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John Constable, "Stonehenge at Sunset" (1836)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 08:44 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 08:39 AM (REkPr)

2 1st

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Overstocked! Cranky-Pants and Grumpy Sweaters Buy 1 Get 1 Free! at January 07, 2016 08:39 AM (hLRSq)

3 Ill get the others.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 08:39 AM (REkPr)

4 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 08:39 AM (REkPr)

5 Shazbot!

Anyway - Bernie sanders looks like he accosts strangers on elevators, telling them that they too can be regular if they drink a quart of vinegar and prune juice first thing in the morning.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has Overstocked! Cranky-Pants and Grumpy Sweaters Buy 1 Get 1 Free! at January 07, 2016 08:40 AM (hLRSq)

6 I don't see the Griswolds?

Posted by: Chupacabra at January 07, 2016 08:40 AM (l2max)

7 Rocks...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 07, 2016 08:41 AM (g8Hfr)

8 Carry over from the previous thread. It took me a while to remember this stuff .

>>>>>Can't paste because it's a scan, but here's a quote: fron The Battalions
by Capt Mark Reardon, "enginner support to TFA in the latter's drive
for Porchina"

So, the TFA is something driving on the town of
Porchina that the engineers are supporting -- and it so happens the
1108th was assigned to support II Corps Fifth Army.

So, that seems to be a contemporary usage.
.
.
.
.Duh I am stupid this morning. It is Task Force A.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 07, 2016 08:41 AM (iONHu)

9 Shonehenged Agin!

Posted by: R.Crumb at January 07, 2016 08:41 AM (AxTzt)

10 Wooden crates in that covered wagon.

Crates full of Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifles for the great Sino-Russina-French-Indian War of 1812.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 07, 2016 08:42 AM (ptqRm)

11 Shades of Tess.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 07, 2016 08:42 AM (yxw0r)

12 >>>>Wooden crates in that covered wagon.

Crates full of Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifles for the great Sino-Russina-French-Indian War of 1812.
.
.
.At least he got to paint it before Clark W. Griswold backed into it and knocked it all over.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 07, 2016 08:43 AM (iONHu)

13 I found the ancient alien builders hidden in the picture!

Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukookoolous at January 07, 2016 08:44 AM (H9MG5)

14 12 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 07, 2016 08:43 AM (iONHu)

I'm gonna be sad when the EUrabians obliterate stonehenge...

hope I am dead by then actually.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 07, 2016 08:45 AM (g8Hfr)

15 Cue the Dwarf!

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at January 07, 2016 08:45 AM (oVJmc)

16 And now our weekly dose of "I want to beat people with a brick..."

Jobless claims at 277K against expectations of 275K.

CNBC, using a Reuters piece, says this -- "JOBLESS CLAIMS AT FIVE MONTH LOW" and "the labor market remains on firmer footing even as economic growth appears to have slowed sharply in the fourth quarter."

Someone refresh my memory about what might have kept the numbers lower than they actually were last week?

Partisan operatives with bylines as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 07, 2016 08:45 AM (659DL)

17 13 Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukookoolous at January 07, 2016 08:44 AM (H9MG5)

We HAVE BEEN visited...

//Hillary! of Rodham

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 07, 2016 08:45 AM (g8Hfr)

18 How can that be called 'art'? There are no happy trees.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at January 07, 2016 08:46 AM (FRDDf)

19 FYI, it's National Bobblehead Day.

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 08:47 AM (6QfRC)

20 Participation rate STILL only down under Obama:

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at January 07, 2016 08:48 AM (oVJmc)

21 I like the symbolism of the wagon train headed West.

Wonder what he'd paint today?

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at January 07, 2016 08:48 AM (sOhww)

22 Cue the Dwarf!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3u3P9OpBE

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 08:49 AM (6QfRC)

23 Sock.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 08:49 AM (oVJmc)

24 First Art Thread of the new year.

Posted by: HH at January 07, 2016 08:52 AM (DrCtv)

25 That wagon isn't full of rifle crates, it's full of empty coffins.

Posted by: R.Crumb at January 07, 2016 08:52 AM (AxTzt)

26 FYI, it's National Bobblehead Day.

*blink*

Posted by: Barky O'Tool at January 07, 2016 08:52 AM (RrDm2)

27
Meanwhile, the RedState Trump freak-out continues:

Donald Trump is quivering like a scared chihuahua in a thunderstorm
By: Neil Stevens

Trump is so scared of losing Iowa to Cruz, he's wetting his pants
By: Neil Stevens

RS is also letting Liz the Wiz, the dame that sunk Walker's campaign, chime in.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 07, 2016 08:53 AM (kdS6q)

28 *blink*

*nodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod*

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 08:53 AM (6QfRC)

29 After watching an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. I believe I shall now call Caitlin,

Jethrine.

Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2016 08:53 AM (8ikIW)

30 Markets have been "rolling over" since QE stopped a year ago or so ... now the downside looks to have taken hold. When the algorithms and machines decide this is a bear market, we could begin a year or more of downside.

That means goodbye for Hillary .. probably. DOW 10K again sure seems reasonable to me, or lower. All the kabuki has been used up ... all rabbits pulled out of the hat, only dead cats left in there.

Thanks Obama ... and Hillary

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 07, 2016 08:55 AM (5Gpe2)

31 Gubmint issues new dietary guidelines to replace the guidelines they've had wrong for decades: eggs okay, salt okay, sugar bad.

Vegan group suing.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 08:55 AM (oVJmc)

32 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 07, 2016 08:53 AM (kdS6q)

Which tells us all we need to know about RS, if anyone was still uncertain.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2016 08:58 AM (GDulk)

33
Rum and Geritol,,, the breakfast of champions...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 07, 2016 08:58 AM (HSmrB)

34 Do they still make Geritol?

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:00 AM (6QfRC)

35 Posted by: Illiniwek at January 07, 2016 08:55 AM (5Gpe2)

Yeah, and my investment guy was telling me two weeks ago that those in the know thought this would be a good year. At least he was honest enough to admit they all thought *last* year would be good too, so we can judge their actual ability (how is "China's economy cooling off" a surprise to anyone knowledgeable?).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2016 09:02 AM (GDulk)

36 34 Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:00 AM (6QfRC)

Weapons Grade Ms Radish...

http://geritol.com/

Hillary! has a nice My Tai mixer....

Take a Gallon of everclear, add a spoonful of Geritol

enjoy

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 07, 2016 09:02 AM (g8Hfr)

37 Thanks, rd; I had really missed the art.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:03 AM (M+RRn)

38 Something on the front page is crashing Opera like a soccer mom texting in her SUV.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at January 07, 2016 09:04 AM (RD7QR)

39
Do they still make Geritol?

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:00 AM (6QfRC)
_____________________________

Okay,, you got me on that one.. I'm actually having rum and watching Lawrence Welk re-runs....

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 07, 2016 09:04 AM (HSmrB)

40 Yet another painting that looks just like Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 07, 2016 09:04 AM (u5gzz)

41 My thought on seeing that picture was, that's Great Britain in 2045.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (ftVQq)

42 Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do well...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (m9V0o)

43 Best be getting' far away from Stonehenge after that sun sets. Weird shit happens there at night.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (7RXcs)

44 My thought on seeing that picture was, that's Great Britain in 2045.

Nah. The stones would be replaced with a mosque.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (m9V0o)

45 Something on the front page is crashing Opera like a soccer mom texting in her SUV.

My Opera seems to work okay.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (oVJmc)

46 Apparently at Stonehenge, there weren't parking lots, busses, crowds, fences and supervising cops in 1836. It has changed now.

Posted by: MTF at January 07, 2016 09:06 AM (TxJGV)

47 Yet another painting that looks just like Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed

Your Rorschach ink blot tests must be interesting.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at January 07, 2016 09:06 AM (m9V0o)

48 Finally after calling all morning I finally got through to the health insurance people at my old job.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 07, 2016 09:07 AM (t2KH5)

49 ah excellent, starting the new year with a pagan ruin

and I was just reading about Cologne

Posted by: Feh at January 07, 2016 09:08 AM (jOVvL)

50 Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (m9V0o)

Nah, in 2025, the muz are still putting minarets on Westminster!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:08 AM (ftVQq)

51 I think it's look like a Constable painting with a great sunset. It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra, but can you please not give an analogy between Constable-one of the greatest British landscape artists ever-and your dark feelings about the GOP and life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:08 AM (M+RRn)

52 FYI, it's National Bobblehead Day.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken

Wie sagt man "Bobblehead" auf deutsch?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 07, 2016 09:09 AM (1xUj/)

53 Uh oh, another sunset painting...you feeling down, rd?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (NOIQH)

54 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:08 AM (M+RRn)

Good day FS, I hope that all is well with you, but I do note that you are not redacting text this fine morning!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (ftVQq)

55 "It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra,"

Thanks.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (u5gzz)

56 Paris terrorist knifeman shot dead. What we need is some common sense knife control and we need it now. This is getting out of hand. If just one life could be saved by keeping knives out of these people's hands it would all be worth it. Just one life.

