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Was that Latuff cartoon where Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and some third group I can't presently recall turned around to reveal stars-and-stripes-painted windup keys on their backs just straightup  about America setting up those groups so it'd have an excuse to execute its Master Plan, then?e: It was this one.  And the third group was the Taliban.
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TheDarkFlame posted:For future reference, R. Mute, any opinions that consist of anything more substantial than "gently caress you" must be submitted as an edited cartoon, an artist-themed fanfiction, or a set of lyrics to fit a piece of pop-culture music. HootTheOwl posted:
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Oh Latuff, the US isn't warmongering enough for you?
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loquacius posted:Was that Latuff cartoon where Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and some third group I can't presently recall turned around to reveal stars-and-stripes-painted windup keys on their backs just straightup
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Yeah, we kind of did fund and arm the Taliban during the Cold War era, because they were not too keen on Russia, and "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thinking kicked, and nobody thought to ask "but how do they feel about us?" We kind of get all "old lady who swallowed a fly" about this poo poo over there, which is why they do not care for us.
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MechaCrash posted:Yeah, we kind of did fund and arm the Taliban during the Cold War era, because they were not too keen on Russia, and "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thinking kicked, and nobody thought to ask "but how do they feel about us?" Mujahideen, not the Taliban which wasn't formed until 1994.
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So all of the Dry Bones for the past week (maybe more) have been reruns - look at the copyright dates. I don't think Kirschen is ever going to see Jonathan Pollard freed, guys. 
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R. Mute posted:I committed a grave sin in the eyes of my thread forefathers. I am truly ashamed. Space Kimchi glances up briefly from posting hell
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Lupin: What are you most afraid of, Neville? Neville: Pr-professor Snape Lupin: Okay, here's what I want you to do....
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TheDarkFlame posted:For future reference, R. Mute, any opinions that consist of anything more substantial than "gently caress you" must be submitted as an edited cartoon, an artist-themed fanfiction, or a set of lyrics to fit a piece of pop-culture music. I'm doomed
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Lady Naga posted:It's pretty simple. I used to post in the Dota 2 thread, made fun of a thread favourite poster, he had a dumb little meltdown over it and Zoolooman vindictively banned me and presumably gave me a red title. Now whenever I post anything that someone doesn't like I get at least one "HEH, you sure have a red title!" posts and then I tell this story and waste everyone's time. Sorry if that wasn't clear. he did not give you that title, hopefully you can start moving on now.
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The Palestinian People's Liberation League of Oregon gave him that red title, yes.
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The Politoons thread claims another poor sod's mind. RIP, Not Steve.
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R. Mute posted:I'm thinking that's more of a 'these groups are the result of american foreign policy' type of thing. What about the one where he did the same to that lady who was beaten by the Cuban government and said 'yea they're pretty hosed up, maybe the regime isn't a great government'?
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forbidden lesbian posted:he did not give you that title, hopefully you can start moving on now. I thought mods couldn't trace who bought titles for whom.
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R. Mute posted:I'm thinking that's more of a 'these groups are the result of american foreign policy' type of thing. But according to your Latuff analysis, he thinks the American foreign policy was chosen deliberately in order to spawn those military groups, rather than just being the shortsighted advice of whichever lobbyist had bribed the most officials that week to make a short-term profit for his paymasters. Which is pretty .
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Randler posted:I thought mods couldn't trace who bought titles for whom.
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bunnyofdoom posted:
This is pretty rad.
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Randler posted:I thought mods couldn't trace who bought titles for whom. The can see if a mod requested a title change though.
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 quote:Lip Service. Hey, gently caress you again, Muir.
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loquacius posted:But according to your Latuff analysis, he thinks the American foreign policy was chosen deliberately in order to spawn those military groups, rather than just being the shortsighted advice of whichever lobbyist had bribed the most officials that week to make a short-term profit for his paymasters. Which is pretty Well prevailing opinion is that these groups splintered from other groups that the US did fund, so both can be true. I guess.
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Branco doesn't know how grenades work!  I mean, it's not fair to expect him to have any practical experience with them, but pulling the pin doesn't arm the grenade, it just removes the safety so you can squeeze the handle, and I'm pretty sure you can put the pin back in just fine if you haven't messed with the handle. You can hold the handle down indefinitely without blowing up, the bomb only arms when you RELEASE the handle and a spring pushes it back up, which lights the fuse, and THAT'S when you need to get it the hell away from you.That's all setting aside that the metaphor assumes an Iraq that was manufactured with an American military presence as an integral component, which is a stunningly astute observation that Branco is too stupid to explore the ramifications of. This is the same Branco that drew an eagle literally tearing an American flag from a communazi statue, after all. Varvel doesn't know how pressure cookers work! That pressure cooker has a faulty seal and all the water is venting out of the chamber, so there's no danger of the thing exploding. On the other hand, anybody who gets near the thing is liable to be scalded by uncontrolled jets of steam. Eventually all the Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS will boil off and the pot will melt in the heat, which isn't a big loss since it was broken in the first place.These cartoons are way too dumb to tackle on their own terms.
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R. Mute posted:Anyway, that was a big post on Carlos Latuff. This was a good post, everyone please read it.
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My latest day by day edit.
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Abyssal Squid posted:Branco doesn't know how grenades work! Uh, grenade levers are held down by the pin, and the safety clip. So yes, if you pull the pin out without holding the handle (you have to take the clip off first), it is armed and will make a mess of you if you don't get it or yourself a few dozen feet away. E; Okay, technically you don't HAVE to take off the clip first, but that's the process that gets hammered into grenade training. Also, we use apple grenades now, not pineapple. 
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Tom Guycot posted:
I'm a fan of your work, but I think this edit is lacking in subtlety. I mean, don't you think you're being a little obvious conveying Muir's feelings of inadequacy wih this one?
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Sir Rolo posted:
I'd like to say this is crude and spiteful even for Muir. I'd like to. But now, after the latest round of truly horrible right wing comics, I can only call it lazy.
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Randler posted:I thought mods couldn't trace who bought titles for whom. Everything's connected. Fulfill the prophecy.
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Slickdrac posted:Uh, grenade levers are held down by the pin, and the safety clip. So yes, if you pull the pin out without holding the handle (you have to take the clip off first), it is armed and will make a mess of you if you don't get it or yourself a few dozen feet away. Welp that's what I get for going on about stuff based on memory without bothering to look to see if I actually remember it right. I'm as bad as Joe Liccar!  My point about Iraq being built with load-bearing American troops still stands though.
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bunnyofdoom posted:
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Rorus Raz posted:Rorus, maybe you should take a break from the thr- Oh my god this was fantastic.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:What about the one where he did the same to that lady who was beaten by the Cuban government and said 'yea they're pretty hosed up, maybe the regime isn't a great government'? loquacius posted:But according to your Latuff analysis, he thinks the American foreign policy was chosen deliberately in order to spawn those military groups, rather than just being the shortsighted advice of whichever lobbyist had bribed the most officials that week to make a short-term profit for his paymasters. Which is pretty
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e: oh, holy gently caress, this is what I get for opening all my unread threads in tabs and going through them without F5ing. Nothing to see here.
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I can't wait for the insightful cartoons from right wing artists siding with an Indiana family's right to drive without being tazered.
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