Sunday Funnies 170827 Many Sides

The Sunday Funnies theme of the week is Many Sides.

This week's theme does not refer to the "many sides" of which Trump spoke in Charlottesville.

With a couple of off-topic comics tossed in to prevent depression from living in his alternate-reality-driven America, I offer…

The Many Sides of Donald J. Trump

1. A Mind More Primitive Than The Mind Of A Lab Rat

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2. Unhinged And Dangerous

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3. Supported By Loyal Enablers Who Deny Reality And Blame The Media

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4. Who'da Thunk It? - A Gratuitous, Non-Trumpian, Musical Interlude

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5. If The Hood Fits - Clothes Make The Racist (as do comments supporting the alt-right)

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6. Sequel To The Art Of The Deal

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7. Consummate Student Of History And Winning

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8. Comic Relief? - Another Gratuitous, Non-Trumpian Comic

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9. The Salt Of The Earth

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10. Mental Health Experts Confirm Trump's Many Sides

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Sunday Funnies 170820 Worth Repeating

The Sunday Funnies theme of the week is worth repeating.

This week's edition of the Sunday Funnies is a departure from the norm because the events of the past week were anything but normal and only funny in the following sense of the word:

• unusual in such a way as to arouse suspicion: there was something funny going on.

So, to those who think what took place in Charlottesville, Virginia was new and different and also to those whose willful ignorance supports the false equivalence spewed afterward by the Bigot-In-Chief I offer the following:
Prologue:

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Bringing up politics isn't the problem. Sweeping bigotry under the political rug of false equivalencies and allowing it fester and grow while pretending it doesn't exist is.

It's high time America comes to grips with the ingrained and festering bigotry thriving in it's inbred bigots.

1. from the October 4, 2015 Sunday Funnies

14. Fascisman authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.   • (in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice. The term Fascism was first used by the totalitarian right-wing nationalist regime of Mussolini in Italy (1922–43), and the regimes of the Nazis in Germany and Franco in Spain were also fascist. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach.Note: I created this image on May 13, 2009 when it became apparent that the Republican party had no interest in working with President Obama, but instead wished to remake the country in the image of the Pre-Civil War South using the intimidation tactics of the Christian Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan.

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2. from August 23, 2013

Ferguson, Fiction, & The Persistence of Prejudice
In 1974, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman starring Cicely Tyson aired as a made for television movie based on the 1971 novel of the same name by by Ernest J. Gaines. One hundred ten years after the Civil War and ten years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, this movie gave Americans, both white and black, their first opportunity to openly examine and discuss the history, attitudes, and prejudices which made the Civil Rights Act necessary.
I believe it is important to note that the source for America's first, nationwide, public examination of this material was a work of fiction rather than an authentic autobiography such as Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. In 1974, the fictional Miss Jane could bring controversial material on race relations to the television sets in the homes of Americans, and those inclined to deny the existence of racial prejudice in America could dismiss it as fiction.
She was safe for public consumption. Frederick Douglas was not. In many parts of the country, he is still not safe.
In 1974, racial prejudice in America could be dismissed as the stuff of fiction. Forty years later the story told by Miss Jane Pittman airs in live news coverage of the events which have taken place in Ferguson, Missouri since the August 9 killing of Mike Brown.
If you have never read the novel or seen the film version of this book, I strongly recommend that you do so. If you are a white American who doesn't understand the many social issues at work in Ferguson today and you thinks it's not important for you to understand them, this is not a recommendation; it's a requirement.
After you've read or watched the fictionalized version of the events, attitudes, and prejudices that brought us to Ferguson, you should be ready to deal with the nonfiction version of the story. A copy of Life and Times of Frederick Douglass will do nicely.
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is available from Amazon and from Barnes & Noble.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is also available from Amazon.

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3. a bit of prophetic wisdom from April 16, 2014

6. Sometimes the validity of a statement is crystal clear.

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4. from Sunday, August 10, 2014

4. Malignant Viral Payload

Inside an often jewel-like protein coat, a malignant virus carries a snippet of DNA. This snippet carries the sum and substance of the virus's lineage. The virus injects this material into the healthy cells of a host organism turning them into factories which produce copies of the virus. The infected host can become very sick and may die. 

Like malignant viruses, some politicians display a pleasant countenance yet carry a virulent payload containing the essence of an ideological lineage based on hatred and divisiveness. As they smile and claim to care about the country, they inject their ideological DNA into the population, turning infected individuals into factories which spread the malignant strain. The infected country can become very sick and it may die as its social and governmental structures succumb to anarchy.

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5. from Friday, May 1, 2015

2. Coming Soon to Reality TV - A Preview

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6. Friday, July 18, 2014

If She Could Speak

All over the world and throughout history the spirit of hope and the light of reason have weathered attacks by the forces of fear and ignorance. Each pair creates a self-reinforcing world view for their respective advocates; but the philosophies they generate are polar opposites.

Hope and reason encourage people to embrace change in anticipation of a better future. Fear and ignorance drive folks to cling to the myth of an idyllic past where comfortable, universally held, but equally imaginary absolutes were the norm.

In New York Harbor, The Statue of Liberty stands as a proud witness to our nation's commitment to the first of these competing philosophies.

Her actual name is Liberty Enlightening the World. She stands upon broken shackles atop a base which houses a museum where a bronze plaque bearing a sonnet by Emma Lazarus is on display.

The New Colossus

BY EMMA LAZARUS

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

These words epitomize the spirit of a land which claims to be exceptional among the nations of the world. History, of course, paints our nation's picture in more muted tones and subtle brush strokes than those seen in the minds' eyes of most Americans when they think about their country's treatment of immigrants. However, the historical canvass is a work in progress, and the overall message of its unfinished story unmistakably favors the triumph of hope and reason over the forces of fear and ignorance.

Yet today, Lady Liberty's message of optimism and human compassion is often drowned out by the devotees of the opposition. Their calls for the immediate deportation of Central American children seeking asylum make a mockery of all that she stands for.

If she could speak, I believe her words might be akin to those found in this Mike Luckovich cartoon:

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Epilogue: from Sunday, February 23, 2014

Finally, "It ain't over until…"
I told you this week offered a heap of comics and cartoons worth sharing, most of which skewered ignorance. Allow me to exit on a positive note.

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Sunday Funnies 170813 Hot Enough For You?

The Sunday Funnies phrase of the week is Hot enough for you?

1. Cure For Hot Pants?

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2. FYI: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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3. Seasonal Affective Disorder - Malaise

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4. FYI: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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5. Some Like It Hot

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6. FYI: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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7. Thank You, Willis Haviland Carrier! (Who's that?)

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8. FYI: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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9. Hot Tub Guest

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10. FYI: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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11. The End Of The Comedy Section

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12. Hot Off The Presses: The temperature at the center of a nuclear explosion is 300,000,000 ºC (540,000,000 ºF).

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Sunday Funnies 170806 Religious Liberty

The Sunday Funnies theme of the week is Religious Liberty.

This week's collection of comics takes liberties with religion.

Enjoy!

1. Looking for God? Just follow your nose.

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2. Religious Contradiction

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3. Stewardship?

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4. A Small Picture of The Big Picture

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5. God-Awful News for Religious Zealots  

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6. Hmmm…I thought God smelled like kielbasa.

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7. How Conveeeeeeenient!
(with a tip of the halo to Dana Carvey's Enid Strict, The Church Lady)

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8. Divine Intervention?

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9. In The Beginning

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10. Religious Liberty Offers So Many Choices - Take Your Pick

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