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When Dictators don’t Shop…

November 8, 2008

In this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on November 5, 2008, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front row center, poses with (north) Korean People’s Army Unit 2200. However, the news agency didn’t provide the date the photo was taken or where this photo was taken (which is not unusual). [...]

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BWAHAHAHA! WELCOME TO SHOPTOBER!

October 1, 2008

Above: “The Bloodthirsty Warmonger” – a Photoshop creation by photographer Jill Greenberg. She created this image to “stir stuff up”, but once the media started to stir Greenberg’s stuff up, she removed it (and others like it) from her website.
Here at TLS the month of October shall be dubbed “Shoptober”, and with the exception of any [...]

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fake political photos – must be an election year…

September 1, 2008

Above: Just a couple of the fake photos of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin that are currently making the rounds of the internet. [Source: News of the World]
I blogged earlier about the fake Barack Obama photo that made the rounds of the internet earlier this year, and now it appears to be the GOP’s turn [...]

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When Dictators Shop Pt. II

August 16, 2008

[mouse over to see the original image]
Above: Benito Mussolini wanted to give the appearance that he was an imposing, heroic leader, but you can’t do that very well with someone holding your horse. Therefore, he had one horse handler turned into a tree (original image, left) and the one holding the horse removed completely (original [...]

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A smokin’ Shop

August 11, 2008

Barack Obama visiting the University of Illinois in 2004. As you can see, he is not smoking.
On August 3, 2004, Barack Obama met with a small group of constituents at the University of Illinois. At that event, Kwame Ross took the above photo. You can find the original posting about the event (along with the [...]

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