tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39011232024-03-19T03:48:02.703-05:00Brains and EggsAfflicting the Comfortable since 2002PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger6577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-67386961465783095402024-03-17T07:22:00.001-05:002024-03-17T07:22:50.386-05:00Sunday 'Tik Tok Time's a Wastin' Funnies<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.chappatte.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb/public/2023-03/N230305ce-small.jpg?itok=YsOn4dwU" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="450" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="800" src="https://www.chappatte.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb/public/2023-03/N230305ce-small.jpg?itok=YsOn4dwU"/></a></div>
<i><blockquote>Now I've got schemes<br />
And you've got schemes<br />
Let's get together and dream some dreams<br />
Let's go<br />
Time's a wastin'</blockquote></i>
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If only there were a quicker way ...
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You don't have to choose between <b>Trump</b> and <b>Biden</b>. Choosing <i>anyone besides them</i> would be the best thing for democracy you could do.
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"Finding it hard to get excited about your next date with democracy? You may be suffering from <a href="https://rall.com/comic/electoral-dysfunction" target="_blank">Electoral Dysfunction</a>".
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(by Angel Boligan, <i>El Universal</i>, Mexico City)
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<blockquote><a href="https://cartoonmovement.com/cartoonist/936" target="_blank">Benjamin Kikkert (Cartoon Movement)</a> is Dutch, but this cartoon works whether you live in a state-controlled media world or not, because “state control” can be privatized, as we’re certainly seen in this nation.</blockquote><br />You may have thought that was <b>Joe Biden</b> in the toon above. Look again.<br /><br />
<blockquote>We can start our adaptation by swapping out <b>Putin</b> for <b>Trump</b>, and then make the three media categories “Fox”, “Independent” and “Corporate”, that last being intent on providing both sides of every story in order to appear fair, and as seen in the cartoon, seemingly concerned mostly with examining each other’s navels.</blockquote><br />
Too obtuse? Okay then, back to the simple things. Like ice cream and gerontocracy.<br /><br />
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I find the most recent Russian hysteria by Blue MAGA nothing short of a derangement syndrome. There seems to be some villain rotation of 'Donald out' and 'Vladimir in' going on. Is that the new talking point? Who among the so-called progressive blogosphere <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/biden-campaign-social-media-influencers-00136389" target="_blank">getting paid to shill</a> for Biden has the latest memo?<br /><br />
Even Red MAGA pretzel logic is making more sense.<br />
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<blockquote>It’s extremely common for centrist Democrats to say that (the party) must change this or that policy to attract more right-wing voters ... 'We have to toughen up on immigration'; 'we have to stop advocating for trans rights'; 'we have to forget about this environment stuff'; etc. ...<br /><br />
(Decades ago, centrists were saying Democrats absolutely had to move right on abortion to attract more voters. Which seems ironic now, since reaction against the Supreme Court overturning <i>Roe v Wade</i> is what’s done the most lately to push voters into the blue camp.)<br /><br />
Here’s the thing: It won’t work. It’ll never work.</blockquote><br />
<a href="https://amptoons.com/blog/?p=27287" target="_blank">It's never worked</a>, yet they keep doing it. Over and over.<br />
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<a href="https://rall.com/comic/biden-senile-denial" target="_blank">Too senile to be prosecuted</a> for mishandling classified documents. Just-right senile to continue as/be re-elected president.
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Or the shoe salesman. It's the economy stupids, and they keep saying how great it is.
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A fetal attraction in Alabama.
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<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Read this headline. Then read it again. <a href="https://t.co/hRu1KDKd5t">pic.twitter.com/hRu1KDKd5t</a></p>— Amazon Piss Jugs 🇵🇸 (@JeremyWard33) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyWard33/status/1759178447849431321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
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And some of you think it's going to be different -- as in 'better' or 'worse' -- by re-electing one of these two Bozos. <b>No</b>. Hard pass. Elect a clown, get a circus. Or in this case, a shitshow (act two).
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As previously mentioned, <a href="https://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2024/01/sunday-seen-this-movie-funnies.html" target="_blank">I've seen this one</a>. And it's not worth rewatching.<br /><br />Our Caucasian forebearers also suffer under the same gerontocracy/oligarchy/plutocracy. Just don't call it a democracy, here or there. The people know better.
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Dementia doesn't seem to be the main problem with our judicial branch.
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In light of the nation's mostly-inaccessible mental health resources, poor <b>Elmo</b> was conscripted into therapist duty. Another overworked and underpaid laborer in the Land of the Free.
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Enjoy the game today (no, not that one).
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“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you gaze long into an abyss, <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/02/csotd-the-abyss-also-gazas-back/" target="_blank">the abyss also gazes into you</a>.” — <b>Friedrich Nietzche</b><br /><br />
<blockquote>We’ve been volunteering to fight monsters since the days when (William) <b>McKinley</b> -- with the encouragement of <b>Joseph Pulitzer</b> and <b>W. R. Hearst</b> -- <a href="https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1373" target="_blank">began railing against Spain for its treatment of Cuba</a>.<br /><br />
Possibly earlier, if you count our crusade to help liberate the Tejanos and a whole bunch of other people from Mexico.</blockquote>
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"If all options are on the table then why is bombing <a href="https://bracingviews.com/2024/02/03/all-options-are-on-the-table/" target="_blank">the option that's always chosen</a>?" - <b>W.J. Astore</b><br /><br />
<blockquote>I like the joke that’s making the rounds that no matter who Americans vote for as president, they get <b>John McCain</b>, which is a shorthand way of saying that the National Security State is the unofficial fourth and most powerful branch of the US government. Or if you prefer, the MICIMATT (the military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academe-think-tank complex).<br /><br />
Speaking of the media, you can always count on US media talking heads issuing resounding hosannas to the highest whenever a US president bombs a foreign country. Remember when <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/04/07/the-spoils-of-war-trump-lavished-with-media-and-bipartisan-praise-for-bombing-syria/" target="_blank">reporters gushed</a> that <b>Donald Trump</b> had finally become a real president in 2017 when he bombed Syria? Trump, who expressed contempt for McCain, finally became him -- and earned the MICIMATT’s approval -- when he started launching missiles to kill foreigners.</blockquote>
<br />Nine more months of Red MAGA and Blue MAGA screeching at each other. And at all of us who just don't want to play in their litterbox any longer.<br />
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Has the civil war/Texas secession in Eagle Pass come to a full rolling boil yet? I am not closely watching that simmering pot.
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Yes, we're strange. Whaddaya gonna do?
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*<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/hague-schmague-ben-gvir-genocide" target="_blank">Actual quote</a> from Israel's National Security Minister <b>Itamar Ben-Gvir</b>.
