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“I’m not loving our current product — it may not hunt for you.”

Feb9

Garry Trudeau is (IMO) the finest political cartoonist of the 20th and 21st centuries. Here is today another fine example:

(The title line made me laugh out loud the first time I read it.)

Leave a comment Posted in Comics Wonkiness, Just 'cause it's funny, Politics, Wingnuttery at work Tagged Doonesbury, fox news, humor, myFacts, truth

“America has too many…Republican candidates!”

Jan27

Garry Trudeau, who is looking at a half-century of political commentary straight in the face, still gets it right:

Leave a comment Posted in Just 'cause it's funny, Politics, Wingnuttery at work Tagged Doonesbury, Repubican Party

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  • "Under SOPA, you could get 5 years for uploading a Michael Jackson song — one year more than the doctor who killed him." — Spy Eye

Redefinitions

  • bachmann (bɑːk'mən) noun — the unit of measure of inability to perceive reality
  • fleming (flɛm'ɪŋ) adjective — the inability to distinguish satire from truth
  • gingrich (ɡɪŋ' ɡrɪtʃ), verb — to commit serial adultery
  • hitchling (hitch'ling) (noun) — A child void of religious indoctrination who is encouraged to read broadly and to seek the truth unapologetically.
  • santorum (sæntɔ́rəm), noun — the frothy mix of fecal matter and lubricant that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex
  • trump (trə́mp) verb — to cheapen an effort to worthlessness

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Moral issues recently pondered

  • “Black people are scary.”
  • “Science is opening your eyes to the poetry of the expanding universe.”
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  • (Maddening) image without comment
  • “How many mistakes must we make before we pay for them?”
  • “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
  • “This is the dimension of imagination.”
  • Hell may be full of musical amateurs, but Jackson beats it hands-down for creepiness
  • Words are insufficient

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