Red and Rover by Brian Basset for January 02, 2020

In all things give thanks in your daily life, Red. :)

You’re in 1970, now Red. The tragic event of that year was the Kent State Massacre.

Red, have I got a girl for you!! She’s Swedish.

Far too young to be a pessimist. Here’s to hoping this is a good year.

You can only do what you can. Enjoy the good times while there are there.

The pessimist in you needs to go back to bed, Red!

Rover has the right idea.

Just when I thought this strip was set in the late 60’s.

Red – let’s go with the bright, sunny days….love and hugs, dearest boys

Tremendous, pschear!

Fast forward it to global warming.

Dear Red, leave the worrying to the adults (most of us are really good at it) and just enjoy these days of youth and innocence with your faithful friend Rover. Trust me on this one, you’ll be a lot happier.

It’s a sad fact that it took this long for people to realize the impact that severe weather was having on our planet, in the 1970s scientists called it Global cooling. Just got married in 1970, remember the increase in severe weather events that surpassed the worst snow/rain/wind storms of the 50s and 60s. So red was right to ponder the situation, but he’ll bounce back with a few licks from Rover.

Not the Red I’ve come to know…don’t think kids in the 60s worried about those things!

Message to all pessimists, your thinking will get you no where.

Sorry Red, but life is just one mixed blessing after another.

The world’s climate is a giant machine trying to create equalibrium. Highs and lows struggle against each other. Hurricanes suck in the heat while churning the ocean to bring up the cold. The day hot and cold are no more, the planet machine stops. If we are still alive at this point, we die.

Red, listen to Rover, and don’t sweat the small stuff.

But Red, that’s what happens yearly since I can remember, and I’m 73! Don’t worry, loves. Life is still worth living!

Let the optimist be stronger!!

Cute comic about a boy and his dog. Let’s kill each other about politics. Sad.

Global warming. This list goes on and on. Red, think positive. You have Rover. What more do you need?

I’m with you Red. And for those who wonder, I’ve been following climate change since high school. Do the math.