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<b>Greg Abbott</b> might be having the time of his life. He might also be cruising for an epic bruising. Social media has been both kind and unkind.<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ISSUES STATEMENT ON PUBLIC FEUD WITH LIAM NISSAN: "I DON'T LIKE STAND-UP COMEDIANS" <a href="https://t.co/SJelNvaDAP">pic.twitter.com/SJelNvaDAP</a></p>— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) <a href="https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1750519874315526392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
<b>Ken Paxton</b>'s life, by contrast, is getting a little worse.<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoliticalCartoon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PoliticalCartoon</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/Branchtoon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@branchtoon</a>. <a href="https://t.co/qBSAbFTuvf">pic.twitter.com/qBSAbFTuvf</a></p>— Houston Chronicle Opinion (@ChronOpinion) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronOpinion/status/1749748822941872152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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What's rough about this next one is that Team Donkey thinks that should be an elephant talking. They just cannot see that all those Republicans who've defected -- who say they're perfectly comfortable in the Democratic Party -- aren't helping them succeed electorally.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statue Of Limitations <a href="https://t.co/AbvotV7qZk">https://t.co/AbvotV7qZk</a> <a href="https://t.co/XsTqp5BvM2">pic.twitter.com/XsTqp5BvM2</a></p>— Matt Davies (@MatttDavies) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatttDavies/status/1749933898585223183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Oh *slaps table* I thought you were talking about <i>1968</i>.<br />
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Offense or defense?<br />
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<blockquote><a href="https://rall.com/comic/14thamendment-constitution-democracy" target="_blank">Democratic-aligned pundits</a> and legal experts argue that removing <b>Donald Trump</b> from the presidential ballot, as the Colorado Supreme Court and Maine’s Secretary of State recently decided to do and 12 other states are considering, is not inherently undemocratic because -- even though it takes one major presidential candidate off the ballot in a two-party system -- it’s permitted under an obscure section of the 14th Amendment. Unfortunately, the Constitution hasn’t always been a charter that upheld the highest ideals of democratic participation.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How Boeing Bought Washington <a href="https://t.co/jaZwO14NOl">https://t.co/jaZwO14NOl</a></p>— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatrinaNation/status/1745467335312314852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<b>Ted Rall</b>, this blogger's favorite toonist, is rounded up for the year by <b><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/whowhatwhys-best-ted-rall-cartoons-of-2023/" target="_blank">WhoWhatWhy</a></b>. Here's my favorite from among those.<br /><br />
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There's a great deal of interpretive dance both <a href="https://www.scribbr.com/commonly-confused-words/infer-vs-imply/" target="_blank">implied and inferred</a> in that one.<br /><br />
The end of the year brings collations of all types, and the best of 2023's political art from <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/30/editorial-cartoons-of-2023-roundups/" target="_blank">across the nation</a> and <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/30/editorial-cartoons-of-2023-roundup-from-everywhere-around-the-world/" target="_blank">around the world</a> are helpfully <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/25/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-year-brings-editorial-cartoon-picks-from-the-year-2023/" target="_blank">gathered</a> by <b>The Daily Cartoonist</b>. Peruse and enjoy (to the extent possible).<br />
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<br />Srsly tho. I remember when the Democrats were opposed to war.
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Mike Peterson, <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/05/csotd-wars-and-rumors-of-wars/" target="_blank">Daily Cartoonist</a>:<br /><br />
<blockquote>The Israeli government has <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-israel-will-not-renew-visa-top-aid-official-2023-12-01/" target="_blank">declined</a> to renew the visa of the top United Nations humanitarian aide for Palestine, saying that the UN, which has accepted Palestinian estimates that 40% of the roughly 15,000 civilian dead in Gaza were children, is biased against Israel.<br /><br />
American officials, including <b>VP Harris</b>, have begun speaking out publicly to urge an end to the attacks on civilians, and Defense Secretary <b>Lloyd Austin</b> warns that “In this kind of a fight, the center of gravity is the civilian population. And if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat.”<br /><br />
His point is a universal truth of asymmetric warfare. The support of Gazans for Hamas may not be overwhelming, just as the support of Iraqis for their guerrilla forces, the support of Afghans for the Taliban or the support of Irish Catholics for the IRA have all been dubious.<br /><br />
But their support for “our boys” is steadfast, and, in this case, seeing entire families killed is not going to make it easy, or perhaps even possible, to make peace in the region.<br /><br />
Ever.</blockquote>
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<br /><i>"Life's just much too hard today," I hear every mother say<br />
The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore<br />
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/6CeSiPEDQpfQCnKbyhmFHfN0gNI=/800x509/smart/filters:format%28webp%29/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KHZYFM4MPRF5NFR7CJ5RMB3OVQ.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="500" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="800" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/6CeSiPEDQpfQCnKbyhmFHfN0gNI=/800x509/smart/filters:format%28webp%29/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KHZYFM4MPRF5NFR7CJ5RMB3OVQ.jpg"/></a></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today’s <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PhillyInquirer</a>: AARP is — appropriately enough — sponsoring the upcoming Rolling Stones tour. Its website crashed this week when a throng of boomer fans tried to score tour tickets. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stonestour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#stonestour</a> <a href="https://t.co/EQ1n3MFICS">pic.twitter.com/EQ1n3MFICS</a></p>— John Cole (@ColeToon) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColeToon/status/1731334941672190335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<br />OTOH, considering the alternative...<br />
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<blockquote>The <b>Biden</b> campaign had what they thought would be a clever solution to their fear that <a href="https://rall.com/comic/unforced-error-in-the-granite-state" target="_blank">the president would lose</a> the New Hampshire primary. So they had the DNC decertify New Hampshire and made South Carolina first. Then <b>Dean Phillips</b> challenged Biden in NH. Faced with the prospect that Biden would lose the first primary (even if it’s unofficial), Biden has launched a write-in campaign for the race <i>from which he asked to be removed from the ballot</i>.</blockquote><br />
And if you think that's rich, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/30/florida-democrats-dean-phillips-election-00129403" target="_blank">guess what Florida Democrats just did</a>?<br /><br />
The Florida Democratic Party -- likely full of people who will say with a straight face that democracy is at stake in 2024 -- decided that Joe Biden would be the only Democrat on their presidential primary ballot, excluding <b>Marianne Williamson</b>, <b>Dean Phillips</b>, <b>Cenk Uygur</b>, etc. And because state law there says that no primary vote is conducted with only one candidate, the move effectively awarded all 250 delegates to their party's national convention to Biden.<br /><br />
Why are Democrats having so much difficulty with actual democracy?
Because if/when he loses to <b>Trump</b>, they can blame anybody and everybody but themselves.
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Please don't misunderstand: I have great concerns about the rising fascism in this nation and around the world; it's just that Joe Biden -- contrary to the coordinated message Democrats are broadcasting -- does not represent 'democracy'. And vote-shaming is a poor way to do voter outreach.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HenryKissinger?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HenryKissinger</a> <a href="https://t.co/BWQjgnuOJl">pic.twitter.com/BWQjgnuOJl</a></p>— bkeithb 🇵🇸 (@bkeithb) <a href="https://twitter.com/bkeithb/status/1730390155729461486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-45974899184529521142023-11-30T09:18:00.004-06:002023-11-30T09:22:19.720-06:00Baker Institute's "Previewing the 2024 Presidential Election" Friday, Dec. 1<a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_small_564x317_x2/public/2023-10/GettyImages-138711510-US%2BVoting%2BElection.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=bFhfw-0W" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" src="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_small_564x317_x2/public/2023-10/GettyImages-138711510-US%2BVoting%2BElection.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=bFhfw-0W" width="320" /></a>
<blockquote>The 2024 presidential election promises to deliver unexpected twists and turns. At this year’s annual conference from Rice University's Baker Institute <a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/event/previewing-2024-presidential-election" target="_blank">Presidential Elections Program</a> on <b>Friday, December 1</b>, the institute will host political experts from around the country to explore the state of the 2024 presidential campaign season and the challenges that lie ahead for candidates.<br /><br />
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. In-person attendance is full, but you can still sign up for the waitlist or for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-previewing-the-2024-presidential-election-tickets-748664053337" target="_blank">an email reminder with the link to the livestream</a>. Follow @BakerInstitute on X (formerly known as Twitter), and join the conversation with #BakerLive.</blockquote><br /><br />
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<h4 class="text-align-left">Panel I — A Presidential Election With Legal Issues Like No Other</h4>
<p class="text-align-left"><em>Moderated by: <a href="https://www.lbjlibrary.org/person/mark-k-updegrove">Mark K. Updegrove</a>, Presidential Historian, ABC News; President and CEO, LBJ Foundation</em></p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-l-hasen">Richard L. Hasen</a><br />
Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles; Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project</p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/joshua-sellers/">Joshua Sellers</a><br />
Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin</p>
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<h4 class="text-align-left">Panel II — Dissatisfaction With the Two-Party System</h4>
<p class="text-align-left"><em>Moderated by: <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/lisa-falkenberg/">Lisa Falkenberg</a>, Houston </em><em>Chronicle Vice President and Editor of Opinion</em></p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/mark-p-jones">Mark P. Jones</a><br />
