Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 02, 2023

Just like the Red Queen

Banana republic

In Canada last year, the government outlawed ALL handguns. Various groups took the government to court with the verdict being released on Monday, just a couple of days ago.

The verdict? Look at the cartoon and guess.

Ah yes, Liberal justice…

Sorry, I’m lost – is the rope supposed to be someone who’s just been hanged? What’s the message from this cartoon … very cryptic.

The faces look very (eerily) familiar.

Is the person at least suspended high enough above the “Swamp” alligators to give honest testimony?

Reminds me of the Trump hearings.

I don’t get it either. Thought I’d get an answer here but Noooooo.

I think this cartoon is about the investigative style of the current US House of Representatives. Start with the conclusion you want to reach, and work from there.

Could it be Gym Jordan wearing a suit while he questions Hunter Biden?

I think I’ll “pass on” that…

A hung jury.

A lot of cartoonists should team up a scriptwriter so they can concentrate on the artwork and leave the jokes to someone else. Wiley is a good example

You don’t have them in their typical clown costumes, Wiley.

The ‘Unknown Trap Door’ case…

Democrats prosecuting Trump.

Ah, Jordan’s hearings to impeach Biden, where one politician spent his whole time for asking questions by shouting allegations and threats at a witness.

Makes no sense

Sentence first. Verdict afterwards.

This argument resembles two kinds of weed. One flourishes, then fades, and the other fills that same space, then fades. They repeat throughout the year.

There is not now and not likely to ever be an agreement or solution. There is only mourning for those who were either accidentally or deliberately killed and regret for their passing.

Oh, that’s dark.

A momentary inconvenience, but the guy at the bottom usually walks away, then writes his memoirs

This cartoon is somewhat incomprehensible as a cartoon (unusual for Wiley), but it sure is proving to be a good Rorschach test.

There some comics strips, that bring the inane, banal, fatuous and stupid comments from the commenters who come out of the woodwork to type the inane, banal, fatuous and stupid comments, this is one of them…

By the Numbers:

Myth: Gun deaths are highest in Democratic Areas.

The states with the highest per capita deaths due to guns (per 100,000 people):Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming, Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina. – predominantly MAGA states.

The states with the lowest per capita deaths due to guns (per 100,000 people):Washington, Nebraska, Minnesota, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts. – predominantly free states.

The average per capita death rate in the top 10 (predominantly MAGA States) is 25.83 per 100,000.

The average per capita death rate in the bottom 10 (predominantly blue States) is 7.20 per 100,000.

You are 3.6 times more likely to be shot to death in a MAGA state than you are in a blue state.

Myth busted.

Excellent drawing, albeit drawn a little too late for opening statement.

It would appear The Floor already made an opening statement.

Great perspective!

FIRE!! aim . . . ready . . .

SOME politicians know that gun owners and supporters are a large part of their voter base. Doing the right thing to them is whatever gets them elected or re-elected, period.

The second amendment meant what it originally said, a well regulated militia. I had to be added to twice to make it include hunting and recreation.

Impeach Sean Hannity

That’s what Trump gets for trying to clean up the swamp. Swamp creatures stick together. Regardless of party.

Another waste if time by the Republican caucus.

So anxious are they to get to their pre-drawn conclusion that it probably hasn’t dawned on them that this precedent will open the door to future “investigations” against anyone or all of them.

A portrait of James Comer (or Jim Jordan)

“Sentence first, trial later.” The Queen of Hearts hated to wait for the best part.

“Does the witness have anything to say that we might pay attention to?”

Talk about a stacked deck. Anyone got a better idea, though?