Ted Rall: Democrats Make A Difference

Once again, the great Ted Rall. As always, click to enlarge.

Is This What You Call Freedom of Speech?

Is this what people call freedom of speech?

Dieudonné arrested over Facebook post on Paris gunman 

Notorious French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has been arrested for being an “apologist for terrorism” after suggesting on Facebook that he sympathised with one of the Paris gunmen, a judicial source has said. 

Prosecutors had opened the case against him on Monday after he wrote “Tonight, as far as I’m concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly” – mixing the slogan “Je suis Charlie”, used in tribute to the journalists killed at magazine Charlie Hebdo, with a reference to gunman Amédy Coulibaly. Dieudonné was arrested on Wednesday. 

Coulibaly killed four people at a Jewish supermarket on Friday and a police officer the day before . . . .

Not only is this arrest blatantly hypocritical, but Stéphane Charbonnier and the other murdered Charlie Hebdo staffers would have defended Dieudonné's right to free speech (even as they may have ridiculed him in one of their cartoons).

Je suis Charlie

Je suis Charlie. H/T to litbrit.

Drone On

TSA's new All Surround Security

Today marks a milestone.

Another year has passed since we reported on the TSA's 50-million-dollar new uniform budget. You'll recall that it was the source of some controversy, though in the end, $50 million is a drop in the bucket of this agency's $8 billion annual budget.

Terrorist Toothpaste, or We're Governed by Morons

Every day, this country becomes more and more like something out of The Onion. I know it's a cliché to say you can't make this shit up, but the fact is you can't make this shit up.

Mr. Fish

A Brief History of Corporate Whining

As ever, click to enlarge.

The Onion Strikes Again!

Quoting the friend who sent it to me, "hilarious and heartbreaking" video from The Onion: "Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult."

(For my non-American readers -- and even, god help us, some American ones -- this isn't actual news; it's satire. That's what The Onion does. Satire. Farce. Sick humor to make a political point.)

Summer Vacation

Another brilliant cartoon by Ted Rall. Somebody give this guy a MacArthur already! (as always, click to enlarge)