Why the GOP Congress will be the most unproductive in 164 years (David Faris, The Week)
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| Rick McKee, The Week |
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-- Marge
A mashup of images, videos, and other information you may find entertaining or useful --Marge
Showing posts with label The Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Week. Show all posts
Friday, September 22, 2017
Friday, October 03, 2014
Cartoons: Ebola and politics
Ebola and politics--they just seem to go together, don't they? No further comments today, just five cartoons from The Week.
-- Marge
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| Dana Summers, The Week |
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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| Rick McKee, The Week |
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, September 19, 2014
Cartoons: a stew spiced with irony
Not finding much humor in the cartoons being offered today, so I'm going for irony.
What if Lindsay Graham's and John McCain's boots were the ones put on the ground in Iraq?
What would Teddy Roosevelt do today about the fat cats ruling Washington?
It's easy to see today's football players as the gladiators of our day, much as the Roman gladiators were the working class heroes of their time, according to Evan Andrews.
Is there an exit strategy for fighting ISIL? Will we need one?
-- Marge
What if Lindsay Graham's and John McCain's boots were the ones put on the ground in Iraq?
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| Ben Sargent, TheWeek |
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What would Teddy Roosevelt do today about the fat cats ruling Washington?
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| David Horsey, TheWeek |
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It's easy to see today's football players as the gladiators of our day, much as the Roman gladiators were the working class heroes of their time, according to Evan Andrews.
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| Scott Stantis, TheWeek |
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Is there an exit strategy for fighting ISIL? Will we need one?
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| David Horsey, TheWeek |
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-- Marge
Friday, September 12, 2014
Cartoons: Ray Rice and others
What the NFL showed us.
What I see when I look at Ray Price, abuser.
What I see when walking down the street.
What rural Republicans may see.
What the English saw in Braveheart.
-- Marge
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| Steve Benson, US News |
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What I see when I look at Ray Price, abuser.
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| Rick McKee, Cagle |
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What I see when walking down the street.
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| Randall Enos, The Week |
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What rural Republicans may see.
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| David Horsey, US News |
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What the English saw in Braveheart.
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| Cameron Cardow, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, September 05, 2014
Cartoons: Taking another look
These cartoons speak for themselves, but I've included links to related news articles because they present some interesting, and perhaps useful, information.
First of all, I like Obama and think he's dealt in a measured, well-considered way with the tremendous challenges the presidency has given him. That said, it's not helpful to change course midstream: Obama adjusts Iraq narrative, now blames Bush for troop withdrawal.
While ISIS rejects modern living, it uses modern methods to spread its gruesome messages. Hmmm. Authorities are looking for a tech-savvy terrorist from Boston whom they suspect runs ISIS' social media campaign.
According to PCMag, Apple says "that the hack of celebrity photos did not include a breach of iCloud or Find My iPhone." Whatever the cause, there's still the same result.
Apparently the Department of Homeland Security has "lost track of more than 6,000 foreign nationals who entered the United States on student visas."
--Marge
First of all, I like Obama and think he's dealt in a measured, well-considered way with the tremendous challenges the presidency has given him. That said, it's not helpful to change course midstream: Obama adjusts Iraq narrative, now blames Bush for troop withdrawal.
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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While ISIS rejects modern living, it uses modern methods to spread its gruesome messages. Hmmm. Authorities are looking for a tech-savvy terrorist from Boston whom they suspect runs ISIS' social media campaign.
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| Mike Keefe, The Week |
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According to PCMag, Apple says "that the hack of celebrity photos did not include a breach of iCloud or Find My iPhone." Whatever the cause, there's still the same result.
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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Apparently the Department of Homeland Security has "lost track of more than 6,000 foreign nationals who entered the United States on student visas."
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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--Marge
Friday, August 08, 2014
Cartoons: Ebola, suing Obama, Russian hackers and agribiz
Well, at least it's not wars and rumors of war this week. Instead we have the Republicans approving Boehner's lawsuit against Obama, threat of bodily harm by the Ebola virus, and Russian hackers stealing more than a billion usernames and passwords. Also there's a comment on whether junk food is cheaper than healthy food.
Just the day before beginning summer recess, Republicans voted to sue Obama. I think the following cartoon adequately describes the U.S. Congress' actions since Obama entered office.
