With his singular style, Tom Toles tackles the complex issues of the day. This Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skillfully targets political, economic and social concerns — in particular complicated environmental issues — with a clear-eyed precision that hits the mark every time.
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jnik23260 said, 5 months ago
HAPPY DOOMSDAY, EVERYONE!
saywhatwhat said, 5 months ago
So there was a simple answer to this problem all along.
DGH10
said, 5 months ago
The day is not over……..
MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago
@DGH10
♪ “Always look at the bright side of death…” ♪
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Monty Python, “The Life of Brian” :-)
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
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WHOA! For Sure, Dude…
ne7minder55 said, 5 months ago
PLEASE!? I was sort of counting on the end of the world to actually happen. We as a species deserve it why can’t we hve it?
Tigger
said, 5 months ago
Guess what The Mayans will celebrate tomorrow?
Answer: The Beginning of a New Calendar.
Guess what we will celebrate on Monday, January 1, 2013?
Answer: The Beginning of a New Calendar.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 months ago
@Tigger
FIANLLY!!!!! A comment from you that actually makes sense and is reasonable. But youa re absolutely correct. Today is nothing more than the end of their measurement unit. Tomorrow will start the beginning of another.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 months ago
@DGH10
I agree, that is what I said to the guy on TV this morning (no he didn’t answer back and yeah I’m kinda nuts.). But I also believe Tigger’s point, todya is nothign more than the last day of their calendar, and tomorrow wil be the first day of the cycle all over again.
flippant23 said, 5 months ago
And once again the self-centered doofi who take fragments of another culture’s knowledge out of context, twisting it to suit their own ignorance, are proved totally wrong. It’s the great circle of loser life!
corzak said, 5 months ago
Actually, in the cartoon, Santa’s bringing a cheap abbreviated version. The full-blown Long Count calender for the Fifth Sun runs from 2012 to 7139 AD.
Simon_Jester said, 5 months ago
B-But I thought the Millenium Bug ALREADY destroyed the world.
Omnius said, 5 months ago
Santa is delivering that Mayan calendar to Crybaby Boehner as a token for not getting his Plan BS passed bv his own party of sore losers and America haters like ConserveGov.
Dycel
said, 5 months ago
@Simon_Jester
No that was only GW making a mess out of everything!
corzak said, 5 months ago
@Debbie Jordan
“for using big old stones for their calendars, those Mayans sure use a ton of ’em!”
lol! Actually, they saved space by using three interlocking ‘gears’ to calculate the date (corresponding to the cycles of the sun, the moon and Venus: