As my Dad would have said, if this week had been a fish, I'd have thrown it back.
A New York jury has awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in her defamation lawsuit against Der Furor, bringing the total penalties assessed against him in two related cases to $88.5 million ... the jury also recommended that DF's lawyer Alina Habba be hung, drawn, quartered, and burned at the stake, although the judge reduced the penalty to walking naked through the streets and pelted with garbage, followed by a chorus of Ruth Bader Ginsburg impersonators ringing bells and shouting "shame, shame!"; Russia claimed, without evidence, that a crashed military aircraft was carrying Ukrainian prisoners intended to be exchanged for Russians; a Japanese moon lander squarely hit its target on the lunar surface, but unfortunately landed upside down; Boeing continued to experience problems on the way to safely reintroducing its 737 Max 9 airliners; and in Sioux City, Iowa, a Christian school has decided to arm its staff and teachers, evidently realizing that thoughts and prayers were insufficient to protect its students.
This week, since "truth" has become a quaintly outmoded concept in politics and advertising, I thought a collection of cartoons that remind us of what it used to be might be appropriate ...
WWDS (What Would Descartes Say)? ...
Poor Diogenes ...
In today's world, truth isn't always so self-evident, is it? ...
"Gullible idiots." Otherwise known as "Der Furor's Base" ...
"Manure du Jour" ...
As Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley memorably asked in the science-fiction classic Aliens, "Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?" ...
My truth beats your truth ...
Indeed ...
Truth in Congressional hearings ...
If only ...
Truth, Dear Readers ... our most endangered species.
Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Musical Sunday returns.
Bilbo
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If I haven't mentioned this before, my son named his dog Ripley after Sigourney Weaver's character.
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