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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Tue Mar 4, 2014, 09:41 AM Mar 2014

Tuesday Toon Roundup 1- Ukraine and Putin

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Tuesday Toon Roundup 1- Ukraine and Putin (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Thank-you! hedgehog Mar 2014 #1

All Toons SteveG Mar 2014 #2

k&r thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Mar 2014 #3

I don't get the last one. Can anyone help? Scuba Mar 2014 #4

It's modeled after a Rembrandt painting, "Return of the Prodigal Son" Jim Lane Mar 2014 #5

Thanks! Scuba Mar 2014 #6

Thank you oldandhappy Mar 2014 #7

Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Mar 2014 #8

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

1. Thank-you!

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:22 AM

Mar 2014

SteveG

(3,109 posts)

2. All Toons

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:28 AM

Mar 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024601870

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024601876

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. k&r thanks for posting. nm

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:19 AM

Mar 2014

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. I don't get the last one. Can anyone help?

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:52 AM

Mar 2014

Jim Lane

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5. It's modeled after a Rembrandt painting, "Return of the Prodigal Son"

Reply to Scuba (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:11 PM

Mar 2014

See here for the Wikipedia article about the painting, which is based on the Biblical parable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn_-_Return_of_the_Prodigal_Son_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

The prodigal son who is returning (with Putin as the father welcoming him) might be Ukraine, which used to be under Moscow's rule, before the breakup of the USSR. The gun on the son's hip, however, suggests that he represents instead the violent pro-Russian part of the Ukrainian population.

ETA: I thought the second link would display an image of the painting right in this post, but I guess it doesn't work because I linked to a .jpg file. If you want to see the painting you have to click on the link.