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William Stanley Haseltine, "Valle dei Molini – Amalfi" (1871)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 09:46 AM

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1 Cool!

Posted by: HH at May 06, 2015 09:46 AM (Ce4DF)

2 Whuuuutt!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2015 09:46 AM (60Vyp)

3 nice pic; needs a waterwheel.

Posted by: zeera at May 06, 2015 09:48 AM (zVaO0)

4 Any Mo-Rons in the Denver area? I'm gonna do some time in Englewood for a contract job and I need some skinny on where to stay and where to avoid.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2015 09:48 AM (60Vyp)

5 and....just in case....double-tap from last thread...

Yes, please send the link again.

For what it's worth, unless I post / e-mail differently, I am attending.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 06, 2015 09:41 AM

Done

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 06, 2015 09:50 AM (E4lP3)

6 The entrance to Modor, before the orc remodeling?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 06, 2015 09:50 AM (0FSuD)

7 Which window is Waldo in??

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 09:50 AM (5QyYN)

8 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:51 AM (kff5f)

9 What's It All About, Amalfi?

Posted by: Bobblehead Mohammed at May 06, 2015 09:51 AM (8W5zZ)

10 Which window is Waldo in??

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 09:50 AM (5QyYN)

Silly. This isn't a Where's Waldo picture.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (kff5f)

11 So what is with the Weekly Standard now firewalling their stuff/

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (0FSuD)

12 You know, I was once an adventurer like you. Till I took an arrow in the knee.

Posted by: Skyrim Guards at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (XK0dn)

13 Hello, gentlefappers.

Fresh hell and all that.

Nice pic, rd.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (0HooB)

14 Riffles and pools. That could be good trout water.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (JtwS4)

15 And at least one of the snipers is on that mountain.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (kff5f)

16 How is a snail darter supposed to get downstream if they built a village across it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 06, 2015 09:52 AM (2AlPN)

17 Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this where Elrond lives?

Posted by: physics geek at May 06, 2015 09:53 AM (MT22W)

18 >>Riffles and pools. That could be good trout water.

Can't. They are protected. And no using the water either.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 06, 2015 09:53 AM (g1DWB)

19 My favorite part of the Sopranos was when Dr. Amalfi showed her bewbs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (JtwS4)

20 Wait... I think I see Robert Shaw and Harrison Ford...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (kff5f)

21 Vulture circling overhead. Must be lunch time.

Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (FviSe)

22 Having driven several times from Napoli the end of the Amalfi coast, I am convinced that the bridge in the painting still exists.

And is used by overloaded tractor trailers tailgating and illegally passing each other constantly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (VPLuQ)

23 This picture could use more bathing nymphs.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (eGmvn)

24 The water flowing under the arch of that bridge, which is obviously representative of a vagina, shows the torrent of rape that all wymyn suffer on a daily basis. The jagged rocks are there to symbolize their pain. Yet, the brightness in the center of the painting shows the "artist's" joy in the sexual brutalization of wymyn.

Posted by: Feminist art critic at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (2Ojst)

25 What happened to the upper floor? Did the builder run out of money?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (2AlPN)

26
Superman's Fortress of Rapiness?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (0cMkb)

27
@12, 17.

Elrond will put an arrow in someone's knee. Either him or one of his two sons.

Posted by: lurkingestlurker at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (k8xvx)

28 Hey, it's Hector's bridge!

Posted by: Lauren at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (+JCyB)

29 Why did the Obama Administration invite a terrorist organization like ISIS into the U.S., and why does the Obama Administration want to see dead Americans on American soil?

And why isn't congress doing anything to stop it?

Posted by: Fritz at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (UzPAd)

30 Any army or Orcs is marching on that mountain town --- someone call Gandolf!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (2TN4k)

31 The sniper is in the tower. No targets, though.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (RD7QR)

32 I bet there's interesting Italians living there

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (7RXcs)

33 23>> Here ya go: http://tinyurl.com/k9xhu2w

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (60Vyp)

34 Bet there are some trout in that there river.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (0FSuD)

35

It takes a Villiage-

to be raped by a river.

Posted by: Hillary! at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (0cMkb)

36 all you gheys.....you're in big trouble

http://tinyurl.com/lxwjvw7

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (0O7c5)

37 Posted by: Feminist art critic at May 06, 2015 09:55 AM (2Ojst)

I bet if you found some other forum where this pic was posted, and then posted that critique "straight," you'd get 1000s of "Likes."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (kff5f)

38 Why did the Obama Administration invite a terrorist organization like ISIS into the U.S., and why does the Obama Administration want to see dead Americans on American soil?

It has something to do with Crusades and high horses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (2AlPN)

39 Why did the Obama Administration invite a terrorist organization like ISIS into the U.S., and why does the Obama Administration want to see dead Americans on American soil?

Because Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

But you knew that.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:57 AM (kff5f)

40 You know what this pictures lacks? An invading demon:

http://goo.gl/rgvqSJ

Posted by: physics geek at May 06, 2015 09:58 AM (MT22W)

41 Th giant boulder just missed the jacuzzi.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 06, 2015 09:58 AM (2AlPN)

42 Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (0O7c5)

O_o

"I would not have you, ignorant brothers..." ~Possible Paul Misquotes

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:59 AM (kff5f)

43 I found Muhammad!

Posted by: dogfish at May 06, 2015 09:59 AM (jWtyG)

44 all you gheys.....you're in big trouble

Crackpot becomes international story: President to comment, UN in Emergency Session, Defcon Condition Raised

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 06, 2015 09:59 AM (Km6px)

45 Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 06, 2015 09:50 AM (E4lP3)

Still doesn't work. I click on the "attend" link and up pops an "internet explorer cannot access the webpage" announcement. I'll try at home tonight.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 06, 2015 09:59 AM (zF6Iw)

46 that painting is unwelcoming to non-white children

Posted by: Sasquatch at May 06, 2015 10:00 AM (cbfNE)

47 "Why did the Obama Administration invite a terrorist organization like ISIS into the U.S., and why does the Obama Administration want to see dead Americans on American soil? "

WH calls it an "Attempted terrorist attack"

Only dead Americans qualify as a 'success' in this Administration

Posted by: McCool at May 06, 2015 10:00 AM (TQxRy)

48 Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM

I'm seeing a possible standing issue...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 06, 2015 10:00 AM (h4vJk)

49 sadly....gabe was not happy that i tweet him about it......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 06, 2015 10:00 AM (0O7c5)

50 "What happened to the upper floor? Did the builder run out of money?"
Our Italian landlord told us that Italian property tax law did not allow for taxation on homes which were under construction.
Only on completion would taxes start being levied.

Almost half the homes we would pass driving between Gaeta and Napoli would have an unfinished floor, with rebar sticking out of the tops of the columns.

Tax man show up...point to rebar and claim that it's still not finished.

Been occupied for twenty years on the lower floors....but not yet finished.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 06, 2015 10:00 AM (VPLuQ)

51 50 That's brilliant.

Posted by: Sasquatch at May 06, 2015 10:01 AM (cbfNE)

52
Ok picture but not one of my favorites. I like the mountains in the background, but other than that for some reason it reminds me a bit of the 'old mill' (in the beginning ofgone with the wind).

Posted by: Lea at May 06, 2015 10:02 AM (lIU4e)

53 Sounds like the Nebraska woman needs to be on meds. What a stupid suit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2015 10:02 AM (MeuoO)

54 This village looks familiar somehow:

https://goo.gl/CbpF8V

Posted by: physics geek at May 06, 2015 10:02 AM (MT22W)

55 Reggie Love, Reggie Love, let down your hair.

Posted by: Fritz at May 06, 2015 10:02 AM (UzPAd)

56
I bet if you found some other forum where this pic was posted, and then posted that critique "straight," you'd get 1000s of "Likes."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 06, 2015 09:56 AM (kff5f)

Probably so, which is a frightening and depressing thought.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 06, 2015 10:02 AM (2Ojst)

57
But, O-o-old Man River

He ju-u-ust keeps rapin' that Town!!!

