No, she said she’d rather be shot than have her betters challenged.
Sorry, she ain’t recovered from lib disease yet.
Might take more than a dream; real live beastie nightmare maybe.
October 1, 2016 at 6:08 am
eon
Actually, she said she’d rather be shot than hear our “betters” in DC lecture her one more time.
And they’re lecturing us about all the things progressives love to lecture about.
Even a liberal like Jan has a breaking point. Dreams like that tell you you’ve reached yours.
Also, Jan may be a liberal, but she’s also able to see the disastrous consequences of “progressive” governance. And she’s not enough of a sadist, nihilist or autocrat to think the resulting misery inflicted on ordinary people is a good thing. Which is what is required to be a true believing progressive, going back to the Long Walls of Athens.
(For those not “into” ancient history, Athens once “GM’d” Greece, as in “What’s good for GM is good for America”. The end result was the Peloponnesian War.)
I don’t think Jan is ever going to “change sides”, but in the end, she’s liable to become a Truman-style “classical liberal” rather than the modern version.
It used to be called a crisis of faith.
clear ether
eon
October 1, 2016 at 6:38 am
David M
Progressives ARE the problem indeed. They’ve Killed the GOP by turning it into lapdogs for democrats party, and they’ve turned the Dems into fricken commies… I am now staunchly anti-progressive….
Maybe. Parsing further though, (dontcha hate that term post-Bubba?) the quotes denote the self-applied label of ALL D.C. servants who really think they are the betters.
And Jan, who may like tea but is not yet -if ever, stubborn belief in the face of evidence and logic is a standard prog attribute, witness H’s 49%-55% or whatever it is- ready for the party, would more likely disdain the lecturing and interference from the opposition while believing, hoping, and embracing the same old lies.
And how DARE DT say we are in such dire trouble? Keep all that unpleasant truth and keep the unicorn farts coming! There are many (again, 50%+?) who would rather die, or move to Canada, or France, or maybe Syria, that give up on THAT dream. I do hope they get to follow up on that.
Jan’s a product of good genes and environment, so maybe one day. But not yet.
September 30, 2016 at 9:34 pm
WayneM
Being Canadian, I wasn’t sure about this “conservative is a liberal who had a dream about being shot by the government” reference… and knowing that Chris tends to layer symbols, I thought I would search it up.
I don’t use Google anymore for obvious reasons so I threw the comment into Bing… The first four hits were somewhat relevant but the fifth hit was to an article on the Liberal Party of Canada’s website… titled “Meet Justin Trudeau” which is the current leader of the Liberals and the Prime Minister of Canada.
Clearly, Trudeau must be spending a metric fuck-ton of tax dollars to keep his name at the top of the search engines. I should not be surprised by this since immediately upon winning the election and taking power, Trudeau’s communications department sent a series of “requests to forget” to Google and others, requesting the removal of any references to the previous Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, who was Conservative.
Yes, royals are just the pets of a former empire, but I like this kid and his folks. Always trust the instincts of children and animals; they know nascent evil and insipid fakery when they see it and they don’t hide it.
I swear when I looked for the story about this I had seen several days ago the first one to pop up was huf po, first line: “Well, it’s official: Prince George is, in fact, a normal three-year-old boy. And he’s apparently the only human not taken with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.”
Is that some of that New Journalism we were talking about a while back?
September 30, 2016 at 11:51 pm
WayneM
@JTC, I would not be surprised if Trudeau the Younger decided to ask Google et al to wipe the story… along with Trudeau’s foot in the mouth moment later in the day…
Unfortunately for M’sieu Trudeau, ce n’est pas arrivé.
October 1, 2016 at 4:05 am
canuck49
Good article in City Journal a while back called, The Triumph of Drivel, in which Justin Trudeau featured prominently. Worth the read.
October 1, 2016 at 6:45 am
Bill G
I believe it was a reference to an old saying, that “A conservative is a liberal who got mugged”.
Said mugging could have been done by a free-lance socialist or by the IRS.
