Cartoons

February 2012

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Kompas – February 11, 2012

Street signs read: Road with no end, Comedy St, Law & Justice St, Dead End St, Road to Hell, Malang Apple Rd, Washington Apple Rd, Politics St, Road to Heaven.

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Kompas – February 8, 2012

1st Man: One drop of indigo stains the whole cauldron of milk...

2nd Man: Or was the milk already damaged to begin with.

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Kompas – February 4, 2012

Man: How dare they embezzle money so shamelessly!

Kid: Perhaps they’re high on drugs Dad! (alluding to a series of recent drug cases involving state officials)

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Kompas – February 1, 2012

Relax... we’re used to riding a train without a driver, right...

January 2012

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Kompas – January 28, 2012

Man: Deputy regents (wakil bupati – regent’s representative) want to be regents! Deputy governors (wakil gubernur – governor’s representative) want to be governors! So Mr representative of the people (wakil rakyat) why don’t you want to be one of the people!

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Kompas – January 25, 2012

Trolley reads: Infrastructure and Public Utilities Budget

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Kompas – January 21, 2012

Man: The predatory republic?

Headline reads: Agrarian Law. Roll reads: Land Management.

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Kompas – January 18, 2012

1st Man: That’s the big boss, the chief and the big chief’s share

2nd Man: While our share’s a flood alert right (apel = alert or apple)

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Kompas – January 14, 2012

A 17-year-old boy at the center of a legal and public relations storm was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing a pair of sandals from a police officer and released into the custody of his parents.

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Kompas – January 11, 2012

Arm band reads: Corruptor

The arrest of a juvenile who stole a pair of cheap sandals is only the latest in a series of cases where police have locked up children for petty crimes while rampant official corruption and theft of millions in public funds is often punished with just a slap on the wrist.