Posted by: oldbuffalo at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (/pOl7)

57 Wie sagt man "Bobblehead" auf deutsch?

"Merkel"

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 07, 2016 09:11 AM (659DL)

58 Posted by: oldbuffalo at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (/pOl7)

It's becoming clear that chefs and sou-chefs need more detailed background checks!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:11 AM (ftVQq)

59 20 Participation rate STILL only down under Obama:

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at January 07, 2016 08:48 AM (oVJmc)
------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know when women started entering the workforce in really large numbers, but this rate is the lowest forty years (pre-Reagan economy in other words).

Those Progressives! They really know how to screw things up!

Posted by: MTF at January 07, 2016 09:11 AM (TxJGV)

60 Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 07, 2016 09:10 AM (u5gzz)

You're most welcome and I'l be happy to see your selections for the art thread when you'[re chosen to post them and know which art doesn't say "Fuck the GOP"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:12 AM (M+RRn)

61 44 Stones replaced with a mosque? Nah, we'll still be touring.

Posted by: Keef at January 07, 2016 09:13 AM (6gk77)

62 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:13 AM (kff5f)

63 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:13 AM (kff5f)

64 And someone bring me a donut.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:13 AM (kff5f)

65 Casually looked up Muslim hospitality rules and customs -- after three days it is charity. Where are the local imams in Europe? Or do rules of hospitality only apply between Muslims and do not apply to others. Crazy Cat Lady Merkel has some 'splaining to do.

Sorry for the O/T, but I wanted to make sure that I was being polite if the Feds decide to quarter troops of young men in our homes.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (MIKMs)

66 Looks like a Conestoga wagon going up to see the relic. Containing either Druids or Spinal Tap. Not sure which...

Posted by: Lady in Black....sigh at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (pVkEV)

67 Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 08:53 AM (6QfRC)

You still in Germany?
Avoiding the rape-mobs so far?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (kff5f)

68 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:12 AM (M+RRn)

I have a suggestion for a painting of mine that would seem to fit the theme!

Posted by: Edvard Munch at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (ftVQq)

69 "Participation rate STILL only down under Obama:"

and the rate is *worse* that it was when Reagan took office

nice interface at the BLS

Posted by: Feh at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (jOVvL)

70 Wie sagt man "Bobblehead" auf deutsch?

Bobblehead? I don't know if I've ever seen one for sale over here.

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:15 AM (6QfRC)

71
Dood, this painting rocks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2016 09:15 AM (j4wsR)

72 Ace,

Thank you for the regular dosage of art to help us remember that, in spite of us all being related to the folks who ran the concentration camps, there is good if we look for it...

Posted by: setnaffa at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (BtRXi)

73 Hi, Hrothgar

Good to see you. I haven't been on here long enough to make any typos yet, I think, or at least not to redact text. The day that I am on here without making a typo will probably be the day Jesus returns-a truly apocalyptic sign and all!! ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (M+RRn)

74 Sunset. How appropriate. Somehow, I see civilization heading in a direction which will find us once again dancing naked around stone monoliths. But shit - it's all good!

Posted by: Weasel at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (6xtq3)

75 The wagon is carrying souls.

But how, you say. The wagon is full to bursting and souls are slight and ephemeral.

That's right, it's a whole lot of souls.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (1xUj/)

76 Avoiding the rape-mobs so far?

So far so good. Of course it's raining, so I haven't left the house today.

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (6QfRC)

77 Suspects in Cologne sex attacks 'claimed to be Syrian refugees'
Leaked police report claims senior police officers feared fatalities and that one of those involved in attacks told officers: “I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs Merkel invited me"

http://tinyurl.com/znavxc7

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (FkBIv)

78 So, how long until the muzzies in England tear down Stonehenge as an affront to Islam?

Posted by: An Observation at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (MV+zd)

79 "It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra,"

No! You must not repeat the same thing in every thread!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (kff5f)

80 "which art doesn't say "Fuck the GOP"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:12 AM (M+RRn)

Did you say "Fuck the GOP" again?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (u5gzz)

81 What we need is some common sense knife control and we need it now.
This is getting out of hand. If just one life could be saved by keeping
knives out of these people's hands it would all be worth it. Just one
life.

--

What we need are Smart Knives. Knifes whose blades are computer chip controlled by the gov't. Registered, of course, and cross-referenced with your doctor, the No-Fly List, the Social Security Administration, and your relatives.

Posted by: Lady in Black....sigh at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (pVkEV)

82 45 Something on the front page is crashing Opera like a soccer mom texting in her SUV.

My Opera seems to work okay.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:05 AM (oVJmc)

I've got Der Ring des Niebelungen. You?

