Grrl Power #845 - Patreon 2x
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It seems Maxima's love affair with Lorlara was short lived.
Panel 6: The implied text there is "Gary, I know this looks bad, but do you want to know what I see? An opportunity. For both of us."
This is either a baller move, or a sign of overconfidence. Deus isn't admitting to anything actionable here, but either way it almost seems like he's bored with the opposition considering what he's implying.
Make no mistake, he has an actual high end business that provides a legitimate service. Given the small number of supers in the world though, it tends to be more of a "quietly hunt down super powered blackmailers (that aren't me) after the fact (and possibly offer them a job)" program than a vigilance/safeguard service. The way he finds new clients... might be occasionally... illegal-ish.
I'm not sure what fancy restaurant serves cake pops like a pile of bonbons, but Deus does own the place, so maybe he just likes having some down to earth stuff on the menu. Presumably these are also really good, fresh made cake pops, and not what they usually are, which is leftover cake crumbs mashed together with icing or chocolate. They're basically the croutons of cake.
I'm also not sure what Maxima ordered there in panel 1 (or where it went in subsequent panels - oops) I think it's either lime sherbert, or a key lime pie in a wine glass. Either way it's got gold foil in the dessert and around the rim there. Because it's a fancy restaurant so they have to embellish stuff like that.
Comments
After too many years programming, mismatched [tick quote brace bracket paren ...] pull me completely out of the flow while I go back through several times trying to find the darn things!
Donald Randolph
2020-06-07 04:52:53 +0000 UTCI wonder if that is the same bacon/shrimp from the last page, talk about savoring the flavor.
Grimfox
2020-06-04 11:14:00 +0000 UTCGood call. That always bugs me when I see others neglecting closing syntax.
Dave Barrack
2020-06-01 13:52:20 +0000 UTCThis is good information, and a little deeper into the subject that I was obviously aware of. In Deus's defense, he's not looking to take over the entirety of the US's military manufacturing contracts - he wants to get his hands on $300B over ten years, which is actually a pretty small percentage of annual spending. Granted, knowing him, it may be the thin edge of the wedge, but you gotta start somewhere.
Dave Barrack
2020-06-01 13:51:39 +0000 UTCDave, you may want to add an end quotation mark to your commentary.
Stephen Gilberg
2020-06-01 13:29:10 +0000 UTCI will say that there is only one problem with his plan... In the US, at least, there are a number of laws requiring that key infrastructure, defense equipment, etc... MUST be manufactured in the U.S. and by U.S. owned companies. There are multiple reasons for these laws, but they are actually a much larger obstacle to Deus's plans than the issues of "Pork Barrel" contracts or really anything else. His hinted aircraft, in particular, is a straight up, "no". Additionally, the U.S. actively requires that every aspect of the design and manufacture capability involved with any of their defense spending be completely divulged to them and that they are granted full rights to all designs and processes. This second bit has led to some very questionable events, (designs from one company being turned over to a preferred company for manufacture and supply, etc...), at points in history and if Deus thinks a bit of blackmail will get him over the line on that he is actually wrong. Well... hmmm... for the last bit... I guess that depends on where in time they are... if this world parallels us, then the current administration would probably be o.k. with violating all the laws involved, but would still need to get past a House that would be aggressively opposed. So, I'm not saying he has a bad plan, but I am saying that it is far more complicated than presented here and there are a number of very serious obstical's in the way that haven't been considered.
FeyOne
2020-06-01 12:07:09 +0000 UTCBacon-wrapped shrimp seems like a kind of literal pork-barrelling.
Andrew
2020-06-01 11:44:52 +0000 UTCThat table is about to suffer structural damage.
Tim
2020-06-01 11:12:12 +0000 UTC"Once you pay the danegeld..." Wiser congress critters will know that Deus will be a much tougher Dane to get rid of. But then wiser congress critters are less likely to make the sort of mistake that brings the attention of blackmailers. . I make no comment about the relative abundance of non-wise congress critters. ^_^
Foradain
2020-06-01 10:16:29 +0000 UTCNow I'm beginning to think that bacon gets Loralara high, lol.
Michael Obert
2020-06-01 10:08:08 +0000 UTCI mean, he's not wrong...
Dark Kuno
2020-06-01 10:07:49 +0000 UTC
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