Cartoon Saturday

You have to wonder whether this month will ever end ...

Three people were murdered and seven others injured when a man opened fire in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana; armed civilians who had been guarding a military recruitment center in a Lancaster, Ohio, shopping center were ordered off the property by a sheriff's deputy after one of them accidentally discharged his rifle; a Navy destroyer was damaged when a missile it had test-fired exploded shortly after launch; Donald Trump ... 'nuff said; and in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, five people - two adults and three children - were murdered and one seriously injured, and police took two teenage boys into custody;

It's a yucky world out there. Good thing we have cartoons. Today, in honor of the just-announced mega-merger of health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna, our selection of theme cartoons deals with - what else? - health insurance ... because when the premiums go up (and you know they will), you'll need something to laugh at ...

Yes, it's funny ... just think about it for a minute ...

There's always an expensive new treatment your insurance won't cover ...

Too bad they didn't have a Supreme Court to work it out all those years ago ...

The most important test your doctor administers ...

Two takes on the insurance coverage of the world's most unfortunate egg ...

and ...

Now, that's really bad news ...

I have good news and bad news ... or is it, bad news and worse news? ...

This is clearly not one of those so-called "Cadillac Policies" ...

Incredibly enough, every once in a while, your insurance will actually cover something ...

And there you have it ... the last Cartoon Saturday for the month of July. You're welcome.

It looks like it will be a pretty nice weekend here in NoVa, at least weather-wise - temperatures in the upper 80's, but lower humidity and no rain in the forecast. That's good news, since I need to mow the lawn and since we're dog-sitting with Clara again this weekend, and she doesn't like to do those potty walks in the rain. Well, neither would I, I suppose.

Have a good day and a great weekend. Come back tomorrow for Poetry Sunday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo