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Blowback
A clean, well-lit place to vent
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DEADLY SINS
Your Sunday strip back on February 21st, 2016 had Rev. Sloan, B.D., and Boopsie giving DJT one out of seven for avoiding deadly sins. After a year of his low-energy performance, I think we can now mark that as zero. I can't think of a lazier person who achieved high office.
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THE RETURN OF ALEX
The return of Alex (plus one) reminds us that GBT has pulled off a rarity as a widely-circulated syndicated cartoonist with a Sunday-only obligation. It also reminds us that, along with readers, the side-characters aren't "getting the memo" either and are even more bit players than they were pre-sabbatical-or-whatever-this-is. Alas, finally it reminds us that Doonesbury has become a weekly Trump newsletter of sorts -- of the bad-publicity variety.
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IMAGINE
The Flashback page's 40-years-ago-today strip makes me wonder whatever happened to Ellie and Howie. I like to imagine that they ended up getting married, but they’re currently undergoing some marital strife since he started wearing a MAGA hat and she a pussy hat.
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LOVELY
Very sweet comic today. Quite lovely. More like this, please!
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TALKING WITH PLANTS
Zonker was right all along about talking with plants.
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TRUMP
It was very smart of Roland today to nail Trudeau ("Old 1990 comic conceded Trump best delegator even then!") for reversing his standards on Trump. These comic strip writers have to be held to account for all their past comments. No one is ever allowed to change what they say, except for Donald.
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BOSWELLS
M.M., and now Stormy, could be Boswells to Trump's Johnson.
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FROM THE BACK
Since we only see MM from the back, I keep thinking she's Zonker!
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WELL-STOCKED
Re: "Today's Honey strip reminds me of the time she told Chairman Mao that the Great Wall had been completely disassembled and then rebuilt in a day. Our administration needs people like this." Actually, I think this administration is already well-stocked with shameless liars...
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YEAH!
Re today's Today's Video: Before diving into every day's bad news cycle, I suggest y'all start your day with "Uptown Funk." Yeah!
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UNSCRIPTED
Unscripted Donald was so much more articulate Back In The Day. Sad.
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HONEY
Just recently I was wondering how long it had been since we saw Honey Huan. Sunday's strip made my day.
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THE GREAT WALL
Today's Honey strip reminds me of the time she told Chairman Mao that the Great Wall had been completely disassembled and then rebuilt in a day. Our administration needs people like this.
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HONEY
I'm so glad that after all these years of blind dedication to Duke, in this Sunday's strip Honey now has a bureaucratic position, making use of her considerable talents. Too bad she had to return to China to find her niche. We could have used her.
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OLDER, WISER
Has this older, wiser Honey finally outgrown her passion for Duke -- or is she still susceptible? And might he have a place in the Trump administration?
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HOLY HECK!
Okay, can I be the first to say it? Holy Heck! When was the last time we saw Honey? Did we know she was back in China? What a great way and appropriate time to bring her back.
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MOT JUSTE
I wish we had on this side of the Atlantic commentators and cartoonists with your wit and acuity -- half as much would do. Your facility for the mot juste never ceases to amaze me.
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CONVERGENCE
The growing convergence between The Strip and the media reports of the President's words is disheartening. Eventually the two must collide in some kind of Doomsday cataclysm.
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ENJOYMENT
I just caught up on the Sunday strips for the past few months; still brilliant, still funny, still relevant. Thanks for, literally, a lifetime of enjoyment. I started reading in 1973 when I was 10, as Doonesbury was light years ahead of the other comics of the day in terms of the only metric that mattered then, funny. I write now to recommend a book you may find meaningful. David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity. Any attempt on my part to summarize this work will fail, but here is David Albert's review in the NY Times Book Review from 2011.
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ARTICULATE
It's hard to imagine the present Mr. Trump being as articulate as he is in this week's series of Classic 1990 strips. Brain rot.