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Re: The Daily Mail - just, goddamnit. So much fail on that story.
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Cliff Racer posted:I dunno how it is in Britain but unless you have a race horse or work horse your horse is worth jack poo poo over here. I saw one being given away on Craigslist the other day. Others are just left lose to run wild (in actuality to be rounded up by animal control and then auctioned off to the dog food company for a hundred bucks a pop.) Heather Frost (the cancer-surviving 'welfare queen' at the heart of the story) pays around £200 a month, which sounds high but is around what I pay for petrol (ugh), and apparently her adult daughter helps with the costs (Telegraph link). The daughter also claims that the 6-bedroom house would be smaller than their current one - has the actual size of the house ever been cited by a newspaper? Six tiny bedrooms would hardly constitute a mansion.
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Feb 21, 2013 15:56
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The Daily Express guy really doesn't like drawing male head hair, does he?
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Feb 22, 2013 09:16
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Junior G-man posted:Rowson's little fatcat is receding further and further into the distance 
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Feb 23, 2013 13:19
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Re: The Indy cartoon - I love that angle on the election, could any comedian really be more ridiculous than Berlusconi as a candidate?
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Feb 27, 2013 07:53
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BastardySkull posted:Its kinda not cool to do the whole 'Heya, mama mia' poo poo, surely. e: V--- I'm really more amused by the idea of Berlusconi being viewed as a credible candidate, rather than passing judgement on any of his opponents, including the comedian ('s coalition). Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 11:24
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Fluo posted:I miss Monkey Dust. Oh god this. I think it's still my favourite clip show of all time. The political satire, the artistic range, the music, the incredibly dark humour... I didn't realise until quite recently that Harry Thompson had died of lung cancer at a very young age, bringing the series to a permanent close. It rather puts the Closure sketch into perspective.  Also, that Mac cartoon seemed oddly sympathetic to the proles. I guess even Mail readers are feeling the pinch, leading to an unusual moment of solidarity.
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Feb 28, 2013 07:40
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Fluo posted:Anne Frank one; Jews are Irish, Nazis are British, Heroes are American. One of the best lines in it "this is for president Churchill!" and the American narration keep pronouncing stuff wrong like instead of Reich they say Re-e-sh.
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Feb 28, 2013 08:50
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mfcrocker posted:Let's not forget the true star of Monkey Dust Oh gods, the Paedofinder General Song has disappeared from Youtube  This is terrible.
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Feb 28, 2013 11:14
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NightHunter posted:I need to dig out my season 1 DVD when I get home.
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Feb 28, 2013 11:55
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Barry Foster posted:I absolutely adored Monkey Dust when it was on the telly, and even today it comes across as almost preternaturally prescient about an awful lot of things (McDonalds selling degrees comes to his mind). But upon rewatch, there is some pretty iffy stuff in there as well. baka kaba posted:Also that Telegraph one. CON LAB LIB DEM, CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR 
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Feb 28, 2013 19:03
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Barry Foster posted:I seem to recall it would sometimes have a go at the NHS in a very sort of Telegraph-y way, and was a bit dodgy when it came to LGBT issues (if I recall correctly, it mostly treated being gay as something slightly icky for laughs). It could also be pretty condescendingly classist at times.
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Feb 28, 2013 21:36
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Barry Foster posted:It's probably true that the 'NHS is overrun by MRSA, rats and useless staff' thing was just part of the overall nihilism, but with regard to the LGBT thing I'm thinking particularly of elements of the Wannabe Cottager sketches, and one where lesbians were portrayed as horrible shrieking harridans. quote:Still, nothing's perfect. And we should probably stop derailing the Cartoons Mega Thread... 
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Feb 28, 2013 21:56
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Oh god, the Ebola experiment... Think that was my favourite sketch at the time. So much callous evil (inspired by Porton Down presumably). The paedophile march sketch had an amazing soundtrack for a simple joke scene, but that was so often the case with Monkey Dust.
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Feb 28, 2013 23:59
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Porton Down was all kinds of hosed up. I'm kind of surprised you linked that one without knowing the context though, or were you thinking of the even more notorious American experiments? Mac continues to confuse. Implicitly criticising a Countryside Alliance-approved badger cull and calling on the death of the banking class? I hope the true Mac gets well soon so we can continue to wish him ill health again. The Indy cartoon might be in reference to this painting, but I'm not much of an art historian so there's probably a far closer match. The arms look right though.  Giovanni Gaulli, The Apotheosis of St. Ignatius, 1685.
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Mar 1, 2013 14:12
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The Supreme Court posted:Ronald Maddison
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Mar 1, 2013 15:01
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Weldon Pemberton posted:Can someone remind me who the guy with his head up his rear end in Rawson's cartoons represents, I constantly forget. TIA! Cliff Racer posted:Finance Minister or whatever thats called in the UK. Edit: Hrm. If it's not Osborne I have no idea who it's meant to be. Oh, if only he (over)used labels! Stephen Collins is amazing and I can't believe I had never heard of him before this thread. Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Mar 3, 2013 |
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Mar 3, 2013 09:23
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Farage should never be given the opportunity to smile about anything. 
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Mar 4, 2013 11:32
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Fluo posted:His twitter: (He uses it alot too!) https://twitter.com/stephen_collins
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Mar 9, 2013 18:46
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Noreaus posted:That's a bit of a weak homage. The face wasn't present in the original painting and nothing else essential about the painting has really been altered.
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Mar 10, 2013 18:31
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Mr. Squishy posted:What other challengers approach? There's the Bojo balloon, Gove with a lollypop, Murdoch with Farage as a headband, but who's the skinny man with the OBR pillow, or the gnome? quote:I don't like this one. Fixating on shoes as a symbol for May is a bit misogynist. Edit: I do like Osborne counting on his fingers as well. Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Mar 11, 2013 |
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Mar 11, 2013 13:03
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Whitefish posted:The gnome is Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Mar 11, 2013 14:50
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a pipe smoking dog posted:That story was seriously awful. Man is stressed and doctor tells him to take a holiday, he goes to Australia to visit his family, see a shark about to attack some kids so jumps into sea to stop them, his employer says that because he was capable to stop a shark killing some children he should have been at work instead.
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Mar 14, 2013 12:07
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Noreaus posted:Weirdly, the news outlets have also avoided the "saving kids' lives" aspect, in the headlines at least. "Wrestling with a shark" sounds like it was some fun activity he decided to do.0
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Mar 14, 2013 12:13
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Fluo posted:Rowson was doing the main one today but since it was day after the budget Bell did a little one too! quote:This is so badly drawn I can't get my loving head around the police car. Is it meant to be crashed / broken glass, or is that some really badly drawn reflection (which doesn't match) of the tree.
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Mar 21, 2013 20:25
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Fluo posted:I really don't think the 1p off beer will effect anyone apart from wetherspoons and people who run pubs etc. Like if you had 1p off your beer in a pub you'd generally would just throw it in a charity box or something. So the frozen on petrol sounds like Osborne had to pick something that would be like a poo poo sandwich, 1p off beer! *poo poo tons of poo poo* frozen hike on petrol! At least we didn't have a repeat of (petrol stations raise price of petrol by 2p a day prior) "2p price cut to petrol!"...Pretty sure that Bell cartoon was on the front page - in place of a photo.
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Mar 21, 2013 21:42
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Fluo posted:Osborne, bum nosed BDSM slug (or is he a snail, since he has a house on his back?!) or is he a bum nosed bdsm pig in a slug outfit pretending to be a snail?! quote:Daily Mail:  quote:Daily Express: Edit: Obama as fried chicken? What the hell is this referring to, and how did he get away with it?
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Mar 22, 2013 14:48
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:As an American, I do not understand the symbolism of Osborne's red briefcase. What is that specifically referencing?
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Mar 22, 2013 15:30
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Jedit posted:Oh, for gently caress's sake - this is a cartoon criticising the government for attacking the poor. The cartoon would be moronic if it depicted a woman in a high paying job because those women can afford full time child care. The women who are affected are the secretaries and clerical workers of the world.
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Mar 22, 2013 19:47
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It just writes itself, doesn't it?
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Mar 24, 2013 16:36
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Fluo posted:Telegraph: Also is that meant to be David Cameron in the Express cartoon, because what
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Mar 26, 2013 16:55
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Skeesix posted:Um, when I first saw this, I thought it looked like a racist Obama charicature.
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Mar 29, 2013 17:35
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Fluo posted:Wait, is this ment to be an april fools of Adam being leftie or am I completely missing the point, I think I might be missing the point because of the "more bedrooms more tax", as I'm guessing its either a really bad try at making a leftie cartoon but being critcal of the left at the same time or its just saying thats what the protesters are saying. Muy brain hurts I'm sorry. I think you're probably reading way too much into it - it's basically just mocking the unpopularity of government reforms by making IDS look totally amazingly popular, you guys! It seems an odd direction for a Torygraph cartoon (especially given the lovely editorial coverage of the cuts). Bits like 'Stuff the Poor' confuse the message but are just badly thought of rather than meant to complicate the picture, imo. Also, thanks for taking the time and effort to collate these, especially so early in the day! It's nice to have an update to wake up to.
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Apr 1, 2013 07:44
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Fluo posted:Express:
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Apr 2, 2013 18:50
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Payndz posted:Also, why is Dan Dare, Pilot Of The Future the Chancellor of the Exchequer? Fluo posted:Indy:
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Apr 3, 2013 18:27
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MAC is secretly Thatcher, it would explain the lovely quality of his work Also, I really wish they sold the Socialist Worker near me. I think that's the first time anybody's ever said that.
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Apr 9, 2013 11:51
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Fluo posted:Some more bits and bobs of Thatcher BastardySkull posted:Really not keen on this.
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Apr 10, 2013 10:42
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Fluo posted:Telegraph: Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Apr 15, 2013 07:02
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Well, fall backwards onto the sword being held behind him by his own party, surely?
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Apr 15, 2013 11:19
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Context for the Express cartoon: Newcastle United fans react badly to losing a local derby.
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