Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 10, 2019

If Wiley is going to bring politics into it

A racist, an adulterer, and a criminal walk into a McDonald’s… The cashier asks, “What can I get you Mr. Trump?”

— Ann van de Kew

Best one ever!

As a rule, I don’t like politicians. I don’t trust anyone who would want the job.

Three male bodies are brought into the morgue with wide smiles on their cold dead faces

The detective calls the coroner to get more details.

The coroner replies " The first guy, 85 years old. Texas oil tycoon. Was making love to his 25 year old mistress when he had a massive coronary. "

Detective says " That makes sense. What about the next guy "

Coroner says * 25 years old from Vegas. Won the jackpot on the slots. Spent it all on old single malt scotch. Died of acute alcohol poisoning "

Detective says " I can understand why he’s smiling What about the last guy? "

Coroner replies " 72 years old. President of the US. Hit by lightening on the golf course. "

Detective asks " Why would he be smiling ? "

Coroner " He thought someone was taking his picture "

I gave up doing crossword puzzles on paper years ago in favor of doing them online. Much easier and you never have to erase.

Business Commerce Industry

Hmmmmmm, these are eight letters too.

Bravo, Wiley. :^)

Politics (a good guess), but turns out the correct 8 letter word was ‘lobbying’

Considering the day of the week: SERMONS

It’s my same strategy , and it works . When I find a possible first point I search a conjunction with the second (a vowel) until the word come .

Yes , I have time to spend but puzzles and crosswords are one of my hobbies (heritage of my mom’s dad ) .

I do crosswords on paper in ink, as God intended!

Politics: poly = many, ticks = blood sucking parasites.

GOP politics = LEGAL FRAUD! They think they’re so sly but everyone is on to their games and obstruction….K A R M A

Most people go into politics because they can’t get a REAL job… like garbageman or ditch-digger…

I guess we get the politicians we deserve and that really do represent our stupid, cold, selfish souls.

Funny, but this reinforces the canard that government can’t work.

I wouldn’t doubt that some here might think the correct answer is “nosirrom”.

Genius!

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

Let’s see… a 5 letter word for traitor…it starts with “T”…

Our nation is getting precisely the politics it deserves. The attitude expressed in the strip is part and parcel of that. Attending to the country’s good is not somebody else’s job.

You’ve never lived if you haven’t tried cryptic crosswords.

I can’t relate to the contemporary pejorative connotations popularly ascribed to the word “politics.” And I disagree with Merriam-Webster’s etymology tracing it to the Greek, politikos. I would contend, it’s more closely related to the Greek, polis, or city, which the ancient Greeks understood as a geographical collection of free people aligned by similar attitudes toward self-governance.

To me, politics is a good thing; it’s people choosing to make informed decisions about policy, about how they’ll conduct themselves and their affairs in relationship to everyone and everything around them. Politics is living life deliberately — living with intent and rules, not happenstance.

i do that with everything i can’t remember, like names of people, places, or things!

“religion”

This is not funny, it`s just a statement of facts

Semprini?

Playing in shallow waters here, Mr. Wiley.

I do the alphabet too

A 2-word phrase for “legal bribery”: campaign contribution.

Folks who work Civil Service for the government do it for what they can do FOR people and the country. “Politicians” go into government for what they can do TO the country. (And of course, FOR THEMSELVES.)

Wow. He said a lot of Cross Words about that puzzle.

He might’ve stopped at F with flimflam.

Five letter word for reality TV Crook: T-R-U-M-P

I do KenKen and sometimes Suduko.

Truth!

I like to do the New York Times Sunday crossword…I throw away the answers first without looking at them…Feels great to finish one … Have a stack of them saved up.Nice to know how ignorant I really am….

If you don’t know the puzzle answer I don’t see how going through the alphabet would help. I solve the other clues until I get enough letters to solve the other answers.

Legal Fraud is an oxymoron. If it is legal it is not fraud. If it is fraud it is not legal. A lot of what current politicians do is not legal at all.