Blowback
Blowback
A clean, well-lit place to vent
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A TALE OF TWO BRAINS
Re today's strip: I'd like to add a shout-out to Dr. John Gartner, who has also been sounding the alarm about Trump's mental deterioration, and Salon, which has been publishing his opinions. Here is a recent piece called: "Dr. John Gartner on a tale of two brains: 'Biden's brain is aging. Trump's brain is dementing.'"
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I STILL CRY
It was 20 years ago that I first read today's Flashback strip, and I'm the somewhat emotional mother of a pair of almost-three-year-old twin boys, but I still cry when I see the helmet come off.
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IN AWE
Thanks to the Doonesbury website's Flashbacks page, I am this week once again in awe of Trudeau's brilliance for the final panel in today's strip in the B.D. injury arc. The eye is drawn to his hair, which none of us have ever seen, and it takes a second or third look to even notice the missing leg. Absolute genius.
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WALDEN
Pining for Walden Puddle...
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GREAT AGAIN
I just came upon this strip from December 22, 1970, a mere few months after Doonesbury began. So Trump got the slogan from you! How great is that!
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LAST DINNER PARTY
I enjoyed today's Last Dinner Party strip, and decided to see what Copilot Designer ("AI-Powered No-Code Authoring Tool") could do with the idea. Voila.
Great strip!
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DONOR MONEY
Re yesterday's strip: Hamas leaders enriched themselves with donor money? No wonder Trump seems to favor them.
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HARD TO BE CIVIL
It's really hard to be civil about today's strip. I appreciate that doing fun cartoons about the ongoing murder of 32,000 Palestinians must be difficult, but I find it tasteless that the only response to the Israeli onslaught so far is a joke about Hamas leaders being corrupt and living in Doha. I'll take a bit of time off the cartoon.
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OVER THE CLIFF
I have, as have been so many, been trying to grasp why a huge part of the US has seemed to throw out facts and rational thinking as we all watch the train head over the cliff. Read today's strip if you want to grasp a significant source of the genesis. Few people are willing to come to this reality.
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DISAPPOINTING
I find today's Sunday comic strip very anti-religion and extremely disappointing.
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WEBSITE TIP
Today's strip and Jeff's very real 'Website Tip' reveal why the GOP is cutting funding for the FBI and ATF. These cuts not only degrade domestic as well as foreign counter-intelligence but also law enforcement's capacity to investigate human trafficking, crimes against children, drug gangs, and violent crime. So who is actually defunding the police?
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THE CARDS
King Trump? That's a bad hand. No matter what else you got, it's folding time...
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TRUMP HOTEL
Today's stories about Trump making millions from foreign entities while president brought to mind this Trump Hotel strip that appeared on August 13, 2017.
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LOVELY
What a lovely Sunday funny today. I love the banter between Zonker and Ol' Surfer Dude. That is one of the nicest strips in a long time.
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A HUNGER FOR TIME TRAVEL
I'm sorry to see that the past is missing. I hope you will be able to get the FLASHBACKS page back up and running soon. I have a hunger for time travel, and enjoy following multiple Doonesbury storylines at the same time.
Editor's Note:We regret the delay in restoring this popular feature, and hope to have the past back in the present soon. Meanwhile, thank you for your patience and for checking in.
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DEJA VU ALL OVER THE PLACE
I've been enjoying the current (Classic) Microsoft series. But I regret to inform you that the FLASHBACKS page is out of whack again. Maybe the site should consider getting the glitch vaccine.
Editor's Note:Good suggestion, we'll take it under advisement. Meanwhile, our team will de-weird FLASHBACKS asap. We apologize for the interruption of flow. Good to see, though, that those who are temporarily deprived of the past are condemned to miss it enough to say so. Your vigilance is appreciated.
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REMINDED
It's good to be reminded that some things have actually gotten better in recent American history. When did today's strip about gay marriage originally run?
Editor's Note:June 19, 1999, a mere 24 years ago.
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THE SITE
Glad to see things are getting back to normal at the Doonesbury web site! I've missed SayWhat? and The Mudline...
Editor's Note:Yes, still a few kinks, but we're getting there! Thanks to all of you for your patience while we puzzled out what the heck was going on.
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AT A LOSS
I am at a loss! Where have the FLASHBACK strips gone?...
Editor's Note:Sorry for the inconvenience, Mark. Our tech folk are working to solve the mystery of the missing strips, and hope to restore access to the past in the near future. Thanks to all who have written to heads-up us on this situation. Your vigilance is appreciated!
-- David Stanford, Duty OfficerUPDATE: The FLASHBACKS page is back! And, while we were at it, Former Guy: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump -- volume four of the Trump Quartet -- is now available on the HOME PAGE and via the STORE.
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WAS WONDERING WHY
Nice final panel -- I was wondering why you were running a repeat strip!