Meet Droney, The Friendly Surveillance Drone

Tom Tomorrow

The drone industry is launching, so to speak, a public relations campaign.  As reported, the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the industry's trade group, has hired a public relations firm to counter what it perceives as negative media coverage and to focus on safety and public benefits of domestic drones.

Tom Tomorrow takes it from there.  (Click on the "Tom Tomorrow" caption for a link to the full comic or, as always, you can click on the "Read Tom Tomorrow" badge on the right side of the blog.)

The Right Wing Spin Machine: Pepper Spray Is Just A Food Product

I suppose the protesters just needed a little seasoning to spice things up.  According to the blowhards on the right, pepper spray is merely a food product and when used to disperse protesters was probably diluted anyway.  But wait, I thought the right wingers are against untoward government intervention? 

This seeming hypocrisy is explained at Vast Left:

 

Passing Interest

Cross-posted from Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy