GLASSESUSA.com IS A SCAM OUT OF ISRAEL

UPDATE: Nearly two months later...NO GLASSES, NO REFUND, NO APOLOGIES. I was told 'the case is closed.' Avoid this miserable scam company!

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I want to warn my friends about the GlassesUSA.com scam. Sure, they offer very cheap glasses and a wide variety of styles. They promise quick delivery, top quality...blah blah blah. But I never got them as promised. I was told DHL attempted delivery but I was "not at home." Bunk. I work at home every day. I WAS home. I've not left this house in a month. I was then told to contact DHL for delivery. The tracking number didn't work.

And why is a US-based company even using DHL for anyway? Makes no sense. So I asked GlassesUSA why they use a foreign service.

The answer I got was it was because the glasses are made in Europe. Ha ha. Why not 'GlassesEurope?' Oh wait a minute...they lied about that, too. The company has little to do with the USA at all. GlassesUSA, LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Bnei Brak, Israel.

The new tracking number didn't work. I will never get the glasses. Most likely, they were never even shipped and GlassesUSA probably never made them. They probably knew Montana delivery wasn't possible so they simply pretended! They lied to me. I was ripped off.

DHL closed down all operations in Montana and Wyoming back in 2008. Have they reopened an office? Missoula? It's unclear. Do I ever see DHL trucks in the area? Never. Is there some sort of satellite grouped with some podunk, obscure mailing service outlet somewhere? Possibly, but if DHL was even involved at all in the first place, then they outright LIED to GlassesUSA.

Why? Because I was informed by GlassesUSA that DHL said they made 'at least' THREE attempts at delivery. Impossible! I'm always here! 'At least' is the tipoff that they're lying. What, they don't know exactly how many attempts were made? WTF does 'at least' mean? So many attempts paints me as the bad guy. It's MY fault for being home and not seeing the invisible DHL truck pull up. Their tracking records note one attempt and I doubt that was even made. No note was left on the door about where to go to pick up the glasses. I have been home all day each day for the past month. My wife does the shopping. I stay home and work. I've had a lot of work and I'm in my office ALL DAY. If a DHL truck had pulled in, well I would have seen it. My office window faces the driveway. I would have seen AND heard it! THEY ARE LIARS! And as far as I'm concerned, so is GlassesUSA.com!

If there had been an attempt at delivery, the dog would have started barking and I would have been made aware if I was out of my office and in another room. I would have been aware of any delivery attempt. We live in a quiet area. It would have been obvious. So DHL lied. GlassesUSA is disingenuous at best. They should drop 'USA' from their name.

If the prices seem very low and 'too good to be true,' well...that's always a clue, isn't it? 

Beware of scam artists--they're everywhere.

--Ben Garrison

Did the Military Arrest Hillary? Perp Walk:

https://themarshallreport.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/hillary-does-the-perp-walk-it-appears-special-forces-have-made-an-arrest/

It does appear as if Hillary was handcuffed. They did forcefully put her into the van as if she were a sack of potatoes--or someone under arrest. We do see some sort of metal around her ankles. If you watch the video closely, it does appear as if something is shiny around her ankles.

This could explain much. It sent the DNC and MSM scrambling to make up an excuse. First it was said she suffered from heat exhaustion--in mid 70 degree weather. Then Bill said it was 'the flu.' Then it was pneumonia. Then we saw a body double appear on the street with a staged shot of a little girl. "I feel great!" said the body double. No secret service or entourage was around her.

Here are the scenarios I've been able to find so far:

1. Hillary died at the medical clinic (probably owned by the Clintons) at Chelsea's swank apartment building. An ABC news affiliate in New York announced her death. Bring on the body double and computer graphics.

2. Hillary is very ill and in bed. Bring on the body double.

3. Hillary was arrested for treason and the military is doing what the compromised FBI wouldn't do--hence her stiff and stumbling perp walk into the van. She's now in some unnamed location and under detention. Bring on the body double. Will Bill be arrested next? I hope so.

4. Hillary has Parkinsons or other very serious condition and her meds wore off.

5. Hillary is still sick but back on the scene--only now she's heavily drugged.

6. Hillary really did have pneumonia--then made a miraculous 'I feel great!' recovery in an hour or so, then relapsed with pneumonia and disappeared.

Hillary's lead in the polls has disappeared as well and things could get interesting as we approach the presidential debate!

The Deplorables:

Ha ha ha!!

https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-basket-of-deplorables.html

https://teespring.com/deplorables-for-trump-dark#pid=2&cid=576&sid=front

Are You a 'Deplorable?'

...then this t-shirt is for you!

https://teespring.com/new-deplorables-for-trump

Get 'em while they're hot!

Star Trek 50th Anniversary Cartoon:

I first began watching ‘Star Trek’ when I was 10. I watched the original programs as they were broadcast. I watched some of the other series over the years, but the original episodes remain my favorite. I was never a ‘Trekkie’ per se, but I did attend an event at college where James Doohan was the speaker. The auditorium was packed. He was a real star and fielded many questions. Everyone loved him.

So naturally I was disappointed not to see him on the 'Star Trek 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue' just issued by ‘TIME.' Maybe the PC crowd at ‘TIME' thought he would make one white man too many. Fine. I thumbed through the slick magazine and came across a Trump slur. What does he have to do with Star Trek? ‘TIME' compared him to an alien species known as the Ferengi. They are greedy, ugly capitalists. Some wag at ‘TIME' couldn’t resist and so their own biased politics were allowed to pollute the commemorative.

