Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 16, 2014

Bush haters at the north pole???

At least he’s keeping the miners employed… That’s more than the protesters can say… all they care about is the ‘MEDIA BUZZ ISSUE’ of the moment and their 15 minutes of fame.

People who are laid off or find their ‘American Dream’ shattered to the point they cannot feed their families or even give to charities anymore just DON’T COUNT.

IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE ISSUE.

I have always thought that, for those who were unfortunate, coal in your stocking in the winter months would be a godsend.

Oh, and all the methane produced by your reindeer? They have to go, too.

Wow – big slam on broccoli for no reason! I like broccoli!

I remember hearing my grandfather talking about how he and his brother-in-law used to walk the tracks during the depression picking up usable pieces of coal to sell. Back then, finding a good chunk here and there was a godsend!

Broccoli gives you gas. Health-food store sells charcoal tablets to prevent gas. This is all very confusing.

I never understood the hate, broccoli is yummy.

Today, brethren, we will protest the use of fossil fuels and demand cessation of their employment.Tomorrow, we will protest our insufficient wages and the fact that our cost of living exceeds our income.We call this occupational job security.

Santa: Let’s make a deal. You get people to be nicer and I will cut down on the coal disbursements.

Chicken?

Santa has bigger things to worry about.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30481309

Broccoli is great! I love it……Yum!

You can fill my stocking with broccoli any time. I’ll eat it and love it.

I like broccoli, too. However, I am willing to donate the kale chips I made yesterday. Not sure what I did wrong, but they turned out tasting horrible (and I am very fond of kale)

I’m getting nothing for Christmas because I contributed to the greenhouse effect which melts the polar ice caps where Santa Claus lives, and he’s mad!

I didn’t realize the coal in stockings ended up getting burned.

I don’t get the bush reference. If I was Santa, I’d fill the stockings with Brussels Sprouts. Hideous little things.

Steam your broccoli for 1.5 to 2 minutes, and you’re fine. Brussels sprouts, on the other hand, are an invention of the devil.

And exactly how do I keep my house warm now?

Guys in the neighborhood? Or ‘good morning America’? Is he now glad he woke?

And how do you know that my Auntie is naughty? They’re rumors I tell you, RUMORS!That Playboy gig was a long time ago.

When I was a kid it was spinach! When does kale get it’s turn?

Try them fried with bacon. Best ever…

This ‘toon is out to lunch. The ’coal in the stocking’ was not meant to be burned; it was meant to embarrass and humiliate the recipient. If the protestors want to stop Santa from using coal, they need to remind him that even where mines are inspected, coal miners still end up with black lung and other life-ending conditions. And now that the US Dept. of Mines is a virtual skeleton of its former self, there are many uninspected mines, and many more widows and children left without fathers.

Even if the coal wasn’t meant to be burned, it probably was, being useful and all. (Santa probably heats his Workshop by burning all the letters from the naughty kids!) Today’s “Thatababy” comic has a funny take on coal.

Wrong, most is generated by nuclear in Illinois. Multiple coal plants are being demolished here, even ones that have been using cleaner Wyoming coal.Even a coal plant in Indiana, which can only be gotten to from Chicago, is coming down.

The problem with broccoli is that most people who eat it wind up producing copious amounts of green house gases, such as methane! So, just say NO to broccoli!

brussel sprouts would have been a better substitute. :-)

Night-Gaunt49: Speaking of Bushes and Shrubs, the subject of broccoli is the only thing I agreed with Bush I on.

I ♥ broccoli! Fill the socks with cauliflower for naughty girls & boys!

May cause wailing and regret, but a lump of coal emits no dangerous hydrocarbons.

raw diamonds?

> You won’t like the outcome

with you there, brother Night, 110%. and can’t hardly wait till everybody goes extinct, if only to hear ‘em whining asif that’s not their fault.

um, waitabit, might be a few logistical issues to work out, but still Can’t.. Hardly.. Wait.

upcoming runaway GW reminds of my favorite evah 60s TomPaxton album / topical song, “we didn’t know”. listen a lil bit, linked below for your convenience on YT (joined in progress):singalong (in progress)

too busy? wellll, as executive summary, the chorus goes like this:“We didn’t know at all,We didn’t see a thing.You can’t hold us to blame,What could we do?It was a terrible shame,But we can’t bear the blame.Oh no, not us, we didn’t know.”

dtroumawrwallaceiiexoticdoc2and all your sympathizers.I see the Flat Earth Society is alive and kicking. My congratulations to the publicists at Exxon Corp[oration for successfully obfuscating a clear truth.

Cauliflower is good raw, too.

The protesters have the nicest custom Suburbans and private jets…

Coal is a great Christmas gift… if it’s been sufficiently heated and pressurized.

I disagree. I think this is a marvelous cartoon. I like all the above mentioned veggies that some hate. But who cares? Do you care if I like them? No. Do I care if you don’t? Same answer. Why is it so many paragraphs begin with…“Do you know what I hate?” NO, AND I DON"T CARE. But then many would have nothing to say if you took that away from them.

Machinery to mine coal has been in existence since the 1880s, but it is mainly used for surface mining. Underground mining still relies heavily on manual labor.

And in an somewhat related note, the general public can now buy surplus Humvees from the military. Dear Santa…

No. I demand that we raise the cost of living by eliminating all the cheap forms of energy production, which will add to the cost of everything from artichokes to zip ties. (I will also demand higher taxes and more regulations, which will do the same thing.) And then I will complain about my low pay not being a living wage. Don’t expect me to be anything more than a fool. I won’t be.

Feed them to the Krampus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus

I remember a T-shirt design Wiley drew years ago of Santa with a chimney and message saying something how to know you’ve really been bad. What Santa left was a lot worse than coal.

And while I’m thinking about it (and I am), don’t “naughty” and “stockings” go well together?

Broccoli? It’s edible with cheese or in a stir-fry (imho). If you want something that ought to be inedible, try Brussels Sprouts.