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baka kaba posted:
Also note that, while he's doing the right thing (cutting anything and everything), he's not doing it remotely hard enough. gently caress the Telegraph.
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Debt, while upsetting to consider deeply, is necessary to the life of the nation and George Osbourne is starving himself and the economy out of personal squeamishness. AGC.goatface posted:They should 'ang 'im, like we woulda in the good old days. I have been reliably informed that hanging is too good for them.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Debt, while upsetting to consider deeply, is necessary to the life of the nation and George Osbourne is starving himself and the economy out of personal squeamishness. AGC. Debt is in no way a problem for a currency-issuing nation (never mind one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations in the world, which is currently able to borrow at incredibly low rates), and even if it were something to worry about, the damage being caused by austerity and cuts is a much bigger problem in every sense, financially or otherwise. Of course Osborne and his cronies a) do not understand this, or b) don't care and have ideological goals to meet (like starving the beast, putting public assets into private hands and kicking the poors back in their place), whatever mix of the two you like. And Adams is fully backing their propaganda - everything the Tories are doing is totally not their fault everyone, they want the best for everyone and they're trying so hard with the hand they've been dealt!
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And what did I say?
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Guardian:![]() "Steve Bell on Osborne and Alexander's spending review – George Osborne and Danny Alexander today announced the government's latest round of public spending cuts" Telegraph: ![]() Wimbledon 2013: Why have there been so many injuries? Independent: ![]() Yesterday's Daily Mail: "The Government is going to stop the winter fuel allowance for ex-pats who live in hot countries." ![]() quote:“If he thinks things are bad now wait till he hears about his winter fuel allowance.” Daily Mail: "Government is going to spend millions on a new rail link (HS2) and on exploration of shale gas." ![]() quote:“Great news, Folks. Not only is the new HS2 rail link coming through here, we’ve found shale glass under your house.” Express: ![]() Now I want a bird kebab. ![]()
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Osborne wants to cut public services like a donner kebab? I don't really get the "posh burger" reference? Everything is better with garlic sauce I suppose though... Edit: Nice fox tattoo, but a missed foxtail gag with the kebab meat imo
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Osborne wants to cut public services like a donner kebab? I don't really get the "posh burger" reference? George Osbourne ate a burger in a photo op made to make him look like a common man. The Burger cost £10. Somehow this is a bigger news item than "Chancellor takes visceral glee in killing the poor via starvation."
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Mr. Squishy posted:And what did I say? You said debt is upsetting to consider deeply - I disagree, it's a manufactured panic, which is why we're constantly bombarded with specious analogies about household debt and 'spending beyond our means', specifically to distract people from looking too closely. Like you said, it's how nations operate, it's an accounting procedure. Framing it as a problem is the core of how they're managing to pull off this massive ideological earth-scorching con. Osborne is in no way going to be personally hurt by this - which probably isn't what you meant, but it's not like he cares about the role of his office. I wouldn't call it squeamishness, more like naked callous opportunism - don't forget he has absolutely no problems borrowing and adding to the national debt on the sly, it just makes for a convenient moral justification while they're gleefully swinging those axes. I know we're basically on the same page, I just don't want to grant them an inch of justification for the lie they're spinning. It's at the heart of every unopposed blow they're inflicting
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Nice yonic symbolism with that pitta bread.
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baka kaba posted:You said debt is upsetting to consider deeply - I disagree, it's a manufactured panic, which is why we're constantly bombarded with specious analogies about household debt and 'spending beyond our means', specifically to distract people from looking too closely. Remember the good old days when the ink was black instead of red.
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Cloud Potato posted:
Either the guy in pink is floating or Osborne's standing in a hole in the floor. Why's he holding his knife and fork in the wrong hands? That's so non-U. ![]()
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Stottie Kyek posted:Why's he holding his knife and fork in the wrong hands? That's so non-U. He's not holding them in the wrong hands. Osborne is left handed.
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Osborne is unwilling to believe the working class actually speak English, so communicates in one word sentences bellowed at the top of his voice. YUMMY!
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Jedit posted:He's not holding them in the wrong hands. Osborne is left handed. Party Boat posted:Nice yonic symbolism with that pitta bread. quote:“Great news, Folks. Not only is the new HS2 rail link coming through here, we’ve found shale glass under your house.” Edit: quote:Osborne is unwilling to believe the working class actually speak English, so communicates in one word sentences bellowed at the top of his voice. ![]() At least I can believe he actually ate that burger. Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 10:44 on Jun 28, 2013 |
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Kegluneq posted:Was that typo actually in the Mail? Yep! See for yourself: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/coffeebreak/cartoons/mac.html
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Cloud Potato posted:Yep! See for yourself: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/coffeebreak/cartoons/mac.html
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Kegluneq posted:Professionalism! Also, what ethnicity do we think the lower engineer is supposed to be?