Fellow in Political Science, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies</p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McCrory">The Honorable Pat McCrory</a><br />
Former Governor of North Carolina; National Co-Chair, No Labels</p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Nixon">The Honorable Jay Nixon</a><br />
Former Governor of Missouri; Ballot Integrity Project Director, No Labels</p>
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<p class="text-align-left"><em>Moderated by: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/team/major-garrett/">Major Garrett</a>, CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent</em></p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://www.sho.com/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth/cast/mark-mckinnon">Mark McKinnon</a><br />
Political advisor</p>
<p class="text-align-left"><a href="https://www.sho.com/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth/cast/jennifer-palmieri">Jennifer Palmieri</a><br />
Political and communications strategist</p>
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<p class="text-align-left"><em>Moderated by: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Mason#:~:text=Julie%20Mason%20(born%20December%2011,on%20SiriusXM%20radio%27s%20POTUS%20channel.">Julie Mason</a>, host of daily political talk show “Julie Mason Mornings” on SiriusXM</em></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/staff/7584670002/galen-bacharier/">Galen Bacharier</a><br />
Politics Reporter, <em>Des Moines Register</em></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiK9MKQxsmCAxWgkGoFHVGNB30QFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fdavid-carney-864b525&usg=AOvVaw2HweCDQnNk3a58w4Q4AB88&opi=89978449">Dave Carney</a><br />
CEO, Norway Hill Associates, Inc.</p>
<p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/marianne-levine/">Marianne LeVine</a><br />
National Political Reporter, <em>The Washington Post</em></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/athompson">Alex Thompson</a><br />
National Political Correspondent, Axios</p>
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<h4>Panel IV — Looking Forward to the 2024 Election</h4>
<p><em>Moderated by: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/lisa-lerer">Lisa Lerer</a>, National Political Correspondent, The New York Times</em></p>
<p><a href="https://insideelections.com/contributors/nathan-gonzales">Nathan L. Gonzales</a><br />
Editor & Publisher, Inside Elections</p>
<p><a href="https://www.brysongillette.com/divi_overlay/rebecca-pearcey/">Rebecca Pearcey</a><br />
Partner, Political Communications, Bryson Gillette</p>
<p><a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/athompson">Alex Thompson</a><br />
National Political Correspondent, Axios</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/about/staff/amy-walter">Amy Walter</a><br />
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Cook Political Report</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />
For a more detailed description of the panel discussions or additional information about the event, <a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/event/previewing-2024-presidential-election" target="_blank">click here</a>.PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-47109307363355316722023-11-26T06:21:00.001-06:002023-11-26T06:21:49.266-06:00Emissions of The Rich and Famous Funnies <br />As well as the elitists and the warmongers.<br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Biden is spending his Thanksgiving with the CEO of the Carlyle Group- A company that is heavily invested in weapons manufacturing, defense and fossil fuels. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/jLaCroAIdS">https://t.co/jLaCroAIdS</a></p>— Lucy 🕊️ Solidarity Forever 🍉 (@JustaCoinToss) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustaCoinToss/status/1727409514738286683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meanwhile in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/capitalist?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#capitalist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/imperialist?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#imperialist</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USA</a> 🇺🇸 ... <a href="https://t.co/ZsMPrn8RnH">https://t.co/ZsMPrn8RnH</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZyC4P6VEiR">pic.twitter.com/ZyC4P6VEiR</a></p>— bkeithb 🇵🇸 (@bkeithb) <a href="https://twitter.com/bkeithb/status/1727057245329047910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">COP 28 conference is coming up next week. How optimistic are you? <a href="https://t.co/pErHRnGohH">https://t.co/pErHRnGohH</a> <a href="https://t.co/LaV1sxe2SI">pic.twitter.com/LaV1sxe2SI</a></p>— Dr. William J. Ripple (@WilliamJRipple) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamJRipple/status/1727692939416244441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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And FFS leave the poor birds alone.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1249245/story_image/TurkeyGagOrderWeB.jpg?1700607329" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="500" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1249245/story_image/TurkeyGagOrderWeB.jpg?1700607329"/></a></div>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Duly Community Noted, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tedcruz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tedcruz</a> <a href="https://t.co/84M1MC5gSx">https://t.co/84M1MC5gSx</a> <a href="https://t.co/q4hBvWgx2o">pic.twitter.com/q4hBvWgx2o</a></p>— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) <a href="https://twitter.com/PDiddie/status/1727661998991639017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Don't blame the translator, blame the colonizers. And one more Norman Rockwell re-imagining ...