*juts chin to applause*

Posted by: Zombie Paul Robeson at May 06, 2015 10:03 AM (0cMkb)

58 Nice view, but cell reception is terrible, and there's no pizza delivery.

Posted by: mindful webworker at May 06, 2015 10:04 AM (YTvcG)

59 The Horde's in a rapey mood...

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 06, 2015 10:04 AM (RD7QR)

60
Psst, there's more than one sniper.

Not to mention, hidden kittehs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2015 10:05 AM (ewiBW)

61 Gotta love a lawsuit written on notebook paper.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (Km6px)

62 off squatch sock

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (cbfNE)

63 60
Psst, there's more than one sniper.

Not to mention, hidden kittehs.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2015 10:05 AM (ewiBW)

Some are both.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (2Ojst)

64 Of course there's a new thread....

Reposting from the previous.

Thanks Bannion and RedMindBlueState (for handgun recs). I'll put those on the list. It's time to start seriously looking.

DG, what is your current model?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 09:35 AM (5QyYN)

I have a Walther PK380. It feels way too light and misfeeds every other magazine, if not more, regardless of the ammo. I did a little reasearch and there seem to be quite a few folks with the same issue.

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (F8EBp)

65 Busy day for Obama:

10:00 am Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
12:30 pm Lunch with Biden

Maybe he needs to binge-watch the new season of Game of Thrones ?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (2TN4k)

66
50 That's brilliant.

Posted by: Sasquatch at May 06, 2015 10:01 AM (cbfNE)

Same thing goes on in Mexico. Have a friend that owns a house in Baja who's running the same taxman nose-thumbing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (ewiBW)

67 65 Busy day for Obama:

10:00 am Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
12:30 pm Lunch with Biden

Maybe he needs to binge-watch the new season of Game of Thrones ?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (2TN4k)

Still assimilating the results of the NFL draft. Needs to watch ESPN all day to get the data straight.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (RD7QR)

68 The Horde's in a rapey mood...

It's rapey Tuesday.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (5QyYN)

69 Maybe he needs to binge-watch the new season of Game of Thrones ?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM (2TN4k)

I only watch it for the floppy wieners.

Posted by: King Barry at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (2Ojst)

70 Busy day for Obama:

10:00 am Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
12:30 pm Lunch with Biden

*claps hands*

We're gonna have chawkit pudding!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 06, 2015 10:08 AM (0cMkb)

71 Busy day for Obama:

Hey, cut the guy some slack. Destroying the world's formerly greatest country is hard work.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 06, 2015 10:08 AM (0HooB)

72 "12:30 pm Lunch with Biden"

OOhh,
Arugula salad, with paste pops for dessert.

Umm umm umm.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 06, 2015 10:08 AM (VPLuQ)

73 I have a Walther PK380. It feels way too light and misfeeds every other magazine, if not more, regardless of the ammo. I did a little reasearch and there seem to be quite a few folks with the same issue.

Polish the feed ramp? Have you had a gunsmith look at it?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:09 AM (5QyYN)

74 speaking of binge-watching, I just binge watched The Almighty Johnsons, a kiwi comedy about Norse Gods in New Zealand. I think it would be Moron appreciated - lots of bewbs, non pc jokes, and heart.

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:09 AM (cbfNE)

75 "WH calls it an "Attempted terrorist attack"

Only dead Americans qualify as a 'success' in this Administration"

I'm pretty sure the resource officer who got shot in the ankle is feeling like it's pretty real right now.

