Is an already extinct animal protected under the Endangered Species Act? Or is the the purview of the Food and Drug Administration? The United States Department of Agriculture? The Illuminati?!?
I thought they did when it comes to magical threats. Hence why they went after the Jewel Seeds and the Book of Darkness. Or was that just because TSAB citizens wound up being involved?
Well both of those were Catastrophic in scale. Not sure if I remember right but Jewel Seeds would mess up not only Earth but a chunk of space too. Also the one who was responsible for them being there in the first place (Yuuno) informed TSAB of the problem I think.
As for Book of Darkness… they were hunting it for a LONG time and they know just how insanely dangerous it is.
I’m going to guess by the fact that people have actually taken well-preserve mammoth meat out of permafrost, eaten it, and lived, that it’s entirely safe as long as you keep it frozen.
You got me really curious about this… Shipping of non-standard foodstuff across State Lines is the kind of thing you might EXPECT there to be laws or FDA regulations against, but on the other hand, speculative legislation that might crimp some budding Gourmet Roadkill Chef from exploiting a fad diet is exactly the kind of “Big Government Bad!” legislation that commited Small Government advocates should be shooting down as Federal Overreach.
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On the other hand, if the Agricultural Monopolies have complete control of the pro-buisness lobby, there might be regulation like this for the specific purpose of strangling potential rivals, so it could go both ways.
Nah… there are *some* fundamamental diferences between the parties, and one of them is a weary acceptance that in the mind of the public one party is the champion of Free Enterprise and the other is the mortal enemy of the Small Businessman. The irony being of course that this lets the supposed champion of business screw the small businesses left right and center without consequence
Ideologically, I expect “Nanny State” policies to be the default, and only fear of being the enemy of the budding roadkill entrepreneur to rein that in. I’m not normally particularly opposed to sensible regulation of business, but I have in the past been pretty stunned by lawmakers who think they can see the future well enough to legislate on industries that don’t *exist* yet.
Mammoth is legal to sell, but due to people passing off normal elephants as mammoths most major online retailers (like ebay, etsy, and good shopping) ban mammoth products as well.
Which apropos of nothing, reminds me how the Kruger Park used to sell tinned elephant in the park shops (from culled elephants (before they stated using contraceptive darts)) until it was pointed out that a conservation agency selling any elephant product kinda went the whole ban in ivory trade.
Well, exactly. When you’re a pro and not doing a lazy wrap, you only need ONE piece of tape. A small one. Traditionally a little sticker with the weight/price on it. Source: I used to work in a deli.
No no, space tape is an actual thing. It was designed for use by astronauts as regular tape doesn’t work well at all in vacuum conditions. The stuff is like duct tape on steroids.
If there’s one thing that helps lift my spirits when the government shuts down, it’s Commander badass making fun of the situation while ensuring the guys he works with will still listen to him by being Post-Apocalyptic as all get out. That, right there is a man I would follow in a vehicle over the desert with my blood-brothers in cultish glee.
I’m pretty sure if the Mad Max apocalypse ever came, I’d join the crazy brigade too. I’d fit right in as I’d have gone mad from lack of internet and diet cola.
I’m not from US so I don’t really know much about how it all works but does the shut-down work on Federal level, like, the Federal services are down but State-level services are on or is everything down including state-level police?
Nah, I think if that were the case, we’d already hear about the plundering and all those other signs of chaos and apocalypse… unless the news broke down too, of course. (note: I’m also not from the US)
By no means an expert but from my understanding many government services like the military are still functional, but it may affect when they next get paid, including war widows.
Politicians normally still get their pay from my understanding even though the shut down is them not doing their jobs.
I’m in Australia where we only had one shut down and the end result was the governor general who represents the queen fired the current PM and then after the budget was finally passed everyone else too, which was pretty awesome since we haven’t had one since. Shame the US doesn’t have a recourse to fire everyone like that, sure it means a lot of reelections but it provides a good lesson.
This. Basically, “essential” employees are still having to work, while having their pay withheld. (Though they’re always compensated with back pay, although that sometimes screws them on their taxes, but that’s an entirely different topic.)
Essentially, government workers and the military are doing their jobs without being paid for it. Meanwhile, congress is still getting paid, for not doing their jobs.
I’m mostly joking about it but once in a while I ask the question “So when will the Americans do their revolution because they seem to be in need of one”
Well, things aren’t great right now. Things have been the worst in a long time for a little over a year, but we do like out cities *not* bombed into rubble.
Despite the alarming number of armed militias who don’t really recognize the authority of the federal government, we usually manage to talk out our differences without blowing up each others houses over here.
We like to think it’s important to keep it that way, and we typically try to spread that peace and stability for other peoples to enjoy, even though it is one of the root causes of our economic advantages.
