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If anyone wants see more of Marshall Ramsey I live in Jackson and could post him and provide some background info since most of his stuff if Mississippi related. For instance, the context for this is that MS's senate republican this year got REALLY nasty with Chris McDaniels (Tea Party) fighting Thad Cochrane (incumbent) tooth and nail. There was a scandal where a local Tea Party blogger snuck into the long-term care facility where Sen. Cochrane's wife was living (she died late last month) and took pictures of her while she was bed-ridden, and later McDaniels accused Cochrane of playing the Race Card because blacks voted for Cochrane in the run-off.
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[quote="hexigrammus" post="post439674004"] Wait - what? I was trying to google the details, but the search results are swamped by the fraudulent voter allegations. We have two guys (both Republican) campaigning for the Republican nomination, and someone in one camp thought that pictures of the opponent's dying wife would be useful in discrediting the opponent? Seriously? Is this what happened? [/quote] Yes. fade5 posted:
Don't lie. So, while we're on the subject of the 2014 primary, let's have some more 'toons!  (1)If at first you don't succeed...  (2)Yes, McDaniel actually said something like that.  (3)The night after the first primary, a group of Tea Party staffers entered the locked courthouse where the votes were being counted to "assist in counting the votes." I swear I'm not making this up.  (4)A popular music number from a popular movie happened! Also, McDaniel never gave up.  (5)Mississippi law states that someone who votes in one party's primaries cannot vote in the others on the same day. McDaniel missed the "one the same day" part of the law. Also, the "Binder o' Fraud" was a real thing.  (6)... I got nothing.  (7)The ONLY reason McDaniel's court challenge stopped was because a judge ruled that McDaniel's team had waited too late to file the challenge. (Also, Ramsay thinks he's Rorus Raz)  (8)Reality is truly stranger than fiction.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Why does this guy have an adorable possum? Because possums are known for "playing dead" and the McDaniel campaign sure looked dead several times but kept getting back up.
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Jan 2, 2015 20:52
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Today's Marshall Ramsey: This batch finishes up most of the major stuff that happened in Mississippi. After this I think I'll do a big weekend post of Ramsey's cartoons (skipping any minor local stuff). General US/international issues  (1)Politians, amiright?  (2)Obama bad president pee pee doo doo General State stuff  (3)Mississippi has a lovely education system and every year the legislature tries  (4)Combining the above with another  (5)Mississippians don't know how to deal with cold weather. Also, our roadways suck. Seriously. "The Stack" is the local name for the combination of I-55 and I-20 and Mississippi highway 49 into one roadway, while the Waterworks curves are a series of S-curves located near the Jackson City Waterworks (hence the name) that are either accident prone (if people take the curves too fast) or bottlenecks (if people slow down to take the curves).  (6)Current governor Phil Bryant is one of the  (7)MS prisons are horribly run, and inmates regularly escape from them. Even worse is the smuggling, with cell phones and drugs rampant and guards regularly doing the smuggling. (The local paper even did a week long series on this here.) Fortunately, the inmates are dumb enough to use the cell phones to post selfies, including one who posed eating a smuggled turkey leg.  (8)Of course, the big story was that our state DoC commissioner, Chris Epps, had been indicted in a massive federal bribery scandal involving giving a local businessman multiple "no-bid" contracts for prison services in exchange for multiple cashier's checks to pay off Epps's mortgages, and cash. Actual cold, hard cash that Epps kept in a safe in his home. Epps now faces up to 368 years in prison. The good thing is that these scandals have made state government take a good look at how the prison system works to try and fix these problems.
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Jan 3, 2015 23:22
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 Mississippi Update   (1)Chris McDaniel's back in the headlines again. He's still a State Senator and his agenda this year comprises of two things: term limits for the State Legislature (a good thing) and barring people who voted in one party's primary from voting in another party's run-off (which would mean that people would have to register for their parties, which MS currently doesn't do). Also, his campaign manager is now running for an office (I forget which).  (2)Our state capitol underwent renovations last year/beginning of this year.  (3)When our legislature started up Tuesday, a bunch protesters gathered outside the capital to rally against Common Core and how it allows the FED'RUL GUV'MINT and YE MOORISH KYNGE to dictate what MS students should learn. ('Cause why should our kids have to learn the same things other states' kids do?)
