Well, that seems to be the new rap—the new, improved rap—on Charlie Hebdo, the no-holds-barred French satire magazine, nine of whose staff were recently murdered by Muslim terrorists. A number of prominent lefties, including renowned Doonesbury creator Gary Trudeau and anti-Bush/Obama war crimes crusader Glenn Greenwald, are suddenly deciding that there should be limits to…
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The New York Times orders fainting couches for Muslims
Politicos Dylan Byers has the story: NYT executive editor Dean Baquet won’t publish Charlie Hebedo cartoons because they might hurt the feelings of Muslims. NYT public editor Margaret Sullivan passes along a quote from Dean: “We have a standard that is long held and that serves us well: that there is a line between gratuitous…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “Hell, yeah, I said it! ‘Who pays the rent around here?’ I said it! And, all of a sudden, I’m the bad guy!” “Like, I’m supposed to apologize for having opposable thumbs? Fuck that shit.” “All I get these days is ‘check your privilege, check your privilege.’…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “Well, the eggs benedict are a non-starter. I wouldn’t wish my Hollandaise on anyone.” “I usually skip the preliminaries and go straight for the stir-fry. But if you like the stuffed mushroom caps be my guest.” “No extra charge for the extra virgin. Well, that’s big of…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “Don’t sweat it, Smedley. You know how the old man loves this sort of thing. A lot of men would envy you. I will say, however, that I’m not one of them.” “Why, Smedley? Why? Because at Goldman Sachs, this is how we roll.” “I didn’t come…
In Search of Mike and Ike
Who are Mike and Ike? I mean, the dudes who give their name to Mike and Ike candy? I thought I knew, but it appears the extensive folk etymology I constructed over the years was largely erroneous. My mother’s mother, Augusta Jewett Street, was born in 1890 and raised a Methodist in Cleveland, Ohio. Like…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “This is the perfect car for New York! To the pedestrians who say ‘I’m walking here!’ this car says ‘No, you aren’t!’” “You’ll never need to buy tires, but regularly scheduled manicures are strongly recommended.” “Just keep it away from SmartCars and Mini-Coopers. I mean, that would…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 30
INTRODUCTION This is the 30th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 30 discusses Thurber’s book-length reminiscence The Years With Ross….
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “Now, I know you all have a lot of questions about a lot of things, but first let me assure that retractable and non-retractable will be treated alike by me.” “And, when it comes to butt-sniffing, well, we’re all adults here. No need to be squeamish, but…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. All cartoons here. and here “If it’s childish why am I getting such an enormous hard-on?” “I’m going to handle it because if you did it you’d probably leave us with a seven-ten split.” “It’s phallic, sure. The whole job is phallic. But it’s not excessively phallic.” “Yeah, but when are we…