Sunday 'Speaking of Kevin' Funnies

"I rise to be recognized ..."

More of that charade at Brad's. Here I will compare and contrast dueling ideologies, propaganda, and topics of concern to the less partisanized.

The marketplace is a terrible way to produce news. Because it the end, being the market, it’s not about what viewers need. Or about what viewers (think they) would prefer to see. It’s about giving those viewers who are willing to spend money whatever content makes them watch the most, because ratings means selling commercials means profit.

Any news that isn’t doing that is driven out of the market. It’s not enough to just be making a profit, because sooner or later the station or network will be bought out by someone whose interest isn’t in making a profit, but in making the most possible profit for the least cost.

And the easiest way to get viewers to read or click or watch is to make us feel like we’re in a violent crime wave.

Twenty Twenty-Three Funnies

That’s All Folks!#GretaWins #BeepBeep pic.twitter.com/w08iytblvB

— Pia Guerra (@PiaGuerra) December 30, 2022

These toons of course are all from last year.  This year's will appear next week, after some news gets made and the artists react.  The circle of life and all that.

I probably won't be doing much more blogging going forward than I did in the last half of '22.  Uvalde broke me, and the failure of the Texas electorate to hold anyone accountable for it and all the other cruelty demonstrates a profound psychological dysfunction.

Greg Abbott and the rest are still playing 'hold my beer' with the lives and welfare of millions of people, and documenting those atrocities as I have over the past twenty years (my blog-versary was in November, whomp whomp) is beyond me.  The Lone Star State is rotten; filled with too many Christian fascists and entirely too many enablers, grifters, and 'good Germans'.  And I'm not seeing the fighters the Democrats keep calling themselves actually doing anything to slow the evil down, much less stop it.

So Happy New Fear.  More of that on the way; the Texas Lege convenes later this month.  In the meanwhile please be safe, warm, and find some joy outside the political arena.  Or respite, as the case may be.

For all those in the U.S. screwed in their holiday travel attempts by Southwest, American, and every other airline…https://t.co/9OWsPcn19q pic.twitter.com/rIvixQaWeW

— The Daily Felltoon (@DailyFelltoon) December 27, 2022

Sunday "All I Want" Funnies

Happy holidays to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing et. al.

All that I -- and little Suzie below, courtesy Mark Fiore -- want for Xmas is a lot more than a Trump indictment, prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment.

"All I Want for Christmas," by Little Suzie Newsykins...

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Mark Fiore Industries! pic.twitter.com/d60iR4LEos

— Mark Fiore (@MarkFiore) December 22, 2022

That doesn’t mean the Insurrector-in-Chief will actually be indicted by the DOJ, but it is one step closer to happening.  The holiday season really is a time of wonder and magic!

Speaking of magic, Congress passed a $858 billion defense budget that barely caused a ripple. According to the New York Times, this cash haul is “the second highest in inflation-adjusted terms since World War II.”  If you haven’t hung out your shingle as an arms dealer, now might be the time.

Meanwhile it looks like most Republicans and Democrats in Congress are in no hurry to ban stock trades, so the smell of conflict of interest wafting through the hallways will probably be stronger than the smell of chestnuts.

And even though we might not have as much cash as the Pentagon or certain families in Congress, I hope you have a wonderful holiday(s)!

Would Christians who behave more like Christ be too much to ask?  I'm thinking 'probably'.

You may have noticed a dissimilarity between 'wolves' as viewed through right and left lenses.

Here's a toast to our least favorite billionaire for 2023: may your business acumen propel you to millionaire status in the New Year.

And Politico has the cartoon year-in-review.