Does it feel like we're winning yet?
In a marvelous present-day example of applying Orwellian Newspeak to avoid having to take unpopular votes, House Republicans this past Tuesday decreed that a day is not a day for purposes of ending Der Furor's "state of emergency" justifying his tariffs against Mexico, Canada, and China (“Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day”); unable to pass an actual budget, the GOP-dominated Congress last night passed yet another continuing resolution to keep the beleaguered government limping along while President Musk works to destroy it; Russian Tsar Vladimir Putin says he is ready for a cease-fire in Ukraine, but his conditions are likely to prevent any agreement; the number of measles cases in an outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is nearing 300, with two unvaccinated persons dead; "Vice President" JD Vance was booed and jeered when he and his wife attended a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; and the widow of a man who died of a fentanyl overdose after being robbed by a Las Vegas prostitute has sued the owners of his hotel for not warning her husband of the possible threat of being drugged and robbed by Las Vegas prostitutes.
This week, because it seems really appropriate to the moment, we feature a collection of cartoons about Pandora, the lady with the unfortunate box.
Ouch ...
I wonder if that would actually have worked ...
I've used apps like that ...
A clever move, indeed ...
We've had the same problem once or twice ...
That's really good advice ...
It's where the really awful stuff is ...
Can it? ... can it? ...
If Pandora had ordered online ...
Don't you wish? ...
And with that, Pandora and I hope you enjoyed this week's collection, and that you'll resist the urge to open strange boxes, or to support the wanton destruction of your country.
Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Poetry Sunday returns.
Bilbo
4 comments:
Yeah, that "a day is not a calendar day" thing really did my head in. It's so twisted. There seems to be nothing Trump won't do and nothing his minions won't do for him. I am rapidly losing what little bit I had of the thing that was left in Pandora's box. Good cartoons, though, especially the comments section one :)
I'm sure you've seen real life YouTube versions of the last one where guys set traps for porch pirates.
Fun edition! Pandora's app wins for me.
Forgot to add that I hadn't heard about the calendar day rule. What?!?!?! Reality really isn't reality anymore. I miss it.
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