What a week it's been!
The crippled cruise ship Carnival Triumph, described as a "floating petri dish" after a fire crippled its engines, power was lost, and toilets overflowed, has finally been towed into port in Mobile, Alabama; a large meteorite exploded in the skies over Russia, causing numerous injuries and damage across the Chelyabinsk region; having once again failed to do its job and deal in a rational, adult fashion with the nation's economic problems, Congress has gone on vacation; South African olympic hero Oscar Pistorius is under arrest, charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp; and a growing scandal in Europe involves the finding of horse meat in products labeled as beef ... the first clue found by investigators was that meat formerly labeled "prime," "choice," and "good" was being sold as "win," "place," and "show."
Bring on the cartoons!
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI - the first papal resignation in centuries - has caused widespread comment and not a few excellent cartoons, like this one ...
No comment necessary ...
As I noted in the introduction, Congress has decided to go on vacation again, having utterly failed its duty to the nation. That's the only reason the danger level isn't higher ...
and ...
This one is so obvious, I'm surprised I haven't seen it before ...
I found this interesting cartoon at the intersection of Valentine's Day and gun control ...
And finally, the sort of budget perhaps Congress might be able to pass ...
And that's the way it is for this week's edition of Cartoon Saturday. We're not sure quite what weather we're expecting for the weekend ... it'll either be just wintery enough to cause havoc, or just springlike enough to trick all the plants in to starting to bud early. Just pick the forecaster you like.
Regardless of the weather where you are, have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
6 comments:
The one with the Pope giving two weeks notice can't be topped!
The one about placebos has an element of truth: apparently the placebo effect has increased lately.
Great one about the Admiral with hemorrhoids! I wonder if sailors joke about that rank?
And the gun rack and the truck bed are about equivalent in embarassment, unless you belong to the NRA.
The Gridlock Advisory is so apropos!
The gridlock danger is ... gridlocked.
When your beef used to have a saddle on it, we're in trouble!
Gridlock is Washington's way!
Has a pope ever gotten a pink slip?
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