Which is a very sensible thing to do of course. Buuuut it can only get you so far when the government/corporate side is Not listening. I really hope you will never find yourself in such a situation of course but government not giving a damn about the people is what started the French and Russian revolutions.
While there is always that chance that things will escalate to that kind of violence, it’s naive to think that sitting back and hoping for the best will result in anything better. Revolution does not always mean war. Revolt by not buying from/paying companies that support what you believe is wrong. Revolt by standing up for what’s right. Every little thing counts, especially if a lot of people are participating. You don’t have to take up arms to make a difference.
It’s a side effect of one of our constitutional ammendments. Basically, Congressional pay changes cannot take effect within the same year that they are voted on. This was meant to prevent Congress from constantly voting itself a pay raise. But it has some unfortunate wording that shields them from losing pay over a shutdown.
Anyways, government workers have historical received back pay after the shutdown ends. But now we have the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McTurtle shooting down guarantees to pay the military because, y’know, that’s a wise decision.
Some “essential” government contractors are working, too, like me, but the company I work for has already gotten their money from the government, and the part of the government we work for actually collects money (Customs), so we keep working. I’d rather work than use vacation, it just means there won’t be the typical DC traffic today.
Not really. Essential personnel still get paid (my wife’s a civilian DoD engineer, and on that list, but there are a couple of secondary-level things that have been taken off her calendar). DoD, VA, Justice, SS, DHS aren’t going to be too affected in the short term. The White House staff is largely staying home today. The current administration knows that closing the national monuments will simply piss off its own base voters, so the monuments are all open.
I did politics for over a decade, so I can say this with some confidence: calling all of this stuff ‘Kabuki theater’ is a killing insult to Kabuki theater.
Amusingly, along with being an advertising billboard for prostitutes in the Meiji Era, Kabuki was once a very political form of entertainment with subjects torn straight from the day’s political and celebrity gossip.
It’s modern fixed traditional form is a product of post war Japan.
No,dear. Essential personnel go to work and don’t get paid. Usually they retroactively pay them, but it is up for a vote and doesn’t help if your car was repossessed in the meanwhile. I’m not essential, I’m employed by a Working Capital Fund that isn’t funded through the appropriations process, so we work til we run out of our own money.
I should note that when my wife read this she then — as was her wont — gently but firmly corrected me on getting ‘essential status’ for the DoD quite wrong. Listen to her, not to me. :)
In fact everyone is welcomed to dress however Goddamn kinky and skimpy as they want to, and if someone is ugly or repulsive to you, just carry on and rest assured that *someone* finds them sexy.
Pros and Cons of having time powers; You never have to worry about your food going to waste, or your favorite restaurant closing.
On the other hand, you can never be certain when one of your future selves has been raiding your fridge because they didn’t (won’t) feel like going to the store.
You made me realize something horrible… having a rivalry with your other-time selves, fighting with your other self or selves over various stuff across time…
I think this is even worse than Stable Time Loops…
We’ve seen Rock come back in time to beat his earlier self up and steal his coffee, and then be mad enough after the fight to go back in time to beat his earlier self up and steal his coffee.
You mean the #TrumpShutdown because Trump basically said no to two bipartisan bills that would have given him his wall and DACA+CHIP would have been funded and extended. But no, he had a little racist shitfit and decided to shut everything down, as he had promised months ago, all so Repubs can hold Dreamers and children’s health hostage.
The deal was for funding, but the Dems decided to add DACA all of a sudden, to give citizenship to illegal aliens because they broke the law and entered. They know that without handout voters they will lose, as nobody sane will vote for them anymore. Especially once the memo comes out.
And tell me, if Trump was the one causing the shutdown, why did the Dems just cave in and agree to stop their shutdown? :)
The Republicans have controlled the Executive branch and both houses of the Legislative branch for over a year.
They have known for this entire time that they need 60 votes to pass a funding bill. They could have introduced and passed a funding bill anytime in the previous year.
Hell, they didn’t even need 60 votes. If the really wanted to avoid the shutdown they could have changed Senate rules to get rid of the 60 vote requirement.
That’s why this shutdown is on the Republicans. They control the damned government. That’s why Trump, McConnel, and Ryan are responsible for the shutdown. They are the party in power and if they don’t start acting like it they are going to get kicked out the door in 2018.
And yet, the Democrats admitted they caved in, which is confirmed even by crazy Jim Acosta from CNN. They all admitted it was the Democrats who ‘caved in’. Meaning the shutdown was absolutely their doing, not that of Trump.
We still live in a democracy, meaning that even a corrupt party like the Democrats is allowed influence.
Next time, please look at alternative sources instead of following fake news :-)
Oh I very much know that. Many Rhinos like McCain.
That is why Trump did so well, he is not part of the establishment. Hence why the corrupt media demonizes him so.
That said, the Republicans are the least corrupted by the looks of things. They at least care about their own people instead of potential future voting illegal aliens.
If youve been following the political shits how, you’ll se the number of Rinos has grown increasingly since the election. Basically. Anyone who doesn’t low tow to Trump. Which is a problem, as McConnell himself cited the presidents unclear stance on DACA as part of the problem. Flipping on a clean bill after stating he’d sign it.
Or anyone who doesn’t put illegal aliens before their own citizens.
I’m from Europe, and you guys dodged a bullet by electing Trump. We have violent and sexist Muslims everywhere, but the moment you point that out our “feminist” governments will arrest you for “hate speech”. Women’s well being is just a small price to pay for the Kalergi plan after all.
Not going to start a political debate here, but lemme fact-check a couple of your claims about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals:
1. DACA does NOT “give citizenship to illegal aliens.” It defers (postpones) their deportation for two years (that’s the DA part of the acronym) and allows them to apply for work permits. USCIS specifically says that deferral does not equal legalization.
2. DACA recipients were children when they “broke the law and entered” as you put it (that’s the CA part of the acronym). The requirement is under 16, but a recent survey says the average age of arrival was around 6 years old.
(I’m happy to share links to more info if anyone is interested. Most of this comes from US Citizenship & Immigration Services webpage.)
1) The Democrats are pushing for citizenship though, as they have admitted in the past. And also, there are many LEGAL immigrants. Why do those that break the law get a fair head start?
If I illegally go to Mexico I get 2 years in prison followed by immediate deportation. 10 years if I try again. Those are the facts as well.
2) They aren’t children now, AND they could have tried to go through the legal processes ages ago. They didn’t, because then they would lose s ton of benefits that legal immigrants and most law abiding Americans don’t receive.
A large number of DREAMers have repeatedly tried to apply for legal status and have been taken advantage of. I know one personally who was screwed over by two different lawyers and was scammed out of thousands of dollars. Maybe actually read the text of the act before spouting off. https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/952/text
That still doesn’t mean many haven’t. Good on your friend for doing that, but don’t forget that the blame lies with her parents for forcing themselves within another country. Why should she get to cut in front of the line of legal immigrants?
If they had tried this with Mexico, then they would have gotten 2 years prison and immediate deportation.
The Republicans are in control of the house, the senate, and the presidency: your government shut down because the Republicans wanted it that way. The Democrats have no political power and this is somehow their fault?
“Control” simply means a majority, and you realize that 51 seats out of 100 is considered a majority when they need over 70 votes to pass things. Thus, “control” is a misnomer unless they have enough seats to where they can basically pass everything even if the other party says no. So, in fact, they do NOT have “control” they simply have majority and their party has the head seat/chair of the house and senate. Thea head of the senate and the head of the house honestly don’t have nearly as much power as people think.
A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the President is weak
ASDF was quoting something Donald Trump said. It’s a bit odd to say he conveniently left something out that was not at all part of the quote. If the quote included Mr. Trump talking about how he also ended a government shutdown, and that was not included in the cited quote, that would make sense.
Oh I know that, also it doesn’t matter as the shutdown only lasted a few days thanks to him calling their bluff. That quote is meaningless, and you know it.
Trump at least fixed Obama’s failing legacy (crippled economy, ISIS which was strengthened by the “moderate rebels” which Obama armed). Stop demonizing him because he isn’t “part of your tribe”.
*Someone does a thing*
>That someone is part of the party I like
“It is a commendable action to be praised!”
> That someone is part of the other party
“This is a vile act maliciously done with the sole goal of destroying America!”
“I DARE THEM.” as a government wake up call? That actually made me laugh. I also like how Jones “has seen this one already”. Spiky gimp suit? Yup, been there.
LOL I was wondering if it was the leftovers, cause we did see them eating it. I remember because everyone started talking about the mammoths of Skyrim.
I doubt that Rock got the mammoth from Skyrim. After being golfed into orbit he should realise that there are easier sources of mammoth. Then again Rock is probably friend with the Dragonborn who should have warned him about Skyrim giants.
How’d he keep it fresh this long? Or did he time travel back to the last time he ate some? It’s been a few months or weeks or something since he and Jones last ate it in comic, but if they used time travel it would only be an hour or so from the mammoth’s perspective.
Damn! I guess mammoth doesn’t rot easily. Over five years sitting and still considered edible? I think I should buy some then, I’m sick of things spoiling.
Or did time travel screw stuff up and that mammoth is actually from 2012, and Commander just stole it after past Commander and Jonsey ate their fill.
Jokes aside, that not how it works. “Essential” personnel will still be expected to show up and work.
