message from Iran (not Iraq)

Citizen Cane

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"This is one solid cane; it more than takes care of my medical needs, and provides a level of security knowing this product could be used as a baseball bat if necessary."

--Scott, Tucson, AZ, Feb 24, 2013

http://www.knifecenter.com/item/KA9406/ka-bar-9406-tdi-self-defense-walking-cane 

Allman Bros

whippin' post

maybe Greg and Duane would have liked this.......

Impeachment scenario

Paul Ryan meets with vice president Mike Pence. “Mike,” he says, “let’s face it. You’ll never be elected president. You’re from Indiana, you call your wife mother, you’re creepy, probably a closeted gay. Let’s make a deal: I impeach Trump and you get to be president for the next three years. Schoolchildren have to memorize your name. You get to be on a stamp. Maybe one day on the three cent coin. In 2020, however, you step aside. You endorse me. I’m the Republican nominee.”

Pence goes along. Why wouldn’t he? Sure beats another three years of attending funerals.

After Trump, things turn calm. No more drama. This is very bad for women, gays, blacks. The Republican Congress works closely with Pence to pass a bunch of stuff that makes us look back at Ronald Reagan and wonder if that guy was really a liberal. Pence seems “normal” after Trump. The Republicans get lots of things done. Granted, all bad. But done.

In 2020, Paul Ryan gets to present himself as the courageous man who took on a president from his own party because it was the right thing to do for the country. Powerful stuff. A true profile in BS courage.

-- Ted Rall 

Leaf Blower

NRA terrorism

Osama bin Laden didn’t fly planes into the Twin Towers. Perhaps he never actually killed with his own hands at all, but is certainly recognized as killer and terrorist. Bin Laden was a facilitator - someone who provided the means and inspiration for others to execute. Wayne La Pierre may never have killed with his own hands either, but he’s complicit in providing the means for others. So is it hyperbole to label La Pierre a terrorist?

-- Vern Loomis

the-nra-the-dragon-in-our-midst

human cartoon

Available evidence is beyond reasonable doubt as prosecutors might say that I’m a human and I’m a cartoon. If being both at the same time, in the same frame, were a crime, I’ll be convicted in seconds by a white jury or black jury, a jury of men or women. And if being both is a rare artistic adventure, I’m a Don Quixote. Actually, being both is normal, as normal as being a Trump, a Sean Hannity, a Butt-Head. I’m an animated human. I’m an animated cartoon.

-- L. Ali Khan

im-a-human-and-im-a-cartoon