October 1, 2016 at 2:56 am
Lucius Severus Pertinax
This relate to a similar favorite of mine-
“A Cynic is an Idealist who has been Kicked in the Nuts One Time Too Many.”
October 1, 2016 at 6:47 am
Bill G
I’ve long enjoyed this one:
Ambrose Bierce — ‘Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.’
September 30, 2016 at 8:14 pm
James/G
I was going to say that it was either one of the kids, or Sam’s dumb-ass sister in a tragic accidental discharge.
From now on Chris, a Visceral Warning Alert(VWA) is going to be needed. First there was Sam’s Miscarriage, then there was the accident to miss the little Illegal Immigrant on the road, and Your dad passing away(again, sincere condolences)and then this one.
I don’t know about others, but I’m on Lisinopril, and can’t take much more…
Regards.
September 30, 2016 at 9:29 pm
Fox2!
And years ago, while Javier was just a bun in the oven, her car and phone being stolen, with the car then rolling over.
Be forced to listen to a lecture from our “betters” or be shot… on day, that may well be the choice we have to face.
September 30, 2016 at 10:06 pm
JC
Damn, you really had me wondering where that line was going to go….
September 30, 2016 at 10:39 pm
JohninMd.(Help!?!!)
Between Wade’s passing and this, you are stress-testing the tear ducts and the
vascular system, Chris. You’re a real SOB, sometimes…. Continue, sir…
September 30, 2016 at 10:42 pm
Gina
Well, that’s a relief!
September 30, 2016 at 10:50 pm
JohninMd.(Help!?!!)
I don’t know what scared me more, the idea of Seeing Damon go Postal, with a little.help from his friends, or Javier going on the Vengeance Trail, with his drone and dogs of war. Don’t want little man to get that twisted, no matter how much of a Brainiac he is…
September 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm
eon
I was thinking Zed saying, “‘Toly, time to get out Baby.”
‘Toly nods and says “Da”.
When they roll the UH-1C in fresh dark grey paint out of the barn, and Naomi finishes the last adjustments on the M-6 packages port and starboard, plus the NOGS package under the nose, at Skye’s dumbfounded look, Sam just shrugs and says,
“EBay.”
clear ether
eon
October 1, 2016 at 4:13 pm
Pamela
I call shotgun
October 1, 2016 at 4:39 pm
B Woodman
Which one? Front copilot? Or side door “shotgun” gunner?
I call side door gunner!!
October 1, 2016 at 6:28 pm
Pamela
I have no experience in being a co-pilot, but I am skilled with a shotgun.
Hamlet to Guildenstern: O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams.
September 30, 2016 at 11:18 pm
Polly Cy
What I want to know is whether Chris did a last minute 180 when it became clear the posse would track him down and put the big hurt on him if he killed Jan.
September 30, 2016 at 11:28 pm
Chris Muir
pshaw,’course not.well, maybe a bit.ok, maybe yes.
😉
September 30, 2016 at 11:58 pm
Polly Cy
Ah, plotters remorse. I know it well…
October 1, 2016 at 10:41 am
Grunt GI
Well…as the saying goes..you chose wisely. 🙂
I for one, have really enjoyed watching Jan’s evolution..both politically and artistically…
September 30, 2016 at 11:20 pm
B Woodman
Gd);:;:’);_;37son$$$44(!!!##bitch!!#=//?/+=+!+-?–?ock::()_)$$@@@@239(‘)+#+#ossified##=+=+(:_;$;@’@’$’#?=+=+(+_$;front$$@@_()’:)+(;_;_;$; and give me 50 until I get tired!!!!!!
October 1, 2016 at 12:29 am
Pamela
Are you going to need a hot rock massage to work out the knots…
😉
October 1, 2016 at 9:43 am
B Woodman
Only in my twisted tied tongue.
(and I’m not going to continue that train of thought)
You scared me yesterday, dude. Should have remembered the old “But it was only a dream” dodge.
