Cartoon Saturday

Well, we're still not at war with North Korea, although we've continued to irritate our friends.

In response to US-Japanese naval exercises near the Philippines, North Korea has threatened to sink a US aircraft carrier "with a single strike;" French voters have sent far-right National Front leader Marine LePen and centrist Emmanuel Macron to the final election round on May 7th; following charges of improper exploitation of the presidency for personal business gain, the State Department removed a plug for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate from its "Share America" website; a brand of frozen hash-browned potatoes has been recalled after some packages were discovered to contain pieces of golf balls; and the Trump administration has blamed - of course - President Obama for originally hiring General Michael Flynn ... before firing him so that Mr Trump could hire him as his first National Security Advisor.

Our oldest grandchild, Marcy, plays the clarinet in her high school marching band, and she's participating in a major band festival this weekend. And so, in honor of bands and musicians everywhere, our cartoons this week deal with music ...

Sometimes, you just want something a little different ...

Somebody always tries to take the shortcut ...

I always wondered what it was that conductors were doing ...

The best part of this one may be the name of the counselor ...

Going where you want to go, musically ...

I think that was a righteous arrest ...

Making the best of a bad situation ...

When the GOP gets done with cutting budgets at the school level ...

I think this about a lot of new age and alternative rock ...

Finally, how about a little marching in April? ...

And that's it for this week's tuneful Cartoon Saturday. Be sure to come back tomorrow for Musical Sunday ... this is an appropriate week for it! More thoughts then.

Bilbo