Middle Finger of the day, No. 23

By Mona Goldwater, Sign Language Editor

True, we don't post them every day, but when we have received enough good ones from our readers, we'll throw them up on the blog all at once.  Send in any interesting middle finger shots that come your way. . .  /Mona

John Shaft

Aussies

Senior Citizen

sign

Old Navy girl

the family photo

Iraq

Another family photo

On The Street

Kristen Srewart

J.C.

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Drawing: Faces No. 36

Drawing by Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces No. 47

by Jack Brummet

click to enlarge

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ATIT reheated: A salute to two political MILFs: Governor Sara Palin and Ex-Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko.

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor

[reheated from ATIT in April, 2007]

Remember way back, when Sarah Palin was just a cute Governor?  She was plucked from relative obscurity by Senator John McCain and became his VP candidate in 2008, soon became a pariah, lost the election, went back to Alaska, later quit her job as Governor, wrote a best-selling book that made her rich, starred in a reality show, began endorsing and campaigning for other people, and then faded into obscurity during Rep. Michele Bachmann's brief flash in the plan.  She has been quiet for a while now.  I expect we'll hear from her soon--she doesn't seem to like being out of the limelight for too long.  The limelight, however is becoming elusive

Yulia Tymoshenko, now 50, was sentenced to seven years in jail last month after being found guilty of abusing her office as prime minister. Critics branded the case a showtrial.  She is reportedly now in such poor health that she can barely get out of bed in prison. . .

Alaska Governor Sara Palin

Ex-Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko

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A friend in good weather and foul: Senator Lori Klein's spirited (and twisted) defense of Herm Cain

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor

Thanks to Kristopher Skelton, who passed this along after someone passed it along to him.  Salon today reported that Arizona State Senator Lori Klein (and Herm Cain's AZ campaign chair) has mounted a spirited defense of skirt-chasing serial-groping Pizza Man. 

"not unattractive" AZ State Senator Lori Klein

"Lori Klein, an Arizona state Senator and Cain’s Arizona state chairman, told CBS News she stands by Cain."

"Says she has known him for 12 years and he’s “never been anything but a gentlemen – and I am not an unattractive woman.”

Klein also told CBS News that if Cain is innocent he should sue White for libel.  Like Herm himself, she also went on the attack against the media for ferreting this out.  She said that, in politics, “we want a virgin to do a hooker’s job.”

This reminds me of Herman Cain's earlier attempt at defending his actions, where he essentially said "OK, you have these four women raising a ruckus.  But what about the 300 million Americans who I haven't harassed?"

I strongly suspect we'll see HC bow out of the race on Thursday or Friday.

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Drawing: Faces No. 73 - Hotlips

By Jack Brummet

Take the money and run by Graham Nash - an Occupy Uprising theme song (with lyrics)

 By Jack Brummet, Music History Editor

This is a wonderful song from David Crosby and Graham Nash in their prime.  It could be a theme song for the Occupy Uprising.  In fact, 'though, Graham Nash wrote this song about Neil Young and Steven Stills, who kept the money and ran.  Crosby and Nash were in the sort of "George Harrison" slot in the band CSN&Y--they got to put maybe one song on each album, and thus lost the author royalties on CSNY albums, while Stills and Young racked up millions of dollars on their publishing credits. 



Take the money and run
(By Graham Nash)

Take the money and run
Like a thief across a neighbor's yard
Take the money and run
Like a ghost out in the night.
Take the money and run
'cause you found out that it wasn't hard
to take the money and run
because you were out of sight.
You cannot tell me any more lies
You cannot pull the wool over my eyes
Take the money and run

Take the money and run
'cause the summer sun is sinking down
Take the money and run
'cause the four winds may not blow
Take the money and run
'cause the verdict has been handed down
Take the money and run
because there's no place left to go.
You cannot give me any more time.
You've already taken too much of mine
Take the money and run
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Drawing: Faces No. 258

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces No. 257

Drawing by Jack Brummet

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Faces No. 256 - Opening Day

Drawing by Jack Brummet

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Søren Kierkegaard, from 19th century Denmark, writes about Fox News?

“The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness. The capacity of the newspaper for degeneration is sophistically without limit, since it can always sink lower and lower in its choice of readers. At last it will stir up all those dregs of humanity which no state or government can control.”    ― Søren Kierkegaard

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Drawing: Faces No. 255 - Pairs

Drawing by Jack Brummet

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