Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 18, 2023

  1. Camera1 016
    keenanthelibrarian  almost 2 years ago

    Well, of course – the camera CAN lie .. thank God!

     •  Reply
  2. Missing large
    eastern.woods.metal  almost 2 years ago

    the cops body camera showed him beating up an innocent

     •  Reply
  3. 7a3d35b05103496eecec311170ba260d
    Pickled Pete  almost 2 years ago

    Check out the petition over at:

    `

    https://www.gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveitornot/2023/01/18?ct=v&cti=2456384

    `

    Be on board and help spread the word. It is the first comment.

     •  Reply
  4. Grandbudapesthotel cr alamy
    Imagine  almost 2 years ago

    Beyond a reasonable doubt.

     •  Reply
  5. Albert einstein brain i6
    braindead Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Let’s not be so imprecise here, Wiley.

    .

    It’s MAINSTREAM media bias. No other kind of media bias exists.

    Certainly there is NO SUCH THING as bias within Fox “news” or the right wing media structure. I mean Fox even admitted that they were “fair and balanced” for years and years, and the right wing media structure is totally non-partisan.

    .

    I mean, how would anyone know that Ukraine is run by Nazis, if not for Fox “news” and the right wing media?

    And how else would anyone know that Kari Lake is the real governor of Arizona?

     •  Reply
  6. Missing large
    PraiseofFolly  almost 2 years ago

    In high-stakes Corporate and Political cases, we are already past being able to absolutely trust the validity of video cam “evidence.” Advanced video and audio editing applications using AI can be used unless the raw evidence is secured. Read Michael Crichton’s “Rising Sun” to realize how this is possible.

     •  Reply
  7. Pexels pixabay 278823
    Doug K  almost 2 years ago

    Laptop Schmaptop.

     •  Reply
  8. Caringbridge avatar best
    lalapalooza Premium Member almost 2 years ago
    hmmm oddly familiar is this scene.
     •  Reply
  9. J8uoh7wejd561
    Zeno2099  almost 2 years ago

    I find the following interpretation regarding the court of public opinion far more truthful regarding how reality has genuinely proven to work.

    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2020/03/01

    In addition, there is also video evidence of police officers taking the initiative to open the way to the capitol building on January 6, Nancy Pelosi, who was responsible for the security excitedly saying “Finally!” when she first heard about it, and a known CIA agitator attempting to rile up the masses to enter the building.

    But never mind that, just blindly trust the hate-mongering, unscrupulous, propagandist, bought and paid for puppets of the international oligarchy (primarily in the World Economic Forum, the Trilateral Commission, and the Bilderberg Group) and the military-industrial complex, who are playing divide and conquer with the working and middle classes on their behalf.

     •  Reply
  10. Missing large
    eastern.woods.metal  almost 2 years ago

    Here’s vedeo proof

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=child+taken+by+eagle#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d3e6e958,vid:ZaXI57qpasM

     •  Reply
  11. A0aa4143 088c 4296 85af e0065b6a9fee
    mrwiskers  almost 2 years ago

    “But never mind that, just blindly trust the hate-mongering, unscrupulous, propagandist, bought and paid for puppets of the international oligarchy (primarily in the World Economic Forum, the Trilateral Commission, and the Bilderberg Group) and the military-industrial complex, who are playing divide and conquer with the working and middle classes on their behalf.” I have a cousin who spoke those exact same words to me recently. In almost the same order. Is there like a script for this around somewhere?

     •  Reply
  12. Desron14
    Masterskrain  almost 2 years ago

    Sadly, this kind of NONSENSE has become MUCH MORE PREVALENT in the last 6 years or so. I wonder what happened sometime in 2016 to change things???

     •  Reply
  13. Missing large
    duggersd Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Yeah, that video of taking ballots out from under tables after the observers were told to leave is obviously edited. And that video of Ruby running ballots through the counter several times is obviously fake.

     •  Reply
  14. Missing large
    WickWire64  almost 2 years ago

    FOX Entertainment et al. assume that no one will fact- or bias-check what they watch. Their cult expects its members to leave their media on 24/7/365 to exclude any other sources. Try UPI and other far less biased media. Fact check what sounds sketchy or when it sounds like they are trying to pass off things as if it is their way or no other possible way at all for all things you see or hear. It is your job to think for yourself no matter where you get your information. But remember that if someone tells you that their way is the absolute and only way they have alterior motives. How do you get your facts and how do you verify them?

     •  Reply
  15. 461
    HOTLOTUS1  almost 2 years ago

    MY BUT LOOKS REALLY FAT THERE. HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. IS THAT A CAMERA?

     •  Reply
  16. Missing large
    dflak  almost 2 years ago

    Some politician called the free press “The Enemy of the American People.”

     •  Reply
  17. Gocomic avatar
    sandpiper  almost 2 years ago

    Have used cameras since the 50’s and can prove the old saw the camera never lies. Also can prove, by my own darkroom and graphic software tweaking, that people who manipulate the data will quite often – and willingly – lie if it suits their purpose whether fair or foul.

     •  Reply
  18. Photo
    DennisH2  almost 2 years ago

    Actually, contrary to popular belief, the camera does lie. It does not show what happened before it was turned on, what happened after it was turned off, and what happens outside of its field of view.

     •  Reply
  19. Missing large
    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    “Who you gonna believe,me or your own eyes?”

    Chico Marx—DUCK SOUP—1933

     •  Reply
  20. Missing large
    ckeller  almost 2 years ago

    So…everything that the media reports has video evidence? And everything for which there is video evidence is reported in the media, and nothing is ignored?

    I remember the video evidence of the Rodney King beating that was reported in the media – they continually aired only the segment that showed the beating as if King was being beaten for no reason at all, but in court, the FULL video showed that he was resisting arrest. Nonetheless, because of what people saw in the media, the not-guilty verdict sparked a riot.

    Even in the age of video, what the media presents is not genuine evidence. It is edited by human beings, who have their biases and agendas. Whatever your political leanings, you should not be worshipping at their altar.

     •  Reply
  21. Greg backlit
    mindjob  almost 2 years ago

    AI is going to get so good that they will be able to film entire fake scenes and nobody will be the wiser

     •  Reply
  22. Bearfront
    paranormal  almost 2 years ago

    More like the Court of Jack *

     •  Reply
  23. Kirby close up with poppies behind   close cropped
    mistercatworks  almost 2 years ago

    This is why courts were invented thousands of years ago – for those who play fast and loose with the truth. They don’t always work as intended but have you got anything better?

     •  Reply
  24. Plsa button
    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Frequency of miracles explained here:

    starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/frequency-of-miracles-time-graph-camera-invented-photoshop-invented.jpg

     •  Reply
  25. Missing large
    wellis1947 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Actually, as our friend in Brockton, Massachusetts (198.23.5.11) said, above, this was first uttered if the movie, “Duck Soup” but, more recently has become the “mantra” of the entire republican party in America. It was humorous when spoken in the movie – not so much when used as a reply by an entire political party…

     •  Reply
  26. Missing large
    timbob2313 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Wiley nailed the entire GQP with this toon. They (the lawyers-especially Trumps) have never had anything to say in actual court after they file law suits. They have never presented the proof they claim to have in any court. Thats because no such proof exists. What they are doing is trying their case in the court of public opinion. That jury consists of their base and the people who pay no attention to very short news stories stating that still another case has been dismissed due to lack of evidence, but do as the millionaire News Anchor makes the press conference the lead story on their Evening news cast, never ever explaining that those lawyers have already lost that case in court.

    Which shows how the MSM continues to sway the jury-the voters- who don’t understand just how much their POV is being shaped in the court of Public Opinion

     •  Reply
  27. Missing large
    Buckeye67  almost 2 years ago

    Never believe your lying eyes until the media has a chance to explain everything to you.

     •  Reply
  28. Desron14
    Masterskrain  almost 2 years ago

    “What you are seeing and what you are hearing is NOT what is happening!” donald j. trump

     •  Reply
  29. Froggy with cat ears
    willie_mctell  almost 2 years ago

    Belief counts, plenty. Facts are too boring.

     •  Reply
  30. Plsa button
    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    In John Dean’s book Conservatives without Conscience, he describes the findings of psychologists about “authoritarian personalities”. They think (or rather feel), as did Machiavelli, that what any polity needs is a strong, decisive leader who will make all the decisions for everybody, sparing them the onerous task of having to think for themselves.

    Estimates are that about ⅓ of the American populace fits this description, longing for a powerful, dominating father figure to steer the national “family”. Of those, about 99% are sheep desperately seeking a border collie to lead them, and the other 1% are narcissistic psychopaths convinced that it’s their own (sometimes divinely ordained) destiny to do so.

     •  Reply
  31. Camera1 016
    keenanthelibrarian  almost 2 years ago

    Now this was told to me by a Jewish person – I have no intention of being anti-semitic :

    Two Jewish Mummas are discussing their respective sons :One says that Mordecai is going to a therapist, who is concerned that he has an Oedipus obsession.The other one says “They’re concerned about WHAT?” She goes on – “Ahhh, Oedipus shmoedipus!! So long as he’s a good boy who loves his Momma!!”

    I suppose you had to be there …

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Non Sequitur