So my girlfriend and I watched a political documentary for date night tonight, “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party”.
I didn’t care for it, but not because of the subject matter. To be honest I don’t have enough familiarity or knowledge of political history to debate the points the movie brought up, and my take-away from the move’s subject of discussion is that I feel motivated to go research some of Dinesh D’Souza’s points a bit to see what holds water and what’s being misrepresented. It was an extremely biased piece, and I don’t trust it’s objectivity very much at all.
I disliked it for being unrelentingly hyperbolic in style, arm-twistingly manipulative and pandering, and blatantly cartoonish in it’s blunt portrayal. You could have exchanged Republican and Democrat for Autobot and Decepticon and gotten the same level of tactful nuance.
The movie gave me food for thought and some motivation to research and learn, but I also feel like I stepped into somebody’s philosophical echo chamber and got barraged by nonsense.
Anyway, enjoy your Monday Selkie and be kind in the comments section, folks.
So ya gonna just grunt all evening and look constipated? XD
Hey, I posted a question directed at you (though in my initial post asking, I didn’t use your name, just used a reply to you in specific) that you can answer, or obviously not if you’d rather, in the previous comic.
On topic, I wonder what happened between the “one thing we gotta talk about” panel and the final one to get her to this place in such a mood. I imagine we shall soon find out.
How about not and we just please enjoy the comic?
I have yet a better question for you LadyObvious, well two. Crunchy or Creamy peanut butter? And of course the age old question with Cheetos, Crunchy or Puffs? I just wished they’d do the sharp cheddar ones again.
Ok, it’s not serious questions, but after the past strip, I think a little levity is in order.
Crunchy peanut butter and Cheetos Puffs. :3
We will agree to disagree on the Cheetos then. 😛
Eyup. ? lol
And to answer my own question, crunchy peanut butter. Cheetos has already been answered.
Peanut butter is evil, no one should eat it, it should be wiped from the face of the Earth.
Crunchy Cheetos of course!
Peanut butter is food from the Divine! I will agree on the crunchy, though.
Are you, perhaps, allergic?
I generally feel that way about shellfish… evil shrimp in particular. Darn sneaky ocean bugs, unexpectedly sneaking into my food!
Indeed, although my allergy is mild, peanuts taste and smell vile to me. Really its fascinating how that works since clearly many MANY people enjoy the taste. But to me they will always be Satan’s food, the worst creation on earth.
Meanwhile I LOVE shellfish, but can appreciate your animosity towards them 100% 🙂
ohh i would have to say Smooth Peanut Butter, so gooood, and Cheetos Puffs
Blasphemer!
Crunchy peanut butter, mmm! I never eat Cheetos anymore (too salty for me now), but for those who do, a life-hack: use chopsticks, it keeps the orange stuff off your fingers.
It appears to me that “the talk” went something like this.
“She’s your sister. You might not like that, but you need to accept it. And you need to quit busting on her all the time. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.”
Thus the wordless grunts, and Andi’s statement.
Sounds legit..
Completely forgot to say this in the last few strips, but I assumed that since Andi’s head wasn’t completely shown that I take it she has a new haircut/hairstyle. Curious to see what it is. 😀
Judging by how Todd looks. Probably. X3
Yeah. Wonder how different it is! ? From the look on his face it’s probably way different then her usual style. I’m not entirely sure if she went and got a “normal” haircut like a pixie cut or something like that, but I assume that at least she still has a sort of style involving her usual hairdyes. Since she did still have her bangs dyed red and green earlier. Probably wouldn’t do that if she planned on washing it all out and chopping all her hair completely off.
I just want to say that for the topic of redheads with radical hair-do changes, I really appreciate your current Becky avatar. 😀
Hehe, why thank you Dave. ? Yeah as a red-head myself, I always like coming across awesome red-headed characters. I love Becky’s hair, I’d actually like to have mine styled like it some time in the future. Maaaaybe also with some pink streaks or something too.
