Variations on a Rococo Theme by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Enjoy, Jack
METAMORPHOSIS: A.I. – S.I. – Xi
Attribution: Xi Jinping Awake Trump Asleep by Pat Bagley
Besties or Beasties
Attribution: xitoo by Joep Bertrams, The Netherlands
Joep Bertrams is a Dutch political cartoonist whose work appears in the Amsterdam-based daily newspaper Het Parool and the TV program NOVA .
Vote Bucky 164: It’s Time to Dump the Chunk
Our young insurgent faces the defending Fat Bear Week champion today.
I ate salmon last night to get properly stoked for today’s vote. Bucky and I are now brothers in fish—although he prefers his raw and still struggling.
Bear 164 Bucky faces defending champion Bear 32 Chunk. Chunk disappeared from Brooks River for much of the summer, then returned enormous and expecting another term. Classic incumbent.
Bucky earned his bulk in public. Only about nine years old, he pioneered a difficult fishing spot in the plunge pool beneath Brooks Falls. He catches salmon rising from below, leaping through the air and falling from above. Nobody else fishes there consistently.
Youth. Innovation. Transparency. Also, magnificently fat.
How to Vote
Voting runs today from noon until 9 p.m. Eastern.
- Go to the official Fat Bear Week ballot.
- Find 32 Chunk versus 164 Bucky.
- Select 164 Bucky.
- Enter your email and submit.
- When the totals appear, your vote has counted.
Help Protect Their Home
Fat Bear Week accompanies the Otis Fund, supporting Katmai National Park through education, research, bear monitoring and the cameras that let us watch these magnificent gluttons enjoy their salmon. Voting is free; donations are separate.
Vote Bucky. Bear 164. Dump the Chunk.
In another election drama, Trailmix-fave Nene Royal won America’s Got Talent last night. She’s now the Queen of Rock!
Vote Early While You Still Can
Attribution: The Underminer by Christopher Weyant
Chris Weyant draws political cartoons for The Boston Globe, and the New Yorker.
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