(I crack me up. And yes, it might just be me.)

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (RD7QR)

83 It is Task Force A.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman

****

That seems to make sense. We'll go with that for now. Thanks. All I could find was 6th Infantry Regiment was the main attacking force on Mt. Porchia with ranks filled out by an engineer detachment. Couldn't find it referenced as Task Force A however.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (NeFrd)

84 ...Participation rate STILL only down under Obama...

Historically speaking the rate stays down until taxes are reformed/cut. This includes Obamacare (it's a tax says the Chief Justice). The EPA and other agencies (surprisingly including the NSA) act as a tax.
No predictions on when since we don't know how thorough the reform will be. The current system is peak tax though. That's why the agencies bout all the hollow points. :-)

Posted by: scorecard at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (jN+3o)

85 The painting reminds me of my dental x-rays. *sigh*

Posted by: Norman at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (CYS6Q)

86 Posted by: mustbequantum at January 07, 2016 09:14 AM (MIKMs)

Quick refresher: In islam, any seemingly civilized rules of conduct apply only to transactions between you and fellow devout believers in whatever deviant version of islam you have claimed as your own.

Anyone else, of any age, sex, nationality, or religion, is sub-human, although some are more sub-human than others!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (ftVQq)

87
Israeli reporter stabbed while demonstrating stab-proof vest

Reporter receives stitches after executive knifes 'wrong' part of vest

http://tinyurl.com/zwabwq4

"Would you believe 'stab resistant'?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (kdS6q)

88 Those rocks are kinda heavy; so that would require organization and technology -- so no I think Stonehenge is safe from the musselmans.

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (fBkaR)

89 Miss Rapey Rapey says her alleged assailant, shower guy, has been arrested and bailed out. But I noticed that her sep 2014 rape by her roommate, that she claims was reported, she writes no follow up on, or at least I cant find it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 09:18 AM (iQIUe)

90 Nothing says 'Fuck the GOP' like carnival spin-art.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:19 AM (oVJmc)

91 I'm pretty sure that's a picture of the tail-end of the Oklahoma Land Rush. The structure you see is a Sooner's sod home after a tornado.

Morning, Glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at January 07, 2016 09:19 AM (e3Ezr)

92 I always thought that if I went to that part of England it would be cool to sneak out at night with the wife and get a little freak on at Stonehenge under a full moon. You know, channel the earth's energy and get all primal and stuff.

But there'd probably be some weirdos around and I wouldn't want them seein' me bare arse glistening in the moonlight. Hell they might chop us up and eat us.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 07, 2016 09:20 AM (7RXcs)

93 Somehow, I see civilization heading in a direction which will find us once again dancing naked around stone monoliths.

Naked will get you stoned to death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba

(Huh. They used to do it naked. Huh.)

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:20 AM (6QfRC)

94 "Would you believe 'stab resistant'?"

Posted by: Maxwell Smart (86) at January 07, 2016 09:20 AM (jN+3o)

95 You know ... With some chain link ... Stonehenge could probably suffice as a Hasty Camp. In a pinch.

Glad we don't have that thing here.

Posted by: Irony at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (E7zwb)

96 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (M+RRn)

I was thinking of "F*@" the GOP as being dedacted!!

Glad you are well!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (ftVQq)

97 I ordered a light box to help with depression exacerbated by decreased sunlight during the winter months. My feeling is that the recent selections featured in the art threads will have to be avoided as well.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (dwHMP)

98 Miss Rapey Rapey says her alleged assailant, shower guy, has been arrested and bailed out. But I noticed that her sep 2014 rape by her roommate, that she claims was reported, she writes no follow up on, or at least I cant find it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!

Is this the one where she supposedly agreed to shower with a guy, and surprise!! the guy 'rapes' her? And somehow she live blogs a rape kit?

Will she take this act on the road to Rotherham, Koln or Syria any time soon?

Posted by: Haven Monahan at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (326rv)

99 Those rocks are kinda heavy; so that would require organization and technology -- so no I think Stonehenge is safe from the musselmans.

...using them as building material. But knocking them down is within their skillset.

Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2016 09:22 AM (RrDm2)

100 hey! where did my retirement $$ go?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 07, 2016 09:22 AM (0O7c5)

101 "I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs Merkel invited me"

Translated: "We know you're pussies, so roll over, bitch."

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:22 AM (oVJmc)

102
"It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra,"

No! You must not repeat the same thing in every thread!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (kff5f)

Yeah! And don't pimp out a blog that you don't have on every thread, either!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (j4wsR)

103 Miss Rapey Rapey says her alleged assailant, shower guy, has been arrested and bailed out. But I noticed that her sep 2014 rape by her roommate, that she claims was reported, she writes no follow up on, or at least I cant find it.

Chick needs to quit showering with guys for awhile.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (REkPr)

104 19 FYI, it's National Bobblehead Day.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 08:47 AM (6QfRC)

In the U.S. or Germany?

Posted by: rickl at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (zoehZ)

105 Unhenged at Sunset?

Sounds like the end of a typical work day around here.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (NeFrd)

106 ...using them as building material. But knocking them down is within their skillset.

Posted by: t-bird at January 07, 2016 09:22 AM (RrDm2)

There is no problem that cannot be solved by the application of a sufficient quantity of high explosives!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (ftVQq)

107 Der Ring des Niebelungen

Posted by: Rhine Gold at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (I0sxh)

108 97
I ordered a light box to help with depression exacerbated by decreased
sunlight during the winter months. My feeling is that the recent
selections featured in the art threads will have to be avoided as well.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (dwHMP)
piano music too.....that puts me in a funk

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (0O7c5)

109 "I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs Merkel invited me"

FYNQ

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:24 AM (REkPr)

110 "my investment guy was telling me two weeks ago that those in the know thought this would be a good year."

one old veteran money guy commented on how now, people don't learn critical thinking ... they play mo-mo, all go with the flow, and government now helps with the gimmickry.

Massive misallocation of capital ... zero interest rates keeps bad business afloat at a cost to all others, rewards bad investments, long enough to harm good business.

LTCM was the one with the big algorithm with huge leverage ... millionaires got bailed out when it collapsed (1999 or so). Middle America are treated as sheep to be shorn ... plowing money in regularly, told markets always go up. Soros and Goldman Sachs will be short on the way down, and shear those sheep. The buy and hold people could be negative on their investments since 2000 or earlier, if we have some sort of return to "normalcy", if that's even possible without something even more radical.

I don't see why DOW 6500 was the wrong number in 2008, and only manipulation has juiced it back up. But I've been wrong for a long time, judging just by the market.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 07, 2016 09:24 AM (5Gpe2)

111 Those rocks are kinda heavy; so that would require organization and
technology -- so no I think Stonehenge is safe from the musselmans.

They seem to know their way around dynamite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:24 AM (6QfRC)

112 "It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra,"

No! You must not repeat the same thing in every thread!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 07, 2016 09:17 AM (kff5f)

Yeah! And don't pimp out a blog that you don't have on every thread, either!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

And please have a care with outrageous sockpuppets.

Posted by: Dr. Amy Fucking Bishop at January 07, 2016 09:24 AM (326rv)

113 Miss Rapey Rapey

Munchausen Syndrome runs rampant.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:24 AM (oVJmc)

114 Phoenixgirl - it looks like the first spring training game is March 3rd.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (dwHMP)

115 ... did someone order a box ?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (E7zwb)

116
"I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs Merkel invi....."

*BANG*

"I'm sorry, pilgrim. Y'all were sayin' somethin'?"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (j4wsR)

117 Posted by: rickl at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (zoehZ)

U.S., of course.

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (6QfRC)

118 OK for her to shower with guys, but keep them at arm's length ... so they can still touch, but no rapey rape

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 07, 2016 09:27 AM (5Gpe2)

119
115 ... did someone order a box ?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (E7zwb)

You can get those at Caves-R-Us?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2016 09:27 AM (j4wsR)

120 All 30 Dow stocks lower at the open.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 07, 2016 09:27 AM (659DL)

121 Just fried up some bacon and eggs and et it.All is right with the world for a little while.

Posted by: steevy at January 07, 2016 09:27 AM (8HTq1)

122 Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 07, 2016 09:25 AM (E7zwb)

That would put me on suicide watch for sure.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at January 07, 2016 09:27 AM (dwHMP)

123 Is this the one where she supposedly agreed to shower with a guy, and surprise!! the guy 'rapes' her? And somehow she live blogs a rape kit?

Will she take this act on the road to Rotherham, Koln or Syria any time soon?
Posted by: Haven Monahan at January 07, 2016 09:21 AM (326rv)
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There is Sept 14 roommate guy. And there is recent CapeTown, shower boy. She took her act to Nambia.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (iQIUe)

124 I thought I would like this, because Stonehenge, but I don't.

I'm reading the article about southern honor from the ONT.

Posted by: Lea at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (lIU4e)

125 So, not that I announced anything here earlier, about this, but my wife and I are in the hospital today to have our 2nd child.

Please consider prayers that everything goes smoothly and that the delivery is quick.

