Political Cartoons 2018: A Penny For Your Blots

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

sheep-dodger posted:

Can I just say that I hate when cartoons dress Haspel up like she was a Domme in a bdsm scene? Because holy poo poo, those two things aren't even remotely the same.
Also: while I'm thinking about Haspel: gently caress every piece of poo poo democratic senator that votes for her, those guys are bottom tier garbage.

I assumed it was a reference to Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS.

Really? Of all the threats to the Trump presidency, you think �McCain smear� is going to destroy him? Trump mocked McCain for being captured years ago and still got elected.

# ? May 17, 2018 16:36

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Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Technowolf posted:

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I'm with the shrieking dude on this one. What's the fun of a playground where you can't hurt yourself idiotically?

# ? May 17, 2018 16:38

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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The usual suspects gunning hard for a gaybie over this.

# ? May 17, 2018 16:39

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

That Lester has like, all the hallmarks of a classic bad cartoon.

Ghoulish opinion, blatant lies, and nonsensical art (seriously, it looks like the ~~protesters~~ DEATH TERRORISTS are running into a gap in the fence).

gently caress Lester forever.

# ? May 17, 2018 16:52

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

I Regret To Inform You That Madigan Is Still Bad

To Allie's credit, I like the subtle metaphor here, but it only works if you believe that Illinois is just HEMORRHAGING citizens.

# ? May 17, 2018 16:55

D.N. Nation: Feb 1, 2012

Need someone to "I don't feel so good" Allie here

# ? May 17, 2018 16:57

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I'm with the shrieking dude on this one. What's the fun of a playground where you can't hurt yourself idiotically?

Not mentioned: The metal slide that turns into a frying pan on any sunny day.

Back in dinosaur times when I was a kid, the architect Bob Leathers came to my town, and under his guidance a band of volunteers spent a week building a massive wooden castle playground in our local park. It was the most awesome thing ever, with slides and tunnels and crawlspaces and little hidey holes and ladders and towers and bridges and everything. But since it was wood, it was also a pain in the rear end to maintain, and of course it didn't really meet modern safety standards. So the town eventually pulled it down a couple decades later and put a modern plastic playground in its place. Not to knock modern playgrounds -- my daughter and I have had a lot of fun on them -- but sometimes I wish I could've taken her to that old castle.

tl;dr: I'm old.

# ? May 17, 2018 16:58

Kit Walker: Jul 10, 2010; "The Man Who Cannot Deadlift"

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

# ? May 17, 2018 16:59

Preen Dog: Nov 8, 2017

Selachian posted:

Not mentioned: The metal slide that turns into a frying pan on any sunny day.

Back in dinosaur times when I was a kid, the architect Bob Leathers came to my town, and under his guidance a band of volunteers spent a week building a massive wooden castle playground in our local park. It was the most awesome thing ever, with slides and tunnels and crawlspaces and little hidey holes and ladders and towers and bridges and everything. But since it was wood, it was also a pain in the rear end to maintain, and of course it didn't really meet modern safety standards. So the town eventually pulled it down a couple decades later and put a modern plastic playground in its place. Not to knock modern playgrounds -- my daughter and I have had a lot of fun on them -- but sometimes I wish I could've taken her to that old castle.

tl;dr: I'm old.

Yessss... Had a wood fortress with a tower in the middle with an unguarded metal ladder, rope-chain bridges, climbing webbing up it's sides, and long slides with a bump in the middle that give you air. Half the fun was the drama of who who get hurt and how. Falls, pinches, limbs bent backwards, tailbone crushing... had it all. Playgrounds should challenge you or they're pointless.

edit: Obs irrelevant now as kids don't go outside anymore.

Preen Dog fucked around with this message at 17:05 on May 17, 2018

# ? May 17, 2018 17:03

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

Pants Donkey posted:

Who did Madigan kill to get Property Tax Appeal Business?

# ? May 17, 2018 17:09

Mellow Seas: Oct 9, 2012; Can't post for 10 years!

Alhazred posted:

How does it feel to care more about the strip's continuity than the artist who actually makes the strip?

Gotta have hobbies.

# ? May 17, 2018 17:11

Schpyder: Jun 13, 2002; Attackle Grackle

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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As bad as Branco is, Lester was loving robbed in the bracket.

# ? May 17, 2018 17:16

there wolf: Jan 11, 2015; by Fluffdaddy

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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And he put a literal child right up front.

