Church With Strings Attached

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

We tried another new church on Easter Sunday. We really liked it, except for the booming organ music that shook my dental fillings at times. Maybe we should sit in the back next time, if there is one. It was a church we had tried before, but decided not to visit again due to the service featuring … a puppet show. It wasn’t a creepy or scary puppet show.

But it was still a puppet show. However, we decided to try it again. And we liked it! I thought maybe we had found our new church home, until I spotted this in the church bulletin …

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Easter or Passover or Random Cookies?

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

My wife slightly overbaked some cookies that we were going to take for a family Easter gathering, so my daughter and I got to decorate those and keep them. Score! No, I did not add 5 minutes to her timer. In addition, my wife was thoughtful enough to bake the random dough shapes that were leftover after using the cookie cutter. I was thrilled to see this one.

No, the NJ does not stand for No Jesus in honor of the Easter story that says they found his tomb empty. It stands for something else.

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April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

Flies On Washington Walls #149 – Mueller Report Eve Multi-Panel Edition

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

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I’m Helping American Taxpayers

April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

Since the Republican Tax “Cut” imposed upon USA taxpayers in 2017 has resulted in Americans paying more in 2018 income taxes, I am going to help taxpayers out by reducing government costs. Maybe the next President will actually cut middle class taxes in 2021 because of my ideas.

The Mueller report will be issued this week. We can reasonably expect text like this in the report …

Attorney General William Barr is working on redactions, so it may look like this when published …

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Winnowing the Candidates – Twofer Edition

April 13, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

This is not becoming a favorite recurring blog post of mine. I liked it when I was eliminating candidates such as John Hickenlooper, Bernie Sanders, and Comrade Tulsi Gabbard from the Democratic presidential race. But now I have to start cutting some good people, like this guy.

Three guesses who he is. Go …

Nope, nope, and nope. That presidential candidate is …

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Mail Call

April 6, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

I not only get Likes, Comments, and Retweets, but I also get mail. Here’s page 1 of what was left in my mailbox this week. I felt so ‘Mueller reportish’ as I redacted names after I confirmed that the person who sent this actually exists at the address they listed.

After an initial reading, I was unclear if this person is alt-right or alt-left. I reread and still have no clue. They do mention the 2nd Amendment on Page 1, but not in a ‘for or against’ way. Maybe just alt-crazy? Of course, I could not resist adding my own comments in red and in white over some redactions.

Page 1 follows:

2 more pages to go. Here’s Page 2, definitely hand-written by the person who signed this.

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Comfort Tweet

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

Is it crazy that I get worried that Trump hasn’t tweeted in over 18 hours? You know he’s up. You know he’s been watching Fox & Friends. Why no tweets? It makes me worried when he doesn’t tweet, like he is dealing with an actual national security issue. With his dissolving brain, that is cause for concern.

Okay, this is turning into live-blogging. As I type this post, Trump tweeted this …

Ah, that’s better. There is something comforting to me about Trump getting back to tweeting and wasting his time rather than potentially governing. This country is really messed up.

Flies On Washington Walls #146 – Special Multi-Panel Trump Oranges Edition

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

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Family Hysterical History – The Parents

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

Yesterday, I introduced you to stories from the childhood of my grandmother and her siblings, my great aunts and uncles. For today, I ~~threatened~~ promised stories of the parents, my great grandmother and great grandfather. I am making good on that ~~threat~~ promise, so here we go. First up is a story of how my family history is similar to the Trump family in one special way.

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Flies On Washington Walls #145 – Special Multi-Panel William Barr Mueller Report Summary Edition

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

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Persist to Resist

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

Well, Attorney General Barr did his job as a Trump lackey appointee and threw cold water on any Special Counsel Robert Mueller findings over the weekend. I think the passage of time will reveal some more positive takeaways, but for now, what do we do? This?

