Afghanistan’s rural population is religious and backwards, so they wanted the Taliban and the collapse of the central government. Good thing America’s rural population isn’t religious and backwards, and doesn’t present a threat to the federal govern– uh… never mind.
Author: DOuG pRATt
Ain’t It The Truth
As true today as it was the summer of the Bicentennial year, when this record was new.
Black Friday the 13th
Dealing with a nightmare situation resulting from having the deck demolished, in preparation for replacement. The work is now on hold, pending review by the town’s building inspector. When can he get here? No idea. I’ll try to cheer myself up by looking at this delightful Jack Davis illustration.
Follow-up: After crawling around in a small and very dirty space, all is well once again. The inspector is still required, but for a routine reason.
Cartoonist’s Block
A couple of you know who Herblock was. If you don’t, here’s who he was. The preview picture is extremely misleading.
MIH Calls It
Literally while we were on the phone, and I was explaining why I thought your favored Jeopardy! guest host, Mayim Bialik, wouldn’t be picked for the permanent post, this announcement was made.
Mask On!
The epidemiologists were right about Delta-Covid creating another pandemic wave. Incredibly, the Trumpy simpletons continue to insist they know more than communicable disease experts, and that masks are completely useless. Some masks are, sure, because they’re just a piece of cloth, or proper masks that have been overused. What’s really concerning for public health are the anti-maskers who are also anti-vaxx.
I like this clever faux Winsor McCay cartoon by Peter Kuper in The New Yorker, from early in the pandemic, April ’20.
I’m going to assume Kuper worked from an actual McCay cartoon. For reference here’s a Little Sammy Sneeze.
Here’s another McCay creation, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, featuring an early appearance of Gertie the Dinosaur. Gertie appeared the following year in an animated cartoon by the prolific McCay.
