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Friday Funnies: The Stain of Torture

Chip Bok | 12.12.2014 7:00 AM

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Out, damned spot. Out, I say!

    A bit graphic for a cartoon, I say.

    1. Swiss Servator, Winter kommt!   11 years ago

      Out, damned spot! Out, I say!?One, two. Why, then, 'tis time to do 't. Hell is murky!?Fie, my lord, fie! A CIA agent, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account??Yet who would have thought the terrorist to have had so much blood in him.

    2. db   11 years ago

      Oh, ha ha.

  2. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

    Why is Richard Nixon in bad drag?

    1. John Galt   11 years ago

      Costume frat party?

      1. LynchPin1477   11 years ago

        Don't you mean costume frat rape party? Or is that just redundant?

        1. Almanian!   11 years ago

          It's college, so it's a frat rape CULTURE party. Cause you learn about other cultures in college. Especially rape culture.

          Thus endeth the lesson...

          1. LynchPin1477   11 years ago

            Cause you learn about other cultures in college

            Citation needed.

          2. Bardas Phocas   11 years ago

            It's a CULTURE - not a costume!

          3. gaijin   11 years ago

            Tau Kappa Rapesilon

  3. Jgalt1975   11 years ago

    He thought he had to label the bucket as H2O, but didn't label Dianne Feinstein?

    1. John Galt   11 years ago

      H2O? Oh, I thought it said Heineken.

      1. LynchPin1477   11 years ago

        I don't think even Cytotoxic would condone that.

    2. Pompey   11 years ago

      If Bok hadn't labelled the bucket, the natural assumption would have been a bucket o' toothpaste. All Hail Bok.

  4. Florida Man   11 years ago

    When did the drones get armed with precision death Rays?

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      Danger close!

    2. db   11 years ago

      "death Rays." Only in Florida.

      1. Bobarian (Mr. Xtreme)   11 years ago

        The Crocodile Hunter disagrees.

  5. True Scottsman   11 years ago

    I am not sure about the precision, it missed the Senator from California.

    1. John Galt   11 years ago

      If that was to happen we'd have to start believing in miracles and good conquering evil.

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        Given the collateral damage radius of a drone strike, they should all be dead.

        1. Swiss Servator, Winter kommt!   11 years ago

          It is the "indoor" drone.

  6. John Galt   11 years ago

    Beer bongs!

  7. Charles Easterly   11 years ago

    I would have included a third panel showing a group of people (labeled "average Americans") and have them all shouting "Both deeds stain our values you bunch of reprobates! You're all fired"

    1. Remnant Psyche   11 years ago

      Wouldn't it be more realistic for the third panel to show a group of fat, ignorant Americans indignant over the distraction from their telescreens?

      1. Doctor Whom   11 years ago

        And posting Facebook memes of 9/11 and "This is why I don't care what we do to the Islamojihadofascists."

        1. Charles Easterly   11 years ago

          Okay Psyche and Doc, okay.

          How about a third panel with people labeled libertarians shouting "Both deeds stain our values you bunch of reprobates! You're all fired"

          and
          a fourth panel showing a group labeled fat, ignorant Americans who are shown reacting with indignation over the distraction from their telescreens

          and
          a fifth panel labeled propagandized Americans posting Facebook memes of 9/11 and typing "This is why I don't care what we do to the Islamojihadofascists."

          Better?

    2. gaijin   11 years ago

      Elizabeth Warren should be in the background saying this is what we choose to do together.

      1. Charles Easterly   11 years ago

        There's no "I" in Team, Torture, or Drone?

    3. The Original Jason   11 years ago

      That's more of The Onion's cartoonist's style.

  8. Svenster   11 years ago

    Very polite of that CIA agent to not only label his water bucket, but also to wear that nice "CIA" jumpsuit. Still needs more labels though.

    1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

      He's very proud of the time he spent at the Culinary Institute of America learning to boil water.

  9. Almanian!   11 years ago

    Not sure I get it. Who knew that Scott Ian from Anthrax shaved his beard and was working for the CIA along with Zombie Julia Christie to pour water on the neck fur of an Edward Gorey character? And then Zardoz comes and smotes the Edward Gorey character with a "lazer beam". What's all this then?

    Confusing. Awful, horrid, wretched - and therefore - perfect.

    Happy fucking Friday, Reasonoids! I hope you hydraulically lock while self waterboarding with "H2O" and die of asphyxiation and fear-induced heart attack simultaneously.

    Also - NEEDS MOAR LABELZ.

  10. Almanian!   11 years ago

    Oh, also

    *SLAP!!1!*

    1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      *slap!*

      1. Ted S.   11 years ago

        I was going to save this for the Mourning Lynx, but since you're here, IFH:

        Scientific proof that Aussies talk funny

        The Australian accent, with its distinctive drawl and long vowels, can be tough to understand for people who've learned English as a second language in Britain or the US, for example.

        Now a new study shows that Strine can even baffle Australian babies.

        Researchers in Sydney introduced a set of similar sounding words to 15-month-old children.

        They found the babies were more likely to understand the words in a Canadian accent.

        1. Lord Humungus   11 years ago

          This is all a Canadian plot. I mean I can barely understand Canadians with their beady little eyes and floppin' heads.

        2. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

          It just proves how amazingly clever we are to learn such a tough lingo.

          For some reason this sounds delightfully funny and bizarre:

          And they'll also test how easily Canadian babies can understand an Australian accent.

    2. WTF   11 years ago

      *SLAP!*

  11. Lord Humungus   11 years ago

    So Feinstein is Dr. Frankenstein? And the CIA is the hunchback? Iza confused.

  12. Rich   11 years ago

    Nasty cartoon, but the eyes in the fireball is a nice touch.

    Also, To Whom It May Concern: *slap!*

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