Hundreds of thousands of years from now some future civilization is going to thrilled to fine a perfectly preserved body of a 21st century man because Lester will die so full of toxic bile the worms will refuse to recycle him back into the dirt.

# ? May 17, 2018 17:17

InsertPotPun: Apr 16, 2018; Pissy Bitch stan

Pants Donkey posted:

I Regret To Inform You That Madigan Is Still Bad

To Allie's credit, I like the subtle metaphor here, but it only works if you believe that Illinois is just HEMORRHAGING citizens.

You know I gotta side with Allie here. Not knowing anything about the situation but what Allie is saying it seems this "Madigan" guy has WAY too much power! Maybe create an office above him? I'm assuming he's governor right? I'll just take a long sip of water while I wait for an answer.

# ? May 17, 2018 17:25

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

Selachian posted:

Back in dinosaur times when I was a kid, the architect Bob Leathers came to my town, and under his guidance a band of volunteers spent a week building a massive wooden castle playground in our local park. It was the most awesome thing ever, with slides and tunnels and crawlspaces and little hidey holes and ladders and towers and bridges and everything. But since it was wood, it was also a pain in the rear end to maintain, and of course it didn't really meet modern safety standards. So the town eventually pulled it down a couple decades later and put a modern plastic playground in its place. Not to knock modern playgrounds -- my daughter and I have had a lot of fun on them -- but sometimes I wish I could've taken her to that old castle.

Ditto. We used to have a multi-level wooden monstrosity you could pretend was a huge pirate ship.

Now no one even remembers it ever existed

# ? May 17, 2018 17:35

Pththya-lyi: Nov 8, 2009; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

"Rush, why are you trying to talk to me? I don't like you. Nobody does. You act more like a smug 60-year-old than a kid."

# ? May 17, 2018 18:27

Erenthal: Jan 1, 2008; A relaxing walk in the woods; Grimey Drawer

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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This is vile on so many levels, but you've got to appreciate how insidious the talking points are that Lester manages to cram into a single picture.

*The protesters are armed and crazy
*The protesters are the cause of their own deaths
*The real live Israeli soldiers that pull their triggers to snipe another child are magically erased from the scene, replaced with an impersonal fence that is harmless unless you willfully run into it

# ? May 17, 2018 18:38

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

# ? May 17, 2018 18:41

RoboRodent: Sep 19, 2012

Captain_Maclaine posted:

The Duchess of Cambridge, washing the dishes as a put-upon obedient housewife.

# ? May 17, 2018 18:43

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Captain_Maclaine posted:

I'm surprised that Kelly even cares about the other royals.

# ? May 17, 2018 18:44

Tenebrais: Sep 2, 2011

Statue of Liberty, watching over the prince and princess. Perfect.

# ? May 17, 2018 18:49

Ularg: Mar 2, 2010; Just tell me I'm exotic.

Captain_Maclaine posted:

I wish for an edit where it's big ben crying in the window.

# ? May 17, 2018 18:51

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Iron Crowned posted:

I'm surprised that Kelly even cares about the other royals.

I'm surprised he didn't make it real obvious that Kelly just thinks there's a hotter princess involved.

Pants Donkey posted:

I Regret To Inform You That Madigan Is Still Bad

To Allie's credit, I like the subtle metaphor here, but it only works if you believe that Illinois is just HEMORRHAGING citizens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0
Pick Up Ya Fuckin Garbage Gem
Make Sure Your Kids Don't Get Run Over By Some Hardon Gem
etc

# ? May 17, 2018 18:57

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

A picture of Princess Di crying :lol:

# ? May 17, 2018 18:59

D.N. Nation: Feb 1, 2012

Having the Statue of Liberty in that killed me

# ? May 17, 2018 19:01

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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"Because I'm a sexual predator."

Selachian posted:

Not mentioned: The metal slide that turns into a frying pan on any sunny day.

Back in dinosaur times when I was a kid, the architect Bob Leathers came to my town, and under his guidance a band of volunteers spent a week building a massive wooden castle playground in our local park. It was the most awesome thing ever, with slides and tunnels and crawlspaces and little hidey holes and ladders and towers and bridges and everything. But since it was wood, it was also a pain in the rear end to maintain, and of course it didn't really meet modern safety standards. So the town eventually pulled it down a couple decades later and put a modern plastic playground in its place. Not to knock modern playgrounds -- my daughter and I have had a lot of fun on them -- but sometimes I wish I could've taken her to that old castle.

tl;dr: I'm old.