So military and law enforcement are still on the job. And there are provisions already in place to pay the former at least, so McConnell’s little stunt was basically political grandstanding.
Now, if you needed to go down to your local USDA office to get a grain loan, you’d be fucked for duration.
I now want to see the space future’s extinct animal ranch. Also, if they have time travel, why did they genetically alter that one T-rex with parrot DNA? Just pick up some eggs and do some fathering or mothering to what comes out. Or give them to Jared, he’s good with eggs…
Can someone explain how the American government can just…stop? Like I feel this should be a biger deal but most Americans, from I’ve seen, aren’t as horrifed as I would’ve thought?
You know, I just had a thought that with such simple time travel technology, you would never waste food: if you forgot about something in the fridge or just had too much mammoth to eat on your own right now, then just jump back from the future for fresh cuts. Just don’t crowd the place with all the copies of yourself. ;)
Ground mammoth chuck sounds like it would make some killer S.O.S..
Mix in some chorizo, a smattering of bacon, and use the dripfat for a good country gravy and throw that onto some Texas toast and you’ve got breakfast. Side with scrambled emu eggs at your own discretion.
There seem to be three types of comments for today’s comic: 1. Mammoth sounds tasty; 2. Time travel stuff; and 3. Political fighting about the government shutdown.
Me: Wasn’t that story arc over a year ago? No way that Mammoth is still good, time travel magic or not. What does the agency smell like with that thing rotting into the floor?
No, see, the mammoth is still fresh, it’s been parceled out already in the past by future Commanders travelling back in time to the moment of optimal mammoth freshness to claim some of the mammoth meat.
Uh uh. That’s the whole carcass of the mammoth. We see the rear left leg in the first panel. Then there’s the ribs and him cutting up what’s probably the front left leg, in the third panel. If he was getting it from when it was killed, he’d be popping into present with already prepared packages in his arms (and probably not in his gimp suit). Why pull the whole thing through when you can just butcher it when it was?
I just finished getting all the achievements in the three Dark Souls games and was thinking on how neat it’d be to see one of the characters in your comic, but then I realised that all the ones that people like and that have voice lines are all fairly well adjusted and aren’t all that muscular.
Is an already extinct animal protected under the Endangered Species Act? Or is the the purview of the Food and Drug Administration? The United States Department of Agriculture? The Illuminati?!?
I think they may defer to Timecop for this.
Or the TSAB.
They don’t have jurisdiction on Earth.
I thought they did when it comes to magical threats. Hence why they went after the Jewel Seeds and the Book of Darkness. Or was that just because TSAB citizens wound up being involved?
I don’t think the sale of potentially illegal meat products falls under “magical threat”. You’d want the FDA for that.
FDA response will be that he has to stamp “According to the FDA mammoth is not a food” on every package.
I love this
I don’t think we ever found out whether or not the TSAB has any contacts with Earth governments.
Well both of those were Catastrophic in scale. Not sure if I remember right but Jewel Seeds would mess up not only Earth but a chunk of space too. Also the one who was responsible for them being there in the first place (Yuuno) informed TSAB of the problem I think.
As for Book of Darkness… they were hunting it for a LONG time and they know just how insanely dangerous it is.
Unless they know he went through time to hunt it down it might in fact be the CDC.
I’m going to guess by the fact that people have actually taken well-preserve mammoth meat out of permafrost, eaten it, and lived, that it’s entirely safe as long as you keep it frozen.
You got me really curious about this… Shipping of non-standard foodstuff across State Lines is the kind of thing you might EXPECT there to be laws or FDA regulations against, but on the other hand, speculative legislation that might crimp some budding Gourmet Roadkill Chef from exploiting a fad diet is exactly the kind of “Big Government Bad!” legislation that commited Small Government advocates should be shooting down as Federal Overreach.
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On the other hand, if the Agricultural Monopolies have complete control of the pro-buisness lobby, there might be regulation like this for the specific purpose of strangling potential rivals, so it could go both ways.
@James
Plus, due to the weird, ideological incest that happens in a two-party system, both of those factions are (supposedly) represented by the same party.
Worse, they’re both represented by *both* parties.
Nah… there are *some* fundamamental diferences between the parties, and one of them is a weary acceptance that in the mind of the public one party is the champion of Free Enterprise and the other is the mortal enemy of the Small Businessman. The irony being of course that this lets the supposed champion of business screw the small businesses left right and center without consequence
Ideologically, I expect “Nanny State” policies to be the default, and only fear of being the enemy of the budding roadkill entrepreneur to rein that in. I’m not normally particularly opposed to sensible regulation of business, but I have in the past been pretty stunned by lawmakers who think they can see the future well enough to legislate on industries that don’t *exist* yet.
