P's Hole
Probably not many of you have heard the tale of Mel's Hole. This guy called Mel Waters supposedly found a bottomless pit on his property, and he did a lot of scientific experiments on the hole such as dropping things down into it. The government gave him some money for the hole area after threatening to "find a drug lab on it," and Mel proceeded to blow the money on drugs. Mel is currently searching for a new bottomless hole.
This leads us to the Hollow Earth theories, one of which was invented by the famous Edmund Halley whose precios little comet you all love so much.
All of this all might be true; I can't be too sure because I'm too distracted by the GOP only wanting to raise the minimum wage if extremely wealthy people are allowed to become slightly richer.
Speaking of money and the distribution of it, the deadline for guaranteed August 17 delivery of Plane-snakes apparel has passed but if you pick one up before Monday and you're domestic you can maaaybe still get it in time.
Have an Xtreme weekend, I'll see you at the Kaiju Big Battel show. Also Coast to Coast's premium service is free this weekend. I would not know about Mel's Hole if it wasn't for Coast to Coast.
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Because I don't want to pack, I added you
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There's also a group called The Davidians (no relation to the Waco Davidians) who think the earth is much like Weedmaster P thinks the center of the earth is. We are actually living inside of a sphere and the sun is in the center of it. They tried doing experiments and everything to prove it too. Unfortunately, as this was a program I saw on the History Channel, no one else seems to have heard of it. I believe they set up shop in Florida at the beginning of the 20th century.
Okay, I'm on crack. It's actually the Koreshan theory, and that's no relation to David Karesh of the whole Waco Davidian thing. Man I need to NOT try to remember History Channel programming when I'm tierd. Anyway, I found a Wiki entry on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth#Concave_hollow_Earths
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreshan_Unity
Peace.
fuckin-a right, wisconsin lawmakers. let's hear it for wisconsin (because of the beer and all).
As an Eastern Washingtonian, let me advise you not to try to make any vacation plans for Ellensburg (the "location" of Mel's Hole). The city's only real interesting feature is that it has the highest number of coffee cafes per capita in the world.
Excellent job on this one, Mr. R. This strip looks fantastic (and is also funny)!
which is not necessarily a bad thing, what with the super rich paying well over 50% of our taxes...
Ha! "p hole"
Actually what's down there is the Machine That Keeps G-d Happy the Republicans dump all the taxpayer money into. Don't complain; the Democrats just want to transfer all our consciousnesses into a giant crystal.
which is not necessarily a bad thing, what with the super rich paying well over 50% of our taxes...
I can't find the link right now but the last time minimum wage was raised was in 97 and since then has Congress has given themselves on average $35,000 more per year. A single mom with 2 kids working 40 hours a week 52 weeks a year is still gonna be $6,000 below the poverty line.
It just ain't fair that they'll only offer to raise minimum wage if they also give a tax cut to the wealthiest 7500 people -- that basically the wealthiest employers need an incentive to treat the people who've made them wealthy with a modicum of common decency.
which is not necessarily a bad thing, what with the super rich paying well over 50% of our taxes...
I can't find the link right now but the last time minimum wage was raised was in 97 and since then has Congress has given themselves on average $35,000 more per year. A single mom with 2 kids working 40 hours a week 52 weeks a year is still gonna be $6,000 below the poverty line.
It just ain't fair that they'll only offer to raise minimum wage if they also give a tax cut to the wealthiest 7500 people -- that basically the wealthiest employers need an incentive to treat the people who've made them wealthy with a modicum of common decency. It's pathetic.
man, you're so lucky to live up in the northeast. i never get to see those Kaiju Big Battels.
round these parts we have a Mystery Hole:
http://www.mysteryhole.com/
the building could possibly be more interesting than the hole.
I remember listening to that guy on Art Bell's show a bunch of years ago. He sounded more than a bit crazy... but it's still interesting.
