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Roofus: Making monkeys out of mosque opponents

By Cristian Fleming Posted on September 9, 2010

Roofus: Making monkeys out of mosque opponents

Our cartoonist doesn’t think much of opponents of a proposed mosque is Sheepshead Bay.

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