#RankedChoiceVoting
Mammoth is legal to sell, but due to people passing off normal elephants as mammoths most major online retailers (like ebay, etsy, and good shopping) ban mammoth products as well.
Which apropos of nothing, reminds me how the Kruger Park used to sell tinned elephant in the park shops (from culled elephants (before they stated using contraceptive darts)) until it was pointed out that a conservation agency selling any elephant product kinda went the whole ban in ivory trade.
Two pieces of tape on your packages of meat? Laaaaaaaazy.
Source: some dude who works at a meat counter.
This is Navy TIALS-grade future tape, son. If anything he’s being too generous.
Well, exactly. When you’re a pro and not doing a lazy wrap, you only need ONE piece of tape. A small one. Traditionally a little sticker with the weight/price on it. Source: I used to work in a deli.
It could be space tape, but he’s really only need that if someone on the Moon ordered it.
You -are- aware that our planet -is- in space, right? XD
No no, space tape is an actual thing. It was designed for use by astronauts as regular tape doesn’t work well at all in vacuum conditions. The stuff is like duct tape on steroids.
It’s not actually much stronger it just doesn’t need oxygen for the glue to set.
If there’s one thing that helps lift my spirits when the government shuts down, it’s Commander badass making fun of the situation while ensuring the guys he works with will still listen to him by being Post-Apocalyptic as all get out. That, right there is a man I would follow in a vehicle over the desert with my blood-brothers in cultish glee.
We’re witnessing you.
I will ride into Valhalla, shiny and chrome!!
I’m pretty sure if the Mad Max apocalypse ever came, I’d join the crazy brigade too. I’d fit right in as I’d have gone mad from lack of internet and diet cola.
yeah, the apocalypse is definitely getting closer – just a feeling. I just put up a 6 foot fence around my place, that should do it.
I’m not from US so I don’t really know much about how it all works but does the shut-down work on Federal level, like, the Federal services are down but State-level services are on or is everything down including state-level police?
Nah, I think if that were the case, we’d already hear about the plundering and all those other signs of chaos and apocalypse… unless the news broke down too, of course. (note: I’m also not from the US)
Don’t listen to this guys, this is 100% The Purge over here, right now. I’m typing this from a computer I stole from a family I ate.
Well, you could have eaten the computer and stolen the family.
Yeah right, and risk having to swallow Norton Antivirus disks again? No way in hell.
By no means an expert but from my understanding many government services like the military are still functional, but it may affect when they next get paid, including war widows.
Politicians normally still get their pay from my understanding even though the shut down is them not doing their jobs.
I’m in Australia where we only had one shut down and the end result was the governor general who represents the queen fired the current PM and then after the budget was finally passed everyone else too, which was pretty awesome since we haven’t had one since. Shame the US doesn’t have a recourse to fire everyone like that, sure it means a lot of reelections but it provides a good lesson.
This. Basically, “essential” employees are still having to work, while having their pay withheld. (Though they’re always compensated with back pay, although that sometimes screws them on their taxes, but that’s an entirely different topic.)
Essentially, government workers and the military are doing their jobs without being paid for it. Meanwhile, congress is still getting paid, for not doing their jobs.
I’m mostly joking about it but once in a while I ask the question “So when will the Americans do their revolution because they seem to be in need of one”
Shh they’re watching us.
Only when our political masters tell us it’s okay.
Well, things aren’t great right now. Things have been the worst in a long time for a little over a year, but we do like out cities *not* bombed into rubble.
Despite the alarming number of armed militias who don’t really recognize the authority of the federal government, we usually manage to talk out our differences without blowing up each others houses over here.
We like to think it’s important to keep it that way, and we typically try to spread that peace and stability for other peoples to enjoy, even though it is one of the root causes of our economic advantages.
Which is a very sensible thing to do of course. Buuuut it can only get you so far when the government/corporate side is Not listening. I really hope you will never find yourself in such a situation of course but government not giving a damn about the people is what started the French and Russian revolutions.
I give it about a year and a half.
While there is always that chance that things will escalate to that kind of violence, it’s naive to think that sitting back and hoping for the best will result in anything better. Revolution does not always mean war. Revolt by not buying from/paying companies that support what you believe is wrong. Revolt by standing up for what’s right. Every little thing counts, especially if a lot of people are participating. You don’t have to take up arms to make a difference.
What the fuck…
It’s a side effect of one of our constitutional ammendments. Basically, Congressional pay changes cannot take effect within the same year that they are voted on. This was meant to prevent Congress from constantly voting itself a pay raise. But it has some unfortunate wording that shields them from losing pay over a shutdown.
Anyways, government workers have historical received back pay after the shutdown ends. But now we have the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McTurtle shooting down guarantees to pay the military because, y’know, that’s a wise decision.
