Attribution: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter David Sanger (NYT) asks the right question;’: “President Trump’s decision to blockade all Iranian shipments out of or into the Strait of Hormuz …
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Category:Economy
Kickass and Depression Babies
Attribution: Dorothea Lange, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and thousands of other “Depression babies” would likely not exist had there been an “affordability” consideration to their births. But since there is no immediate cost to the physical act of making babies, even with an …
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Kickass and High Prices
Attribution: Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to help the keeper and Phyllis with current budgeting issues that are compounded by the outrageously high cost of everything. The keeper, for example, faced the necessity of getting the car serviced and having a small tooth cavity filled. There was a …
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Dialogues on Big Bilious Billionaire Boys’ Bill: Profiles in Avarice
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, Well, it’s about to become the law of the land. Somehow, Trump and the spineless Republican invertebrates (redundant, I know, but their lack of courage bears repeating) have passed the bilious Billionaire …
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Dialogues on MAGA Economics: A Tariffying Spectacle
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Good am, members of the resistance: Comms channel: reminder to follow protocols and scramble all correspondences. Idea for political cartoon: Then and now axis of evil. Trying to understand how tariffs might trickle down, not just …
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Dialogues on Rebuilding the Canadian Pipeline: Enbridge Too Far
Attribution: USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring The Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Bots, You may have heard of the controversy over Enbridge Line 5. Or not. You may not even be interested! But here goes. Sorry, this is lengthy and the payoff is not …
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Dialogues on Wretched Refuse: Fear and Loathing in the Old Country
Attribution: Photo by Ggia, dust spots/scratches removed by Kim Hansen. Edges cropped due to scan. Further restoration improvements using masks by Ggia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter ICYMI: In the UK (3) kids were killed (stabbing), then an “SVB” bank …
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Kickass and Rudy’s Bankruptcy
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his ceaseless sifting and winnowing, not to mention wasting time, happened across Rudy Giuliani’s report to the bankruptcy court listing his monthly expenses at $43,000 and stating that he owes $153 million to creditors, much of …
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Kickass and Big Money
Attribution: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper tries to maintain at least some low-rung position in the increasing have-and-have-not world he wonders how long it will be before basic weather is so controlled by big money interests that he and Phyllis will somehow …
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Add it Up: The Nature of Bidenomics
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In the film Silence of the Lambs, serial killer—and cannibal—Hannibal Lecter says, “Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing, ask what is it in itself? What is its nature?” (Silence of the Lambs). This advice helps FBI Agent Starling capture the notorious serial killer Buffalo Bill. If, like …
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Dialogues on Blood Money: Selling Short and Selling Out
Attribution: SensexTodays, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Below is speculation, but there are some facts in the attached chart. It says Hamas made $1-2M off of the attack by selling short in an Israeli ETF fund. (Chart is …
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Kickass and Credit World
Cecco del Caravaggio , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the fact that the country has decided to pay its credit card bill. What a wonderful thing! All children and grandchildren take note: credit cards are abominations. Pay them off and rip them …
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