Posted by: GMan at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (GfWuY)

126 prayers up gman, best wishes, mazel tov and all that

Posted by: Feh at January 07, 2016 09:29 AM (jOVvL)

127 Apparently at Stonehenge, there weren't parking lots, busses, crowds, fences and supervising cops in 1836. It has changed now.

I think the change came after Clark Griswold backed into one of the stones, and they all went down...cost a lot to rebuild.

Posted by: Colin at January 07, 2016 09:29 AM (T3Tpd)

128 125 Congratulations!

Posted by: steevy at January 07, 2016 09:29 AM (8HTq1)

129 grammie

for your cubs.....mar 1st is the official cactus and grapefruit league starts...some college teams are playing mlb teams earlier......

are you coming this year???????? oh, please!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 07, 2016 09:30 AM (0O7c5)

130 "I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs Merkel invited me"

Rape's on the House, boys.

Just be sure to behave "Happy" while you're doing it.

Posted by: Angela Merkel - Rape Kaiser at January 07, 2016 09:30 AM (KUa85)

131 So off to get a crown...

Have fun storming the castle

Posted by: Sven10077 at January 07, 2016 09:30 AM (+X43N)

132 G man - that's wonderful !

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at January 07, 2016 09:30 AM (dwHMP)

133 GMan ... Just remember, stay north of the equator. North, my man.

North.

Posted by: Irony at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (E7zwb)

134 piano music too.....that puts me in a funk
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 07, 2016 09:23 AM (0O7c5)

Then definitely don't listen to anything by Thomas Newman. haha. Love the music, but man does it get me melancholy. Like the movie Road to Perdition, made me want to call my dad immediately after.

Posted by: Mainah at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (659DL)

135 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:16 AM (M+RRn)

Good morning. Constable's work is lovely, isn't it?

The obsessive urge to drag politics into every single damn subject under the sun is a very leftist trait - but one those on our side are not immune to.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (u0lmX)

136 So, not that I announced anything here earlier, about this, but my wife and I are in the hospital today to have our 2nd child.

Please consider prayers that everything goes smoothly and that the delivery is quick.

Congratulations!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (REkPr)

137 Scatter the stones.

I think this may be the first time I've laughed at your mantra, AllenG when it's used under a picture of Stonehenge. Well done. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (M+RRn)

138 I'm not worried about the Stock Market since I am going to win the 600 Million lottery on Saturday!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2016 09:32 AM (gf8BH)

139 Alternate title: Minutes Before the Airstrike

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Whale at January 07, 2016 09:32 AM (1JqUE)

140
125 So, not that I announced anything here earlier, about this, but my wife and I are in the hospital today to have our 2nd child.

Please consider prayers that everything goes smoothly and that the delivery is quick.

Posted by: GMan at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (GfWuY)

Prayers on the way! I hope all goes well!

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 07, 2016 09:32 AM (u0lmX)

141 So off to get a crown...

Have fun storming the castle

Don't you get the crown AFTER you storm the castle?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:33 AM (REkPr)

142 If you squint your eyes at the art, you can see a portly man lying on his back. His erection is backlit by the sun.
Morning.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 07, 2016 09:33 AM (5buP8)

143 Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 07, 2016 09:31 AM (u0lmX)

Nope; We;re not immune it. We can all get obsessed about politics or we wouldn't here, but for Pete's sake I just want- and need- some things not to be about politics. John Constable was not part of the GOP.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:34 AM (M+RRn)

144 139 Alternate title: Minutes Before the Airstrike

Looks more like "Minutes AFTER the Airstrike"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:34 AM (REkPr)

145 Rape Kaiser?

Hmmmpf!

You, Sir, will address me by my proper title-

Frau Rapenstein.

Posted by: Angela "Frau Rapenstein" Merkel at January 07, 2016 09:35 AM (KUa85)

146 That's exciting news, GMan. Prayers up!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:35 AM (M+RRn)

147 125 So, not that I announced anything here earlier, about this, but my wife and I are in the hospital today to have our 2nd child.

Please consider prayers that everything goes smoothly and that the delivery is quick.
Posted by: GMan at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (GfWuY)

Prayers and congratulations!

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at January 07, 2016 09:36 AM (RD7QR)

148 For Seasonal Affective Disorder I bought a Schrödinger's Light Box but I could never tell if the darn thing was on or off.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 07, 2016 09:36 AM (NeFrd)

149 Someone mentioned up thread that QE had ended. Is this accurate?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 07, 2016 09:36 AM (5buP8)

150 Sounds like somebody needs a Safe Space.

Posted by: Irony at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (E7zwb)

151 Deport Merkel.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (oVJmc)

152 Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2016 09:32 AM (gf8BH)

Powerball? I thought there was one winner last night.

