When Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra read about the struggle of Iranians desperate to let the outside world know what was going on, it resonated with him in particular. He was involved in a desperate fight the previous year when Republicans posted things on blogs after the House was adjourned before an important vote. He tweeted this:

Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.

In honour of his remarkable ability to compare important, world-changing events with his mundane daily activities in the most clueless way possible, a meme was born:

As Simon remarked, this site was made for me: Яolcats takes a real Cyrillic animal macro and then provides a different English translation to make a joke about Soviet (usually) or contemporary Russian society. (The real translations are often provided in the comments, but they always suck.) The best of:

Aaaaah… Pig iron, your musk is that of glorious industry…

Cease your protests, the deal is done! You are to make a fine wife for uncouth American businessman!

Do not despair, Laika! Comrade Khrushchev honours you! Our love was but a dalliance! Your ascent to the cosmos will strike terror into the West!

Puppy: Can I conjure happiness from physical things?
other: You can try.
Puppy: This experience made me weak-willed and afraid
other: With this effort you will come up short every time.

I thought that I hadn’t been sharing much on Google Reader since my last linklog, but it turns out that I had. So here are two weeks’ worth:

Macros

Blog Posts

Annie Liebowitz is a faker.

I know a few white people who like Moleskine notebooks.

The Manolo likes cords that come with irony included.