Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Is that Jesus, or just some hippie?

Re: Wtf
 

France still seems to be getting the hang of this free speech thing.

Still, it's nice to see that France is finally joining a raft of Muslim nations (with some US air support) to fight ISIS.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Just some white dude. Jesus probably looked more like this:

http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-content...ammedCover.jpg

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Turns out there were trolls before the internet -- who knew?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7UdaVTCMAAz_4S.jpg

also from the UK
 

This is absolutely brilliant:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7QRCk1CcAAu1LQ.jpg

Re: Wtf
 

Oy. I'm not sure which is worse -- the stupid arrest of a comedian*, or that an entire aircraft carrier is poising to beat a swift retreat.




*One of the articles said that, when he'd been barred from the UK, he was facing fraud charges in France. But even so.... Putin's enemies faced all kinds of charges when they were arrested, y'know?

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Funny (honestly). Even if the "Charia Hebdo" header suggests maybe they were aiming in a different direction.

But, seriously, both that image and the image this week really just come off, to me, as "random Middle Eastern guy" and not "Muhammad."

Re: also from the UK
 

I'm stealing this.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

It's Buddy Christ.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Have y'all noticed the dick in this weeks'?

ETA: Oh, and notice the "Mahomet" next to "Charia Hebdo."

ETA: Apparently below "Mahomet" is says, "editor in Chief."

Re: also from the UK
 

Excellent. Stealing.*

TM

*Curse you, Wonk.

Re: A Picasso or a Garfunkel?
 

I'm Not Offended - I've never claimed to be punk. That being said, this was not in the days of Urban Outfitters, so I'm pretty sure that I either bought it from the guy at the head shop who had a silk screen machine or from an ad in the back of Rolling Stone. It may not have been self doctored but I wouldn't call it mass produced.

Oh, and Adder, my "bland pleasantness" was enough to keep the Tri-Delt's mother from going completely batshit, but it didn't make up for (a) the fact that my mother wasn't in the Junior League, (b) me wearing t-shirts that said things like "Fuck Art: Let's Dance" instead of madras shirts and chinos, and (c) the fact I wasn't the officer of [REDACTED], the Establishment fraternity - or even a business major.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

I didn't notice -- I had to zoom way the hell in to see that. You're right.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Thomas Friedman has written a little synthesis of the board's discussions over the last week.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

I really worry when I start to agree with Friedman on anything, and even more so when I think he's done a good job of expressing those views, and especially so when it relates to the Middle East, but I think he and I have some pretty fundamental agreements on Saudi Arabia and he expressed them well. It seems the broken clock is telling the right time right now.