Some brave soul has waded through the public comments portions of school board meetings dealing with covid-19 preventive measures and compiled a greatest hits list.
Local board meetings are the backbone of America. pic.twitter.com/eQxI0QsMCQ
— The Recount (@therecount) September 22, 2021
This cartoon is right about how the wingnuts operate.
I can see how this strategy can boost fundraising and fire up the base. But it is not clear to me that it is an effective strategy to get votes, apart from the really hard core base. Of course, the primary races tend to be determined by the party faithful so it might help in winning the party nomination. But what about general elections in anything other than in constituencies where people will vote for their party candidate irrespective of whether they actually approve of this kind of behavior or not.
I am not aware of any study that looked into whether ‘triggering the libs’ is an effective strategy in persuading anyone other than hard-core supporters.
Seth Meyers had a funny segment about this.
The comedian just died of cancer at the age of 61. I had never actually seen him perform but read that he had a droll deadpan manner and an offbeat take on the mundane. I came across this audio recording of a stand up bit that he did ten years ago that dealt with something that also has struck me as odd, that when it comes to cancer, people who have it are always described as ‘battling it’, a fighting metaphor that is rarely applied to other ailments.
Macdonald had apparently kept his cancer diagnosis secret so that his death came as a surprise to those who knew him. Maybe he did not want to have people talking about him too ‘battling’ cancer.
I have written before that the philosophy “Don’t be a jerk” is a simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand-and-implement one because jerk behavior is almost always obvious, and this cartoon supports it.
This is also another example of how the name ‘Bob’ seems to be the go-to one for a cartoon character.
She too is back from a hiatus and tells us about the history of this story what is currently being revealed by the government.
Meyers is back from his hiatus and provides an amusing report on the removal of confederate general Robert E. Lee’s statue from Richmond and Trump’s absurd reaction to it.
Currently there is a big partisan battle over funding infrastructure improvements. It is interesting that we never see such battles when it comes to funding the war machine.
This cartoon shows how at some point, efforts to do so will hit inevitably a rock and collapse.The only difference is which rock it will be.
The comic strip Bizarro tends towards offbeat humor and obscure allusions. I can usually get the joke but today’s cartoon baffled me.
I initially saw the guy’s head as a glass but later thought it might be a finger. And clearly the word ‘validation’ is significant. But I don’t get the joke.
Any ideas?
