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Even Ulving, "Coastal Landscape in Afternoon Light" (n.d.)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 09:52 AM

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1 Wuuuuuut!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (VcKnO)

2 Say! Art!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Really? at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (Q1QrS)

3 Going 'coastal', are we?

Posted by: Furious Bandersnatch at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (hHQIG)

4 CrotchetyOldJarhead, you beat me. Your turn to go call the Horde over.

Posted by: mindful webworker - guess not at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (Q1QrS)

5 Again missed it by that ( ) much

Posted by: Skip at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (BkhW6)

6 Very nice. Except for the frogmen

Posted by: Pep at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (LAe3v)

7 Pasta trees!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (ptqRm)

8 Its Saturday, the weather is beautiful and I am first. I have no life.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (VcKnO)

9 Police won't name fugitives: identities of suspected killers and rapists on the run are kept secret, and you guessed, it's because of human rights

http://goo.gl/u4BkCO

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 13, 2016 09:56 AM (iQIUe)

10 Hey, Pep!

Did you ever watch that Chalk LandBridge?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 13, 2016 09:56 AM (iQIUe)

11 Weird light in that painting.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 13, 2016 09:57 AM (iQIUe)

12 4>> Mission accomplished, sir!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2016 09:57 AM (VcKnO)

13 Which North Dakota coast is that?

I'd like to pick some of that pasta right about now.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 13, 2016 09:58 AM (LUgeY)

14 I know that spot. It's just down the coast from Innsmouth.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at February 13, 2016 09:58 AM (D0J8L)

15 And the guy in the ghillie suit, 2/3rds from left, 1/4 up

Posted by: Skip at February 13, 2016 09:58 AM (BkhW6)

16 Need to clear those bushes so we can see the landing craft better.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 13, 2016 09:59 AM (usgok)

17 Welp, sadly I have things to do on this day, so I can't spend -all- morning trading quips with the Horde. Laters folks, and remember, if you're going to wind up on the police blotter, at least make the Horde proud in the reading...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at February 13, 2016 09:59 AM (D0J8L)

18 An art thread? Am I supposed to be at work? What day is it?

Posted by: rickl at February 13, 2016 10:00 AM (sdi6R)

19 Across the bay lies Port Boy-Ar-Dee, where dozens of Italians were killed by a freak ziti accident in 1954.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 13, 2016 10:00 AM (ppaKI)

20 Is that wisteria taking over that tree?
Must be somewhere in the south. S. Carolina? Georgia?

Posted by: Chi at February 13, 2016 10:00 AM (OUpHg)

21 You can just barely make out the Oscar in the cloud on the left

Posted by: Skip at February 13, 2016 10:01 AM (BkhW6)

22 Howdy. Happy weekend. Stay warm.

Posted by: Beth M at February 13, 2016 10:02 AM (kiy9d)

23 All I see is a lot that needs a brush hog, a tree trimmer and a cold beer.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2016 10:03 AM (VcKnO)

24 I thought Saturdays were art-free? It's in the handbook.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at February 13, 2016 10:03 AM (dFi94)

25 Somebody's got some yard work to do.

Posted by: huerfano at February 13, 2016 10:03 AM (NSb9d)

26 I'm sure it's a Island in the Solomons

Posted by: Skip at February 13, 2016 10:04 AM (BkhW6)

27 Crap!! Im late for work.

Wait... Wut?

Posted by: fixerupper at February 13, 2016 10:05 AM (JmjOe)

28 "If our feeds are ordered by algorithm, this effectively means that Twitter, rather than users, decides which tweets should be seen." That might be interesting, if anybody gave a hot wet fart about what goes on on Twitter.

Posted by: gp at February 13, 2016 10:06 AM (+Jpqc)

29
Across the bay lies Port Boy-Ar-Dee, where dozens of Italians were killed by a freak ziti accident in 1954.

The survivors gather there every year, but sadly there aren't many of them left today.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 13, 2016 10:06 AM (LUgeY)

30 Very pretty

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 13, 2016 10:07 AM (uZNvH)

31 I'm in the picture. Everywhere.

Have a nice day.

Posted by: zika bearing mosquito at February 13, 2016 10:09 AM (fbovC)

32 The survivors gather there every year, but sadly there aren't many of them left today.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 13, 2016 10:06 AM (LUgeY)

Isn't that the headlands out of Oslo where the lefse failure left so many maimed and homeless?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2016 10:11 AM (q2o38)

33 >> That might be interesting, if anybody gave a hot wet fart about what goes on on Twitter.

So it's now incontrovertible that Ewoks contribute to Global Warming?

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 13, 2016 10:11 AM (aFP77)

34 Somebody have a weed whacker? I can't see the Coastal Landscape.

Posted by: t-bird at February 13, 2016 10:11 AM (w/iDp)

35 They keep writing about this shooting in AZ as if the girls are off in heaven together instead of one girl murdering the other. So creepy. Personally, I think she is getting a pass bc she is a lesbian. It is so effing PC out there.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 13, 2016 10:12 AM (iQIUe)

36 Posted by: gp at February 13, 2016 10:06 AM (+Jpqc)

You want scary, try a search on a "controversial" topic on google, ixquick, bing, and duckduckgo.

