Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 08, 2010

Ginger, that’s magnificent!

Ah, such a good life.

Ginger, you go girl !

Looks like she has had a few too many suppers!

♫ Supper, Supper, supper, Suppertime!!! ♫

She’s one spoiled bitch.

Hi, everybody…. I’’m baaaack!

Oh.

Well, you see, I … wasn’t …. um… you didn’t?

OK… well, anyway… I’m here now…

and you’re all welcome to join me in commenting on

the June 8th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

 

and the loophole we seem to be witnessing in Constitutional law… on Sherpa:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

 

A jury of one’s peers…. it’s a vague requirement that begs definition.

Surely “bassets” cuts too fine….

But “household pets”, if that’s what this is…. allows this unfair situation.

At least it’s not just “animals”

I think Cleo would have more to fear from squirrels.

 

Oh… maybe it was… and Cleo’s lawyers used up all their challenges without getting a chance to choose even one dog.

Maybe cats are more likely to obey a jury summons…

Maybe they LIKE being on juries.

They’re very judgemental, you know.

Nah… cats don’t like to do anything that includes the word “obey.”

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200608

They kept the rejects?

Ginger has a well earned shrine to come home to. You should see the interior furnishings of her doggy suite, with its day bed and night bed, and all the doggy upholstery and art.

Welcome back Susan! Today’s Cleo actually is very timely as a commentary on our criminal justice system. Sorry if that’s too political for y’all.

Cleo should get a change of venue. The Judge and jury are totally bias against her.

Ah, Ginger ….. the welcoming embrace of home at the end of a long day of squirrel chasing, hat grabbing, and cat napping. A life well lived.

I am reminded, as I think Coyoty was ten years ago, of Snoopy’s song Suppertime, from the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

I sense the hand – the paw? – of the evil cat in this travesty of justice.

Of course, we are given no hint of the nature or extent of Cleo’s crime.

Funny how we all support her… when maybe she was, purely without provocation, blowing up cats with a bazooka.

Then again… a jury packed with only representatives of the victim’s species, and none of that of the accused, is still a miscarriage of justice.

 

We are all entitled to due process, and equal representation under the law….

this applies to humans of every race, nationality, gender, religion or economic status… and probably some other categories I can’t think of in the middle of the night….

and even to dogs accused of stealing trucks and firing WMD’s.

 

No matter how seldom those standards have been reached in reality…. they still apply to every new case.

Injustice doesn’t set new precedent.

And all are innocent until proven guilty.

 

I call a mistrial!!

I don’t always comment on the Ballard Street strip on our page…

cos I think we’re here for Cleo.

But I do love Ballard Street…. and can’t help noting that Ginger is one of my favorite dogs.

 

A talented girl, very much beloved of her owners…

I’d say she’s about half an inch away from spoiled rotten, if it weren’t for her generally endearing personality.

 

She’s often rewarded for her outstanding behavior…

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Her owners… who prefer to think of themselves as her doggy parents…

even believe she enhances their neighborhood standing.

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And they recognise, and like to accommodate, her many talents.

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Cleo’s going to be deep in cat dip. A jury of her peers, my eye

If I didnt know any better, I’d say Ginger was smiling.

LOOKS LIKE A RIGGED JURY TO ME.

Gotta love Ginger’s entrance.

GOOD MORNIN BALLARDEERS! Day #343287 of quarantine!

Nice to see my mom yesterday though. Brought her one of Dave’s daughter’s fast food hamburgers. (She was sick of her own cooking)

Crystal Ball should arrive here sometime tomorrow. We need the rain.

Y’all hug the ones you can or do what I did yesterday… "Hey MA. (((((AIR HUGS)))))!

I’d say that Cleo is in a bit of trouble! That evil white cat from down the street is in the jury! Quick, get Perry Mason.

Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

Not even Perry Mason could sway that jury. Cleo will be found guilty and sentenced to cleaning every cat liter box in the town for a year.