Recent Comments

1. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Wonder what Rat’s opinion on Laissez Faire is.

2. about 2 months ago on Doonesbury

   As far as I am aware, Doonesbury and Prickly City are the only syndicate political strips, which allow commenting. GoComics removed the comments for the others a few months ago prior to the bulk of election season. They are planning on creating a new comment section, but I have no idea the progress on that.

3. about 2 months ago on Prickly City

   I’m a big follower of the Ross Ulbricht case, I followed it through my school years. I agree that his sentence was egregious (compared to the other Silk Road arrests), but that man did not deserve a pardon. I don’t care.

   I read the chat logs. I read the available parts of his diary. He ordered hits in cold blood on several people. It just happened that most were part of an elaborate blackmail scam that he was foolish enough to fall for (an incredible story worth looking into, however).

   For those who claim “he just remade eBay and didn’t control what other people did!!!” please be quiet. He started the Silk Road site to sell his own mushrooms, something that seems to have escaped the public’s knowledge of the case. And he would go to any lengths to protect the website, no matter how illegal or immoral maintaining it was.

4. 2 months ago on Prickly City

   Yes, these are values that I am reporting monthly.

5. 2 months ago on Big Nate

   I used to be a big Patriots hater (jealous Vikings fan), but honestly, at this point, I’m thanking Brady for being the original devil worshipper and taking down Mahomes twice for us.

6. 2 months ago on Prickly City

   I will be reporting on Mondays now – works a little better for me than Tuesdays.

   Price of Gas: $3.12 (from $3.12).

   Prize of a Dozen Eggs: $6.40 (from $5.90).

   Groceries Price Index: 333.566 (monthly).

   S&P 500: 6,101.24 (from 5,996.66).

   New Car Consumer Price Index: 172.18 (monthly).

   Trump Approval Rating: 46.7% (from 46.70%).

   Some new data points I was encouraged to add.

   Dow Jones: 44,424.25

   Milk per ounce: 20.32.

   Unemployment rate: 4.1% (monthly).

   Inflation rate: 2.9% (monthly).

7. 2 months ago on Big Nate

   Do y’all’s malls still have arcades? I feel like all the ones I’m around have gotten rid of them.

8. 2 months ago on Big Nate

   The longer we get random arcs thrown in, the longer it will be until the inevitable. So I’ll take it.

9. 2 months ago on Big Nate

   Well, I did hope for a Gramps appearance last week. This is close enough, I’ll take it.

10. 2 months ago on Doonesbury

    No point in trying to check someone out of jealousy. But I wonder how that would be a curse.