Withholding pay from a lot of people with guns can’t possibly go wrong.
Yesssss, revolution time! Raise up comrades!
Most soldiers are patriots, so it’s alright for short periods of time. Kinda like holding your breath.
Some “essential” government contractors are working, too, like me, but the company I work for has already gotten their money from the government, and the part of the government we work for actually collects money (Customs), so we keep working. I’d rather work than use vacation, it just means there won’t be the typical DC traffic today.
Not really. Essential personnel still get paid (my wife’s a civilian DoD engineer, and on that list, but there are a couple of secondary-level things that have been taken off her calendar). DoD, VA, Justice, SS, DHS aren’t going to be too affected in the short term. The White House staff is largely staying home today. The current administration knows that closing the national monuments will simply piss off its own base voters, so the monuments are all open.
I did politics for over a decade, so I can say this with some confidence: calling all of this stuff ‘Kabuki theater’ is a killing insult to Kabuki theater.
Can you explain the Kabuki Theater thing?
Kabuki is traditional Japanese theater with a strong flair for showmanship and typically does dramas.
And it’s where we got ninja from (well, the ones in the black pyjama’s anyway)
Amusingly, along with being an advertising billboard for prostitutes in the Meiji Era, Kabuki was once a very political form of entertainment with subjects torn straight from the day’s political and celebrity gossip.
It’s modern fixed traditional form is a product of post war Japan.
No,dear. Essential personnel go to work and don’t get paid. Usually they retroactively pay them, but it is up for a vote and doesn’t help if your car was repossessed in the meanwhile. I’m not essential, I’m employed by a Working Capital Fund that isn’t funded through the appropriations process, so we work til we run out of our own money.
I should note that when my wife read this she then — as was her wont — gently but firmly corrected me on getting ‘essential status’ for the DoD quite wrong. Listen to her, not to me. :)
This whole shutdown would be a lot more fun if everyone dressed like that while it lasted.
Well not everyone but sexy people like Rock are welcome to dress skimpy and kinky.
In fact everyone is welcomed to dress however Goddamn kinky and skimpy as they want to, and if someone is ugly or repulsive to you, just carry on and rest assured that *someone* finds them sexy.
Good point. I stand corrected.
In fact he doesn’t need to wear anything if he doesn’t want to… not like the government will stop him.
I could do a mean roadhog XD
Pros and Cons of having time powers; You never have to worry about your food going to waste, or your favorite restaurant closing.
On the other hand, you can never be certain when one of your future selves has been raiding your fridge because they didn’t (won’t) feel like going to the store.
You made me realize something horrible… having a rivalry with your other-time selves, fighting with your other self or selves over various stuff across time…
I think this is even worse than Stable Time Loops…
We already have that. “Fuck future me, now-me wants this donut”
This right here lol
This would be an amusing setup for a comic.
Paradox Girl
Depends, during time travel, is there more than one of you in a location? Or do you sort of send past/present mind to present body?
You guys seem to be forgetting the “Coffee Incident.”
It *was* the thing that finally convinced Jones that the whole time-travel thing wasn’t Rock BS-ing her.
We’ve seen Rock come back in time to beat his earlier self up and steal his coffee, and then be mad enough after the fight to go back in time to beat his earlier self up and steal his coffee.
“Yeah, maybe the government will stop me.”
L O V E I T
Hah !
Love this. So much. This is the kind of comic T-shirts and posters are made from.
It’s perfect. I can hear his voice in my head when he says that last line.
Science can catch its own mammoth, while the free market just buys someone elses.
Are you guys trying to turn it off and on again?
That…That’s not Snuffleupagus is it?
That was my thought, too!
Does mammoth tastes like beef or pork?
Obviously it tastes just like chicken, the same as everything else.
I suspect it tastes like Elephant.
It tastes alot like modern pachyderm.
I never thought I’d be an active reader when another shutdown comic happened. What a lovely day.
Heh, my girlfriend made a similar joke to me when the shutdown started.
“Shutdown time, let’s commit a bunch of crimes!
… but only federal ones! We need to make sure these crimes cross as many state lines as possible!”
Federal court system is still active. Source? I’m still standing jury duty.
Dammit America, get your shit together.
I think this IS america getting their shit together.
You mean the #Schumershutdown? Seems to me it’s more like his stupidity is making people get their shit together and stop voting for him XD
Though then again, CNN said I’m likely a Russian not, so take everything that I say with a grain of salt ;p
You mean the #TrumpShutdown because Trump basically said no to two bipartisan bills that would have given him his wall and DACA+CHIP would have been funded and extended. But no, he had a little racist shitfit and decided to shut everything down, as he had promised months ago, all so Repubs can hold Dreamers and children’s health hostage.
