Cartoon Saturday

Greece. Tea Party. Romney. Illegal aliens. Yep ... time for Cartoon Saturday.

China has sent its first female astronaut (they call them "taikonauts") into space*; 32 people have been killed in Baghdad by car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims; daredevil Nik Wallenda of the "Flying Wallendas" family has become the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has described attempts to limit the ability of anonymous donors to contribute unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns as “an alarming willingness ... to use the powers of government to silence” the political speech of groups with which the administration disagrees; and hard-line conservative Saudi crown prince Nayef has died, opening yet again the can of political and familial worms that is the Saudi succession process.

Yep. It's definitely time for Cartoon Saturday.

I went to see Prometheus last weekend and loved it, but it ... like most new action movies, was a bit too loud for me ...

Which brings us to the general topic of technology and the proliferation of "smart" things that are demonstrably smarter than their users. Here is a set of cartoons about "smart" stuff ...

Of course, if that smart car was as smart as they say, it might help you be smarter ...

And why should smart technology be limited to cars ... ?

Playground argument, 2012 ...

And yes, I, too, long for those good old days ...

In the nation's capital, the news every day seems to bring a new tale of sordid misdeeds in the DC city government ...

And - speaking of government - we do get what we elect, don't we?  Oh ... wait! ... we don't elect our government any more, it's just bought at the electoral Costco by those people whose free political speech Senator McConnell wants to protect!  Sorry, my bad ...

 

Sometimes, a good disguise is a good thing ...

And finally for this week, an interesting take on the purchase of "adult" magazines. I myself don't go in for pornography. Heck, I don't even own a pornograph ...

And that, as Walter Cronkite would have said, is the way it is for this week's edition of Cartoon Saturday. It looks like the weather is going to be beautiful this weekend and into the first part of next week, before turning positively Venusian toward Friday. Looks like I should get the yard work done today ... darn it.

Have a good day. Enjoy the weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* Now, why couldn't we do that with Nancy Pelosi, Michelle Bachmann, and Lindsey Lohan?