Something to Know - 31 July

No cartoon is needed today.  This is is both funny and sad at the same time:

--- Breaking News --- House Fails To Pass Immigration Bill, Asks Obama To Act Alone House Republicans pulled their embattled immigration legislation on Thursday, after failing to find enough Republicans to vote for a pared-down funding bill. The embarrassing defeat for Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) greatly increases the odds that the House will not do anything to act on the border crisis before leaving Washington for its August recess.  Ironically, Speaker Boehner — who, one day earlier, advanced his plan to sue President Obama for allegedly exceeding his authority with executive orders — responded to the defeat by urging President Obama to act alone on securing the border. Read more

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Juan
 

 

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.

-- Vance Packard