Brian Carroll

Hyun Sook's mom flexing her muscles while wearing a "health medallion" made of plastic and gold paint that she bought from a conman for 4000 dollars.

A couple years ago, Hyun Sook's mom was diagnosed with dementia. And for a couple months, its effect was that she turned into street tough that wanted to beat up everyone in town.

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Me, every time of my life: “What a weird time of my life.”

Four protestors holding a banner reading "SCHUMER IS STARVING GAZA" block traffic at Grand Army Plaza.

Protestors blocking traffic at Grand Army Plaza during the "Families Stand Up for Gaza" rally.

Congress being a check on the President is not something that should be an afterthought or used as a reaction. It should be the default setting for Congress.

A disconcerting number of high status people upended their worldviews because other people did not affirm that status in the way they thought appropriate.
And social media accelerated this because for high status people it is often the experience of people telling you that you are wrong.

Four panel comic featuring Ronald Reagan in front of the White House south lawn, surrounded by concrete walls and barbed wire. He holds a sign that says "Keep Calm and Lick a Boot." Panel 1: "Pardon our dust, we are simply restoring the true spirit of America. By Force." Panel 2: "Utilizing the newest technologies to torment people of color in ways we could only imagine just a few years ago." Panel 3: "That's why it's called the 'American Experiment.'" Panel 4: "It was always a theoretical concept if white men could peaceably co-exist with others."

Two Party Opera 988: "American Experiments" starring Ronald Reagan

After first place, I'm in first place

Four panel comic featuring Ronald Reagan in front of the White House south lawn, surrounded by concrete walls and barbed wire. He holds a sign that says "Keep Calm and Lick a Boot." Panel 1: "Pardon our dust, we are simply restoring the true spirit of America. By Force." Panel 2: "Utilizing the newest technologies to torment people of color in ways we could only imagine just a few years ago." Panel 3: "That's why it's called the 'American Experiment.'" Panel 4: "It was always a theoretical concept if white men could peaceably co-exist with others."

Two Party Opera 988: "American Experiments" starring Ronald Reagan

Stop.

Collect yourself.

Take a deep breath.

Exhale.

Unclench your jaw.

Stretch your fingers.

Relax.
Relate.
Release.

If just getting up is all you can do and thats okay too. But try to find something resembling your own peace. I hope you have a decent day.

I've been wanting to redesign 2PO for a long time. It's simply too difficult to produce considering all what goes into making those comics. I keep telling myself that once I hit 1000, I'll make it more sustainable. So until then, I still love it, but it's a bit of a trudge.

Giving Obama the Freedom of Dublin is grotesque and cowardly There's a long and noble Irish tradition of giving medals to people who don't need them. Mimicking our one time oppressors, we're good at pomp and pageantry. terrible at timing. And in this grand tradition of ceremonial sycophancy, we've now decided to eve the treedom o! Dublin to Barack Obama — the same Barack Ohama ‹hose nresis dential legacy includes a kill list, expanded drone warfare, and now, more recently, a silence on Gaza so deatening it practically registers on the Richter scale. Now, before someone starts wav ing a Hope poster in my face and singing "Is Feider Linn', let's bel clear: this isn't a character assassination. Barack Obama is, by many accounts, charming, intelli-gent, a skilled orator, and less overtly monstrous than some who followed him. But if the bar for receiving Dublin's highest civic hon-our is simply "better than Trump, then let's all take turns. This isn't about left or right. It's about right and wrong. And giving Obama the keys to a city that prides itself on solidarity, social justice and neutrality- - a city only a century since its own liberation from colonisers, a city that once shut down its port in protest of apartheid - - is a moral absurdity that would be funny if it weren't so grotesque. Let's talk about Gaza. Right now we're witnessing an unquestionable genocide, one that even conservative estimates rank among the worst atrocites in recent memory. Tens of thousands dead. Children buried under rubble. Journalists and doctors targeted Obama's response? A few muted bromides about "the complexity of the situation" and the usual plea for restraint warm platitude you'd expect from someone looking to protect a Netflix deal, not someone once hailed as the conscience of the tree world. Remember, this is the same man who, while president, gave Israel the largest military aid package in Us nistory- - S38bn over 10 years. The same man who watched as Gaza was pummelled in 2014…

I love all the Irish but Colin Sheridan of the @irishexaminer.bsky.social might be my fave

Fine, next time Biden issues preemptive pardons without putting any protections for the rest of us, I won't criticize him.

I've barely used Bill Clinton in the entire nine year history of 2PO, but in my context, he exists in-between history and current events. I don't have a lot of hot takes about 1993. I was in second grade.

Panel 1: Both Grover Clevelands say "William McKinley! We hope you know what you're doing with these tariffs!" McKinley says "All will be fine if we balance the four 'R's." Panel 2: McKinley says "Revenue. Restriction. Reciprocity." First term Grover Cleveland says "What's the fourth one?" Panel 3: McKinley, now with cool sunglasses, says "Ride that feeling, baby." Second term Grover Cleveland says "Great. Our trade policy is run by vibe-coders."

William McKinley explains the Four Rs of Tariff Policy

That’s pretty fly for ANY type of guy.

Load 'em up

I’ll make it 49’s problem

For the rest of the Two Party Opera comics leading up to number 1000, I should only feature Presidents that haven't gotten their redesign yet.

Get ready for a lot of Eisenhower and Franklin Pierce.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Sphere

I bet I’ll have it all together by the time I turn 50

Panel 1: Both Grover Clevelands say "William McKinley! We hope you know what you're doing with these tariffs!" McKinley says "All will be fine if we balance the four 'R's." Panel 2: McKinley says "Revenue. Restriction. Reciprocity." First term Grover Cleveland says "What's the fourth one?" Panel 3: McKinley, now with cool sunglasses, says "Ride that feeling, baby." Second term Grover Cleveland says "Great. Our trade policy is run by vibe-coders."

William McKinley explains the Four Rs of Tariff Policy

My liking this post is not be agreeing with this post

What if we had the technology to turn any movie into Shakespeare in the Park? It's indoors, crowded, with no care towards cinematic composition, and it costs over $100.

Una O'Connor's "Martha" was an early favorite and never disappointed. A standout performance in an already packed movie.

Title card from the movie "The Sea Hawk" (1940) displayed in blocky calligraphy against a sail of a ship

Watched "The Sea Hawk" with a few of my Pericles cast tonight to catch the spirit of adventure before our first rehearsal on Monday.

Highly recommend— beyond the propaganda, the movie has everything: big sea battles, Errol Flynn, my new favorite depiction of Queen Elizabeth, there's also a monkey!

That reminds me, I should contact my grammarian.

you absolutely cannot cross the nonbinary farmer's market workers, they run those stalls all up and down the east coast. only bigger mistake you can make is insulting the mushroom farm trans femme which is basically a death sentence

Straight to the source

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