Keshik posted:

It's a mother showing up to a playground with her child, befuddled by the fact that all of the other parents with their kids are men. I'm pretty sure it's a commentary on the fact that women are the primary or sole breadwinners in many more households than they were prior to the Bush Depression.

Sir John Falstaff posted:

Anyway, pictures:





http://www.npr.org/2012/08/16/15894...mpaign=20120816

Remulak posted:

If you think the space race was anything other than the propaganda arm of the nuclear arms race you're kidding yourself.

Tony Jowns posted:

LP97S posted:

Pennsylvania's (one of the few states that passed a voter ID law that isn't listed in the Voting Rights Act of 1965) new voter ID.



This was done because many people, a large group being people born in Puerto Rico which had all of the birth certificates from before July 2010 invalidated, couldn't get regular Photo ID's because they couldn't get a new birth certificate because they need an ID, catch 22 etc.

To get it, you need to sign an oath which states that you have no other form of ID, and you still need a proof of PA residence so anyone who's homeless or can't prove for other reasons can't get it. Also, they're only free for this year.

R. Mute posted:

Why is America's labour day in september?


This is a campaign ad by the extreme-right Flemish-nationalist party Vlaams Belang. On it, you can see Saïd I., robber, who is told in clear terms 'Out! No excuses!'. There are several more of these ads, with more foreign-looking people with foreign-sounding names committing all kinds of crimes. (though to be fair, there's also a child-rapist with a Flemish name, so... there's that) VB has three selling points: racism, Flemish-nationalism and fascism (tough on crime!). Unfortunately for them, N-VA is doing much better on the Flemish-nationalism front, so they decided to double down on racism and fascism. This is the result.

Alas, the campaign went awry when people horribly misinterpreted the otherwise hate-free campaign. In the past few weeks, strung up puppets have been appearing in Antwerp, each with a sign with a name from the VB campaign on them. Shocked and dismayed, VB is now suing the unknown puppet-murderers for doing something they would themselves never ever dream of.

Totally unrelated:

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

So a group for gay rights in the GOP is saying that their gays are more "macho" than liberal striaghts...what the gently caress kind of messaging is that

Fluo posted:

True .

duTrieux. posted:

Oh hey, a new political comedy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsx-PhoeU5g

marktheando posted:

An American version of this picture?



(1) the Hon. Edward Sebastian Grigg, the heir to Baron Altrincham of Tormarton and current chairman of Credit Suisse (UK)

(2) David Cameron

(3) Ralph Perry Robinson, a former child actor, designer, furniture-maker

(4) Ewen Fergusson, son of the British ambassador to France, Sir Ewen Fergusson and now at City law firm Herbert Smith

(5) Matthew Benson, the heir to the Earldom of Wemyss and March

(6) Sebastian James, the son of Lord Northbourne, a major landowner in Kent

(7) Jonathan Ford, the-then president of the club, a banker with Morgan Grenfell

(8) Boris Johnson, the-then president of the Oxford Union, now Lord Mayor of London

9) Harry Eastwood, the investment fund consultant

JerkyBunion posted:

David Edwards Cecil, a British National, gesturing inside the court cells of Makindye Court on Thursday September 13, where he was summoned for plea. David was charged with two counts of Disobedience of Lawful Orders by the Uganda Media Council contrary to section 117 of penal code act. The court heard that he staged a controversial play “The river and the mountain” at Tilapia Cultural center on August 17 and at Mish Mash Cultural center on August 26 in Kampala. He was remanded to Luzira prison until Monday September 17 after his bail application was denied. Photo by Isaac Kasamani.


These sentiments, legislation, are being fostered, promoted, and bankrolled by the US Evangelical community, by the way.

John_Anon_Smith posted:

It's a poor-taste pr campaign for this upcoming series:

TinTower posted:

And he's digging himself deeper on this poo poo:

Nahdrav posted:

Literally met this guy IRL,
He is insanely punchable and douchier than you could possibly imagine.

IIRC he compared a 24 hour ban on campus campaigning (cus he broke some rules) to Nazi book burning.

JoelJoel posted:

This video was posted on page ago.

SSJ2 Goku Wilders posted:

Remember when we had that callout thread that had a post of mine in the OP where I said that these guys should be destroyed before they can get to this point? And I was considered loony?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27FfzqP5BHE

Deceitful Penguin posted:

Can anyone put "Patriarchy" where "Police" is on that picture? tia

SSJ2 Goku Wilders posted:

This is coming back on Dutch TV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjGiEkdzeSg
Watch the whole thing.

cyberbully posted:

$100,000 receipt. #nikkibeach #sainttropez by nazam_nazou #redbull #dom #caviar

Armyman25 posted:

That's pretty smart. I know I spend a lot of money when I've got nothing to do but sit on the Internet.

