This one hurt to read, because there are now 3 homeless people living on the sidewalk between my apartment and the subway. (My sister tells me there are people living under every LA highway overpass .) My real estate lawyer friend confirms Hollingsworth’s “buy up apartments to keep them off the market” strategy is real.
Then I read about MULTI-billionaires who can “purchase” a Supreme Court justice or two with what is likely pocket change to them…why the f**k do we allow multi-billionaires to even exist in the first place?!
Something is seriously, sickly wrong in the US when the corporate media doesn’t bother to cover this – it’s just a fact of life, like the weather (which IS extensively covered by that media). Meanwhile, the crypto-fascist right keeps people distracted with BS like the “threat” of “woke” to the US, gays “grooming” kids simply by existing, etc.
I think the real dif between progressives and the reactionary/fascist movement is that progressives “punch up” at powerful people who’ve gamed the system, while reactionaries punch down at the weak and powerless – like Hollingsworth’s anger at Lucky Ducky.
That’s what happens when your diet is toe-heavy. (Maybe he should go to my tailor and have his tux taken out a few inches – http://www.furaffinity.net/full/21810580/ )
I just realized the background critters that sometimes appear in the strip (like the mouse riding on Hammy’s head) remind me of the ones who used to show up in a similar manner in Walt Kelly’s “Pogo.”
Said this under the strip on Daily Kos, but the Air Pirates were definitely several decades ahead of their time! – >