Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Cleanup in Syria CBS/NYT Poll: American Public Opposes Action in Syria and North Korea Hawkish Lawmakers Call for Stronger U.S. Action in Syria Fox Guests Take On Obama's 'Red Line' On Syria, Bill Kristol Calls Pres 'Irresponsible' For Not Wanting War Rep. Mike Rogers (R-WI): 'Some Action Needs to be Taken' on Syria McCain: Putting Troops In Syria The 'Worst Thing United States Could Do', But Syrians Will 'Take Revenge' On The U.S. For Not Attacking War hawks may be losing relevance as White House takes Syria seriously Syrian nerve gas claims undermined by eyewitness accounts Syria's neighbors very cautious about U.S.-led intervention Insight: Good life goes on for Syrian elite, as they sit out the war Eugene Robinson: In Syria, U.S. inaction is better than intervention Out & In The NBA Jason Collins: Why I'm coming out now NBA's Jason Collins says U.S. 'ready' for openly gay player NBA Players Voice Support of Jason Collins on Twitter Twitterverse Celebrates NBA's Collins For Coming Out As Gay ESPN Sportscaster Immediately Trashes First Out NBA Player: Jason Collins Is Not 'A Christian' NFL wide receiver Mike Wallace tweets insensitive remarks following Jason Collins' coming out Obama calls Collins, offers support on coming out Greg Sargent: Jason Collins vaults over a gay rights barrier Nate Silver: Jason Collins Breaks a Barrier. But Will He Find Another N.B.A. Job? Kate Sheppard: Jason Collins Is Not the First Out Gay Pro Athlete Dave Zirin: Jason Collins - The Substance of Change Boston Cleanup Boston bombing probe: What female DNA may mean in investigation Furious Boston Resident Confronts Extremist Alex Jones "Reporter" Over Jones' Paranoid False Flag' Allegations Immigration: Reform Coming How low-skilled guest workers could become citizens under 'Gang of 8' bill Former GOP Senator at Odds With Protégé on Immigration Jordan Weissmann: The Myth of America's Tech-Talent Shortage McCay Coppins: The Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur Energy, Climate & Environment Brad Plumer: Thanks to climate change, the government is spending way more on disaster relief than anybody thought Carbon Market Crossroads: New Ideas for Harnessing Global Markets to Confront Climate Change Nations In Turmoil Central Damascus, Syria neighborhood hit by bomb explosion Roadside bomb kills French soldier in Mali The War Over There Afghan Leader Karzai Confirms Cash Deliveries by C.I.A. U.S. finally acts over Guantanamo Bay hunger strikes International News Dutch King Willem-Alexander sworn in, after abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix U.S. and South Korea wrap up joint military drills Arab states back Israel-Palestine land swaps National Politics Elizabeth Colbert Busch solidly walks away winner from debate with Mark Sanford Colbert Busch to Sanford: 'Nobody tells me what to do' It Gets Worse For Sanford: Affair site buys Mark Sanford billboard Federal Student Loan Decisions To Include Gay Families John Nichols: How Voter Backlash Against Voter Suppression Is Changing Our Politics The Prophets of Oak Ridge; Peace, Nukes, and U.S. Security Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists Midwest Roundup Sequester budget cuts to shut down USGS stream gages in Neb. Neb. leg. likely to create Water Sustainability Project Task Force 7 year old Jack Hoffman visits Pres. Obama, raises cancer awareness Iowa Gov. Branstad taking a shot at Rep Steve King: "The last thing we need is another Congressman in the U.S. Senate" Uncle Sam Is Not Your Janitor America may be on the verge of yet another war - something the American people don't want - but you wouldn't know it if you checked the U.S. news media. Monitoring America's major legitimate news sources, only a few are even talking about that uneasy feeling we're having about Syria, that the ghosts of pre-war eras of the past are walking among us again. The stories our colleagues are covering do include some important topics, like the announcement by NBA player Jason Collins that he's gay - the first out and active player in the NBA, or any major professional men's sport in the U.S. That's a topic we'll likely revisit ourselves later this week. The continued cowardly