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What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade War

David Thornton April 6, 2025
We have already seen plummeting stock markets and magically disappearing 401(k)s, and that trend is likely to...
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Danny Dreamer: It’s a Dog’s Life

Clare Briggs April 5, 2025
The past is another country.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Metroidvanias

Jaybird April 5, 2025
Nintendo released Metroid in August 1986 and Castlevania in September 1986. The main focus was the...
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The Spy

Clare Briggs April 4, 2025
As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will...
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POETS Day! Yeats’s Folly

Ben Sears April 4, 2025
  I’m off for Louisiana for a crawfish boil despite my allergy to crawfish. It’s a five...
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Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ It

Jaybird April 3, 2025
One, Single, Three-Day Weekend
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Tariffs Making China Great Again

David Thornton April 3, 2025
Prior to the announcement, much of the talk had been about reciprocal tariffs. Trump’s announcement was much...
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When a Maiden Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs April 3, 2025
In this case, Juul does *NOT* refer to the smoking device. I have no idea what it...
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Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide

Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation

OT Editors April 2, 2025
How the Trump Administration is identifying "gang members" for deportation, otherwise known as the Alien Enemies Act...
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A Would-Be Buyer at an Automobile Show

Clare Briggs April 2, 2025
No date on this one, but the first self-starting car was 1911!
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About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and Florida Wisconsin and Florida

About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and Florida

OT Editors April 2, 2025
Spring has sprung...or at least a handful of spring off-year elections earning national coverage for political implications...
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Ninja Sex Party Pure Elegance Tour Philadelphia

Russell Michaels April 2, 2025
A throng of standing room only super fans all keyed up to eleven is hard to top.
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Another Groundhog

Clare Briggs April 1, 2025
Be sure to check out the bonus "April Fools" panel!
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A Grudging Concession About Something Trump Did

Burt Likko April 1, 2025
No, he's serious. Burt Likko herein (grudgingly) praises something the Trump Administration did. Executive Order 14208, to...
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Trump’s Most Insidious Scheme (So Far)

David Thornton March 31, 2025
Trump’s most dangerous tactic may be one of the most underreported acts of his new Administration.
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A Working Man Reviewed

Jaybird March 30, 2025
Sylvester Stallone pens a script for Jason Statham and tells us how *HE* would have done John...
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The Greatest Strike in History

Clare Briggs March 30, 2025
This cartoon came out a week after Ty Cobb beat up Claude Lucker.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Dungeon Warfare

Jaybird March 29, 2025
A third installment from a really cool tower defense game.
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The Holdout

Clare Briggs March 28, 2025
My eye is not drawn to the boys' conflict. It is drawn to the game the girls...
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Probationary UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik Gets “Fork In the Road” Notice

Andrew Donaldson March 28, 2025
Like thousands of others, Elise Stefanik saw her probationary period for higher employment end on the whims...
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  • Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Maybe there should be a push for police reform that does stuff like weaken police unions.
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