Seen taped to a bus stop sign: Some off the wall group believes that the vaccines are the number 666 and, as such, should be avoided. I will not repeat their website here. If I did, I would expect – and deserve – to be flagged.
Get your shots, folks! It’s the only way we’re going to get to visit each other! Even if we still have to wear the masks.
After all, to my knowledge, the vaccines don’t keep you from getting and spreading the disease – they only help prevent you from getting sich from the disease.
The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes. The leaders of those organizations have kept quiet on the federal charges against him.
Robert Brockman, former CEO of Ohio-based software company Reynolds & Reynolds, was charged in October with running a $2 billion tax fraud scheme.
Department of Justice officials said at the time that the businessman had hidden capital gains income for more than 20 years through various offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis and secret bank accounts. Brockman has pleaded not guilty to the alleged crimes.
Brockman’s most recent contributions to Republican committees came in 2017, ahead of the congressional midterm elections the following year, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Representatives of the organizations that are still active did not respond when asked whether they plan to refund or give the total amount of contributions away to charity in the wake of the allegations. The 2017 contributions had yet to be reported in the media.
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“Congressional Republicans spent the last four years gutting IRS enforcement and cutting taxes for billionaires while being bankrolled by the biggest tax cheat in American history,” Max Steele, an American Bridge spokesman, told CNBC.
“While they should return or donate the money, we know they won’t.
After all, how can a party blindly loyal to Donald Trump afford to oppose billionaires committing tax fraud?"
Republicans have long declared their supposedly unwavering obeisance to the great invisible hand of the market; as former House GOP Leader Dick Armey liked to say, “Markets are smart; government is dumb.”
And yet several recent moments have made that commitment seem situational. Whether discussing Dr. Seuss, Mr. Potato Head, voting rights or Twitter, Republicans seem ill at ease with — or just ignorant of — the ways the mighty market actually functions.
Just witness the contrived hysteria about the fabricated “cancellation” of Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s books author.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises — the very profitable company which controls the estate of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel, the man behind the pen name — has decided of its own free will to stop publishing a half-dozen of his books because, the company told The Associated Press, they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” deploying stereotypes about Black and Asian people in a manner that Seuss’s own estate thinks is offensive and inappropriate.
The Fox outrage machine revved itself to high dudgeon over how this private company has decided to conduct its business, bemoaning the Seussian scalp-taking; the GOP’s culture-war ambulance chasers quickly followed suit.
“First, they outlaw Dr. Seuss” — mind you, Theodore Geisel died in 1991 and its his own estate taking this action — “and now they want to tell us what to say,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a mendacious non sequitur while debating proposed election law reforms.
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Let’s get some perspective here: Seuss Enterprises made $33 million last year, more than 650 million of his books have been sold around the world and they’re available in more than 100 countries. There is no significant move — and certainly not from Seuss Enterprises — to ban, burn or otherwise cancel Dr. Seuss.
Well, look around. It seems to me there’s so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamed of
The fourth “panel” is wrong, they were BOTH right in the first three: life is both wonderful and hard, the possibilities are endless as long as you deal with the obstacles, there is plenty of both joy and anger in the world (too bad the anger so often out shouts the joy).
Cheapskate0 about 3 years ago
Saw on a tee-shirt yesterday:
2019: Avoid negative people
2020: Avoid positive people
2021: Avoid people
Seen taped to a bus stop sign: Some off the wall group believes that the vaccines are the number 666 and, as such, should be avoided. I will not repeat their website here. If I did, I would expect – and deserve – to be flagged.
Get your shots, folks! It’s the only way we’re going to get to visit each other! Even if we still have to wear the masks.
After all, to my knowledge, the vaccines don’t keep you from getting and spreading the disease – they only help prevent you from getting sich from the disease.
Though that is reason enough.
Go out and get your shots!
pearlsbs about 3 years ago
They’re both right and they’re both wrong.
