Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 14, 2016

The Founding Fathers would appreciate the effort. Or, maybe they wouldn’t.

I’m sorry, but what’s the punchline?

Political comment: Probably smarter than any thought The Rump will have over the next few years.

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Non-political comment: It’s curtains for Stephan.

Not so sure the system is place anymore.

there are no checks and balances when one party has the White House, Senate, House, and the Supreme Court

Non-political comment: the strip is non-political today! Yay!!

You’re slipping, Pastis. This one was completely predictable.

Now Cartoon Boy is a cereal punner.

Does Trump know about this system? He could use it while organizing his new cabinet.

Are those the Cinnamon Chex?

Croc Power ! Been a while for the Crocs…….

“Chex and Valances” is a pun for “Checks and Balances”, the design of the United States’ Federal Government (and the States, too) to prevent one branch of government (Executive, Legislative or Judicial) from getting too much power.

I knew the punchline as soon as I saw the second panel.

Another great one Stephan. And this one actually appears plausible.

’cept my wife pronounces it “Vay lence”

As soon as I discover we have another lousy pun coming, I’m out.

Come to think of it, lots of countries do very well without “chex and valences”. Parliamentary democracies (Canada, UK) usually have majority governments where the [main] “chex and valences” are in the hands of the opposition. The real “chex” come at a subsequent election. Countries with proportional representation tend to have coalition governments where the “chex and valences” are “built in” as one of the coalition partners in governments can always pull the plug.

Pig should have had some folks from the Czech Republic standing around as an extra layer of safety. Backup systems can be critical.

this is for TEMPLO S.U.D., It is a PUNchline. LOL.

Originally, this was headed in a more risque direction, but “chicks and dalliances” would have been too politically incorrect.

Keep em coming, my side hurts from laughing

Shut up, Rat.

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“The real restrictions were that the Federal government didn’t have the power for broad taxes (eliminated 1913), to print money (eliminated 1913),”

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The power of Congress to coin money, and levy and collect taxes is in Article I of the Constitution.

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And the 20th Century in the US was possibly THE most successful century EVER, by any nation in human history. I hardly think anything that happened in 1913 was some sort of death knell.

I want to know how Rat made that hole in the wall?

Or is it the real truth that Cartoon-Boy himself made it to facilitate another far-fetched pun?

Enjoying life in the basket on Staci’s porch, Punster-Boy?

Hmmm. What is GoComics doing that when I post the link for this, it ends up showing yesterday’s comic?