Ben Towle

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Hyperbolic Claims of Right Wing Crackpots (Surprisingly) True!

Pro-life types are all fire worked up over a web animation produced by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate (San Francisco) that supposedly features a pro-choice superhero who kills protesters outside abortion clinics, portrays Christians as Snidely Whiplash-types, and depicts pro-life types as overall-wearing hillbilly zombies. I read about some of this and assumed that likely such …

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Left Wing Crackpot (Surprisingly) Admits Error!

Annoying pest/wannabe reporter/mediocre cartoonist Ted Rall has surprisingly issued a “retraction” of the following “cartoon.” I use quotations in the first case, because I’m not sure that one can really retract a cartoon, and in the second case because the item in question doesn’t seem to be so much a cartoon as simply a graphical …

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NPR : Bush: Leaving Iraq Now Would Be ‘Mistake’

NPR : Bush: Leaving Iraq Now Would Be ‘Mistake’ I’m glad that the president has finally acknowleged Cindy Sheehan—protesting mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who’s now camping outside the W’s ranch—but when will he address the growing problem of showboating metal bassist Billy Sheehan?! (Click for larger image)

Midnight Sun – Characters

Here’s another character: Gen. Nobile, shown here far older than he will ever appear in the book. (Click for larger image)

August’s Dachshund