April Fool's Day is coming...

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...Be warned.

In case you need a reminder, read about 100 examples of what people have done to 'celebrate' it: "Top 100 April Fool Hoaxes of All Time." Here's another list from geobeats:

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The spaghetti-tree hoax really happened and had real results.

For this year, USA Today tells us to go tech with our pranks and leave the whoopie cushions at home.

On the other hand, John Oliver of Last Week Tonight wants us to pledge "no pranks." Watch the video below to see why.

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To prank or not to prank, that is the question.

-- Marge

Cartoons: Crimea and winter

There's a lot of news about Putin annexing Crimea, and sanctions against it, and who-did-what-and-why.  Even Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev, is weighing in--he's writing a series of articles titled "Crimea: Whose land is this?" Note that it's published by Aljazeera (link resolves to the American edition) and that he clearly has a chip on his shoulder for the U.S.:

In Washington DC, the best minds of the Obama administration were feverishly thinking how else to make it more difficult for the recalcitrant citizens of Crimea. They will definitely think of something since they have a lot of experience in doing so. After all, Iraqis, Iranians, Syrians, Libyans and the Lebanese have long stopped celebrating.

Here's what some of the political cartoonists are saying.

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Jimmy Margulies, USA Today

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Walt Handelsman, US News

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Steve Sack, The Week

Meanwhile, on the winter front--

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Bob Englehart, The Week

-- Marge

Cartoons: We don't need no stinking reform

In the news the topic of immigration reform is back on the table.  Those in the Tea Party appear to be the stumbling block on new legislation.  USA Today in "Immigration activists threaten GOP political payback" says the "hope for immigration reform all but dead."

Time to step back and take a better look --

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Chan Lowe, US News

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David Horsey, US News

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John Darkow, The Week

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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BTW, cartoonist David Horsey has an excellent piece titled "Ice storm paradox: It's colder because the Earth is warmer."

--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