Or is this Mega millions?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (M+RRn)

153 So off to get a crown..

Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (1xUj/)

154 Chicago: 1 dead 10 shot so far 11 dead 69 shot....Ho Hum, just another day...

Posted by: Colin at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (T3Tpd)

155 Posted by: GMan at January 07, 2016 09:28 AM (GfWuY)

Prayers up!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (ftVQq)

156 Cue the Dwarf!

===

HAND ME THE PLIERS!

Posted by: Bigby's Phalanges at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (3ZtZW)

157 For Seasonal Affective Disorder I bought a Schr�dinger's Light Box but I could never tell if the darn thing was on or off.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 07, 2016 09:36 AM (NeFrd)

How did you know what the correct seasonal setting was supposed to be?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 07, 2016 09:38 AM (ftVQq)

158 Cue the Dwarf!

===

HAND ME THE PLIERS!

Posted by: Bigby's Phalanges at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (3ZtZW)

WE'RE ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (KUa85)

159 Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (kXzR8)

160 If I win the lottery I will totally share with you guys.

Posted by: Weasel at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (6xtq3)

161 Details will be released Friday about the settlement in a class-action
lawsuit over an alleged sex-for-repairs scheme at the Housing Authority
of Baltimore City.

Posted by: Colin at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (T3Tpd)

162 There is a nood ya'know.

Posted by: HH at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (DrCtv)

163 Maybe it is just me, but Haydn just can not sound depressing, even when he is trying in minor key and portentous orchestration, his joy just shines through.

My contribution to happy talk for the day.

Congrats to GMan!

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 07, 2016 09:40 AM (MIKMs)

164 160 If I win the lottery I will totally share with you guys.
Posted by: Weasel at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (6xtq3)

With a name like that? Suuuuuure.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at January 07, 2016 09:40 AM (RD7QR)

165 Nice, Gman! Congrats! And prayers that everything goes smoothly.

Posted by: Mainah at January 07, 2016 09:41 AM (659DL)

166 Posted by: Weasel at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (6xtq3)

Thanks :^). At least you're not following the jwest school of personal growth -"F. Charity".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:41 AM (M+RRn)

167 Whenever I've got Duh Sadz, I just pop in a little Edmund Fitzgerald followed by anything Harry Chapin.

Posted by: Irony at January 07, 2016 09:42 AM (E7zwb)

168 Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at January 07, 2016 09:39 AM (kXzR

Yep. I'm Number One with a bullet at Stonehenge.

And be sure to buy my new album:

Flushing the Pipes Out: Zamfir Plays the Best of Madonna

Posted by: Zamfir at January 07, 2016 09:42 AM (KUa85)

169 Powerball? I thought there was one winner last night.

Or is this Mega millions?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 09:37 AM (M+RRn)

Power Ball--NO winner last night

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2016 09:43 AM (gf8BH)

170 Florence King died yesterday. The obit is at NRO's corner.

Posted by: Annalucia at January 07, 2016 09:43 AM (a5bF3)

171 I liked Florence King a lot. When I discovered her, I went to the library and read her columns in as many NRO mags I could find. Also a couple of her books.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 09:44 AM (iQIUe)

172 YAY GMan! Best wishes to your poor wife for a quick delivery and to you both for a happy, healthy (and sleepy) baby!

Posted by: MTF at January 07, 2016 09:49 AM (TxJGV)

173 For Seasonal Affective Disorder I bought a Schrodinger's Light Box but I could never tell if the darn thing was on or off.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 07, 2016 09:36 AM (NeFrd)

How did you know what the correct seasonal setting was supposed to be?

Setting #10 is always suggested. "High Noon in Aridzona in July"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2016 09:51 AM (REkPr)

174 >>>>I don't see why DOW 6500 was the wrong number in 2008, and only
manipulation has juiced it back up. But I've been wrong for a long time,
judging just by the market.
.
.
.I don't think anyone knows what is really going on. FFS rich people were putting tons of $$$ in Fed Bonds that had a negative return rate. Once the Fed started messing around with QE infinity everything got messed up. I read one article stating that the Fed now has to start pulling about $3 Trillion dollars they injected into the economy back out that they had made in bond purchases. That is going to leave a mark.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 07, 2016 09:51 AM (iONHu)

175 Ah! Finally, an RD painting. This one isn't pretty but it is interesting. You get a good idea of the structure standing in isolation on the Salisbury Plain. There's a real sense of antiquity. Rather different from the usual present day photos. Thanks RD.

