Cartoons: Lost in translation

Today I'm looking at Mitch McConnell's Health Care Folly; a reminder of what's on the GOP's plate (since they rule the U.S. government now, however ineffectively) and Trump's Russian connection(s).

This cartoon by David Horsey is, to me, priceless.

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David Horsey, The Week

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Do I see fear in the Senate and House leaders' faces? The one in the middle is clueless.

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Chip Bok, The Week

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From what I see here on the sidelines, Trump is doing everything he can to quell investigation of his alleged Russian connections.

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Especially since he sat talking privately with Putin for an hour, using a Russian translator.

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Clay Jones, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: reboots

This seems to be the season of déjà vu--Marvel comics, healthcare in America, and Russian connections.

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Clay Jones, The Week

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It must be confusing for the Republicans, too.

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Walt Handelsman, The Week

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If only this dream would work...

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Tom Toles, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: But who will protect the citizens?

Given Wednesday's attack at the baseball field, it was just a matter of time until lawmakers requested more protection from gun violence: Rattled by shooting, lawmakers want more personal protection. Again the Second Amendment didn't work right:

“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Here are 10 arguments each, for and against gun control.

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Clay Jones, The Week

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Maybe I'm being cold-blooded. In my eyes Congress has been coldblooded for years.

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Tom Toles, The Week

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No, I don't have a gun, but someone out there does and enough anger to act out.

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Pat Bagley, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: litigation time

Today I'm taking a glance at JASTA, the recent legislation that allows 9/11 victims to sue foreign states for injury, death, or damages; and at Wells Fargo, the dastardly swindler of unsuspecting customers.

Since the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, aka the 9/11 law, passed, why not use it to sue Congress for inaction on gun legislation? The litigants would have to prove Congress is a foreign state--not that hard. Just sayin'.

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Clay Jones, The Week

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Seems to me Wells Fargo is not that different from any other U.S. bank. They just got caught.

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Steve Sack, The Week

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--Marge

Cartoons: everyone has a story

The mix today looks at the Flint Michigan hearings; an Edward R. Murrow quote about campaigns as circus; whether voters are anti-republican establishment or anti-democrat establishment; and the true winner of the 2016 election.

In the congressional hearings on who dropped the ball in Flint, there are several ways to look at it. Here are two: The poisonous conservative thinking that caused the Flint crisis and Will Anyone Accept Responsibility for Flint?

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Clay Jones, The Week

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I never knew that newscaster Edward R. Murrow could be so wise. Here are some of his quotes.

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David Horsey, The Week

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Journalists appear to be defining Bernie Sanders as an anti-Democratic-establishment candidate and Donald Trump as an anti-Republican-establishment candidate. The Washington Post has a series called The great unsettling. This may come closer to the truth.

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Glenn McCoy, The Week

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And now, ta-da, the true outcome of the 2016 presidential election:

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Scott Stantis, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: rebels with iffy causes

Today's selection of cartoons looks at Charlie Hebdo's special edition; the Oregon occupiers; and Donald Trump vs. Kim Jong-un.

Assuredly I don't want to diminish the horror of the attacks on magazine Charlie Hebdo in January, 2015; the writers and cartoonists didn't deserve a death sentence for being provocative. However, being a provocateur has its price. The New York Post reports Charlie Hebdo marks attack anniversary with scathing special edition with a photo of the edition's front cover; the Washington Post reports Associated Press removes images of God-as-terrorist Charlie Hebdo cover.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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Remember the Bundy standoff in Nevada in 2014 over cattle grazing fees? Now his son and stalwart supporters have occupied a federal building in Oregon. There's more about the situation in Oregon Occupiers to Face Charges When Siege Ends: Sheriff.

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Clay Jones, The Week

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Provocateur Kim Jong-un is scaring everyone. Take a look at this headline: Why even a failed test makes North Korea’s nuclear arsenal scarier. Even scarier than that is D. Trump confronting Kim Jong-un. O.K., maybe a little funny, too.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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-- Marge

Taking a poke at technology

Here's an assortment of cartoons looking at different types of technology from genetic engineering to social media.  As usual I'm taking a swipe at the U.S. Congress whenever I can.

From The Week here's Nate Beeler's "Old-Fashioned Demands:"

From USA Today there's Chan Lowe's cartoon about Google Glass:

This one is also from USA Today; it's by Clay Jones:

And a third one from USA Today (the last) is by Ed Stein:

At Cagle Post I found this one, titled "Engineering," by David Fitzsimmons:

That's it for today, Folks.

-- Marge