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The meaning of life <cartoons, etc.> ... an evolving thread

 
 
msolga
 
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Reply Tue 10 Aug, 2010 04:18 am
@msolga,
BBC news video report:
Amid the Pakistan floods: 'A village slowly drowning':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10919568
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2010 04:07 pm
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs383.snc4/44650_424227294085_674034085_5057781_1165383_n.jpg
thack45
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2010 04:48 pm
@Butrflynet,
Ohhh, that is funny! The Far Side was great.
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panzade
 
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Reply Sun 29 Aug, 2010 02:00 pm
@Butrflynet,
Yes!
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 1 Sep, 2010 05:41 am
http://images.theage.com.au/2010/08/31/1886173/Moir%201%209-600x400.jpg
msolga
 
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Reply Sat 4 Sep, 2010 06:00 pm
@msolga,
http://images.theage.com.au/2010/09/03/1903064/luenig2cod-620x0.jpg
msolga
 
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Reply Sat 4 Sep, 2010 06:56 pm
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2010/9/3/1283551049794/Phil-Disley-cartoon-04.09-001.jpg
Middle East peace talks:
Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas try to breach the wall between them, with the help of Barack Obama's delicately balanced diplomacy ..




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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 6 Sep, 2010 05:25 am
@msolga,
http://images.theage.com.au/2010/09/05/1907437/Tandberg-04-09-2010-web-600x400.gif
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 27 Sep, 2010 07:20 am
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201009/r646307_4511441.jpg
Quote:
Bulldozers begin work as settlement freeze ends
(Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago)
Israel has let a moratorium on new building in settlements expire, but Palestinians held back from carrying out a threat to quit peace talks, giving the US more time to try to save the negotiations.....
....Israeli media outlets reported that shortly after sunrise bulldozers and other heavy machinery lumbered into action at a handful of small settlements across the West Bank. ...


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/27/3023274.htm
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panzade
 
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Reply Mon 27 Sep, 2010 09:54 am
http://media.caglecartoons.com/media/cartoons/44/2010/09/25/83642_600.jpg
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 4 Oct, 2010 03:03 am
http://images.smh.com.au/2010/10/04/1963845/petty04cod-620x0.jpg
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2010 01:33 am
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201010/r655216_4643699.jpg

Trapped miners are being winched to the surface in Chile after a nightmarish 10-week ordeal in a collapsed mine shaft.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/13/3037342.htm
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2010 01:41 am
http://images.smh.com.au/2010/10/12/1982354/Moir_13_10-600x400.jpg
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2010 01:29 pm
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/uc/20101020/largeimagedba101020.gif
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 25 Oct, 2010 11:03 pm
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201010/r661560_4741384.jpg
Rallies have been held around New Zealand in a bid to ensure filming of The Hobbit is not moved offshore.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3047427.htm
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 27 Oct, 2010 07:54 pm
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/10/26/1288127341681/27.10.10-Steve-Bell-on-th-002.jpg
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2010 11:18 pm
http://images.theage.com.au/2010/11/08/2031524/Petty-Obama-Star-600x400.gif
panzade
 
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Reply Thu 11 Nov, 2010 08:11 am
@msolga,
There are hard times ahead for the poor and disenfranchised.
My brother who is totally dependent on our family for succor is a big supporter of Rush, the conservatives and the GOP. The irony is excruciating.
msolga
 
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Reply Thu 11 Nov, 2010 08:16 am
@panzade,
Quote:
There are hard times ahead for the poor and disenfranchised.

So I've gathered, panz.
I know I'm not there & can't speak first hand, but I follow closely.
(That cartoon was from an Oz political cartoonist (Bruce Petty), by the way.)
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msolga
 
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Reply Sat 13 Nov, 2010 05:06 am
@msolga,
Another (Oz cartoonist's) view of the recent US election outcome.
Any US cartoon commentary on the subject any of you would like to post here?
I'm sure there'd be considerable interest. :

http://images.theage.com.au/2010/11/11/2037797/492879703.jpg
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