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betaraywil posted:An early entry for the Nonsense, This is an Election Year award? Nah, it's not nonsensical. There's apparently been some sort of scandal because of racist tweets made by someone, and that comic's about that. Looks like it's this: https://www.enca.com/south-africa/economist-hot-water-over-twitter-comments
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Hitler B. Natural posted:Oh, yeah, I remember Israel. That was a nice place before it got nuked by Iran with all the nuclear weapons that it has Do most of these cartoonists honestly think that Iran/N Korea will really drop a nuke and basically condemn itself to a war against the rest of the world? I'm honestly curious.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:the state told them the water was safe. That's.... that's murder 
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Somfin posted:It's a literary symbol, like 'hanging up' a cell phone call or using a floppy disc to represent saving data in a software program's GUI. Yeah, those kind of symbols are called skeuomorphs, and now that I know about them, I see them everywhere. Wikipedia posted:4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
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Jan 10, 2016 23:22
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no, it's just proving government can't do anything right
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I'm kind of stunned that Jack Chick is better at dancing around his capricious version of God's bullshit, whereas hip and cool Adam40 basically outright states "it's completely arbitrary and nothing matters, so be glad there's a slim chance God randomly decides you're one of the people he stops hitting because your mother burned the roast."
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Jan 10, 2016 23:30
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Cat Mattress posted:Nah, it's not nonsensical. There's apparently been some sort of scandal because of racist tweets made by someone, and that comic's about that. I think it's meant to be Gareth Cliff who's a panelist on a talent competition who thought it would be a great idea to wade into the debate about racist speech on twitter which exploded after a tweet from an estate agent comparing black people to monkeys lead to her facing criminal charges. It didn't go down too well http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/17f10c004b3f38998eaaee445cadceaa/Gareth-Cliff-fired-from-Idols-after-free-speech-post-20160109
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Mike Thompson of the Detroit Free Press and his latest cartoon on the Flint water crisis. In case you haven't heard about this, Governor Snyder's appointed financial manager switched the city of Flint's water to the Flint River, with no changes in how the water was treated. It corroded the city's plumbing and poisoned the entire city with lead, including 7,000 children. And as a kicker, people were charged really high rates for that crap water.
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fool_of_sound posted:It's just nuts! The World Today
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Last reminder to anyone who hasn't yet. The Gay Abortions voting will end in less then 6 hours. Voting ends at 11:59 PM EST this evening. I try not to ask stupid question when I don't get a metaphor but is this a Jonestown reference, right?
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World Famous W posted:Last reminder to anyone who hasn't yet. The Gay Abortions voting will end in less then 6 hours. Voting ends at 11:59 PM EST this evening. What does 'drink the koolaid' usually mean in a post-Jonestown world?
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Jurgan posted:I was surprised to learn recently just how many different interpretations of Adam and Eve there are, and how few of them support the "original sin, passed down to all of humanity" idea. Sure, Paul used that argument, but only as a piece of a much larger essay about the nature of sin and death. Well yeah, but that requires us to take a nuanced look at scripture and how to interpret it. Look, if we just dress up a horrible world view in biblical quotes and bald faced contempt for humanity then we'll get to bathe in those sweet, sweet Patreon funds.  But seriously, if that previous comic about how much he smoked weed, drank and fought really was about him I'm not surprised to see that he was a lovely person with possibly an addictive personality who became a lovely person with a different addiction after finding Jesus. I've known several people like that, and suffice to say I don't interact with them anymore.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:What does 'drink the koolaid' usually mean in a post-Jonestown world?
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Kajeesus posted:Is there a list of all the demographics that go to hell according to Adam 4D? Obviously Atheists, Jews, Muslims and followers of any non-Abrahamic faith. Catholics, too, right? Has he ever cartooned about Calvinists? Quakers, Mormons, Baptists? Also, to make you all feel a wee bit better, Ford's patreon has lost about $1,000 per month since I last check. Though this means he is "only" making about $45,000 a year on his comic, that's better than about $55,000, right? ...right? 
