I just learned about an event that happened back in 1933, here in the US called the Businessman’s Coup. It seems some businessman were very unhappy with Roosevelts New Deal. So some businessmen got together and approached Col. Smedley Butler, who was quite popular in the day, and tried to persuade him to get veterans together to overthrow the US government. This was after the “Bosses of the Senate” cartoon.
Oh, God, no! You mean to tell me that “fabulous secret powers were revealed to them the day they held aloft their magic swords and said, ‘By the power of Tax Cuts and Federal Subsidies, WE ARE THE POWER!’”?
Now let’s not get carried away. Billionaires have to live by the rules, too. (After a battalion of lawyers goes to court for twenty years and gets them off with a million-dollar fine.)
I’ll always remember a great line from the UK TV series “The IT Crowd”. There is a moment of solemn silence in the boardroom after someone invokes the name of “the only rich person to go to jail in England in 100 years”. :)
I wonder why I"m reminded of the Twilight Zone episode “The Hunt”? Y’know, the one where the old mountain man goes hunting with his hound and they end up dying. On the Road to Eternity the man and his hound come across a fence with a good ol’ boy sittin’, chawin’ on a piece of grass who welcomes him in. Beyond the fence you see fields, and woods and he hears banjos strumming the old tunes. But the good ol’ boy tells the old man his dog isn’t welcome. The man says then he isn’t either and continues down the road. Turns out that was the “Other Place”, which he wouldn’t have seen until he was beyond the fence. Like this ’toon? Things that make you go “hhhmmmm…”
rmremail over 1 year ago
No, ‘billionaire boys club’ is better. It has the right level of immaturity.
rmremail over 1 year ago
What do you give somebody who has everything?
Covid.
willispate over 1 year ago
the 1980s called, they’re suing y’all for copyright infringement.
Scorpio Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think Mattel would have something to say about that.
Kveldulf over 1 year ago
Is the priest preparing to perform a human sacrifice there to entertain the billionaires or are they there as fodder?
Never mind; I’ve worked for companies that cheerfully sacrificed up to two-thirds of their employees. I know the answer.
saobadao over 1 year ago
Is it the gateway to hell camouflaged?
JosephShriver over 1 year ago
I thought He-Man was the only master of the Universe
Qiset over 1 year ago
The government wants to make millionaires out of those guys.
Alabama Al over 1 year ago
Concerning that alter in the background — if you send some poor slob who means nothing to you, is it actually a sacrifice?
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
So, which one is He-Man?
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 1 year ago
Bohemian Grove looking nice this time of year.
Space_cat over 1 year ago
More like “they will soon get what they deserved for so long” club
mrwiskers over 1 year ago
I just learned about an event that happened back in 1933, here in the US called the Businessman’s Coup. It seems some businessman were very unhappy with Roosevelts New Deal. So some businessmen got together and approached Col. Smedley Butler, who was quite popular in the day, and tried to persuade him to get veterans together to overthrow the US government. This was after the “Bosses of the Senate” cartoon.
JohnCL over 1 year ago
And the poor schmuck behind bars in the dungeon?
[Traveler] Premium Member over 1 year ago
By the power of Greyskull…..
Skippy the Magnificent over 1 year ago
The WEF.
MS72 over 1 year ago
The one’s carrying spears are Secret Service agents.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I wouldn’t join any club where I have to wear a suit
Say What? Premium Member over 1 year ago
Oh, God, no! You mean to tell me that “fabulous secret powers were revealed to them the day they held aloft their magic swords and said, ‘By the power of Tax Cuts and Federal Subsidies, WE ARE THE POWER!’”?
There go my next few meals.
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member over 1 year ago
AKA the Sun Valley “Billionaires Summer Camp.” Between that and Bohemian Grove this strip is not much of an exaggeration.
William Bednar Premium Member over 1 year ago
Only Trillionaires allowed.
calliarcale over 1 year ago
Is anyone else now hearing the He-Man theme running through their head? ;-)
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Billionaire Boys Club”.:) I haven’t thought about those fools in years. I wonder whatever happened to them?
josephaney3 over 1 year ago
Is this to replace Bohemian Grove or is it the Bilderberg group exposed?
Radish the wordsmith over 1 year ago
They need the middle class to pay for more republican tax breaks for the rich to cover their yacht insurance.
Earnestly Frank over 1 year ago
Note that if you are the centre of the universe, that means that everything is moving away from you as fast as it can.
Tootsie Premium Member over 1 year ago
The Master’s Tournament.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
Now let’s not get carried away. Billionaires have to live by the rules, too. (After a battalion of lawyers goes to court for twenty years and gets them off with a million-dollar fine.)
I’ll always remember a great line from the UK TV series “The IT Crowd”. There is a moment of solemn silence in the boardroom after someone invokes the name of “the only rich person to go to jail in England in 100 years”. :)
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
We exist to serve.
wi3leong Premium Member over 1 year ago
Where’s He-Man?
jscarff57 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Looks like there is even a “special place” for Trump
L'Europeo Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ya think they read Tom Wolfe?
Kabana_Bhoy over 1 year ago
The Bohemian Club?
Bilan over 1 year ago
The sacrifice will be some lowly person . . . like a millionaire.
dogday Premium Member over 1 year ago
I wonder why I"m reminded of the Twilight Zone episode “The Hunt”? Y’know, the one where the old mountain man goes hunting with his hound and they end up dying. On the Road to Eternity the man and his hound come across a fence with a good ol’ boy sittin’, chawin’ on a piece of grass who welcomes him in. Beyond the fence you see fields, and woods and he hears banjos strumming the old tunes. But the good ol’ boy tells the old man his dog isn’t welcome. The man says then he isn’t either and continues down the road. Turns out that was the “Other Place”, which he wouldn’t have seen until he was beyond the fence. Like this ’toon? Things that make you go “hhhmmmm…”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
What Dr. Chomsky calls them.
moosemin over 1 year ago
Is that “Spook” in the basement jail cell?
Daeder over 1 year ago
“Me Man! . . . AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!!!”
beany54 over 1 year ago
And end up like the guy behind bars who is looking out?
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Maybe Howard Hughes had the right idea——look like a bum so nobody will recognize how rich you are
keenanthelibrarian over 1 year ago
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here” (apologies to Dante).