Post-victory parade of planets

The morning parade of planets continues, including Mars god of war and Pluto god of hell:

See the end note about enlarging illustrations.

In memory of 1945, Europe’s reconciliation ceremonies passed on May 8, and Russia’s Victory parades on May 9.

Even more intimidating than a mob

or a marching platoon

is a Victory Day parade with tanks.

There can be few more blatantly phallic expressions of the male urge to dominance.

I’m glad that my middle initial stands for Vernon and not for Victor.

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ILLUSTRATIONS in these posts are made with precision but have to be inserted in another format.  You may be able to enlarge them on your monitor.  One way: right-click, and choose “View image” or “Open image in new tab”, then enlarge.  Or choose “Copy image”, then put it on your desktop, then open it.  On an iPad or phone, use the finger gesture that enlarges (spreading with two fingers, or tapping and dragging with three fingers).  Other methods have been suggested, such as dragging the image to the desktop and opening it in other ways.

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