Lobbyists

Alex in Savantland

Okay, is Alex (the girl on the right) supposed to be politically well informed, or remarkably ignorant?

Hillary B

 

When Tom Toles wrote this, was he suggesting Hillary is indeed a devious b—-, or that the media is obsessed with making her out to be one?

Hillary

Does this refer to anything in particular, or is it just a very generic politician joke?

”Can I Rephrase That?” (OT)

“Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.” -Tom Lantos, Holocaust survivor and congressman from California, defending the actions of the Bush Administration by — whoops — comparing it to Nazi Germany.

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Nobel Chad Prize

Nicole: This is getting too easy — here are two more

Click more to see them, plus one sent by Autumn Harvest — though for all practical purposes, they’re all the same comic.

So, here’s the question: When these cartoonists draw the Supreme Court taking away Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize, do they somehow believe they’re being stunningly clever and original, or do they just consider it obligatory to churn out their own version?

Flashback (OT)

What’s both interesting and a bit disconcerting is watching The Bronx is Burning — the ESPN series about the 1977 Yankees season — in which George Steinbrenner is threatening to fire manager Billy Martin if the team doesn’t win the World Series, at the same time, thirty years later, Steinbrenner is threatening to fire manager Joe Torre if the 2007 team doesn’t win the Series

PCIDU

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning:
A review of the book that’s the basis of this summer’s ESPN series