October 1, 2016 at 12:35 am
Alaska Paul
As my elder late of this world friend from Donegal, Ireland would say, “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Are you trying to give me a hearrt attack??? Don’t scare me like that again!!” [Chris]
October 1, 2016 at 12:41 am
ElCazador
Twisted man, twisted. I like it. Carry on
October 1, 2016 at 2:50 am
Evan3457
Well, I’ve been pantsed, metaphorically speaking.
Don’t that stuff too often. Real life is scary enough right now:
Whew!
And I would say that if this were the kickoff, it would not be time to pull out the chopper, but rather the M107A1, and give a new meaning to the lyrics of the late, great Stan Rogers’ song “Barrett’s Privateers”.
October 1, 2016 at 7:46 am
Unca Walt
“Life, she ees joost a bowl of frijoles.” <– Manuel Labor, the Messican Philosopher, tole me that.
Even so, I would not want to do without Jan.
October 1, 2016 at 7:47 am
Unca Walt
Unca Walt’s Maxim #422:
“Little girls should be obscene and not hurt.”
October 1, 2016 at 8:03 am
Randy
Bravo! (Stands and claps slowly)
October 1, 2016 at 8:34 am
m225
Outstanding, you bastard.
October 1, 2016 at 8:41 am
Cliff
Whew. Relieved.
October 1, 2016 at 8:55 am
Pamela
“Betters” Up in Washington D.C.
Last I looked, we all come into this world bare beamed and buck naked.
Actually, considering some of the “Betters” is DC, a person will need mind bleach. Eww gross.
Time to make coffee and put a sarong on.
*note to self-remember not to freak out the UPS driver again*
October 1, 2016 at 8:57 am
GWB
When the UPS driver shows up, make sure the sarong covers lower *and* upper half. 🙂
I’ve always loved the saying, “I came into this world naked, screaming and covered in someone else’s blood, and I’m ok with leaving the same way.”
October 1, 2016 at 3:18 pm
don in ak
Pamela, I have to confess, I’ve come to look forward to your comments on the strip almost as much as the strip itself! Almost… If you’re on the other side of the continent from Chris, are you by any chance on my side?
Mr. Muir, do you have liability insurance to cover all the coronaries you gave your faithful readers?
October 1, 2016 at 9:52 am
B Woodman
(ahem) To continue on with Chris’ fine missive, now that I’ve calmed down and my heart and pulse have slowed, and Lady Pamela has generously and kindly offered to unknot the ties in my tongue (yum!) . . . . .
I like Damon’s juxtaposition of “tea” and “party”. Well played, well played. I’m not sure who to thank, Damon or Chris.
October 1, 2016 at 4:27 pm
Pamela
BW ~promise me no screaming if I hit a pressure point
October 1, 2016 at 4:44 pm
B Woodman
Promise. No screaming. But there may be some writhing and loud moaning of relief of muscular tension if you hit the right pressure point(s).
October 1, 2016 at 6:55 pm
Pamela
Get a note from your Doc as to the soundness of your heart.
🙂
October 1, 2016 at 10:41 am
Iconoclast
I am quite certain I’d not take a bullet rather than listen to the lectures of the verminous megalomaniacs, however it would be acceptable were I, in concert with the rest WTP, in the process of removing those arrogant hypocrites, at a bare minimum, from their stolen pedestals.
October 1, 2016 at 11:13 am
irongrampa
Jeebus, don’t DO that.
October 1, 2016 at 11:23 am
Grape
Disappointed – I was so looking forward to the wake.
October 1, 2016 at 11:52 am
Kafiroon
HAH! Being out of touch saved me! When DBD came up I saw that it was a dream first. Thanks Chris from the Frozen Tundra!
Definitely relieved, but I have to admit that I was kinda looking forward to Zed, Damon and even little Javier getting medieval on a few gummint “resources” while Jan recuperated. Not very gracious of me, but…well…you know…
October 1, 2016 at 3:50 pm
eon
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
– H.L. Mencken
clear ether
eon
October 1, 2016 at 4:46 pm
B Woodman
Can I hear a hearty AMEN from the congregation!!
