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Monday, 6 May 2013

6 May 2013. A Picture of the Nefarious DPRK… Watch Out for the Kid with the Balloon!

00 DPRK. Korea. Pyongyang Metro. 06.05.13

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This is a family on the Pyongyang Metro… the image was taken by Russian tourists. It sure doesn’t look like the shit peddled by Washington, Langley, the Washington Times, and Fox News… what’s the kid gonna do? Hide a bomb in the balloon? Let’s keep it simple… the leadership of the DPRK noticed that the Americans leave people with “the bomb” alone. Ergo, they built some bombs. Look, the DPRK doesn’t have the industrial or financial oomph to build more than a few weapons. However, that’s all that they need. The Americans don’t want a nuke coming down on one of their bases in Japan or the ROK… and there’s no practical defence against modern MRBMs.

America is doing its best to demonise the DPRK. It’s not getting ready to go to war… however, can we say the same of Washington? After all, the corporate oligarchy’s failing, and wars in foreign parts are a classic dodge of clueless ruling classes. It’s a dangerous time… on the banks of the Potomac, not the Korean peninsula. Jim de Mint, one of the most feral of the American Right, recently resigned his Senate seat, commenting that the GOP couldn’t count on “angry white men” for much longer. That means that the Right’s in the deep kimchi… that’s dangerous. They won’t shuffle off quietly into the dark night. They’re the rouges, not the DPRK… God do help us.

BMD

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White House Petition Urging the Release of Two Orthodox Christian Archbishops Held Hostage in Syria

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Please, sign the petition by using the link below.

BMD

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An appeal to President Obama and his government for the release of two Orthodox Christian Archbishops, namely Archbishop Boulos Yazigi and Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim, who were abducted by armed rebels on 23 April 2013 in the suburbs of Aleppo, Syria. The driver of the Archbishops was murdered and the Archbishops were forced by the rebels to go to an unknown location either in Syria or in Turkey. We appeal to you beloved in Christ and peace loving people to sign this petition urgently asking the American administration to use all its influence for the release of these two Archbishops and to bring a peaceful settlement to this bloody Syrian conflict through a negotiated settlement.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/appeal-president-obama-and-his-government-release-two-abducted-orthodox-christian-archbishops-syria/xNskxL1q

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6 May 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. It’s May! To the Backyard! We Gotta Plant the Potatoes!

00 Sergei Yolkin. It’s May! To the Backyard! We Gotta Plant the Potatoes! 2013

It’s May! To the Backyard! We Gotta Plant the Potatoes!

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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In Russian slang, to “plant someone” is the same as the American usage “they threw him in the slam”. So, Yolkin makes a funny out of “planting” and planting. In short, another play on words. Russians ARE going out to their dachas and setting up their gardens… after all, the Nasty Nineties might reoccur (when the oligarchs are dispossessed, it isn’t going to be pretty or painless).

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Russians are waiting for the long holiday in MaySergei Yolkin suggests what some are going to do with those five days of freedom.

29 April 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20130429/935214283.html

6 May 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Right After the Permian Extinction

00 Sergei Yolkin. Right After the Permian Extinction. 2013

Right After the Permian Extinction

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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This is a typical Yolkin play on words and current events. Perm, of course, is a city in the Urals. The Permian Extinction was caused by a massive meteor strike, and there was a meteorite strike in Chelyabinsk (which is relatively-close to Perm) earlier this year. Put together the meteor events and the fact that “Perm” and “Permian” are close homonyms, along with Yolkin’s irrepressible sense of irony and humour, and, voilà, you get the above caricature. Another “score” for Yolkin, I say…

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Scientists believe that the four-legged reptile that became the ancestor of dinosaurs, birds, and crocodiles began to populate the earth after the great Permian extinction. Here’s how it all seemed to Sergei Yolkin.

30 April 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20130430/935349525.html

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