When I first saw this cartoon I laughed a wicked little laugh. But generally I tend to favor the liberals.
--Marge
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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--Marge
A mashup of images, videos, and other information you may find entertaining or useful --Marge
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Showing posts with label Michael Ramirez. Show all posts
Friday, September 15, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
Cartoons: Foggy Bottom reality
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is doing such a good job of satirizing this administration that the line between fact and fiction (if there is one) is becoming even harder to discern. BTW, the term Foggy Bottom is associated with the U.S. State Department, now somewhat defunct.
So, Congress will dump Obamacare (ACA) without having a replacement? Sad.
Even credentialed psychologists question Trump's mental health--from afar. One credentialed psychologist is says he's just a "world class narcissist."
It's the poor--you know, the people at the bottom of the economic heap--that reap what's left over when the power games end.
-- Marge
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| Phil Hands, The Week |
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So, Congress will dump Obamacare (ACA) without having a replacement? Sad.
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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Even credentialed psychologists question Trump's mental health--from afar. One credentialed psychologist is says he's just a "world class narcissist."
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| Tom Stiglich, The Week |
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It's the poor--you know, the people at the bottom of the economic heap--that reap what's left over when the power games end.
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| Joe Heller, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, December 16, 2016
Cartoons: America Trumped
Well, the Trumping of America is well underway and it looks bad.
Do say a prayer in support of the Hamilton Electors (Note: Breitbart says the author Philip Bump is a liar).
-- Marge
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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| Tom Toles, The Week |
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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Do say a prayer in support of the Hamilton Electors (Note: Breitbart says the author Philip Bump is a liar).
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| Chan Lowe, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, October 07, 2016
Cartoons: bashing away
Judging from the cartoons currently being shown on The Week's cartoon page, the cartooning world has given way to bashing your political opponent--and anyone else within range. So my selection today is about any topic not directly related to waging political war. This is what I found.
Bill Clinton was misquoted as describing "Obamacare as 'crazy',” according to New York Magazine in 7 Reasons To Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare.
While Capitalism in the U.S. isn't working particularly well, what with income inequality and favors for the wealthy, Socialism in Venezuela is crashing. It seems everyone is in the same stew and the pot is empty--In a hungry Venezuela, buying too much food can get you arrested.
Rick McKee comments for those of us caught in the political middle.
-- Marge
Bill Clinton was misquoted as describing "Obamacare as 'crazy',” according to New York Magazine in 7 Reasons To Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare.
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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While Capitalism in the U.S. isn't working particularly well, what with income inequality and favors for the wealthy, Socialism in Venezuela is crashing. It seems everyone is in the same stew and the pot is empty--In a hungry Venezuela, buying too much food can get you arrested.
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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Rick McKee comments for those of us caught in the political middle.
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| Rick McKee, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, August 19, 2016
Cartoons: US riots you rarely hear about and other news
After wading through uncounted, but numerous, digs at Trump and Hillary, I was about to bag posting today when I came across the cartoon below. It refers to a riot in Milwaukee. A little research yielded a truly interesting piece by Milwaukee resident and medieval historian, Andrew Larsen. Take a look: The Milwaukee Riots. He starts with the observation that "Riots seem shocking to modern Americans, but college students riot with almost predictable regularity in this country."
What would a mention of the news be nowadays without reference to the Trump-Hillary polls? While typing this a devilish idea occurred to me: what if they were a couple? Then a second one sprang up: what if we smooshed the parties together and declared Hillary president, Donald vice president and were done with the whole sordid business? Then we could move on...or maybe not. At any rate here are the latest polls courtesy of RealClearPolitics.
Now, for an upbeat note, here's Walt Handelsman's take on the emergency response to flooding in Louisiana. Obama has taken flack for seeming uninterested, so here's what his Live Updates page reports.
-- Marge
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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What would a mention of the news be nowadays without reference to the Trump-Hillary polls? While typing this a devilish idea occurred to me: what if they were a couple? Then a second one sprang up: what if we smooshed the parties together and declared Hillary president, Donald vice president and were done with the whole sordid business? Then we could move on...or maybe not. At any rate here are the latest polls courtesy of RealClearPolitics.
