Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 18, 2022

I need that.

I’m guessing that’s not an actual gauge, but a picture that Rat drew just to stop people from telling him anything.

C’mon Rat, strike at him.

The needle has been rusted in place since March 2020. After listening to the news all we could do was cry.

At least the needle is till on the page…remember the proverb Goat, “A blessing given loudly in the morning will be taken as a curse.”

Is that like a flux capacitor??

Tell it to the hand.

I can so relate.

…or this means that Mr. Will will snap at you.

I have not watched the local news or weather for a decade, the news is one assault, murder and house fire after another and the weather is something I can get on my app in a few seconds.

Privileged little snowflake rat cannot handles bad news.

I thought that was pretty much a permanent setting for Rat.

I can’t watch the Nat’l News any more, feel sort of like Rat!

Aw, come on, Rat! For all you know, it could be good news!

Turning a blind eye to the world doesn’t make the world’s problems go away.

“I read the news today, oh boy.”

The needle is already off the charts for most of this country…..I cringe to think we have to go through another election drama with the narcissistic blowhard!

God help us all! America will be a fascist country if he gets another term.

“May you live in interesting times” is a curse.

Rat is wise.

There’s not been a single piece of good news recently.

Kind of like the “meter” Poncho put on himself so his master would know when to feed him.https://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2022/07/07?ct=v&cti=2559032

No more coffee for Rat.

We all need one of those. Figure a way to make the generated steam useful as an energy source.

I probably check the news a dozen times a day, but when I go off the grid and am unable to follow it, nothing ever seems to happen that directly affects me or that I can directly affect. Take weather forecasts out of consideration and it’s even more true.

All the news these days is designed to create an emotional response, usually outrage, smugness, or panic. I like to know what is going on, but I hate being manipulated.

The arrow is painted on the meter like the “help wanted” sign is painted on the outside of a restaurant.

This is the reason I don’t watch the news. That and I’m not in to the news that much.

So THIS is why the uh-oh baby has re-appeared in today’s Cul De Sac

At least he gives you a warning, much like a rattlesnake, but a warning nonetheless…..

“Golly, if the Nazis in the 1930’s could make folks not want to think about their problems and just find scapegoats (while the Nazis became a massively bigger problem than anything else), maybe it could work here!” – the ReThuglicans (No cures, only accusations and blaming others for the problems they cause. No crimes if they change the laws they’re breaking. No Justice, just a SCROTUS built on a theocratic oligarchy based on Just Us).

Reminds me of Seinfeld when “George is gettin’ upset!”

When all news is bad news, no news is good news.

RAT’S IDOL IS eDGAR kENNEDY

Before the rest of the electronics engineering world freaks-out, it’s “capacityator” not capacitor, which is used for R-C circuit type situations.

The older I get, the more I treat others as if they are in “will snap” mode, even if they seem to be okay.

The only thing that will make rat happy is money

Put a heavy screwdriver across the terminals of the capacitor to discharge it.

Keep in mind, Goat, the arrow never moves. And it’s not a bad news capacitor, it’s Rat’s way to get rid of those far smarter than he can ever hope to be.

Seems the last 2 1/2 to 5 years have exposed a lot of mental illness in a lot of people!!

Will snap? I find that hard to believe. Will implies future tense.

I really need one of those

I think I need one of those.

Uncharacteristically kind of Rat to provide a warning like this. Lucky Goat!

Rat has been at that setting for a long time.