Earlier today, just as our Electors were casting their votes for Donald Trump, paving the way for the controversial reality television personality to become the 45th President of the United States, Andrew Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot dead in Ankara by a young policeman who can be heard on video shouting “We […]
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Will the assassination of Andrew Karlov in Ankara bring about World War III?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged al-Nusra Front, Aleppo, Andrew Karlov, Ankara, Arab Spring, assassination, Austria, Bashar al-Assad, black flags, Civil War, Clementine, Damascus, democracy, Donald Trump, Franz Ferdinand, Free Syrian Army, ISIL, Islamic State, Khmeimim, Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, Kurds, Mediterranean, Middle East, Russia, Salafi, Sarajevo, Serbia, Shia Alawite, Sunni, Sunni Arab, Syria, Tartus, terrorism, totally quotable Clementine, Turkey, WWI, WWIII | 12 Comments
Charlie Hebdo, terrorism, and the attempted assassination of political satire
This was Stéphane Charbonnier, better known as Charb. He was a political cartoonist, and the editor-in-chief of the French satire publication Charlie Hebdo. Today, he was murdered in Paris by masked gunmen along with 11 others, including cartoonists Cabu, Wolinski and Tignous. The men who perpetrated the attack have yet to be found, but evidence […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized | Also tagged Cabu, cartoons, Chab, Charb, Charlie Hebdo, David Pope, Everybody Draw Mohamed Da, France, Free Speech, God is Great, Islam, Islamophobia, Joe Randazzo, Muhammad, Paris, political satire, radical Islam, religious extremism, satire, Stéphane Charbonnier, The Onion, Tignous, Wolinski | 87 Comments