Oh, good grief. Stores are now opening on 8pm Thanksgiving Day for the Christmas shopping season.
Author: Ann
Beckhams leaving LaLa land
A cartoon from 2007 about David Beckham joining LA Galaxy (the Guardian on his departure).
A look back at past sex scandals
A slideshow of print cartoons from my archives- Bill Clinton, The Catholic Church, Newt Gingrich and more.
Cheney banana
I was going through some old print cartoons and came across this. No relative news; just thought Cheney makes a good banana:
Romney’s gifts
Mitt Romney blames his loss on Obama’s “gifts” to Hispanics, African-Americans, young voters.
Surveillance and your privacy
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
I didn’t know this but the actual Benjamin Franklin quote is “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” or; “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”.
Anyway, the Petreaus still-evolving mess has brought up the issue of surveillance and how far it reaches into our private lives. Glenn Greenwald over at The Guardian has great column about it.