With that spirit in mind, I decided to draw my own 'Star Trek' commemorative—a cartoon. Now if Hillary were in 'Star Trek,’ who would she be? A blue Andorian with antennae? A Danebian Slime Devil? No…that would be too mean. She needs to be part of the Federation and someone of lofty rank. So I made her a Captain. A captain similar to Christopher Pike, only without his honor and courage. 

Non- 'Star Trek' fans may not ‘get’ this cartoon, but those of you who are most certainly will. To my fellow Star Trek fans—it’s up to you. Who would you vote for? Captain Trump or Captain Hillary? My choice is obvious. —Ben Garrison

P.S. Special thanks to Jeff Rense for using my cartoons in his video with Joel Skousen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_r3LRipUtc

Humpty Hillary:

Humpty Hillary has had a great fall. Many of them. She passed out and got a concussion that resulted in a blood clot and many other health issues. (Seizures? Parkinson’s? Dementia?) She’s also falling in the polls. She has obvious health problems that she is unable to keep hidden. She has ethics and criminal problems. She claims she couldn’t remember deleting her email due to her concussion. It’s now been revealed that she smashed an iPad and Blackberries with a hammer. To hide evidence, of course. That in and of itself is criminal. Alas, she’s above the law. All of this disqualifies her from being the president. If she was too sick to know what she was doing, it disqualifies her. If she’s lying about it all, that disqualifies her. Her disastrous actions when she was Secretary of State disqualifies her.

She’s an ill criminal who is unfit for the presidency.

As her allies try to keep her together, she is falling apart before our eyes. Cough cough!

Hillary's Pickle Jar: Dank Meme:

She's in a pickle. Sure, she opened a pre-opened pickle jar on a talk show to 'prove' she was healthy. We know it had already been opened because we heard no 'pop.'

Hillary wouldn't be able to open the pickle jar I drew. Now available!

https://teespring.com/dank-pickle-meme

Hillary's Boogeymen:

Hillary’s recent speech smacked of deceit, delusion and desperation. The three ‘D's. 

Hillary and the globalists are losing their ability to brainwash the public. People are gravitating toward truth tellers and away from mainstream news, political correctness and social justice warriors. Hillary tried to scare people back into the fold by the use of scolding, smearing and virtue posturing. She has no virtue. After all, she attacked Obama racially in 2008 and also praised the ex-KKK leader, Robert Byrd. She even kissed him.

Your silly speech didn’t work, Hillary. It only made you appear demented. I guess that makes four ‘D's. 

Ben Garrison

Hillary as President:

This is what it might look like!

UPDATE:

After seeing our site down for nearly 12 hours, our service provider gave us some lame excuse--that the traffic to our site was 'hurting other users.' This is nonsense. I have a deluxe plan and plenty of bandwidth. I'll soon be giving this 'hoster' the boot. They added an 'account suspended' notice which was particularly maddening.

This makes the third time my site has been taken down--usually after publishing a particularly insulting Hillary Clinton cartoon.

Podcasts and AMAs:

http://www.magapod.com/episode-3-ben-garrison-show-notes/

I enjoyed talking to Mark Hammond, who will also have an AMA on The_Donald this Thursday. I had my AMA last night. If you're interested, here it is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4y2og1/ben_garrisonrogue_cartoonist_ama/

Weekend at Hillary's:

This cartoon was based on the classic movie, “Weekend at Bernie’s.” Two young men tried to keep their dead boss, Bernie, looking alive for various reasons. The mainstream media and the rigged DNC are doing the same for Hillary. Without them, her presidential run would have expired and, ironically, ‘Bernie’ Sanders would be the nominee.

Hillary doesn’t have good footing lately. She also doesn’t have good standing with many voters, either. She’s corrupt to the core and has tried to cover up endless scandals. She’s above the law, but not above ill-health. She’s having more and more trouble covering that up. The coughing fits. The facial ticks. The hideous cackling for no reason. The weird hole in her tongue. Her seizures. Her forgetfulness. She claims Trump is her husband. She said she wants to tax the middle class. She once said, ‘It takes a village.' Yes it does, Hillary. It takes a village to help you up the stairs.

Sure, some are willing to overlook Hillary's crimes and incompetency. They claim be 'with her,' but she’s looking withered.

Hillary is incompetent morally. She was a disaster as Secretary of State. She’s incompetent physically. She’s a brain damaged danger who must be kept out of the White House and and her shaking fingers away from the nuclear button.

--Ben Garrison

Nick Denton and Peter Thiel:

Gawker's owner, Nick Denton, had his face plastered all over NYC--someone wants him in prison. Denton lost his case against Hulk Hogan--and he lost big time. Denton was taught quite a lesson about libel and defamation. Another lesson he has learned: Don't mess with billionaires. Peter Thiel spent millions to help crush Denton. And it may still be an on-going process:

www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/08/10/jail-denton-pictures-appear-around-new-york-city/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/opinion/peter-thiel-the-online-privacy-debate-wont-end-with-gawker.html?_r=0

I endured for years similar treatment on sites such as 4chan. Christopher Poole, a young man who ran the site (he sold it to some Japanese man recently) allowed vicious copyright infringement (my cartoons defaced into racist junk while trolls claimed they were the 'originals'), gross defamation and outright libel against me to occur daily for many years, while at the same time he made sure all "Gamer Gate" and "Celebrity Nude Gate" posts were immediately deleted by his moderators.

