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 How many campaign commercials does the duck typically see in August of a non-election year?
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Aug 27, 2015 05:08
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I know that's supposed to be a gun in his hand but to be honest it barely looks like a gun at all. Looks more like he's about to snap a pic with his misshapen smartphone.
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Aug 27, 2015 05:09
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Fulchrum posted:I've got it - let's get rid of those politicians we hate! What a fresh new take! Never an uneventful place, Lebanon is now in the throes of a “garbage protest” movement calling itself YouStink—the “you” referring to the country’s cabinet and broader political elite. Angered by a garbage collection breakdown that has trash piling up on the streets, thousands of protesters in Beirut have demanded the prime minister and his cabinet resign. Security forces have reacted violently, injuring some. There are reports of one fatality, after thugs apparently infiltrated a demonstration on Sunday, clearly trying to sabotage the protest. The prime minister has insisted he will not resign, and no major political players have asked him to, probably because they sense they are targets as well. It seems rather late for Lebanon to be having its own Arab Spring, if that is what the YouStink movement is. In truth, however, Lebanon experienced a revolution years before any protests and demonstrations erupted in the Arab world. In 2005, hundreds of thousands—by some accounts, up to one-third of the population—held mass protests in response to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. They demanded the government resign and that Syria, widely accused of killing Hariri, end its military occupation of Lebanon. The more idealistic among them hoped to change Lebanon from a feudal-sectarian post-Ottoman relic to a nation of laws and citizens. The idealists got their first two wishes, but certainly not the third. The relic endures. The 2005 Cedar Revolution (as it came to be known in the West) attracted a million and a half people because it targeted the unaccountable, violent, and venal police state that emerged under Syrian occupation, and tried to build a real republic in its place. Similarly, the YouStink movement, while far smaller, is not merely about getting national garbage collection services up and running. As any Lebanese can tell you, garbage is not rotting on the streets because of administrative or logistical error, but because governing the country is simply outside the capacity and interest of the political class—indeed, some have reportedly responded by setting up shop to procure private garbage collection contracts. Amid all this, Lebanon has been without a president for over a year. Rather than hold parliamentary elections on schedule, parliament has renewed its own mandate—reelected itself, essentially—twice. Worst of all, there seems to be no sense of urgency to fix any of this. Lebanese can find it difficult to describe to outsiders the subjective experience of being a citizen of Lebanon. It is true that seeing garbage pile up on the roads is distressing, as is dealing with constant power cuts, interminable traffic delays, and countless other annoyances. All of these are aggravating, but in isolation they are inconveniences, irritants. Even the sporadic wars and bombings are tolerable—facts of life akin to natural disasters. The real horror of being Lebanese is the deep sense—the certainty, actually—that no one is in control or accountable, and that the ones who ought to be are comfortable enough to shirk their duties. The buck does not stop with Lebanon’s elected officials. In fact, it does not stop anywhere. You, dear citizen, are on your own. Because Lebanon is not a dictatorship, there is no one despot against whom to direct one’s anger, or to dethrone. On the plus side, no one is going to barrel-bomb pro-opposition neighborhoods whose residents join the YouStink demonstrations. Paradoxically, however, the state’s weakness is why it is so difficult to compel its politicians to change their behavior. They will always point to either the malice of their opponents or the dysfunction of the political system (both often valid) to deflect blame. Finally, in the absence of a state, anyone who wants a job or access to what little passes for public services needs the goodwill of a politician. The Lebanese, it seems, are stuck. Lebanon’s protesters therefore face a fiendish task. They may be able to stay focused and effective, but only if they remain non-partisan—but doing so denies them the political elite’s mobilizing power. Non-partisanship also creates space for any one particular party to piggyback on the protest movement. That would bring about the protests’ collapse, since it would provoke countermeasures by other parties, alienate participants who oppose that party, and allow the political elite against which it is aimed to either co-opt or fragment the movement. Simple thuggery might also derail the movement. This is surely why such thugs appeared mysteriously on Sunday and tried to provoke a fight with security forces. It is a safe bet that an important Lebanese politician dispatched these gentlemen. The Cedar Revolution failed in its larger goals partly because the Syrian security apparatus and its local allies continued to kill its leadership and demoralize its supporters. It was also defeated, however, because its leaders were themselves pillars of the political elite, deeply divided amongst one another and invested in the petty political system that many Lebanese had hoped to sweep away. The “garbage revolution” does not carry this baggage, but it will need patient and wise leadership, drawn from within civil society, to survive and just maybe, bring about meaningful political change in Lebanon.
