Cartoon Saturday

As another week swirls down the drain of history ...

In Oklahoma, a man trying to save his daughter from a flood-stranded vehicle was swept away and drowned; a man in Florida allegedly killed his wife, then posted pictures of her body on his Facebook page; a jury in Kentucky has acquitted a 17 year-old in the beating death of his 14 year-old stepbrother two years ago; in response to growing criticism, President Obama announced new proposals to reform government surveillance programs; and Japan’s soaring national debt, already more than twice the size of its economy, has reached a new milestone, surpassing one quadrillion yen*.

For more manageable numbers, let's turn to this week's ten cartoons ...

Someone else has noticed the proliferation of Congressional committees that seem to exist only for the purpose of investigating stuff ...

Our theme cartoon selection this week deals with mimes, surely one of the most cartoon-worthy of characters. We have military mimes ...

Two takes on what happens when mimes go to the great, silent beyond ... 

and ...

No other comment necessary ...

And the question that has bothered philosophers for so long, does a mime have the right to ... oh, never mind ... 

A classic look at the birth of ideology ... click it to big it ...

Two looks at characters having trouble with their English lessons ... Yoda ...

And Elvis ...

And we wrap up this week's cartoon collection with a look at the personal history of the little-known Jewish frontier gunslinger ...

Later this morning, I will join Agnes and brave the teeming throngs at the local American Girl** doll store to do some birthday shopping for our granddaughter. I wanted a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but lost the toss. Oh, well.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* You'd think that a nation that has ritualized tea parties would be better able to control its debt, wouldn't you?

** Good luck finding anything in the store that isn't made in China.