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Guavanaut posted:I'm eagerly awaiting the torrent of vanpocalypse cartoons over the weekend/on Monday. I don't know why a politician would ever want to be on twitter.
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I'm not British but it seems like the Territorial Army is roughly analogous to the US Army Reserve. But it's more laughable somehow. Is this accurate?
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Nov 21, 2014 16:12
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Until recently they weren't liable to ever see combat, it was just dudes who liked the army and had nothing to do on the weekend. Now they're relied upon to bulk out the numbers after funding cuts to the regular army though, so I guess it'll be lass laughable.
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Nov 21, 2014 16:23
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The reason it was called "Territorial Army" is that originally (in the days of Empire) the idea was that they'd do all the boring garrison duty and guard the country to make sure nobody stole it, while the regulars went off to fight in whatever foreign war required serious enough intervention to need lots of them. Of course, "whatever foreign war" ended up being the First World War, and the Territorials ended up dying in France in 1915... (Since 1967 they've been slowly moving towards the idea of making them actual reservists, and since the 90s it's been explicitly evolving towards being an equivalent of the National Guard.)
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Nov 21, 2014 18:36
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Prince Charles Prince Charles is ready to reshape the monarch's role when he becomes king and make "heartfelt interventions" in national life in contrast to the Queen's taciturn discretion on public affairs, his allies have said" Telegraph:  Rochester: Farage looks to more UKIP gains after success; After Bisto. Independent:  After Van Dyck. Times:  Express:  Tower of London poppies 'targeted by thieves'
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Nov 21, 2014 20:27
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: No, no, not 'ahh', 'ARGH' 
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Nov 21, 2014 20:42
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Behead those who insult
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Nov 21, 2014 22:26
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Well of course. Hanging's too good for them.
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Nov 21, 2014 22:30
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Ukip's victory in the Rochester and Strood byelection Prime minister says Conservatives are determined to regain seat from Ukip in 2015, while Emily Thornberry resigns from shadow cabinet over tweet" Also Mans headaches due to tapeworm living in his brain for four years Telegraph:  Labour's Emily Thornberry quits over 'snobby' tweet Independent:  After Millais. Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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Nov 22, 2014 22:59
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Hm, Cloud Potato's put up the day's cartoons. Let's see, Ukip Ukip Ukip Uki JESUS CHRIST
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Nov 22, 2014 23:33
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Is Stephen Collins drawing rage comics now?
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Nov 23, 2014 00:00
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Guavanaut posted:Is Stephen Collins drawing rage comics now?  Is literally the joke he's getting at.
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Nov 23, 2014 13:33
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I get what he's getting at, but new Morph looks too close to the 'me gusta' meme thing for coincidence.
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Nov 23, 2014 15:19
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Guavanaut posted:I get what he's getting at, but new Morph looks too close to the 'me gusta' meme thing for coincidence. He also looks like Morph with a load of unnecessary realistic poo poo piled on. It's the same basic 'joke' in each image - a really simple face (in the case of Me Gusta, a smiley emoji) given extraneous detail for nauseating effect. Basically what Some dumb idiot said.
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Nov 23, 2014 15:32
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Observer: "Nigel Farage can play only one tune - Chris Riddell on Ukip's one-note policy" Sunday Telegraph:   POLITICAL CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR 2014 Click here to vote!
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Nov 23, 2014 17:28
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Voted for the Peter Brookes airplane one but was tempted to vote Thomas just to piss people off. He won one of these things before, right?
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Nov 23, 2014 20:39
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I voted for the Morten Morland one, as it was my favourite out of the ones cited there. Paul Thomas being on there though, jesus 
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Nov 23, 2014 20:44
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The Paul Thomas one is a perfect AGC though. UKIP have made their garden look like poo poo because of paranoia and pettiness.
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Nov 23, 2014 20:56
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on Theresa May Theresa May's appearance on Sunday's episode of Desert Island Discs proved that getting a glimpse behind her politician's facade is no easy feat" Telegraph:  Gordon Brown 'to stand down' as MP at general election Independent:  Immigration target unlikely to be met, says Theresa May Times:  Internet data plan back on political agenda
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Nov 24, 2014 01:33
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Ah, Far Cry 4 was released earlier that week. How topical.