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And here are some T-Day toons <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/23/csotd-thanksgiving-75-years-ago/" target="_blank">from 75 years ago</a>.PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-1884885541365359662023-11-19T06:05:00.001-06:002023-11-19T06:05:53.865-06:00Sunday "From the Rivers to the Seas and the Oceans" Funnies<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1246495/story_image/TMW2023-11-13color.png?1699819645" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="500" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="800" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1246495/story_image/TMW2023-11-13color.png?1699819645"/></a></div>
Most of Israel’s weapons imports <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/11/18/23966137/us-weapons-israel-biden-package-explained" target="_blank">come from the US.</a> <b>Joe Biden</b> is rushing even more arms to them:<br /><br />
<blockquote>As (Secretary of Defense) <b>Lloyd Austin</b> <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/download_testimony8.pdf" target="_blank">told</a> the Senate, “We are flowing security assistance to Israel at the speed of war.”[...]<br /><br />
“The emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy,” Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral <b>Daniel Hagari</b> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/right-now-it-is-one-day-at-a-time-life-on-israels-frontline-with-gaza" target="_blank">said</a> last month. [...]<br /><br />
“It is not in the US national interest to engage in arms transfers where we assess that they are likely to be used in human rights violations”, <b>Christopher Le Mon</b>, a senior State Department official, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFfEvf3Mxs&t=1s" target="_blank">said</a> in March. “It does not advance our national interests, it does not advance our national security.”</blockquote>
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<blockquote>George Orwell's <i>1984</i> gets invoked a lot these days, but <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/14/2205723/-Cartoon-This-week-in-authoritarian-newspeak" target="_blank">what happened to the word 'woke'</a> is exactly what was intended with Newspeak. Per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, "Orwell explains that Newspeak follows most rules of English grammar, yet is a language characterized by a continually diminishing vocabulary; complete thoughts are reduced to simple terms of simplistic meaning." With 'woke' we see the entire project of humanism reduced to a stupid insult. Shamefully, many political commentators not on the authoritarian right still use this lazy shorthand to belittle activists or anything vaguely socially conscious, invoking the right's pejorative framing.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bill Bramhall, The New York Daily News <a href="https://twitter.com/BillBramhall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillBramhall</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOP</a> <a href="https://t.co/DqTzTdXjwW">pic.twitter.com/DqTzTdXjwW</a></p>— Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) <a href="https://twitter.com/EandPCartoons/status/1722743366256140447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />
Democrats reading too much into last Tuesday's outcomes as a portent for two years' hence might also bear observation.<br />
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Grocery warehouse robot <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-crushed-death-grocery-robot" target="_blank">crushes</a> human robot inspector to death
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Washington Post editor David Shipley <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/08/washington-post-hamas-cartoon-michael-ramirez/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk5NDE5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAwODAxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTk0MTk2MDAsImp0aSI6IjBhOGM5MmU0LWI5ZjItNDE4Zi1iNzJkLTEwN2YyNDYzYWQ4ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9tZWRpYS8yMDIzLzExLzA4L3dhc2hpbmd0b24tcG9zdC1oYW1hcy1jYXJ0b29uLW1pY2hhZWwtcmFtaXJlei8ifQ.Bpe2MPGahqcB1OgKpVgUvHKI9DSbH2ICx-TsWHljCaU" target="_blank">approved, published, then deleted</a> the <b>Mike Ramirez</b> cartoon on the left:<br /><br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/lD112sXiAV">pic.twitter.com/lD112sXiAV</a></p>— David Moss (@RedEviction) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedEviction/status/1722563042112679958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote>The Washington Post took down an editorial cartoon (last) Wednesday that depicted a Hamas leader using civilians as human shields after the drawing was criticized as racist and dehumanizing toward Palestinians.</blockquote><br />
