As it turns out, now is a very good time for the governor of Minnesota to not have to give a flying fuck about statewide reelection.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Or, if you must be a monotheist, just God

Last year began with cowardly law firms. This year is starting with courageous banjo players.

I am here for Tim Walz unleashed.

The only possible way to watch this is with little wisecracking space robots

Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut got off to a tough start ...

The best present given to a dentist EVER

Posting this great Phil Ochs song for no particular reason. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgre...

Boy I’m sure glad I didn’t tell everybody my news division was devoted to celebrating America yesterday

I don’t like to shop at a place where the owner puts his thumb on the scale especially when the thumb is attached to a fascist salute

"we're here to inspect your daycare center"

Fraud for me but not for thee

“The revolution conquers the folk and public life, it stamps its mark on culture, the economy, politics, and private life. It would be naive to believe that art could be spared this …” — Joseph Goebbels, 1933 Photo by Jacquelyn Martin

After 45 years as a daily editorial cartoonist, Walt Handelsman is retiring. Here he is in 1990 for The Times-Picayune.

I was working as a busboy at The Court of Two Sisters, 1984. G. Gordon Liddy walks in. My manager asks him if he’d like us to bring him a candle.

Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction

And so does 2025 begins its own pilgrimage to the shadows of the dark, dank ossuary of yesteryears

Merry Christmas especially to Rod Serling for casting Art Carney as Santa Claus

People don't say Merry Christmas to the ol' Building & Loan like they used to.

Although one never tires of Brenda Lee this is always a great playlist

Where’s the new streaming service for Canadian broadcasts of censored US television

If the actual translation was three wise guys imagine the different world we’d have

from "The Necessity of Propaganda" - Bertolt Brecht

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Re: 60 Minutes et al A few lines from “Defying Hitler,” a memoir of 1933 Germany by Sebastian Haffner

One fuck of a hell of a book. A memoir mainly of daily life in Germany 1933. I really don’t know why everyone isn’t talking about it all the time right now.

redactio ad absurdum

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

Rick Vandendolder, 73: "My dad was with the Dutch resistance, and he helped hide Jews and others who were fleeing Nazi persecution," he said. "I met some of the people that he saved, and I never dreamt that I'd be seeing the same thing going on in this country."

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

Rewatching the groundbreaking and very funny All in the Family and also remembering how excited I was as a kid whenever I saw an errant boom microphone

Excellent remembrance of just how ugly our American history can be. And an essential read in these times when shitheels are hard at work trying to scrub the national ledger clean of its hard truths. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...

And also … read this: www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/si...

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

I got plenty of beefs with CNN but Anderson Cooper’s tribute to Rob Reiner just now was legit beautiful

No, it was Rob Reiner who was practicing politics the right way.

The show was so revolutionary due to its content that it’s easy to forget the comedic gifts of its brilliant cast. This is Babe-and-Stan level. RIP to the great and funny Rob Reiner. youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk

I hope you all remembered to say happy hundredth birthday to Dick Van Dyke, seen here with his hero and great influence Stan Laurel

Me, today, Minnesota, -10 degrees

Topsy is doing good work in Seattle

You will be visited by three spirits

You will be visited by three spirits

By Barry Blitt

Decorating your home with festive portraits is a great way to spread holiday cheer!