Damn rich people, if they want a tax break, they should give more of their money to charities, it's not like anyone really needs $200,000,000 in their bank anyways.
Not that I'm against raising the minimum wage, but shouldn't that be something done at the state level? I would assume that there would be large differences in the cost of living and that would make it difficult to set a good nation-wide minimum that would still qualify as a living wage in every state. In Canada the minimum wage is handled by the provinces since someone living in Halifax or Regina is not going to have the same living expenses as someone in Vancouver or Windsor.
But the box says Star Trek...
You are correct about the Province's having their own min. wage, and I agree with the concept, however, the examples you gave made me think of something, you mentioned specific cities, such as Vancouver, well I live in Prince George, which is in BC, and you could find a place to rent here for $400/month, and the min. wage is $8/hour ($6/hour entry level wage). This is doable, but the average rent in Vancouver, I've heard, is up closer to $800/month, so should Vancouver's min. wage be closer to $16/hour? If the min. wage should be set to reflect the average min. living costs, then shouldn't it be set differently in each individual city? But what do I know, I came from a poverish family and am not a politician. Apparently, the rich politicians are the only ones that truly know anything about whether poor people deserve or need a min. wage increase as much as they themselves need another tax shelter so they can stockpile their money more easily.
Greetings Jeff; love the comic. I would like to point out something about estate taxes, however. My father, uncles, and several uncles are all in the ranching industry in Texas. We are not "super-rich" by any means. As a matter of fact, we're what you'd probably call middle-class.
At any rate, one of the things ranchers need to survive is land on which to graze cattle, and lots of it, particularly in light of recent drought. Because ours is a family business, when one member of the family dies, his share of the land is taxed and the burden is placed on the remaining members. My grandfather died in 1976, and my dad and his brothers just recently finished paying off the taxes of a few hundred thousand dollars. My father makes about 15,000 dollars a year. He is a very hard working man, as are my uncles and cousins, and they are among those hit very hard by the estate tax, or as we call it, the death tax. Is it fair to have ranchers and other people in agriculture taxed on land that was already paid for or in the possession of the family?
Just thought I would bring that to the attention of you and your readers, keep up the great work!
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Dear The Great Geraldo,
If you were not a robot troll you spreading false stories on the internet in hopes of gathering support for Republican agenda you might know that you are oh so wrongs in the pants.
Here is what the IRS tells us about what any real person calls estate tax.
http://www.irs.treas.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108143,00.html
excuse me for a second fer interrupting your mesmerizing debate on why the republican party sucks donkey dong, but i wanted to comment on the strip if it wouldnt be such a bother fer you. I wonder, would the dinosaurs react differently if Weedmaster P had lowered into the hole, say, a Bobba Fet figurine? Because we all know that any representation of Jar Jar Binks given or offered constitutes a declaration of war as per the Geneva convention and is classified as a class III war crime.
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and for the record, troll alert on the great geraldo.
DONT FEED THE TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!
But the box says Star Trek...
damn i was gunna say that
But it wasn't a dinosaur! It was one of the lizard people that live under us and sometimes kidnap humans to use as sex slaves. Duh.
Haha... now im really curious about this freakin hole.
You can tell, because if it was a dinosaur, the jar jar action figure would be significantly smaller in proportion.
<3 coast to coast
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When I first read this strip, I assumed it was about those bottomless pits out off of rt 47 in Sunderland, MA. About a mile off of 116, on the right there are some woods, a real steep hill. There are some pits back there that may or may not have bottoms, but they are damn cool pits.
I'd say something libertarian... but I'm not gonna go there.
Anyway, back to business! Am I to understand that Jar Jar is going to be the cause of mankind's extinction, or it is just me?
Yay! I'm not the only libertarian reader of mister Rowland!
Well, everyone, I hadn't ever commented on the boards of this comic before, but I was hoping that since my post contained no vitriol and angry accusations, that perhaps it would not be met with anger and hostility. I suppose thinking that a differing opinion is no reason for hatred is probably a shitty attitude and I profoundly apologize.
Also, Daniel, if you could repost that link, I would appreciate it. I was not able to make it work earlier, as my robot troll brain cannot process the intricacies of web-based communication. Thank you.
Eh, I have to say, not the best Kaiju Battel I've seen. I think they were a little overambitious, with five battles and elaborate props, and had to spend a lot of time throwing out free stuff to make up for the set-up.
But I do love those CIA plantains!
Hopefully Boston will be better.
where is david ike when you need him?
Geraldo, I do believe the term is copy and paste.
weedmaster p should have offered the jabba's slave leia action figure. that would get the lizard people army to come to the surface and help us rise up against the minimum wage reducing bastards that are paid way to much to sit around D.C. stroking each other all day!
oh as an aside on the min wage topic.. setting a livable wage at the city level is a great idea which actually was done by the city of Santa Monica here in Cali... their minimum wage is about 10 dollars compared to the 6.75 for the rest of the los angeles area. (can't speak for no. cali cause i'm in the L.A. vortex of madness.)
anyhow, Jeff you are awesome and i am glad my LaLaLand didn't infect you with hyperpretension and iamcoolerthanyouosis...
Since Daniel won't accommodate your wishes, geraldo, I'll have to. The IRS website that he linked to states, and I quote:
"In its current form, the estate tax only affects the wealthiest 2% of all Americans."
So the question is this: are you lying about your family having to pay the estate tax, or are you lying about being middle class?
if the creatures live upside-down, wouldn't Jar-Jar float up from below? Or did P manage to snake Jar-Jar around the sun inside the Earth and down to the opposite end of the hole?
PS: "Is it fair to have ranchers and other people in agriculture taxed on land that was already paid for or in the possession of the family?"
Call me when Ted Turner stops getting farm subsidies and I'll agree with you.
Valuedan, the answer to your question is that I am lying about neither. My family is in the ranching business, and we have most definitely been paying estate taxes on the holdings of my grandfather and great-uncle since they died.
The main asset that is taxed by the government is the land that the deceased owned, or what the government estimates to have been their share. It is absolutely true that my family has been paying estate taxes for decades, and the same thing will happen if anyone else in the partnership dies. Of all places, why would I choose an internet forum to lie about this? I'm just presenting a different side of things, hoping that some of you would listen to what I had to say.
Furthermore, have you ever looked at the financial records of a ranch? We're not exactly raking the cash, folks. If you think otherwise, I would recommend doing a little research into agriculture, an area in which some of you may be lacking.
For the record, I do consider my family middle class, and we work hard at being just that. My father is a rancher, my mother is a nurse. We're not poor by any means, but I'm not some rich kid trying to further a political agenda. I'm just a guy trying to help people to see other sides of the issue, not just attack someone for having a different stance.
By the way Daniel, I did copy and paste, but the web address that you posted was cut off in the display of the comments. I simply meant that I wanted you to re-post it in such a way that the entire URL would be displayed.
Thanks for your time everyone.
^ wall 'o text
"if the creatures live upside-down, wouldn't Jar-Jar float up from below?"
I drew those panels right-side up to make it less confusing, in actuality the panels are upside down.
Sorry, geraldo, but when I have to choose between trusting statistics put out by a government agency and trusting some faceless guy on the internet... well, you know.
Hey Jeffrey, is that Kinky Friedman on the Topato Co photo page?
It is indeed.
they arent lizard people! their arms are too short! and good call on the leiah figurine! if someone sent me one i'll be their best friend forever.
yay scooter!
Dearest Substandard Geraldo,
Whilst hovering ones handheld computer two dimensional pointing device over said world wide web internet hyperlink address simply "double-click" as the youths would say. Proceed using the proper user interface paradigm for transferring text and do so to the internet browser software application of ones own choice. Good Day to you sir.
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