Boy, it's been a helluva week, hasn't it?
Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he will retire from the Supreme Court, giving Donald Trump another opportunity to nominate a conservative justice that will change the ideological makeup of the court for generations; the White House announced that Donald Trump will meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin on July 16th, even as Trump continues to deny the assessments of the US intelligence community concerning Russian meddling in the 2016 election; defending World Cup champion Germany was defeated 2-0 by South Korea on Wednesday, marking the first time since 1938 that the German national team has failed to advance beyond the group phase of the World Cup competition; five people were murdered by a person who attacked the offices of a Maryland newspaper with a shotgun; and this past Tuesday, the city of Quriyat in Oman set the world record for the highest low temperature ever recorded in a 24-hour period - 109° F (43° C).
This week, in honor of Donald Trump's love of all things Russian, we feature cartoons about matryoshki, the famous, colorful Russian nesting dolls.
Dating a matryoshka can be expensive ...
And interesting ...
Exchanging greetings can take a long time ...
So can labor and delivery ...
We're going to need a larger nursery ...
Big families are the norm ... and a problem ...
And funerals can be more expensive than you might think ...
Oops ...
I'll bet he didn't ...
The matryoshka equivalent of putting eleven people in the trunk to go to the drive-in movie ...
And there you go ... a collection of cartoons featuring everybody's favorite Russian import (other than vodka, of course). No tariffs on them yet - get yours before Mr Trump adds them to the list.
It's going to be a very hot weekend here in NoVa, so I think I'll be minimizing time spent out in the garden. Fortunately, Agnes has plenty of things I can do inside so that I don't get bored. Sigh.
Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Musical Sunday visits Carly Simon.
Bilbo
Wonderful! Especially liked "gesundheit".
ReplyDeleteStay cool Bilbo. The garden, once watered can wait. that's what we have to do.
I wouldn't buy one of those in these times. Putin could be in one of them.
ReplyDeleteGreat cartoons! I didn't know the name for those kind of dolls.
ReplyDeleteAngel, the word "matryoshka" in Russian means "little mother."
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