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Having said that I didn\u2019t find a comic from the Far Left Side as funny as I might have expected<\/a>, precisely because it didn\u2019t seem to make a useful point, it seems only fair to share a cartoon or two that I think makes a useful point or is more amusing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"