Cartoon for February 16

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says torture—specifically slapping suspects during interrogations–is, or ought to be, legal. This is justified, he explains, as part of the Meme That Won’t Die: the absurd, totally impossible, “ticking bomb” scenario popularized by the TV series “24.”

Cartoon for February 14

In perhaps the most bizarre attempt to exploit the weird GOP’s Cult of Reagan to date, John McCain claims he was “inspired by [then California governor] Ronald Reagan” in 1967, while he was rotting in a Hanoi shithole.

Cartoon for February 9

After I drew this cartoon, I realized that it’s really true: tens of thousands of young American men and women have spent their entire adult lives in Iraq. This also ties in to the fact that we have no U.S. troops in the U.S.–you know, to defend the U.S…

Flash: MittBot2008 Deactivated

Mitt Romney is dropping out of the GOP primaries.

At first glance, this appears to make McCain the de facto nominee, and I think that’s how it’ll play out. That said, Huckabee may galvanize the anti-McCain vote now. If religious fundamentalists rally to him, he might still end up as the nominee. Might. Probably won’t.

This does slightly screw up my cartoon for Monday. Damn you, MittBot!

Cartoon for February 7

Barack Obama says he wouldn’t have voted for the Iraq War. Yet he voted, over and over and over, to waste billions of dollars to prolong the very same war. Now he’s running on his theoretical voting record.