They wanted a Ringo Black Tide Rising scenario, just minus the “zombies”.
Since their genetic engineering was slipshod and their lab protocols sucked, they just ended up with a Clancy Executive Orders result, which was bad enough.
Well, I’m pure blood so far, but if they start spiking the food supply, I’m not sure how long that’ll last.
Funny. Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, I’d already resigned myself to my eventual death being the result of democide. As I got older, I thought I might have already died from something else by the time it got that bad, but, in the back of my mind, the nagging conviction never went away that the best I could hope for was to make them pay a hefty price for my corpse.
Commies are like army ants… No matter how many you kill, there always seem to be more. And now I’m on the cusp of being too old to fight when the shiny happens.
Well, cooked right, pond ducks taste good and since they’re Haitian, maybe they can whip us some duck l’orange. Maybe. Could be they just kill it and charcoal grill it. That’s a scare too, deforestation. They cut down every tree in hiking distance to make charcoal and I’ve been there (Haiti) enough to bear witness. Save the trees! Save the ducks. Save the immigrants! Save AOC! Said no one sane, ever. Okay, Save the ducks and trees.
I have been watching this strip since the inception.
Starting with a sweet but witty office situation several panels, it morphed into insanely great art and awesome creative commentary.
Perhaps no better time to recall this one
A country classic from the 70’s !!
“they’re after the fish in the fish pond…”
pure prescient pescanism 😉
Unfortunately, it looks like the outcome is going to be the same.
Well, while you guys DO have a space cadet for a VP wanting to be appointed president, we already have one for PM and far too many more in the Cabinet.
Talkin’ about Haitians and ducks. Some background for the punch line. Our house was about two blocks from a lake that had Muscovy ducks living there.
Back right after the NV overran Viet Nam, we had a Vietnamese family move in next door. Understand, this family had come right out of the camps in Thailand after the surrender.
Anyhoo after a time they managed to get the whole family over here. Good people, their 4y/o daughter came over speaking 3 languages. Started school with my daughter.
So one day my wife comes in the house laughing like hell. I ask her what’s up. She tells me that the old mama-san is sitting out in the alley feeding the ducks corn with a big pan of fresh water by her chair. And wouldn’t you know, in about a month there weren’t any more ducks in the neighborhood.
(I really didn’t care ’cause Muscovy ducks are just plain nasty.)
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They wanted a Ringo Black Tide Rising scenario, just minus the “zombies”.
Since their genetic engineering was slipshod and their lab protocols sucked, they just ended up with a Clancy Executive Orders result, which was bad enough.
clear ether
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I dream of the people responsible winding up like the perpetrators in Clancy’s book
Well, I’m pure blood so far, but if they start spiking the food supply, I’m not sure how long that’ll last.
Funny. Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, I’d already resigned myself to my eventual death being the result of democide. As I got older, I thought I might have already died from something else by the time it got that bad, but, in the back of my mind, the nagging conviction never went away that the best I could hope for was to make them pay a hefty price for my corpse.
Commies are like army ants… No matter how many you kill, there always seem to be more. And now I’m on the cusp of being too old to fight when the shiny happens.
Well, cooked right, pond ducks taste good and since they’re Haitian, maybe they can whip us some duck l’orange. Maybe. Could be they just kill it and charcoal grill it. That’s a scare too, deforestation. They cut down every tree in hiking distance to make charcoal and I’ve been there (Haiti) enough to bear witness. Save the trees! Save the ducks. Save the immigrants! Save AOC! Said no one sane, ever. Okay, Save the ducks and trees.
I have been watching this strip since the inception.
Starting with a sweet but witty office situation several panels, it morphed into insanely great art and awesome creative commentary.
Hats off.
Better Read than Dead!
Perhaps no better time to recall this one
A country classic from the 70’s !!
“they’re after the fish in the fish pond…”
pure prescient pescanism 😉
Unfortunately, it looks like the outcome is going to be the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmUkq0jXYA
…And the WHOLE damn town was Crispy Critters! And the mayor was a Space Cadet!
Zar Belk!
Well, while you guys DO have a space cadet for a VP wanting to be appointed president, we already have one for PM and far too many more in the Cabinet.
I’ve never seen Swiss Vanilla chili before?
Well, someone watched the debate, I didn’t.
https://ripleyporch.blogspot.com/2024/09/having-watched-debate.html
Talkin’ about Haitians and ducks. Some background for the punch line. Our house was about two blocks from a lake that had Muscovy ducks living there.
Back right after the NV overran Viet Nam, we had a Vietnamese family move in next door. Understand, this family had come right out of the camps in Thailand after the surrender.
Anyhoo after a time they managed to get the whole family over here. Good people, their 4y/o daughter came over speaking 3 languages. Started school with my daughter.
So one day my wife comes in the house laughing like hell. I ask her what’s up. She tells me that the old mama-san is sitting out in the alley feeding the ducks corn with a big pan of fresh water by her chair. And wouldn’t you know, in about a month there weren’t any more ducks in the neighborhood.
(I really didn’t care ’cause Muscovy ducks are just plain nasty.)