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Aug 27, 2015 05:11
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Line Feed posted:I know that's supposed to be a gun in his hand but to be honest it barely looks like a gun at all. Looks more like he's about to snap a pic with his misshapen smartphone. Even if it is a gun, look at that angle. Putting aside that the cop might kill you no matter what whilst the gangster will probably just rob you if you do what he says, if that dude pulls the trigger oh no, the air three feet right of my knee is in real trouble.
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Aug 27, 2015 05:13
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I have returned from 9 days of hellish Conservation Corps training (the last 4 days of chainsawing have been awful in the brutal Northern Utah heat/altitude) I'm just going to post a bunch of Roger's that I've missed so apologies for repeats.        James Harrison and Rob Rogers are right participation trophies are for loving losers and are a waste of cheap half assed plastic Also this Bish really pisses me off  Because in Pittsburgh its worse to have dogfighting than unconvicted sexual assault/rape Also its because Michael Vick is a black man and Ben Roethlisberger looks like some trog incest hill folk that live 20 miles outside this last bastion of civilization for miles around.
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Aug 27, 2015 05:26
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
It's timeless humor! Candidates mention their most recent party predecessors constantly. Remember all those Republican candidate ads in '08 and '12 that mention W? Remember how Gore in '00 wouldn't shut the gently caress up about Clinton? How HW in '88 constantly mentioned Reagan? It's just what politicians do! [shakes head ruefully at your ignorance]
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Aug 27, 2015 05:30
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Line Feed posted:I know that's supposed to be a gun in his hand but to be honest it barely looks like a gun at all. Looks more like he's about to snap a pic with his misshapen smartphone. Oooooh! Now I see it. I thought it was one of these things: 
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Aug 27, 2015 05:51
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:a non-election year? You know, if Donald Trump is polling so well NOW months and months ahead of the Primary season, just imagine how well he'll be polling in a bit over a year when the actual Election happens!
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Aug 27, 2015 06:16
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One man will be tried, convicted and put behind bars within weeks. The other will be put on paid leave, and returned to the beat to commit murder again (unless the protests make the news and the man is 'fired' and sent to another jurisdiction). Therefor, the obviously aggressive officer is the larger threat. It's like that alien shooting range from Men in Black. That man on the right? Holding a camera in an odd position. But why is that officer immediately reaching for his gun?
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Aug 27, 2015 06:18
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Chewbaccanator posted:"They shall not pass!" Chewbaccanator posted:16-20  "With physical exercise, the fight will be effortless." (Or, in Suvorov's words "when training is hard, the campaign is easy") As to hygiene... I'm not sure about specifics, but that's a fairly loaded word throughout the early 20th century. The Italian Futurist Manifesto (1909), for instance, goes "war is hygienic", among other interesting statements. quote:There are, of course, any number of posters using the same basic template, just like there's a whole bunch of "Lord Kitchener wants YOU"-inspired posters in the Anglo world.   AFAIK, they all start with this WWI Italian poster: 
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Aug 27, 2015 06:18
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Plague of Hats posted:How HW in '88 constantly mentioned Reagan? Wasn't that one true? I thought the '88 campaign was basically "things are great under Reagan, and I was his VP, so let's keep it up!" Gore was trickier just because he wanted to take some credit for the economy while avoiding talking about the Clinton scandals.
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Aug 27, 2015 06:19
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QwertyAsher posted:Is waifu wearing a romper-jumpsuit-cami... thing? Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be helping her scoliosis.
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Aug 27, 2015 06:31
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The man then proceeds to vote for the Republican in every race. A Sadly Accurate Comic
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Aug 27, 2015 06:31
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achillesforever6 posted:
By all accounts Vick paid out his debt to society and came out of prison a changed man. It would be nice if people still even bothered to pay lip service the idea that imprisonment can help rehabilitate someone rather than be part 1 of a lifelong string of unending social and professional punishment.
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Aug 27, 2015 06:37
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Saint Sputnik posted:
"Look at those old fuckers" says the party all about tradition and respecting authority (unless they're black).
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Aug 27, 2015 07:21
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
*casually compares black man to a dog* *says anyone who calls this racist is the real racist* 
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Aug 27, 2015 08:03
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Fulchrum posted:Yes, and he's adamant that this doesn't matter. The key argument from anti-choicers is that there is no difference at all between something being inside the womb and outside it. That's not true. Tissue attached to the inside of the womb gets all the respect deserved by a human being. Tissue attached to the outside of the womb does not.
