The Persistent Goose Asks Muir 'Why Do You Insist There Needed To Be Armed Fascist Goons On The Streets, Asshole?'

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Heroes of the Wild.

And as we are deep into 'Muir, after insisting that normal government is fascist tyranny, insists that fascist tyranny is normal government the moment the tables are turned', let's take a good long look at this absolutely wretched showing. It underlines one of Muir's biggest problems--he's a man who, lacking the virtues he professes, has to throw up twisted counterfeits in their place, and in moments like this, it shines through. This is a cowardly bully declaring that cowardice and bullying are the true displays of courage. A conniving thug mumbling that people have to be conspiring against him, as otherwise his conniving thuggery would work. A vicious man who hates the nation screaming that real patriot is being a vicious person who hates the nation, and is actively hurting anyone not like them.

And the best fucking part is this strip has aged like milk. Didn't get the memo that they were abandoning ICE, BP, and Bovino on this, ehh, Muir?

The Cringing Whine Trying To Mask Itself As A Triumphant Cry.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Silent Flyer.

Not only is this even more of a rushed job than the last one, it's blatantly pathetic to anyone not in the bubble. Muir's stuck on this shit, with no off-ramp, and he's desperately trying to convince himself this is a winning move.

Well, That Certainly Was A Strip.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance's Secret Mission.

I assume he was in a hurry, because I can't otherwise explain why he made a strip that was not only a good 9-10ths reused assets, but included some choices like 'Stock Shouting Black Guy' that made no sense at all.

Does He Think The National Debt Is Resting In An Account Somewhere?

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance's Gamble.

I won't lie, as bad as the strip is, it's a bit of a relief seeing Muir finally noticing the national debt during a Republican administration, instead of just pretending it doesn't matter. Of course, that noticing is couched in paranoia, delusion, and a complete misunderstanding of government spending, finance and economic realities. But it all suggests that Muir's rapidly shifting into just abandoning caring about actual politics because 'conspiracy', and that cheers me.

"Son, A Woman Is Just Like... Ummm... A Refrigerator..."

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance Returns.

Well, at least now we've moved to a more general brain-dead misogyny.

Muir Continues To Demonstrate He Doesn't Get Women.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Calling Philo Vance.

Won't lie, there's always a good chance when Muir goes into one of these weird rants that he hits a new vein of awful, and yep, this is one of those times.

Weep For The Imaginary Widow!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Trans-Atlantic Murder Mystery.

Aside from Muir's classic 'The imaginary thing that I wrote up demonstrates how right I am', it's that last bit about how they need to do this "electorally" that gets me. Not only is it meaningless gobbledygook, it comes on months--hell, years--of Muir dreaming about brutally purging the country of people who disagree with him. But this is another classic aspect of Muir--he'll get mealy-mouthed in his fascism at odd moments, and try to pretend that he didn't say what he said, or that it has some kind of special meaning that doesn't make it what it is.

Getting Upset About Fascist Tyranny Means You're An Over Emotional LADY!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Crane Poison Case.

Muir's constant insistence that his bigoted, cowardly nonsense is backed by "reason" is a pretty good example of his using definitions for words that don't match their actual definitions.

Spot The Tautology!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Campus Mystery.

It is of course dreadfully easy to declare your group the only real Americans when you make membership in the group the only way to be a real American. Muir can always attempt to live in his fantasy where the unpopular idiocy he supports isn't unpopular and isn't idiocy, but it keeps running into the simple problem of not being real.

Getting Mawkish About The Worst People.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Sideshow Mystery.

The finest epitaph I have read regarding Scott Adams, the second worst man to ever appear on beloved 90s cult sitcom Newsradio, ran that by dying at the age of  68, he had followed a lifelong tradition of almost but not quite being funny. Savage, but exactly what he deserved. 

As we watch Muir memorialize the man with exactly the sort of awful politics Adams had dabbled in by the end, a part of me suspects that this is Muir--who remember is about the same age as Adams was--feeling his own mortality. Something he feels obligated to lead into with more of his nativist swill.

Yup, Nearly Killed Someone!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Murder in the Pullman.

It's easy to convince yourself you're brave when you decide that cowardly bullying is a sign of courage.

Also, I'm baffled by the focus on Sam's oil-stained hand in the last panel. At least, I think it's oil-stained. A baffling artistic choice all around, but then, what do you expect from Muir?

POSTSCRIPT--On closer review of the word panels, I think that's Mari's oil-stained hands, which not only underlines his terrible blocking but remains an absolutely baffling artistic choice. And realize it took multiple attempts for me to figure out what he was trying to represent here.

He Knows This Is True Because He Wants It To Be True!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Cole Murder Case. 

There's something almost awe-inspiring in the number of times Muir has declared the conspiracy theory of the day proven, and then just moved on when, no, it wasn't, actually, in fact it was bullshit.

