Cartoon Saturday

I've been busy ... did anybody get arrested this week?

As a result of companies barring use of their drugs for lethal injections, several states are considering bringing back the firing squad for prisoners condemned to death, a method of execution considered more reliably and quickly fatal and - bonus! - appealing to Second Amendment zealots; King Charles III has postponed his state visit to France in the wake of widespread protests over changes to French pension laws; in yet another display of appalling behavior, Der Furor struck out on social media at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg by publishing a photo of Bragg next to a photo of Der Furor brandishing a baseball bat; the parents of a teenager who murdered four students at a Michigan high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter in an unusual case of parents bearing criminal responsibility for the acts of a child; and a disgruntled British Airways customer has demanded her money back after a fellow passenger died on board her Jamaica-to-London flight last December, delaying the flight, disrupting the beverage service, and causing her "extreme trauma."

This week, in honor of the birthday this past week of mime extraordinaire Marcel Marceau*, here's a collection of cartoons about everybody's most annoying street performers ...

Well, he would, wouldn't he? ...  

I suppose that would work ...

Good grief, they're everywhere! ...

Whatever works ...

There are no short-cuts on the road to mastery of one's calling ...

Yes, I can see how it might be difficult ... 

The title is actually "Republican Member of Congress Takes the Fifth" ...

That's a tough couple to work with ...

You've gotta feel sorry for the parrots ...

Some parts of the historical record are too embarrassing to be remembered ...

And so we make a quiet end to a noisy and stressful week ... I hope the cartoons diverted you from the ongoing agony of having to listen to Der Furor and his apologists.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Musical Sunday returns with a salute to Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Bilbo

* You may recall that the single word actually spoken aloud in Mel Brooks' film "Silent Movie" was spoken by Marcel Marceau ... when asked if he would take a role in the titular movie, he replied "No!" Classic!