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1. about 6 hours ago on Henry Payne

   Everybody who comes to the gocomics comment section for years have been extremely curious about how many cars driven in Peru are made in China, and also where the rest of Peru auto owners cars came from.

   This is extremely useful information. Thanks!

2. about 7 hours ago on Chip Bok

   As a metaphor, think of some little guy gets angry and punches a Hell’s Angel member. The former is then chain-whipped until he dies. And while the chain-whipping is taking place, the family of the little guy and every other person who lives on that block in town is taken out with rifle fire and M-80’s and other explosives, which maybe also take out some people living in houses on adjacent streets. But this is all necessary for self-defense from that initial aggressor.

3. about 7 hours ago on Chip Bok

   As a metaphor, think of some little guy gets angry and punches a Hell’s Angel member. The former is then chain-whipped until he dies. And while the chain-whipping is taking place, the family of the little guy and every other person who lives on that block in town is taken out with rifle fire and M-80’s and other explosives, which maybe also take out some people living in houses on adjacent streets. But this is all necessary for self-defense from that initial aggressor.

4. about 7 hours ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   Thank you for this. I hadn’t heard of these RWNJ LiarsForTrumpAndChristianNationalism.

5. about 8 hours ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   It is not necessary to take a class in economics to know that runaway is a word in itself. No hyphens required or necessary.

   The most recent runaway inflation event, brought about by conditions worldwide resulting from the Covid pandemic, began during the final months of the Trump presidency and peaked in the first year of the succeeding Biden term. Fed Reserve inflationary policy enacted under Biden has reduced inflation by 2/3, but the last 1% reduction necessary to achieve normal/desirable inflation is proving to be a stubborn problem: In the United States, the Consumer Price Index rose 6.8% between Nov 2020 and Nov 2021, spurred by price increases for gasoline, food, and housing. Higher energy costs caused the inflation to rise further in 2022, reaching 9.1%, a high not seen since 1981.

   Anyone who thinks inflation today is extremely severe is someone who was not alive/does not remember/chooses to ignore the 1973-1981 inflationary period brought about by OPEC oil embargoes:

   The Shortage from the embargo meant that gasoline had to be rationed, quantities per purchase limited and at times there was simply no gasoline available. The oil crisis of the 1970s was brought about by two specific events occurring in the Middle-east, the Yom-Kippur War of 1973 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

   In the winters of 1972 and 1973, Burns began to worry about inflation. In 1973, inflation more than doubled to 8.8%. Later in the decade, it would go to 12%. By 1980, inflation was at 14%.

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   How the Great Inflation of the 1970s Happened – Investopedia

   I’m sure none of the above is necessary for the great economist/historian 1BlackLivesMatter, but for the rest of us a little review never hurts.

6. 1 day ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   F o r n i c a t i o n is a banned word here. I had to replace the vowel o with the digit 0 to be able to use the word.

   I guess all the widdle kiddies who visit here were made safe by this. Or maybe it is to spare the tender sensibilities of a sector of the religious community.

   Jeez.

7. 1 day ago on Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

   When and where has one single individual ever been charged with a criminal offense for engaging in sexual intercourse with a porn0graphy performer? I’ve certainly never heard of this occurring.

   Oh. And please provide the name of the defendant you claim has been charged with a crime for this act.

   And the state where the case was filed, too. And it’d be great if you’re aLeo able to provide the statute number from that state for the crime of illegal f0rnication with a professional sex performer, also.

   Thanks.

8. 1 day ago on Cornered

   I hope somebody replies to you with the answer. First glance at the cartoon I took them for ordinary puddles of water, but on second look …

9. 1 day ago on Francis

   Pope Francis faces formidable opposition to these goals in the USA (from the National Catholic Repoter May 19, 2023 by Tom Roberts):

   ‘A disturbing symbiosis exists between the disruptive, norm-trashing far right in our national politics and a similar force that has become prominent within the Catholic hierarchy in the United States. The relationship is alarming, given the established wisdom of church-state separation, but hardly surprising. As Mary Jo McConahay illustrates in Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and The Far Right, the two entities have become, over decades, increasingly dependent on and subservient to each other in a mutual pursuit of cultural influence.

   Neither the political nor religious — in this case Catholic — right has gained its impressively disruptive power overnight. The evolution has occurred over decades.’

10. 1 day ago on La Cucaracha

    “It was very painful for me to deliver that terrible news to so many people. I don’t feel good about it at all.”

    “You poor administrator. I too feel your pain. Here’s ten million for you, and twenty million for me. No. That’s not enough, that’s not fair. Forty million for me!”