Global warming is not the REAL threat

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Driving Ms. Cunningham

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Society of Professional Journalists

Thought I'd post a bit of great news. Much to my surprise, I've won 2nd place for the cartoon above in the New Jersey Chapter Society Of Professional Journalists Excellence In Journalism For 2006 Awards (I know, hell-of-a-title).

I lost out to that blasted Jimmy Margulies. Who does that guy think he is! Just kidding, Jimmy is a great guy and an even better cartoonist. He's the editorial cartoonist at The Record in Bergen County, and if you want to check out the cartoon he won with, click here. And below is Jimmy and I in his studio located in the Record's office building. He has got, far and away, the coolest working studio ever, with tons of cartoons from cartoonists across the country. It's very inspiring.

So this is the first major award I've won for my cartoons, and I'm thrilled. I've been at it now for a little over a year, and I look back at some of my older cartoons and cringe. I think this one holds up pretty well.

Anyway, a museum exhibition and an award for cartooning. Not a bad first year! Now to just find a full-time job doing it (any editors out there, if you're offering, I'm listening :)

No more jet-setting for Corzine

Did the 177th declare war against South Jersey?

The wildfire that has ravaged South Jersey, and caused several developments in Stafford and Barnegat Townships to be evacuated, started this afternoon with a flare dropped by an F-16 on a training run at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range.

This got me thinking immediately about the fighter a couple of years ago that shot at an elementary school Little Egg Harbor Township, dropping 27 rounds onto the school from its 20-millimeter cannon.

Turns out they're both from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard out of Galloway, Atlantic County. Oooops!

And according to the New York Times article, there are several other occurances of problems with the fighters in New Jersey.

In January 2002, a New Jersey Air National Guard jet crashed near the Garden State Parkway, but the pilot parachuted safely, and no one was injured. In June 2001, an F-16 on practice run dropped a 25-pound smoke bomb that burned 1,600 acres of pine forests in Ocean County. And in 1999, another bombing run went awry and 11,000 acres of pine forests burned.

Forest fire 10 percent contained; caused by training flare

Stafford, Barnegat evacuate communities as fire spreads

Wildfire at Warren Groove (video)

Warplane Strafes a School in New Jersey (11/5/04)

Don't you know who I AM!?!?!?

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Political cartoonists in Iraq have no shortage of material.

There's an interesting story in today's USA Today. about the dangers that face Iraqi cartoonists in their violent and war-torn country.

One of the more interesting aspects mentioned in the piece discusses the Iraqi Cartoonists Association, and how membership has dwindled down to 50 members due to cartoonists fleeing the country because of non-stop violence and death threats.

You can check out the story here.

Driving with one thumb on the wheel

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AC stills brings the best

Just some quick hits about recent corruption issues in Atlantic City:

Law firm accuses Pleasantville BOE of organized corruption

Ex Atlantic City school board candidates file whistleblower suit

Scandal has not dulled interest in Atlantic City Council seats in resort



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Dumb terrorist plot foiled

By now you all must have heard about the foiled plot by 6 self-titled "terrorists" that targeted Ft. Dix in New Jersey. For those of you that haven't, check out the news links below for the story and a video of Chris Christie talking about it.

What struck me about this whole situation is how they're touting it as a "Homeland Security works" advertisement, but they didn't catch the terrorist driving around Ft. Dix as a pizza delivery man, making detailed maps and determining where and how to hit. Nor did they intercept phone calls or catch them casing out other potential targets, like Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

They were caught because the 6 morons brought a VHS tape into a video store in Mount Laurel and asked the clerk to transfer the contents to DVD. The clerk watched the tape, which included 10 men shooting assault rifles and calling "Allah Akbar" ("God is great"). He called local police, and then the police got in tough with the FBI, and then the FBI infiltrated their group and ultimately apprehended them.

So dumb terrorists beware. If you plot an attack on any American target, we'll catch you. Provided you're dumb enough to leave us some obvious clues.

Fort Dix Terror Plot Thwarted

Six arrests thwart attack on Fort Dix

U.S. Attorney Discusses Arrests (video)

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PoliticsNJ Cartoon

My newest cartoon is up over at PoliticsNJ, so go check it out, and leave me some feedback over there. I'll post the sketch of the cartoon later on in the week.

What does $456 billion buy?

Over at The Boston Globe, Ana Rivas brings us a fresh take on the rising costs of the Iraq War. What Does $456 billion Buy? shows us alternatives on how that much money could be spend right here at home.

And this is only 10 possible alternatives. $456 billions is a LOT of money, and I think most of us just see it as a number, and don't understand what a huge sum of money really means.

Hat tip to Jon Marshall's News Gems

Assemblyman Peter Biondi - Imus' biggest fan!

GOP state legislator apologizes for two jokes he sent to friends

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McGreevey to become a priest...seriously

According to the Star-Ledger, our good friend, former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, has converted to the Episcopal faith and has begun a process to become an Episcopal Priest.

One of the best quotes I've heard about the incident came from Acting Governor Dick Codey, who according to PoliticsNJ said, "Just when you thought it couldn't get any wackier in New Jersey politics, it did."

McGreevey seeking to become Episcopal priest

Heaven Help Us

And here's a link to a great parrallel by Wally Edge between McGreevey becoming an Episcopal priest, and George Costanza converting to the Latvian Orthodox faith:

George Costanza's Lesson of the Day

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PoliticsNJ

My first cartoon appeared today on PoliticsNJ. I'm their new weekly cartoonist, so I'll be contributing on a regular basis. If you haven't checked out the site before, it's a great source of information about New Jersey politics.

And if you want to check out my toon, click here.

Still speeding

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Keep reading Rove's emails...

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Things could always be worse...

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A new planet for us to exploit

I don't know if you heard the news earlier this week, but European astronomers have found an "Earth-like" planet outside of our solar system, and relatively close, orbiting a red dwarf star every 13 days only 120 trillion miles away from Earth.

Dubbed Gilese 581 c, according to CNN, the new planet is about five times heavier than Earth, and gravity there would be 1.6 times as strong as ours. The research team believes the average temperature to be somewhere between 32 and 104 degrees and that set off celebrations among astronomers.

So pack your bags and get ready for a long ride, because with our existing technology, the journey would take roughly 87,509 years.

Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet
Major Discovery: New Planet Could Harbor Water and Life
Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone

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McGreevey assures us he was always a GAY AMERICAN!

Ahhhh McGreevey, the gift that keeps on giving. Our former governor didn't take kindly to words from his estranged wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, where she claimed that he wasn't gay, but rather a "bisexual."

McGreevey responded to the allegation by calling Matos a "homophobe" in a tirade of homosexual anger.

"On the off hand she wasn't paying attention, I AM A GAY AMERICAN. She is in deep denial. Why would she question what I have made clear? To try and lessen my 'gayness' by making me bisexual is a clear form of homophobia."

On the web:

Wife paints her version of the end of McGreevey

McGay Bashing