Whoa Momma

Trevor Stone Irvin

"Crosses the line"?

"Over the top"?

"We have to be better than this"?

Absolutely. Great care must be taken. Because we need to work hard at not becoming what we're fighting.

Just be aware - Daddy State morgues get filled with the corpses of decent high-minded people who fight the wrong battle.

Eternal Sadness In The Making

A scene from the @NRA annual meeting in Dallas. 5,790 American children receive medical treatment each year for a gun-related injury; 21% of those injuries are unintentional. About 1,300 children die annually from a gun-related injury in the US. #NRAAM pic.twitter.com/6ONVhlJytG

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 6, 2018

• 100,000 gun casualties every year in USAmerica Inc.
• 5,790 kids are shot every year - 1,300 dead kids. 

The young woman is Kendall Jones - who found infamy by killing African wildlife, and pimping the case for "Hunting is all about conservation". Some people wear their ugly on the inside.

Overheard

Michael Cohen will plead the 5th because he's afraid the ordeal of his questioning will break him down and he'll look bad and Trump will tweet unkind things about him and that means Daddy doesn't love me anymore and and and.

Hillary testified under oath for 11 hours. Then she raised $4M for the DNC and broke up a chain fight at a biker bar while opening a coupla stuck pickle jars with her vagina.

Some Art

Gunduz Aghayev:

In 1998-2002 he studied in Azerbaijan State Painters' Academy. His first exhibition was held in 2004. The second exhibition of his works was held in Baku Muesum Center. His exhibitions were held outside of country, as well. He took part in exhibitions held in Russia (2008), Turkey (2011) as well as "Friendship" exhibition held by the French embassy in 2002 and international artistry exhibition held in Turkmenistan in 2013.

Also he participated in the "Art for democracy" project. As a protest against injustice in his country he turned to cartoon genre and faced strong pressure; he was sacked of all projects. After constant pressure, in 2014 he left Azerbaijan.

Today's Today

In a Groundhog Day kinda way.

Today's Tonight

My love-hate relationship with football continues.

My Donkeys play the late game Monday night.

Per Five-Thirty-Eight:

Broncos  (-7.5)   74%

Chargers            26%

He Has No Soul

"He is the malevolent fury..."

Lawrence O'Donnell with Bill Moyers

And here are some of the art pieces Lawrence referred to:

hat tip = Walker Thornton

Tough Guy

Bill Mauldin drew one of the all-time definitive cartoons about how a real badass doesn't walk around trying to prove what a badass he is.

David Clarke is a Daddy State jagoff and exactly the opposite of who we should be holding up as an example.

WaPo:

“Look at this f‑‑‑ing guy’s uniform,” Charles Clymer wrote on Twitter. “You see all that s‑‑t pinned all over his dress uniform jacket? That’s not supposed to be there.”

His objection was that the decorations on Clarke’s uniform project “authority” — but that they themselves are meaningless. “Colin Powell once described a dress uniform as a soldier’s résumé,” he wrote. “You can tell what they’ve done by their ribbons and badges.” More ribbons and medals mean a lengthier résumé, in other words — which wasn’t the case with Clarke’s regalia.

Clymer’s tweets kicked up a whole separate dust storm of criticism and defense of the sheriff. Snopes compiled various views of Clarke’s attire, including critics and defenders.

Today's Today

On this, the holiest of holy days, let us pause for a moment's reflection on the awesomely awesome awesomeness of god's own church on Earth.

Amen, motherfucker.

GOP - Strategy Illustrated

Today's Toon

I may have done this one already, but it's just too good - especially the bite marks on his butt.

A Climate Timeline

This is from Grist - I tried to capture the whole thing, but it's not working so you should go to Grist.org and take a look. Do that now.

Featured Artist - Pawel Kucynski

The View From Out There

Getting pretty dark, boys and girls.

Some PolToons