Tom Toles for April 12, 2017

Shoot first. Plan later. Armageddon here we come.

Exactly, but his only plan is to lie about it, and tweet some garbage about his great shot.

Pulitzer worthy cartoon. Brilliant.

The “gas attack” was a false flag. Why would Assad want to kill his own people?The only thing that comes to mind is he is in league with the de-populationists.I can only think of 1 country that want to get rid of their own people. Russia knows it’s strength lies in it’s citizens, that is why HE Has enough bomb shelters for every citizen of Russia.Has anyone seen any bomb shelters in the USA? Anywhere?

RATIONALE COMES LATER – {a rhyme}

This president does stuff impetuously, -

- and THEN commands obstreperously

that his minions contrive a rationale

and sing to the press a praise-Trump chorale.

[“Rationale” should come first,

lest results be the worst.]

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THE AMERICAN EAGLE’S DECLINE – {a rhyme}

The American Eagle grew deathly ill,

malnourished by Reaganomics until

its right wing festered and began to ooze

politicians so noxious {for instance, Ted Cruz}

that they infected its whole,

its body and soul.

Reaganomics had taken its toll. -

- The eagle finally croaked

when Trumpites finally revoked

its peace and prosperity:

Hence its war and austerity.

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And Sean Spicer said Hitler never warred on a country that never attacked him!

This whole “Making it up as he goes” thing is working out really great, huh??

CLASSIC LITERATURE’S DEPICTIONS – {a rhyme and an image}

Birdies of Spring sing Optimism’s songs

like Doctor Pangloss in Voltaire’s “Candide”,

that Good will prosper even given the wrongs

by which Rightists have long made America bleed.

Pure applesauce,

Doctor Pangloss.

Mister Voltaire

would be aware

that the Right is the Albatross

of the “Ancient Mariner” story.

With Trump as its current boss,

ain’t NUTHIN’ goes hunky-dory.

… Image:

Trump as head of the albatross:

http://politicalhat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/donald-trump-albatross.jpg

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What the British couldn’t do completely in the War of 1812, Trump is on his way to finishing now. The White House was rebuilt physically in 1817, being destroyed spiritually in 2017.

It’s the usual heavy handed use of force by Republicans to remind everyone that they are the boss.

Trump thinks Sisi of Egypt is a great guy. Look at the man’s name and run it backwards, and you have the real image of the dictator’s actions.

Yeah. How about them “Holocaust Centers.”

FIRE!!! Ready! Aim. The incompetence of this white house should make any Republican proud. they are proving how useless government can really be after Obama showed us how helpful it could get. We’ll see more and more tests against the easily angered whiner-in-chief.