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Aug 27, 2015 08:30
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The cop is literally bigger, too. This whole comic is just a loving disaster. (also lol at the black guy's hands, you can see ramirez's hatred just seething through)
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Aug 27, 2015 08:48
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I wanted to make a Nick Cave reference, but this hand is too sinister.
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Aug 27, 2015 08:56
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So wait... the policeman is on the left, and the black kid is on the right. Is there some secret message that Ramirez is hiding in this cartoon?
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Aug 27, 2015 09:11
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Zetsubou-san posted:I wanted to make a Nick Cave reference, but this hand is too sinister. 
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Aug 27, 2015 11:47
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Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to Hillary. A Bohemian Cartoon.
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Aug 27, 2015 11:56
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Aug 27, 2015 12:33
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Like the proverbial swords into plowshares, the Iran deal will allow to get rid of war weapons and instead build bridges between people, ushering a new era of peace and friendship. A good cartoon.
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Aug 27, 2015 12:34
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Lest anyone think that political cartooning is that much better in the UK than the US, here we have: 1.  quote:Guardian: 2. "This man has no appeal to women!" - A woman. - A man. quote:Telegraph: 3. Hideous art and unrecognizable caricatures! quote:Independent: 4. Dad jokes from a racist! quote:Mail:
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Aug 27, 2015 12:45
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He can't even do a simple 'Look at my pet everyone' comic without insulting black people.
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Aug 27, 2015 12:53
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If that's what he drinks no wonder he's nuts. Black Velvet is hooch grade.
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Aug 27, 2015 13:22
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Xander77 posted:After The War posted: I wish I was awesome enough to help with the translation/historical background, but that was very much Chewbaccanator. EDIT - I'm just here to make stupid Misfits references.
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Aug 27, 2015 13:42
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Gravel Gravy posted:If that's what he drinks no wonder he's nuts. Black Velvet is hooch grade. At first I was worried about his dog's teeth, using a glass bottle as a ball.  Black Velvet to the rescue.
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Aug 27, 2015 13:45
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How is Orson Welles related to politics? Wait... that's Julian Assange? Being hounded by spy agencies ages you right quick.  I'm deducting points from the Cruz sketch because he almost looks cute. Another great cartoon, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFevH5vP32s Mraaahhhh, ahh... exposing war ... crimes!
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Aug 27, 2015 13:52
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Booze in a plastic bottle, loving lol
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Aug 27, 2015 13:56
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Jedit posted:That's not true. Tissue attached to the inside of the womb gets all the respect deserved by a human being. Tissue attached to the outside of the womb does not. That's not true. There are plenty of anti-choicers who don't believe in abortions even for ectopic pregnancies.
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Aug 27, 2015 14:02
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there wolf posted:That's not true. There are plenty of anti-choicers who don't believe in abortions even for ectopic pregnancies. What do these people think about in vitro?
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Aug 27, 2015 14:35
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Cloud Potato posted:
Hey oppositeofreality.jpg, fancy seeing you on these shores
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Aug 27, 2015 14:56
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Is "women hate Corbyn" the UK's "black people hate Bernie"?
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Aug 27, 2015 15:12
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TheBigAristotle posted:Booze in a plastic bottle, loving lol
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Aug 27, 2015 15:14
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Dr.Zeppelin posted:By all accounts Vick paid out his debt to society and came out of prison a changed man. It would be nice if people still even bothered to pay lip service the idea that imprisonment can help rehabilitate someone rather than be part 1 of a lifelong string of unending social and professional punishment. The Vick dog case was 8 years ago. Since then, Vick has been to prison, left prison, and has played for 6 years in the NFL for 2 teams. I'm not sure why the protesters are treating this like it's some NEW HORRIBLE ALLEGATIONS, nor am I sure what they expect Vick to do with his life—live under a bridge? And yes, the Steelers employ the services of a rapist and a woman-beater, so...
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Aug 27, 2015 15:18
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Black Velvet, a solid foundation upon which you can build an authentic Kelly-grade whiskey sour. Ah, weatherproof! If you're drinking Black Velvet you're either desperately poor or you drink so much you don't give any kind of a poo poo anymore.
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Aug 27, 2015 15:25
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loquacius posted:Is "women hate Corbyn" the UK's "black people hate Bernie"? Possibly worse since I dunno what the proportion of black supporters for Bernie is -- Corbyn's supporters, according to the last proper poll, are pretty disproportionately female, to the tune of 56:44. The idea that Corbyn's out of tune with women is so laughable it's nonsensical.
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