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1. about 7 hours ago on Henry Payne

   Indeed. I still hold that there is a categorical difference if the cartoonists’ jaypes# cross the line into lies, and those lies are intentional and known to be lies. This pattern, using bald faced lies to do damage rather than to edify, seems to me to be the meat and ’taters for the conservatives more often than the liberals.

   (#) GC’s language nanny flagged the correct spelling for this word.
2. about 10 hours ago on Henry Payne

   Oh, Payne did more than embellish Biden’s mistake. You never see Payne embellish Trump’s mistakes — all right, let’s be fair here, Trump’s fairy tales — that’s a shame since there are so very many of them from which to choose.

   By the way, if you should choose to apply the title, “Mr.” to Payne, then you should not be consistent (or courteous) enough to apply the same title to Biden, too?

3. about 11 hours ago on Strange Brew

   You’re correct. I am not a sports fan. I misinterpreted the comment at the head of this string. My political short fuse intruded on my good sense (if I have any) and overruled it. I hope that you will understand this and accept my apology for my discourteous gaff.

4. about 12 hours ago on Tim Campbell

   And we know what happens when Trump gins up and then turns loose mobs of MAGA folks, armed with clubs, and bear spray, and hatred for truth, on cops and security and NG and civilians …

5. about 12 hours ago on Nick Anderson

   If Cruz was properly rendered, he would provide a good supply of palm oil.

6. about 12 hours ago on Nick Anderson

   I think that is was actually Kent’s mayor, LeRoy Satrom, who called in the NG. At least that’s what some of the stories on the net stated. Ohio’s governor was on the campus before the 4th, and did make some rather inflammatory remarks on the 3rd (?). One of the things that stimulated the Kent State (and other) protests — as if they needed more stimulation — was Nixon’s order to bomb Cambodia and, if I remember rightly, Laos.

7. about 14 hours ago on Henry Payne

   In the normal world, the primary of object and responsibility of a political cartoonist is edification not amusement. Humor in the form of irony, satire, or even sarcasm can help them accomplish that primary object. Lying, calumny, and slander, such as we get from Payne and some other right-wing “cartooonists” is normal — but only for them and those who would swallow (or wallow in) such rubbish. And that is where the nonsense exists. I would also observe that Presidents have the same object and responsibility, and humor can serve them well; FDR, and even Reagan are good examples of Presidents who employed humor pretty regularly. Trump on the other hand is utterly devoid of humor, even less so than Coolidge or Nixon (whom we can credit with the “Checkers” speech and his appearance on “Laugh In”). Trump’s occasional attempts at humor — all cheap shots — fall flatter than a nickel on a railroad track, except for those MAGA folks at his political wankfests, and the like.

8. about 16 hours ago on Henry Payne

   The we would have to accept the fact that everybody lies all the time. One’s only alternative, then, seems to accept that the fact that nobody ever hears — let alone sees — the truth.

9. about 19 hours ago on Chip Bok

   These protests are trivial compared to the MAGA folks’ riots which will come down the pike if Trump loses in November. As well as the mayhem the MAGA folks will foment of Trump, alleged “dictator for a day,” if he wins in November — whether it’s a win or (again) merely a win*

10. about 20 hours ago on Strange Brew

    At bat: Bibi vs Israel. On deck: Israel vs Hezbollah. In the hole: Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea vs everybody else.