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1. about 4 hours ago on La Cucaracha

   Well, when fascists masquerade as loving Christians, that’s the term most people understand to apply to them. As you correctly note, any resemblance between followers of the actual teachings of a liberal like Jesus and these totalitarian oppressors is a work of fiction.

2. about 10 hours ago on Frazz

   I guess I should’ve added a winking smiley after my comment. ;^D

3. about 11 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Is the correct plural “Starbuckses” or “Starbucksi”?

4. about 12 hours ago on La Cucaracha

   It starts with brainwashing about hero worship when they’re really young and the hero they’re aimed at is Jesus. They become enamored of the idea that they have to devote their entire lives to the hero. Then along comes a modern-day self-proclaimed savior, and they transfer all that enthusiasm, energy, and mindless devotion (and don’t forget money, always money) over to their new messiah. Freud would’ve had a field day in 21st Century America.

5. about 12 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   It’s Hollywood. For any available role — even ones for which the only compensation is exposure — there are at least a couple of dozen aspirants, some of whom are desperate.

6. about 12 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Exercise strengthens them. So important has the thumb become on gadgets in Japan, where text messaging caught on early, that a certain demographic group is referred to as oyayubi sedai (thumb generation).

7. about 12 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Compared to geologic time, nothing whatsoever involving human beings is ancient.

8. about 12 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   How jaded we’ve become. Every day, 6 days a week, an agent of the federal government personally stops by your house or business on the off chance that you might want to send a birthday card to Grandma somewhere — anywhere! — in America. And then, for about half a buck (1/10 the price of the card itself), she’s reading it a couple of days later. Why is this not absolutely mind-blowing?

9. about 12 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” —The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

10. about 13 hours ago on Monty

    Giant squids are hard to wrangle but hammerhead sharks aren’t? Well, fortunately for your staff, young master, mantis shrimp are fairly small. And quite interesting!

     en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

     theoatmeal.Com/comics/mantis_shrimp