Posted on 07/17/2013 9:49:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s interesting, and infuriating. We’ve already seen the rise of what Twitchy calls the “Jaharem” of admirers of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, in custody since murdering a police officer and engaging in a firefight with law enforcement, then hiding and bleeding in a boat the rest of the day until he was discovered. Now Rolling Stone offers a profile of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving brother of the duo who killed three and injured hundreds of others at the event, including an eight-year-old boy shredded by their bomb.
Why not give Tsarnaev the soft focus treatment for that, huh?
RS at least notes that Tsarnaev became “a monster,” so why pose him as a sultry dreamboat for the cover? They didn’t need to make him look maniacal or diabolical to get the point across. One of the surveillance photos would have been sufficient to get the point across, or one of the pictures of Tsarnaev with his friends if they wanted to press the innocence-lost angle. Instead, they give Tsarnaev the celebrity treatment, complete with soft focus, sepia wash, and bedroom eyes. That’s why the credit on the cover says “Illustration by Sean McCabe.”
A more minor nitpick comes from the teaser for its cover story. Rolling Stone insists on using the name “Jahar Tsarnaev.” That may be how the first name is pronounced, but his name is spelled “Dzhokhar.” It certainly sounds chummy and intimate to use the nickname version his friends used, but that’s hardly appropriate for a news story about a “monster.” Why not use his actual name? Did Rolling Stone assume its readers couldn’t figure out how to say it?
As Allahpundit notes in the Green Room, the Jaharem isn’t pleased with the magazine despite the soft-focus treatment Tsarnaev gets on the cover. I guess these guys got it all wrong 40 years ago about how to make the cover of the magazine … or maybe they got it right:
This is a pretty crummy job. Perhaps somebody can do a better version.
There’s a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin’ like a toad
Aww dats beautiful!
What’s next, pics of him shirtless and softball questions about his favorite foods and TV shows? Un-fricking-believeable!
Why not do a story on Martin Richard, the innocent 8-year-old child watching the marathon who was murdered by one of the bombs? His picture and life story warrant the cover more than this stoner-terrorist does.
Oh the poor baby, he was “failed by his family” (to be fair they do sound like dumb a-holes but that’s no excuse) and “fell into radical islam”.
They are treating this like he’s some rock star that got arrested for drugs. Unbelievable. F rolling stone.
yep
This sh*tzipper should have been killed; no reason to keep him alive.
midnight at the oasis
83 degrees in the shade
even in the middle of the night
yours truly surrendered
put an AC in zee window
politics being dragged along
by the storyline of history
certainly not by the citizenry!
does the God of history even receive
a redress of grievances anymore?
baseball must be the sport of the gods
a necessary diversion ... a pastime for heaven?
for the federal courts make the gods ill
they stopped reading the morning papers
Yeah it’s freakin hot. First couple heatwaves this year I was too lazy to put the AC in but week or so ago I couldn’t take it anymore.
First off, I’ll take this weather over fridgid winter. But, a break for a day or two would be most appreciated.
OTOH, I find refuge in getting in front of the AC, popping a Oxy or two, chasing that with red wine and sailing away...heat don’t bother me then.
Yeah I hate cold (and snow) even worse. I hate having to spend 5 minutes putting on coats and boots and crap just to step outside.
Agreed. Throw in the danger that ice poses when traveling and yeah, I’ll take the heat.
at home last night, I was able to connect to WiiFii with my laptop ... it found a Wiifii connection called NETGEAR which was unsecured.
Is it possible that this is the pizza restaurant 4 doors down from me? or could it be something even further away than that?
I’m planning on switching away from DSL to prepaid wireless internet ... and use my service only when I cannot get a freebee wiifii. I am currently paying for DSL in 2 locations which is Costly $$$$.
Good move Pete!
I don’t know how much the usual wifi range is, 4 doors down sounds too far.
My dad was stealing wifi for a time.
It’s their own fault, if you leave your door open someone is gonna come in.
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