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Rorus Raz posted:Also, to make you all feel a wee bit better, Ford's patreon has lost about $1,000 per month since I last check. Though this means he is "only" making about $45,000 a year on his comic, that's better than about $55,000, right? So he might still be getting the same amount of cash for that crap.
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inkblot posted:But seriously, if that previous comic about how much he smoked weed, drank and fought really was about him I'm not surprised to see that he was a lovely person with possibly an addictive personality who became a lovely person with a different addiction after finding Jesus. I've known several people like that, and suffice to say I don't interact with them anymore. Homeboy was not a loving addict; he was just an exaggerator.
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Jerusalem posted:That's.... that's murder Technically, I don't think anyone has died yet, but there are kids who will have lifelong neurological problems. Just imagine if a group of ISIS terrorists had dumped neurotoxins in drinking water. Do you think this would be the first you heard of it?
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That Old Tree posted:I'm kind of stunned that Jack Chick is better at dancing around his capricious version of God's bullshit, whereas hip and cool Adam40 basically outright states "it's completely arbitrary and nothing matters, so be glad there's a slim chance God randomly decides you're one of the people he stops hitting because your mother burned the roast." Chicks stuff is all pretty simple morality tales, though. Adam's stuff seems like it's addressing the criticisms someone had about a Chick tract. 'Look at this stupid thing where gays have literal demons growing out of them' 'Real Christians don't think gays are demons, but they are still sinful because  ' He's (selectively) answering actual questions and the bar is set a little higher for that reason.
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Zerilan posted:It's just an accepted fact that we deserve to burn for all eternity for the crime of not being literally perfect. drat god, makes us imperfect and forces us to beg to not burn for eternity, a god worthy of scorn not worship.
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Turtle Sandbox posted:drat god, makes us imperfect and forces us to beg to not burn for eternity, a god worthy of scorn not worship. One of the standard theological responses to this is that God gave us all free will, that being good because you were created to be good and know nothing else makes your act of being good meaningless because you can't conceive of anything but being good. Unless you talk to a Calvinist, in which case all bets are off.
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Jerusalem posted:That's.... that's murder Weeeeeell technically the lead levels weren't actually dangerously high...  at the water purification plant, where they test the water. The lead later seeped into the water from the lead pipes that connect the plant to people's homes.  Also the "running government like a business" is also probably a reference to how switching to the river water was described as a "temporary cost-cutting measure". Whoops.
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I don't know if I'm more depressed by the fact it happened or the fact that it apparently hasn't warranted a lot of media attention (I have been on holiday so maybe I just didn't notice?)
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dijon du jour posted:Weeeeeell technically the lead levels weren't actually dangerously high... "Running the government like a business" has been a GOP talking point for...decades, I think. That's just a prime example of the sort of thing that happens when you actually do that.
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Jerusalem posted:I don't know if I'm more depressed by the fact it happened or the fact that it apparently hasn't warranted a lot of media attention (I have been on holiday so maybe I just didn't notice?) Maddow has been (rightly) fixated on it, but I don't know how much else nationally. I think there's an investigation by a federal prosecutor taking place.
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Jerusalem posted:I don't know if I'm more depressed by the fact it happened or the fact that it apparently hasn't warranted a lot of media attention (I have been on holiday so maybe I just didn't notice?) Living in Indiana, I've seen more about Making a Murderer on the local news than I have the Flint water issue. Admittedly I only watch tv news rather sporadically.
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 Guardian  "Martin Rowson on David Cameron's EU deal – The prime minister has moved to sever any link between the EU referendum and his own political future by stating he will remain prime minister even if he loses the vote on British membership" Telegraph:  David Cameron: parents should be taught how to control children Independent:  David Cameron vows to ‘blitz’ poverty by demolishing UK's worst sink estates Times: 
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 readingatwork posted:This might be the best political cartoon I've seen in months.
