Casualties of War: Special Toy Soldiers

Soldiers who since return from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan are involved in brawls, beatings, rapes, drunk driving, drug deals, domestic violence, shootings, stabbings, kidnapping and suicides.

Three times as many veterans and active service members are dying soon after returning home than those being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

We hear little about the personal hell soldiers live through after returning home.
This is a tribute to them. By Dorothy.

Its pretty harsh but definitely a strong statement. Wonder if there is a similar version of the innocent victims that die during the wars…

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Sad But True

Flickr image from Workerman. Click to enlarge.

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Piglet Flu?!!!

Awwwweee!!!!!

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Not So Jolly Snow Globes

By Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz. More on their website.

Final Destination

This is a an image taken by a close friend. Here's the text that comes along with it.Very touching.
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"Granted the title and the picture might seem to point towards a very grim comment.
That is not my point here.

When I took this picture, I just thought the idea of a helium balloon - originally designed to bring a smile to someone - floating out of a garbage bin was a curious sight. In this case, I guess the curiosity is doubled, and the effect amplified by the wind (not captured in the picture) toying with both balloons, bringing them closer together to the point where they almost kiss, then pulling them apart again.

The tragedy of it all is that the two balloons were placed in separate garbage bins.
Seems like a Happy Never After kind of story to me. " -Fadi