2.19.2014

Pizza! Pizza!


In the aftermath of a massive hydraulic fracking well explosion in Bobtown, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Chevron Oil engaged in what had to be the silliest, most boneheaded PR gesture ever -- offering free pizza to local residents near the well.

Christ, man... where the hell do you start with shit like this?

This cartoon was inspired by this tweet by Josh Fox, director of the documentary Gasland. Thanks, Josh! (Follow Josh on Twitter.) 

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1.31.2014

Angry Birds no. 2


For the record, I own a smartphone; I have a grand total of one third-party app -- Twitter -- don't let Facebook anywhere near my phone, and I sure as hell don't waste time playing Angry Birds. So, I wasn't exactly surprised to discover that the NSA was slurping smartphone users' private information by taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of "leaky" apps, and that Angry Birds was apparently the worst offender of the lot.

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1.25.2014

Happy Anniversary, President Drone!


 It was five years ago this week -- this past Thursday, to be exact -- that President Sparkle Pony kicked off his murderous drone warfare campaign. Not even a week in office, and already we had some change -- you've got to give him that.

So, I was reading this article over at the Bureau Of Investigative Journalism and saw this graph showing President Sparkle Pony's massive escalation of remote-control murder compared to President Chimp, and on viewing the layout of the bars showing the figures for Obama, I couldn't help noticing something...

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Follow the Bureau Of Investigative Journalism on Twitter.

...and, here's some more of El Presidente's dronetastic moments from days gone by:
"Well, Waddya Know?" December 2013
"I Have A Drone" January 2013
"I Am The Joker" July 2012
"My Little Party" February 2012
"Are You In?" April 2011
"Yes, We Can!" October 2010