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Here's a little weekend feature I'd like to look at, given how appropriate it is. Something I'd like to call Each week I'll look at cartoons from this month in 2008. This week we're looking at the January cartoons of Glenn McCoy and Mike Lester! Glenn McCoy  1Obama was something of an upstart, although he had gained a lot of popularity via a speech he gave at the 2004 convention but you can see why some people think Sanders has a chance.  2Hillary cried in a speech after she lost Iowa to Obama. The response is exactly how you'd imagine it.  3While she lost Iowa, Hillary got her second wind in New Hampshire, starting an overly long democratic primary.  4Republicans were incredibly unenthused with their options in 2008.  5McCain was kinda sort moderate (not really) and, while they hated that, the Republicans would nonetheless try to play this up as a strength in the general. Obviously, they failed. Mike Lester  6Eight years ago, cartoonists were just as eager to use Hillary's campaign to dust off moldy old Bill jokes as they are now.  7Edwards was a distant third in the primary, which was a blessing for Democrats because later that August a giant scandal broke about his affair and love child.  8Exactly how you'd imagine it.  9Some people thought Hillary's crying helped her win New Hampshire; others thought it made her look week and Lester's take shouldn't be surprising.  10Rev. Wright would bring up Obama's campaign and race later that March, but Lester decided to be racist as soon as possible. Next Week: Michael Ramirez and Eric Allie! Also a new header for this feature because jesus.
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Rorus Raz posted:Next Week: Michael Ramirez and Eric Allie! Also a new header for this feature because jesus. I like this segment as I was not at all politically aware during the '08 election. And yes, Jesus Christ that banner.
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Rorus Raz posted:Also a new header for this feature because jesus. It's like the cover of the Fifth Cycle books a brightly-lit example, but in real life, they're printed very dark, nearly unreadable: 
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Well at least Sunday School is over.
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I really love the idea of posting election year politoons this year. With context they are so interesting to look at. Seeing the kneejerk reactions to events that are now forgotten is hilarious.
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dijon du jour posted:Also the "running government like a business" is also probably a reference to how switching to the river water was described as a "temporary cost-cutting measure". Whoops. This is true in a sense, but it's more of a reference to the way Snyder ran his campaign when he was first elected. He ran on the platform of being a successful businessmen, he was the chairmen of Gateway, and that he could fix Michigan's financial woes. As you can see, it might not be the best idea to run a government like a business. There have been recall petitions for Snyder that have been rejected partly for the reason that "the offenses alleged in the petition didn't happen in the governor's current term ". In other words, that since he chose the emergency city managers for Flint that made these really bad water choices during his first term, they shouldn't have an impact in having him recalled from his second.
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Cabinet posted:I really love the idea of posting election year politoons this year. With context they are so interesting to look at. Seeing the kneejerk reactions to events that are now forgotten is hilarious. Eh, it gets pretty boring after you've seen enough elections. It's very frequently "OUR GUY GOOD THEIR GUY BAD" stuff with little actual substance.
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Rorus Raz posted:Here's a little weekend feature I'd like to look at, given how appropriate it is. Something I'd like to call I'm enjoying conservatives loving Hillary losing to Obama. Wonder if they'll be as gleeful to her losing to Bernie, given that Hillary's practically one of their own politically and Bernie's at least half the socialist they claimed Obama was.
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This is a lot of fun- keep it up! At this time, I was involved, but I don't know if I was following this thread. Did this thread exist? Was it still the Mallard Fillmore mega-thread? Free Drinks posted:This is true in a sense, but it's more of a reference to the way Snyder ran his campaign when he was first elected. He ran on the platform of being a successful businessmen, he was the chairmen of Gateway, and that he could fix Michigan's financial woes. As you can see, it might not be the best idea to run a government like a business. What is it with tech company execs running for office?
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Rorus Raz posted:
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Jurgan posted:This is a lot of fun- keep it up! At this time, I was involved, but I don't know if I was following this thread. Did this thread exist? Was it still the Mallard Fillmore mega-thread? What is it with tech industry people thinking their opinions are worth a poo poo?
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