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Fulchrum posted:Near as I can tell, a buffer between them and South Korea, a significantly powerful American military ally on the same landmass. China know that openly antagonizing the US would be a bad idea, but really want to keep as many barriers possible between Daeseong-dong and Dandong. So, the best way to achieve both is with a crazy dictator who is psychotically obsessed with openly antagonizing South Korea and the West, who China support on principle but have no control over. It's mostly this, but there's also the giant humanitarian crises they're putting off by supporting the place. Edit: and by giant humanitarian crises I mean they don't want to have to deal with the refugees.
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Fulchrum posted:Near as I can tell, a buffer between them and South Korea, a significantly powerful American military ally on the same landmass. China know that openly antagonizing the US would be a bad idea, but really want to keep as many barriers possible between Daeseong-dong and Dandong. So, the best way to achieve both is with a crazy dictator who is psychotically obsessed with openly antagonizing South Korea and the West, who China support on principle but have no control over. Wanamingo posted:It's mostly this, but there's also the giant humanitarian crises they're putting off by supporting the place. Both of these, plus the fact that China can get access to N.Korean raw materials cheap, as they are pretty much NK's only trading partner. China also doesn't want North Korea to rejoin with South Korea, since they would then be a greater threat economically and militarily. That said China and North Korea do have a lot of disagreements, they just try an present a unified front the world.
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Feb 22, 2014 01:11
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I'm trying to process the idea that gay rights and the minimum wage are distractions from Obamacare. Man, those Stonewall Riot people sure were forward-thinkers, distracting everyone from something that wouldn't even exist for 40 years!
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These cartoons are just despicable. Stop pretending Ukraine has no agency in these events, and is just choosing between two predetermined polar options. Fulchrum posted:Near as I can tell, a buffer between them and South Korea, a significantly powerful American military ally on the same landmass. China know that openly antagonizing the US would be a bad idea, but really want to keep as many barriers possible between Daeseong-dong and Dandong. So, the best way to achieve both is with a crazy dictator who is psychotically obsessed with openly antagonizing South Korea and the West, who China support on principle but have no control over. A long-term missionary acquaintance tells me the main reason is that China is absolutely terrified of being flooded by human traffickers, drug & black market smugglers, and various other criminal elements, not to mention military personnel, military material and the rampant diseases that would come with refugees and trespassers. Keeping the border shut and safe is supposedly a nightmare even with a "strong" foreign-backed government in place, and there is already organized crime thriving on the weak points. His perception may be skewed due to the sort of problems he encounters when dealing with North Korea communities, though.
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made of bees posted:Come on, is it really that hard to do a recognizable Putin caricature? I like it. Who's the artist? I don't recognise the signature.
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Feb 22, 2014 01:36
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R. Mute posted:I like it. Who's the artist? I don't recognise the signature. It's Bendib, he does cartoons for Muslim-American publications.
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Feb 22, 2014 01:50
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 Si vis pacem, para bellum It's time reality sets in. Sadly, it may never come! ...but it is only the well-being of Israel we have to lose. * * * Our Store: store.drybones.com Labels: America, American Jews, antisemitism, crossword, executive orders, Islam, Israel, Justice, Middle East peace reality, Muslims, Nuclear Option, Obama, President
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Feb 22, 2014 01:54
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joeburz posted:
At first I couldn't tell if this was an edit. So good job.
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Feb 22, 2014 01:56
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crowfeathers posted:At first I couldn't tell if this was an edit. So good job. Old joke, but, of course it's an edit. It doesn't mention Jonathan Pollard.
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Feb 22, 2014 02:02
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Definitely couldn't be freeing Jonathan Pollard since his imprisonment wasn't unjust.
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crowfeathers posted:It's Bendib, he does cartoons for Muslim-American publications. 
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Ammat The Ankh posted:
I... This has to be some sort of cry for help. There is no possible way anyone thought "Hrm...Cutting the ladder, and we'll call the minimum wage, that doesn't talk about how bad things will be if we cut the minimum wage at *all*." Is there someone trapped in an newspaper printing facility? Is this the last cry of an individual whom has not seen another human soul for decades? 
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I hate to say it, but as bad as the American side is, it isn't "genocide, genocide, massacre". It's kind of undermining the message of the cartoon.
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Feb 22, 2014 02:43
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 "Bimbo eruptions"
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Sir Rolo posted:
Pretty sure that homunculus is displaying fairly severe starvation at this point.
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WarpedNaba posted:Pretty sure that homunculus is displaying fairly severe starvation at this point. Are you sure it's even alive? I'm getting a real ventriloquist dummy vibe off that thing. You know, more than usual for a Muir cartoon.
