Why Americans Think Obama Is Muslim (I think it’s because we’re stupid and lazy)
newsweek: New research says it might have something to do with “motivational reasoning.” “People completely ignore contrary information” and “develop elaborate rationalizations based on faulty...
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Underpaid Genius: Why We Can’t Prepare For Disasters: Lack Of Imagination underpaidgenius: We are politically and psychologically unable to prepare for disasters, like floods, earthquakes, and...
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**UPDATED AGAIN *UPDATED writer-a: I’M SO THERE. Yeah, I think we may need to hold a mini-fund-raiser to get Jay and Kay down to DC for this. *UPDATE: Oh and this occurred to me while reblogging this...
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Tea baggers? Walmart? Warren Buffett? Get a life. Look no furthur than your mirror for the answer to today’s america. Also look around the world and see the people rising up in defense of their future....
View Article… Many feel the situation has reached crisis proportions. In the academic...
… Many feel the situation has reached crisis proportions. In the academic world, critics have begun to argue that universities are producing and distributing more knowledge than we can actually use. In...
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USA.gov: Happy Columbus Day! thepete: Um, “Happy”? Really?
USA.gov: Happy Columbus Day! thepete: Um, “Happy”? Really? falconieri: usagov: Every year, on the second Monday of October, the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas....
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Ballpoint Adventures for January 20, 2006: Smart Water isn’t helping...
When are we going to wake up and realize Smart Water isn’t going to make us smart enough to realize that a war on terror isn’t going to keep us safe?
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Ballpoint Adventures for January 22, 2006: Billy Illustrates and advantage of...
Stick-figure humor!! HA!
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Ballpoint Adventures for January 23, 2006: Barbie is super scared of...
Ah, fear! Never fails to help disappoint me in my fellow human.
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Ballpoint Adventures for January 26, 2006: The More Time Billy Spends Alone…
This is not at all autobiographical. No. It isn’t. You suck for even thinking it. GAH! I hate PEOPLE!
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Ballpoint Adventures for 6/21/12: VAGINA!
The one thing I miss by not watching TV news is the silly way this story is being covered. This is how I decided to cover “Vaginagate” with Ballpoint Adventures.
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Ballpoint Adventures for 6/22/12: Billy is Down About Life
Who’d have thought someone like Billy could be depressed about the state of things? Usually, he’d just take an ax to someone and feel better, but that’s just not working anymore…
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Ballpoint Adventures for 6/23/12: Billy is Still Down About the State of Things
Billy’s still down about how bad things have gotten. And now even Barbie can’t help him…
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Ballpoint Adventures for June 24, 2012: You know things are bad when…
It just hit me that I’ve been drawing Ballpoint Adventures, off and on, for 14 years. That’s hundreds of strips. I should put them in a book or something!
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 18, 2006: Barbie has had enough “divine” sex...
Sorry for the break in posting classic BPA strips–read the last few leading up to this one here: thepete.com/tag/ballpoint-adventures/ The gist of it is that Billy convinced Barbie he was God so he...
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Ballpoint Adventures for June 25, 2012: So much has happened since Ballpoint...
It’s kind of bizarre to think about how incredibly much the world has changed in the list decade-and-a-half. Lots of good changes, too. But the world, at least here in America, is definitely worse...
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 19, 2006: There’s still plenty for Barbie to...
FDR was right–be afraid of fear, first… or else you might find yourself performing oral sex on someone who claims to be keeping you safe.
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 20, 2006: BALLPOINT NUDITY!
Every time I stop and think “will this offend someone?” I then realize that if anyone is offended by naked stick-figures, they’ve got bigger problems…
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Ballpoint Adventures for June 27, 2012: What will the #NYTimes Endorse Next?...
Yes, our economy isn’t getting better (though people we really shouldn’t trust are sure it’s not getting worse). Now the NYT wants to preemptively blame the Fed and the EU’s central bank for things...
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 21, 2006: Barbie wants to know…
The one drag about going back through these strips is that it reminds me of how afraid we were of a bunch of guys in the desert. Sad some of us still are afraid of them. Even more sad that President...
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Ballpoint Adventures for June 28, 2012: Barbie asks an important question...
Of course, this is a question I’d like to know the answer to, as well. It’s fun to see all the asses in the air thanks to so many people with their head in the sand.
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 22, 2006: Live on your knees or…?
Too many people would rather live on their knees than face death standing up. As if it’s even death we’re facing by not being afraid of terrorists. Statistically, you’re MUCH less likely to get killed...
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Ballpoint Adventures for June 29, 2012: Barbie gets a little questioning with...
…yeah… we’re in trouble, folks…
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 23, 2006: Barbie still doesn’t get why Billy’s...
