Let’s all draw Mohammad
A slight break from looking at those purple people, but via Samizdata it would seem that tomorrow is First Annual Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Expect some very bad art here tomorrow. Share on:web design
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View ArticleIn the interest of democracy
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