Cartoon Saturday

I long for the good old days, when a doge was just a guy who ran Venice ...

In an astounding (but, considering the source, predictable) revision of history, Der Furor accused Ukraine of starting the war that began with Russia's surprise invasion three years ago; Der Furor's Department of Justice has expanded the scope of the pardons the Orange Airhorn granted to January 6th riot participants to include pardons for gun and drug offenses also committed by some of the rioters; extreme supporter of Der Furor Kash Patel was narrowly confirmed as the director of the FBI, with only two Republican senators voting against his nomination; in an attempt to rid the military of "DEI hires," Der Furor has fired Joint Chiefs Chairman Charles Q. Brown (who is black) and Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti (a woman), and intends to replace Brown with a Furor supporter who is not qualified for the position and will require a presidential waiver to fill it; Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he will not run for reelection, having done enough damage to the nation; and from the Oh-This-Is-Awkward Department, the Grok 3 artificial intelligence-based reasoning model rated about half of Elon Musk's posts on Twitter (now X) as "false" or "misleading," while noting that the remaining half were mainly updates about his companies ... adding insult to injury, the model summarized that “[Musk]’s not a journalist or a scientist; he’s a mogul with a megaphone. I’d say follow him for the ideas, not the facts. If something sounds off, dig into it yourself—plenty of his posts don’t survive a Google search.” 

This week, in honor of Der Furor's naming of a White House "Faith Advisor," and of the angry "Christians" of the far right who like to whine that they're so terribly oppressed they'll be fed to the lions tomorrow, I thought some cartoons looking at religion would be timely. 

If you're going to insist on posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms, make them useful for physical rather than spiritual protection ...

That would probably be my halo ...

Especially not the ones in Ukraine, that Der Furor has his eye on ... 

I thought one of Der Furor's bazillion royal decrees executive orders had gotten rid of those ...

They can be very persuasive that way ...

I think a lot of Bible-thumping people expecting the "Christian" equivalent of 72 virgins in the afterlife are going to be in for a shock ...

I think that would be me ...

The only holy war more long-lasting than the Republican vs Democrat one ...

Yes. Yes, it is ...

If it were me, I'd hold out for Saturn, which is prettier ...

And that's it for this week's Cartoon Saturday. Peace be upon all who observe.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Musical Sunday drops in on Sting.

Bilbo