(I don’t mind the time change, but I’m surely about to get tired of two weeks of people bitching about it on social media.)And on a related rant:Meanwhile, I went ahead and did my taxes yesterday, because I also am tired of the bitching about refunds vs. tax cuts, as laid out in this Scott […]
When I gave the advice “Dare to be stupid!” what I meant was that silly jokes are fun. I wasn’t advising deliberate stupidity in the political realm, which is disloyal.There is spin, and Adam Zyglis mocks the spin of those who don’t mind running up a deficit for a wall, but who can’t see how […]
I hadn’t pulled Ed Hall‘s cartoon out of the pile, despite having seen Dear Leader’s tweet in which he, yes, invoked “global warming” in the face of the Polar Vortex.First of all, I hated that movie. I don’t see much difference between the disabled person who teaches us all a lesson about life and the […]
We’re dealing with sub-zero weather moreso than snow, though we got a load of that the other day. Enough to make me laff at this Zits, because I’ve had a VW van and, when your source of heat is the gentle breeze blowing over the engine eight feet behind you, the distinction between wipers that […]
I’ll confess to not having watched the funeral yesterday, but, from what I’ve seen of the commentary and photos and a few videos, Tim Eagan has grasped an aspect, if not the main thrust, of the event.I like funerals, because grief eliminates a lot of inhibitions, and so you have not only laughter, but sweet […]
Let’s start with Prickly City, where, for the last couple of days, Winslow has been looking for Carmen and we have what I guess passes for a happy ending now.It is indeed scary what passes for reasonable these days.It’s also scary and depressing, by the way and excuse me for being a Grinch, what […]
Juxtaposition of the Day (Arctic Circle) (Frazz)We’ll start with two gags based on misunderstanding the meaning of Flag Day, and then move on to misunderstandings that aren’t in the least funny.And let me disclose right up front that I am an old fart, old enough that I found these two strips funny because I come […]
Pat Bagley brings the latest terrorist weapon into his commentary, with Trump driving over our allies by cancelling America’s participation in the multi-nation deal to control Iran’s nuclear program.Two things to note:He doesn’t include Russia and China in this line-up, though they were signatories to the deal and are likely as unhappy with the feckless, […]
I keep hoping for things to lighten up enough that we can just share some giggles. However, the rant is necessary because we’ve got a coalition of maniacs and morons to deal with.Drew Sheneman offers an insightful comment on the street protests in Iran: A moderate (note the street clothes) Iranian attempting to confront a […]
I recently shelled out good money for a very disappointing book, but I’m not going to say which one, only that it falls within the category I wish publishers would use for that non-fiction edumacational stuff: “Graphic Lecture.”It’s not like just that particular one was boring.I keep getting fooled into buying “graphic novels” that don’t […]
I was going to open with all the reasons we might better put the heaving mess aside for the day, but decided instead to simply put the heaving mess aside for the day, and rise, instead, on a point of personal privilege, because …Johanna Draper Carlson reports that “Dennis the Menace in Hawaii” is being […]
Clay Jones saves me from having to either run a blank panel or violate the Prime Directive and run cartoons only to mock them.Yes, we talked about this two days ago. But it’s growing.Folks, there is nothing illegal or even particularly sleazy about opposition research. This is one of those situations where “They all do […]
Today’s offering really is just one huge Juxtaposition, and I had trouble knowing where to start. Ann Telnaes won the lead position for best setting the overall mood without arguing a specific point.That sounds like damning with faint praise, but it takes a safecracker’s touch to make a statement this piercing without getting distracted by […]
Bill Sanders makes the point graphically that has been under discussion here: Trump is not a baby ignorantly blundering into trouble but, rather, a defiant brat.And Ed Hall makes the further point that Trump is once more playing to his white supremacist base.I’m a little disappointed that the major coverage of the pardon simply states […]
This is one of those Lord-Where-Do-I-Start days, and Ann Telnaes has won the toss for this salute to our impossibly-not-okay presidency.Her cartoon is not so much a case of being “too smart for the room” as of being “too well-informed for the room,” because she had to append Cliff Notes:Ivanka Trump’s company received provisional approval from the Chinese […]