Totally curious about what Andi’s hair looks like now. Wonder how different it is.
From the little part of her hair we saw in 805, we can see that it’s still not hanging down. Maybe she has a Mohawk type of look now o_O.
Ah yeah I did notice that too. Can’t wait to see what it looks like! Wonder how different it is.
Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
“These candidates make me want to vomit in terror!”
(Well, only one of them this year, but that’s the quote.)
I want Vermin Supreme, but we can’t get guys who wear boots for hats nooooo.
Honestly Vermin Supreme is looking pretty good right now.
I just don’t like choosing the lesser of two evils.
Azathoth 2016!
Vote Saxon
Saw something on Twitter that went “I don’t think we should vote for any candidate in 2016. We need to stay single for a while and find ourselves.”
Richard Pryor’s character in “Brewster’s Millions” i think it was, said it the best: A) trump B) hillary C) NONE Of The Above… for purposes of the movie he couldn’t actually WIN the election, but it had the desired effect… everyone voted C)…
Oh my god Amanda. Just how much of the matter of principle is bullying Selkie for you?
Also, I _love_ Selkie’s reply.
And this right here? Is not Selkie’s problem to deal with or overcome.
Selkie is a member of the household. Amanda is a guest. If she finds herself completely incapable of retaining at least a basic civic tone towards her hosts, she should either state her grievances or leave.
“she should either state her grievances or leave”
yeah, let’s skim past the fact that she is a little girl and is being forced to behave in a way that she is not used to she should totally leave her mom dad and stepsister in the living room because she doesn’t want to talk…
family matters and no one should be made to leave, and she keeping the attitude instead of calling Selkie fishface is preferable.
Pretty much, first priority is to have Amanda stop treating Selkie like crap, period, even if under duress or it makes her grumpy.
Of course ideally she’d realize why she shouldn’t treat her badly and stop because she decides she wants to, but that’s a secondary priority compared to just stoping the unwanted behavior first.
Oh boo hoo. Look at the poor little girl being forced – forced into treating another girl like a decent human being. Will the tyranny of our elders never end?
And no, keeping the attitude is not actually preferable. Passive aggression is still aggression. But at least it means Andi put her foot down, so that’s progress I suppose.
Hahaha! Well, baby steps. And for Selkie, I expect an enemy gagged and frustrated and grouchy is a whole lot better than an enemy pushing her off the couch.
“forced to behave in a way that she is not used to” = forced to stop bullying someone she’s used to, you mean???
excuse me for withholding my sympathy 0.o
Dinesh D’Souza is one of those people who, if they said the sky was blue, I’d have to go outside and check.
And his usual attitude makes Amanda’s current hissy fit look positively statesmanesque in comparison.
You’re being kind. D’Souza has been at this awhile, and his bias is clearly marked in two-foot-high red neon letters.
Hillary’s America has been in the theatre for awhile and I have yet to see any advertising or reviews.
Lucky you. I’ve seen youtube ads for it, and it starts off with the KKK riding. Yes, the Democrats were members of the KKK… until Nixon implemented the “Southern Strategy” in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of ’64 (which Southern Democrats voted against, but Northern ones voted for). After that point, the parties swapped in regards to social issues.
So you made me google that movie, and I found a plot summary. Ewww.
It had a plot? 😉
Well, it’s fiction, isn’t it? I didn’t say it had a good plot.
Thank you. I have now mentally replaced all political commercials with Transformers characters. The election season has become infinitaly better for me 😀
My opponents Megatron and Gravitron make many statements about my qualifications to lead. Megatron claims that I am that blasted Optimus Prime and Galvatron goes off about killer teddy bears with chainsaws.
I believe there are better ways to go about things. Ways to reduce our energy consumption while increasing Energon. And I can feed the children in Africa with the Matrix of Leadership. Vote me! Optimus Prime! Because I turn into a truck!
This message was sponsored by Semi-Trucks for a better tomorow!
