Blessed
Are the Icemakers
Yes, I know I promised a May 31st cartoon last Friday but
it not only took me longer than I thought to dig out after
the
power
outage
(A huge windstorm knocked out power to a half-million Texans
this past Tuesday morning) but my trusty, rusty Mac Pro
refused to restart after the power
returned. [Sigh]
So say hello to the new 'toon and to my back-up
Mac Pro!
BTW, that power outage stopped me from creating thirteen
'toons for the month of May. It's been a while since I was
able to do that in a month.
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Convicted felon Donald Trump.
It has a nice ring to it.
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In the wake of the cosmically-delicious guilty verdict meted
out in New York last week I'm going to take a moment to
stomp and
scream about the Presidential
Pardon.
Why do we need Presidential pardons? Yes, in the beginning
of this Republic it was no doubt a very noble idea but
it's
clear
that
it is not only easy to abuse but a clear danger to any and
all but the conniving, populist fascists who buy and cheat
and treason their way into the White House.
And, really, how many people does it help every year?
Not very many. So is that small number enough to retain
it yet
continue to allow
something
like a Trump to spread it around to his cronies like cheap
party
favors?
No, I think not.
Still, I think we should keep it as there are many cases
where injustice has occurred and this may be the only solution
but with the added proviso that it limits the President's
pardon power to only those to whom he has no relation,
similar to a
judge recusing himself from a case.
Sound fair? Does to me.
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Two Power Outage anecdotes:
By late afternoon of the fourth day of the outage the battery
level in my iPhone had reached
a crisis point, so I started up the car, plugged it in
to the outlet and leaned back to listen to NPR. Not three
minutes had passed before my phone burbled and launched
a small
text
alert:
"Your security system is unstable."
I blinked at the message a time or two as I'd heretofore
never seen this message before realizing it was telling
me that my
home security system was back
online. Which meant the power was back!
And
it was! Yay!
Second anecdote: After the power returned I did a full clean-out
of the 'fridge (my only loss was a bag of flour that had
gotten soaked) and I decided to set the energy selector
to "high humidity". The moment I flicked the switch the
'fridge died.
"Oh, no! I killed it!" was my immediate response. Then I
noticed all the lights were out in my house. I then checked
and discovered the entire neighborhood was dark again.
So it was just a glitch in the system, the lights returned
after fifteen minutes, but for about ten seconds I felt
I had the power to control all
energy
in
my 'hood.
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaaa!
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Did anyone notice the slight revision to the appearance
of the Lefty character? Yeah, I kinda got tired of drawing
that "casaba melon" nose.
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Lefty
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