Why was this? As usual it can be boiled down to one word:

Money.

Poole had little money, but didn't want to be sued by those who did have it. In my case, he was unafraid, because I didn't have it.

Denton insulted Thiel--claiming he had 'outed' him. He violated Thiel's privacy. The billionaire had the means to decapitate Gawker. Hulk Hogan was a beneficiary.

Surely Denton was smart enough to know he was playing with fire, but he dug in his heels. He published prurient stories, or 'click bait' journalism that attracted millions of viewers--as well as millions of dollars for his coffers.

Where is this going? Well, if you want to have a voice on the Internet and you gain some modicum of popularity, be prepared to be smeared, libeled and defamed by entities who disagree with your opinions. If you don't have deep pockets to fight back legally, it's best to avoid tangling with the hateful dragon. You can't defeat the Internet hate machine unless you have millions of dollars. In other words, justice is for rich people.

--Ben Garrison

Hillary: Operation!

Hillary obviously has some serious health issues. Mainstream media are doing their best to dismiss obvious evidence, while alternative media journalists such as Mike Cernovich are digging up facts.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/oh-hillary-handler-carries-diazepam-pen-seizures/

Also:
https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/1790

Hillary is unfit due to health reasons. Her mind is not sharp and she admits she 'short circuits.' Huma, connected with the Muslim brotherhood, has revealed that Hillary 'is often confused and needs her hand held.'

She has seizures and convulsions. Her mind is not sharp--she yelled for taxes on the middle class (to the mindless applause from her sycophants) and called Trump 'her husband.'

Even worse, she's an immoral criminal who is above the law--she gets away with it every time, which only encourages more lawlessness. Whitewater, cattlegate, filegate, travelgate, all kinds of gates and then she carelessly mistreated classified info by allowing anyone to access it from her private server.

She murdered Gaddafi and destabilized that region still further--and she laughed about it. Americans died while she gave aid to ISIS. Her Clinton Foundation is a means to peddle influence--favors for cash. Her speeches to the central banks are kept hidden. She's a dangerous liar and subject to fits of rage that scare her aides and supporters.

SHE is the loose cannon, not Trump. She needs to be kept far away from the nuclear button.

Hillary Lying:

A few months back I drew a cartoon using this theme. I decided to do something similar (rendering in Adobe Illustrator) for a t-shirt. It's now available. (Hey, I have to make a living, right?)  --Ben Garrison

https://teespring.com/new-hillary-lies?utm_swu=29#pid=2&cid=2397&sid=front

Keep On Canklin' :

We now live in a country with a government that is no longer responsible to ‘We The People.’ It is now owned by globalist oligarchs. They no longer care if we know. It’s ‘in our face.’

Hillary Clinton is their candidate. Her corruption is grandiose in scale and now openly on display. She is above the law. They don’t even care if we know that. In fact, they want us to know. They want us to know that we are powerless. 

The DNC rigged the primaries in favor of Hillary, aka “Cankles.”  The FBI also rigged the tremendous evidence against Hillary in favor of Hillary. She should be in prison. Instead, she was exonerated with the feeble excuse that ‘it wasn’t intentional.’ She is of the global elite. She is above the law.

It’s time for all good citizens of this country—citizens who want to adhere to our Constitution—to resist those who have stolen our country from us. Some have realized this and have abandoned our country. Robert Crumb is one of them. Instead of staying here and drawing cartoons along the lines of George Carlin, the old pervert instead fled to some old obscure chateau in France. He won’t mind that I stole his cartoon for this purpose because he never looks at the Internet. If he does mind, good luck trying to sue me. Come on, Crumb--go for it. But no worries. He has transpired into the realm of irrelevancy. God’s speed, Mr. Crumb. And good riddance. C’est la vie. 

--Ben Garrison

Hillary's Acceptance Speech:

Hillary would sell her soul to the Devil for money and power.

In fact, maybe she already has...

Bernie Endorses Wall Street Corruption, the Status Quo and War:

Bernie wants political change. So he endorsed a candidate who represents the status quo. He wants to go after the 1 percent. So he endorsed a candidate who received a fundraiser from the Rothschilds—at $100,000 per plate. Bernie wants to break up the banks. Goldman Sachs gave Hillary $225,000 for a speech. She won’t reveal what she said. 

Bernie supports a liar, a criminal, a warmonger and a grifter. He wants her and her rapist husband back once again in the White House. Maybe Hillary will return the silverware she stole.

She stuck your face in corruption and election fraud and you still endorsed her. Shame on you, Bernie. Your head is up your 'ass.'

Ciaran Ryan Rebuttal:

I'll answer this man's email point by point.

Comment
Your latest cartoon (Brexit) is beyond racist, how do you think you can get away pumping out racial hatred as if you're Joseph Goebbels?

ISLAM IS NOT A RACE. I 'get away' with it because we have a very important right called FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

We live in a modern multicultural world where political correctness isn't something to be sneered at

WHY NOT? PC totalitarianism stifles free speech. I DO sneer at your PC bullshit.

or anthropomorphise as a shark,

Free speech and using a metaphor. 

political correctness is simply the pursuit of equality for everyone.

