Political Cartoons 2017: Gotta go fasc

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Duke Igthorn: Oct 11, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

the_steve posted:

We already know the token mouthpiece is a Libertarian! We've known since last year!
Why are they acting like this is a new and sudden development!?

For the jokes duh!

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NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

King Possum III posted:

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"Do you really think a country can be neatly removed from the map using nukes?"

# ? Aug 11, 2017 16:56

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

"Do you really think a country can be neatly removed from the map using nukes?"

"Wont' China say something about, y'know, the fallout and all that? Speak of, have you played Fallout?"

# ? Aug 11, 2017 16:57

Disproportionate Orphan: Apr 17, 2009

King Possum III posted:

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The guy looks more like one of the sense gnomes from King's Quest VI than Mattis.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 16:59

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

"Do you really think a country can be neatly removed from the map using nukes?"

According to the advanced simulator Scorched Earth, it can be.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:02

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

Anyone feels like sperging about the damage to the rest of the planet if N.Korea gets nuked to submission? (assuming that their weapons fail)

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:06

IM DAY DAY IRL: Jul 11, 2003; Everything's fine.

Nothing to see here.

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Anyone feels like sperging about the damage to the rest of the planet if N.Korea gets nuked to submission? (assuming that their weapons fail)

are you talking physical or economic damage

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:12

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Anyone feels like sperging about the damage to the rest of the planet if N.Korea gets nuked to submission? (assuming that their weapons fail)

I'm too busy sperging about the deaths of 25 million innocent people if N Korea gets nuked into submission.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:13

Sandpuppy: Jun 16, 2012; Social Abscess
of the
Universe

Gauntlet has been thrown by Branco. Garrison's gonna have to crawl a lot further up Trump's rear end to regain the title of Bigliest Trump Whore now.

loquacius posted:

for a second I was like "why is their alarm clock talking to them" and then I remembered there used to be radios in those things

LOL if you actually use the radio in your bedside clock

Lots of older people still do.
Also, it's an easier way to make the 3:00AM gag work I guess.

Probably the same reason Marlette drew a B-17 dropping pills on North Korea instead of a B-2, but I don't think that one works as well.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-inflatable-chicken-protests-president-white-house/story?id=49125197

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:13

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

Starshark posted:

I'm too busy sperging about the deaths of 25 million innocent people if N Korea gets nuked into submission.

The assholes who push for a nuclear solutions don't perceive 'civilians'

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:16

Republicans: Oct 14, 2003; - More money for us

- Fuck you

King Possum III posted:

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It's the big button with the name on it I find most offensive.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:37

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

I'm the Chinese occupation of Vladivostok

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:39

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

Sandpuppy posted:

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He's got the fire and the fury
At his command
Well you don't have to worry
If you hold on to Bennett's hand
We'll all be safe from Jong-Un
When the thunder rolls
We just gotta keep the Donald
Way down in the hole

# ? Aug 11, 2017 17:40

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD: Jul 7, 2012

HAT FETISH posted:

Ah yes, the little-known cousin of Thing Happened: Thing That Never Happened

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:13

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

loquacius posted:

He's got the fire and the fury
At his command
Well you don't have to worry
If you hold on to Bennett's hand
We'll all be safe from Jong-Un
When the thunder rolls
We just gotta keep the Donald
Way down in the hole

That's been going through my head since he said it, but I think this Tom Waits song says it all right now.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:14

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Still waiting for Garrison's take on NK...

Who am I kidding, that Google mansplainer getting fired is totally getting gonna be his next cartoon. Crying women with purple hair and nose piercing labeled "SJWs" saying "you hurt our feelings!" And it will show the guy being taken under the wing of a chiseled Trump.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:20

Ague Proof: Jun 5, 2014; they told me
I was everything

A smug, swole nuke-riding Trump will fly into Pyongyang as a purple-haired Kim Jong Un cries and shouts from below "that's not fair! this is my safe space!"

The rising sun will hold out its index finger and declare "not an argument!"

TRUMP: "Your fault fat boy, I was very nuclear on this!"

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:25

Jurgan: May 8, 2007; Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut

Selachian posted:

Everyone's focusing on Branco's toon but I wanted to point this one out too for the sheer dumbth. Trump was not running the ball to the goal line -- he was sitting around waiting and blustering while McConnell did the actual work of trying to get Trumpcare through the Senate.

This is probably about the Russia sanctions that they forced Trump to sign.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:38

AnoHito: May 8, 2014

Selachian posted:

Everyone's focusing on Branco's toon but I wanted to point this one out too for the sheer dumbth. Trump was not running the ball to the goal line -- he was sitting around waiting and blustering while McConnell did the actual work of trying to get Trumpcare through the Senate.

You're just not looking at it right. Trump's running into the wrong end zone, and they're tackling him to try and stop the loss.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:41

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

AnoHito posted:

You're just not looking at it right. Trump's running into the wrong end zone, and they're tackling him to try and stop the loss.

That's 100% how I read it at first.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:50

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

Article on Australian political cartoons. If nothing else, have a look at Petty's cartoon. They're all like that.

It's a bit fawning, but you can always skip over the words and just read the 'toons.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/political-cartoons-in-the-internet-age-is-it-the-end-of-an-era/8798936

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Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

I know, I know, its an mspaint meme and not a real politoon but it made me laugh:

# ? Aug 11, 2017 18:59

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Jonas Albrecht posted:

https://twitter.com/O_Draws/status/895656845297065984

Ian Miles Cheong commissioned himself a very Garrison-esque picture.

Is he challenging them to Yu-Gi-Oh?

# ? Aug 11, 2017 19:13

JerikTelorian: Jan 19, 2007

Mantis42 posted:

I know, I know, its an mspaint meme and not a real politoon but it made me laugh:

Needs no allies, except China, the rising superpower.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 19:20

Feinne: Oct 9, 2007; When you fall, get right back up again.

Electric Phantasm posted:

Is he challenging them to Yu-Gi-Oh?

Unless he's about to summon some demons from his Gauntlet I reckon he's about to get hosed up by those anarchists.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 20:06

sheep-dodger: Feb 21, 2013

Feinne posted:

Unless he's about to summon some demons from his Gauntlet I reckon he's about to get hosed up by those anarchists.

He's just gonna yell "Not an argument!" and they'll immediately cower before his rhetoric might.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 20:32

Keiya: Aug 22, 2009; Come with me if you want to not die.

Necroskowitz posted:

Friend have I got some bad news for you about Feudalism.

Historically, there's only so lovely you can be before people overthrow you. Or you're pushed out by other nobility because they don't want anyone getting ideas about overthrowing them once you're done. GoT is well past that line.

Technowolf posted:

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Is this supposed to be painting the young adults as wrong? 'cause it's uh... a bunch of people working together to topple a literal symbol of economic abuse. Only three of them look wrong to me, and that's about physics and medicine, not economics. Or am I falling into 'incapable of seeing non-shitheaded interpretations' again?

# ? Aug 11, 2017 20:53

Technowolf: Nov 4, 2009

Keiya posted:

Is this supposed to be painting the young adults as wrong? 'cause it's uh... a bunch of people working together to topple a literal symbol of economic abuse. Only three of them look wrong to me, and that's about physics and medicine, not economics. Or am I falling into 'incapable of seeing non-shitheaded interpretations' again?

The latter. It's from The Nib, which is Cool & Good.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 21:12

Sandpuppy: Jun 16, 2012; Social Abscess
of the
Universe

The fact there are no man-buns, tattoos, or facial piercings in the crowd, and that the muslim girl isn't wearing a suicide vest are obvious signs to me that it didn't come from a right-winger.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 22:02

King Possum III: Feb 15, 2016

Technowolf posted:

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I guess Marlette doesn't know he kind of got it backwards on this. The North Koreans used to produce heroin that was smuggled abroad in diplomatic pouches, mostly to eastern and southern Asia. Their diplomats were expected to sell the stuff in the countries where they were posted to earn extra cash for the government, and many have been expelled after being caught. Collective farms in North Korea were made to set aside 25% of their land to grow poppies, which they called "the white bellflower," then the raw opium was neatly processed into heroin in government factories.

