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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Oct. 12, 2009

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

“Acronym” is Uncle Jay’s word of the week, and he employs them frequently while covering a wide range of topics (below) in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News:

NASA blew up the moon;

Miley Cyrus decided to dump her Twitter page in order to regain some of her privacy — and then she sang [...]

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Which Country is Helping Iran Most?

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Which country is providing the most behind-the-scenes support for the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Most certainly making light of the fact that China imports a large percentage of its oil from Iran, my friend David Donar at Political Graffiti produced the cartoon at right which shows Uncle Sam behaving timidly in the face of a diminutive, [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Sept. 27, 2009

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

In this week’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, we learn something about the news word of the week, “DIVULGE” and about how mixing politics with entertainment can produce “very scary” results.  And there’s more.

Uncle Jay begins by looking at President Barack Obama’s decision to divulge news about “something very disturbing about Iran.”  Plus, [...]

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United Nations Despots Captured in Ink

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Hats off to David Donar at Political Graffiti for “U.N. AMERICAN,” his latest effort that captures the aura of two of the world’s most-despised dictators, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libya’s Mu’ammar Qaddafi.  Both men delivered nonsensical addresses at the United Nations yesterday.
BTW: In case you missed them, below are links to three UN-related posts [...]

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Ahmadinejad Flees to Russia Amidst Protests

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

News reports revealed the fact that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (a.k.a., “PIRANHA“) fled to Russia as hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens protested as fraudulent the results of the Middle East nation’s latest presidential election.  I think David Donar’s cartoon @ Political Graffiti captures this tidbit of news as well as any news source [...]

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