bin Laden’s bullet-dented cranium.

(Photo by Stephanie Freid-Perenchio) Via Foreign Policy (click through to see photo-set): The United States Navy SEALs are generally acknowledged to be among the military’s most elite special operations units, arduously selected and trained for missions in the most extreme and pressing circumstances. It’s not surprising then that the SEALs were selected to perform the risky operation that ended with the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 1. In addition to their efficiency and bravery, SEALs are known for their secrecy. The general public rarely is afforded the chance to peek behind the curtain, to observe the SEALs in preparation or in action. It was thus a particularly rare opportunity that Stephanie Freid-Perenchio received permission from Vice Adm. Robert Harward to photograph Navy SEALs in training, gaining unparalleled access. The following photos — selections from her book SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice — are a testimony to the personal commitment and camaraderie of a elite military team that  all-too-often works only in the shadows. Above, a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, outside San Diego, California. SEALs must leap out of an airplane, parachute into the ocean, and then swim to the boat waiting in the distance.

(Photo by Stephanie Freid-Perenchio)

Via Foreign Policy (click through to see photo-set):

The United States Navy SEALs are generally acknowledged to be among the military’s most elite special operations units, arduously selected and trained for missions in the most extreme and pressing circumstances. It’s not surprising then that the SEALs were selected to perform the risky operation that ended with the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 1.

In addition to their efficiency and bravery, SEALs are known for their secrecy. The general public rarely is afforded the chance to peek behind the curtain, to observe the SEALs in preparation or in action. It was thus a particularly rare opportunity that Stephanie Freid-Perenchio received permission from Vice Adm. Robert Harward to photograph Navy SEALs in training, gaining unparalleled access. The following photos — selections from her book SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice — are a testimony to the personal commitment and camaraderie of a elite military team that  all-too-often works only in the shadows.

Above, a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, outside San Diego, California. SEALs must leap out of an airplane, parachute into the ocean, and then swim to the boat waiting in the distance.