Cartoon Saturday

Yep - it's been another amazing week, and I don't even have Agnes here to take my mind off it all ...

The city of Detroit, Michigan, many billions of dollars in debt and reeling from the effects of the economic downturn, is trying to declare bankruptcy; nobody is happy about the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, including the President ... despite the fact that a jury found the man not guilty; much of the nation continues to bake under a record or near-record heat wave, with relief possibly coming in the form of severe weekend thunderstorms; a passenger who survived the crash of an airliner in San Francisco earlier this month was killed when she was run over by a fire truck, possibly while hidden under piles of firefighting foam; and Rolling Stone magazine has come under severe criticism for its use of a flattering picture of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsernaev on its cover.

Well, so much for July being better than June ... I think we need to bring out the cartoons stat.

The ongoing furor over the activities of the National Security Agency has ... as you might suspect ... yielded a bumper crop of cartoons. I'll just use two today, one of which is older, but still relevant ...

And the other of which is ... well ... just topical ...

Some people just may be better cut out than others for running relay races ...

Cinderella may have had more problems than that pesky glass slipper ...

Many scientists are concerned about the effects of dumping large amounts of chemicals - particularly medicines - into our water supply. Who knows what might happen? ...

Yep, that boy has really earned his merit badges ...

I thought this one was simple, effective, and very funny ...

And this one was so obvious I don't know why we haven't seen it before ...

You have surely noticed that whenever you're on endless hold, the business you're trying to call always loops a taped notice that tells you - with a straight face - how important your call is and that you should stay on the line. Yeah, right ...

And finally, a clever twist on an old cliche ...

And that's it for this week's Cartoon Saturday. I hope I've helped you get somewhat over the misery of the previous week. Agnes is still in Germany, where it's as hot as it is here, but there's no air conditioning, and I am looking forward to a weekend that will help me get over an utterly miserable week at work. Fortunately, the grandchildren can help with that.

Have a good day and a cool, great weekend.

More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo