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Cartoon: Coleman as Monty Python’s Black Knight

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.23.09 | 2:50 pm

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Like Monty Python’s Black Knight — who claims invincibility, even as his arms and legs are hacked off in battle — Norm Coleman and his team have maintained confidence that they’ll prevail over Democrat Al Franken…

Apparently, the shoe fits: Iraqi sole-chucker fuels global meme

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.16.08 | 12:07 pm

The annals of politicized shoe gestures, far as I can tell, are less than voluminous. Coming quickly to mind: Nikita Khrushchev’s “We will bury you,” emphasized by a hammered sole. So-called “shoe-bomber,” Richard Reid, busted…