October 1, 2016 at 4:26 pm
JJCooper
Some of your partisans are on the “well-used” side of life. Please have mercy on this 82 year-old who would very much like to live to 83.
Shana Tovah
88 Comments
Pulled a JR on us didn’t you.
Chris — You are EVIL. Scared the H*** out of me.
And the regulars of Day-by-Day breath a collective sigh…
Chris
I am so close to spanking you for doing that.
Be thankful you are on the other side of the continent.
Arrggh
Ummmm. Nope……I’ll leave the obvious replies to others.
I did notice that Jan sleeps with her mouth wide open. Hmmm. Just sayin’.
Chris, You magnificent Bastard.
That was shitty. Awesome, but shitty.
Yup!
Scare the crap outa us why don’t ya! 😛
Muir! I’m coming for you! NOW! LOL
A conservative is a liberal who had a dream about being shot by the government?
winner.
Yeah, I can see that being true. What is the term for that? NeoCon?
Just as a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged/raped/etc.
Although many of us didn’t need that to understand that anyone willing to defend their rights as an individual is a (true) conservative.
No, she said she’d rather be shot than have her betters challenged.
Sorry, she ain’t recovered from lib disease yet.
Might take more than a dream; real live beastie nightmare maybe.
Actually, she said she’d rather be shot than hear our “betters” in DC lecture her one more time.
And they’re lecturing us about all the things progressives love to lecture about.
Even a liberal like Jan has a breaking point. Dreams like that tell you you’ve reached yours.
Also, Jan may be a liberal, but she’s also able to see the disastrous consequences of “progressive” governance. And she’s not enough of a sadist, nihilist or autocrat to think the resulting misery inflicted on ordinary people is a good thing. Which is what is required to be a true believing progressive, going back to the Long Walls of Athens.
(For those not “into” ancient history, Athens once “GM’d” Greece, as in “What’s good for GM is good for America”. The end result was the Peloponnesian War.)
I don’t think Jan is ever going to “change sides”, but in the end, she’s liable to become a Truman-style “classical liberal” rather than the modern version.
It used to be called a crisis of faith.
clear ether
eon
Progressives ARE the problem indeed. They’ve Killed the GOP by turning it into lapdogs for democrats party, and they’ve turned the Dems into fricken commies… I am now staunchly anti-progressive….
Maybe. Parsing further though, (dontcha hate that term post-Bubba?) the quotes denote the self-applied label of ALL D.C. servants who really think they are the betters.
And Jan, who may like tea but is not yet -if ever, stubborn belief in the face of evidence and logic is a standard prog attribute, witness H’s 49%-55% or whatever it is- ready for the party, would more likely disdain the lecturing and interference from the opposition while believing, hoping, and embracing the same old lies.
And how DARE DT say we are in such dire trouble? Keep all that unpleasant truth and keep the unicorn farts coming! There are many (again, 50%+?) who would rather die, or move to Canada, or France, or maybe Syria, that give up on THAT dream. I do hope they get to follow up on that.
Jan’s a product of good genes and environment, so maybe one day. But not yet.
Being Canadian, I wasn’t sure about this “conservative is a liberal who had a dream about being shot by the government” reference… and knowing that Chris tends to layer symbols, I thought I would search it up.
I don’t use Google anymore for obvious reasons so I threw the comment into Bing… The first four hits were somewhat relevant but the fifth hit was to an article on the Liberal Party of Canada’s website… titled “Meet Justin Trudeau” which is the current leader of the Liberals and the Prime Minister of Canada.
Clearly, Trudeau must be spending a metric fuck-ton of tax dollars to keep his name at the top of the search engines. I should not be surprised by this since immediately upon winning the election and taking power, Trudeau’s communications department sent a series of “requests to forget” to Google and others, requesting the removal of any references to the previous Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, who was Conservative.
Maybe he can get google to forget this:
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/prince-george-refuses-to-high-five-justin-trudeau.html
Yes, royals are just the pets of a former empire, but I like this kid and his folks. Always trust the instincts of children and animals; they know nascent evil and insipid fakery when they see it and they don’t hide it.
