2nd place cartoon in the 2009 Ranan Lurie/UN Awards -- by Silvan Wegmann, Sonntag (Switzerland)
What if Obama can’t live up to the hopes Europe has for him? This cartoon won 2nd place, $5000, for Swiss cartoonist Silvan Wegmann in the Ranan Lurie/UN Cartoon competition.
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Barack Obama, Cartoons, Europe, foreign affairs, Political cartoons, Politics, President Obama, Presidents | Tagged: 2009, Barack Obama, Cartoons, Europe, Lurie/UN Awards, Political cartoons, Politics, Silvan Wegmann | 
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Posted by Ed Darrell
Remember the latest Paluxy River hoax set of a dinosaur print and human print in the same stone? (See “Fred Flintstone waded here.”)
Now you can own your own. More than 10 specimens available, three already sold at eBay. Cheap, at $5.00!
Bloody Mary played by Keala Settle – photo by Peter Coombs
(I saw “South Pacific” on stage last week. I have visions of Bloody Mary selling these things. Much cheaper than a shrunken head, but the shrunken heads are real.)
Open your own “creation evidences museum.” Ken Ham needs the competition.
Latest Paluxy River dino-human track hoax
Dinosaur and human tracks offered for sale on eBay, in 10 copies
Compare the track below on the left, from the news story on the Paluxy hoax, with the track shown on eBay, on the right.
Invite your friends to bid:
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Posted by Ed Darrell
From World Health Organization statistics, World Malaria Report 2009:
* Half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria
* An estimated 243 million malaria cases occurred in 2008
* An estimated 863 000 malaria deaths occurred in 2008; 767 000 of those (89%) occurred in Africa.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
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