Armyman25 posted:

Desegregated the US military.



There's like 3 ashtrays on his desk. Were they all presents or did people just smoke that much?

Omi-Polari posted:

Crasscrab posted:

From the US Presidential Elections thread

http://youtu.be/nY0M7IdNl7U

So much going on in this.

VanSandman posted:

drat, there's an amazing diss track from an indie rapper that deals with republicans rapping, basically saying their motivations are the same that led to minstrel shows of the bad old days. Anyone remember it, or have a link to it?

Anyway, let's look at intelligence agencies from around the world, and what the architecture says to a layman! (A bit of a repost from the old version of this thread).




CIA (top) and MI6 (bottom), US and UK intelligence gathering services. Easily the most architecturally interesting of them. The CIA looks like a fancy mall. I'm convinced these buildings were designed to look cool.



NSA. (USA) Black glass. It tries so hard not to be there, but utterly fails, since it is made of shiny black glass.



KGB (top) and MSS (bottom). Russia and the Peoples Republic of China. Architecturally boring. I blame the ultra-utilitarian streak from post-WWII era communism on these two.

Now, if anyone has an actual shot of Mossad's HQ, I will be very much surprised. I couldn't find one last time at all!

Fister Roboto posted:

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the answer is "because black people."

System Metternich posted:

This is the poster recently put up by the Austrian right-wing FPÖ party all over the country. In the upper right corner, it says "FPÖ: the social home party", although the German Heimat carries much more meaning than just "home". In the yellow box, it reads "Therefore: FPÖ", and the big red writing means "decision for Austria".

The person on the left is Werner Faymann, the current social democratic chancellor of Austria. The dude on the right is HC Strache (yes, he really shortens his first name to the initials), head of the FPÖ and notorious dipshit and slimeball; you might remember his predecessor, the infamous Jörg Haider. In most versions of the poster, it is accompanied by a bullet point list of various Faymann/Strache "accomplishments" or political positions being compared to each other, like: "Faymann: wants more immigration - Strache: supports own (ie: Aryan Austrian) families"

So why post it here? Because to me at least, this poster is hilarious because it is simply so exaggerated. Just take a look: Faymann is in almost-greyscale, arms hold closely to the body as to signify a defensive stance. He glances sidewards as if he didn't know what to do, almost looking lost. He wears a business suit complete with tie, symbolising being upper-class and out of touch. Strache on the other hand wears a white shirt open at the collar, his eyes looking determined into the distance/future. I can't see it properly behind the big red text, but it almost looks like he's rolling up his sleeves. And of course Faymann stands on the left and Strache on the right.

And the background: Faymann's half is crumpled, grey paper, whereas Strache stands in front of a blue, sunlit sky. The buildings behind Faymann are the Atomium in Brussels, standing for the EU, and the Eiffel tower - Faymann is selling Austria out to the EU bureaucrats and to foreign powers like France. Behind Strache we see the St. Stephen's cathedral of Vienna as a sign of god-fearing Catholicism and the "good old times" as well as the bell tower of Graz, both important Austrian buildings.

You can't see it on this picture, but even the bullet points (as in the +'s and -'s preceding the words) have a meaning: Faymann's -'s are of a somewhat muted red and dirty, whereas Strache's plusses are bright red and spotless.

What I want to say is: someone really went to town with his political propaganda and symbolic meaning for this poster. The FPÖ is a horrible party full with Neo-Nazi turds, but in a way I wish more political posters were like that so that I could analyse and have a laugh at them while waiting at the bus stop

JoelJoel posted:

kanonvandekempen posted:

Let me introduce one of the few things that actually make me proud of my country:

Elio Di Rupo, the Prime minister of Belgium (effectively the head of state after the king)

Gay, socialist, atheist, the child of poor Italian immigrants (some of his brothers were raised in an orphanage because his mother didn't have enough money).

Loves his red bow ties.

the2ndgenesis posted:

It's too bad that Goebbels is such a bad propaganda minister, because he seems like a dapper guy.

TinTower posted:

Yes, because women-led governments are always, always progressive...



(That said, I'd rather have Yvette Cooper than Ed Miliband as the Leader of the Labour Party, even though they're both as horrible when it comes to most of their politics)

Forums Terrorist posted:

Benn's made some pretty bad comments about rape re; Assange.

Moxie Omen posted:

this popped up on my feed yesterday