William Robbins Premium Member about 3 years ago
This seems more in character than they were for a while.
Silly Season about 3 years ago
And GQP political donations might be in trouble!
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The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes. The leaders of those organizations have kept quiet on the federal charges against him.
Robert Brockman, former CEO of Ohio-based software company Reynolds & Reynolds, was charged in October with running a $2 billion tax fraud scheme.
Department of Justice officials said at the time that the businessman had hidden capital gains income for more than 20 years through various offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis and secret bank accounts. Brockman has pleaded not guilty to the alleged crimes.
Brockman’s most recent contributions to Republican committees came in 2017, ahead of the congressional midterm elections the following year, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Representatives of the organizations that are still active did not respond when asked whether they plan to refund or give the total amount of contributions away to charity in the wake of the allegations. The 2017 contributions had yet to be reported in the media.
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“Congressional Republicans spent the last four years gutting IRS enforcement and cutting taxes for billionaires while being bankrolled by the biggest tax cheat in American history,” Max Steele, an American Bridge spokesman, told CNBC.
“While they should return or donate the money, we know they won’t.
After all, how can a party blindly loyal to Donald Trump afford to oppose billionaires committing tax fraud?"
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/gop-groups-quiet-as-donor-accused-of-running-biggest-tax-fraud-scheme-ever.html
Silly Season about 3 years ago
Republicans have long declared their supposedly unwavering obeisance to the great invisible hand of the market; as former House GOP Leader Dick Armey liked to say, “Markets are smart; government is dumb.”
And yet several recent moments have made that commitment seem situational. Whether discussing Dr. Seuss, Mr. Potato Head, voting rights or Twitter, Republicans seem ill at ease with — or just ignorant of — the ways the mighty market actually functions.
Just witness the contrived hysteria about the fabricated “cancellation” of Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s books author.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises — the very profitable company which controls the estate of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel, the man behind the pen name — has decided of its own free will to stop publishing a half-dozen of his books because, the company told The Associated Press, they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” deploying stereotypes about Black and Asian people in a manner that Seuss’s own estate thinks is offensive and inappropriate.
The Fox outrage machine revved itself to high dudgeon over how this private company has decided to conduct its business, bemoaning the Seussian scalp-taking; the GOP’s culture-war ambulance chasers quickly followed suit.
“First, they outlaw Dr. Seuss” — mind you, Theodore Geisel died in 1991 and its his own estate taking this action — “and now they want to tell us what to say,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a mendacious non sequitur while debating proposed election law reforms.
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Let’s get some perspective here: Seuss Enterprises made $33 million last year, more than 650 million of his books have been sold around the world and they’re available in more than 100 countries. There is no significant move — and certainly not from Seuss Enterprises — to ban, burn or otherwise cancel Dr. Seuss.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/seuss-debate-shows-republicans-cancel-culture-war-fight-against-free-ncna1259471
RobinHood about 3 years ago
Well, look around. It seems to me there’s so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamed of
RobinHood about 3 years ago
You want a good life? It’s not complicated. Tell the people you love that you love them. And tell the truth to everyone whenever you can.
rossevrymn about 3 years ago
Stantisferparalysis, there is also just the hard-earned truth.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Did you see the right wingers burning face masks at the capitol?
How can you reason with insane people?
k8zhd about 3 years ago
This is one of the reasons I like this comic – even very different people can be pals.
KLSeering about 3 years ago
The fourth “panel” is wrong, they were BOTH right in the first three: life is both wonderful and hard, the possibilities are endless as long as you deal with the obstacles, there is plenty of both joy and anger in the world (too bad the anger so often out shouts the joy).
GeneRobison about 3 years ago
They’re back to themselves! Loons!
Kip W about 3 years ago
“One of us is right.”
“One of us is wrong.”
“Bu we don’t care which is which.”
“Because we don’t have a point.”
“How many panels was that?”
“We’re done.”
“Let’s clock out!”