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The GOP Hatches a Plan

The GOP hatches a plan. Yet it seems to continually backfire. (With apologies to Dr Suess and Horton Hatches an Egg). Last summer when Donald Trump was first running, the GOP figured he was a flash in the pan candidate who would fizzle out. But they figured they could use his celebrity to their advantage and made him pledge that he would support whomever became the Republican nominee and wouldn’t seek a third party run. Six months later, Trump is commanding the lead in the run to the nomination and Republicans are backtracking in droves.

One time candidate Marco Rubio stated “I still at this moment continue to intend to support the Republican nominee, but it’s getting harder every day.”

So will we end up with a brokered convention that could spell the end of the Republican Party as one entity? Will two sub parties emerge? So as the cartoon says, the GOP is holding to the pledge

“I meant what I said,
I said what I meant.
I’ll support Trump’s nomination
one hundred percent….
unless I destroy both of us in the process.”

March 22, 2016
March Madness Vasectomy

So today’s cartoon is another learning fact. It seems that more men schedule vasectomies during this time of year than any other. Why? They want to take time off work for their recovery to take advantage of watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Get a vasectomy? March Madness indeed.

What crazy thing have you done to get out of work?

March 14, 2016
Dolphin Selfies

I read the other day about the stupid behavior of beach goers in Argentina. Seems a baby Franciscanas Dolphin was stuck near the shore so instead of helping the animal back into the water, overzealous tourists decided to pull it onto the beach and take selfies with it. Of course it quickly dehydrated and died.

I was thinking about it when I got a Facebook notification from Dan Soto

Not quite what Dan requested but challenge accepted. Like Planet of the Apes, what happens when the animals turn on us and start reacting in human behavior. OK far fetched but Dolphin Selfies is something I want to see. 🙂

February 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders Caricature

Thought I would do a Bernie Sanders Caricature. You know, just in case he pulls it off against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary for President.

Have a great week.

February 11, 2016
Celebrity Deaths

Does it seem like there are more Celebrity Deaths than the norm as of late? Of course this cartoon was inspired by waking up today to find that another celebrity of old had passed away – Dan Haggarty of “Grizzly Adams” fame. Starting with Natalie Cole and Lemmy from Motorhead in late December to David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Glenn Frey already in 2016, I wonder if the Grim Reapers are unionized.

As I age myself, people dying in their 60’s and early 70’s is now starting to seem too young. Heart goes out to all their families.

January 19, 2016
Santa’s Home Security

Oh you better watch out!!! Santa is coming!! You know he sees you when you’re sleeping and he knows when you’re awake. Sounds like the creepiest stalker I have ever heard of. So what better way to commemorate the creepiest stalker in the world than put his cartoon image on a tshirt. Who else would you trust with your Home Security System. The man NEVER sleeps. He watches you more than the government. In fact he may be a government spy.

Well tell your friends to let him know you know by buying the shirt.

November 25, 2015
Vote No on Issue 3

Ohio voters will go to the polls this week to vote on whether or not to allow the legal growing and distribution of marijuana in the state. I am saying Vote No on Issue 3.

Not for any moral issues on my part. However I truly believe that medical marijuana should be federally legal. If there is a drug that could provide legitimate sufferers some relief from whatever medical condition they are suffering from I don’t think the government should mandate it’s legitimacy. From a personal note, I have never smoked the stuff nor do I plan to but my fiscal side says we are spending millions incarcerating people for it and the market still exists without any tax money going to state/local governments.

So given the tide of states passing marijuana laws, I think it will be coming to Ohio. But Issue 3 is not the answer. The problem comes in the way the issue was placed on the ballot. 10 investment groups got together with their celebrity friends and each will be awarded one of the grow farms should the measure pass. So my no vote is against a predetermined group of winners. It was the same when the casinos were placed on the ballot. I was for the casinos but against a predetermined group getting the keys to the state.

Rather I would prefer that if you are going to limit the number of pot farms in Ohio to 10, to have a silent bid system if the measure passed. Sure the “fat cats” would still be the winners but it wouldn’t be predetermined ones and it would throw a huge investment into the state prior to the growth of the first bud.

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99Blast on Kickstarter

The Kickstarter for 99Blast the card game is still going on. If you can, take a look and spread the word. Kicktraq shows the progress below.

November 1, 2015
Republicans on Halloween

Halloween is almost upon us and it is time for Trick or Treating. Unfortunately it seems with the round of candidates up for the Presidential Nominee, it is the Republican Party that is playing tricks on us. So sure a kid seemingly dressed as a ghost is more likely a moderate Republican (or what 20 years ago was the mainstream of the party), hiding his face in shame for what the party has become.

Republicans continue to hearken back to the Reagan era, but pundit after pundit will tell you that Reagan would be unelectable in today’s Republican Party. See here and here. Starting with the Clinton era, forged in the Bush era and solidified in the Obama era, both parties have moved further and further from the center and would rather see the other side lose than to get things done for the country.

Is it just the party or has the populace moved away from the center as well?

Bonus points if you get the title of this cartoon: “We all have a face that we hide away forever” Without looking it up of course

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99Blast on Kickstarter

The Kickstarter for 99Blast seems to have come to a standstill over the past several days. We hit 20% funded in the first 3 days but nothing in the past 2. If you can, take a look and spread the word. Kicktraq shows the progress below.

October 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders Goes Back to the Future

Today is October 21, 2015. Any view of Social Media in the last week and you should know by now that today has been dubbed Back to the Future Day. In the BTTF II, Marty travels to 2015 to save his kids. This is the date he traveled to.

So of course I couldn’t resist a good mash up between Back to the Future and our current political campaigns. Enter Bernie Sanders. I always thought his hair resembled that of Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd in the movies.

The fun fact is courtesy of this post which states that in order to produce the same energy as the Flux Capacitor in the movies, you would need 1 1/2 Nuclear Reactors or 600 Wind Turbines. That’s a lot of wind.

October 21, 2015
Trump and Clinton – The Connection

Donald Trump is an astute political investor having donated to candidates on both sides of the aisle. However his history with donating and supporting Hillary Clinton has some conspiracy theorists wondering why threw his name in for the Republican Primary. Could it be that this was just an elaborate ruse set up by the Clinton campaign to screw up the Republican Primary. Imagine a plan to having the other candidates fall all over themselves trying to be just as obnoxious and unapologetic as Trump which could help a Hillary victory in the general election.

September 22, 2015