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Iv been off line for a while due to a relocation to studio/bunker.Have I missed anything?

Vajazzle my facebook

Something I herd suggested by a Mr HB on Mrs CS's facebook  page.I just couldn't resist it.

Sarah Palin and christine O' Donnell, no photoshop, just ink and pen.

How stupid can stupid get, swastika FAIL.

Something drawn in queen's Sq today.

Oh yes..

South Africa "anti-freedom" legislation, The POI Bill

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-08-04-media-freedom-under-spotlight-as-reporter-arrested

I am soooo angry about this..

Cartoonists take a stand against media restrictions in South Africa

Id like to show my support for the fantastic guys out in SA by re-posting this.It was some of these cartoonist that helped make me believe I too could do it, and taught me the true meaning of integrity.

BY JOHN CURTIS
South Africa’s top editorial cartoonists have banded together to protest against the government’s intended press restrictions.
In rejecting the proposed Protection of Information Bill and Media Tribunal, they have warned that these restrictions will erode the right to freedom of expression achieved by the country’s hard fought struggle for democracy.
The cartoonists' declaration is presented in an open petition to the government and any others that might challenge this right. It condemns all politically and religiously motivated threats against the media, and also objects “in the strongest of terms to all acts of intimidation being waged against the media in general, and cartoonists in particular.”


The 29 signatories represent a veritable who’s who in South African cartooning, including the creators of four of the country’s most syndicated newspaper strips . Between them, their work is published in almost every major newspaper in the country. The petition was initiated by Africartoons.com.
Recent threats to media freedom have fired up the country's cartoonists to produce powerful statements against such interference, many drawing parallels with the apartheid regime's propensity for such behaviour. Others have warned that these threats may be the beginning of the end of our miracle democracy.
During this month Africartoons will feature a collection of cartoons on the subject of the free press (and threats to it) which can be viewed via the "Free Press Cartoons" link on the homepage. More cartoons will be added to this collection as the story unfolds, and veteran cartoonists have been invited to contribute their apartheid era cartoons on the subject as a reminder of the implications of state press control. The best of these cartoons will be selected to form a narrative on the theme in an online exhibition to be hosted by the site in the near future.

The signatories of the petition (listed from Andy to Zapiro) are: Andy (Sunday Times), Brandan (Business Day, Rapport, Weekend Argus), Chip (Cape Argus), Dave Gomersall (Treknet), Deni Brown (Mama Taxi), Dov Fedler (Independent Newspapers), Dr Jack (Mail & Guardian, Noseweek, Pretoria News), F Esterhuyse (Beeld), Findlay (Sondag Son, Sunday Sun),  Fred Mouton (Die Burger), Gavin Thomson (People’s Post, Mama Taxi, Treknet), Grogan (Cape Times), Jerm (The Times, Biggish Five), John Curtis (Africartoons.com), Mark Wiggett (The Herald, Weekend Post), Mgobhozi (The Star), Miles (Daily Dispatch), Mothowagae (City Press), Mynderd Vosloo (Beeld), Nanda Soobben (Post), ND Mazin (CCIBA), Qap’s Mngadi (Echo Witness, Isolezwe), Rico (Madam & Eve), Stephen Francis (Madam & Eve), Siwela (Africartoons), Stent (Noseweek), Stidy (The Witness), Yalo (Sowetan) and Zapiro (Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times, The Times).
The petition has been sent to all the signatories to forward to their respective newspapers, email to their contacts, and post on their websites, blogs, and facebook pages. Africartoon visitors are invited to join the campaign by doing the same. By clicking on the facebook button ('f share') beneath this story you can post it on your facebook page (as you can do with any of the cartoons on this site). You can also tweet it just as easily if you have a twitter account. And a high resolution version of the petition can be made available for printing purposes as an A4 (1MB) advert or flyers, and A3 poster (2MB) on request via the website's contact form.
Posted on Aug 12, 2010 by Africartoon

Fanny By Gaslight.. David cameron's effigy burning in pakistan

Published in the The Guardian today.

Iv not posted much as Iv been training up for doing some holday cover for Steve B and Martin R with some rather splendid fellow cartoonist.See http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2010/jul/28/bluelou-us-foreign-policy

An Apology

I would like to make public Apology to Miss H Wood of womanchester for the gratuitous use of the abbreviation 'Lol' in written discourse with said person.I am very sorry and was on holiday at the time it happened.
Sorry.

