Tag: US Politics
Clay Jones, and Open Windows
Brain dead pregnant woman is kept on life support by Ann Telnaes
“The decision should have been left to us- not the state”, says her family Read on Substack
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American Cancer by Clay Jones
America has a sickness Read on Substack
The Trump Cancer isn’t new. We got an early prognosis before he even ran in the 2016 presidential election, back when he began his birtherism campaign. He was a cancer before he went into the White House with Putin’s assistance in 2016, he was a cancer during the Biden administration, and he’s a cancer now.
Instead of 86ing this cancer (see what I did there?), nearly half of this nation let it rot and fester. This cancer will do what cancer does if not combated. It will destroy us.
Creative note: I got this idea while drawing my weather cartoon this morning. After yesterday’s Biden/Democrat cartoon, I felt good about it. I even nearly stopped the weather cartoon to do this instead (but I really loved “Old Man Yells at Cloud).
I was finally able to get to the post office today (your print is finally on the way, Greg, and Kathy…I got your check. Thank you), and started drawing this at a coffee shop downtown on Caroline. It didn’t take long to draw, and I colored it at home after taking the Fred Bus.
I didn’t know if this would work when I first thought of it. I didn’t know if the image would be clear. I didn’t know if a tiny Trump in the rump would be clear. But now, I do think it works.
Music note: I listened to Counting Crows, which isn’t a band I’m super crazy about, but Anna Begins reminds me of a past relationship. She talked in her sleep, she changed her mind, she changed my mind, and then she faded away.
Drawn in 30 Seconds: (snip-go see it!)
Clay Jones
He Sells Sea Shells By The Sea Shore by Clay Jones
86 doesn’t mean what 47 thinks it does. Read on Substack
(I worked in restaurants from mid-70s through mid-80s. 86 means cancel or never mind, not kill. Else the call “86 99” would have been very awkward, especially because usually the kitchen only called the boss when something the boss needed to know about was occurring. You could hear a call, “99” when the boss was wanted for something, then if whatever it was resolved, or the caller made a change, it was “86 99” so the boss could continue what they were up to. So to me, this controversy is just weird, stupid, and definitely a waste of we the people’s resources, since the highest offices are sounding off about investigating. On to Clay Jones. -A)
The number 86 doesn’t mean what Donald Trump thinks it means.
Former FBI Director James Comey tweeted an image of seashells forming the numbers 8647. What that means is replace Trump. But Trump and his cult freaked out and claimed that Comey was calling for the assassination of Trump.
But 86 doesn’t mean killing someone. It simply means to replace them, or get rid of someone or something. The term started in the restaurant industry way back in the 1920s or 1930s. The term meant an item on the menu was no longer available, so they would have to 86 it. Then it spread to customers they wanted out of their restaurant, so they would 86 a customer, NOT murder the customer.
There are different theories as to why they used the number 86. Some believe it came from the word “nix.” Others believe it came from the address of 86 Bedford Street in the West Village of lower Manhattan during prohibition. An informant inside the police department would call the restaurant to warn of a police raid, and tell the restaurant that their customers needed to leave through the door on 86th Street. That became “86 the customers.”
I don’t know if those stories or theories are true, but 86 does NOT mean someone should be assassinated. It’s not a death threat or a call to kill somebody, like all the times Trump has tweeted insinuations for his goons to attack people.
A good example of 86 is when Trump fired James Comey. He 86’ed Comey. In 2020, the voters 86’ed Trump by kicking him out of office. Hopefully, in the midterms, we 86 Republicans from the House.
As we all know, Donald Trump is a hypocrite.
When MAGAts were chanting, “Hang Mike Pence” during the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, they weren’t trying to “86” Pence. They were trying to murder him.
When Donald Trump called for the death penalty for General Mark Milley, was he trying to 86 him? No, just kill him. Milley had retired, so he couldn’t be replaced.
When Trump posted a video of President Joe Biden hog tied in the back of a pickup truck, was he calling for Biden to be 86’ed or murdered?
When Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of a hammer after Paul Pelosi was attacked by a hammer-wielding lunatic, was he calling for him to be 86’ed or bashed in the head with a hammer?