Posted by: JTB at January 07, 2016 09:52 AM (FvdPb)

176 FenelonSpoke: It's fine, Cloyd, if you want to say "Fuck The Gop" as much as you like as your daily mantra, but can you please not give an analogy between Constable-one of the greatest British landscape artists ever-and your dark feelings about the GOP and life.

Forget it, FenelonSpoke. It's MoronTown.

Posted by: mindful webworker - lesson learned at January 07, 2016 09:54 AM (e3Ezr)

177 Gooooo Mrs. GMan! Woo-hoo!

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at January 07, 2016 09:56 AM (6QfRC)

178 Didn't Stonehenge get trod upon by a dwarf?

Posted by: An Observation at January 07, 2016 10:00 AM (MV+zd)

179 I read that ancient man and woman all schlepped up to Stonehenge on the solstice and had a rip roaring orgy. The idea was to get knocked up. I think it went on for more than one day.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 10:02 AM (iQIUe)

180 best wishes GMan and Mrs. GMan!!!! oh those days! enjoy every moment! even the rotten ones! they go by so quickly

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 07, 2016 10:02 AM (0O7c5)

181 Crows and hawks are having a war outside. Not the first time. Wild stuff.

Crows have the advantage of ganging up. Hawks have better voices.

Gawww gawww gaww SKREE SKREE SKREE.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in the wilderness at January 07, 2016 10:04 AM (e3Ezr)

182 Forget it, FenelonSpoke. It's MoronTown.

It certainly is!

Sometimes I prefer "Oo the Town". :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 10:04 AM (M+RRn)

183 And here's my redacted text-I think Constable was THE greatest British landscape artist, although as JTB pointed out, this isn't one of his best. But still, the spill of pink reflected in the clouds to the left above the actual sunset is very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 10:08 AM (M+RRn)

184 "On"the town.

I HATE typing!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 10:08 AM (M+RRn)

185 FenelonSpoke: We can all get obsessed about politics or we wouldn't here, but for Pete's sake I just want- and need- some things not to be about politics. John Constable was not part of the GOP.
However, FS, if Cloyd hadn't done that, we wouldn't have had the most amusing and ironically apt reply

Brother Cavil: Your Rorschach ink blot tests must be interesting.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in the wilderness at January 07, 2016 10:08 AM (e3Ezr)

186 Weasel: If I win the lottery I will totally share that news with you guys.

Fixed for truthiness

Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at January 07, 2016 10:10 AM (e3Ezr)

187 Cologne Assaults: Police Report Outlines 'Chaotic and Shameful' New Year's Eve

http://goo.gl/RlMPzl

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 10:11 AM (iQIUe)

188 HH: There is a nood ya'know.

What?!? How long have my comments been being willowed today?

And I was so close to being actually caught up!

Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at January 07, 2016 10:12 AM (e3Ezr)

189 Brother Cavil: Your Rorschach ink blot tests must be interesting.

I missed that. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2016 10:12 AM (M+RRn)

190 Look at the time! It's a half-past the third granite.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 07, 2016 10:13 AM (YqcVw)

191 " the Fed now has to start pulling about $3 Trillion dollars they
injected into the economy back out that they had made in bond purchases."

idk, but I don't see them putting that back for a long time, unless maybe there was some overheating, or whatever. Seems more likely to me they will try QE4 if the markets really slide, and when that fails the downside really takes hold, as they reveal they are powerless, the gig is up.

Tough on all those kids graduating with big debt. Guess they can all go military, or vote for debt forgiveness.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 07, 2016 10:13 AM (5Gpe2)

192 Neither a Constable nor Turner fan am I.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 07, 2016 10:15 AM (iQIUe)

193 Tough on all those kids graduating with big debt. Guess they can all go military, or vote for debt forgiveness.

The latter. An appallingly large majority of that age cohort simply isn't up to military standards for whatever reasons, often (get this) psychological.

Behold, the dawn of the debt-helots.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at January 07, 2016 10:19 AM (m9V0o)

194 Always enjoy the paintings posted here

Posted by: Michael at January 07, 2016 10:39 AM (nD79o)

195 I didn't land on Stonehenge, Stonehenge landed ON ME.

Posted by: Dwarven Malcolm X at January 07, 2016 10:54 AM (WFQ1Q)

196 Read the Telegraph article in the sidebar, if you can stomach it. The sexual attacks on New Years in Germany were more violent than reported. And so far, no arrests.

No arrests.

Coverup by the police and State.

Absolutely twisted.

Posted by: pj at January 07, 2016 10:58 AM (cHuNI)

197 I've been missing these threads.

Do not weary of doing good, rdbrewer.

Posted by: Mr. Fosi at January 07, 2016 11:10 AM (xx2Wn)

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