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MREBoy posted:Kind of odd that "Stasi" was used, as that was the East German secret police guys. I'm a USAer so I have no idea if Corbyn has/had any E. German connections, or it could be Mac is stuck in time somewhere prior to Jan 1992. That is the joke, I reckon.
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MREBoy posted:Kind of odd that "Stasi" was used, as that was the East German secret police guys. I'm a USAer so I have no idea if Corbyn has/had any E. German connections, or it could be Mac is stuck in time somewhere prior to Jan 1992. I don't really understand how it happened but suddenly they've moved from the Czechs to the Stasi as the handlers of Corbyn. Despite the people in charge of the Stasi archive saying it's bollocks.
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MREBoy posted:Kind of odd that "Stasi" was used, as that was the East German secret police guys. I'm a USAer so I have no idea if Corbyn has/had any E. German connections, or it could be Mac is stuck in time somewhere prior to Jan 1992. The insane twitter right has been trying to make "release the stasi files" into the new "we need to see the birth certificate" but I don't think it's working. Not for any particular reason other than they probably think it makes him sound bad because stasi sounds more ominous.
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Feb 21, 2018 23:53
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It recently got even more hilarious since the people in charge of the Statsi archives released a statement saying that a file on Corbyn actually doesn't exist.
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Feb 22, 2018 00:06
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Well obviously that was the first file they shredded, can't give away the decades-long masterplan to take over the UK through this one random scruffy backbencher inevitably becoming PM
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I'm pretty sure that the right wing press and certain Tory politicians piled in so hard on this because they really assumed that Corbyn would actually be exposed as a soviet spy; that they really have swallowed so much of their own bullshit they can't distinguish it from reality.
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Feb 22, 2018 00:50
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The news industry is dead.
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Cerebral Bore posted:It recently got even more hilarious since the people in charge of the Statsi archives released a statement saying that a file on Corbyn actually doesn't exist. Hm. Something they would have said if it existed, clearly. What other evidence do you need?
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Lord of the Llamas posted:I'm pretty sure that the right wing press and certain Tory politicians piled in so hard on this because they really assumed that Corbyn would actually be exposed as a soviet spy; that they really have swallowed so much of their own bullshit they can't distinguish it from reality. I think a slightly more charitable take would be that they weren't expecting the source to come out and say a bunch of even more obviously false poo poo and brand himself as a complete moron and when he did they were too far gone to not double down on it
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Paladinus posted:Hm. Something they would have said if it existed, clearly. What other evidence do you need? I don't think the Stasi archives are run by the Stasi anymore...
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goatface posted:The news industry is dead. But where will the obituary be printed?
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Lord of the Llamas posted:I don't think the Stasi archives are run by the Stasi anymore... Hm. Something they would want you to believe.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the Brexit transition period – The government has dismissed the idea that a Brexit transition deal, which it hopes to strike within the next few weeks, could be open-ended" Telegraph:  Queen makes surprise appearance at London fashion week Independent:  Times:  Trump pushes for ban on gun 'bump stocks' Evening Standard:  Mail: MAC on... Kentucky Fried Chicken and Richard III  Guardian Australian Sport: 
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MREBoy posted:Kind of odd that "Stasi" was used, as that was the East German secret police guys. I'm a USAer so I have no idea if Corbyn has/had any E. German connections, or it could be Mac is stuck in time somewhere prior to Jan 1992. The Stasi thing is a reference to an even more made-up attempt to imply that he was also a Stasi collaborator, based on the following line of reasoning. 1). He went on a motorbike tour of the DDR in the late 70s or early 80s with Diane Abbott 2). This would have meant the Stasi would have opened a file on him because he was a foreign tourist and politically active and very left-wing 3). This would have meant the Stasi would then likely have tried to make contact with him to see what could be arranged because why wouldn't you 4). This would have meant that he would have happily informed on the entire British population to the Stasi, it stands to reason, look, he was already selling us out to this Czech fella... Unfortunately it's complete bollocks; they did go on a motorbike holiday, to France. Which as far as I know, is not in East Germany.
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Look, those bloody continentals are all communists anyway.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the government's Brexit away day – Theresa May has locked her cabinet away at Chequers to agree an escape plan for Brexit but there is trouble ahead" Telegraph:  Independent:  After MC Escher. Times:  UN security council wrangles over Syria resolution Bonus! Morland's animated cartoon on Corbyn the spy. Evening Standard:  Theresa May at risk of Commons defeat as Labour shifts on Brexit
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https://twitter.com/mattzarb/status/967167729538097152?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3 OH, Jeremy Corbyn.