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Guardian:![]() "Martin Rowson on three-person IVF – Mitochondrial transfer procedure could prevent mothers passing on devastating genetic conditions to their children" Telegraph: ![]() Ofgem warns danger of power shortages has increased. Independent: ![]() After Goya.
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This week's If...![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And, from the If... archives: Back aboard the armoured punt HMS Indomitable, Mr Kipling continues causing problems for Captain Middletar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And that is the first appearance of the Penguin. He's been appearing less and less recently, but over the last 30 years (!) he's been the strip's most enduring character. Politicians have come and gone, and the other recurring characters have waxed and waned, but the Penguin has just kept on going.
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Cloud Potato posted:Sunday Telegraph: Damnnnn look how powerful those turbines are, better tap into that!
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Cloud Potato posted:Sunday Telegraph: Cloud Potato posted:Stephen Collins: Mods please change my name to Wimblenoob tia.
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Such an inept watercolourist that he had to do the turbines/money digitally ![]()
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Guardian:![]() Mass protests in Cairo demanding the resignation of Mohamed Morsi. From Oztmandias Telegraph: ![]() Mark Carney has taken over from Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England Independent: ![]() The NSA bugged offices of EU nations (Original report from Der Spiegel) Today's If... ![]() Nothing new from the Express or Mail today
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Cheers, onoflalks. Guardian: ![]() "Steve Bell on News Corp's rebirth - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is reborn as publishing arm targets smartphones" Telegraph: ![]() MPs possibly getting a pay raise. Independent: ![]() Cameron visits Kazakhstan. Daily Mail: "The BBC have been censured for paying too much in severance payments to executives." ![]() Express: ![]() Nothing important happened today.
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Kate's looked into the eyes of an elder god and gone mad.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Kate's looked into the eyes of an elder god and gone mad.
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Can't wait for this baby to actually be born Then we get years of ROYAL BAYBAY DOES THING cartoons
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Gonzo McFee posted:Kate's looked into the eyes of an elder god and gone mad. She's just realised that our political system is such that her role as State Uterus supersedes anything she will ever achieve in her lifetime or anything that sets her apart from any other fertile cis-woman, even when raising the child, and the money and status is a hollow comfort.
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That duck is the happiest duck.
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ClownSyndrome posted:Can't wait for this baby to actually be born ROYAL BABY SHITS PANTS ![]()
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ClownSyndrome posted:Can't wait for this baby to actually be born Judging from the action lines radiating from are kate's belly, it'll be along any time now! ![]()
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Guardian:![]() "Steve Bell on the ongoing US surveillance row - Barack Obama says the NSA will assess EU espionage allegations as Edward Snowden's asylum options narrow." Telegraph: ![]() Independent: ![]() Daily Mail: "At some hospitals NHS consultants are earning £200 per hour at weekends." ![]() Express: ![]() Ugh. I'd rather have another Will 'n' Kate pic.
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I'm fairly sure the regular queen of the scroungers is just called The Queen.
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The terrifying, 10 foot tall queen of scroungers. Scroungezilla.
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big scary monsters posted:The terrifying, 10 foot tall queen of scroungers. Scroungezilla. Those are her children because poor people having several children is a shameful thing. Not because she can't provide for them or anything like that. Just that poor people breeding is frowned upon because poor people existing is frowned upon.
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Gonzo McFee posted:I'm fairly sure the regular queen of the scroungers is just called The Queen. How is he this close to getting it? "The taxpayer had actually bought her a crown!" and he still draws for the most monarchist paper. Maybe he does and it's meant to be a dig at the monarchy phrased in such a way that it got into The Express.
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Stottie Kyek posted:How is he this close to getting it? "The taxpayer had actually bought her a crown!" and he still draws for the most monarchist paper. Maybe he does and it's meant to be a dig at the monarchy phrased in such a way that it got into The Express. No he is just really dense, he doesn't have the brain cells to make the connection, he loves the Queen. By the way I really like Steve Bells cartoon today, first one in a couple of weeks that I think is simple but great, no labels either. ![]()
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Fluo posted:No he is just really dense, he doesn't have the brain cells to make the connection, he loves the Queen.
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big scary monsters posted:He's not alone, though. I've met so many people who're otherwise in favour of an egalitarian society but seem to really love the royal family and are horrified at the idea of abolishing the monarchy, and I just don't understand it at all. If there's one thing Britain is rich in, it's tradition.
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