actions of Congress in dealing with the effects of sequestration also grabbed some of the headlines, as did the Elizabeth Colbert-Busch smackdown of Mark Sanford at the debate in South Carolina, and the story of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner finally admitting the Supreme Court's 2000 Bush v. Gore decision seriously harmed the legitimacy of the Court. Still, of all the major U.S. newspapers and other legitimate news organizations, not a single one over the last ten hours prominently featured the fact that the world once again appears to be waiting on the U.S. to clean up the ongoing mess in Syria. That wasn't the case last weekend, when some of the same Republicans who got us into the mess in Iraq were again banging the war drums on the Sunday shows... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for April 30, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy Study shows unemployment fraud costing Uncle Sam $3.3B, annually For the unemployed, no reprieve on budget cuts Steven Rattner: The Warnings Behind the Economic Numbers U.S. Federal Government to Pay Down Debt For First Time in Six Years Neil Irwin: The era of austerity is over (for now) Dylan Matthews: Study shows that yes, money really can buy happiness Sequestration Nation FAA suspends employee furloughs, bill held up by typos Sequestration Damaging IRS Battle With Tax Evasion Meals On Wheels Sequestration Cuts Taking Effect The United States of Sequestration: Budget Cuts In All 50 States How Austerity Is Literally Killing Some People Sargent: Democrats need a tough and united front on sequestration Wall Street Watch As Jobs Numbers Continue To Lag, Fed Is Viewed as Unlikely to Do More To Reduce Unemployment The Euro Zone In Europe, widening doubt over austerity hits politicians hard, in multiple nations Guns & America PPP Poll: Backlash continues against multiple Senators on gun vote After Her Poll Numbers Plummet, NRA Runs Ads Thanking Senator For Killing Background Checks Bill Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Says Congress Will Act Again on Guns Before 2014 Elections Health Care Checkup MAP: Which States Have Cut Treatment For the Mentally Ill the Most, In The Past Few Years? Ed Kilgore: The Optimist's Case For Obamacare Implementation The Next Big Challenge for the ACA (Obamacare) Health Care Law: Carrying It Out Health Care Checkup Sarah Kliff: The real reason why health-care costs are slowing Should Medicare pay hospitals for leaving patients satisfied? Ethics & The Media Reuters fires editor accused of aiding 'Anonymous' hackers Editor on Reuters firing: 'I assume they were looking for an out' War on Women Anti-choice group publishes videos attacking second-trimester abortion providers Ed Kilgore: More Phony Right-Wing Outrage Over Abortion Education In America Per-student pre-K spending now lowest in decade in the U.S. Sean F. Reardon: Money In Education Matters, As No Rich Child Is Left Behind And now, for your Weekly OK Gazette Toon preview for April 30, 2013  (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) News From Capitol Hill A ridiculous new debt-ceiling strategy takes shape in The House GOP's debt limit threat goes off the rails | House GOP Plans Even Deeper Food Stamp Cuts Sen. Cruz (R-TX) Breaks With Senate Tradition While Criticizing Colleagues On The Left Ezra Klein: Obama wasn't joking at the White House correspondents' dinner Juliet Eilperin: Obama's campaign finance reform plans have faded SCOTUS Brief After Casting Key Fifth Vote For Bush, Justice O'Connor Now Regrets Bush v. Gore Justice O'Connor on Bush v. Gore: 'Maybe the court should have said...' States Of Confusion Montana may reconsider Medicaid expansion Florida legislators approve measure to speed up executions Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs bill banning destruction of guns surrendered at buyback events Ohio high schooler attempts suicide in front of classmates On The Right Ron Paul Slams 'Military-Style Occupation' In Boston Following Bombing Jeb Bush Defends 'Conservatism' in Weird Online Magazine Ed Kilgore: Ted Cruz and the Squishes Gerson: For GOP, opposition shouldn't only mean obstruction We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.