Muntadhar al-Zaidi was born #OTD in 1979. As a broadcast journalist during the Iraq War, he was kidnapped at one point and also arrested by US armed forces. He later came to international prominence for throwing his shoes at US president George W. Bush at a press conference in December 2008, shouting “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!”

Art from Latuff:
https://www.deviantart.com/latuff2/art/Muntazer-al-Zaidi-107397525

#history #WarOnTerror #iraq #MuntadharAlZaidi #GeorgeWBush #ToWeRi #Jan15

CW: heroic eye contact

#warning #jan14 #jan15 #jan13

> GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Minor G1-class #geomagnetic #storms are possible on Jan. 14-15 in response to glancing blows from one or more CMEs. The storm clouds were hurled into space by the collective activity of many #flares earlier #thisweek . None of the CMEs is squarely Earth directed and, in fact, all might miss. This is a low probability forecast.

> EMERGING SUNSPOT ALERT: A phalanx of #large #sunspots is #emerging over the sun's eastern limb. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded more than half a dozen #dark cores during the early hours of Jan. 13th

#spaceweather
https://www.spaceweather.com/