Now that Al Qeada seems to be much less of a concern than gay marriage, women’s health, immigration and the economy, I have to admit I am a happier person. There’s still no reason to be afraid of gays...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 2, 2012: Billy meets someone who isn’t from...
I don’t think I’ve had aliens in BPA before, have I? Well, regardless, this gray will be around for a bit!
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 24, 2006: Billy enjoys Barbie’s joke about Al...
It is pretty silly, when you think about it–I mean–the USSR had almost as many nukes as we did and there was no Patriot Act in the 1980s. And now we’re supposed to be afraid of a handful of guys in...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 3, 2012: Billy and the Alien: Day 2
Turns out I did an alien storyline back in 2006–whoops! Well, when you’ve been drawing a comic strip for 14 years, you’re gonna forget stuff. That’s OK, I’ll be saying some different things this time...
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 25, 2006: Billy still enjoys Barbie’s joke...
It’s such a silly thing to be afraid of. Sure–we should definitely stop terrorists and I don’t want anyone to be killed by terrorists, but for Americans to be scared of terrorists? I’m sounding like a...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 4, 2012: Billy and the Alien Day #3
I took a look at the alien storyline I did back in 2006 and I’m already staying away from it. Back then it was about humans not really being scared of unimpressive aliens. But this time, it’s Billy...
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 26, 2006 Yes, Billy is still laughing at...
What else is there to say? Statistically, we are way more likely to be killed by a car, than killed by a terrorist. This has ALWAYS been the statistic since before 911, even. Why, then, are so many...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 5, 2012: Billy finally lets Mr. Alien explain...
It’s true, we do like to be afraid. It’s our “go to” emotion, I think.
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 27, 2006: Billy finally concedes to Barbie…...
When I was growing up during the Cold War, it was as black and white a world as it is now–where there was good and evil and we were the good guys and blahblahblah. The difference is that back then, we...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 6, 2012: Billy realizes the good Mr. Alien can do!
I swear this is what’s going to happen–aliens are going to suddenly be discovered and the Republicans will spin the story so that they’re our new enemies.
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 28, 2006: Barbie asks a very important...
This reminds me, I did do aliens before. Last Monday I started a new storyline with an alien forgetting about the next few strips. Ah well… at least Billy is (and I am, too) done with preaching about...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 9, 2012: Mr. Alien explains just how he’ll...
You rarely hear about Saddam switching to the Euro, but it happened–right in the middle of the mess with the Bush/Gore “election.” Yeah, that’s why we didn’t notice. Oops.
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 10, 2012: Billy wonders one thing about Mr. Alien…
I think either women or aliens should definitely take over this planet. Either group can’t do much worse than the Earth’s current “leaders”.
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 30, 2006: Billy knows what kind of alien tech...
I think average American’s imagination is pretty stunted and it wouldn’t surprise me if a cool game system would be the best the average American could come up if asked what they’d like to see aliens...
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Ballpoint Adventures for July 11, 2012: Mr. Alien describes what America will...
Not sure what I can add to this one! I guess it’s my fantasy to see aliens arrive and give us my idea of utopia. :) We sure won’t get there on our own!
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Ballpoint Adventures for March 31, 2006: Barbie gets her wish!
I still don’t know how to spell “ax”. Is it “ax” or “axe”? **Please don’t mistake this alien for the alien in the current storyline in new Ballpoint Adventures comics–check the date to keep your...
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 4, 2006: Billy looks a gift Xbox in the mouth.
This is what I’d do to an Xbox if an alien gave one to me.
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 5, 2006: Billy and Barbie discover the catch...
Some aliens are patient, I guess!
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 6, 2006: Billy and Barbie are too smart to be...
Like terrorists with no resources, aliens that are millions of years away just aren’t much of a threat.
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 7, 2006: Billy and Barbie find something else...
I wrote this back when Obama was first being talked about as a possible future presidential candidate. I loved how subtextual politicians and reporters became with their racism. This is what I was...
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 8, 2006: Billy and Barbie talk about “the other”
In 2006 the idea of a president with an African name was pretty unbelievable even to progressives. How far we’ve come… seriously. I’m not even being sarcastic!
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 9, 2006: Barbie Asks Bulah Why White Folks are...
It’s a mystery to me why people let skin color determine their fear-level. For me it’s more about what kind of neighborhood you’re in. Any ethnicity can be scary in the right neighborhood–black,...
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 10, 2006: Barbie experiences real fear.
Lots of folks *think* they’re progressive.
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Ballpoint Adventures for April 11, 2006: Maybe Barbie is Really Progressive...
As a white guy I’ve gotten messed with by non-whites over the years–less so these days but when I was a kid and even in college, people assumed I was easily frightened by “the other”. In some cases I...
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