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the Chequers awayday – Theresa May will set out her vision for the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU in a speech next Friday, No 10 has announced, after she and senior cabinet members spent Thursday at Chequers hammering out a position" Telegraph:  Independent:  After Albert Anker. The i paper:  Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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Observer: "Speeding to Brexit oblivion - Chris Riddell on David Davis’ claim that Britain won’t be ‘plunged into a Mad Max-style world’" Sunday Telegraph:  Oxfam sex scandal: Haiti suspends charity's operations Independent on Sunday:  Extended risk of snow puts spring on hold in UK Sunday Times:  Labour wants permanent customs union treaty after Brexit - Starmer
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Cloud Potato posted:Sunday Times: this is the first time I've vaguely agreed with the times in such a long time, and it's also quite funny. Maybe next they'll stop pretending that Jeremy isn't way, way more strong, athletic, powerful than them too. AGC
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Cloud Potato posted:Independent on Sunday: If i see one more of these cartoons where a vague common theme sort of unites trite references to some selection of the same five beaten-to-death topics I'm going to personally overthrow the government just so i can ban political cartoons forever and always
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on the Syria ceasefire – Syrian regime forces have launched a fresh ground and air offensive against rebel positions in the besieged and battered enclave of eastern Ghouta in defiance of a nationwide ceasefire ordered by the UN security council" Telegraph:  UK braces for ‘beast from the east’ as Met Office warns of snow; Corbyn to put May on spot by embracing EU customs union Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard: 
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit speech – Labour leader attempts to outflank Tories by placing the customs union firmly on the table if Labour took over Brexit negotiations" Telegraph:  Independent:  Times:  Mail: Mac on... Jeremy Corbyn's future  David Squires: 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Boris Johnson and the Irish border – The foreign secretary has suggested congestion charge technology could ensure a soft border" Telegraph:  UK weather: Snow causing widespread travel disruption Independent:  Leaving single market 'like swapping a meal for a packet of crisps', warns ex-trade chief Times:  Florida school shooting: Trump says 'I would have run in unarmed' Evening Standard:  Rolling Stones to tour UK in 2018 Mail: Mac on... Planet plastic 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Theresa May and the Irish border after Brexit – EU seeks to keep Northern Ireland in customs union as PM warns of threat to UK’s ‘constitutional integrity’" Telegraph:  Boris Johnson: Irish border issue being used to frustrate Brexit After Raymond Briggs. Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Storm Emma: Blizzards pose 'risk to life' as snow hits UK Mail: Mac on... Max Mosley  'drat! Have you ever walked into a room then forgotten what you came in for?' Bonus Prospect magazine:  Guardian Australian Sport: 
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Cloud Potato posted:David Squires:
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gently caress the gently caress off, Mac!
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Mac taking on the real social issues of our time, this horrific scandal in which an underwear seller puts any kind of thought into what kind of underwear it's customers want to purchase while PEOPLE SOMEWHERE ARE COLD. It's better than the usual raging against the existence of women and minorities I guess?
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How on earth did Mac restrain himself from putting nazi paraphernalia all over the Mosley cartoon
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Trickjaw posted:How on earth did Mac restrain himself from putting nazi paraphernalia all over the Mosley cartoon he was trying to make him less sympathetic to the Mail, not more
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Theresa May's third Brexit speech – Theresa May has promised to be ‘straight with people’ and face up to the ‘hard facts’ of Brexit" Telegraph:  Independent:  After Joseph Bail Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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Observer: "Set MPs free, says Sir John - Chris Riddell on the former prime minister’s call for a free vote on Brexit or a second referendum" Sunday Telegraph:  Oscars 2018: What to expect from this year's ceremony Independent on Sunday:  Sunday Times: 
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on Donald Trump's trade policy – Theresa May has called Trump to raise Britain’s ‘deep concern’ over US plans to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium" Telegraph:  Theresa May: Young are 'right to be angry' about lack of homes; ‘Bricksit means Bricksit’: Theresa May’s brick wall housing speech backdrop raises eyebrows; After Gainsborough. Independent:  Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water and Frances McDormand rule Times:  Evening Standard: 
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