The deal was for funding, but the Dems decided to add DACA all of a sudden, to give citizenship to illegal aliens because they broke the law and entered. They know that without handout voters they will lose, as nobody sane will vote for them anymore. Especially once the memo comes out.
And tell me, if Trump was the one causing the shutdown, why did the Dems just cave in and agree to stop their shutdown? :)
Just saying.
The Republicans have controlled the Executive branch and both houses of the Legislative branch for over a year.
They have known for this entire time that they need 60 votes to pass a funding bill. They could have introduced and passed a funding bill anytime in the previous year.
Hell, they didn’t even need 60 votes. If the really wanted to avoid the shutdown they could have changed Senate rules to get rid of the 60 vote requirement.
That’s why this shutdown is on the Republicans. They control the damned government. That’s why Trump, McConnel, and Ryan are responsible for the shutdown. They are the party in power and if they don’t start acting like it they are going to get kicked out the door in 2018.
And yet, the Democrats admitted they caved in, which is confirmed even by crazy Jim Acosta from CNN. They all admitted it was the Democrats who ‘caved in’. Meaning the shutdown was absolutely their doing, not that of Trump.
We still live in a democracy, meaning that even a corrupt party like the Democrats is allowed influence.
Next time, please look at alternative sources instead of following fake news :-)
Huh…so just for clarification, you believe that the Republican party is not a corrupt party?
Oh I very much know that. Many Rhinos like McCain.
That is why Trump did so well, he is not part of the establishment. Hence why the corrupt media demonizes him so.
That said, the Republicans are the least corrupted by the looks of things. They at least care about their own people instead of potential future voting illegal aliens.
If youve been following the political shits how, you’ll se the number of Rinos has grown increasingly since the election. Basically. Anyone who doesn’t low tow to Trump. Which is a problem, as McConnell himself cited the presidents unclear stance on DACA as part of the problem. Flipping on a clean bill after stating he’d sign it.
Or anyone who doesn’t put illegal aliens before their own citizens.
I’m from Europe, and you guys dodged a bullet by electing Trump. We have violent and sexist Muslims everywhere, but the moment you point that out our “feminist” governments will arrest you for “hate speech”. Women’s well being is just a small price to pay for the Kalergi plan after all.
Not going to start a political debate here, but lemme fact-check a couple of your claims about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals:
1. DACA does NOT “give citizenship to illegal aliens.” It defers (postpones) their deportation for two years (that’s the DA part of the acronym) and allows them to apply for work permits. USCIS specifically says that deferral does not equal legalization.
2. DACA recipients were children when they “broke the law and entered” as you put it (that’s the CA part of the acronym). The requirement is under 16, but a recent survey says the average age of arrival was around 6 years old.
(I’m happy to share links to more info if anyone is interested. Most of this comes from US Citizenship & Immigration Services webpage.)
1) The Democrats are pushing for citizenship though, as they have admitted in the past. And also, there are many LEGAL immigrants. Why do those that break the law get a fair head start?
If I illegally go to Mexico I get 2 years in prison followed by immediate deportation. 10 years if I try again. Those are the facts as well.
2) They aren’t children now, AND they could have tried to go through the legal processes ages ago. They didn’t, because then they would lose s ton of benefits that legal immigrants and most law abiding Americans don’t receive.
Maybe we should stop rewarding criminal behavior?
A large number of DREAMers have repeatedly tried to apply for legal status and have been taken advantage of. I know one personally who was screwed over by two different lawyers and was scammed out of thousands of dollars. Maybe actually read the text of the act before spouting off.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/952/text
That still doesn’t mean many haven’t. Good on your friend for doing that, but don’t forget that the blame lies with her parents for forcing themselves within another country. Why should she get to cut in front of the line of legal immigrants?
If they had tried this with Mexico, then they would have gotten 2 years prison and immediate deportation.
The Republicans are in control of the house, the senate, and the presidency: your government shut down because the Republicans wanted it that way. The Democrats have no political power and this is somehow their fault?
“Control” simply means a majority, and you realize that 51 seats out of 100 is considered a majority when they need over 70 votes to pass things. Thus, “control” is a misnomer unless they have enough seats to where they can basically pass everything even if the other party says no. So, in fact, they do NOT have “control” they simply have majority and their party has the head seat/chair of the house and senate. Thea head of the senate and the head of the house honestly don’t have nearly as much power as people think.
A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the President is weak
– Donald Trump, 2013
Well HIS shutdown ended immediately after :-)
But you conveniently left that out ;p The Democrats still had influence, but immediately caved:
https://m.imgur.com/a/SNkCm
ASDF was quoting something Donald Trump said. It’s a bit odd to say he conveniently left something out that was not at all part of the quote. If the quote included Mr. Trump talking about how he also ended a government shutdown, and that was not included in the cited quote, that would make sense.
