"The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface ." Aldous Huxley

"Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy." Dean Koontz

Empathy is having the ability to be aware of and sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of other people. Employing this ability selectively for only people you like or agree is immoral and depraved.

“If the key to the results in NYC can’t be seen in Washington, they seem clear from the vantage point of Australia, where Katauskas sounds a warning to Democrats that they need to take a lesson from that election in particular…” @csotd.bsky.social Cartoon @fionakatauskas.bsky.social

“Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrender their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it.” John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1775

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer." Henry David Thoreau

“I wish…everybody had a sense of what it is like to be an outsider, to be an other. Because that’s partly what gives rise to Compassion and to Empathy - the sense that You are not always at the center of the universe.” Viet Thanh Nguyen

”Italian cartoonist Tomas makes a better pun, going from Zohran to Zorro, as well as comparing Trump to Sgt. Garcia, who was always portrayed as a fat, somewhat dim-witted opponent to the nimble fox.” Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social has more excellent commentary: bsky.app/profile/csot...

”Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man.” A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?" Henry David Thoreau

"See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse." Seneca the Younger

"Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year." P. J. O'Rourke

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." Satchel Paige

"Thousands of years ago the question was asked: "Am I my brother's keeper?" That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society." Eugene V. Debs

"Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie." Jim Davis, “Garfield Eats His Heart Out: His 6th Book”

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves." Henry Ward Beecher

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“I did not kill the president. The doctors did that. I merely shot him.” —Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882 Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️

As you know, he’s been extremely busy.

Figures from Louisville, Kentucky UPS plane crash: - 9 dead - 15 patients transported to hospitals; 13 discharged, 2 in critical condition - 16 unaccounted for

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." Epictetus

Reminder:

Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July? Yet we’re still paying their full salary.

“I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity" Eugene V. Debs Quoted by Zohran Mamdani in his victory speech

Location Services New & upcoming comics are at comicskingdom.com/bizarro @comicskingdom.bsky.social

"What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" Erma Bombeck

"I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence." Eugene V. Debs

Sometimes people come into your life and they really need to stop doing that

The reason is that most states have "sore loser laws" that prevent, well....sore losers from running again. There are 2 ways to accomplish the ban on sore losers, but only 2 states (NY & CT) have no restrictions on sore losers and allow candidates to pull a Cuomo (2/4)

When I was little, I believed that adult people in charge of stuff were all really smart, because they wouldn't be in charge of stuff if they weren't; like, you couldn't be stupid and still have responsibilities. And while I have been wrong about many things in my life, I was wrongest about that.

🚨🚨🚨SILVER ALERT for the SHREVEPORT AREA🚨🚨🚨 My brother Mike (pictured below) has been wandering the streets for days now. He keeps trying to hold pretend press conferences but then insists he doesn't know anything about anything. It's very sad! If you have seen him, please let our family know!

One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong. How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.

“All we want are the facts, ma’am.” Joe Friday

"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." Charles Dickens

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get." Frank A. Clark

I wonder if it was inpatient or outpatient when they surgically removed all of her dignity and self-respect

“To date, the only successful union campaign at an Amazon warehouse took place in a New York shipping facility in 2022, led by the Amazon Labor Union. No other unions have won recognition by the NLRB…” Brandon Kingdollar @kingdollar.bsky.social for @ncnewsline.com h/t @billycorriher.bsky.social

11/4/2025- Republican Politician Seeks Presidential Pardon Hardly unusual I know, but this is a local politician who was convicted in a massive fraud case. Here's the latest story: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no... And a link to my cartoon: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...

John Cole hasn’t used his @coletoons.bsky.social account. His commentary and art is featured on this site by @ncnewsline.com More of his work can be seen here: ncnewsline.com/author/johnc/

“Bomb threats on Election Day in areas that are predominantly POC is the new Jim Crow. Overt voter suppression and intimidation.”

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." William Arthur Ward

Trump’s foreign relations philosophy is adversaries are just friends who haven’t bribed him yet.

“Listen you guys, I can't spend my whole life running away from bullies. It's time for a showdown.” Kermit “The Muppet Movie”

“That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.“

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence." Erma Bombeck

A leader who cares. About marble. #SNAP #marblebathroom

Mike Johnson has been pulling this crap ever since he became Speaker Do nothing for the American people, ever

"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." Tecumseh

Vacations are cool. But have you ever stayed home in your pajamas and not spoken to anyone for a week?