Miss H Wood on the phone to the local taxi service, ordering a cab to take her to the lavatory.

The Bloody sunday inquiry

A quick word with Cliff Hanley, one of the Bristolian Palestine campaigners on the Gaza aid convoy retunes home to Bristol.

Photo By J McKeever

Cliff Hanley was out tonight at the Bristol peace vigil in front of the Hippodrome but as it was tea time and the baby was kicking off so I only managed to grab only a quick word.

When the story broke about the violent and unprovoked attack in international waters on the Aid convoy, I saw that some Bristolians were unaccounted for and in a very mummsy way, I became very concerned about their wellbeing.

Tonight I was lucky enough to stop and ascertain they were ok and I managed to not ask Cliff if he was wearing a vest

The first thing I put to him was the reports from the Israelis that there were arms on board held by the Palestine campaigners and how the  Israelis insist that they came under fire.

The only incident involving arms  he watched was when  one of the Palestine campaigners managed to disarmed a solder chaotically firing at people, and how the campaigner managed to empty the gun chamber of its bullets on to the deck and threw the gun overboard.

 He insisted they were no arms on the convoy, and could give no explanation for the Israeli account. I speculated that the Israelis had in the chaos accidently shot one of their own ‘Friendly fire’ style; He just smiled and shrugged at this. But he insisted that there was, under no circumstances, any fire from the convoy. He described how the army had arrived by sea and air already firing their guns indiscriminately before even boarding the ship.

  

Then I’m afraid I asked him did he know any of the victims of the Israeli shooting,

It was the kind of question I probably tell my kids off for asking someone,

He replied that he did, and described  a big bear of a man he got to know, who had a overwhelming sense of Turkish hospitality and had  insisting on trying to feed Cliff up during the voyage, (Cliff  having the  classic Scots wiry build)

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It is obvious that Cliff is a reserved man, and when talking of his friend who was murdered, it’s only the 100 yard stare that speaks of the horror of what he has just witnessed.  He described a decent man killed trying to bring humanitarian aid to people in the biggest prison camp in the world.

I asked Cliff if he will try to return to Gaza.

He looked at me like I  asked a stupid question; I look him in the eye and know that this man’s resolve to help the people of Gaza has only become stronger because of what he’s seen.

As I walk away my daughter asks me “Mummy what dose ‘money where your mouth means?”

She’s herd me just say it to the wiry scot in the Palestinian scarf.

“But why would you put money in your mouth ...Mummy?”

“It's not something many people do sweetheart”

However, I have to say, he looks like he could do with a good feeding up and if I do bump into him again; I will have to insist on buying him some cake.

But then again being wiry make less of a target...

For some journalism on this and not the plump mummsy report see the post interview hear:

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/CALM-HEAD-AMID-FLYING-BULLETS/article-2277772-detail/article.html 

Bristol women.Everything she wore was from Primarks and had a union jack printed on it.

Bristol women.Being stood up around the corner from the apple.

Memories Project Submission

Grab your pens Bristol, Self portraits needed for Action Aid.

 ‘Make Your Mark’ Here is inviting people local to Bristol and the South West to submit self-portraits for a huge mosaic that will be unveiled on College Green on 1st June. The pictures will make up the face of 5-year-old Enid from Uganda, who represents the 72 million children around the world who do not attend school because of poverty.

The deadline is on Monday 17th May, so get it sorted and sent,
and  your self portrait will join the likes of Darth Vader's and comedian Stephen Merchants', go on go on go on go on go on go on.....

David and Ed Miliband (IV BEEN CENSORED BY PHOTOFUCKIT)Its been put back up,WTF?

It appears someone’s gone to the trouble of looking at a my jiggling animated GIF and pulled it from there site, Link to my website of gif http://www.bluelou.net/miliband%27s.html Thank you to who ever reported me (Twat)

Weirdly its been put back up????


Jen you asked for it.

Never ending Tory

Gordan Brown as a skeksis from the dark crystal 2

Gordan Brown as a skeksis from the dark crystal

Nick Clegg as David bowie in Labyrinth

Dont ask why I just did