Tom Toles for September 29, 2016

I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:And on the pedestal these words appear:‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Shelley, 1818

This reminds me of Gahan Wilson’s I think I won! panel.

Master of all he surveys.

Trumpisms{a limerick}Pundits they rage criticismsof The Donald’s destructive Trump-isms:He stimulates schismswith deceitful sophismsand fascism’s ugly race-isms. =======

The Donald’s a Farce{… a rhyme …}The Donald shows his arse,and obviously he’s a farce, -- yet he has his laudersand his antics’ applauders.What if he WINS? Egad.My head it SPINS: He’s bad.

News: a Synopsis of the{… a limerick …}The media remind that: {1} There’stroubles in Otherwheres{so not just herein Our little sphere} …… and {2} About ‘em our government errs.=========

Syria: Becoming The “Etch-a-Sketch” country.

Yup, let’s blame President Assad for all the violence and mayhem in Syria. Naturally the US’ overt and covert support of terrorist groups does not help.

To paraphrase a Gaul rebel leader as quoted by the Roman historian Tacitus,

“The Syrian regime has made a wilderness and called it Peace”

Where did everyone go???? Europe

And if Putin came to Syria, and with his arm around Assad together they survey the gritty wasteland of former cities — the title of the photo might be “Putin on the Gritz.” Old_Curmudgeon, how are you at writing parodies of songs?

THAT’S the way I would like to see Syria, and the rest of the middle east! The muslim-pig problem will be solved!

Hillary’s Toothmarks{… a limerick …}Our sky has been bright and clearsince Hillary chewed Donald’s rear.Since then he’s crabby‘cause his * is scabbyfrom toothmarks of Hill. Give a cheer!! …… * {This word was deleted by the editor.}=========

По Сталину; “Люди есть, есть проблемы. Людей нет, проблем нет.”

They make a desert and call it peace.

Gaius Cornelius Tacitus

Toon reminds me of Agent Orange, though with my long-term conditions from exposure, don’t need much of a reminder. We forget how much damage WE did to Iraq’s infrastructure already?

A great cartoon with an excellent aside in the corner.

“Putin just moved into your palace.” {snarf}