It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Purple Riders.
There's something quite amusing about how even as Muir tries to insist how rugged and individualistic he is, it's done with whining, and complaining and bitterly insisting how unfair he's being treated by the evil forces of Leftism, while sucking up to one of his clay-footed idols, and looking to him for ideas on how to think.
So typical of our thin-skinned, brittle-boned aspiring ubermensch.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Hidden Dangers.
A less paranoid man might realize that this is because he's chosen a fundraising model that closely resembles many forms of financial fraud and adjust his methods accordingly, possibly by seeking out a respected organization to handle this for him.
But obviously, Muir knows better than that.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Fighting Trail.
As always, there's something bleakly amusing when Muir trots out the tropes of Nazi propaganda while not realizing he's doing it.
Oh, and having his 'deep blue leviathan' be black while attacking a blue ship?
Chef's kiss. No notes.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Chick Carter, Detective.
You know, there's both the chilling part of this--Muir spouts this Nazi bullshit and doesn't even realize it's Nazi bullshit, he thinks he's being a patriotic Murican--and the deeply amusing part of this--Muir imagines his little secret prison for dissidents at a time when his lumpish hero is running out of juice on nearly every front.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Phantom.
Most of the nation looks on the slush fund, and sees obvious corruption that will be used to finance the seditious goons that Trump already got off the hook for further seditious goonery.
Muir thinks he sees a winning issue and more proof of how his opponents are stupid and he is so smart.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Terry and the Pirates.
Remember when Muir was screaming that prosecuting people who committed actual crimes was evil and oppressive?
Projecting as usual, the fascist filth.
Of course in the real world, the Trump DoJ has proven useless at doing anything but settling with... yep, Trump. But Muir knows they have to be just... waiting, and soon they'll unleash legal fury against the Democrats and their Evil Conspiracy of Evil.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Radar Patrol vs. Sky King.
Once again, it's astonishing not only how ignorant Muir is of what he's talking about, but how arrogant he is in his convictions on it.
There's also something darkly humorous in an aging man in Florida who's convinced--just convinced--that land that mostly went unclaimed for two centuries just needs to be put up for sale and, MAN, the frontier would be back! It's very much the sort of thinking that got us Cap'n Mitty, champion of Murica.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Lone Defender.
And once again, Muir jumps at the latest ridiculous conspiracy theory and treats it as gospel, all so he can whine how powerless the Right is.
When they have the government.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The King of the Kongo.
It's just extra-amusing that this blatant bullshit where Muir tries to insist that the crook was the hero and the hero was the crook happens shortly after a Texas State Senate seat deep in Trump country flips.
Keep yelling Muir. It will make you feel better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because can you recall the most famous reindeer of all?
Obviously, the first part is Muir's distorted understanding of hate speech laws. That said, let's be honest--Portago is fucking scum who deserves to get his funds frozen, a man with ties to Putin and other international scuzzes that Muir now admires, who regularly does illegal shit for the main cast. To those outside the bubble, Muir's little attempt at drama looks like justice finally falling from on high.
Of course, then we have Captain Mitty's upcoming revelation, and while much of this is cheap drama that I expect to end in 'Nothing happens', I'd argue there's a clear hint at something in all this--Muir, at some deep level, understands that he's written the setting into a very dreary corner. The cast is for all intents and purposes all-powerful and untouchable. Muir is actively having to strain to come up with new threats as the Compound has gradually shifted from Zed's redoubt against a treacherous world into the center of Muir's dream Texas, a place treated by those around it as the natural rulers that he so clearly sees them as. The desire to shake things up and start fresh so that they can face actual long-term threats is natural.
Will he do it? Probably not. As we saw with the robots, Muir lacks the resolve to let go of his toys. But there's a part of him that's entertaining it, and that is, at least, interesting to watch in the abstract.
