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Showing posts with label Walt Handelsman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walt Handelsman. Show all posts

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Cartoons: reboots

This seems to be the season of déjà vu--Marvel comics, healthcare in America, and Russian connections.
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image: cartoon by Clay Jones
Clay Jones, The Week
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It must be confusing for the Republicans, too.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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If only this dream would work...
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image: cartoon by Tom Toles
Tom Toles, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, February 17, 2017

Cartoons: beltway leaks

It took me a minute to 'catch' this first cartoon, but when I did there was a loud guffaw and continued chuckling.
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image: cartoon by Steve Kelley
Steve Kelley, The Week
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Trump and his staff's connections with Russia clearly need investigating, but it's unlikely an almost all Republican congress will do it. Here's what the Bloomberg Editorial Board has to say about it: Investigate Trump's Russia Ties. The Editorial Board of the New York Times is a little more subdued: Time for Congress to Investigate Mr. Trump’s Ties to Russia. Somewhere behind their gated walls billionaires that are Democrats must be fuming.
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image: cartoon by David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons, The Week
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Meanwhile, back at Trump's other mansion...
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, February 03, 2017

Cartoons: Lady Liberty speaks up

This week ever more trumpery was afoot with bans, alternative facts and other "really great" moves. Both Democrats and Republicans are beginning to oppose him. According to Time Magazine, "Congressional Democrats Have Closed Ranks Against President Trump" and "Republicans Begin to Break With President Trump" because of his ban on immigrants and refugees. Brave Americans are also speaking out against Trump and to support those burdened by Trump's edicts.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Since being inaugurated,Trump has
already signed two proclamations,  seven executive orders and seven presidential memoranda. He's invented a new form of presidential directive — the national security presidential memorandum — and signed three of those. (USA Today)
The article cited above has a complete list of these actions.

Imagine waking up today after being asleep since October...
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image: cartoon by Joe Heller
Joe Heller, The Week
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According to Wikipedia, the Alt-right
has its roots on websites such as 4chan and 8chan, where anonymous members create and use Internet memes to express themselves. It is difficult to tell how much of what people write in these venues is serious and how much is intended to provoke outrage. Members of the alt-right use websites like Twitter and Breitbart to convey their message. Alt-right postings generally support Donald Trump and oppose immigration, multiculturalism and political correctness.
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image: cartoon by David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, December 23, 2016

Cartoons: Christmas turmoil

Today I'm looking at some not-so-sweet aspects of Christmas.

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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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image: cartoon by Pat Bagley
Pat Bagley, The Week
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image: cartoon by Gary Varvel
Gary Varvel, The Week
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May you find what you want this Christmas. Or, at the least, what you need.


-- 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."
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image: cartoon by Michael Ramirez
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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image: cartoon by Bob Gorrell
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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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, August 12, 2016

Cartoons: traveling penalty

Donald or Hillary, Hillary or Donald, Donald or Hillary, Hillary or Donald, it just goes on and on.

Instead of siding with one or the other, I offer a cartoon that's probably true for both.
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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week
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In this cartoon the mosquitoes show the most wisdom.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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If you were traveling on Delta Airlines this week, you have my sympathies.  Reuters predicts that more airline outages will be seen...and lived through.
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image: cartoon by Pat Bagley
Pat Bagley, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, June 10, 2016

Cartoons: two candidates are left, the third is a maybe

Today's mix looks at where Hilary, Donald and Bernie are in their campaigns.

Hilary has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. To make it final there's the convention. When, where is the 2016 Democratic National Convention?
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image: cartoon by Tom Stiglich
Tom Stiglich, The Week
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A week ago Joe Klein at Time Magazine said Donald still rules the airwaves, saying "He excels at “winning the news cycle”." This week it's a different story; the difference is Hilary found her voice.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Bernie's not gonna quit...At least not until the fat lady sings.
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image: cartoon by John Darkow
John Darkow, The Week
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-- Marge



Friday, May 13, 2016

Cartoons: an unusual dance

For the past year (or more) we've been living in a political world of constantly updated predictions. To me a prediction is not news, it's fairy dust that settles to the ground as soon as the reality kicks in. But I have to agree with John Boehner, former House Speaker, when he says 'Knuckleheads' in Both Parties Will Determine 2016 Election.

On that note, let's step back and take a look at what we've seen.
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image: cartoon by Bob Gorrell
Bob Gorrell, The Week
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image: cartoon by David Horsey
David Horsey, The Week
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, April 08, 2016

Cartoons: tax-free money for the 1%

image: cartoon by Steve Sack
Steve Sack, The Week
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The Panama papers are all the news lately. South German Newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, received the data that reveals the activities of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. SZ reports this activity in Panama papers: the secrets of dirty money. The opening video is a must-see.

In the article SZ states
The data
The Panama Papers include approximately 11.5 million documents – more than the combined total of the Wikileaks Cablegate, Offshore Leaks, Lux Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. The data primarily comprises e-mails, pdf files, photo files, and excerpts of an internal Mossack Fonseca database. It covers a period spanning from the 1970s to the spring of 2016. 

