Cartoon Saturday

What a week it's been ... we need cartoons, stat!

The mystery surrounding the sudden, unexplained closure of an observatory in New Mexico was finally solved when the reason turned out not to be aliens or an approaching asteroid, but child pornography being traded on the observatory's network; North Carolina remains under vast floodwaters resulting from tropical storm Florence; a temporary employee at a Rite-Aid distribution center in Maryland fatally shot herself after murdering three people and wounding three others; at least 100 people are known to have died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria in Tanzania; and the high-speed nomination train for the Supreme Court appointment of  Judge Bret Kavanaugh hit a snag when a woman accused him of sexual assault during a drunken high-school party nearly 40 years ago.

The news is so disheartening, and the public discourse so ugly, that we really need some funny cartoons. This week, we send in the clowns* ...

Just in time ...

And that goes for you, too, Congress ...

This might help mitigate the environmental damage once the present EPA rolls back pollution controls on cars ...

It could be expensive to put the noises back ...

When clowns don't make it in the big leagues ...

Ten steps, turn, and throw ...

Get it? ...

Special delivery ...

Yes, they are. And we elected them ...

One hopes ...

Well, that's enough clowning around ... the weekend is beckoning. We're expecting iffy weather here in NoVa, but - fortunately - nothing close to the disastrous mess delivered by Florence down south ... that still hasn't delivered its full damage yet as rain-swollen rivers carry additional flooding forward. If you live in North or South Carolina, please stay safe.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Musical Sunday belatedly celebrates the birthday of saxophonist Candy Dulfur.

Bilbo

* Those currently serving in Congress not eligible.