A Nut for All Seasons

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Uncle Sam doesn't need to be a certified neurologist to see that John McCain's gone soft in the onion. Read the rest of his program here.

On a totally unrelated note, this is hilarious:



Scathing.

Still in the Dark

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Remember that perennial Mesopotamian enterprise of ours? The one that, if John McCain had his way, will end in 12,008 C.E.? Yes, that hojillion-year war. Well, as it turns out, our surge didn't bring democracy and puppies and rainbows to the Iraqis after all. Worse, even the heretofore much-trumpeted security gains are apparently delicate and reversible. Meanwhile, the Iraqi army can't seem to quite stand on its own, let alone fight Sadr & Co., and the presence of American boots on the ground increases local resentment by the day.

Fiddlesticks!

Fortunately, Our Fearless Leader remains safely above such depressing things as "facts" and "reality."

UNRELATED UPDATE:

On the Hyde Park Front, Fifth Ward Alderman--and renowned dirty dancer--Leslie Hairston has decided to leave the 171 stop alone. Rumor has it that she'll actually perform the "parking dance." What's next? A Youtube-fueled global dance movement? The mind salivates at the possibilities.

Role Reversal

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Whatever happened to the old McCain? Or, more properly, what happened to McCain's sensibilities? I'm starting to think that he had none to begin with.

COTD: 08.01.15

I'm still infirm and far from content (a spurious, chimerical concept to begin with, if you ask me), but at least I can pour my misery into my art, passion being one of the three integral virtues of good editorial cartoonists. The other two are a steadfast irreverence of authority and artistic creativity.

Cartoons of the Day:

Ann Telnaes (On the recent $20bn Saudi arms deal)

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Ann Telnaes Cartoonists & Writers … Jan 15, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Mike Luckovich (On Hillary's MLK remark)

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Mike Luckovich Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan 15, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Robert Ariail (On Generalissimo Giuliani's campaign)

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Robert Ariail The State Jan 15, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Peace in Our Lifetime

I'm really, really depressed right now. Depressed and filled with odium, in fact, and not just because of Bush's arms deal with the Saudis or Mike Huckabee's chicanery.

On a related note, those expecting the Huckabee cartoon will have to wait until Thursday; sorry!

COTD: 08.01.14

There'll be a cartoon on Mike Huckabee (a.k.a. The Huckster) later to-night. In the meantime, here are my picks for today's best "damn pictures."

Cartoons of the Day:

Gary Varvel (On change)

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Gary Varvel Indianapolis Star Jan 14, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Matt Bors (On The Huckster)

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Ted Rall (On McCain's Iraq policy)

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Ted Rall Universal Press Syndicate Jan 14, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com

Body Politic

Or what's left of it, anyhow. On a related note, there's something terribly wrong when I can't perform a Google search for "Iraqi civilian" (to get an idea of what the local attire looks like) without having to sift through page after page of mutilated corpses.

Roughin' It: Blackwhite Doubleplusgood

Condoleezza Rice, plusgood Minipax doublethinker, sedulously perpetuating spurious doctrines at the Women's Foreign Policy Group.

Roughin' It: Annapolis Addendum Addendum

Two persistent and not entirely unrelated onuses, methinks. It's a shame that the parties immediately concerned lack either the will (U.S., Israel, & Syria) or capability (Palestinian Authority) to resolve the issue.

Roughin' It: Iran Follow-Up

It's official--Bush and Ahmadinejad are both flaunting the NIE as affirmations of their policies. "W's" take: "See? That nut's nothin' but trouble! Let's send a couple of carrier groups after the $%&#@*." Ahmadinejad's spin: "Baloney! We're only building civilian reactors now, and, guess what? We responded to diplomacy! Take that, American infidel!" IAEA's perspective: "Ahmadinejad's kinda sorta right" (exact words: "Somewhat vindicated").

Roughin' It: Annapolis Addendum

While we're on the topic of Bush's "legacy," let's not forget the storm-cloud of pessimism that hangs over the Annapolis conference. Farewell, Mr. Bush's legacy, we hardly knew ye.