Everyone's IQ must be rendered equal? Everyone's wealth must be made the same? Everyone's abilities must be made equal? How is this 'pursuit of equality' supposed to be carried out? By force? If not force of arms, then by hurling insults as you are doing here as well as threatening the livelihoods of those whom with you disagree.

If you do not wish to live in a society that promotes these values you are more than welcome to leave. Portraying Muslims as pirates because of the actions of a tiny fraction of Islam, depicting Angela Merkel as some kind of tyrant, and mocking Sweden, all of which simply racist beyond belief.

ISLAM is not a race. Sweden is not a race (well, not any more). J'ever hear of the 'Barbary Pirates?' You know, the ones Thomas Jefferson eliminated when he sent US Marines to Tripoli?

I can assure you I speak for all the reasonable human beings in the world

Not so fast--you just used a logical fallacy known as 'ad populum.' You speak for yourself--your bandwagon of 'reasonable people' does not exist.

when I say, people like you are the problem in this world.Not Muslims. Not the EU. Just small minded ignorant dinosaurs such as yourself.

I have more power than a billion Muslims as well as bureaucrats who decide the fate of business and lives in Europe? I didn't know my pen was that powerful.

If you so wish to justify your cartoon, which is clearly intended to incite racial hatred, it would be much appreciated.

My cartoon stands on its own merits. You can say it's racist a million times and I wouldn't care one whit. It has nothing to do with racism. You've shown your true colors--waving a white flag toward radical Islam as terrorists continue to commit mass murder against innocents.

Ben Garrison's reply to Ciaran Ryan over the Brexit cartoon I drew.

RNC Summary Cartoon:

It's amusing to see how the liberal media is shocked and outraged at Trump's 'negative' speech last night. It only shows how out of touch with reality they are. The economy stinks for most working Americans whose jobs have been sent overseas. The various trade deals that benefit a few at the top has been disastrous for American citizens in general. Obama's open borders and Hillary's lust to import millions of Muslim refugees spells more disaster. College kids are burdened with debt to the tune of $1 trillion. Obama has run up the debt to over $19 trillion. Hillary is a corrupt criminal who has proven to the country that she's 'above the law.'

Yet somehow the liberal media says Trump is a bad guy because he wants to put American citizens first. Somehow that's shocking to the liberal globalist media. They say Trump is 'too negative.' No. He's too well tuned into reality.

As for Ted Cruz and Kasich...they may have blown up their own political careers by not endorsing their Republican nominee.

Ben Garrison

Leslie Jones vs. Milo Yiannopoulos:

Leslie Jones, you’re doing it wrong.

Take some advice from someone who also mishandled the trolling. It took me many years to figure out how to come to grips with it. You cannot fight the Internet Hate Machine. If you try, you’ll be doomed to failure.

Yes, I know…you were inundated with hate from trolls. Terrible stuff. I know what that’s like. I’ve been called a Nazi and racist a million times. I’ve endured terrible slurs I won’t repeat here. I’ve received death threats. I’ve been called every name in the book by both the far right and the far left. I had to deal with copyright infringement, libel and defamation and I dealt with it badly until I got wise to myself. The trolls aren’t going to change. You must change. You must laugh off the hate and harassment. It should be easier for you than it was for me. After all, you’re a comedian. You feel like you’re in a 'personal hell?’ That used to be my existence, too. At least you have many liberal allies and fellow movie stars to make you feel better. Still, if you really want to feel better on your own you must laugh off the insults and stop caring. Once you achieve that mindset, nothing can hurt you.

Free speech on the Internet is an extremely valuable right that we must not lose. Unfortunately the Internet comes with a sordid underbelly that we must tolerate to keep that free speech intact. I also once wanted revenge. I was ready to say or do anything to make it stop. I pounded the table for ‘moderation.’ Facebook found it easier to shut me up than remove my tormentors. Why? Because lately it seems right-leaning libertarians and conservatives are assigned the blame. Milo Yiannopoulos has an Oscar Wilde-like wit that can hurt the feelings of the left and social justice warriors, but he’s not a troll. Twitter was out of line shutting down his free speech. He may have hurt your feelings, but if you’re willing to be in the public eye, then criticism must be expected. 

I am no fan of hate speech because it shuts down reasoned debate. Hate speech is not an argument and leads to no end except more hate. That said, if we ban hate speech outright it means there will be someone out there who gets to decide what hate speech is—and that’s a noose we don’t want to see tightened. We don’t need censors and scolds telling us what we can say and cannot say. We don’t need commissars of free speech regulating the Internet.

Do us all a favor—stop being a victim. Stop the complaining. Laugh it off. Stop caring. Step out of your personal hell. And tell Twitter to reinstate Milo’s free speech.

Ben Garrison

My YouTube Channel

I receive a lot of email these days and it has gotten to the point where I can't write everyone back, but I did write this man back--he's from France. Unfortunately a lot of people who write me want their privacy, so my responses get kicked back as undeliverable.

In this case, he wanted to know if my YouTube channel was the 'real me' due to the trolls and doppelgängers who steal my name and photos. Here is my response:

Yes, this is my real YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/bgarri57

Although I have not yet done much work promoting it. There are only a few videos there, but I plan on adding more. I do personally answer the comments when I can.