Interestingly, that officer had been quoted years ago saying that resource officers needed to be armed, but Garland ISD ignored him. Hopefully that will change now.

Posted by: Lauren at May 06, 2015 10:09 AM (+JCyB)

76 68 The Horde's in a rapey mood...

It's rapey Tuesday.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (5QyYN)

Held over another day due to its blockbuster popularity!

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 06, 2015 10:10 AM (RD7QR)

77 I binge watched The Mighty Johnsons too. I started watching the new season on SyFy, but it isn't as funny with all of the editing. I'll just wait for it in its original form on Netflix.

Posted by: no good deed at May 06, 2015 10:11 AM (GgxVX)

78 Held over another day due to its blockbuster popularity!

Shit! Is it Wednesday?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:12 AM (5QyYN)

79 'Nother Thread already...

Posted by: HH at May 06, 2015 10:12 AM (Ce4DF)

80 FML. I lost a day.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:12 AM (5QyYN)

81 no good deed, I watched it on netflix

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:13 AM (cbfNE)

82

It's rapey Tuesday.

I just had to check my calendar to reassure myself that it is in fact hump day.

I know every day can be Rapey Tuesday, I'm just saying it's not at all unpossible for me to know what day it is.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 10:13 AM (JtwS4)

83 Posted by: DangerGirl at May 06, 2015 10:06 AM

Don't mention it. Good luck finding a new piece.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 06, 2015 10:13 AM (h4vJk)

84 I know every day can be Rapey Tuesday, I'm just saying it's not at all unpossible for me to know what day it is.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 10:13 AM

Rapey Tuesday is a state of mind.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 06, 2015 10:14 AM (h4vJk)

85 Macks Prairie Wings is having a close out.

CMMG 22 upper, which is exactly like the one that the fetching Mrs VIA shoots is on sale.

http://tinyurl.com/nyqr54o

Price is still a little high, but with a little polishing and cleanup, hers has been 100% reliable.
Put the same fore-grip and such on it as the Stag Model 3, and they feel exactly the same.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 06, 2015 10:14 AM (VPLuQ)

86 I think Obama has his Clinton foundation equivalent: He's just launched a private sector version of his My Brother's Keeper program to assist poor, non-white youth (race-based assistance - progress!!):

The White House claims that this new private entity will operate in
some alternate universe from the president, where corporate donors drop
money into the program out of unadulterated altruism and the White House
is unaffected by the knowledge that the Wendell Wilkie Widget Works
Corporation donated $5 million to Obama's dearest cause and now wants
widget safety standards slightly reduced.
Maybe the Obamas will ask the Clintons for some advice on how this is all going to work.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 10:14 AM (2TN4k)

87 Shit! Is it Wednesday?

--

sounds like someone got roofied on rapey tuesday

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:15 AM (cbfNE)

88 19 My favorite part of the Sopranos was when Dr. Amalfi showed her bewbs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 09:54 AM (JtwS4)
=====================

I totally missed that! I used to watch in hopes, too. Damn! Now I have to spend hours and hours at work searching Youtube.

Oh well. *rolls up sleeves* Better get to it.

Posted by: MTF at May 06, 2015 10:16 AM (LISuA)

89 Steven Spielbergs Amblin, Syfy Adapting Classic Novel Brave New World

Yeah and I am sure it will not slam the right and glorify the Left??????

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 06, 2015 10:16 AM (/tNwW)

90
I totally missed that! I used to watch in hopes, too. Damn! Now I have to spend hours and hours at work searching Youtube.