These days, the North Koreans have switched to producing methamphetamine, which is easier to produce and smuggle, and a lot more profitable.

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Keiya: Aug 22, 2009; Come with me if you want to not die.

Okay. "Despite being a [color="red"]bedrock[/color]" threw me off, like 'drat kids ignoring tradition'. The lower-left person, with the glasses, is adorable btw.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 22:18

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

King Possum III posted:

I guess Marlette doesn't know he kind of got it backwards on this. The North Koreans used to produce heroin that was smuggled abroad in diplomatic pouches, mostly to eastern and southern Asia. Their diplomats were expected to sell the stuff in the countries where they were posted to earn extra cash for the government, and many have been expelled after being caught. Collective farms in North Korea were made to set aside 25% of their land to grow poppies, which they called "the white bellflower," then the raw opium was neatly processed into heroin in government factories.

These days, the North Koreans have switched to producing methamphetamine, which is easier to produce and smuggle, and a lot more profitable.

This is actually one of the more plausible parts of Far Cry 4's plot.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 22:37

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD: Jul 7, 2012

Keiya posted:

Historically, there's only so lovely you can be before people overthrow you. Or you're pushed out by other nobility because they don't want anyone getting ideas about overthrowing them once you're done. GoT is well past that line.

Is this supposed to be painting the young adults as wrong? 'cause it's uh... a bunch of people working together to topple a literal symbol of economic abuse. Only three of them look wrong to me, and that's about physics and medicine, not economics. Or am I falling into 'incapable of seeing non-shitheaded interpretations' again?

Well...

Not only does socialism have lower support than capitalism in this study, but there are almost certainly priming effects if the questions are asked in this order.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 22:46

Cloud Potato: Jan 9, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

Guardian:

"Ben Jennings on Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un � Donald Trump continued to trade threats with North Korea, deploying a highly unorthodox combination of the conservative Fox News channel and Twitter to amplify his words"

Telegraph:

Independent:

The i paper:

Times:

Evening Standard:

Mail:
MAC on... MEPs expenses scandal

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Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

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Jurgan: May 8, 2007; Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut

Keiya posted:

Historically, there's only so lovely you can be before people overthrow you. Or you're pushed out by other nobility because they don't want anyone getting ideas about overthrowing them once you're done. GoT is well past that line.

Is this supposed to be painting the young adults as wrong? 'cause it's uh... a bunch of people working together to topple a literal symbol of economic abuse. Only three of them look wrong to me, and that's about physics and medicine, not economics. Or am I falling into 'incapable of seeing non-shitheaded interpretations' again?

The woman sitting on his left shoulder isn't doing anything to help, but is pretending to be central to the effort. She represents Ted Rall.

Xander77 posted:

This is actually one of the more plausible parts of Far Cry 4's plot.

Yeah, I wanted more options on that. I burned down the poppy fields mainly because I was worried that if a small country started supplying opium to the world, then the U.S. and other rich countries would get involved in the war. No one brought that idea up, though. Then I sided with Amita in the end because she was supposed to stop the superstition and sexism, and I thought she'd let the figurehead girl free, but instead she probably had her killed to reduce the competition and then forced everyone to grow poppies.

# ? Aug 12, 2017 00:30

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Jurgan posted:

Yeah, I wanted more options on that.

I just sat down and had some loving crab rangoon. Good game, if a bit short.

...

I'm not exactly a big fan of religion and tradition, but up until the very end, Sabal made was making the reasonable suggestions, while Amita was vacillating between kinda stupid and deeply stupid.

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