A majority of Americans disapprove of the GOP's lawsuit, according to the Huffington Post.
Meanwhile, Ebola spreads.
Promising experimental drugs and vaccines are being developed for reputedly incurable Ebola, but there are obstacles, some man-made.
It would be easy to say that the theft of 1.2 billion user login credentials by Russian hackers is a response to current sanctions, but the records were amassed earlier. It's possible that release of the information about the hack was timed for maximum affect.
Finally, Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?
-- Marge
Just the day before beginning summer recess, Republicans voted to sue Obama. I think the following cartoon adequately describes the U.S. Congress' actions since Obama entered office.
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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A majority of Americans disapprove of the GOP's lawsuit, according to the Huffington Post.
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| David Fitzsimmons, The Week |
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Meanwhile, Ebola spreads.
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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Promising experimental drugs and vaccines are being developed for reputedly incurable Ebola, but there are obstacles, some man-made.
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| Chip Bok, The Week |
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It would be easy to say that the theft of 1.2 billion user login credentials by Russian hackers is a response to current sanctions, but the records were amassed earlier. It's possible that release of the information about the hack was timed for maximum affect.
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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Finally, Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?
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| Pat Bagley, The Week |
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-- Marge
Friday, July 25, 2014
Cartoons: fools and posers
News from the war front at the US-Mexico border verges on delirious.
Meanwhile, at the war front in DC, it verges on insane.
Seems to me these guys in Washington were elected to represent their constituents. They're supposed to be adults.
-- Marge
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| Pat Bagley, the Week |
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| Drew Sheneman, the Week |
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| David Fitzsimmons, the Week |
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Meanwhile, at the war front in DC, it verges on insane.
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| Steve Sack, Cagle |
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Seems to me these guys in Washington were elected to represent their constituents. They're supposed to be adults.
-- Marge
Friday, June 20, 2014
Cartoons: Carry a big Sharpie
Among the perpetual reports of unwelcome news: Iraq is back again. For extensive coverage, check out NBC's "Iraq Turmoil" page. As you have probably heard, ISIS is the new enemy. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' article "Why Iraq's jihadists just keep on coming back meaner" is a good read on the topic.
Today's political cartoons aren't particularly funny (my apologies), but they do offer some good insights.
-- Marge
Today's political cartoons aren't particularly funny (my apologies), but they do offer some good insights.
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| Dana Summers, US News |
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| John Cole, The Week |
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| Walt Handelsman, The Week |
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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, April 18, 2014
Just some funny cartoons (except the last one)
Today's cartoons don't fit into a theme, they're just plain funny (in my view). Yet each has something to say.
And then there's the Heartbleed internet security breach.
--Marge
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| Rick McKee, The Week |
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| Dan Wasserman, US News |
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| Bill Schorr, The Week |
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And then there's the Heartbleed internet security breach.
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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--Marge
Friday, April 04, 2014
Cartoons: American democracy for sale
We're back to writing about the Koch Brothers and Republicans yet again.
Picture U.S. and state governments with only Republicans writing and enforcing legislation.
It's possible, because the big political spenders--the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson--spend Republican. And the U.S. Supreme Court supports their spending, as shown in this article "Winners and losers from the McCutcheon v. FEC ruling." If you're tired of seeing the Supreme Court replace democracy with rule by dollar (a plutocracy), you can show your resistance by signing Credo Action's petition to Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Anthony Kennedy. Or you can join MoveToAmend and get into the action.
Here are some editorial cartoons that give more information.
--Marge
Picture U.S. and state governments with only Republicans writing and enforcing legislation.
It's possible, because the big political spenders--the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson--spend Republican. And the U.S. Supreme Court supports their spending, as shown in this article "Winners and losers from the McCutcheon v. FEC ruling." If you're tired of seeing the Supreme Court replace democracy with rule by dollar (a plutocracy), you can show your resistance by signing Credo Action's petition to Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Anthony Kennedy. Or you can join MoveToAmend and get into the action.
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| Supreme corporate justice Scalia, Credo Action |
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Here are some editorial cartoons that give more information.
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| David Horsey, US News |
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| Marshall Ramsey, US News |
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| Pat Bagley, The Week |
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--Marge
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