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1. about 10 years ago on Prickly City

   Dante Alighieri who in the XIV Century had almost all the knowledge available at that time, in his masterpiece the Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXVIII verse 21 placed Mohammed in Hell among the Sowers of Discord. (As an aside. Hmm, no jihad then or now?)The camel trader had dizzy spells out of which came the Quran but in the late Iron Age King Josiah’s scribes were first with tall tales (plagiarized from earlier stories).

2. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Hey Lalo, Miss Columbia Paulina Vega is Miss Universe and Nia Sanchez of the USA is the runner-up. Aren’t you proud?As per religions, this is the XXI Century. Isn’t it high time to debunk the fairy tales (and as if they were all original without older antecedents) of a late Iron Age or of a Camel trader in the VII century with dizzy spells? I get steamed that some people put so much faith in that narrative of an oriental tribe that never achieved much glory outside being a pest to whichever or whatever was the dominant power of the day (watch out USA, they were in Communist Russia now they are the capitalists’ best friends).As if the temples in Athens (Parthenon), Paestum (Temples of Neptune, of Hera and of Cere), Rome (Pantheon) were not religious statements of the highest caliber but chopped liver to be eclipsed by the cunning tales of the Old Testament. Since most believers go along by inertia, mockery is a form worth pursuing to waking them up to a somber reality.

3. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Look at the landscape. Roman Catholicism has many faults and a low turnout but it is not plagued by sects, cults, denominations and divisions and it is very tolerant. This is due in part to not following too seriously the Old Testament (outside the set pieces) but rather the New Testament that is mostly Greek Humanism. On the other hand the other Abrahamic derived religions that heavily rely on the Old Testament are splintered in many camps. Shi’a and Sunnis, Orthodox and Reformed Jewry, Baptists, Episcopalians, Anglicans, Presbyterians, etc… The USA with its multitude of cults and new religions: Mormonism, Christian Science, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Scientology sticks out like a sore thumb. Enough to cry out for a stop to the proliferation. What is then the end result of tying one’s identity and belief to that late Iron Age make-believe narrative of the Old Testament? For starters the feeling of righteousness, of having a god on your side, of being the chosen ones, the manichaeism of us the good guys versus them the bad guys. Endless conflicts! Isn’t it time to spread and uphold a new religious point of view? One that would be inclusive to all the people of this world? Embrace Humanism I’ll say. After all, if indoctrination happened once, sane rationalism can happen too. Evolution is here to stay!

4. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Why Coco Nuez again? Why not Dayana Mendoza?

5. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Finally some women in this strip. Now on to a Miss Venezuela as Vero.

6. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   I am still waiting for Miss Venezuela as Vero…

7. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   High time to send all of those Republican Cubans in Florida on one way ticket to Cuba (libre).

8. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Felines being supreme beings don’t give a damn about what popes or any one else says about them. Canines on the other hand are the lowest form of life. Pack animals, tsk, tsk.

9. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

   Happy Saturnalia (or is it Lupercalia?)

10. about 10 years ago on La Cucaracha

    It is OK to bash Lalo but do it right. Index and middle fingers raised means VICTORY everywhere. Thumb and little finger raised means CUCKOLD.