MetaFilter posts tagged with political

Obama as Joker goes viral

garnetgirl — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:46:07 -0800

First seen on the web this week, posters have sprung up in LA and Atlanta. Interesting discussions on the Washington Post.com site. Lots of different ideas about the posters and their meaning. Tampa Bay Times takes up the debate.

Not with a bang but with a televised political satire

sdodd — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:07:41 -0800

"We don't vote for them, we don't even know their names and we're not quite sure what they do. But they wield enormous influence. They are the power behind the power. They are The Hollowmen." You can watch the Australian Broadcasting Company's new political satire The Hollowmen [warning: sound] on the web. Or you can find it via Bittorrent. (Or if you live down under I suppose you could watch it on ABC 1 Wednesdays at 9pm or ABC 2 Thursdays at 8:30pm.) It's worth a look because it may be the funniest new satire on any English-language network. "I tell you, they become prime minister and they start thinking they can do what they want." The Hollowmen follows the Australian Prime Minister's fictional Central Policy Unit, charged with crafting the PM's public policy whilst battling the civil service and the press. Sound familiar? Episode two of the first series could be a "Yes, Minister" episode almost unchanged. But there's a lot less swearing than "The Thick of It." The Working Dog Productions show was picked up for a second 6-episode "series" (AKA "season") before the first episode even aired. Having settled into second place in its time slot, I suspect we'll be seeing more of it in the future. Thanks to this show I now know the national capital of Australia and the definition of "ANZAC."

Who says Republicans don't have class?

mrducts — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:27:39 -0800

"Patriotic" and Republican Products at Republican Market.

Alternative, political and swedish poster art

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:31:24 -0800

proggensaffischer.se - alternative, political and swedish poster art. The main gallery can be found here. [The site is in swedish, some of the posters are NSFW.] Apart from the three main subsections - 1968-1969, 1970-1974 and 1975-1978 - feel free to browse galleries such as tour posters, political art, advertising and miscellaneous. If you feel like soundtracking your viewing experience, here's a pretty nifty playlist. And here's what Wikipedia has to say about the swedish progg movement.

Lesbian couples should have a right to state-supported artificial insemination?

orthogonality — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:36:33 -0800

A year from yesterday, George W. Bush will no longer be President. So here's yet another online quiz to help you "Test your party preference". But the policy questions in contention in this quiz may seem surprising to many Americans.

On this site stood...

edgeways — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:28:19 -0800

I-75 project Norm Magnusson's signage as art/protest. other projects by the same fellow.

How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb?

netbros — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:24:37 -0800

The Philosophy Research Base features thousands of annotated links and text resources for philosophy research on the Internet. Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index serves as both a study guide and a platform for a wide variety of community services for students and teachers in philosophy and related subjects.

Got MLK?

1f2frfbf — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:16:56 -0800

When he's not writing for The Adventures of Chico and Guapo or MadTV, Colin Quashie is creating his own brand of political art (with some help from elementary school kids on that last one). He has even put together a free coloring book to help you sort out the civil rights movement. What does it all mean? He'll tell you.

Goodbye Tony Blair

anonaccount — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:50:19 -0800

I'm rubbish at political comedy, so I'll leave it up to Tim Ireland to properly say Goodbye, Tony Blair. (via)

Like they need help looking stupid

PreteFunkEra — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:18:41 -0800

Create political cartoons for your own enjoyment or to share with others. Quickcomic allows you to easily create, rate, and post your own insane scenarios using the characters of US and world politics. Hours of blog fodder await!

Reagan tops Lincoln

papoon — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:56:52 -0800

A poll that the GOP is actually winning Reagan?! What is happening to The Atlantic?

Frédéric Bastiat

hama7 — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:16:01 -0800

Frédéric Bastiat (1801 -1850)

We're coming to your town, we'll drag your budget down

EatTheWeak — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:54:51 -0800

On November 7th, Americans have much to decide. While the two major parties joust for control of the Senate and House, many a ballot initiative does not recieve the scutiny required. Consider Oregon's Rainy Day Amendment, Arizona's HOPE Amendment, California's Protect Our Homes Initiative or Idaho's Proposition 2. Examine the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in Maine and Proposal 6 in Michigan - weigh them against three bills in Montana. [more inside]

More Political Youtube

®@ — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:02:03 -0800

Choose Different: A couple of mac ad parodies for voting season.