According to the New York Times, Panama Papers Leak Casts Light on a Law Firm Founded on Secrecy.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Many are particulary interested in Putin's secret cash stash. A highly cited article by The Guardian states: Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin.
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image: cartoon by Steve Benson
Steve Benson, The Week
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As cartoonist Pat Bagley points out, the 1% rides on our backs.
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image: cartoon by Pat Bagley
Pat Bagley, The Week
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Angry yet?

-- Marge


Friday, December 11, 2015

Cartoons: Trumped and terrorized

Seems to me Donald Trump's current popularity is due to his talent for saying out loud what many people in America feel but don't have the courage to say. Pretty sad, huh? Today's cartoons look at Trump and terrorism. Also sad is how we're being educated in the language of terrorism: radicalized (also look at the talk page) and suicide belt.

Remember when Trump said that, as President, he would build a wall between the US and Mexico and make Mexico pay for it?
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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week
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We've progressed from Trump the Petty and Petulant Isolationist to Trump the Terrorist.
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image: cartoon by Nate Beeler
Nate Beeler, The Week
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Meanwhile, 'ISIS' (vs. 'ISIL' vs. 'Islamic State') gloats.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Republicans, especially the Tea Party, have been radicalized for some time now.
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image: cartoon by Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman, The Week
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Meanwhile, Earth bears our misdeeds.
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image: cartoon by Mike Keefe
Mike Keefe, The Week
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I quote Thomas Paine (The Crisis):
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

Terrorism is tyranny from within.


-- Marge

Friday, November 06, 2015

Cartoons: boots on/in the ground

Here are some bits today on American boots in Syria, the rising rate of middle-aged Americans biting the dust, and breadcrumbs for the GOP contenders.

The Atlantic asks in Cliché of the Moment: ‘Boots on the Ground’,
Since when did footwear decide whether or not America is at war?
How true! No, we're not talking about bunny boots.
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image: cartoon by Rick McKee
Rick McKee, The Week
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Here's some unexpected and unwelcome news from the American front: A group of middle-aged whites in the U.S. is dying at a startling rate.
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image: cartoon by Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman, The Week
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Then there's the GOP front. Do you think that more control over the debates will give those running a better chance? GOP contenders demand greater control over crucial debates. This circus' finale will be the 2016 Republican National Convention in July. Then the heat's on until the federal election in November. Then it will be over for a while, but not long enough.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, September 25, 2015

Cartoons: the Pope has landed

This week's mix looks at belief in its many forms.

The Pope has landed.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Republicans are the new heretics.
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image: cartoon by Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman, The Week
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It looks like D. Trump's only God is himself.
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image: cartoon by David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons, The Week
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VW disappoints. Wikipedia tells us that the Volkswagen, Beetle version, was originally "formulated by Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, wishing for a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for the new road network of his country." The simple, cheap part of his concept was discarded years ago. Did you know that Volkswagen installed "software known as "defeat devices" in many of its diesel cars to evade federal emission limits?"
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image: cartoon by Bob Gorrell
Bob Gorrell, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, July 31, 2015

Cartoons: should I wear a flak jacket tonight?

In our gun-laden American society, it's becoming a fashion must to wear a flak jacket when going to a movie. Does this seem right to you? According to a recent poll, published by PollingReport, Americans are divided about 50-50 on gun control, but 92% support requiring background checks. There are many topics/questions included in this poll; it's well worth taking a look.

Meanwhile, here's how some cartoonists view the recent _____[enter location] movie theater shooting.

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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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image: cartoon by Chan Lowe
Chan Lowe, The Week
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image: cartoon by Mike Keefe
Mike Keefe, The Week
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image: cartoon by Randall Enos
Randall Enos, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, May 22, 2015

Cartoons: Bankers and Letterman

The cartoons this week are overwhelmingly about Hillary and Jeb, the Middle East and ISIS, and college debt; here are three that aren't.

With chickens and their eggs cage-free is good; with bankers not so much. And to think I store my modest funds in one.
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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week
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Another example of the Congress' and the GOP's mixed messages, to say the least.
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image: cartoon by Pat Bagley
Pat Bagley, The Week
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Letterman has left the Late Show, but his Stupid Pet Tricks live on--check YouTube. Here's a tricky word play for you.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, May 08, 2015

Cartoons: going for the humor

Looks to me like cartoonists are getting as snarky as the politicians and news reporters at Fox.  So today's mix is an attempt to find the humor in it all.

Ben Carson, a Tea Party candidate for president in 2016, is not particularly popular with voters, according to poll results at I Side With... Tom Toll's cartoon below paraphrases Ben Carson's statement, quoted from the Huffington Post, "that being gay was a choice "because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question." The paraphase makes much more sense to me.
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image: cartoon by Tom Toles
Tom Toles, The Week
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Republican's denial of climate change has made them a laughingstock to many. I Side With asks "Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent global warming?" You can check the poll answers.
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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week
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I hope Chris Christie is unable to overcome Bridgegate--in my eyes, it says clearly what his values and methods are. We're still allowed to laugh, though.
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image: cartoon by Walt Handelsman
Walt Handelsman, The Week
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Unfortunately this cartoon may be too true in depicting what will happen in November 2016, if the political scene continues to unravel.
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image: cartoon by Gary Varvel
Gary Varvel, The Week
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-- Marge