More about the censored cartoon from <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/8/racist-vile-cartoon-in-washington-post-ignites-controversy" target="_blank">al-Jazeera</a> and <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4301670-washington-post-takes-down-editorial-cartoon/" target="_blank">The Hill</a>.<br /><br />
<b>Updates</b>: Conservative media <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/10/conservative-media-bash-washington-post-for-deleting-michael-ramirez-hamas-cartoon/" target="_blank">bash the removal</a> of the 'toon, and Ramirez and the WaPo have <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/10/michael-ramirez-and-the-washington-post-their-arrangement-for-now/" target="_blank">revised their agreement</a> regarding his contributions to their op-ed pages.<br /><br />
Ramirez has always been a right-wing freak, but censorship of political cartoons is not something a democracy does. I thought we settled this topic when the offices of <b>Charlie Hebdo</b> were attacked. If you were ever concerned about free speech, corporate media, and creeping fascism, <i>now</i> would be a great time to support/oppose as the case may be.<br /><br />
And take precautions when you do, but don't be paranoid. One of the several chronic flaws of Red MAGA groupthink is violent hallucinations.<br />
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And here are the not-so-much, also in no particular order.
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Finishing with more horror (hope you can tolerate it but it might be best to feel motivated to some kind of action beyond blogging or tweeting)
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<br />This (below) reminded me of the imminent mayoral election in Houston and specifically <b>John Whitmire</b>'s grift on Harris County Republicans' caterwauling about crime.
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<blockquote><i>The Guardian</i> <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/10/11/the-guardian-rejects-steve-bell-cartoon-2/" target="_blank">(declined) to publish a depiction</a> of Israeli prime minister <b>Benjamin Netanyahu</b> by cartoonist <b>Steve Bell</b>, reportedly telling him the artwork perpetuated an anti-Semitic trope.</blockquote>
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The <i>London Press Gazette</i> <a href="https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/guardian-steve-bell-cartoon-netanyahu/" target="_blank">reported</a>:<br /><br />
<blockquote>Bell posted the blocked cartoon to Twitter/X on Monday, saying that after he filed it that morning he received a “cryptic message” from <i>Guardian</i> editors saying: “pound of flesh”.<br /><br />
In Shakespeare’s <i>The Merchant of Venice</i> the antagonist, Jewish moneylender Shylock, demands “a pound of flesh” as security for a loan made to his Christian rival, Antonio.<br /><br />
Bell said he responded to the desk saying he did not understand the allusion, “and received this even more mysterious reply: ‘Jewish bloke; pound of flesh; anti-Semitic trope’”.<br /><br />
Bell’s drawing includes a note referencing a cartoon by <b>David Levine</b> from the 1960s, picturing then-US president <b>Lyndon Johnson</b> with a scar on his belly shaped like the map of Vietnam.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>(<b><a href="https://rall.com/comic/democracy-or-hypocrisy" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a></b>) is in a proxy war in favor of a country that jails opponents and cancels elections. His party sues to keep rival political parties off the ballot. He refuses to debate challengers. He insists on running even though most members of his own party don’t want him to. Democracy begins at home, Joe.</blockquote>
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