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1. about 17 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike! You claim to be a good, honest, sincere, devoted Christian, right? Utterly dedicated to God and his holy word? And what (dig deep here) what exactly is the very 1st of the 10 Commandments?

2. about 21 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   That’s the one! The Cantaloupe Caudillo!

3. about 21 hours ago on Frank and Ernest

    Both sides stink and are corrupt

   It’s true that both sides tried to overthrow the US government. The Dems had a run at it in 1861, and the Republicans tried it in 2021.

4. about 21 hours ago on Frank and Ernest

   Sure … as soon as it’s authorized by the Republican and Democratic politicians in Congress!

5. about 21 hours ago on Rob Rogers

   Wonder no longer. Wikipedia supplies the info:

   Cannon graduated from Duke University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts. In college, she studied for a semester in Spain and wrote for Miami’s Spanish language newspaper El Nuevo Herald; her writings included topics such as flamenco dancing, festivals, and yoga. Cannon then attended the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an articles editor for the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform and was a quarter-finalist in the school’s moot court competition. She graduated in 2007 with a Juris Doctor, magna cüm* laude, and Order of the Coif membership.

   Cannon has been a member of the conservative and libertarian Federalist Society since 2005, when she was a law student. While being considered for the position of a district judge in 2020, Cannon explained that she joined the Federalist Society because of a “diversity of viewpoints” and also because she “found interesting the organization’s discussions about the constitutional separation of powers, the rule of law, and the limited role of the judiciary to say what the law is—not to make the law”.

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   *umlaut not in original, but gotta keep the GoComics nannybot pacified

6. about 21 hours ago on Rob Rogers

   America is a tremendously diverse nation, but whom do we have on the Supreme Court? Still mostly men (5). Mainly white (7). Mainly non-Hispanic (8). Exclusively elites (4 Harvard Law, 4 Yale, 1 Notre Dame). Heavily Catholic (6.5, half credit for Gorsuch, who now claims to be Episcopalian) to go with the token Protestant and Jew; 0 atheists, 0 Muslims, 0 Hindus, 0 Buddhists, 0 Confucians, 0 Mormons, 0 Sikhs, and 0 pantheists). Mainly East Coasters (3 from New York, 2 from DC, 1 each from New Jersey and Georgia, the other 2 from Colorado and Louisiana). 0 rurals. 0 foreign-born. All (probably) straight. Mainly married (7 + 1 divorced). Almost all millionaires (8).

   Obviously, they’re all intelligent, well educated, articulate, and able-bodied, which one can hardly hold against them (unless you’re Roman Hruska), but it diminishes their chances of being able to empathize with millions of Americans who aren’t. And it calls into serious question whether the “C” document they’re interpreting is the Constitution or the Catholic Catechism.

7. about 21 hours ago on Rob Rogers

   Actually, she was one of the Federalist Society’s appointees. Trump just rubber-stamped her, the way he did with all their “suggestions”.

8. about 21 hours ago on Rob Rogers

    flying the flag upside down is meant “as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

   I guess that’s why all those Polish and Indonesian ships keep running to each other’s rescues on the high seas.

9. about 21 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   What was that line from Charlton Heston? “I have seen the face of The Lord, and he hath sent me down to present thee with these 15 …. ooops ….. 10 commandments.”

10. about 22 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

    Nope. That’s not a crime. Nor is paying for sexual favors. Nor paying for the “lucky gal” to keep her mouth shut about it. All perfectly legal, however shameful or embarrassing. What’s not legal is cooking the company books to conceal where the money was coming from. That’s business fraud, which was the actual crime he’s been charged with, and which the media should be referring to instead of the misleading phrase “hush money”. But I guess maybe they’re going for the National Enquirer audience.