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The Mote and the Beam

By Tomy (Posted Feb 08, 2010)

Commentary

The Mote and the Beam What’s in there is not a mote.  It’s a terrorist beam.

Tomás Rafael Rodríguez Zayas (Tomy) is a Cuban cartoonist.  This cartoon was first published by Rebelión on 4 February 2010.  Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com).




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