Semantics yes, but just what came to mind.
Oh I know that, also it doesn’t matter as the shutdown only lasted a few days thanks to him calling their bluff. That quote is meaningless, and you know it.
Trump at least fixed Obama’s failing legacy (crippled economy, ISIS which was strengthened by the “moderate rebels” which Obama armed). Stop demonizing him because he isn’t “part of your tribe”.
American politics in a nutshell:
*Someone does a thing*
>That someone is part of the party I like
“It is a commendable action to be praised!”
> That someone is part of the other party
“This is a vile act maliciously done with the sole goal of destroying America!”
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“I DARE THEM.” as a government wake up call? That actually made me laugh. I also like how Jones “has seen this one already”. Spiky gimp suit? Yup, been there.
Is this the same mammoth he promised Jones for the whole Nomura Syndrome debacle?
LOL I was wondering if it was the leftovers, cause we did see them eating it. I remember because everyone started talking about the mammoths of Skyrim.
Time travel means never having to worry about leftovers going bad. :-)
I doubt that Rock got the mammoth from Skyrim. After being golfed into orbit he should realise that there are easier sources of mammoth. Then again Rock is probably friend with the Dragonborn who should have warned him about Skyrim giants.
How’d he keep it fresh this long? Or did he time travel back to the last time he ate some? It’s been a few months or weeks or something since he and Jones last ate it in comic, but if they used time travel it would only be an hour or so from the mammoth’s perspective.
Ok… I just binge-read all the comics, and I have to ask…
Is it the same mammoth from The Gackt/Nomura virus storyline , or did he simply hunt another one?
Same mammoth
Damn! I guess mammoth doesn’t rot easily. Over five years sitting and still considered edible? I think I should buy some then, I’m sick of things spoiling.
Or did time travel screw stuff up and that mammoth is actually from 2012, and Commander just stole it after past Commander and Jonsey ate their fill.
Pretty sure even 2012 B is cool with himself repeatedly hopping back to that point in time so that all that mammoth doesn’t go to waste.
Saw that coming. Always fun to see Gimp!Commander.
Jokes aside, that not how it works. “Essential” personnel will still be expected to show up and work.
So military and law enforcement are still on the job. And there are provisions already in place to pay the former at least, so McConnell’s little stunt was basically political grandstanding.
Now, if you needed to go down to your local USDA office to get a grain loan, you’d be fucked for duration.
I now want to see the space future’s extinct animal ranch. Also, if they have time travel, why did they genetically alter that one T-rex with parrot DNA? Just pick up some eggs and do some fathering or mothering to what comes out. Or give them to Jared, he’s good with eggs…
I love how you can see the sass in his body posture. You don’t even have to see his face to know, and that’s amazing 👏
Can someone explain how the American government can just…stop? Like I feel this should be a biger deal but most Americans, from I’ve seen, aren’t as horrifed as I would’ve thought?
For real though chopping up a mammoth with that cleaver is pretty metal
If that white ring is bone, how come it flops so easily?
Looks like science finally got their own damn Mammoth
You know, I just had a thought that with such simple time travel technology, you would never waste food: if you forgot about something in the fridge or just had too much mammoth to eat on your own right now, then just jump back from the future for fresh cuts. Just don’t crowd the place with all the copies of yourself. ;)
Ground mammoth chuck sounds like it would make some killer S.O.S..
Mix in some chorizo, a smattering of bacon, and use the dripfat for a good country gravy and throw that onto some Texas toast and you’ve got breakfast. Side with scrambled emu eggs at your own discretion.
There seem to be three types of comments for today’s comic: 1. Mammoth sounds tasty; 2. Time travel stuff; and 3. Political fighting about the government shutdown.
Me: Wasn’t that story arc over a year ago? No way that Mammoth is still good, time travel magic or not. What does the agency smell like with that thing rotting into the floor?
No, see, the mammoth is still fresh, it’s been parceled out already in the past by future Commanders travelling back in time to the moment of optimal mammoth freshness to claim some of the mammoth meat.
Uh uh. That’s the whole carcass of the mammoth. We see the rear left leg in the first panel. Then there’s the ribs and him cutting up what’s probably the front left leg, in the third panel. If he was getting it from when it was killed, he’d be popping into present with already prepared packages in his arms (and probably not in his gimp suit). Why pull the whole thing through when you can just butcher it when it was?
I just finished getting all the achievements in the three Dark Souls games and was thinking on how neat it’d be to see one of the characters in your comic, but then I realised that all the ones that people like and that have voice lines are all fairly well adjusted and aren’t all that muscular.
That last panel slayed me.