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1. about 4 hours ago on Nancy

   I suspect they never quite had the ball in their possession.

2. about 5 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I think we’re gonna like it.

3. about 5 hours ago on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

   Heh, I’m reminded of Skippy’s List.

4. about 5 hours ago on Nancy

   The Spanish language version really phoned it in today.

5. about 5 hours ago on The Big Picture

   Off topic but those old iMacs were something else in terms of design.

6. about 6 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-case-numbers-and-statistics#cases-and-deaths-by-age-and-sex

   This has figures to yesterday, rather than six months old.

   I don’t think there’s any identifiable gender bias.

7. about 6 hours ago on Heathcliff

   Yes, and it’s much more prevalent for the hairless breeds.

8. about 10 hours ago on Rob Rogers

   You might want to talk to the FTC about that, my friend. I get all my information from comic strip comments, but they seem to think it does this:

   “For the duration of a public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of confirmed cases of the 2019 novelcoronavirus (COVID–19), including any renewal thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to engage in a deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce in violation of section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C.45(a)) that is associated with—

   (1) the treatment, cure, prevention, mitigation, or diagnosis of COVID–19; or(2) a government benefit related to COVID–19"

   which seems pretty specific. As an aside I hate the way the US Government sets out legislation.

9. 1 day ago on Amanda the Great

   I’m also going to need a shirt with my name on the back, and some sort of number.

10. 1 day ago on Rob Rogers

    That seems a remarkably narrow law. I imagine it may have been better to extend it to include other medical conditions,