I swear when I looked for the story about this I had seen several days ago the first one to pop up was huf po, first line: “Well, it’s official: Prince George is, in fact, a normal three-year-old boy. And he’s apparently the only human not taken with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.”
Is that some of that New Journalism we were talking about a while back?
@JTC, I would not be surprised if Trudeau the Younger decided to ask Google et al to wipe the story… along with Trudeau’s foot in the mouth moment later in the day…
http://www.cknw.com/2016/09/25/lets-just-get-this-over-with-video-of-justin-trudeau-with-royals-gains-attention/
WOW! The look on that kid’s face was pure “Who the F&*K are YOU?”
Unfortunately for M’sieu Trudeau, ce n’est pas arrivé.
Good article in City Journal a while back called, The Triumph of Drivel, in which Justin Trudeau featured prominently. Worth the read.
I believe it was a reference to an old saying, that “A conservative is a liberal who got mugged”.
Said mugging could have been done by a free-lance socialist or by the IRS.
This relate to a similar favorite of mine-
“A Cynic is an Idealist who has been Kicked in the Nuts One Time Too Many.”
I’ve long enjoyed this one:
Ambrose Bierce — ‘Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.’
I was going to say that it was either one of the kids, or Sam’s dumb-ass sister in a tragic accidental discharge.
From now on Chris, a Visceral Warning Alert(VWA) is going to be needed. First there was Sam’s Miscarriage, then there was the accident to miss the little Illegal Immigrant on the road, and Your dad passing away(again, sincere condolences)and then this one.
I don’t know about others, but I’m on Lisinopril, and can’t take much more…
Regards.
And years ago, while Javier was just a bun in the oven, her car and phone being stolen, with the car then rolling over.
Damn. Just…Damn. Phew!
My pacemaker/defibrillator works. Thanks for the test, d&mmit.
I warned you. My comment on the previous panel.
I knew CM was up to something. (Snerk!)
Nice cliffhanger, though. Kudos, CM. Well! What’s next?
Delilah
Careful when you say a man is up to something.
Makes me wonder and yes I went there.
Heehee! Could not resist!
Well! Now that you have our attention….
You pulled a Marvel!!
Be forced to listen to a lecture from our “betters” or be shot… on day, that may well be the choice we have to face.
Damn, you really had me wondering where that line was going to go….
Between Wade’s passing and this, you are stress-testing the tear ducts and the
vascular system, Chris. You’re a real SOB, sometimes…. Continue, sir…
Well, that’s a relief!
I don’t know what scared me more, the idea of Seeing Damon go Postal, with a little.help from his friends, or Javier going on the Vengeance Trail, with his drone and dogs of war. Don’t want little man to get that twisted, no matter how much of a Brainiac he is…
I was thinking Zed saying, “‘Toly, time to get out Baby.”
‘Toly nods and says “Da”.
When they roll the UH-1C in fresh dark grey paint out of the barn, and Naomi finishes the last adjustments on the M-6 packages port and starboard, plus the NOGS package under the nose, at Skye’s dumbfounded look, Sam just shrugs and says,
“EBay.”
clear ether
eon
I call shotgun
Which one? Front copilot? Or side door “shotgun” gunner?
I call side door gunner!!
I have no experience in being a co-pilot, but I am skilled with a shotgun.
just “Whew” Scared the Batcrap outta me .
Hamlet to Guildenstern: O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams.
What I want to know is whether Chris did a last minute 180 when it became clear the posse would track him down and put the big hurt on him if he killed Jan.
pshaw,’course not.well, maybe a bit.ok, maybe yes.
😉
Ah, plotters remorse. I know it well…
Well…as the saying goes..you chose wisely. 🙂
I for one, have really enjoyed watching Jan’s evolution..both politically and artistically…
Gd);:;:’);_;37son$$$44(!!!##bitch!!#=//?/+=+!+-?–?ock::()_)$$@@@@239(‘)+#+#ossified##=+=+(:_;$;@’@’$’#?=+=+(+_$;front$$@@_()’:)+(;_;_;$; and give me 50 until I get tired!!!!!!
