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1. 4 days ago on Off the Mark

   It also made me yawn, and it’s after 6 a.m. Pacific time — and I’ve had a full night’s sleep!

2. 3 months ago on Baldo

   I wish the people who overuse the word “incredible” would read this today and learn a few substitutes for that!

3. 9 months ago on That is Priceless

   If you want to feel better about that Katie Britt speech last week, view the Saturday Night Live segment on her — you can link to it on YouTube. Seeing that made me able to laugh at the real thing!

4. 9 months ago on That is Priceless

   It would be better to say “she has narcolepsy” than “she is a narcoleptic.”

5. 10 months ago on Jim Benton Cartoons

   Looks like part of the caption is missing?

6. 11 months ago on ViewsLatinAmerica

   According to the New York Times, it’s that the new anticorruption president is being attacked by foes, trying to unravel his administration. So the rat here is knitting a sweater out of the president’s sash (denoting his office). Here’s what I read in the NYT:

   When the anticorruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo won a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential race, voters streamed into the capital of Central America’s most populous country to celebrate. But as Mr. Arévalo’s foes intensify efforts to bar the president-elect from taking office just weeks from now, the mood on the streets has changed.

   Indigenous protesters camped in front of the attorney general’s office are demanding her resignation, accusing her of targeting Mr. Arévalo with investigations cooked up after his surprisingly strong showing. Graffiti excoriating prosecutors, who have broken up a major anticorruption drive, blankets government buildings. Riot police officers stand on alert as the tensions simmer.

   In a region already on edge over the embrace of authoritarian tactics restricting democratic freedoms, not just in Guatemala but also in neighboring Nicaragua and El Salvador, analysts say the scorched-earth attack against a democratically elected leader in a bid to prevent an orderly transition of power reveals a country on the brink of political crisis.

7. over 1 year ago on ViewsLatinAmerica

   Is “beatiful” something that’s going to be beatified (recognized by the Roman Catholic church as a saint)?

8. over 1 year ago on That is Priceless

   From Wikipedia: “Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image, also known in Dutch as Een Laggende Vrouw met een naakte Pourtraitje in de Hand, waar onder divisje staat (”A laughing woman holding a small picture of a nude in her hand, under which is a motto") or Jonge vrouw met een medaillon (“Young Woman with a Medallion”)…" There’s more at Wikipedia. Fascinating!

9. over 1 year ago on Berger & Wyse

   These knitters are holding their needles upside down. I wish the cartoonist would look at a few real knitters before drawing them!

10. over 1 year ago on That is Priceless

    Thanks, Mabrndt! You saved me a lot of time/trouble looking for this!