Look, is this not adorable? Great whimsical cartoon-like illustrations by Katia Fouquet, who I have never noticed until now. In the opinion section of the New York Times, no less!…
Month: <span>November 2009</span>
John Jones died headfirst – of positional asphixia
I feel so bad about John Jones! He died while spelunking in Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his wife are so beautiful; he was in medical school and she’s expecting their 2nd kid. (Utah, remember.)
More than 50 people tried to help him for over a day.
The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound Jones got stuck with his head at an angle below his feet about 9 p.m. Tuesday in an L-shaped area of the cave known as “Bob’s Push.” The area is only about 18 inches wide and 10 inches high.
I literally shuddered at those numbers. Oh my gah. My worst nightmare.
At one point, they had moved him roughly 12 feet out of the tight crevice, far enough to give him some food and water. But he slipped back into the space when an anchor in the cave roof that supported the pulley system failed, only to fall back several feet into the tight space when a cord that was supporting him failed. His health deteriorated, he had trouble breathing, and died within a day.
Spencer Jones said his family is “remarkably strong,” but is struggling to make sense of what happened.
I think I know.
Thanksgiving cartoon for people who read editorial cartoons: *Hey, both my Tofu Turkey cartoon and my abortion cartoon are on the front page of Slate today, Thanksgiving! Gotta love the…
Supernanny says you always have to give a warning before you put someone in the naughty corner.
Thanksgiving is only 3 days away! So this is your warning: be sure to eat enough at dinner so you aren’t tempted to bite the other family or guests.
It’s cruel and inhumane.
This blog at Sephora says that monkeys (and people on a limited calorie diet look noticeably younger.
For the Friday before Thanksgiving, one of my favorite cartoons this year!! You know who inspired me to do this cartoon? Two liberal cartoonists, Ted Rall and Rob Tornoe. Ted…
Today was tough. I couldn’t find anything I wanted to do a cartoon about!
Then I read this. According to Yahoo News:
Some 14,700 rich Americans, worried about a stepped-up U.S. crackdown on offshore tax cheats, have turned themselves in under the government’s amnesty program.
The Swiss Justice Department said it would hand over the names of wealthy American clients of UBS with accounts holding more than 1 million Swiss francs ($986,200) where there is a reasonable suspicion of tax fraud.
Accounts of a lesser size, as low as 100,000 Swiss francs, could be included in certain circumstances when there is a “scheme of lies” identified, according to the document.
“The threshold for disclosing accounts, in my opinion, is low,” said Kevin Thorn, a Washington-based tax lawyer. “Most believed the threshold would have been $1 million-plus but it appears the government is holding to its word and looking at conduct more than amounts and is going after taxpayers across the board.”
Senator Carl Levin, whose congressional panel has investigated tax evasion for several years, said the language leaves too many loopholes for the Swiss.
Is anyone surprised he’s a Democrat?