Tom Toles for April 23, 2018

Yet we continue down this road of stupidity. I do not want my fridge talking to my toaster, my TV or Facebook.

“THEY” – {limerick and coda}

Of the internet Orwell might say

that regular folks are the prey

of not only Big Brother

but of many anOther.

We’re hounded by Many a “They”.

… Coda:

“They” exploit our personal facts,

so “They” can perform their heinous acts

which’ll ruin us All quite big-time some day.

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But their china is okay to use. It was made in Denmark.

{Off the cartoon’s topic:}

COMEY’S OUR HOMIE – {limerick}

We can consider James Comey

our hero, our anti-Trump homie.

He’s jumping the hump

of Donald Trump,

and flushing his phony {baloney} balomey.

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{Off the cartoon’s topic:}

“ETHICAL” IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD – {rhyme}

It’s oxymoronic

and antithetical

to link the words “Trump” and “ethical”. -

- Describe him “cyclonic”

and “chronically demonic”

and “yuugely moronic

whose brain needs a colonic”

and “by America’s standards heretical.”

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Didn’t Kellyanne say Obama had Microwaves watching us?

I don’t mind some burnt toast.

Xenophobia is being served for breakfast.

An interested look at prices in the AGAIN era (1950/ early 60s) when America was Great and everything was made in America.1964 TV/stereo console $800 ($6425 2018$)1951 toaster $21 ($201)1957 Clock radio $43 ($381)1963 Electric Skillet $20 ($162)1962 Portable record player $95 ($783)1960 Electric wall clock $28($235)1960 Zenith 19” B/W $259 ($2,200)The average manufacturing wage in 1960 was $2.26 hour ($19) and average household income was $7,000 ($58,000). Minimum wage was $1 ($6.65)So the 1960 factory worker would have to had to work for 12+ hours to buy that wall clock. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60selectrical.htmlhttp://www.tvhistory.tv/tv-prices.htmhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50selectrical.htmland from Amazon 2018 prices adjusted to 1960Wall clock(battery) $15 ($1.78)Portable record player $40 ($4.74)Toaster $35 ($4.15)Clock Radio $20 (2.37)

Good thing the laptop was made in the good ol’ USA. Oh, wait…

But we’re real good at making bombs.

Folks are missing the point of this cartoon.

Wait till the Chinese made can opener goes nuclear!

Don’t forget our Chinese made Drugs.

The joys & perils of I.O.T.

At least America is great again – The difference is as plain as the color of the nose on the president’s face.

Not one comment about those idiotic MAGA caps that are made in China?

The internet player stops playing music when the bed springs start squeaking.

I was looking at new refrigerators while I was at the builder’s supply store last week and saw one with a touch screen display built into it. I thought “what’s the point of that?” As much as I enjoy technology, I see no real reason to have internet connected appliances. I have tablets to look up information and to create shopping lists.

All of Trump’s business are in China. Not enough noticed the irony of that when he was pontificating about getting jobs here.

Interestingly enough – WHERE an item was manufactured isn’t an issue unless somebody wants to make a political issue of it – most just want “cheap”. With the advent of IPv6 (you can google it, but be advised its a whole ‘nother can of worms) EVERYTHING can have an “internet address” including "Uncle Hiram’s off ox" and there are techno-geeks who are taking that as a challenge. So, when everything gets an RFID and an “internet address”, everything you buy will be tracked from the store to your refrigerator and to the landfill when you toss it. Drive-by investigators will be able to tell how many cans of beer and packs of cigarettes you have in your house and the only way you’ll be able to hide what you’ve got in your house at any given time is by storing it in a “faraday cage”!

Kids, good luck hiding stuff from your parents – and parents, good luck hiding anything from your “Uncle Sam”, and “Uncle Sam”, good luck hiding anything from ANY foreign entity that wants to know about your markets!

I’m not advocating “retreat”, I’m just saying “Brace Yourself!”