Can they all be Wreckers? Or are we going to the crazy pants world of the Lost Light guys. My husband has ruined me. I now know much more about this universe than I ever thought there was to know lol.
Well now I might have to update my xkcd browser filter. At present, the candidates are He Who Must Not Be Named and She Who Must Not Be Named.
Not as fun as my substitution for the leader of North Korea: Cap’n Krazy-Pants.
“Cap’n Krazy-Pants” – I like that.
As for those-who-must-not-be-named, my brother (based on what he said last winter) will be voting Libertarian.
(I won’t be discussing who I will be voting for. I will say that I WILL be voting.)
“You could have exchanged Republican and Democrat for Autobot and Decepticon and gotten the same level of tactful nuance.”
This should be a quote.
Consider this a “vote up”.
Actually I’m finding that Amanda’s posture, expressions, and “HMMPH”s are saying quite a bit. (Love the escalation in the “HMMPH”s, too, btw.)
Once again, we see Amanda’s temper being reigned in. At least she’s obeying her mother now which is a good thing. As to your topic of conversation, I am not sure what makes liberals tick. I cannot grasp why Dinesh D’Souza is being villianized by liberals for telling the truth about Mrs. Clinton. Why so many people refuse to believe she is a power hungry person who knows no boundaries in the areas of ethics or morality is beyond me. But I have to say that Conservatives also fit the same bill. The very nature of power seeking requires a lack of ethics. I recommend that yo take some time to familiarize yourself with the works of Nic. Machiavelli (The Prince) and George Orwell (1984) to get a glimpse of the politics now being played in the USA. Far too many people, and it seems yo might be among them, are not seeing the truth about the Democratic Nominee. Some additional reading might be in order, there have been several good books by former secret service agents describing the Clintons as they truly are. Crisis of Character by Gary J Byrne comes to mind. Yes, this comment is going to open yet another new firestorm on your comment page but being unable to understand the resistance to accept the fact that Clinton, Hillary that is, will say anything to get elected, will manipulate, twist and lie in order to gain power, I have to post this in response to your commentary. Fair is fair. From now on, perhaps it might be best to limit the commentary to the Selkie Online Comic which is excellent as always. And the storm begins . . . now!
There might also be something else at play, here…
Remember that, two strips ago, Amanda wanted to show Todd her new manicure. I think she also wanted to rub it in Selkie’s face that she can’t get a manicure (or pedicure, for that matter) since Selkie doesn’t have “real” fingernails/toenails.
Since she’s been told “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”…well, there goes all her planned fun.
Oh. Yes. Of course. That has to be it.
What is Selkie having for breakfast?
Well it looks like chex mix. But I think that’s a nighttime snack not her breakfast. :3
A bowl of popcorn shrimp. 🙂
With breading?
Popcorn shrimp are awesome.
No! What are you doing? If you actually do research for yourself it defeats the purpose of the hyperbole! Now how are they going to manipulate and control you by inciting fear and hatred and controversy?
(Not that what comes up when you research is any less biased…)
On the politics front- Dinesh D’Souza is a well-known conservative. He supports colonialism and claims it was very good for the colonized people. In spite of being Indian (he is a naturalized American citizen), he very much upholds the White Man’s Burden theory of civilization.
He is also a member of the American Heritage Institute (a conservative thinktank known for, shall we say, suspect analysis of policy and economics) and an author of Christian apologetics books. His piece on Clinton is very suspect and not very accurate at all, and he definitely has ideological reasons for his bias. In fact, I’d take anything D’Souza said with a giant heaping helping of salt.
Politics = bleh
ALL peanut butter/nut butter and ALL cheeto products that aren’t spicy = awesomes:) Much love. But separate. Some things should never be combined… *shudder*
Don’t be dissin’ Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Them’s fightin’ words.
Amanda is seriously just the frigging worst. For her its either a pity party or throwing a complete shit fit and it’s really starting to get old. Really old. Reminds me of a bunch of young cousins I had were I simply wouldn’t be around them they are so toxic.
