Category — aww poor 'Stans!

Some say Hamas lacks a sense of nuance. They have been accused of being a bit heavy handed when it comes to public diplomacy. Some would even go so far as to they are a extreme. We ask you to judge for yourself, gentle readers.



What is absolutely clear is that is that Hamas really sucks at puppetry. Those poor kids deserve to have a decent looking mascot –not one that looks like it comes from a Tijuana gutter — to love and revere and watch die.

See past Hamas puppets after the jump

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While Condi and Karen (and soon to be Glassman too!) rave about their digital web team of three Arabic-speaking people, and awkwardly interview Cal Ripken for YouTube (Sweeties! No one knows who he is!), the Army engages in a subvert superhero mission: making sweet ass comic books to reinforce Iraqi Security Forces.For just $2.4 million, theArmy will create 12 issues of 30-page 6th Brigade Comic books, making a total of 720,000 copies “to highlight the professionalism of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) and to enhance the public perception of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) as a capable, well-trained, and professional fighting force,” according to a recent gov’t RFP.

“Commanded by the US Department of Defense, it is hoped that the comics will help engender respect among children for the national police force and the new Iraqi Army,” reports Wired.

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Unlike some people who believe that underneath that dowdy sheet exists a woman with the temperament and fashion style of a Quaker, I know that under that linen closet some hot booty-lugging titfit is prepared to show off her groove thing as soon as she walks in her front door (at least the younger fashionable titfits).

Overcoming social restrictions such as the burka — as Western media believe plague women in the Islamic world — now, with blue-tooth enabled software, is as easy as point, click, reveal. Markus Kison’s CharmingBurka is a Bluetooth-enabled Burka that sends a photo of the wearer to any nearby mobile phones. Think of e-harmony meets cybersex meets ironed curtain.

Though this BlueBurka may seem like a technical advance – it does violate of the main concept of the burka – TO NOT BE SEEN AS A SEXUAL OBJECT.

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