I just learned about an event that happened back in 1933, here in the US called the Businessman’s Coup. It seems some businessman were very unhappy with Roosevelts New Deal. So some businessmen got together and approached Col. Smedley Butler, who was quite popular in the day, and tried to persuade him to get veterans together to overthrow the US government. This was after the “Bosses of the Senate” cartoon.
Oh, God, no! You mean to tell me that “fabulous secret powers were revealed to them the day they held aloft their magic swords and said, ‘By the power of Tax Cuts and Federal Subsidies, WE ARE THE POWER!’”?
Now let’s not get carried away. Billionaires have to live by the rules, too. (After a battalion of lawyers goes to court for twenty years and gets them off with a million-dollar fine.)
I’ll always remember a great line from the UK TV series “The IT Crowd”. There is a moment of solemn silence in the boardroom after someone invokes the name of “the only rich person to go to jail in England in 100 years”. :)
I wonder why I"m reminded of the Twilight Zone episode “The Hunt”? Y’know, the one where the old mountain man goes hunting with his hound and they end up dying. On the Road to Eternity the man and his hound come across a fence with a good ol’ boy sittin’, chawin’ on a piece of grass who welcomes him in. Beyond the fence you see fields, and woods and he hears banjos strumming the old tunes. But the good ol’ boy tells the old man his dog isn’t welcome. The man says then he isn’t either and continues down the road. Turns out that was the “Other Place”, which he wouldn’t have seen until he was beyond the fence. Like this ’toon? Things that make you go “hhhmmmm…”
rmremail 12 months ago
No, ‘billionaire boys club’ is better. It has the right level of immaturity.
rmremail 12 months ago
What do you give somebody who has everything?
Covid.
willispate 12 months ago
the 1980s called, they’re suing y’all for copyright infringement.
Scorpio Premium Member 12 months ago
I think Mattel would have something to say about that.
Kveldulf 12 months ago
Is the priest preparing to perform a human sacrifice there to entertain the billionaires or are they there as fodder?
Never mind; I’ve worked for companies that cheerfully sacrificed up to two-thirds of their employees. I know the answer.
saobadao 12 months ago
Is it the gateway to hell camouflaged?
mr_sherman Premium Member 12 months ago
I thought it was called "Castle Graysk …
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JosephShriver 12 months ago
I thought He-Man was the only master of the Universe
Qiset 12 months ago
The government wants to make millionaires out of those guys.
Alabama Al 12 months ago
Concerning that alter in the background — if you send some poor slob who means nothing to you, is it actually a sacrifice?
Enter.Name.Here 12 months ago
So, which one is He-Man?
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 12 months ago
Bohemian Grove looking nice this time of year.
Space_cat 12 months ago
More like “they will soon get what they deserved for so long” club
mrwiskers 12 months ago
I just learned about an event that happened back in 1933, here in the US called the Businessman’s Coup. It seems some businessman were very unhappy with Roosevelts New Deal. So some businessmen got together and approached Col. Smedley Butler, who was quite popular in the day, and tried to persuade him to get veterans together to overthrow the US government. This was after the “Bosses of the Senate” cartoon.
JohnCL 12 months ago
And the poor schmuck behind bars in the dungeon?
[Traveler] Premium Member 12 months ago
By the power of Greyskull…..
Skippy the Magnificent 12 months ago
The WEF.
MS72 12 months ago
The one’s carrying spears are Secret Service agents.
mindjob 12 months ago
I wouldn’t join any club where I have to wear a suit
Say What? Premium Member 12 months ago
Oh, God, no! You mean to tell me that “fabulous secret powers were revealed to them the day they held aloft their magic swords and said, ‘By the power of Tax Cuts and Federal Subsidies, WE ARE THE POWER!’”?
There go my next few meals.
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member 12 months ago
AKA the Sun Valley “Billionaires Summer Camp.” Between that and Bohemian Grove this strip is not much of an exaggeration.
William Bednar Premium Member 12 months ago
Only Trillionaires allowed.
calliarcale 12 months ago
Is anyone else now hearing the He-Man theme running through their head? ;-)
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 12 months ago
“Billionaire Boys Club”.:) I haven’t thought about those fools in years. I wonder whatever happened to them?
josephaney3 12 months ago
Is this to replace Bohemian Grove or is it the Bilderberg group exposed?
Radish the wordsmith 12 months ago
They need the middle class to pay for more republican tax breaks for the rich to cover their yacht insurance.
Earnestly Frank 12 months ago
Note that if you are the centre of the universe, that means that everything is moving away from you as fast as it can.
Tootsie Premium Member 12 months ago
The Master’s Tournament.
mistercatworks 12 months ago
Now let’s not get carried away. Billionaires have to live by the rules, too. (After a battalion of lawyers goes to court for twenty years and gets them off with a million-dollar fine.)
I’ll always remember a great line from the UK TV series “The IT Crowd”. There is a moment of solemn silence in the boardroom after someone invokes the name of “the only rich person to go to jail in England in 100 years”. :)
willie_mctell 12 months ago
We exist to serve.
wi3leong Premium Member 12 months ago
Where’s He-Man?
jscarff57 Premium Member 12 months ago
Looks like there is even a “special place” for Trump
L'Europeo Premium Member 12 months ago
Ya think they read Tom Wolfe?
Kabana_Bhoy 12 months ago
The Bohemian Club?
Bilan 12 months ago
The sacrifice will be some lowly person . . . like a millionaire.
dogday Premium Member 12 months ago
I wonder why I"m reminded of the Twilight Zone episode “The Hunt”? Y’know, the one where the old mountain man goes hunting with his hound and they end up dying. On the Road to Eternity the man and his hound come across a fence with a good ol’ boy sittin’, chawin’ on a piece of grass who welcomes him in. Beyond the fence you see fields, and woods and he hears banjos strumming the old tunes. But the good ol’ boy tells the old man his dog isn’t welcome. The man says then he isn’t either and continues down the road. Turns out that was the “Other Place”, which he wouldn’t have seen until he was beyond the fence. Like this ’toon? Things that make you go “hhhmmmm…”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] 12 months ago
What Dr. Chomsky calls them.
moosemin 12 months ago
Is that “Spook” in the basement jail cell?
Daeder 12 months ago
“Me Man! . . . AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!!!”
beany54 12 months ago
And end up like the guy behind bars who is looking out?
198.23.5.11 12 months ago
Maybe Howard Hughes had the right idea——look like a bum so nobody will recognize how rich you are
keenanthelibrarian 12 months ago
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here” (apologies to Dante).