Tom the Dancing Bug - Friday March 7, 2014 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling After his New York Times op-ed piece admonishing the U.S. for considering military intervention in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin takes on a new career... VLADIMIR PUTIN: CRUSADING COLUMNIST for The New York Times This week: "Cry Me A River In Crimea" Editor: Putin! Your columns are STILL about the Sochi Olympics! No one CARES if that bear mascot is heterosexual! Vladimir: Nyet? Editor: There's a WAR brewing in Ukraine! I want you to coer THAT! Vladimir: Right, chief! Vladimir: Hello, Ukraine Yes? You need Russia to protect your Russian peopls, right? Right. Vladimir: What a scoop! Russia is fully justified in its military action! Later - Editor: Putin, this column makes no sense! You supported international law when the West wanted to intervene in Syria, but ignore it now in Ukraine! Vladimir: Uh-oh. I sense threat to Russian interests here. Editor: What do you...? And so - Russian Necessity Russian forces occupied the op-ed offices of the New York Times yesterday. In a movement that was necessitated by a stubborn editor who seems psychotic and is now suspected of embezzlement. Editor: Putin! What's this all about?! Vladimir: Just a temporary measure until things are normalized.

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