With the problems they have with her and her toxic behavior with Selkie I’m surprised Todd even wants her over at the house.
She’s 10. A child who was abused by bad people,given up by a Mom who said she was dead and is still working through it. Maybe you shouldn’t be allowed near abused kids ever.
8 actually, but since the comic has been in the same year since it’s beginning I often think they’re 9 or 10 by mistake sometimes…
But yeah, Amanda’s abuse won’t just disappear because now she has a mom and a dad.
While I get why JarMan is surprised Todd wants her at his house… that’s his kid, plain and simple. Todd’s the kind of guy who wants to be there for his kid despite all of the sh*t going on between them all. Given Amanda and Selkie’s past with each other, there’s no way that the transition will have EVER gone smoothly.
Long and short… I agree Amanda still has a lot of things to work through. Not sure if my point came across given how half-asleep I am right now. ^^”’
Nobody’s questioning that Amanda had it rough and needs help, LO.
We *are* saying however that regardless of how she became that way her behavior toward Selkie has been toxic and abusive and Todd shouldn’t be tolerating it. Thankfully, it seems that he and Andi aren’t.
She’s eight, not ten.
You know, I’d really like to know exactly what kind of abuse it was. I mean, seriously.
She could use that trump card all day if she wants, but it’s been clear from other comics she knows her behavior sucks, she just doesn’t appear to care.
At the end of the day everyone is accountable for their own actions, even shitty eight year olds.
To be more specific, I do not generally discuss political views with anyone, however, I do often hear theirs:)
Well then Jade, let me tell you about my political views. I am part of the Aliens taking over the world party. Not mexicans or muslims or anyone we call conventional “aliens” I am talking the ones from Theta Beta Prime. Go Greys!
Their stances are Anal Probes for the ones in congress, and Anal Probes for everyone else. They promise silver mush for the needy, and blowing up the DMV. It’s a party we can all get into. And will when the brainwashing commences.
I’m voting for Chiron Beta Prime. The robots wouldn’t banish us to an asteroid or anything.
Haha:) to the both of yas:) I support your right to “party up”! I personally vote for Frodo, Kermit or John Stewart as often as possible. Or all three! Menage -e -Prez (President)!
I just want to point out that one of the races in our area has a self-proclaimed extraterrestrial, apparently from Phoebe (a moon of Saturn), who is in favor of space colonization. His legal name is Goodspaceguy (that’s not a weird affectation for the ballot, it’s his actual legal name).
I find it somewhat amusing and slightly horrifying that people are getting on the ballot with names that seem more like internet aliases than legal identities. At least Alice Cooper had the decency to pick something that sounds like a person :\
I’d rather vote for Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
I see your from Washington 🙂
I watch American politics and thank Megatron that I’m not American. Then I realise that I’m Australian, and go and cry in my pillow.
Amanda will get there. She’s just got a long, long, loooooooong way to go. And at least now she has both a mum and dad and grandparents and family who actually care about her.
Apparently in South America there’s a country where voting is mandatory. A guy ran on public funds on the platform that he has super powers and might be Superman. (Every candidate must use public funds by law.)
You know, I’ve never heard much about Aussie politics, save that as soon as a politician is elected to office, they put him or her in jail to save time. Does it get pretty crazy over there too?
Well, I mean, we *were* a jail, centuries ago.
Unfortunately both our major parties believe that having a conscience is a bad political move. So refugees, deaths in dentention, poor being demonised, etc, etc. i.e. like U.S. but not as bad.
We have mandatory voting, which I agree with – and I suspect that if the US had it, there would be less problems with buying votes by big business concerns. But I have no basis for this suspicion, so feel free to disagree.
And to be fair to that S.American country – there is a similiar candidate in the UK as well. And I think that maybe if there were a few more silly candidates in N.America and a few less scary ones, the world would be a better place.
Amanda pages are always such a rollercoaster. I know she’s gone through a lot and I know she’s only a kid, but at the same time…JESUS is she a pain in the butt. Andi has the patience of a saint.