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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Boyfriend consumed by video
games reveals himself a loser
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been dating
to have a worse relationship than this
“Ian” for seven months. We met at
one. Ian is immature, emotionally and
work, and my friends convinced me
physically abusive and unemployed.
to go out with him. I thought he was
Men who care about women don’t
a nice guy, just shy. Now that we’ve
treat them the way he treats you.
been dating, I realize that’s not the
Ian should not move anywhere
case.
with you. If he does, you will have a
Ian plays video games A LOT.
heck of a time getting this freeloader
They consume his life. He gets so
out. Not only that, you won’t be able
Jeanne
aggravated that he slams buttons and Phillips to find anyone else because it will
curses incessantly. My nerves can’t
appear that you’re already “involved.”
Advice
handle hearing it. I have anxiety issues,
Dear Abby: I hear people all around
and when he does it, I nearly have a
me talk about their grandkids and the
panic attack. When I tell him it’s just a game, great times they have. I have grandkids, too,
he won’t listen.
but I don’t know how to be a grandmother. My
He is also critical of me. It’s mostly about mother didn’t have the skill, and I don’t know
my weight, but he also tells me I’m horrible what to do.
and stupid. He complains about the way I play
I’m in my early 50s, and I’m trying to do
video games, my cooking, etc. Sometimes things now that I didn’t get to do when I was
he loses his temper and snaps at me. He has young. I raised my kids. Am I supposed to
slapped me a few times.
spend all my time with them? I’m not sure I
He’s never intimate with me, but I know even want to. Does that make me selfish? —
he’s straight because he watches porn when Lost Grandma In Virginia
he thinks I’m asleep. We pretty much lead
Dear Lost Grandma: You don’t have to
separate lives, but he talks about us getting spend “all” your time with your grandchil-
our own place. We no longer work at the same dren. You should, however, see them every
company. I have a part-time job and go to few weeks if possible so you can get to know
school full time, but he won’t even look for each other.
a job.
Because you’re not sure how to do that,
Part of me wants to end it. But this is my ask their parents and some of your friends
first real relationship, and I’m not sure if I can for suggestions on how to entertain them. It
do any better. Help! — Conflicted In Virginia could be as simple as taking them to a movie,
Dear Conflicted: End it NOW! You are attending some of their school or sporting
looking at this the wrong way. From where I events, baking cookies together or taking them
sit, it would be practically impossible for you to a park during an afternoon.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 9, 1916
A large crowd gathered at the East
Oregonian building last night to watch the
returns, and it was strictly sympathetic with
Wilson. As the first reports came in with a
prediction of Hughes’ election the crowd
acted as though it were at a funeral but as the
reports from the western states began to show
the wonderful strength of Wilson, enthusiasm
grew apace. The faithful ones braved the cold
night until the small hours of the morning as
added encouragement was received. Hughes
supporters confident of victory early in the
evening planned a street ovation. Had it not
been that the members of the band were
otherwise occupied there might have been a
grand hurrah for Hughes before the chickens
had hatched.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 9, 1966
Umatilla County voters went to the polls in
larger numbers than usual during an off-year
election, just missing reaching 70 percent. On
the basis of semi-official complete returns for
all precincts in the county, the U.S. Senate
race drew 1,305 votes, which figures out
roughly at 69 per cent.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 9, 1991
The Oregon Supreme Court intends to
dismiss a disciplinary case against District
Court Judge Ralph Currin, who last month
was accused of flipping coins to decide traffic
cases. The high court decided to drop the
case because the 75-year-old judge plans to
retire soon. Currin has advised Chief Justice
Wallace Carson Jr., the state’s top court
administrator, that he will retire on or before
Dec. 31 and won’t seek appointment as a part-
time senior judge. The Supreme Court said in
view of Currin’s actions, it will dismiss the
case when he officially retires.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 314th day of
2016. There are 52 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 9, 1976, the U.N.
General Assembly approved
resolutions
condemning
apartheid in South Africa,
including one characterizing
the white-ruled government
as “illegitimate.”
On this date:
In 1620, the passengers
and crew of the Mayflower
sighted Cape Cod.
In 1872, fire destroyed
nearly 800 buildings in
Boston.
In 1918, it was announced
that Germany’s Kaiser
Wilhelm II would abdicate;
he then fled to the Nether-
lands.
In 1935, United Mine
Workers president John L.
Lewis and other labor leaders
formed the Committee for
Industrial Organization (later
renamed the Congress of
Industrial Organizations).
In 1938, Nazis looted
and burned synagogues as
well as Jewish-owned stores
and houses in Germany and
Austria in a pogrom that
became known as “Kristall-
nacht.”
In 1953, Welsh author-
poet Dylan Thomas died in
New York at age 39.
In 1965, the great
Northeast blackout began
as a series of power failures
lasting up to 13 1/2 hours left
30 million people in seven
states and part of Canada
without electricity.
In 1967, a Saturn V
rocket carrying an unmanned
Apollo spacecraft blasted off
from Cape Kennedy on a
successful test flight.
In 1970, former French
President Charles de Gaulle
died at age 79.
In 1986, Israel revealed
it was holding Mordechai
Vanunu, a former nuclear
technician who’d vanished
after providing information
to a British newspaper about
Israel’s nuclear weapons
program. (Vanunu was
convicted of treason and
served 18 years in prison.)
In 1989, communist East
Germany threw open its
borders, allowing citizens
to travel freely to the West;
joyous Germans danced atop
the Berlin Wall.
In 1991, singer-actor
Yves Montand died near
Paris at age 70.
In 2006: Republican
Sen. George Allen conceded
defeat in the Virginia Senate
race to Democrat Jim
Webb, sealing the Demo-
crats’ control of Congress.
World champion figure
skater Michelle Kwan was
appointed America’s first
public diplomacy envoy by
Secretary of State Condo-
leezza Rice.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Baseball Hall of Famer
Whitey Herzog is 85.
Baseball Hall of Famer Bob
Gibson is 81. Actor Charlie
Robinson is 71. Movie
director Bille August is 68.
Actor Robert David Hall
is 68. Actor Lou Ferrigno
is 65. Sen. Sherrod Brown,
D-Ohio, is 64. Gospel
singer Donnie McClurkin
is 57. Rock musician Dee
Plakas (L7) is 56. Actress
Ion Overman is 47. Rapper
Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) is 47.
Rapper Scarface (Geto
Boys) is 46. Blues singer
Susan Tedeschi is 46.
Actor Jason Antoon is 45.
Actor Eric Dane is 44.
Singer Nick Lachey (98
Degrees) is 43. Country
musician
Barry
Knox
(Parmalee) is 39. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Sisqo
(Dru Hill) is 38. Country
singer Corey Smith is 37.
Actress Nikki Blonsky is
28. Actress-model Analeigh
(AH’-nuh-lee) Tipton is 28.
Thought for Today:
“When one burns one’s
bridges, what a very nice
fire it makes.” — Dylan
Thomas (1914-1953).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE