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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 Executive Order 14208

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) Trump's Most Insidious Scheme

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 Elise Stefanik

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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Martin Niemöller, and Who First They Came For First They Came For

Martin Niemöller, and Who First They Came For

David TC March 28, 2025
On a well-intentioned but slightly wrong quote by Martin Niemöller about the start of fascism and how...
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Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

Jaybird March 27, 2025
The cats found out that my CPAP reservoir, when knocked to the floor, has an O-ring that...
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They’re Acting Queer in Cleveland

Clare Briggs March 27, 2025
CW: Violence, Self-Harm. No, I'm not kidding.
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Opening Day at the Church of Baseball

Missy Howell March 27, 2025
I advise those who poke fun to give baseball another chance. The rule changes in the 2023...
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