Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 29, 2024

Know how Rat screws in a light bulb? He holds the bulb in the socket, and waits for the world to revolve around him.

Still not convinced that Rat got the memo there.

trumps platform is whatever falls out his pie hole

Speaking of exploding heads, Spouse and I were imagining how the Magas would react if Kamala chose Pete B as her running mate.

With a margin of error of about 0.01%(zero point zero one percent), I would guess, if given the same news RAT heard from GOAT, 99.9%(ninety-nine point nine percent) of AMERICA would react EXACTLY the same way RAT did in this comic strip for the new week/day!!!!! Dan aka….

The truth hurts, Rat!

Information overload.

Goat did that intentionally.

Then it’s the other peoples job to vote for the other candidate.

Rat actually said something reasonable. If everybody voted according to “what policies would really benefit me”, things would probably be a lot different.

Me never knews Rat is choosing the left.

Actually when you vote, it can very much be about what’s best for you.

Should have said, “The guy on the right.”

If he wins, the Netherlands is going to stop using orange as it’s national color.

As at least two Australian politicians have observed, ‘Always back the horse named self-interest. It’ll be the only one trying.’’

Too late.

No, Rat. You should vote for the other one. SHE’s the one who will benefit you, not him.

I’m with rat, nobody really gives a hoot about me so I return the favor.

It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Rat so perplexed by the very thought of humility and selflessness.

With no doubt, this is going to be an interesting election year. I don’t know who’s gonna win. but there’s an awful lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth from both sides against either choices of primary candidates. For me, this may be my LAST year participating in ANY election. I’m…just…totally done with it all. Frustrating is an understatement. (smh)

Let’s NOT have Pearls flagged as a political cartoon, so that they disable comments for this one too.

This would require you to be able to discern what their policies actually are.

Hmmm, I guess you would need to vote for both of them then

Rat is a narcissist, so he will only look at things which he feels will benefit him personally without delving into consequences for others and of course, future generations. Many 1%ers who serve in Congress probably are acceptable to Rat and he might even buy that idiotic “Trickle Down” economics theory which Milton Friedman peddled in 1980 and managed to get Teflon Ron Reagan and Maggie Iron Pants Thatcher to buy into……..

Professional politicians pivot perpetually…..

It’s called Compassion. Some people just don’t have any.

Some people will vote in the best interest of their candidate. Unfortunately.

I’d vote for that guy… The guy who is the better of two bad options.

No! That’s the mad Photobomber again.

“Not all about me?” That’s just crazy talk!

What if every voter who cast a ballot immediately had to draw out of a hat a ticket with the new place in society they would occupy once new policies they voted for in an election were implemented?

John Rawls Veil of Ignorance (search term, if interested)

The Veil of Ignorance is a thought experiment and philosophical concept introduced by John Rawls in his 1971 work “A Theory of Justice”. It serves as a powerful tool for evaluating the fairness and impartiality of societal structures and institutions.

Key Principles

Original Position: Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance is situated in the Original Position, where representatives of society’s members choose principles of justice for society, having limited knowledge and interests.

Veil of Ignorance: Parties in the Original Position are unaware of their own social status, talents, or personal circumstances, ensuring impartiality and fairness in their decisions.

Limited Information: Participants have only general knowledge of human nature, moral powers, and essential facts about society, without specific details about themselves or others.

Implications

Fairness and Equality: The Veil of Ignorance leads to the selection of principles that prioritize equal rights, social cooperation, and the well-being of all members of society, including the least advantaged.

Impartiality: By ignoring personal biases and interests, individuals behind the Veil of Ignorance make decisions that benefit society as a whole, rather than individual groups or individuals.

Justice as Fairness: Rawls’ theory of justice, based on the Veil of Ignorance, emphasizes the importance of fairness and equality in societal structures and institutions.

Criticisms and Variations

(available on internet)

No, that’s exactly what libs do. More free stuff

The truth is like kryptonite to Trumpers, they have to avoid it at all times. It renders them powerless!

Thank You Goat ox

It’s perfectly fine for people to vote for their own private interest, that’s what democracy is for. If it benefit most people, it will be voted in, majority win.

The problem we have right now is a lot of voters are voting against their own interest, instead they vote for fearmongering. They will be happy to vote for a felon or someone who are willingly and openly try to damage our democracy.

does not compute… does not compute…..

Story t hat a friend met the comedian WC Fields on election day and asked “Who are you going to vote for?”

And Fields snarled—-“I always vote AGAINST!”

I thought rat would just reply, “Who cares about them?”

“The guy on the left” is now “The woman on the left”…! (Of course, this strip was probably done before Biden dropped out of the race…)

The thing rat doesn’t realize is that left’s policies help everyone. Double mind blown.

The real problem is that most of the Republican Party votes against their interests because if “those people” get nice things too, that’s wrong so they’ll happily do without it too. We could be just like Europe in our policies with free college and universal healthcare, but racism stopped all the post-WW2 policies Europe did that they’ll fight like hell to keep. We’ve all been sold a lie since Reagan that if we just gave the 1% all of our money they’d take care of us. Yeah, how’s that going for you? They’re richer than anyone has ever been in the history of the world while buying or renting a home has gotten nearly impossible, and they’re paying lower taxes by percent than us.

Didn’t they use this exact same joke a few weeks ago?

That put Rat’s ears in orbit.

I’m going to vote for Harris. That will benefit the Republicans by giving them an excuse to fill the comments with incoherent rants that use the maximum capacity of six of these boxes. Please don’t thank me. I’m too busy to read that many comments.

you can please some of the people all of the time or all of the people some of the time but you cannot please all of the people all of the time…

That’s a mind blowing experience for most people.

R. Crumb tribute in Panel 3?

Fun reading the leftist comments wonder what the learned in school

The “other people” can vote for themselves.