Human Rights Watch, Watched

Postroad — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:04 -0800

Human Rights Watch, Watched "Who will guard the guardians?" asked Roman satirist Juvenal. Now we must ask, who is watching Human Rights Watch, one of the world's best-financed and most influential human rights organizations? It turns out that they cook the books about facts, cheat on interviews, and put out pre-determined conclusions that are driven more by their ideology than by evidence. These are serious accusations, and they are demonstrably true.

Rep. John Boehner Gets Huge Overnight

P-Soque — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:14:41 -0800

Boehner Gets Huge Overnight The Congressman with the unfortunately spelled last name was elected House Majority Leader last week--it was only a matter of time....(embedded movie).

The T-Shirt Terrorist?

zarq — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:26:37 -0800

Last week, a woman was forced off a Southwest Airlines flight for wearing a t-shirt. The shirt in question bore the phrase "Meet the F*ckers" and an image of US President Bush, VP Cheney and Condoleezza Rice. The passenger, Lorrie Heasley, refused to remove it after other passengers complained. Apparently "Southwest rules filed with the FAA say they can remove a passenger that is offensive, abusive, disorderly or violent or for clothing that is "lewd, obscene, or patently offensive," but the airline says the curse (not the political message) led to her being asked to leave. Ms. Heasley is now speaking with the ACLU to see if she can initiate a lawsuit, but the NYTimes checked with experts in constitutional law and they don't think she has a case.

Well, the makers of the t-shirt have responded: "If any T-Shirt Hell customer is kicked off of any commercial airline flight simply for wearing one of our shirts, we will provide you with alternate transportation to get you to your original destination. This transportation includes, but is not limited to, the T-Shirt Hell corporate jet."

Old and improved

BlackLeotardFront — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:04:09 -0800

So BoingBoing recently linked to this fantastic comic book serial from the 60s entitled "This Godless Communism," a surprisingly in-depth (and hilariously slanted) history of the rise of the USSR, its leaders, and their philosophies. It's great, but it is far from the only thing on the site, the Authentic History Center. Just looking at the other comics and cartoons they have, there is a huge amount of ancient political cartoons, fantastic WWII-military-themed comic strips(surprisingly good!), and generally awesome period-relevant comic book covers, some of which link to full comics (Donald Duck's Atom Bomb?!). There is a collection of embarassing shows of race-sploitation in comics in the 70s, and the racist toys and artifacts section would make Archie Bunker blush (Chop Suey Specs!). Guaranteed to make you wince and chin-stroke simultaneously.

Mamie Van Doren's Blog

Silky Slim — Sat, 21 May 2005 15:40:32 -0800

Mamie Van Doren's Blog.

Laying the groundwork early, eh?

Vidiot — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:58:40 -0800

Matt Cooper (no, not this Matt Cooper) is a 21-year-old political science student at the University of California at Davis. He's also running for President. In 2020.

cartoons by Leslie Illingworth

bob sarabia — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:56:36 -0800

4,563 cartoons by Welsh cartoonist Leslie Illingworth

"The Illingworth cartoon collection at the National Library, which contains 4,563 images, explores a wide variety of topics through the eyes of one of Britain's best known cartoonists of the twentieth century."

America Bashing by Stephane Peray

plep — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:57:09 -0800

America Bashing. By Thai cartoonist Stephane Peray.

Red vs. Blue teaches about life

Lynsey — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:21:28 -0800

Want to know what the difference is between real life and the internet? The funny folk at Red vs. Blue would be happy to demonstate. (Warning: 22.125MB Quicktime .mov file but worth the wait, I thought. The Red vs. Blue site also offers a DivX download.) Metafilterians may enjoy the Political Section, where they do political discussions as badly as we do. One naughty word may make the audio NSFW in some locations. Seen at Bifurcated Rivets.

Hating Dick Cheney

MrAnonymous — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:12:30 -0800

Hating Dick Cheney - Our vice president is so widely hated as being an evil puppeteer, but this seems to be far from the truth. He's really "a frazzled, heart attack survivor who's barely hanging on—to life, his job, his position, his sense of self-esteem."

I ain't scared

moonbird — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:52:21 -0800

Friday scary-flash spook-a-thon: The Minister of Fear [via Kos]