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Nov 24, 2014 02:01
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on counter-terrorism policy The home secretary confirmed that the new counter-terror law would include powers to exclude from the UK British citizens suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activity abroad" Telegraph:  Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton wins World Championship in Abu Dhabi Independent:  Express:  Ukip is now MORE popular than LABOUR: Nigel Farage gets polls boost as Ukip surges ahead
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Nov 25, 2014 01:44
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Scarfe A lot of cartoonists would just not draw the genitals of a Farageosaurus, but Scarfe's a pro at this so he censored them.
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Nice Scarfe. It's not what you show, but what you suggest... Guardian:  "First Dog on the Moon on Ferguson The police officer who shot dead an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to weeks of unrest, will not face state criminal charges, it was announced on Monday" Telegraph:  Independent:  Private school business rate relief warning from Labour After Ronald Searle. (can't find a source, apologies.  )Yesterday's Times:  Wizard of Oz lion costume sells for $3m Times:  Express:  Pope Francis complains of 'haggard' Europe in Strasbourg
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Nov 26, 2014 01:51
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What is the Times one about?
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Nov 26, 2014 01:54
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Cliff Racer posted:What is the Times one about? Same as the Indy, I thought. Tristam Hunt and posh schools.
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Nov 26, 2014 01:57
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian:
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Nov 26, 2014 02:01
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Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt, a Labour MP who attacked private schools in their latest policy announcement (and has sneered at Cameron for his Eton links in the past), is himself an alumnus of University College School, a member of the Eton Group of independent schools. It's naturally led to accusations of hypocrisy and pulling up the ladder behind him. See also Diane Abbott, another Labour MP who piously chastised others for sending their children to private schools before doing the same for her own. UCS has also rejected his criticisms, so I suppose that Hunt's old school tie is due for the scissors. kapparomeo fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 02:03
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Pilchenstein posted:I really, really like this cartoonist. That's something I don't get to say often enough. He might have rightthink but as a cartoonist he's poo poo.
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Nov 26, 2014 10:59
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Most First Dog on the Moon strips would work fine as just text, and they would be good text, except I imagine he's made the calculation that fewer people would read that because there's fewer pretty pictures to look at. And I don't think many newspapers publish political humour columns.
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Nov 26, 2014 11:15
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The faces do give it something, at least.
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Nov 26, 2014 11:58
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A simple, scribbly style isn't inherently bad - the writing and visuals are both quite plain and whimsical, so they complement each other well. Compare that to Thomas, who draws corpse-eyed midgets that don't inform whatever half-baked message he's going for because he's absolutely poo poo in every way.
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Nov 26, 2014 12:41
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Cloud Potato posted:Express:
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Nov 26, 2014 13:37
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Zephro posted:Why does he always draw Miliband like some kind of pro-wrestling brick shithouse? Because he can't draw for poo poo.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:52
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kapparomeo posted:Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt, a Labour MP who attacked private schools in their latest policy announcement (and has sneered at Cameron for his Eton links in the past), is himself an alumnus of University College School, a member of the Eton Group of independent schools. It's naturally led to accusations of hypocrisy and pulling up the ladder behind him. Naturally? I don't think pulling up the ladder would be an accurate metaphor in this case. It's more like climbing up the fenced off solid gold ladder and then selling it to get a bunch of regular ladders everyone can use. Not very snappy, I know. Cloud Potato posted:
What's the Bell one about? It's odd, I don't much like any of the ones there from my usual favourites. Brookes often annoys me but I think his might be the best there.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:03
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Francois Hollande having a "protected" private life in which he was having a rather public affair.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:09
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"Interestingly" I rather liked Blue Lou's contribution too. I would have thought the Morning Star would be full of crap cartoons.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:23
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I used to post them but they stopped putting them up on their website, or at least stopped putting them where I can find them. It used to be a lot of Leon Kuhn's weird photoshops of a skull wearing an Obama mask, or a policeman with a dog's snout, and the occasional Rowson which was was too angry for the Graun. Now Kuhn's dead and their website's different, but I may have to subscribe to Blue's blogquote:Her cartoons have been described as 'Intelligent' by Steve Bell of the Guardian and and has been called a bitch by both Steve Bell and Dave Brown of the independent   
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Nov 26, 2014 19:02
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Shameful lack of a ring there.
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Nov 26, 2014 19:04
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Startled potato facing a sea of angry beards is a wonderful caption.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Tony Blair Save the Children faces a backlash from staff after it presented Tony Blair with a 'global legacy award' despite privately acknowledging that he is a controversial and divisive figure" Telegraph:  Facebook hosted Lee Rigby death chat ahead of soldier's murder Independent:  Times:  Theresa May's Desert Island Vogue Express:  Dogs listen to words, say University of Sussex researchers
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