Are you going to need a hot rock massage to work out the knots…
😉
Only in my twisted tied tongue.
(and I’m not going to continue that train of thought)
You’re a wicked, wicked fellow. Never stop.
Tsk. Jan’s finally gone Deplorable.
You scared me yesterday, dude. Should have remembered the old “But it was only a dream” dodge.
As my elder late of this world friend from Donegal, Ireland would say, “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Are you trying to give me a hearrt attack??? Don’t scare me like that again!!” [Chris]
Twisted man, twisted. I like it. Carry on
Well, I’ve been pantsed, metaphorically speaking.
Don’t that stuff too often. Real life is scary enough right now:
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2016100100&fh=168&xpos=0&ypos=160
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-swarm-20160930-snap-story.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1883306/pakistan-threatens-to-destroy-india-with-nuclear-bomb-as-atomic-enemies-edge-to-the-brink-of-war/
THAT was cruel. But thank you for not killing Jan
Hear hear.
Whew!
And I would say that if this were the kickoff, it would not be time to pull out the chopper, but rather the M107A1, and give a new meaning to the lyrics of the late, great Stan Rogers’ song “Barrett’s Privateers”.
“Life, she ees joost a bowl of frijoles.” <– Manuel Labor, the Messican Philosopher, tole me that.
Even so, I would not want to do without Jan.
Unca Walt’s Maxim #422:
“Little girls should be obscene and not hurt.”
Bravo! (Stands and claps slowly)
Outstanding, you bastard.
Whew. Relieved.
“Betters” Up in Washington D.C.
Last I looked, we all come into this world bare beamed and buck naked.
Actually, considering some of the “Betters” is DC, a person will need mind bleach. Eww gross.
Time to make coffee and put a sarong on.
*note to self-remember not to freak out the UPS driver again*
When the UPS driver shows up, make sure the sarong covers lower *and* upper half. 🙂
I’ve always loved the saying, “I came into this world naked, screaming and covered in someone else’s blood, and I’m ok with leaving the same way.”
Pamela, I have to confess, I’ve come to look forward to your comments on the strip almost as much as the strip itself! Almost… If you’re on the other side of the continent from Chris, are you by any chance on my side?
Don
I thank you kindly Sir.
I’m a SoCal native.
Chris, you magnificent BASTARD!
Mr. Muir, do you have liability insurance to cover all the coronaries you gave your faithful readers?
(ahem) To continue on with Chris’ fine missive, now that I’ve calmed down and my heart and pulse have slowed, and Lady Pamela has generously and kindly offered to unknot the ties in my tongue (yum!) . . . . .
I like Damon’s juxtaposition of “tea” and “party”. Well played, well played. I’m not sure who to thank, Damon or Chris.
BW ~promise me no screaming if I hit a pressure point
Promise. No screaming. But there may be some writhing and loud moaning of relief of muscular tension if you hit the right pressure point(s).
Get a note from your Doc as to the soundness of your heart.
🙂
I am quite certain I’d not take a bullet rather than listen to the lectures of the verminous megalomaniacs, however it would be acceptable were I, in concert with the rest WTP, in the process of removing those arrogant hypocrites, at a bare minimum, from their stolen pedestals.
Jeebus, don’t DO that.
Disappointed – I was so looking forward to the wake.
HAH! Being out of touch saved me! When DBD came up I saw that it was a dream first. Thanks Chris from the Frozen Tundra!
YOU BASTARD!
Definitely relieved, but I have to admit that I was kinda looking forward to Zed, Damon and even little Javier getting medieval on a few gummint “resources” while Jan recuperated. Not very gracious of me, but…well…you know…
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
– H.L. Mencken
clear ether
eon
Can I hear a hearty AMEN from the congregation!!
Some of your partisans are on the “well-used” side of life. Please have mercy on this 82 year-old who would very much like to live to 83.
Shana Tovah