Yes, there are a lot of Internet trolls out there who have attacked and defamed me for years, but the dopplegänger they created is steadily losing his power. More and more people are recognizing me as the libertarian cartoonist that I am. It did take a lot of work on social media to turn things around and my wife Tina has been a big help with that.

I've always wanted to visit France and see the the famous things, but I could never afford it. I'd hate to see French culture ruined by Islam. In my opinion the two cultures are incompatible and the frequent attacks can't have a good affect on tourism there.

I want Paris to always remain Paris....la plus belle ville du monde!

Ben Garrison

The Trump/Pence Train

Trump picked his VP and there was some grumbling about it. Pence supported TPP and some of the globalism that seems to be intrinsic to the Republican Establishment. Pence comes across as an old fashioned Reagan-era conservative with added religiosity. Perhaps Trump is going after the Christian conservative vote that went to Cruz. I was hoping he’d choose more of a populist outsider such as himself. Maybe Dr. Ben Carson.

Regardless, Hillary must be stopped. She’s evil incarnate. Trump is a smart man and must know what he’s doing. There are no perfect candidates, but Hillary is a criminal and the most imperfect candidate in history. Let’s see if the Trump Train can defeat her.

Ben

Radical Islam

Here's a cartoon I drew after the massacre in Nice. These attacks will continue because what we're seeing is a clash of civilization. Islam and western civilization do not mix. Islam doesn't assimilate--they conquer. That's the sad fact.

Where are all the moderate Muslims? Why are they not out in streets protesting these mass murders?

BG

Trump T-shirt

I plan on doing more shirts such as these. Yes, this is a shameless promotion, but so be it.

https://teespring.com/trump-breaking-the-bad-2

https://teespring.com/trump-breaking-the-bad-2

20,000 Twitter Followers

We just hit a landmark today!

The Race Baiter

The globalist elite want to divide us. They use race as a means to bring about more hate, and thus they can usher in more control for themselves. Hillary (backed by Soros) is ready to take over the fishing Obama has been doing. She will try even harder to reel in gun control and make sure even more federalization happens. She and Soros will try new false flag lures in their tackle box to attract more tyranny.

Instead of diversity, Americans need unity—all races and creeds should come together to toss out the globalists on their collectivist ears. Starting with Hillary.

--Ben Garrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJctWpsVNZY

Hillary the Butcher

In 2011, Hillary saw Iraq as a ‘business opportunity.’ She voted for the war there and sees such conflict as a way to make money. That’s what she’s about. Power and money. Hillary has made millions from the Saudis—doing their bidding. She knows the Shiite/Sunni conflict in the middle east is a money maker for her. That’s why she announced:

 “If I’m President, We Will Attack Iran… We would be Able to Totally Obliterate Them.”

We all know how she cackled with glee when she murdered Gaddafi and destabilized Libya. She made sure ISIS got weapons to attack Syria. This creature is war monger. And it’s not just the middle east. Look how she arranged a military coup in Honduras. Many may not remember that she urged Janet Reno to destroy the Koresh compound in Waco. Many people were executed there including women and children.

Hillary is a bloodthirsty, power-mad, money-mad murderer. She’s unfit to be president. She must not get elected. If she is, look for a lot more blood to be spilled in the world due to her penchant for murder.  —Ben Garrison

Article in the Kalispell paper

It was flattering to see myself written up in the local Sunday paper. Full color, even. The reporter did a great job telling my story and I got a kick out of seeing my cartoons published on real newsprint! My 86 year-old mom is a subscriber and she has since pronounced me 'famous.'

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/members/lakeside-cartoonist-a-player-on-the-political-world-stage/article_c3636174-3b30-11e6-8943-1f17ebd0c321.html

A big thank you to Amanda Lanier for her terrific writing!

Ben

The Crooked House of Clinton

Here's my latest cartoon showing how Trump will demolish the corrupt house that the Clintons built.

Brexit and 'The Guardian'

Today the Guardian published a hit piece on me--suggesting I'm a 'Nazi' and 'anti-Semitic.' Ho hum....I've heard that for years and it remains nonsense. There is nothing anti-Semitic about this cartoon. There is a MUSLIM flag above the EU flag representing the influx of people who do not want to assimilate into western culture. It's not the Star of David.

The rape of people in Europe and particularly in Sweden by Muslims is a very real and a big problem. Oh--but nobody can even mention that because they might instantly be labeled 'racist' and 'nazi.' Political correctness must always rule reality! People need to stop fearing the dreaded 'racist' word and speak out--stop letting the commissars of political correctness decide whose speech is valid and whose isn't.

Meanwhile, here's the cartoon again--translated into German thanks to a friend in Germany who helped with the translation.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/14/leave-eu-cartoon-racist-nazi-brexit-antisemitism-1945

Amusing email I received:

Comment
Your latest cartoon is beyond racist, how do you think you can get away pumping out racial hatred as if you're Joseph Goebbels? We live in a modern multicultural world where political correctness isn't something to be sneered at or anthropomorphise as a shark, political correctness is simply the pursuit of equality for everyone. If you do not wish to live in a society that promotes these values you are more than welcome to leave. Portraying Muslims as pirates because of the actions of a tiny fraction of Islam, depicting Angela Merkel as some kind of tyrant,and mocking Sweden, all of which simply racist beyond belief. I can assure you I speak for all the reasonable human beings in the world when I say, people like you are the problem in this world.Not Muslims. Not the EU. Just small minded ignorant dinosaurs such as yourself. If you so wish to justify your cartoon, which is clearly intended to incite racial hatred, it would be much appreciated. However feel free not to reply, you've clearly shown your true colours in your repulsive work.

Yours Sincerely,

Ciaran Ryan

Brexit Needs to Happen

It's past time the EU breaks up. It's time to end these vile institutions that are designed to enslave humanity. End the UN. End the IMF/Federal Reserve central banking oligarchy. And while we're at it, round up all the Bilderberg attendees and put them all in prison.

Here's a good message I came across last night that aligns with my views:

Millions of Taxpayers worked for a lifetime, earning and saving for retirement, only to have it stolen in 2008 by criminals on Wall Street. This money was not lost or destroyed. It was stolen. By deception, lies of omission, and outright lies, illegal collusion, insider trading pump & dumps, and 101 other means not yet revealed, the life savings of millions of Taxpayers was stolen. These are not baseless accusations. The testimony of Alayne Fleischmann is sufficient to convict JP Morgan of criminal behavior that was commonly practiced by its peers. Overall, trillions of Dollars were stolen from millions of Taxpayers.

The injured parties demand full restitution, since this savings is their sole means of survival. Given the unreasonable disparity in wealth between those who control and directed the criminal actions, versus the victims, restitution is justified. The amount owed is due to the extent of the fraud.

Due to the fraud described above, each Taxpayer is owed at least one million Dollars. Social Security is an appropriate mechanism by which to return the stolen wealth.

Do what Iceland did. Repudiate the debt they create out of thin air. Kick the banker-aligned politicians out. Kick the bankers out or put them in prison. End their sick and immoral system of money. Make them pay back hard working Americans. They have been stealing from us for over 100 years now. Time for pay back! Stop importing millions of people who do not want to assimilate into western culture--a culture of freedom worth preserving.

Maybe Brexit will be the start of this trend!

An Open Letter to Jeffrey Goldberg

UPDATE: Goldberg has since amended his column to mention that it's a cartoon altered by trolls, but the libelous cartoon remains and he suggests Trump will initiate a new holocaust if elected. That's completely silly.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/welcome-to-nazi-twitter-ill-be-your-guide/486233/

I was recently libeled in 'The Atlantic.' The reporter, Jeffrey Goldberg, published a cartoon that had been defaced by trolls without any explanation--my name was on it and he apparently considered it to be my real work. It wasn't. Here is my letter to him:

You are an award-winning journalist with a legitimate beef. I get that. I know what it’s like to get hate mail day after day—I’ve received it for years.

But when you posted that vandalized, trolled-cartoon with my name on it, you committed libel. Before you attack a Trump supporter as a some kind of Nazi anti-Semitic nut job, perhaps a modicum of research is in order, no? Isn’t that basic, ethical journalism? I know that cartoon aligned with the narrative you were trying to convey, but did you even search my name to find out that I’m the most trolled cartoonist in the world?

Here is my real cartoon. I drew it for Halloween, and the corrupt establishment for both parties is represented by Dracula:

https://grrrgraphics.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/trump-van-helsing-pulling-back-the-establishment-curtain/

Anonymous trolls stole the cartoon and changed it into anti-Semitism. They pasted the anti-Semitic meme face onto it. That was originally drawn by Nick Bougas, who went under the pen name of ‘A Wyatt Mann.' I never grant permission to anyone to deface my cartoons. What they did constituted copyright infringement and libel. You compounded their libel by giving it a larger arena in the The Atlantic.

Yes, I support Trump. No, I’m not a Nazi and in fact I’ve spoken out against anti-Semitic hatred many, many times. I published a book disavowing the racism and anti-Semitism the trolls tried to assign to me. The trolls weren’t only from the far right, either. Some are social justice warriors from the far left who are determined to ruin my reputation and make sure I don’t get work.

You need to publish a retraction.

Ben Garrison

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Last year, a kid with a similar name, Joshua Goldberg, was arrested by the FBI for sending out bomb instructions to what he thought was an ISIS terrorist. That Goldberg created created libelous hate screed boxes (using my name and face) that called for the murder of Jews. He would then spread the libel around the Internet using the handle "European88." That was bad enough and it caused me a lot of grief, but now the trolling has moved 'mainstream.' Anti-Trump reporters are libeling me as a "Nazi" simply because I drew some pro-Trump cartoons. Shame on them.

Note to a Bernie Supporter

I get a lot of email--some of it is positive and encouraging. Some of it is negative and filled with name calling. The ones who call me names often use email that is anonymous or otherwise won't allow me to reply. That's too bad, because I would like to have the opportunity to retort. Especially when I get email from critics such as this fellow--a certain Craig Jamison. These people are usually Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) who like to play 'hit and run.' Only they are allowed to debate--everyone else must shut up. Well, I'm not going to shut up, so instead I will allow everyone to see what he wrote:

Comment
To: Ben Garrison
Your cartoon depicting Bernie Sanders selling GMO Wheat is precisely the opposite of his policy: he supports GMO labeling. Labeling him a communist is also a sign of your ignorance. We Americans enjoy our humor in comic strips, but do your homework before launching a tirade against someone -- lest you come off like a clueless ass.

MY REPLY:

1. Bernie supports GMO labeling. He's against Monsanto and that's good, but mostly because they're a huge corporation pushing out the small farmer...not because he's necessarily against GMOs. He has stated he doesn't believe it causes health problems, so how is the cartoon inaccurate? He wants states to be allowed to label it and there it is in my cartoon--labeled! So you're wrong about that.

2. As for him being a communist, it's a matter of nomenclature. The word 'communist' isn't as cool these days so he calls himself a 'socialist' instead. Anyone can google search him and see the facts.

3. It's not a comic strip. It's a political cartoon and as such doesn't necessarily have to be funny. Such cartoons are designed to provoke and make people think. The cartoon was successful because it made you angry enough to write me and call me names.

Bernie is one of the few (along with Ron Paul) who stood up and questioned the central bankers and the Federal Reserve and I admire him for that, but his road to socialism will lead to disaster--just like it always does. (J'ever hear what happened in Venezuela?)

Next time please do your homework before you call someone names.

BG

Ditch the Witch

Why the witch must be ditched:

Take your inoculation!

Turn in your guns!

GMO food is good for you!

Pay more taxes!

Drones protect our freedom!

Click it or ticket!

Carbon taxes!

It's for your safety!

Fluoride helps your teeth!

Don't forget to take your Prozac!

More war! Because they hate us for our freedom!

There are no false flags!

Building 7 collapsed due to fire!

What difference does it make?

Obey the TSA!

Radiation is good for you!

Would I lie to you?

Your breathing causes global warming!

Bail out the banks!

Go to your Fema camp!

Keynesianism is right!

Learn to obey in public school!

Pay more fees and fines!

Aspartame is safe!

You look suspicious. I will do a body cavity search!

Have you been drinking tonight?

I'm recording everything you say and write!

Obey or you're a racist fringe group!

IRS DHS TSA ATF DEA FDA SSA DOE FBI ED NSA CIA DOD EPA FCC CDC

If you libertarians had your way, there will be chaos and criminals running things!...wait a minute.

Memorial Day

It's Memorial Day weekend and I just watched one of my favorite movies again, "The Best Years of Our Lives." I first saw it many years ago when I was in college. It's a perfect movie except for one glaring flaw:

The scene where former bombardier Captain Derry jumps over the soda fountain to punch a man when his armless friend, Homer, couldn't. He ends up knocking him out and into a glass display counter, shattering it. This was a clear case of battery, but he instead gets fired and walks out without being charged.

The man walked in and ordered a ham sandwich. Noticing Homer's missing forearms, he engages in a friendly conversation with him. He then shakes his head and proclaims it a shame that he had to make such a heroic sacrifice--"and for what?" He then went on to say America had been fighting the wrong people--and we should have let Germany and Japan take care of the 'limeys' and the 'reds.'

Captain Derry takes offense at this and asks him to leave. The man does--he wants to pay his check and leave, but Homer intercepts him, rips off the man's American flag lapel pin and and says he wishes he had his hands so he could punch him in the nose. Captain Derry promptly jumps over the counter to punch the man in the jaw.

It bothered me when I first saw it and it bothers me even more today. That man was entitled to his free speech even if it was seen as unpopular--or even offensive. The two veterans had made a courageous fight for the country and our Constitution. They had been fighting for freedom. They were fighting for the ability of people to speak their minds without fear. They could have dealt with the man's comments by offering debate or ridicule. They could have laughed him off. They could have ignored him. But no--they had to resort to physical violence to shut him up and they failed to see the sad irony of their actions.

Everyone is entitled to free speech without fear of losing their means of making a living. People should be able to speak their mind without fear of a brick upside the head or other kinds of physical violence. Sadly, what I saw in the movie is now similar to the behavior exhibited by the SJWs--the Social Justice Warriors. If they come across opinions with which they object, they start getting angry just like Homer did. They threaten violence. They do not want to engage in debate--they want to silence people.

Yes, I too wanted to sock people in the jaw not too long ago. Trolls were defaming me, distorting my work into racist hate and generally trying to prevent me from getting work. Libel is actionable and not free speech. It's not free speech when someone creates a doppelgänger to defame someone. That is, stealing someone's name, their face, and defacing copyrighted work in order to ruin a reputation with the intent of preventing their victim from getting work. It's a crime to do that, even though it's a very difficult crime to prosecute.

I no longer want to hit anyone and I no longer care what anyone says about me. With some hard work and help from my wife, I've reclaimed my own voice. I also gave up the fear and anger. The trolls have sensed their defeat and have given up. It's about time. Sure, I still get hate mail, but that's their freedom of speech and their silly name calling does not make much of an argument.

--Ben Garrison

Larry Elder and Dave Rubin: Conservatives, Black Lives Matter, Racism (F...

Trump should name this man as his vice president.

Alex Jones show today

I was on the Alex Jones show today and I had a lot more to say, but of course there were time constraints. One thing I couldn’t make clear (time was running out) is that it is the SJWs who are engaging in hate speech. NOT us. 

When the SJWs shout us down, make death threats, call us insulting names and also try to destroy our livelihoods…well, that’s the epitome of hate—and hate speech.

Also, someone reminded me of a blog post I published last year after Alex’s divorce. I was angry and upset that he was a multi-millionaire as well as other things…but I removed the post when I calmed down and realized it was really none of my business. To be sure, it’s a let down when we realize our heroes are human beings with flaws.

