Oh the hilarity -by Tom Tomorrow

[kpete]

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[CatWoman]

3. K; R

[sanatanadharma]

4. Super G Constellation airplane from the 1950's says something, What?

The Super G Constellation airplane in the next to last panel speaks volumes (picture/1000 words).

However, I am not able to explain the presence now of a plane whose first flight was in 1951.

[sop]

8. Tom isn't usually so inscrutable. It must mean something, he doesn't waste strip panels.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Says "clip art". nt

[Stainless]

13. I flew in one many years ago

In April of 1967 I flew from Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in a military chartered Super G Constellation. I knew at the time they were being replaced by the airlines with the newer jet aircraft. It was a classic even in 1967.

[captain queeg]

36. Ah, Ft Sill. Artillery school. We camped at the edge fora couple weeks one time by some reservoir.

Artillery training went on at all hours. My buddy had a VW van and he generally slept in it while I laid out a sleeping bag near a small camp fire. One night we could here marching approaching. We figured it was some troops that had gotten off track during night maneuvers. As they got closer we shined a flashlight that way. There were large luminous eyes looking back at as. We both jumped in the van as a small herd of buffalo wandered thru our camp. I tossed a firecracker out the window at them. That didn’t faze them of course since they listened to artilllery all the time. Walked right over my sleeping bag.

[OMGWTF]

40. Good thing you weren't in your sleeping bag when the buffalo walked over it. Oy!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. I just assumed it was meant to imply a long, awkward pause in the conversation.

Being it's not a jet and doesn't appear in either the previous or following panels, I'd assume it took awhile to pass overhead.

[Auggie]

29. This

[bluesbassman]

19. Symbolic to me of the GOP's insatiable desire to return to the 50's.

You know; white men running everything, mom at home vacuuming in high heels and pearls, ad nauseam.

[robertpaulsen]

38. Tailgunner Joe putting anyone left of Eisenhower in his crosshairs.

Yeah, that was my take on it too.

[Kid Berwyn]

20. Read that only one left flying.

“Connie”

https://hars.org.au/lockheed-c-121c-super-constellation/

[Glaisne]

21. I think it means that Republicans want to take us back

to the 1950's.
Though I think many of them want to take us back to the 1850s or 1250s.

[Grey]

25. Could it be...

"It flew right over his head"..? I'm just guessing.

[maxsolomon]

27. bingo

can't believe there was even a question about it.

[sop]

28. There you go.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

32. Ah! Could be! I guess it flew over my head, too.

[Marthe48]

5. Remarkable

The plane is a terrific symbol of other idealogies which have relied on indoctrination to create attack dogs.

[sop]

6. "The fact that I believed it could have been true certainly says a lot."

It certainly does.

[czarjak]

11. Says it ALL. George Costanza Logic came to life "Its not a lie if you believe it"

[mountain grammy]

7. K & R

Oh the hilarity! Indeed.

[Emile]

10. Spot on!

[jaxexpat]

12. Oh, that Tom Tomorrow.

What will he come up with next? "Weird how that happens"....., what a line.

And seriously, the world would be a poorer habitat without him.

[niyad]

14. KNR

[AndyS]

15. Trivia!!

It's amazing the hidden messages found in cartoons. The airplane in the next to last frame of this cartoon is a Lockheed Martin Constellation, a commercial airliner for short hop routes from the late '50s-'60s. It had a fatal flaw in that harmonic vibrations from the four engines caused the rear section of the main body to fatigue and literally fall off!

When it was finally diagnosed the airplane was operated on 3 engines until the fleet could be retired and replaced.

Tom Tomorrow is subtly saying that the Republican narrative is simply not sustainable! At least not at this level . . .

*My dad told me to keep an open mind 'cause people will throw all kinds of interesting garbage in it!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. Isn't that the original Air Force One, reported on DU recently?

[AndyS]

34. Yes it is.

https://simpleflying.com/what-was-the-first-ever-air-force-one/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. Thanks! Interesting article and photos.

[Hestia]

17. We need to bring back the word "truthiness" - it "sounds" true but it's not...Colbert nailed it with

that word

[TheBlackAdder]

18. This serves notice to any rogue & homophobic RW provacateur, your own peeps will call you gay.

.

When those MAGAt and QAON types start shit, their own will demonize them. Casting them away in the bin.

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[Wounded Bear]

22. K & R...nt

[PatrickforB]

23. Indeed. n/t

[TeamProg]

24. Perfect. K&R

[Martin68]

30. Shared on FB.

Excellent.

[Paladin]

31. Fucking BULLSEYE, Tom Tomorrow.

Many, many thanks.

[Martin Eden]

33. K&R for Tom Tomorrow

Always good, this one's GREAT

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

37. Heil Tom Tomorrow!

That's what we do now when we really like someone, right?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Great cartoon