Cartoon Saturday

Hoo, boy ... and you thought 2022 was crazy ...

A Florida judge sanctioned Der Furor and one of his attorneys this week, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he described as frivolous lawsuits against Hillary Clinton and others ... following that ruling, Der Furor dropped his $250 million lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, probably on the advice of his lawyers who fear further financial and reputational damage on behalf of their vexatious client; legendary rocker David Crosby died at age 81 after a long illness; Thinx, a company manufacturing absorbent female underwear designed to be worn during menstrual periods, has settled a lawsuit that claimed the panties were made with potentially harmful chemicals; the long-awaited report of the investigation into the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision in the controversial Dobbs case was released this week, but concluded it could not identify the source of the leak*; and in a Chicago convenience store, the concealed pistol a customer was carrying fell through a hole in his pocket, hit the floor, and fired, hitting a 12-year-old member of his family in the hand. 

This week, in a head-nod to an economy that works really well if you're already rich, how about a collection of cartoons about economics?

This is how it probably ought to work ... 

Buckle up ... the new GOP-controlled house is ready to really drop the bomb on you if you're not already rich ...

One of the best quotes from Mario Puzo's classic novel The Godfather told us that "a lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns." It's all in who writes the laws ...

All too often, this is the right question ...

Timing is everything ...

Good guess ...

Economics is more fun when puns are involved ...

I've been corrected out of tens of thousands of dollars over the years ...

Yes, that would be a good market indicator ...

If you're an economist, it makes perfect sense ...

And that's it for this week's Cartoon Saturday. Watch your wallet for the indicators that the GOP is not your economic friend.

Have a good day and a great weekend. See you again tomorrow, when Poetry Sunday honors The Bard of the Yukon. More thoughts then.

Bilbo

* It's noteworthy that none of the Supreme Court justices or their spouses were apparently questioned in the "investigation."