Toon & text by John Auchter It's true. Michigan is building a new bridge with Canada — the Gordie Howe Bridge between Detroit and Windsor. And Canada is indeed paying for it. In fact, credit where credit is due, that's how Governor Snyder made the deal happen — with his … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the whiny, is winter ever going to end edition
Come Heller high water … Every winter, there is a moment where I reach the "over it" stage of winter, and there's no going back. I reached it this week. I had just come in from doing the driveway for the 872nd time, took my boots off, sat down to watch TV with the lovely … [Read more...]
Auchtoons: Amazingly, accountability isn’t a partisan issue
Toon & text by John Auchter I can tell you that the cartoon this week is not partisan, but that's really for you to decide. On the surface, it's me quoting the current Democrat leader directly and without comment, then dinging the two previous Republican leaders. But I had … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the shame on us edition
Come Heller high water … Vox.com published a fantastic and eye-opening interactive map this week detailing all of the mass shootings in the United States since Sandy Hook. Remember Sandy Hook? That’s the one in 2012 where grade schoolers – little kids - were slaughtered. … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: So this happened when Yooper John’s wife met McDreamy
By John Matonich My part of the world in the west end of the U.P. sure isn’t L.A., but every now and again we are visited by folks who could be considered celebrities. The curious reality about them coming here is many times they go unrecognized and pretty much travel around … [Read more...]
Murch: Winter has reduced him to brain droppings
By Steve Murch I've officially crossed over to the side of humanity that complains about winter. I’m so over it, I can’t form a thought longer than three sentences. And so … When I was heading into the 7th grade my family moved from the Thumb area of Michigan north to the … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the ‘Jeff Bezos did what?’ edition
Come Heller high water … One of the strangest, dumbest and most off target cold openings ever on SNL last night. What the heck was that? Subject: A "Meet the Press" roundtable on Jeff Bezos’ wing-wang. Really guys? Out of the goldmine that is today’s politics, that’s what … [Read more...]
Auchtoon: Next week’s weather forecast? Cloudy with a 70 percent chance of Trump
Toon & text by John Auchter It appears the snow has finally stopped falling here in West Michigan. In a day or two it is supposed to turn reasonably warm enough for me to attend to the non-priority snow removal issues — the roof, patios, walkways. Before the rains come. … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the ‘I can’t believe the refs called that’ Super Bowl edition
Come Heller high water … My Top 10 Super Bowl predictions: 1) The pregame shows will be irritating and full of weepy stories about players overcoming long odds or difficult backgrounds to become, gosh darn it, wonderful people who spend most of their free time “giving back.” … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Siutation: The metric system finally measures up
By John Matonich I have been enjoying a series on Amazon TV recently. It’s called “Corner Gas” and features a gas station and restaurant in Dog River, Saskatchewan, Canada. The characters are solid and the show was called one of Canada’s funniest when it was on Canadian TV. My … [Read more...]
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