Yeah we had one too. I had forgotten all about it until you posted this. Looking it up, it was made by Leathers and Associates with volunteers working on it and was torn down in the mid-90s. I never knew the backstory to it until now. It was just this amazing playground my friend's dad used to drive us to play on every once in a while.

# ? May 17, 2018 19:10

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

Captain_Maclaine posted:

I literally laughed out loud at this one. Truly a master of his craft! (Unlike that no-good upstart Ward Sutton.)

# ? May 17, 2018 19:19

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Schpyder posted:

As bad as Branco is, Lester was loving robbed in the bracket.

Now hang on has Branco made a cartoon about this yet?

# ? May 17, 2018 19:26

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

Electric Phantasm posted:

Now hang on has Branco made a cartoon about this yet?

Somehow less hateful than Lester

# ? May 17, 2018 19:35

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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# ? May 17, 2018 19:46

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

Erenthal posted:

This is vile on so many levels, but you've got to appreciate how insidious the talking points are that Lester manages to cram into a single picture.

*The protesters are armed and crazy
*The protesters are the cause of their own deaths
*The real live Israeli soldiers that pull their triggers to snipe another child are magically erased from the scene, replaced with an impersonal fence that is harmless unless you willfully run into it

So apparently, Lester's defense is some 19-year old Palestinian made a kite with a swastika that's "designed to catch fire" - presumably, because it's constructed of such dangerous materials as "cloth" or "paper". And of course, instead of linking directly to the story, he gates it through newsbusters.org, so they can drop sick burns like "taxpayer-funded NPR", and kinda-sorta neglect to inform that this interview happened after the attack.

# ? May 17, 2018 19:53

Trogdos!: Jul 11, 2009; A DRAGON POKEMAN
well technically a water/flying type

Jay Rust posted:

Somehow less hateful than Lester

Nice label Branco, the cartoon would have been very hard to decipher without it

Kirschen posted:

Shavuot 2018 will begin in the evening of Saturday, May 19 and ends in the evening of Sunday, May 20.
Shavuot (The Festival of Weeks) is celebrated after the counting of a week of weeks (49 days) from Passover. It is one of the three Jewish pilgrimage holidays. Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai to the newly freed Israelites after their exodus from slavery in Egypt.

# ? May 17, 2018 20:00

D.N. Nation: Feb 1, 2012

Jay Rust posted:

Somehow less hateful than Lester

Can't believe those Democrats who blame this all on Israel, Democrats such as, um

# ? May 17, 2018 20:04

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

Jay Rust posted:

Somehow less hateful than Lester

About what I'd expect - not nearly as abhorrent, but three times as dumb.

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Peanuts getting a workout this week.

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Dragon Energy!

# ? May 17, 2018 20:06

Flavius Aetass: Mar 30, 2011

Sandpuppy posted:

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hmm yes, i'm sure he's very committed to this idea

also i love the dismissive attitude towards any complaint from minorities about representation, and as soon as he perceives being disadvantaged by a supposedly more influential ethnicity he wants to literally exterminate them

Flavius Aetass fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 17, 2018

# ? May 17, 2018 20:09

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

Sandpuppy posted:

So apparently, Lester's defense is some 19-year old Palestinian made a kite with a swastika that's "designed to catch fire" - presumably, because it's constructed of such dangerous materials as "cloth" or "paper". And of course, instead of linking directly to the story, he gates it through newsbusters.org, so they can drop sick burns like "taxpayer-funded NPR", and kinda-sorta neglect to inform that this interview happened after the attack.

I'm starting to think Lester and people like him might be a tad disingenuous.

# ? May 17, 2018 20:27

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

https://twitter.com/jdcrouch2/status/997192058594054144

Why would the USO have service members interact with Ramirez?

# ? May 17, 2018 20:30

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Sandpuppy posted:

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I actually wonder what the single most over-represented group is - where by that I define it as the ratio of [percentage population of students]:[percentage population of Americans], and probably also adjusted for an age bracket of 18-35 or something. I would be surprised if the old stereotype was correct. It might even be "women" in higher education because going any more granular gives you less of the disproportionate overpopulation.

That might be fun data to play with. Thanks for the future idea, internet Nazi!

# ? May 17, 2018 20:34