Amazing How They Can Always Find A Way To Be Racist In Addition To Being Awful.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Skull Murder Mystery.

This little quasi-plotline is really dragging out and we are quickly hitting 'bears with power tools' territory in my book.

Let The Bad 1980s Sitcom Humor Flow!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Studio Murder Mystery.

The manner in which Muir has veered off complaining about the phantom Somali fraudsters to this makes me wonder if he's being audited or something. Not that he needs much excuse to start insisting that the state is getting up in his bidness, man--it just seems like something brought this on.

Merging Bad Politics With The Sitcom From Hell.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Symphony Murder Mystery.

Mia, who has been in the US for years now, still acts like a bad 1980s sitcom foreigner who is baffled by our mysterious Yankee ways.

Always Be Gullible And Resentful!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Week-End Mystery.

It says something that when the twins aren't talking like a pair of 30s comics moppets, they're talking like a couple of bitter racist old hicks.

When The Manosphere Tries To Do History...

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Wall Street Mystery.

What I'm getting is that Zed has terrible reading comprehension, and also is terminally online. Wonder if he's about to start plugging terrible dietary supplements.

"Our Victims Are Invariably The Worst People Who Deserve It!"

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Clyde Mystery.

As usual, in response to tragedy and the crimes of his side, Muir demonstrates his gullibility, and his deep, deep awfulness.

Jesus fuck, is this a wretched husk of a human being.

A Pepe Reference? In 2025?

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Winter Murder Case.

How happy is Muir with things? So happy he's proposing 'not voting' as the answer.

No doubt Phase 3 of this brilliant plan is "PROFIT!", right after Phase 2 "???".

Soon, It Would Soon Happen. And It Would Be Soon.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Gracie Allen Murder Case.

Ahh, time for yet another thing that will be about to inevitably occur, and then suddenly, the cast will be pretending that, what, no, they never thought that would happen.

Clearly Naked Tyranny Is The Answer To Everything.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Kidnap Murder Case.

Muir is saying this in a situation where the Republicans hold both branches of Congress. Because even their present disgraceful obsequiousness isn't enough, and the fact that they could lose in the near future has to be some sort of plot. Because Muir knows if the things he supports don't work, it's because of treachery, and if his side loses the election, the other side cheated. Or shouldn't have been allowed to vote in the first place.

Thank Goodness They Have Internet Randos To Tell Them How Things Work!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Garden Murder Case.

As we stare at Muir once again declaring that a dictatorship would be great, just great actually so long as it's his racist sort in charge, let's acknowledge that we've gotten something new with this one. An actual address to where he's getting this crazy 'That's not how it works' bullshit.

I checked it out and trust me, it's as batshit as you might imagine. Maybe even moreso. 

Look, this guy is selling his own bizarre fundie novels on this substack. We are in 'the interwebs delivering the gibbering of crazy people straight to your brainpan' territory.

They Are So Put Upon.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Casino Murder Case.

Ahh, racist whining about taxes. Behold the awesome patriotism of a man who feels he's owed everything and owes nothing, and how dare you call him on his bullshit!

Why, When You Put It Like That, It Makes Total Sense!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Dragon Murder Case.

You know, I'm genuinely torn as to what's the most fascinating part of all this wall of crazyfail, that Muir doesn't realize he's swapped out how the Evil Conspiracy of Evil works yet again, that Russia's back to being a bad guy, or that at the bottom lies Muir's eternal conviction that the things he wants just CAN'T be unpopular, that the Democrats can't just win elections, that it has to be an evil plot that gets them back into power and makes things he supports fail. (And when he himself finally acknowledges something he supported failed, this does not lead to any general reevaluation of his beliefs.)  This is a man who feels powerless when those he supports hold power. And again, he just can never ask himself why that is, because the actual answer would destroy him. 

It's Really Happening. Offscreen.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Kennel Murder Case.

So, the same racist joke as before, only even more lifelessly done. 

Oh, and Muir still doesn't understand how H1B visas work.

Well, let's see if Muir's going to gloat about Maduro tomorrow, or Monday, when things are likely to really be going off the rails. 

In Today's Episode, The Part Of 'El Dorado Dad' Will Be Played By A Clip Art Caricature....

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Scarab Murder Case.

As Muir reminds us that A) he will entertain downgrading the cast's circumstances, but he won't commit to it,  B) El Dorado Dad is fucking scum, and C) Muir has completely turned on a Congress that the Right largely controls, let's just really soak in the... art of today's strip, because... damn. El Dorado Dad's mustache looks very close to a crudely drawn mouth. That is just... shit.

You Support ONE Genocidal Dictator, And It's Like You're A Criminal!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Bishop Murder Case.

A reminder that Sam was offering to hold Putin's gold in her depository. And that this was when Gunpowder was declaring itself sovereign.

I'm saying this because it amuses me that Muir wants to refer back to a plotline that he seems largely to have decided to sweep under the rug, it should be remembered just how batshit it was.