What Trump is trying to do is 86 all criticism of him. The Secret Service is investigating Comey for his 86 post, which is bullshit.
In addition to howling about Comey, Trump is crying about Bruce Springsteen criticizing him, which he did from Scotland. Trump got all bent out of shape from the Boss’s criticism and went on the attack. Remember when presidents would ignore criticism from celebrities?
Trump threatened Springsteen, posting, “This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare.’ Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
Trump is threatening Springsteen for saying, “My home America, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.” That sounds about right.
Trump said, “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy − Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.”
If Trump never liked Springsteen or his music, then why did he steal it for his hate rallies? The Boss had to send a legal notice for Trump to stop playing Born in the USA.
Trump didn’t stop there, and on the same day he was filling his diapers over the Boss’ criticism, he attacked Taylor Swift, and posted on ShitSocial, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’“
Are we still talking about Biden having dementia? Trump’s definition of “hot” is his daughter.
In case the Secret Service is reading, I wholeheartedly endorse 8647.
By the way, Springsteen, the “dried-up prune,” is younger than Trump, and his face definitely looks better than Donald’s dried-up face covered with orange pancake batter.
Creative note: A couple of readers told me they were looking forward to my cartoon about Bruce Springsteen. But I didn’t know if I was going to do one. There are four or five other things I wanted to hit, and that I thought were more important. The Comey/86 thing was one of them. But what do you know? I found a way to get two of those subjects off my list with one cartoon.
I had a long conversation with Proofer Laura about the license plate. She didn’t know the significance. I didn’t tell her.
Music note: I listened to the Smashing Pumpkins.
Drawn in 30 seconds: (snip-go see it!)
Trump & The Press: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A GA woman is being kept on life support despite being brain dead because she is pregnant.
Republicans caused or did this. We should ban them.
Photo: Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, who also serves as Kennedy Space Center director, a post she assumed in 2021. Trump elevated Petro to lead NASA after he ousted former Sen. Bill Nelson for believing in climate change.
As previously reported here, European governments have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to lure US scientists.
Newly-released data shows that Oklahoma ranks 46th in per-pupil spending, but Walters, who is eyeing a run for governor, has called for cuts to his state’s “wasteful” education spending, including $250,000 to provide school districts with emergency inhalers.
In his KFOR interview, Walters did boast about getting new teachers a signing bonus, but as was widely reported the time, $290,000 of that money had to be clawed back because it had gone to teachers who did not qualify. Some of those teachers had already spent the money.
The SPLC’s report is here. The February 2024 report linked below shows that the same thing is happening in the UK.
Guess who donated to the Texas Republicans behind the new law?
Something something free speech.
Rep. Beth Lear first appeared here in January 2024 when she defended her anti-trans bathroom bill by citing the “millstones” bible verse which calls for drowning anyone who hurts children.
She later blamed “depraved monster” Alfred Kinsey, liberals, and the ACLU for transgender people even existing.
Rep. Josh Williams first appeared here in July 2024 for his bill that would criminalize drag shows in the presence of children. Williams reintroduced his bill last week.
Sunday political cartoons / memes / news items. I think I held this batch to the right size.
Some clips from TizzyEnt
Again their doing stuff that hurts others
DOJ Claims Prominent Law Firm Is National Security Threat For Working With LGBTQ Rights Group GLAD
Blanche last appeared here when he sanctioned the American Bar Association because its lawyers have failed to show suitable obedience to Glorious Leader.
But Trump claimed Monday that a genocide was taking place in South Africa. “Farmers are being killed,” the president said. “They happen to be White.
But White farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.”
Trump has imported a new Mickey Mouse from South Africa.
Did drumpf just threaten someone for using their 1st Amendment?
Trump bashed the Boss — once known as the “embodiment of rock & roll” — due to Springsteen’s criticism of the drumpf administration.
“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump wrote. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy.”
Trump went on to accuse Springsteen of being a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and “dumb as a rock” for having previously supported President Joe Biden, before attacking Springsteen’s appearance.
“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country,” the president wrote, adding, “Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
That, to me, sounded like a threat! It sounded like the President of the United States just threatened a citizen because he exercised his 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech. I mean, I’m surprised he didn’t say “Nice guitar you gots there. Shame should somthin’ happen to it”.