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| Bob Gorrell, The Week |
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Now, for an upbeat note, here's Walt Handelsman's take on the emergency response to flooding in Louisiana. Obama has taken flack for seeming uninterested, so here's what his Live Updates page reports.
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| Walt Handelsman, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, July 22, 2016
Cartoons: It's Trump's Republican Party Now
At the beginning of the GOP convention it may have been this:
Now it's this: (Nice play on Grant Wood's "American Gothic," RJ.)
Somewhere along the way dissenting Republicans got booted:
A-n-d It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party Now. Don't you just love the butt heart?
-- Marge
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| Chan Lowe, The Week |
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Now it's this: (Nice play on Grant Wood's "American Gothic," RJ.)
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| RJ Matson, The Week |
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Somewhere along the way dissenting Republicans got booted:
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| Dana Summers, The Week |
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A-n-d It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party Now. Don't you just love the butt heart?
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, May 15, 2015
Cartoons: sellouts and those clueless
Sometimes we sellout to gain money or security or even love; sometimes we don't know we're selling out 'til it's over. Here are some examples.
Picasso didn't sellout, but the art world has. The latest price is $179 million dollars.
It's beginning to look like the Democratic Party is putting all of it's eggs in one basket--Hillary. Is this a sellout or are they just clueless?
At the risk of offending my religious readers, my view of religion is that it has for centuries sold out our spirituality. There I said it.
Drone warfare is still war. Has war been declared? No, but the U.S. Congress approves of the drone strikes.
-- Marge
Picasso didn't sellout, but the art world has. The latest price is $179 million dollars.
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| Steve Breen, The Week |
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It's beginning to look like the Democratic Party is putting all of it's eggs in one basket--Hillary. Is this a sellout or are they just clueless?
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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At the risk of offending my religious readers, my view of religion is that it has for centuries sold out our spirituality. There I said it.
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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Drone warfare is still war. Has war been declared? No, but the U.S. Congress approves of the drone strikes.
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| Bill Day, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, February 20, 2015
Cartoons: the elephant in the room
Today's mix includes cartoonists' comments on the recent FCC (Federal Communications Commission) ruling on net neutrality, the Republican Party, jobs for potential terrorists, and pizza delivery via drone.
It's beginning to look like even some Republicans are unhappy with their party.
Apparently, Americans are ready and waiting for delivery by drone.
Michael Tomasky at the Daily Beast admits: "Yes, I’ll Say It: Marie Harf Had a Point." Few in the news media appear to agree.
In this cartoon the FCC is portrayed as antiquated. Lawrence Lessig says it's the internet in America that's behind the times:
IMHO, with respect to net neutrality and many other federal issues, the elephant in the room is American worship of the almighty dollar.
-- Marge
It's beginning to look like even some Republicans are unhappy with their party.
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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Apparently, Americans are ready and waiting for delivery by drone.
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| Chan Lowe, The Week |
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Michael Tomasky at the Daily Beast admits: "Yes, I’ll Say It: Marie Harf Had a Point." Few in the news media appear to agree.
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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In this cartoon the FCC is portrayed as antiquated. Lawrence Lessig says it's the internet in America that's behind the times:
Defenders of the status quo are now frantically filling the tubes with FUD about the FCC's decision. But as you work through this FUD, keep one basic fact clear. Relative to practically every other comparable nation, America's broadband sucks. Seriously, sucks. Even France beats us in cost and quality. And as the genius Yochai Benkler established in the monumental report by the Berkman Center commissioned by the FCC after Obama was elected, the single most important reason our broadband sucks is the sell-out regulatory strategy of the prior decade at least. Nations that imposed neutrality-like rules beat us, in cost and quality. They have more competition, faster growth, and better access. So for anyone remotely connected to reality-based policy making, it has been clear forever that America made a wrong turn in its regulatory strategy, and that we needed an about face.BTW, FUD stands for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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IMHO, with respect to net neutrality and many other federal issues, the elephant in the room is American worship of the almighty dollar.