Okay, so I did a little of that myself on Sunday. The Mueller investigation was not the end game. It has spun off so many other investigations that will continue on. I also have a feeling that when House Democrats get their hands on the full Mueller report, maybe Trump will start to once again look a bit more collusiony and obstructiony when all the details are revealed.

So put down the bottle and ask yourself …

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Expectation vs. Reality

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

My ten year old daughter and her friends often play a game of Expectation vs. Reality. They imagine the best result from some activity, and then they demonstrate the failed reality. For example, here is the dive they expect to do in the pool …

And then the reality they demonstrate is …

Maybe not that bad. That looks painful. I don’t want my youngest and her friends hurt.

Trump supporters play this same game all day, every day. For example, this is their view of the “National Emergency.”

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Flies On Washington Walls #144

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

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Time to Come Clean

March 14, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan ~ 1 Comment

Being on the road again, I had hoped to bring you some Americana sightseeing tales and pics. However, inclement weather interceded, so I will bring you another travel tip. I know what you’re thinking, “Please, not another post about hotel soap.”

“But … but … hotel soap is an integral part of my business travel,” I protest. How about a Trumpy soap post? I know you want it. Let’s go.

When presented with 2 soap choices, always use the smaller one and take the larger soap home.

Now, I know Trump supporters may struggle with how to determine which is larger and which is smaller. I’ll try and make it relatable for them.

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Is America Great or Not?

March 13, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

I saw this on Twitter this morning …

What happened in that one minute to change America from having to be made great to being great? Maybe Fox & Friends said something. Maybe nothing. Maybe he is tooting his own horn while still trying to sell more of those MAGA caps. Maybe his brain just continues to melt into dementia.

Winnowing the Candidates – Part 1 Revised – Pete’s Back, Back Pete

March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan ~ 1 Comment

Thankfully, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has taken his sweet time to officially announce he’s out of the Democratic race for President after I cut him last week. I’m certain he’s not ignoring me, and has just been getting his campaign in order before withdrawing gracefully from the race. Hold on, Mayor Pete. You’re back in.

My decision is partially because there was a winnowing of potential candidates that organically took place over the last week. Just take a look at this list that announced they are not running:

Michael Bloomberg. He will have to find solace with just being a billionaire and the 9th richest person in the world. Poor guy.
Hillary Clinton. She will have to be satisfied knowing that she could win the popular vote against Trump … again.
Senator Jeff Merkly. I like him even more after he pranked us with this video announcing he will not run.
Senator Sherrod Brown. He took Ben Carson’s advice at the 1:00 minute mark in this video, and he’ll be reprising Peter Falk’s role as Columbo in a new Broadway play.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder. He is the main reason Mayor Pete is back in the race. I’ll explain.

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Good vs Bad Ideas

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

I fancy myself an idea person, although I readily admit that most of my ideas are bad. I like to think that I have had so many bad ideas in my life that I have become a pretty good judge of ideas. I’ll give you an example.

Area Democrats are marching in the local St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday. I will be marching with my daughter, unless it is too cold, or rainy, or if she gets a better offer. Then I’ll be proudly walking without my daughter and just with my fellow Democrats, flipping off anyone in the crowd with a MAGA hat on. Just kidding. I wouldn’t do that. But a MAGA-hatted parade watcher was flipping off Democrats in the last parade I marched in. Those MAGAts are class acts.

Anyway, a fellow Democrat offered the following ideas for the parade via email …

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Swing & Miss(ile)

March 6, 2019 ~ Jim Flanigan

We already covered Donald Trump’s disastrous summit in Vietnam with Kim Jong-un. Now we get word that North Korea appears to be rebuilding a nuclear missile test site.

I can’t tell anything from that picture. That could be an overhead pic of a mile away from my house for all I know. But the experts seem to think it looks fishy. Regardless of whether North Korea is actually rebuilding its nuclear test site or not, I saw this on Twitter and thought it just so perfectly summed-up the Trump-Kim relationship.

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