FELIX THE CAT RUNS FOR OFFICE, REVOLTS AGAINST CITY HALL, AND JOINS THE ARMY: 3 ORIGINAL CARTOONS Although many people have said these cartoons are all dated, looking at them today — disregarding the primitiveness of the style — it… Read More ›
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THE STUPID IS STRONG IN THIS COUNTRY
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — May 19th It is four years old and could have been written yesterday. Amazing, isn’t it? One of the iconic scenes in the movie Star Wars, the first one. Episode 4. “A New Hope” is where Obi-Wan… Read More ›
TRUMP & THE TRADING CARDS
Fandango’s Provocative Question #195 What do you think of Trump’s digital trading cards? Do you think it reflects a sound business and/or political strategy? Do you think it’s ridiculous and is something undignified for a former U.S. President (and 2024 presidential… Read More ›
KILLING HIM WITH KINDNESS
Someone on Twitter asked how we (I assume anyone reading the tweet) would feel if Trump got life in prison. I thought that wasn’t nearly enough punishment for him. I want him to be forced to sit in a well-lighted… Read More ›
THE STUPID IS STRONG IN THIS COUNTRY – By TOM CURLEY
A Friday Flashback on Saturday One of the iconic scenes in the movie Star Wars, the first one. Episode 4. “A New Hope” is where Obi-Wan Kanobi is taking Luke Skywalker and his two droids R2D2 and C3PO into town… Read More ›
THREE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION
I’m exhausted. When I finally go to sleep and later wake up, nothing seems to have changed. Except everything has changed, but now instead of changing in huge increments, it’s a few thousand votes here, there, oh and over there,… Read More ›
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A GUILIANI – Garry Armstrong
Once upon a time, there lived a mildly entertaining New York political suit. He did reoccurring cameo bits on “Law And Order” during its prime years. Not exactly a Lennie Briscoe, but his “Rudy” character” had legs. The character has… Read More ›
I HAVE A DREAM – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I have a dream that, come November 4th: The White House Squatter will be dragged out in cuffs and chains, his orange face turned red as he rants about how “It was rigged. A faked election. A fraud by those… Read More ›
TODAY’S NEWS AT SIX
Watching the news tonight was illuminating, in an Illuminati kind of way The first subject they covered was politics, including the postal crisis, a couple of local races, plus concerns about not getting ballots delivered or entered on time. It… Read More ›
DARWIN AWARDS IN DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED DUE TO OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF CANDIDATES – BY TOM CURLEY
Originally posted on SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH:
4/1/2020 “Darwin Awards in Danger” “The Darwin Awards are in danger of being canceled this year due to the unprecedented number of applicants and a severe lack of Darwin Award trophies.…
BOOK OF JOB, THE SEQUEL – BY TOM CURLEY
God and the Devil got together recently. They do that more often than you think. Usually at least once every millennia. They play cards, catch up on all the celestial gossip and have a few beers. More often than not,… Read More ›
WHEN WORDS FAIL – Marilyn Armstrong
I was reading a comment in the Washington Post that followed my own line of thought: Yes, the politicians are to blame — but so are we. The two trends intersect.The Republican war on science succeeded by making people distrust… Read More ›
OFF COURSE – JUDY DKYSTRA-BROWN – REBLOG
OFF COURSE For those who cannot fathom the changes time has wrought, tomorrow will be better, or perhaps it will be not. Those who have championed progress, thinking it is for our betterment might come at last to fathom that… Read More ›
WHEN YOU GET TOO OLD TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE – Marilyn Armstrong
DISCOVERING I’M PART OF THE EMERGING DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE (ALSO LEFTWING, SOCIALIST, AND NO DOUBT COMMUNIST) If you have asthma or any kind of chronic medical problem that requires continuing care and medication, that’s the message you are getting. We have… Read More ›
OFFICIAL MINUTES FROM THE FIRST “COUNCIL OF THE TOMS” – BY TOM CURLEY
There’s a lot of chatter these days about the Multi-verse. You know, parallel Earths in parallel universes. Different versions of Earth. It’s been a mainstream topic in the world of physics — and in science fiction forever. And it shows… Read More ›
THE STUPID IS STRONG IN THIS COUNTRY – By TOM CURLEY
One of the iconic scenes in the movie Star Wars, the first one. Episode 4. “A New Hope” is where Obi-Wan Kanobi is taking Luke Skywalker and his two droids R2D2 and C3PO into town and they are stopped by… Read More ›
DRINKING THE NEWS – Garry Armstrong
Manhattan in the mid-’60s. I was a newbie newsie at ABC News. The kid reporter among guys who’d worked for Ed Murrow and shared tall tales about Mayor LaGuardia, Governor “Beau Jimmy” Walker, Tammany Hall grifters, speakeasies, Jazz and an… Read More ›
EXONERATED? – Marilyn Armstrong
You just can’t TALK to them. It’s a kind of madness. Too many food additives?
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