Another great cartoon.

The cartoonists are gonna have a field day today.

I love the way you put that, 2naSalit.

“...a complex and holistic form of timekeeping.”

What I know of astrology, that makes quite a lot of sense. I’ve been fascinated by it for years, but never so deeply as to attempt to do charts.

Thanks for the insights. Your sense of trepidation about this new year seems to be well-founded. It’s certainly starting out that way.

On edit - I reread the OP. BOY HOWDY did today (Friday) turn out to be “a very big news day”! Sheesh - it isn’t even noon on the East Coast yet.

Makes sense.

Putin’s involved in some way, too.

With this so-called “pResident,” I would never rule out that Putin’s in there somewhere.

And then he fucking TWEETS about it?!?!

That entire damnable family is one gigantic national security threat!

Indeed.

Sure looks that way.

But if the people looking at it are willfully blind...

Okay, understood. So you VOTE THEM OUT!!! Make sure there’s a price to pay for supporting this lying, cheating, greedy, incompetent asshole!

Yep. That, too! "Battle for the Soul of the Nation".

“Battle for the Soul of the Nation.” And how!!!

That’s about the size of it.

And that is how he hopes to destroy America.

Russia’s biggest adversary. I can imagine him dreaming about this from the time he was operating at the lower levels of the KGB. “What if I could build my country back up? Get those satellite countries back under OUR control again. Knock America down, and OUT, so they’re not a problem for us anymore. Maybe help shape a worldview that they aren’t the good guys anymore and they can no longer be trusted.

I can just see the daydreaming.

So am I. And joyfully so!

That's some smart messaging! "Can WE beat trump?"

It IS on us. Smart pronoun usage lends an air of inclusivity. And it IS on us. We are it. WE are “the deciders.” ALL of us, whose votes can have the last word.