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Rubes
Rubes is a syndicated newspaper single-panel cartoon created by Leigh Rubin on November 1, 1984.
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Rubes
Rubes is a syndicated newspaper single panel cartoon created by Leigh Rubin in 1984. Leigh Rubin began making and distributing his own greeting cards in 1979 through his company Rubes. The cartoon Rubes began appearing in newspapers in 1984 and is since 1989 syndicated by Creators Syndicate to over 400 newspapers worldwide, and was published in paperbacks from 1988 on. It was pulled from the Brigham Young University student newspaper The Daily Universe after several complaints by readers, but seems to have attracted little controversy otherwise. Being a popular cartoon, Rubes is also heavily merchandized, with calendars, greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts, ... Rubes hasn't won one of the major comics or cartoon awards yet, but has won a few minor awards like a bronze award at ForeWord magazine’s Book of the Year.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Rubes in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Rubes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’.
Chuck Todd has to resort to these kinds of journalistic sleights of hand to get his own views across, he doesnt have to personally express any opinions, he can just approvingly quote other people likening Sanders supporters to Nazis, or Trump fans to Bible-thumping rubes.
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