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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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The Greatest Strike in History
March 30, 2025
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March 28, 2025
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They’re Acting Queer in Cleveland
March 27, 2025
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A Loaf of Bread, a Container of Milk, and a Stick of Butter
March 26, 2025
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“Bunk Oil PFD” only has three hits: And they’re all hits to the morgues of various newspapers that ran this cartoon.Report
I would guess that it’s made up to be a play on words of bunker fuel, and bunk as in malarkey.
The only references to PFD itself are process flow diagram, and the Permanent Fund Division, who are the peeps in Alaska who manage their oil money. (Which started well after this cartoon)Report
Poor guy cleared his spam folder only to get catfished anyway.Report
Spam is old old old.Report
Although back in those days you had to pay good money to be a nuisance.Report
For comparison, Brad DeLong has estimated that gross world product was $2.1 trillion in 1925.Report