-- Marge
Friday, July 04, 2014
Cartoons: snapshot of America on this 4th
While, as Steve Breen asserts in the cartoon below, many of us still value life, liberty, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness, some in America don't value these rights so much. This is especially true when the self-evident rights of others are concerned. Here are some dos and don'ts for today's America.
If you pray, pray for a tolerant employer.
Forget what you love to do, learn what will bring home the bacon.
When faced with an anti-Obama Congress, use executive actions to get things done.
Watch out for underhanded play in the marketplace.
-- Marge
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| Steve Breen, US News |
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If you pray, pray for a tolerant employer.
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| Jack Ohman, US News |
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Forget what you love to do, learn what will bring home the bacon.
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| Michael Ramirez, US News |
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When faced with an anti-Obama Congress, use executive actions to get things done.
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| Dana Summers, US News |
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Watch out for underhanded play in the marketplace.
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| Drew Sheneman, US News |
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-- Marge
Friday, June 13, 2014
Cartoons: the genie out of the bottle
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
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The news this week may appear to be about Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, losing the Virginia primary to a Tea Party candidate, but it's really about what voters will tolerate. In the Washington Post's Opinion Section E.J. Dionne says:
I don't know about you, but to me the Tea Party has become scary. They seemed innocent enough when they started out and their goals looked good, then they shut down the U.S. government and gloated about it.
At least the cartoonists can still evoke a laugh.
Interesting that in this last cartoon Google takes on the role of Supreme Manipulator.
-- Marge
We’ll never know whether Cantor would have done better if he had held steady on the subject [of immigration reform]. What we do know is that sending out campaign literature bragging about a news story that declared him “the No. 1 guy standing between the American people and immigration reform” did nothing to placate or persuade those who were out to defeat him.Dionne's article is an excellent look at Republicans, the Tea Party, and the effectiveness of Republican attack ads, presumably backed by Big Money Republicans.
I don't know about you, but to me the Tea Party has become scary. They seemed innocent enough when they started out and their goals looked good, then they shut down the U.S. government and gloated about it.
At least the cartoonists can still evoke a laugh.
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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| Steve Sack, The Week |
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| Michael Ramirez, US News |
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| R J Matson, The Week |
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Interesting that in this last cartoon Google takes on the role of Supreme Manipulator.
-- Marge
Friday, May 09, 2014
Cartoons: Is it just weather or climate change?
And if it is climate change, do humans have anything to do with it? Here's a collection of surveys of scientists' views on climate change. The summary from the Doran and Kendall Zimmerman survey (2009) states:
The cartoonists also weigh in.
-- Marge
It seems that the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes.
The cartoonists also weigh in.
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| Steve Sack, The Week |
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| Michael Ramirez, US News |
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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| Paul Combs, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, February 28, 2014
Cartoons: Putin's Press
While looking for an example of how Russian President Putin controls information in his country, I came across this interesting site--Trust.org, sponsored by Thomson Reuters Foundation. An article found at Trust, "Russian court puts Putin foe under house arrest, bars Internet use," speaks of just one dissident's arrest but gives enough information to see the extent of Putin's control.
Now for the cartoons--
-- Marge
Now for the cartoons--
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| Michael Ramirez, US News |
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| Dan Wasserman, US News |
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| Jack Ohman, US News |
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| Scott Stantis, US News |
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| Paul Combs, US News |
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-- Marge
Friday, December 13, 2013
Cartoon goulash
The cartoons I'm offering today are a mixture of ones that tickled my funny bone or hit green on my truth meter.
-- Marge
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| Marshall Ramsey, "The Christmas Miracle," US News |
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| Ken Catalino, "Got Milk," US News |
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| Jack Ohman, "GOP Candidate School," The Week |
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| Michael Ramirez, US News |
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| Scott Stantis, 'Bull run," the Week |
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-- Marge
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