Saturday, June 25, 2016

Saturday Snickers

Each week Steven Hayward of Power Line gathers cartoons, captioned photos and other funny and/or sardonic stuff for a post he calls The Week in Pictures. My favorites from this week's collection, described:

A classic oil painting of George Washington, in formal civilian attire, captioned:
So the British decided to throw off a far away power.
I wonder where they got that idea.

Classic still of the Terminator's Sarah Connor, in the desert, holding an AK-47 assault rifle with banana clip in one hand, a cigarette in the other, looking a hard-bitten survivalist, captioned with a Mike Adams quote:
If Obama were to announce a nationwide gun confiscation order, it might set off a civil war, pitting gun owners, cops, veterans, and preppers against the completely disarmed, trendy, undisciplined anti-gun, inner-city liberals. Gee, I wonder who would win that war?

Photo of a gun store owner holding up an assault rifle, captioned:
Yes sir, your background check came back fine...
But I gotta see you eat some bacon or it's NO SALE!

Cartoon divided into two vertical halves, each with a country logo. Left one captioned:
Honduras
Population: 8.2 million
Bans citizens from owning guns
Highest homicide rate in the entire world.
The right one is captioned:
Switzerland
Population: 8.2 million
Requires citizens to own guns
Lowest homicide rate in the entire world

Pictures of four American presidents, captioned:
Guided U.S. through Revolutionary War (Washington)
Guided U.S. through Civil War (Lincoln)
Guided U.S. through Cold War (Reagan)
Guided boys to the girls' bathroom (Obama)

Iconic photo of Pearl Harbor bombing, captioned:
On Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor
Was bombed by [omitted].

Photo of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), captioned:
Wall Street and the big banks are ruining this country
So I'm endorsing the candidate they gave the most to.

Cartoon of a bank teller confronted by a sardonic Frenchman wearing a black turtleneck and beret, holding a cigarette. He speaks:
Hand over the money or I'll explain the absurdity of all human activity.
This is captioned: "Existential Threat."

Head and torso of Miss Parton, photoshopped onto the body of a llama, captioned:
The Dolly Llama.