Today's Doonesbury

[ehrnst]

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2019/08/18

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Haven't followed Doonesbury for awhile,

but when did BD lose the helmet?

[JHB]

2. 2004

The helmet finally came off on April 21, 2004 when, while serving in Iraq, B.D. lost a leg; his reaction to its loss was a loud, anguished, "Son of a bitch!" (which caused the strip to be pulled from some newspapers). His friend and fellow soldier Ray Hightower got him airlifted to safety in time, and he survives as an amputee. He has successfully gone through physical therapy and can walk with the aid of a high-tech prosthetic "C-Leg". His only reflection on losing the helmet was "Oh yeah, my helmet. What was up with that?"

https://doonesbury.fandom.com/wiki/B.D.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Thanks for the info

nt

[Danascot]

3. The country is so politically illiterate

I bet the vast majority have no idea of all the progressive bills the house has passed, or that Moscow Mitch has blocked every single one. The MSM would rather be concerned about Biden's flubs.

This Doonesbury strip will be the first thing a lot of people have ever heard about it, so kudos for that.

[ehrnst]

5. +1000.

[JudyM]

9. +1.

[gordianot]

4. Good cartoon however not a single topic listed would mean anything to a Fox News viewer.

Anyone who watches and believes Sean Hannity is beyond redemption.

[PatrickforO]

15. Sadly, I think that's the whole point of the toon.

Nobody reads anymore.

[gordianot]

16. No matter the method of presentation people believe what they want to believe.

To the point a Pizza Parlor is operating a sex ring in the basement. There is not that much separation watching or reading Sean Hannity.

[FailureToCommunicate]

6. Sad but true.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[smirkymonkey]

8. K&R

[MarcA]

10. Not just hate talk media but bothsiderism M$M too. n/t

[Hekate]

11. Kick!

[UniteFightBack]

13. Well he sure is fuck is watching the wrong damn channel. No mention of that huh..just lump em all in

[BumRushDaShow]

14. K&R but she should have mentioned H.R. 1

first thing they passed - the For the People Act to get the $$$ and corruption out of politics and reform the ethics rules!

[rwsanders]

17. Newspapers are another institution that really killed themselves...

Here in KCMO the letters to the editor section prints only the most radical nonsense. Reasonable discourse is non-existent.
Then for "balance" in the columnists, they have to choose cartoonish BS peddlers such as Michelle Malkin.
As much as I think they are important, I decided that I wasn't going to spend my money to provide a forum for morons.

I've also dropped subscriptions to magazines for the same reason. In case it helps anyone here:
SAIL
Cruising World
KC Star