Apparently, after she was eviscerated by John Stewart, she left/was fired from one of the anti-reform groups she spoke for. Who knew The Daily Show’s guest chair was a sanity panel?
oh thank you for getting off the sports stuff-none of which i understood and had to have explained to me by a “fan” not much fun-at last she is back-p.s-something should be mentioned about obama’s plan to “freeze” cost of living increases for social security for the next 2 years-while increasing medicare deductions-congress votes of it in october
lovelymajorhoople: The great thing about this strip is that if you don’t like a storyline, just wait until Monday and I’ll be off on something else. I try to keep things varied. And yes the next couple weeks are topical but after that I’m sure I’ll find something surreal to do again.
One annoying thing about doing this strip is that sometimes I create really intricate, detailed stuff for the background, or that is going to be scaled down way too small to be read, or will be cut off by small panels. And some of those have the best jokes.
I just did one of them. I needed some “Fox News” graphics for next week’s storyline, and put this together. Most of it will be cut off at the edges, or covered up by gigantic word balloons. But it was too good, and a little too close to the truth, not to share: http://bit.ly/170eEK
lovelymajor the freeze isn’t part of any Obama plan, it will happen because the economy is stagnate - no increase in the cost of living index, no increase in the COLA. Health care costs on the other hand continue to rise and so the cost of medicare premiums will probably increase - unless of course we get meaningful health care reform.
@Fairportfan I think you’re misreading pschearer’s comment.
I read it as a complaint that the FDA is prohibiting patients with nothing to lose from taking experimental drugs that have a very small, but non-zero, chance of helping them.
In that way, the FDA’s drug approval panel is ensuring death by converting a (say) 0.01% chance of a cure into a 0.00% chance of a cure.
aardvarkseyes over 14 years ago
Apparently, after she was eviscerated by John Stewart, she left/was fired from one of the anti-reform groups she spoke for. Who knew The Daily Show’s guest chair was a sanity panel?
John Reiher Premium Member over 14 years ago
You know that there ain’t no Sanity Clause…
wndrwrthg over 14 years ago
I too, fear such panels.
saturntv over 14 years ago
I’m in big trouble.
zero over 14 years ago
Yeah sure, they ain’t ah no Sanity Clause — but ah somebody sure gotta biggah sack!
lovelymajorhoople over 14 years ago
oh thank you for getting off the sports stuff-none of which i understood and had to have explained to me by a “fan” not much fun-at last she is back-p.s-something should be mentioned about obama’s plan to “freeze” cost of living increases for social security for the next 2 years-while increasing medicare deductions-congress votes of it in october
Pab Sungenis creator over 14 years ago
lovelymajorhoople: The great thing about this strip is that if you don’t like a storyline, just wait until Monday and I’ll be off on something else. I try to keep things varied. And yes the next couple weeks are topical but after that I’m sure I’ll find something surreal to do again.
Pab Sungenis creator over 14 years ago
One annoying thing about doing this strip is that sometimes I create really intricate, detailed stuff for the background, or that is going to be scaled down way too small to be read, or will be cut off by small panels. And some of those have the best jokes.
I just did one of them. I needed some “Fox News” graphics for next week’s storyline, and put this together. Most of it will be cut off at the edges, or covered up by gigantic word balloons. But it was too good, and a little too close to the truth, not to share: http://bit.ly/170eEK
The Old Wolf over 14 years ago
Gweedo, go to your room…
@pabsungenis The Fox graphic is priceless.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
pab, behold! another can of worms has been unleashed!
BlueRaven over 14 years ago
Pab, that graphic is sheer brilliance.
John Foster Premium Member over 14 years ago
lovelymajor the freeze isn’t part of any Obama plan, it will happen because the economy is stagnate - no increase in the cost of living index, no increase in the COLA. Health care costs on the other hand continue to rise and so the cost of medicare premiums will probably increase - unless of course we get meaningful health care reform.
myyahoonowork over 14 years ago
Sanity panels? As if comic strips writers didn’t have enough troubles.
Radical-Knight over 14 years ago
Sanity Napkins? Depends if it’s a personal problem…
ChukLitl Premium Member over 14 years ago
Insanity doesn’t run in my family, it sticks around.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
We’ve had a death panel for years. Every time the FDA forbids a desperate dying patient to try an experimental drug.
fairportfan over 14 years ago
PSC - you need a new tinfoil hat.
CoBass over 14 years ago
@Fairportfan I think you’re misreading pschearer’s comment.
I read it as a complaint that the FDA is prohibiting patients with nothing to lose from taking experimental drugs that have a very small, but non-zero, chance of helping them.
In that way, the FDA’s drug approval panel is ensuring death by converting a (say) 0.01% chance of a cure into a 0.00% chance of a cure.
Just my two cents, FWIW.
ChiehHsia over 14 years ago
In today’s economy (or oeconomy, since the people in charge have been indulging their love for wine), two cents is worth about 1 3/4 cents.