It's a dream sequence where Tony dreams she's on top of him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 06, 2015 10:17 AM (JtwS4)

91 I think Obama has his Clinton foundation equivalent: He's just launched a private sector version of his My Brother's Keeper program to assist poor, non-white youth (race-based assistance - progress!!):

The White House claims that this new private entity will operate in
some alternate universe from the president, where corporate donors drop
money into the program out of unadulterated altruism and the White House
is unaffected by the knowledge that the Wendell Wilkie Widget Works
Corporation donated $5 million to Obama's dearest cause and now wants
widget safety standards slightly reduced.
Maybe the Obamas will ask the Clintons for some advice on how this is all going to work.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2015 10:14 AM (2TN4k)

SO, the President who is suppose represent ALL Americans is sponsoring a program that only addresses Black Americans? Hum?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 06, 2015 10:18 AM (/tNwW)

92
>>I just binge watched The Almighty Johnsons, a kiwi comedy about Norse Gods in New Zealand.

I have that on my 'to watch' list but I wasn't sure if it would be any good so I haven't bothered yet...

Posted by: Lea at May 06, 2015 10:18 AM (lIU4e)

93 Baltimore Mayor on TV slamming Police

And touting crime being down in Baltimore?

But mostly going after the Police

Fuck her

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 06, 2015 10:19 AM (/tNwW)

94
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley_Haseltine

He died in Rome.

Posted by: Bruce J at May 06, 2015 10:21 AM (iQIUe)

95 I have that on my 'to watch' list but I wasn't sure if it would be any good so I haven't bothered yet...

--

I thought it was funny. Plus I get a kick out of listening to NZ accents and picking up cuss words.

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:21 AM (cbfNE)

96
The Reverend from TWD (and The Wire) was busted for going over 100mph and being UI of something and haveing MJ.

Posted by: Bruce J at May 06, 2015 10:22 AM (iQIUe)

97 Nevergiveup @ 93: "Baltimore Mayor on TV slamming Police"

Stupid, stupid woman.

Posted by: FireHorse at May 06, 2015 10:26 AM (8cWgt)

98 looks like Bmore mayor is giving DeCommio some competition in the "mayor most hated by their own cops" award

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:28 AM (cbfNE)

99 looks like Bmore mayor is giving DeCommio some competition in the "mayor most hated by their own cops" award

Posted by: @votermom at May 06, 2015 10:28 AM (cbfNE)

They ought to pull her driver, bodyguard and escort and tell the bitch to figure out her own way of getting around.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 06, 2015 10:34 AM (zF6Iw)

100 It's rapey Tuesday.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2015 10:07 AM (5QyYN)

it's not wednesday? i have to do wednesday again?.....i can't do it....i just can't go thru that again.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 06, 2015 10:35 AM (0O7c5)

101 Nood. Free speech.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 06, 2015 10:40 AM (h4vJk)

102 One of those paintings which you would love to view.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at May 06, 2015 10:53 AM (kuQOH)

103 The MSM wants Pamela Geller to apologize for "deliberately provoking" Muslims.

I'm sorry, did the students at Kent State ever apologize for provoking the military?

Did the marchers in Selma ever apologize for provoking the cops?

Did the Indians at Amritsar ever apologize for provoking the British troops?

Did the American Indian Movement ever apologize for provoking the Feds at Wounded Knee?

Should America apologize for provoking the British into the Boston Massacre?

Are homosexuals ever going to apologize for provoking Christian Bakers?

In fact, a protest is just that: deliberately setting up an event to say to your enemies, "Bring it, bitches! Show the world what you really are!" Wasn't just about EVERY move by MLK and Gandhi a provocation?

Drop dead, anyone who thinks Pamela Geller needs to apologize.

Posted by: RKae at May 06, 2015 12:47 PM (IppEL)

104 I see Gollum diving for fish off a rock below that bridge. Or it could be James Carville. Kinda hard be certain.

Posted by: Eromero at May 06, 2015 01:09 PM (go5uR)

105 Gollum or James Carville?

Hmm...

Say the word "Benghazi."

Did he laugh?

Posted by: RKae at May 06, 2015 01:27 PM (IppEL)

106 You have excellent taste. I have started to save copies of a lot of these pictures you post.

Posted by: TrueNorth at May 06, 2015 07:53 PM (LKD6g)

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