Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Scenes from the Texas Legislature's Opening Shitstorm


Which you won't be able to see if you've quit TwiX. The day began cold and uh, shriveled.


Played two songs and dipped. Hey, he's old.

Nick Anderson gave us the cartoon preview, and Pastors for Children posted the early line.

Johnnie Mo had the gameday program, and Justin Miller at the Observer provided the lineup and profiles of the puppetmasters and slaveholders.

Snark did not run as strong as in years past due to the Xitter exodus, but there were some hot takes and solid analysis amidst the incessant bleating of the MAGA minions.


Oh yeah. The Speaker's race. Almost forgot.

I'll continue the ridicule of our Lone Star Fascists -- the Texas GOP, the Cook caucus, the bussed-in 'Ban Democrat Chairs' redshirts from the boondocks -- but a few words need to be said about the Texas Democrats, who despite the prowess awarded them by the afore-mentioned, are not nearly so mighty as anyone should believe.


Imagine that: Donks not voting for the lesser of two piles of dogshit.

Naturally/unfortunately/regrettably, the Democrat who ran for Speaker was one of those who voted for the greater evil.

Demonstrating once again that the phrase "progressive Democrat" has been rendered worthless. Back to the MAGA-on-"RINO" violence.

In the midst of so much hatred and intolerance from so many Christian conservatives, this was the best thing that happened yesterday:
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Sunday, January 12, 2025

"Let's Stop Calling It Democracy" Funnies

I thought we needed a (bipartisan? Since Teddy's there, multi-partisan? For George Washington's sake let's call it nonpartisan) laugh.

Let's just not call it democracy.
Brian McFadden:
I'm not going to tune out of the news like many people have wisely done since the election, and I'm sure I'll be drawing those shitheads a lot, but I can't do another four years of "GET A LOAD OF THIS BOZO!" every week. It obviously had no effect the last time I did it, so why subject myself to that again?

Brad's collation will always be there for you, Brian.
On the tenth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Clay Jones reminds that censoring cartoonists has a long and too often violent history.

And Mother Nature, aka climate change, emphasized her irritation again at homo sapiens and our reckless stewardship.
California Democrats do own this disaster, but the DEI firehose is MAGA douchebaggery. The toon fix was necessary.


Anita Bryant's anti-gay campaign called 'Save The Children' was the blueprint for every homophobic attack on queer people for nearly 50 years. She had several top 20 hits in the '60s, was seen regularly on TV as a spokesperson for the Florida Citrus Commission, and in death is recognized mostly for her bigotry.

JP Rowling might take that legacy under careful consideration.

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Sunday, January 05, 2025

Sunday 'CEOs with the Big Brains' Funnies


Lots of variations on the exploding-CyberTruck-at-Trump Vegas theme. This one, with the used car lot echoing the recent safety report (and covering several other trending topics), won.

News item:

You should also read Nick Anderson, Clay Jones, and Mike Peterson, for their toons and words.


Joe Biden will -- perhaps -- seek absolution from Pope Francis on his way out the White House door. I would only hope that it resembles the scene from Godfather Coda; not so much Michael Corleone's hypoglycemic episode as the mild condemnation from JP1.



In what lucid moments he has remaining, he'd do well to emulate another devout Christian whose presidency was considered a failure. His regret about not making more money bodes poorly for him.
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Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Twenty Twenty-Five Toons


("Meddy New Yeah" Funnies from last Sunday here.)

Off to a bad start.

Still hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.

MAGA might have a hangover as we approach the inauguration.

A New Year's resolution I will effort to keep is not to argue with any bots.


I did get my shit together a couple of times last year, but then I couldn't lift it.
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Sunday, December 29, 2024

Meddy New Yeah Funnies


Perhaps one last Christmas present to unwrap.

Maybe skip the resolutions this year.
Likely in the minority as usual but I'm more concerned about AI -- today -- than I am about Trump and his MAGA minions. Their self-destruct sequence may have just been activated (though I wish to mark that if Trump manages to save TikTok, Team Donkey will have lost a generation of voters for another 25 years ... should our species last that long). There will be no negotiations when our artificial intelligence overlords decide humans are an existential threat to themselves and they need to save the planet by wiping us out.
Then again ... it's possible I am giving it (them? What would be a bot's preferred pronouns?) too much credit. It's not called 'artificial' for nothing.

I don’t know if you have to be a writer/editor to find it obvious, but AI prose is so stilted and derivative that it obviously was not written by an English-speaking human.

If you took the worst bodice-ripper or the most absurd porn novel and then dumbed it down about four grade levels, you’d be matching the “writing” that now appears on websites whose owners would rather plug in a machine than hire a copywriter. And that includes some very prominent, profitable sites that could afford literate text.
"Shamash! Crude Strikes", this collection of Chat GPT toons at Juan Cole's shop makes me think of Houston (and one possible dystopian future).

As far as listicles and compendiums go at this time of the year, I'm not wild about them, especially when they gratify personal egos for clicks. There's always an exception, and WhoWhatWhy has collated Ted Rall's best of 2024, and he's the best there is. You might also read Ted's summary of our political state of affairs as the Democrats conclude their worst cycle in 40 years.

Speaking of Joe Biden and his defunct party...
Not skipping over any mockery here. No sir.

"Beef jerky time" "Ya, from Sveden"

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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tinsel Toons


F'n Kuffner and his everbrown Mel Torme post *snort* How about some non-nerd music.
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