Enjoyed the little aside about the coffee shop couple. It would be very funny if you ran into him or them in your neighborhood.
It always feels surreal the just live my usual day to day life and yet the drama/shock of the Zelensky/Trump meeting is rippling out into the world to bring us what?
I think the bullying beat down is what Trump has done to all those people who won't stand up to him. We are in big, big trouble.
Eeewww. Ugh.Now I am afraid to go to coffee shops in person. That scene is like watching the turd and his minions in action. It would make the cream/creamer in my coffee curdle. Every bite of pastry in that coffee shop would taste wierd after witnessing that. If I even had a teeny weeny desire to check out online dating apps, that first date experience you described, stomped it out of existence. Same for supporting supporting milquetoast mainstream media and politicians.
Right now I'm barely tolerating NYT and the responses of mealy mouthed people who were supposedly elected to represent us and uphold the Constitution.
I believe in diverse biological communities and ecosystems. However I don't have a rational cell in my body to accept the existence of some things in my community beyond them being indicators of distress in the environment. My immediate reaction is like seeing a cockroach run towards me in broad daylight. I just want to S.T.O.M.P. it out (imagine my foot coming down with each letter). Then make sure that none of its kin are nearby. Then devise methods to find where they are congregating and how they are infiltrating the spaces I use for my existence.
It looks like the immediate future will require that I wear my real and metaphorical waterproof steel-toe boots, have my real and metaphorical bug sprays and traps in place and ready to use, and make sure that my environment does not have any materials easily available and exposed that would invite them to enter my space.
I know that I can't eradicate all the real and metaphorical cockroaches in my world but I am gonna try real damn hard to make sure that they are not welcome and have little chance to set up residence, generate offspring and hazardous waste products.
We will not stop the success or evolution of these real and metaphorical cockroaches into nuclear radiation level resistant entities unless we all take steps right now to stop them, reduce their numbers and keep them in environments where there are predators that can control their populations. Screaming, pointing and gagging will not work. It's time for some solid work boots (Doc Martens not required), some N-95 masks, some nitrile gloves, some industrial strength cleaning products and some elbow grease. Time to get the real and metaphorical areas of our environment ventilated, exposed to daylight (or some industrial strength UV lighting), and cleaned out because cockroaches like damp, dark places that have lots of unattended debris. They claim that we are living in a political environment that is a "swamp". Well they're the cockroaches and they have to go. Now. Before the real and metaphorical cockroaches evolve resistance and make our political and physical environments more unhealthy and we suffer greater harms from which we cannot or will not recover.
Because you know it will. The Orange Turd and his henchmen (that includes his cabinet and the Republican Congress) are going to do their best to destroy our democracy so they can gain the most from running the country for them to profit from it. Once again the oligarchs and the GOP are working to own this country for their benefit and the rest of us are to sit there sit there, shut up, and let them do it. But that's not what this country is about. We all need to get off our ass and go to D.C. with signs "Impeach Trump and get rid of the rest." We need them to know we are not going to sit by and let them take over permanently.
"Is Putin a spooner?"
I think I'd rather hear more about the coffeehouse couple. 😒
LOL! That was a bit too much of a visual, right?
I'd say I'm traumatized for life, but Clay's got a bit of competition from my 22 years working in customer service. 🤣
Clay, I love the measles maggot.
Another great cartoon, Clay, but I am so furious over the Trump/JD showdown with Zelensky that I cannot stand it. How dare they?
I am only hoping that some European countries use Russian frozen assets to Ukraine.
Press pool becomes cess pool.
Now that is the truth. Very, sad what Herr Trump is doing to our country.
Enjoyed the little aside about the coffee shop couple. It would be very funny if you ran into him or them in your neighborhood.
It always feels surreal the just live my usual day to day life and yet the drama/shock of the Zelensky/Trump meeting is rippling out into the world to bring us what?
I think the bullying beat down is what Trump has done to all those people who won't stand up to him. We are in big, big trouble.
Fabulous art.
Best: the first date narrative. I can’t help but hear others’ conversations and get distracted. Didn’t you want to jump in?
Kinda, but I wasn't on the date, so I left them alone.
Trumps already getting bored. He'll be firing people on "x" soon, lots of cliques forming up.
Focus Clay, Focus. (Just imagine what Thomas Nast would have drawn)
Engaging read. The cartoon captures the absurd reworking of the press briefings.
Eeewww. Ugh.Now I am afraid to go to coffee shops in person. That scene is like watching the turd and his minions in action. It would make the cream/creamer in my coffee curdle. Every bite of pastry in that coffee shop would taste wierd after witnessing that. If I even had a teeny weeny desire to check out online dating apps, that first date experience you described, stomped it out of existence. Same for supporting supporting milquetoast mainstream media and politicians.
Right now I'm barely tolerating NYT and the responses of mealy mouthed people who were supposedly elected to represent us and uphold the Constitution.
I believe in diverse biological communities and ecosystems. However I don't have a rational cell in my body to accept the existence of some things in my community beyond them being indicators of distress in the environment. My immediate reaction is like seeing a cockroach run towards me in broad daylight. I just want to S.T.O.M.P. it out (imagine my foot coming down with each letter). Then make sure that none of its kin are nearby. Then devise methods to find where they are congregating and how they are infiltrating the spaces I use for my existence.
It looks like the immediate future will require that I wear my real and metaphorical waterproof steel-toe boots, have my real and metaphorical bug sprays and traps in place and ready to use, and make sure that my environment does not have any materials easily available and exposed that would invite them to enter my space.
I know that I can't eradicate all the real and metaphorical cockroaches in my world but I am gonna try real damn hard to make sure that they are not welcome and have little chance to set up residence, generate offspring and hazardous waste products.
We will not stop the success or evolution of these real and metaphorical cockroaches into nuclear radiation level resistant entities unless we all take steps right now to stop them, reduce their numbers and keep them in environments where there are predators that can control their populations. Screaming, pointing and gagging will not work. It's time for some solid work boots (Doc Martens not required), some N-95 masks, some nitrile gloves, some industrial strength cleaning products and some elbow grease. Time to get the real and metaphorical areas of our environment ventilated, exposed to daylight (or some industrial strength UV lighting), and cleaned out because cockroaches like damp, dark places that have lots of unattended debris. They claim that we are living in a political environment that is a "swamp". Well they're the cockroaches and they have to go. Now. Before the real and metaphorical cockroaches evolve resistance and make our political and physical environments more unhealthy and we suffer greater harms from which we cannot or will not recover.
Now I want to know what Shins song was playing.
It was one of their two singles that I'm aware of. New Slang or Phantom Limb. I get them confused.
Because you know it will. The Orange Turd and his henchmen (that includes his cabinet and the Republican Congress) are going to do their best to destroy our democracy so they can gain the most from running the country for them to profit from it. Once again the oligarchs and the GOP are working to own this country for their benefit and the rest of us are to sit there sit there, shut up, and let them do it. But that's not what this country is about. We all need to get off our ass and go to D.C. with signs "Impeach Trump and get rid of the rest." We need them to know we are not going to sit by and let them take over permanently.