Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 08, 2018

Netflix!

Grab a book.

Rob Ford’s brother just got elected Premier of Ontario! (Seriously!)

Too bad they don’t really warn you. Their kinda getting more into bait and switch, advertise some minor news story to get you interested and then give you stuff you really wish you didn’t have to hear about all the time. Sure that minor story they lured you in with is there, though not always quite as they advertised it to be, but it’s really short and easy to miss. It’s not that I don’t want to be informed, it’s just that I’m tired of the bait and switch news.

Sad commentary on life since Trump stole the election.

Things are bad when you would rather see the commercials.

That’s what Fox News is for.

WARNING: The news is filled with ongoing corrupting stories of reality you would rather not know about. Viewer discretion is advised.

I just read the comics, the bridge column, and work the puzzles.

A several months ago, in one of his rants, Lewis Black told how, when he gets up in the morning, the first thing he does is turn on his smartphone and ask Siri for the news. Lately, she’s replied, “Are you sitting down?”

The more news I read, the less sleep I get.

Brace yourselves, folks!

“Trigger warnings” for the news?

I’d rather watch Andy Griffith reruns and pretend I live in rural America in the 60’s. Just for an hour or so.

In case you wanted to know, Samantha Bee’s real name is Samantha Been. From the Has Been tribe.

I keep up with the news on week days, but I try to keep my weekends news free.

too bad they haven’t invented something to change the channel..

“Do you really want to hear this?” Probably not, but you’re going to tell me anyway.

Living near St. Louis… I wish!

. . . recently from Pastis . . . https://www.facebook.com/PearlsComic/photos/a.10152137834673764.1073741825.132583843763/10156338818413764/?type=3&theater

“I get all the news I need on the weather report.”—Paul Simon

SM – All major media is owned by big corporations or private industries that limit the news to the latest natural disaster, celebrity rumor, Trump tweet, Russia investigation, or sports and the weather. Nothing referencing the policies that are killing us are allowed. Nothing examining the fact that the morbidly rich own our asses and those of our children is allowed to be discussed as anything other than business successes.

If I’ve tuned in, I guess I want to hear it, no matter how bad. To be sure, many are the days I do not tune in….

If only they really would warn us like this.