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Jan 10, 2015 19:23
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Mississippi update! 1   2Some of our brave lawmakers want to make the Bible Mississippi's "State Book" instead of trying to do their drat jobs.  3A group of students at Brandon High School wanted to create a student-led and organized Gay-Straight Alliance, prompting the Rankin County (which is just east of Jackson) school board to change their policy to try to limit "gay clubs".
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Jan 18, 2015 02:39
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duz posted:Given that he's on sabbatical to work on Alpha House, maybe not. Or is he back doing new strips? He does new strips every Sunday, from what I can tell. Anyway, its time for a (belated) MS update!  1GOLFGOLFGOLFGOLF  2More "Nobody understands how footballs work". Also, the state of the state address.
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 1Mississippi is currently building two museums - one for general state history and one for the civil rights movement (They're separate but equal!  ). 2Romney recently spoke at Mississippi State University and one of MSU traditions is ringing a cowbell at football games.  3He's back! Yes, that's right, out old friend Chris McDaniel (who is still a State Senator) has been taking time off from work - to raise funds for his SuperPAC that will help get "True Conservatives" elected into office. Y'know, instead of DOING HIS loving JOB. BONUS CONTENTWho wants some possum-tars?  1 2 3
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Feb 1, 2015 00:30
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xrunner posted:I know almost nothing about Mississippi politics. Assuming this isn't a snide joke (it's probably a snide joke), is this really a thing? I mean, if they are building two museums, is it really separate but equal, or is it a recognition that the civil rights movement was so important it deserves it's own museum? Again, 90% certain it's just a joke! but really curious if it's an actual issue... They are building two museums, but the "separate but equal" thing was my (poor) attempt at humor, hence the .
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Mississippi! Only two this week of note. 1Former Republican state Sen. Tim Johnson recently announced he was going to run for Lt. Gov. - as a democrat. Why? Because we haven't expanded Medicaid for all Mississippians yet. And yes, he is an Elvis impersonator.  2The state legislature has just finished its "design bills" period and has gone on to "let everything die in committee" period.
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Feb 8, 2015 20:02
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Only one this week. Mississippi's still one of the last states without a "no texting while driving" bill. Last year Rep. Bill Denny killed a similar bill because he didn't know whether the bill affected all people or just teenagers.
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Feb 14, 2015 21:29
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Space-Bird posted:Is it that time of year in the media cycle already? Did we already get a "Future AI overlords might become a reality" article? Hear me out, Buzzfeed Journalists, What if there was AI overlord future combined with Zombie Future. Think of the mondo clicks. That's basically the plot of IDW's Zombies vs. Robots.
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MS update 1One of the most recent state bills would have allowed non-medical exemptions to the state's vaccination policy, and MS is one of the states ranked highest in vaccination rates. Thankfully, our lawmakers hadn't received their smarts vaccination and killed the bill.  2  State Rep. Gene Alday (R-Walls) recently made some  3.  HE'S BACK! Yes! A few days ago the "Friends of Chris McDaniel for Senate" Facebook page mysteriously changed to a "Friends of Chris McDaniel for MS Lt Gov." page after being mysteriously set to "private" while McDaniel's own Facebook page put out the question "Serious question. What do you think about Tate Reeves qualifying today for re-election as Lt. Gov.??? Do you support him?". McDaniel himself said that he would rather seek a national office, but since there's no federal elections in MS this year...
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Feb 22, 2015 23:57
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Internet Webguy posted:He will always be J. Jonah Jameson in my heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rjiplsMDz0 Ahem. 
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Mississippi Update 1  2 3It's been dropping below freezing here in Jackson for the past few weeks, and a few days we never got out of the 30s. For reference, the normal highs in Mississippi this time of year are supposed to be in the 60s.  4State rep. Chris McDaniel has said "he would prefer a federal position". US Rep Palazzo is the MS House member whose district McDaniel lives in.
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Mississippi update! 1Two things happened.  2 3Tuesday and Wednesday were warm enough to break out the shorts and turn on fans/AC. Thursday and Friday our lows were in the 20s. Yet Global climate change doesn't exist.  4Another thing happened.
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:I may have asked this before and I certainly don't remember the answer, but are there actually still newspapers that run Mine still does.
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Mar 7, 2015 19:04
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in the regular comics section, or is his two week delay a fantasy and/or coping strategy for being a drunk? If someone could post an image of this comic actually printed next to Family Circus or whatever, I'd love to just stare at it a bit while my brain trickles out my ears.
