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1. about 1 hour ago on Frazz

   I reserve judgment on the existence of heaven (or any afterlife). “Since we don’t know what death is, there’s no logical reason to fear it. It might be…quite nice.” Guildenstern (Stoppard)

   I swear there ain’t no heaven and I pray there ain’t no hell,

   But I’ll never know by living, only my dying will tell.

   Blood, Sweat, and Tears

2. about 3 hours ago on Clay Bennett

   Fun Fact: The right to a speedy trial is primarily for the benefit of the accused. Criminal trials are generally fast-tracked ahead of civil litigation (which can drag out for years), but a defense request for additional time (within reason) is usually granted.

3. about 4 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Daisy’s nieces, I think. But yeah, those are their names.

4. about 4 hours ago on Frazz

   Father, forgive us for what we must do,

   You forgive us, we’ll forgive you,

   We’ll forgive each other ’til we both turn blue,

   Then we’ll whistle and go fishin’ in heaven.

   John Prine (now on an extended fishing trip)

5. about 4 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Not a natural desire to sin. Just natural desires, which they are later told are sinful.

6. about 16 hours ago on Bob Gorrell

   Not-so-old joke: How do you know you’re in the South?

   When “He needed killing” is considered a valid legal defense.

7. about 21 hours ago on Bob Gorrell

   A very few of the governments which have imprisoned former heads of state in recent years: South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan/Republic of China, Israel, Greece, France, Italy, Georgia, Ukraine… It ain’t always under-developed nations or military regimes that put former leaders behind bars.

8. 1 day ago on Two Party Opera

   Of course few presidents, having been voted out, make any attempt to get voted back in. It’s only been successful once (and God willing will not be repeated in 2024), but you have to wonder how quiet Grover Cleveland kept during Benjamin Harrison’s term…

9. 1 day ago on The Knight Life

   Ruuuuupert Muuuuuurdoch…

10. 1 day ago on Nick Anderson

    Being fixated on anything may be a sign of mental illness. Fixation isn’t a healthy mental state.