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   uh-oh said, 2 days ago

   We need cancer. It helps prevent aging.
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   mrsjns said, 2 days ago

   Sadly, so true…but hard to see how to whack ’em back.
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   russell5419 said, 2 days ago

   Today’s strip was spot on.
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   Chillbilly said, 2 days ago

   Boy is this true. Remember that insane highschool football stadium they built in Texas at the same time they were cutting class resources?

   
   I’m so glad I got my public education before it was ruined by political demagogues.
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   olfart said, 2 days ago

   The University of Tennessee is steadily tearing down student housing and research facilities to build more sports complexes. The sad part is that they are LOSERS at sports. They haven’t had a team worth a nickel since Pat Summit stepped down.
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   ossiningaling said, 2 days ago

   @uh-oh

   Thought that was why we have guns?
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   Zipi said, 2 days ago

   But, you can bet that the future doctor won’t be seen by that press being paraded off to jail for beating his wife or firing a gun at someone.
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 2 days ago

   This nation hates smart people, because smart people tell us not to do things that are fun and easy, like eat hamburgers three times a day or pump poison into the ground where our drinking water is or invade other countries for profit.
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   David said, 2 days ago

   @The Wolf In Your Midst

   The problem is today’s conservatives have faith that their beliefs are correct. Smart people know that science trumps faith in the real world of cause and effect. So, the conservatives hate the smart people for being right and proving the conservative wrong.
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    lonecat said, 2 days ago

    What smart kids need isn’t media attention — what they need (and what all kids need) is a school system that will challenge them and teach them to think.
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    Fourcrows said, 2 days ago

    This is a great toon from a cartoonist who only draws about sports. Good to know Drew’s priorities are in the right place.
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    ruff said, 2 days ago

    As long as universities pay professors a tenth of what they pay their football coach, it ain’t gonna change.
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    I Play One On TV said, 2 days ago

    Sports will always be revered by humans. Humans have an innate need to feel superior. You can see it in nationalistic jingoism, being cock-sure that my religion is the correct one, racial/social discrimination, even social cliques in high school. I’m sure you can find more examples.

    The best part about sports is that we don’t have to do the dominating; we wave a banner or wear a T-shirt or a cap (backwards, of course, so that the sun can stay off our necks while it bakes our eyes), and the other guys do it for us. Taken in this context, isn’t it a small price to pay one person $10 million per year? Isn’t it worth much more?
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    dapperdan61 said, 2 days ago

    This comic hit close to home as my Wife has stage 4 breast cancer. We as a nation do have misplaced priorities fawning over celebrities like their gods while people who do the real important work are hidden in the shadows.
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    echoraven said, 2 days ago

    @I Play One On TV

    Pat yourself on the back. Very, very profound and truthful post and it should be flagged. Flagged as AWESOME!
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