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November 20, 2024

Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. A hitherto unpublished 2020 US ‘election decision’ ‘Toon. *with Nov 21 addendum

[*Addendum, Nov 21/24. The problem with leaving this ‘toon for such a long time is I’d forgotten everything going on in my head when I sketched it. The over (outward) and under (inward) installation of the toilet paper rolls is a statement about political polarisation. In fact there are people who have stronger views about Continue reading

Pam-Toons, Political Rhetoric, Social and Political Commentary

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November 20, 2024

A look back at Covid 2020 – 2022 through Saturday Morning Pam-Toons.

What the heck was that?! A look back at Covid 2020 – 2022 through my Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Covid 5896 BC First published 7 Nov 2020. Republished 17 Jan 2022. Full post here: https://pam-mentations.com/2022/01/17/saturday-morning-pam-toons-covid-5896bc/ Plague Spreader 13 Feb 2021. Published January 17, 2022. Full post here: https://pam-mentations.com/2022/01/17/saturday-morning-pam-toons-plague-spreader/ Love-sick and isolated by covid, Mrs. Fiklesbrank finally Continue reading

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January 6, 2024

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. The Wages of Righteousness. (Repost)

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June 11, 2023

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. “AS EVERYONE KNOWS …”

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April 1, 2023

Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. Retrieving Your “Lived Experience” From the Baggage Reclamation Centre.

This Pam-toon was inspired by two curiosities. I wondered how coherent it would be for an amnesiac to recount her “lived experience” of her forty years as a member of a marginalised group. And I wondered, given the following vignette, about the reliability of a non-amnesiac’s report of her own “lived experience.” A friend’s daughter Continue reading

Pam-Toons, Philosophy, Political Rhetoric, Social and Political Commentary

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March 20, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. In Matters of Love and War — And All Matters In Between — There is No Dearth of Armchair Psychiatrists

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February 24, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. And from this, an entire political theory.

Thomas Hobbes, A.P. Martinich and Brian Battiste, Eds, Leviathan, Broadview, 2011.Part I, Chapter XIII, 3. (p 122) Continue reading

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February 12, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Why would I lie on my mandatory diversity pledge? (Scroll down)

Universities Canada principles on equity, diversity and inclusion, October 26, 2017, “Universities Canada make an explicit public commitment to seven principles [on equity, diversity, and inclusion],” available here. (accessed 11 February 2022) “A Guide to Preparing Your Diversity Statement,” Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada, accessed 11 February 2022. Excerpt: “If you have been invited for a Continue reading

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February 12, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. The Safest Place for the Heretic is Holding Torquemada’s Robes.

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January 17, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Plague-Spreader.

When the Bubonic Plague rekindled in 16th and 17th century Europe, some thought the illness was spread by diabolic agents who captured its essence in an ointment and then smeared the greasy substance on walls, people, and all kinds of things. Some of those accused of being plague-spreaders were burned at the stake. What’s interesting Continue reading

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