TheWarPrayer: December 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Happy New Year!

What are we doing for New Year's Eve?

--   Sent from my Linux system.

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Who cares?

https://theweek.com/cartoons/5-highly-amusing-cartoons-about-rising-health-insurance-premiums

Political cartoon

Political cartoon

Political cartoon

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Friday, December 26, 2025

Scrooged

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Scrooged

--   Sent from my Linux system.

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Saturday, December 20, 2025

The sky's the limit

https://theweek.com/cartoons/political-cartoons-december-20-2025

Two elephants cling to debris in the ocean as a &ldquo;GOP&rdquo; ship sinks in the background with people jumping off the side. The ship sinks because it&rsquo;s being bombed by a fighter jet. One of the elephants looks at the ship and says, &ldquo;The rats have jumped the ship! Hopefully Trump will reward those of us who kept hanging on!&rdquo; The other elephant looks at the fighter jet and says, &ldquo;Wait. Is that Pete Hegseth?&rdquo;

A large billboard on the side of a building reads &ldquo;Affordable Care Act.&rdquo; Two workers are painting over it with white paint, slowly removing the words.

A man in underwear and T-shirt is in a doctor&rsquo;s office. He sits on the examining table as the doctor says, &ldquo;Remember, Mr. Jones, whatever doesn&rsquo;t kill you makes your health insurance premiums go up.&rdquo;

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Friday, December 19, 2025

Taunts and prayers

Donald Trump&rsquo;s small hands sign a sympathy card with a Sharpie. The left side of the card reads &ldquo;Things Happen.&rdquo; Trump signs his name on the right sight under the words &ldquo;Taunts and Prayers.&rdquo;

A grumpy elephant is dressed as Santa at a mall. A line of four children wait to see him. They each have long lists and look sad. The elephant holds up a box with a toy that is named &ldquo;Health Care Costs: Sky Rocket!&rdquo; He says, &ldquo;No wish lists. Everyone gets the same thing.&rdquo;

This cartoon is set in a wood-paneled laboratory that looks like a scene from the late 1800s. A scientist with a beard looks concerned as he sits at a desk with a microscope and other scientific equipment, including beakers and smaller glass bottles. A man in a suit says to the scientist, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry Dr. Pasteur, but your vaccines don&rsquo;t pass the RFK Jr. smell test.&rdquo;

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Monday, December 15, 2025

Mimicry of DJT at its finest.

Begin forwarded message:

Subject: This guy is great!

He has the President perfectly mimicked. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0T26UcEeVDs?feature=share

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Seasons Greetings

A NASA software engineer for 23 years (retired), Silicon Valley software engineer for 36+years, Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for more than 25 years, reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal for 6 years. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Heritage Registry of Who's Who. I favor open source development, Linux, net neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of speech.

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