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Feb 22, 2014 02:51
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Sir Rolo posted:
Wasn't it proven that Kathleen Willey told several blatant lies to the people investigating her claims of harassment? Just stick to Monica next time.
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Kirschen and his LSW (Long Suffering Wife) have become trapped in the internet! The only other person who has been this trapped... is Jonathan Pollard!
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R. Mute posted:He's good, but looking through his archive, I can just see the ones this thread wouldn't be able to handle. Here's a fun one, though: Eh, I'm not seeing anything more controversial there than you see with Rall or Latuff, and they both get posted regularly.
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DarklyDreaming posted:Wasn't it proven that Kathleen Willey told several blatant lies to the people investigating her claims of harassment? Just stick to Monica next time. Isn't she a part of that whole 'the Clintons killed Vince Foster' stuff too?
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Allen Wren posted:Old joke, but, of course it's an edit. It doesn't mention Jonathan Pollard.  edit: forgot the improved kirschen signature in this one esto es malo fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 03:39
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Are you sure it's even alive? I'm getting a real ventriloquist dummy vibe off that thing. You know, more than usual for a Muir cartoon. 
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Mmann posted:Isn't she a part of that whole 'the Clintons killed Vince Foster' stuff too? Waiting for the DbD now...
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Hey everyone- I posted this in the last thread but figured I'd share it again here, especially since I did some edits and actually hosted it on a separate website! I'm frequently involved in the weekly Thunderdome flash fiction contest over in CC. If you've got any desire to hone your fiction-writing skills, I highly recommend it, they're a great bunch! Anyway, I'm not just giving them a plug- last year, one week's prompt was to pick another SA thread to write a story about. I chose this one. But what could I write about? With so many recurring characters it was sort of tough to pick. I could have written the tale of Muir getting his roof repaired, the saga of a village about to be crushed under a mountain of DEBT, or even the legend of a duck who, after extensive genetic experimenting, is left with the ability to talk/crippling alcoholism! But something about this incident stuck out to me. So, without further ado, here's "Garry Malloy Stands His Ground". I hope you guys like it!
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 Are rightwingers really upset that the First Lady is appearing on the Tonight Show rather than dealing with world crises? 
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Devor posted:Kirschen and his LSW (Long Suffering Wife) have become trapped in the internet! That gif should really be edited into the blue book from Myst. Space Cadet Omoly posted:Why IS china supporting North Korea? I know that they are, I just don't really get why. What does China gain from helping them stay isolated and starving? The reasons noted above are good explanations. For my two cents, Chinese military officials are paranoid about American "encirclement" tactics- so the buffer approach is also an attempt to avoid that. John Fallows has written about this over at the Atlantic a fair bit. Russia does the same- it's why they prop up dictators in various former USSR states. It's true that the US has its share of this tactic in its past, the difference is we stopped doing that and have generally moved on to more open, less military and less directly conflict-laden efforts, something that was largely made possible by the collapse of the soviet union- we're not really under threat in the Western hemisphere these days. Instead we can pick at the easy targets of these dictators in the various buffer zones, usually through indirect and nonmilitary support- better for our international image. Which isn't to say that the W Bush administration didn't go a long way toward screwing up that modern, more effective approach to foreign policy. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Well, this is disingenuous.
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Sir Rolo posted:
"Mom I've been watching these youtube videos about her for hours when can I watch cartoons?"
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Digging something up from a while back I didn't see addressed.Daktar posted:Do these people not realise that the Ukraine and Russia haven't been the same country since 1991? The hell do the protests have to do with the winter Olympics? The Ukrainian athletes asked the IOC for permission to wear black armbands to mourn the people being killed in the unrest. The IOC refused the request. Sir Rolo posted:
Wasn't questioning Clarence Thomas about sexual harassment complaints made directly against him a 'high tech lynching'? So what do you call questioning someone about sexual harassment complaints that aren't even directed a them?
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Hillary hates women so much that she makes her husband sexually harass and grope them. This is a power that she has, because she is a sociopathic ballbusting harridan whose only goal is unlimited power.
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I love how big a right-wing talking point right now is trying to redefine the "real war on women" or the "real racism".
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Sir Rolo posted:
That kid is dead. btw come see my band Bimbo Eruption at Flannigan's on 1st ave @ 7 PM tomorrow!
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It doesn't matter if Kathleen Willie was lying or not; it doesn't matter if Bill Clinton is literally a rapist serial killer with the bodies of coeds in the backyard where Hillary helped bury them. The War on Women refers to the Republican policies that adversely affect women in the nation, not an individual member of whichever party being a shitheel to women on a personal level. Go gently caress yourself, Muir.
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