Darth Fluffy

NP Comic for Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 Nanase appears to trust Tedd much more than she did earlier in the EGS comics. This arc should be interesting, establishing the details of how magic changed for them.

You are saying, he's her chum?

Yakov Smirnov: "In America, everyone makes fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we have a city we make fun of, too. We make fun of Cleveland." But, to be fair, it is not everyone who manages to catch their lake on fire.

California is weird at a public level, very polarized. Florida is weird at an individual level, people do strange $#1%.

California is a different kind of weird, but you make a good point.

Edam up!

Comic for Wednesday, Sep 20, 2023 Edward is possibly overthinking things. I'm not getting why this page was necessary to telling the story.

Delivery by catapult.

The former Queen Elizabeth's Great Dane husband? Woof!

The government thinks they own us all. Why should Tedd be an exception?

Granted, everywhere else has weirdness, and if you've never lived in Florida, you might discount it, but the news should inform you, Florida does truly generate more than its fair share. It was merely a courteous assumption. Hell, for all I know, you have a shop where you produce them. That would at least explain DC.

Cat toy. Would this explain random purchases?

The mous is afeared of mee. It is freezes in plase. U want I catch mous? Catch haz cat inside becauz cat can catch.

OTOH, Kevin does display 'Florida man' tendencies. A bit of disconnect from reality, enough to think he's invulnerable, . . . Sorry, Pharaoh, we know you're the exception, but all evidence says Florida has an actual weirdness magnet hidden somewhere in its borders.

"Wonder stick powers activate!"

Business economics

I feel like I know this kid.

Calvin, the future politician

You're not wrong. I am at this point hoping for some justice to prevail, and I'm seeing Dumpster Fire's hubris, hence lack of mouth control, to be a step in the right direction. The process is going too slowly in my opinion, but I'm glad those involved have not yet given up holding this idiot accountable. Sadly, you're not wrong. Mitch McConnell is the cheerleader for this, though it has grown beyond him and will likely outlast his tenure. Still, I hate to wish him ill, but I won't be sad to see him go, however that happens. Interest in obstruction might begin tapering off. Clearly, we have some insane $#!% going on, and it's not just here. Modi apparently had a Sikh separatist assassinated in Canada. Iran is going nuts against their women (that will turn out well). And many more - it's going to get worse before it gets better.

I have not heard that. Seems off to me. Biden is a centrist. His policies are not extreme. Roosevelt accomplished some similar infrastructure things, but in his case, they were more of a means to and end, to employ masses of people. While his innovative policies seem tame today, they were controversial at the time.

Trump's own cognitive impairment caused him to publicly admit to conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. I think that kicks the legs out from under any previous defense, he should actually be going to prison soon, and be disqualified from running again. He could possibly be pardoned in the future by another president, but that should not be grounds to override the disqualification; although if it came to it, I could see him testing that. In any case, he is clearly a few sacks shy of a full load. Which then leads to, ". . . and why do folks trust him?" I am clearly in the wrong field, with this 'trying to make an honest living' bullshit. Maybe if Trump University offers a grifting curriculum . . . and he could do it, 'Teach what you know' . . .

To be fair, he is huge . . . He is effectively already in a very nice jail by his own volition, except that he wields too much clout. He can't travel safely out of Russia (and that is not likely to change), powerful Russians want him dead, and based on the recent Pregozhin example, they should have learned by now that cutting him any slack and backing off is not going to work in their favor.He has the mile long table for a reason. In a culture known for its affinity for bribe mechanics, a nice bribe in the pocket of a guard would probably be enough to have him put down. I imagine he does not sleep well at night. Ironically, he can't step down if he wants to. What happened to Pregozhin would happen to him; someone would want to send a message. God, I hope we don't sink to that. Every event of that sort lowers the bar for the future. That was true for Rome as well. Our Congress critters are still too civilized to go down that path, and the ones that might tend in that direction are Maggats in his camp. His Jan 6 insurrection is exactly that kind of event, and needs to be punished. He and his cronies need to face charges for that, not just the rabble. F'ing COVID, you had one f'ing job . . . Trump can't die of natural causes, if he could, he should already be dead. There ain't nothing healthy about his lifestyle. My theory is that the Teflon Tornado is already deceased, but his hubris won't allow him to own up to it.

What about Akmed, the undead terrorist . . . no, you're right, not fun. Hmm, . . .

Points off for timing, but big bonus for sheer deadpan snarkery.

. . . and that's where the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation got the Real People PersonalitiesTM. I'm kind of glad my appliances don't have this. People are weird enough, imagine if every interaction with your environment carried similar weight and consequences. The toaster is always flirting because she knows she's a hottie. The TV critiques your selections, and overrides your choices. The vacuum cleaner is always sulking; "Life sucks. I suck. I don't want to be here, put me back in the closet. Paint me black." OK, that's even worse than Kevin. Hmm, maybe The Terminator isn't the most horrific AI scenario?