Cartoon Saturday

Yes, I'm doing it to you again, Dear Readers ... it's not really Saturday yet, but since we'll be on the road visiting our grandchildren this weekend and blog posting isn't likely to be high on my priority list, I thought I'd at least get Cartoon Saturday out so you won't feel abandoned. Here we go ...

Al Qaeda has promoted worthless religious bigot Ayman al-Zawahiri to replace the late Osama bin Laden as it's leader; Congressman Anthony Weiner has resigned from Congress after being caught sending lewd photos of himself to women he'd "friended" on the Internet; Greece is on the verge of bankruptcy as crowds riot against cutbacks in government spending and increased fiscal austerity measures; and 85 year-old Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has put "Runaway Bride" stickers on the cover of his magazine after being dumped by 25 year-old fiancee Crystal Harris days before their planned wedding.

Yep. It's time for a good shot of Cartoon Saturday.

There's a lot you can do with puns on the Russian word "tsar" (which means, roughly, emperor) as we show in these three cartoons:

And ...

And, in a somewhat different take ...

A vow of silence can be a good thing ...

Poor old Hugh Hefner got the axe from his fiance this week ... perhaps this cartoon sums up the sad situation ...

A couple of health care cartoons are never out of place. This one is a clever pun ...

And this one probably isn't too far off the mark for those with little or no health insurance ...

And we finish off with a few cartoons related to the state of the economy ... first, a look at the math behind "supply-side economics" ...

Followed by the sort of economic sleight of hand Congress seems to love these days ...

And finally, you've heard me complain often enough about the silliness of "generally accepted accounting principles" ... this is what it really means ...

Well, that's it for this week's (somewhat early) Cartoon Saturday. My blog probably won't appear again until Sunday evening or Monday morning, but you can stand the wait ... right?

Have a great weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo