Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

'Pass the Popcorn' edition.

This Day in History

It's Valentine's Day! Have you got your someone special something special?

For those estranged couples, Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is here. (just kidding - fight fair. no full auto machine guns, kids!)

From InfoPlease:

"The history of Valentine's Day is obscure, and further clouded by various fanciful legends. The holiday's roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine's Day.

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Yet Another Obligatory "Islam Cracks Down on Valentine's Day" Post

KUALA LUMPUR - (that's the capital of Malaysia, in southeast Asia):

"More than 300 volunteers between 19 to 25 years-old today joined a programme to make Muslims wary of the importance of not celebrating Valentine's Day.

Islamic Development Department (Jakim) director of Family, Social and Community Division, Saimah Mokhtar hopes parents take the ban on Valentine's Day celebration seriously as it has elements of Christianity and mixed with vices forbidden by Islam."

 And they mean business. A fatwa was issued against roses n candy n stuff.


The Saudis ban Valentine's day, too, because it's 'anti-islam,' or something.

"Shops and other outlets, such as restaurants, are officially banned from marking Valentine's Day, in which lovers traditionally exchange cards and gifts."

 I like sneaking around with you: Where to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Kuwait.
(yup. it's from 2012, but I doubt much has changed in a year)

Another Obligatory "Islam Cracks Down on Valentine's Day" Post

From  the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz:

"He said Islam was not opposing the celebration of love, but vice activities that usually took place during the celebration.

"That is why a fatwa (edict) was issued to prevent and advise Muslims not to celebrate Valentine's Day because in reality, as well as historically, the celebration of Valentine's Day is synonymous with vice activities," he said.

The fatwa, issued by the National Fatwa Council during its 71st conference almost six years ago, stated: "The spirit of Valentine's Day celebrations is associated with elements of Christianity and vice activities that are prohibited in Islam."

 Probably got that notion from looking at some antique Victorian pr0n.

TY S for the graphic.

Update: The Anchoress brings us all back to sanity with a very complete Valentine’s Day Linkfest of Love!

The Science of Love

The research of romance; the mechanics of relationship; the facts of attraction... 

Krykee. It kinda takes all the fun out of it, don't it? Plus, Evidence-based tips for Valentine's; and Why Men Love Breasts. (all safe-for-work, of course)

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Saudi Arabian 'Valentine's Day crackdown'

Religious police in Saudi Arabia ban "red items" as part of Valentine's Day crackdown.

Saudi authorities consider Valentine's Day, along with a host of other annual celebrations, as un-Islamic.

But the people will have their romance!

"Sometimes we deliver the bouquets in the middle of the night or early morning, to avoid suspicion," one florist said.

Only in a backward thinking, totalitarian regime would that make sense.

Confirmed: Obama Hates Valentine's Day

 "(Wilson's) wife was unemployed for a while, he said, and "we've kind of chosen to use the money for other things rather than ourselves."

The slowly recovering economy is still putting a damper on the holiday, with 55 percent of consumers in a PriceGrabber survey saying it has affected how much they spend on their sweeties.

The National Retail Federation predicts Americans will shell out an average of $130.97 on Valentine's Day in 2013, up from $126.03 last year. Total spending will reach $18.6 billion."

Evidence that Obama is a Muslim, eh?

Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

'So Much Winning!' edition

Be Careful What You Wish For

 

 Valentine's Day is Thursday. Have you got your someone special something special?

Be Careful What You Wish For

Valentine's Day is this Sunday.

It's Not One World

Saudi religious police ban all things 'Valentine'.

"Members of the feared religious police were inspecting shops for red roses, heart-shaped products or gifts wrapped in red, and ordering store owners to get rid of them, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Red-colored or heart-shaped items are legal at other times of the year, but as Feb. 14 nears they become contraband in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom bans celebration of Western holidays such as Valentine's Day, named after a Christian saint said to have been martyred by the Romans in the 3rd Century."

But don't be alarmed. The Saudis engage in this backward, totalitarian thinking every year.

*Rocket Science is Easy, Meeting Girls is Hard

For those men where Valentine's day is a galaxy far, far away.

NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 2018



*repost
Ty tO

Frogs legs gigantica & other weird stuff

~Thank God it wasn't escargot. Giant frog found in Madagascar.

~Or maybe you prefer your frogs more down to size & clairvoyant?

~Dang. Just missed valentine's day - Plastic fly rings with glittering eyes.

~I hate it when this happens - Pet goth girl on leash thrown off bus.

~The world demands it - China bans ghosts from the net.

~Network ratings rise - Toronto based Naked News debuts.

You can't make this stuff up....

This Just In...

 Valentine's Day is next Monday. Have you got your someone special something special?

Rocket Science is Easy, Meeting Girls is Hard

For those men where Valentine's Day is a galaxy far, far away.

NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 2018


NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 2018

Ty tO

Evidence-Based Tips for Valentine's Day

Or the science of romance; the mechanics of relationship; the facts of attraction...

Krykee. It kinda takes all the fun out of it, don't it?

TY MR

How a bout a big plate of stupid?

The chancellor's office at Duke University gets a big steaming heap of bonehead for suspending the entire men's lacrosse team based upon the unfounded allegations of a drunk stripper before the police investigation was concluded or even any charges filed. Were these young men stupid for participating in this drunken stag nonsense?
Yup.
Should the woman's allegations been taken seriously?
Yup.
But I guess this culture is so lawyer whipped that only cowardly positions are sought first and questions are asked later. It is becoming apparent that this woman has made false accusations against the Duke team.
But can you imagine the unrelenting howls of racism if this was a mostly black football team from a southern university that was accused of this crime by a snockered white woman? *

This gives a whole new meaning to 'the lights are on, but nobody's home'. This couple claimed to have birthed sextuplets and asked the local community for help.
They were lying.
Apparently, they tried a similar scam several years ago.

Remember the 'run away bride', Jennifer Wilbanks? How about a run away teenager who sparked off an 'Amber Alert' with her foolish hoax. Grab your wallets, tax payers. This idiocy doesn't appear to be letting up.

But let's not forget our good Muslim friends on the other side of this planet who aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
Some angry Muslims hurled rocks at the offices of playboy magazine in Jakarta, Indonesia today. Playboy's first local edition in a Muslim country went on sale Friday. The magazine features no nudity, and its photos of women in undergarments are less risque than in other magazines already for sale in the country. I guess simply not buying the magazines wasn't a viable option for these gents. DOH!
This almost is on par with the recent demonstrations against valentine's day. Is watching paint dry not fun anymore?

We interupt this stupid drivel for a bit of marketing brilliance.
Saudi Arabian government will replace men sales persons with women sales persons at all Saudi lingerie shops. Brilliant!

Elsewhere, Iraq's newly crowned beauty queen, Silva Shahakian, has gone into hiding, fearing she will be targeted by Islamic militants who reportedly threatened to kill other women who participated in a Baghdad pageant last week. This is another dubious acheivement by hardline Muslim men in their quest to excel at misogyny and foolishness. No one has been killed or injured...yet.

In England, no plate of nit wit goo-losh would be complete without a 140 dollar sandwich.
Some one should die from guilt on this one.


And finally, some genius, who probably spent public money from a government grant, has concluded that a loyal donkey is better than a good wife.

I'm gonna be sick.
You just can't make this stuff up!!