But never admit flaws to the SJWs and NEVER apologize to them. If you do, be prepared to apologize for the rest of your life. There’s never a need for you to apologize for hurting someone’s feelings. That’s a by-product of free speech!

—Ben Garrison

Stefan Molyneux Cartoon

I often listen to Stefan, so I had a good time drawing this cartoon. If you haven't listened to him on his YouTube videos, I recommend them and if you find them worthwhile, you may want to send him a few bucks. He earns his donations.

Ben

Anonymous Exposes Hillary Clinton's Lies!

Everyone should watch this one...a good job of exposing this corrupt, lying criminal war-mongering witch.

Make the First Lady Great Again: Ben Garrison Attacked By Clueless Liberal Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikAI1BRLLA&feature=youtu.be

This young man summed it up fairly well and accurately except for a couple of things. I never heard of A. Wyatt Mann when I drew those cartoons he said were similar. For example, "The Shrine of the Statists" was inspired by an episode of 'Star Trek' titled "The Apple" in which natives fed the big serpent cave/statue/computer thing named 'Vol.'

The natives ritually fed Vol, and he took care of them. "It is Vol who made it rain and put fruit on the trees," they said. Kirk told them they could live for themselves without Vol--which to me represented big government and Captain Kirk was a libertarian. As for the train one...well that's a common metaphor. Every cartoonist draws trains eventually. The mosquito one was just a coincidence.

As for the Michelle cartoon...you're right. it wasn't racist. Michelle is a public figure living a lavish lifestyle on the public dime. She doesn't deserve immunity from caricature and ridicule. The meme of her being a tranny? Well...isn't that in vogue right now? Shouldn't that be applauded? Seriously, though...she forced a Vol-like nanny state system of school lunches onto kids who threw most of it away. Kids are fat? That's the parent's job to deal with that--not the gubmint's. Of course, parents were also banned from giving them sack lunches and even in some instances, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were called 'racist.'

All cartoonists exaggerate physical characteristics and in Michelle's case--she's built like a linebacker. I know it's not her fault what she looks like, but that's not the point. Her deeds and arrogance made her a fair target and she's making policy while being unelected. She's not a queen or someone immune from criticism just because she's the FLOTUS. Is the cartoon sexist? Maybe. That's in the eye of the beholder. Men are told these days that they must appreciate the female body in all of its various types and forms, or otherwise we're being hateful or misogynist or sexist or something. Sorry...but men aren't wired that way and we can't change our DNA any more than a male trans person can convince every cell in his body that there isn't a Y chromosome inside. Should we hate such people? Of course not. But women shouldn't hate us because we may prefer one female body type over another. I'm a libertarian and so I don't care who wants to be what or who wants to be married to whom. It's not my business or the state's business. I just don't want to be harassed and scolded into applauding those things that are none of my business. Look at how the liberal cartoonists and lefties in the MSM went after Trump. He was portrayed as Hitler, a racist, an orangutan, micro penis...blah blah blah. Melania was also viciously attacked and smeared. No problem, though...because those attacks align with the liberal playbook. It's all fair game! Those are funny! C'mon...cantcha take a little joke? But when a conservative cartoonist does the same thing--watch out! Then it's time to burn me at the stake! I was called a 'spewer of evil,' a racist, a Nazi, a misogynist, an anti-transgenderist...in short, all those bad words that end in 'ist.' I've received death threats, people are praying to God that I soon die...on and on. Over a cartoon. Why? Because feelings were hurt! I think the cartoon may have actually brought some joy to the commissars of correctness because they get off by experiencing shrill outrage. It gives them a chance to strut their moral superiority. At the same time, these very same people will probably be voting for the amoral, evil incarnate, lying, criminal slime that is Hillary Clinton. To be sure, I've become jaded by my 6 year ordeal involving libel, defamation and copyright infringement against me. I've reached a point where I just don't care and I'm almost sorry to tell all the people who have sent me all that hate mail: Hey...you wasted your time. It just doesn't bother me very much. I've become too weary and calloused to care. --Ben Garrison

A Note from an Old Codger

I came across this today--Google has made me an 80 year-old man. Well, that's what can happen when you're called 'racist' a thousand times and showered with 100s of death wishes.

They also completely missed the place where I was born. I've never even been to North Carolina. They probably got that from what they thought was a very accurate source, "Encyclopedia Dramatica.'

Google is not God and they blindly report what's out there. They get a lot of stuff WRONG...as in this fabricated bio. There's a lot of garbage floating around out there that is completely ridiculous. For example, a photo of my face pasted onto a Nazi uniform--thanks to a troll. It comes up first. Reputation.com said they could remove that one image, but it would cost me $8,000. No thanks. I guess I'll have to endure it along with all the hate mail.

I also noticed a lot of media are now playing the 'Ain't it awful!' game. That is--publishing stories about my horribleness without even giving me a chance to respond. That's what passes for journalism nowadays. They judge, convict and execute without so much as an email query to get the rest of the story. But who cares--it's all about 'feelings' now. Objective reporting is no longer necessary.

They know that non-PC outrages attract readers so they can enjoy feeling morally superior as they hector, scold and verbally burn at the stake someone who dared to not be 'politically correct.'

--Ben Garrison

Wealth Money Radio Show

I was their guest the other day and I enjoyed talking with like-minded people.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wealthmoneyradioshow/2016/05/14/ben-garrison-will-be-our-guest