Yellow Journalism

Your humble scribe has never professed to be politically correct and was amused beyond words when a bunch of wacky Russian college kids calling themselves “The Moscow Student Initiative” flashed a laser light show on the side of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

The light show depicted The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer wearing a party hat wishing him a happy 53rd birthday.  Seems tame, no?  Well, all the kiddies at Gamechanger Salon got all butthurt and immediately called it RAAAAACIST.  Oh, did I forget to mention that in addition to the party hat there was a banana that slid in and out of TWMDCO’s mouth suggesting something naughty to the imaginative.

Vladimir Putin failed to denounce the prank and word traveled rapidly around the globe.  Even the beluga whales at an aquarium were having a bit of fun mocking the errand boy sent by grocery clerks.  Not really, but you have to admit it would be funny.

See also:  Thanks, Russia, but We’ll Mock Obama Without Your Help

Photoshop™ Of The Day: They Never Made Fun Of Bush

UPDATE:  Thank you to Israel Matzav for linking to this post.

Mocked By Moscow

Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov tweeted a photoshopped image of The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer in a Russian military uniform adding this pithy comment, “Interestingly, after the success of the company in returning Crimea, Barack is getting the rank of colonel?”

I am outraged at the chutzpah of this apparatchik.  Does Mr. Aksyonov not realize the good fortune of Comrade Putin for getting into the invading business while such a spineless, narcissistic opponent occupies the Oval Office?

Our president deserved to be photoshopped, at the very least, as a Russian four-star general with lots of dangling sparklies to warn the world of his superior strategic Nobel Peace Prize-winning foreign policies and his unparalleled skill in leading from behind.

This past Saturday, right before a U.N. Security Council vote to declare Sunday's referendum in Crimea invalid, American ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power went over to speak with Russian ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin.

The photograph of the confrontation which was tweeted by geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group depicts two members of Churkin’s staff standing behind the ambassadors openly, flagrantly sniggering at the laughable state of US-Russian diplomacy.

The United States is being disgraced and humiliated.

Our paper tiger president imposed sanctions on eleven Kremlin aides and top government officials including Crimean and Ukrainian officials.  The problem, however, is that the so-called “Russian Oligarchs” had already withdrawn $100 billion in US Treasury Bonds from the Federal Reserve Bank in advance of the sanctions.

Comrade @BarackObama, what should do those who have neither accounts nor property abroad? Or U didn't think about it?)http://t.co/16KUTJPXOl
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) March 17, 2014

I think some prankster prepared the draft of this Act of the US President)
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) March 17, 2014

Boy, those sanctions sure backed him off. AP-Russian President Putin signs decree recognizing Crimea as "sovereign and independent country."
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 17, 2014