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Mike Peterson
@csotd.bsky.social
Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.
Doesn't say prostitution. Dollar a dance dollies weren't whores, even if they did sometimes indulge in a little romance. Marrying an American -- all Americans are rich, you know -- might be a dream, but it's not prostitution. Mind out of gutter, please.
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Does it help to believe the fairy tales of a gifter eager to seize oil?
January 19, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You don't appear to know that the current gov't in Venezuela is not the gov't that should have been voted into office and that she represents. It's like saying the Yankees are bad because you don't like the Red Sox (or vice-versa)
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Don't need to sue CBS's ass. They'll kiss yours.
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
So if giving it to a powerful moron has a chance of getting his foot off your throat, it's worth a try. That was my point exactly. I doubted it would work, but it was a decent gesture and, as you say, nobody in Venezuela is any worse off for not having that chunk of metal.
January 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Are those organized, funded protesters in the room now?
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I don't have your power to look into the souls of strangers. I just thought maybe she did it for pragmatic reasons like an intelligent person might do. And, yes, making sacrifices, even ones that don't work out, is what heroes die for. Is there anything you care that much about?
January 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Is this Bluesky or X? The number of people who hate a reformer is kind of surprising.
January 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Yes, someone who would make a sacrifice for her country, even a symbolic one, is not a worthy recipient.
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Said the wrong G. Smith.
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A Statement from the National Weather Service:

Rain is wet.
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
It's not the award. It's just a chunk of metal. You might as well hand him a football and tell him he won the Super Bowl.
January 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The climactic scene in Planet of the Apes revealed that Liberty had failed. I can only hope for the same outcome for Trumpism, despite this cartoonist apparently considering that a disaster.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The phrase you're looking for is "screaming bloody murder."
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm not sure those people fuck at all. I think that explains their attitude.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM