Over-50 middle fingers (including Johnny Cash, Stan Lee, George W. Bush, Mickey Rourke, Nelson Rockefeller, Willie Nelson, Ben Bernanke, and Katy Couric)

Compiled By Mona Goldwater, Signs and Gestures Editor


This batch of middle fingers come from both reader submissions and a few we found and saved off for a rainy day. . .  /Mona

Ben Bernanke

Willie Nelson

Stan Lee

Donald Rumsfeld

Nelson Rockefeller

Mickey Rourke

Keith Richards

Katie Couric

Johnny Cash

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Kos Announces "Operation Hilarity: Let's keep the GOP clown show going!"

Announcing Operation Hilarity: Let's keep the GOP clown show going!

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Middle fingers of the month, No. 24—The fingers of youth

By Mona Goldwater, Signs and Gestures Editor

This month's round up of middle fingers were, except one, sent in by readers.  We've saved these up for a youth finger round-up.  But, before we proceed to the photos, here is a YouTube compilation of famous fingers in the movies:

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Face(s) No. 268 - the pick-up line fell flat

By Jack Brummet

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1846 daguerreotype of The White House by John Plumbe

courtesy of the Library of Congress Digital Collections & Services - your tax dollars at work

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Scratchboard drawing: "When you look into his eyes, it's like someone else is behind the wheel"

By Jack Brummet
[4"x6" scratchboard with No. 2 scratch nib]



The same image, digitally reversed:

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Scratchboard drawing: The associate professor

By Jack Brummet
[4"6" scratchboard, with a No. 2 scratch nib]

 The Same image, digitally reversed:

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Rick Santorum visits Seattle

The Ex-Senator swings through Seattle today. 

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Mitt Romney's Santorum Problem

The site, spreadingromney.com ranks in the top ten in Romney Google searches.  The site includes only one page:

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Another abandoned watercolor from the cast-off pile: Yes, I did not tell a lie

By Jack Brummet

[watercolor and pen and ink, from roughly ten years ago]

click to enlarge

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Happy Birthday to Lanky Link!

By Jack Brummet, Presidents Editor

Happy Birthday to President Abraham Lincoln, a President most of us (above the Mason-Dixon line) think is one of the greats.   Sadly, his birthday has been largely subsumed into "President's Day," which is officially, and actually, just George Washington's birthday.

Some of our favorite photos and drawings of Abe:

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Mitt Romney: Fading Fast

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