Sunday, June 20, 2021

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "For All Pigkind"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -


Y'know, it says it right there in my social media profiles, so it's time for a little space geekery:


"For All Pigkind"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3241

In the space of about two weeks, I'm hit with the news that 
trillionaire serial worker abuser Jeff Bezos has found someone willing 
to throw down $28 mil for a suborbital joyride with him — and that 
Elon Musk will refuse to recognize Earth laws in his gated suburbs on 
Mars. Doubtless Musk will have some Space Force grunts on-call to keep 
a lid on things out there.

I'm especially bugged that Bezos has chosen July 20 as his launch 
date; I'm sure he thinks he's making some deep statement or something, 
but instead I'm just insulted somehow. Christ, 28 million dollars to 
go suborbital with Jeff Friggin' Bezos. Bah, I'd rather be a stowaway 
on Apollo 13.

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"Elon Musk's firm says they will not recognize Earth laws in planned 
Mars colony" Stacy Liberatore at London Daily Mail, 10.30.2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8897601/Elon-Musks-SpaceX-says-not-recognize-Earth-laws-planned-Mars-colony.html

"Blue Origin auctions New Shepard ride with Jeff Bezos for $28 
million", Joey Roulette at The Verge, 06.12.2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/12/22530907/blue-origin-auction-new-shepard-jeff-bezos-space-28-million

"The Battle For Mars: How Elon Musk, Blue Origin and the US Could Set 
Up The First Extraterrestrial Government" Adam Smith at The London 
Independent, 06.19.2021
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-mars-spacex-nasa-b1777746.html


Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

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