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 1emailghazi + newfangled gadget = joke(?)  2ENNY DAY NAOW!!!!!!!1!!!1!  3Noel Fritsch is a member of a group call Mississippi Gun Rights and has constantly lobbied state lawmakers since January to pass a bill legalizing "Constitutional Carry", where people would be able to carry concealed guns without a permit (because that's what the founding fathers wanted, obviously  ). He was, at first, welcomed at the legislature, but has since become unwelcome due to harassment, attacks via social media, and robo-calls aimed at ousting even staunch pro-gun legislators.Also, MGR is affiliated with Colorado's National Association of Gun Rights, billed as the "conservative alternative" to the NRA. And that terrifies me.  4With all the recent rains, Jackson - whose infrastructure dates back to the '50s or '60s - is experiencing a rash of horrible pot-holes.
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 1Miss. just passed a law doing away with Car inspection stickers. They didn't generate much money for either the businesses that did the inspections or the government, and a lot of auto places had stopped doing the inspections, so good riddance.  2 3Mississippi's economy is doing "better", so the Republican leadership, in its
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:What, no "EMAIL SCANDAL" inside the bag? That's not Hillary.
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Just one this week, because the state's been exploding over the firing of a college president or something. But I really want this to happen so the rest of you fine folks (those that live in America) can share in the joy of knowing this
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Post 9-11 User posted:I will never not love that possum. Opossum, whatever it is. Possum O'possum of the Kildare O'possums quote:
What is this even trying to say? My head hurts just thinking about all those  .
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 1A tragedy happened.  2Mississippi's legislative session runs Jan.-March (unless its an election year, then it goes 'til April), meaning the end of the session corresponds roughly to the NCAA tournament. (Basically, two things happened at the same time)  3A Jesus happened.
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 1A Sentencing Happened  2Something in Mississippi is finally #1 on a list. Unfortunately, that list is of Spring Allergy Capitals.  397 people from across the state have been admitted to hospitals with overdoses related to Spice (synthetic marijuana) since April 2nd. One person has died and an apartment not far from where I live was raided for over $8 million worth of Spice last Thursday. (Also, them damned kids and their gadgets.) Prism posted:I'd be terrified of falling into what is clearly cartoon acid or radioactive ooze. That's clearly Nickelodeontm Slime.
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OptimusShr posted:No, just a verdict. Guilty on all 30 counts, sentencing hearing starts tomorrow. Been on the news all week here in MA. Yeah, I know, I just got my words confused.
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 1.Oh no!  A politician doing things that make them seem more like regular people! No one's ever done that before! 2.It's almost like businesses who make money off of helping people fill out complicated forms keep lobbying congress to keep those forms complicated. ... Nah!
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 Former Gov. Haley Barbour ran the RNC from '94-'97, was a mega-lobbyist in the '90s, and now runs a superPAC that supported Thad Cochran's run against Chris McDaniels has recently come out in favor of a salt-and-pepper political parties. While running a Super PAC to crush all opposition, of course.
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 1Hundreds of people across the state have been hospitalized for complications from Spice.  2 3An earthquake happened  4Jackson, MS, streets are coming apart from all the rains in April. Also, old person does not understand new thing.
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May 9, 2015 16:21
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Why the hell does Mr. Noseworthy keep switching between thought and speech balloons?
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Uh, Mr. Bradford, maybe you should get your extremely bendy arms and stiff legs looked at first before you go beat up a child molester?
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 1On May 9, two Hattiesburg, MS, police officers were shot and killed. Seven people have been arrested in the case, most with obstruction or accessory after the fact.  2 3Riley Ben "Blues Boy" King was actually born near Indianola, MS, and has a museum in the city.  4North Korea executed one of the defense ministers ... by anti-aircraft fire.
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Mister Beeg posted:Why is this cartoon cropped so bad? That's just the way it comes from the Clarion Ledger site.
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:
Thankfully, War's only friend was able to get him a burial plot and funerary services for next-to-nothing.
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D.N. Nation posted:I wish Allie would put his money where his mouth is and just move to Mississippi, already. What'd I ever do to you?
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Week before last Marshall Ramsey was off, and the past week has been almost nothing but boring MS stuff. 1Gotta give me the slanty eyes.  2Presented without context just for the
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