Political Cartoons 2014: A bunch of 35-year-old feminist virgin loser weenies

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Dr.Zeppelin: Dec 5, 2003

BUSH 2112 posted:

I thought the cartoonist was referring to the fact that designing rockets that could put a man in space was just a nice side-effect of researching rockets that could rain down nuclear fire on the USSR. The space program was just the friendly face of the same old blood lust.

The smoke coming from the command module area of the rocket and the fact that it's from 1967 probably means it was in reference to Apollo I.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 04:19

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cafel: Mar 29, 2010; This post is hurting the economy!

BUSH 2112 posted:

I thought the cartoonist was referring to the fact that designing rockets that could put a man in space was just a nice side-effect of researching rockets that could rain down nuclear fire on the USSR. The space program was just the friendly face of the same old blood lust.

I'm pretty sure it's just commenting on Apollo 1, but I do like the idea that it might be commenting on the militaristic roots of the Space Race and modern rocketry in general. I mean the first rockets as we tend to think of them were the V-2s of Germany.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 04:32

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

EXAKT Science posted:

This popped up on my Twitter feed:

Aside from the content, just look at those jpeg artifacts.

Holy poo poo is that a stylized Israeli flag for the scythe? A Stealth Dees Cartoon (ASDC).

# ? Mar 3, 2014 04:50

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

It's February 2012 in Dahl's Japan.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 04:52

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:01

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

crowfeathers posted:

Is... is this anti-union? I honestly can't see what this could mean.

Oh wait, it's an 'Obama wants to turn the US into a prison/police state' thing, isn't it?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:03

Ammat The Ankh: Sep 7, 2010; Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

crowfeathers posted:

Is this a real H&C? It seems a bit too blatantly racist.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:04

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Is this a real H&C? It seems a bit too blatantly racist.

quote:

In Barack Obama's unending quest to bring all Americans closer together, he announced an initiative called "My Brother's Keeper" which would funnel tax funds into helping only young black and hispanic males lift themselves up by their bootstraps, instead of lifting other people's wallets as they're presently doing.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:11

Internet Kraken: Apr 24, 2010; slightly amused

crowfeathers posted:

What's the point of applying this lovely filter when it doesn't make it look like you drew it anyways? If anything it makes it more pathetic since the guy is trying to pretend he did something other than slap word balloons over a picture.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:15

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

Internet Kraken posted:

What's the point of applying this lovely filter when it doesn't make it look like you drew it anyways? If anything it makes it more pathetic since the guy is trying to pretend he did something other than slap word balloons over a picture.

Sometimes he doesn't bother, and sometimes he finds drawings to use. Somehow this method is the worst of all :shrug:

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:16

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Is this a real H&C? It seems a bit too blatantly racist.

don't worry. that guy's a liberal.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:21

JaggerMcDagger: Feb 13, 2012; Bringing you Barry from the sordid depths of the Internet

crowfeathers posted:

Hey, you know who else said you should be your brother's keeper?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:24

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

muike posted:

don't worry. that guy's a liberal.

Who as we all know are the real racists.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:27

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Hey, you know who else said you should be your brother's keeper?

Probably some other Lefty Loon who couldn't bootstrap

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:30

socialsecurity: Aug 30, 2003; Can't post for 10 hours!

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Hey, you know who else said you should be your brother's keeper?

Someone should take a bunch of Jesus quotes and put them on an Obama picture and see how many right wingers get mad at what Obama's saying.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:31

colonel_korn: May 16, 2003

If you ever get mad at a Hope and Change cartoon, just remember that the guy who does them is a failed children's entertainer. Like basically Robin Williams' character from Death to Smoochy.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 05:43

Sir Rolo: Oct 16, 2012

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:06

That Old Tree: Jun 24, 2012; nah

No seriously.

:wtc:

Somehow crazier with each passing strip.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:08

TheDarkFlame: May 4, 2013; You tell me I didn't build that?

I'll have you know I worked my fingers to the bone to get where I am today.

Death? As in... dead?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:10

RyokoTK: Feb 12, 2012; I am cool.

The craziest part about DBD remains that he uses movies from the 1970s and '80s to make jokes about politics from the 2010s. Like, gently caress, dude, I like Indiana Jones too but good movies have come out since then. In 2050 Chris Muir will make a joke about how Robotocrat's politics are a DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:11

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

colonel_korn posted:

If you ever get mad at a Hope and Change cartoon, just remember that the guy who does them is a failed children's entertainer. Like basically Robin Williams' character from Death to Smoochy.

He played a character named Captain Rainbowbeard

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:12

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

Way to wimp out, Muir. Nut up and call for the death of politicians like a man!

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:12

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Sir Rolo posted:

"No, no, politically dead. Now here are their home addresses, wink wink nudge nudge."

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:17

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

Selachian posted:

"No, no, politically dead. Now here are their home addresses, wink wink nudge nudge."

"No no see, you're supposed to contact them. Like write them a letter and mail it to them. That will be better than calling or email."

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:21

Taciturn Tactician: Jan 27, 2011; The secret to good health is a balanced diet and unstable healing radiation; Lipstick Apathy

Sir Rolo posted:

134 Gaylord Drive, huh? Seems legit.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:24

Fried Chicken: Jan 9, 2011; Don't fry me, I'm no chicken!

BUSH 2112 posted:

I thought the cartoonist was referring to the fact that designing rockets that could put a man in space was just a nice side-effect of researching rockets that could rain down nuclear fire on the USSR. The space program was just the friendly face of the same old blood lust.

No it is absolutely Apollo 1

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:26

Ammat The Ankh: Sep 7, 2010; Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

Oh wow, that's real. I honestly thought it was an edit since it's way too blatant. Especially since didn't he already post a cartoon today?

CURATOR OF ANIME posted:

Indiana Jones

Maybe he got hacked? I mean I wouldn't be surprised if his FTP password was something like "SaRaHsTiTs2016"

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:28

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

socialsecurity posted:

Someone should take a bunch of Jesus quotes and put them on an Obama picture and see how many right wingers get mad at what Obama's saying.

You're welcome.

I now consider myself a political cartoonist on the same level as the Hope'n'Change guy.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:43

Vogon Poet: Jun 18, 2004; Someone bought me this custom title because they think I kick ass at Photoshop. They happen to be right.

Taciturn Tactician posted:

134 Gaylord Drive, huh? Seems legit.

Um, yes?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:51

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Sir Rolo posted:

I mentioned it before the last time he brought up gun control and Connecticut, but I don't think he understands politics up here. Or, you know. That whole Sandy Hook thing. :geno:

And yeah, this is pretty much an unsubtle veiled threat isn't it?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:52

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

Sir Rolo posted:

If only someone would do something . . .

# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:55

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
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# ? Mar 3, 2014 06:56

Dr. Killjoy: Oct 9, 2012

Asimo posted:

I mentioned it before the last time he brought up gun control and Connecticut, but I don't think he understands politics up here. Or, you know. That whole Sandy Hook thing.

And yeah, this is pretty much an unsubtle veiled threat isn't it?

Speaking of Sandy Hook, just what did Muir do after that happened?

# ? Mar 3, 2014 07:00

Zemyla: Aug 6, 2008; I'll take her off your hands. Pleasure doing business with you!

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Wasn't this dude a Scooby-Doo villain?

The Spooky Space Kook. I remembered him from the intro of some of the Scooby Doo episodes.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 07:01

Fulchrum: Apr 16, 2013; by R. Guyovich

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Hey, you know who else said you should be your brother's keeper?

No-one?

The usage of the phrase "My brothers keeper" in the bible only occurs when God is confronting Cain about the slaying of Abel. He simply comes back with "I do not know [where he is] - am I my brothers keeper?" - essentially "I dunno what happened to him and I don't see why I should care". Since Cain is lying and knows that he killed Able, the line doesn't mean that much - it could be taken as saying that not caring for the fate of your brother is as bad as murdering him, but that Cain actually murdered his brother undercuts this.

I've always felt the better line was Matthew 25:40 "That which you do unto the least of my brothers and sisters, that you do unto me" - its my favorite biblical passage and the one I have tried to live my life by the most.

# ? Mar 3, 2014 07:19