All the information you really need to know comrade citizen!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:12 AM (wYnyS)

37 An art open thread on the weekend? THis is Saturday, right?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 13, 2016 10:13 AM (8PbKi)

38 Some paintings are all about capturing the specific light of certain times of the day. They don't focus on other realistic details. They have to paint fast.

Posted by: Corona at February 13, 2016 10:13 AM (ragzU)

39 An art open thread on the weekend? THis is Saturday, right?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 13, 2016 10:13 AM (8PbKi)

There's just no denying art!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:13 AM (wYnyS)

40 BWAW
No, not yet. I'm looking forward to it, though.

Posted by: Pep at February 13, 2016 10:14 AM (LAe3v)

41 I think she is getting a pass bc she is a lesbian. It is so effing PC out there.

-
Damn it feels good to be a bull duke.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 13, 2016 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)

42 >> An art open thread on the weekend? THis is Saturday, right?

Consider this the virtual equivalent of Management raising all the urinals up six inches.

They want to keep the Horde on their toes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 13, 2016 10:15 AM (aFP77)

43 Middle management writes "Look up" next to the urinals.

Posted by: Corona at February 13, 2016 10:16 AM (ragzU)

44 Posted this last night - curious why no reporting on it. This is the Machete attack that happened in Columbus, OH.

The FBI still can't figure out the motive though. It's hard being an investigator.

http://tinyurl.com/jnpeu6w
So...
The machete attacker in Columbus, Ohio attacked a Deli named 'Nazareth Deli'.

As soon as I saw that I said, hmmm I wonder if his name is Mohammed.

Well, sure enough his name WAS Mohammad (I say was because the police killed this piece of shit).

Turns out the Deli is owned by an Israeli man.

Hmmm..what a coincidence. Seems totally random to me, I mean, what connection could there be.

The police seem equally confused as to motive. Even more strangely, the FBI is ALSO confused.

I said to myself: 'self, why would the FBI be involved in what is essentially a local crime?'

Well, it turns out, ol' Mohammad was known to the FBI...huh. Very strange, I can't possibly imagine why THAT would be.

So..great job DHS/DOJ/FBI.

Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)

45 Hi, folks.

Here's a scenario that I have been pondering for South Carolina but I wonder if it might happen nationally.

The impression that I have gotten is that black voters are not particularly enthused by either Hillary! or Bernie and are likely to not vote in their state primary. On the other hand, there is a black man running in the Republican primaries and even though most black voters would never vote for a Republican in November, they might vote for Ben Carson in the primary just to help a brother out.

Iowa and New Hampshire are both very white states so this phenomenon would be hard to spot, if it even exists. South Carolina, on the other hand is 40% black so if something like this were to happen, it would be hard to miss.

Any way, it is technically a possibility in any state with an open primary.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM (QHgTq)

46 Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 13, 2016 10:15 AM (aFP77)

Be all that you can be!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM (wYnyS)

47 They want to keep the Horde peeing on their toes.

*Fixed for real world results.*

Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM (q2o38)

48 Even Ulving, "Coastal Landscape in Afternoon Light" (n.d.)

I knew his brother Odd

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 13, 2016 10:19 AM (45oDG)

49 Happy birthday to Brother Cavil. I hope you get to do something you like today.

The painter of these pasta trees is Even Ulving. His twin brother, Odd Ulving, was also an artist dedicated to the painting of the pasta harvest, but he got on the wrong side of some of the Italians and was found dead in a vat of marinara sauce.

The meeting of dirty Scandi with Italian is always fraught with danger.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 13, 2016 10:19 AM (P8951)

50 3 Going 'coastal', are we?
Posted by: Furious Bandersnatch at February 13, 2016 09:55 AM (hHQIG)

To the occasional weekend poster who uses variants of "Bandersnatch":

This has come up a couple of times, and given that someone else (namely, moi meme) has been using Bandersnatch on a regular basis for years, might I suggest that the newcomer use something not easily confused with a regular?

Thank you.

-- Your benevolentish would be overlords.

PS -- I am sitting with alexthechick. She says she does not want to send raptors, but she will!

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:20 AM (1xUj/)

51 Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)

Well, 3,000 a day wasn't enough to really wake you from your slumber!

Posted by: 9/11/2001 at February 13, 2016 10:20 AM (wYnyS)

52 "Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)"

However many they kill. That is the acceptable number.

Posted by: The Democrats at February 13, 2016 10:20 AM (QHgTq)

53 happy birthday Brother Cavil

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 13, 2016 10:21 AM (uZNvH)

54 Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)

Cheney said Zero. No deaths are acceptable. But he was a hater and killed babies and HALIBURTON!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2016 10:21 AM (q2o38)

55 They want to keep the Horde peeing on their toes.

*Fixed for real world results.*

Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM (q2o3

Ah, so the motto is really "Pee all that you can pee!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:22 AM (wYnyS)

56 From Drudge: It's over. The Satanists have come out for Sanders. Hillizard's core constituency is abandoning her. Maybe she still has Moloch.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 13, 2016 10:23 AM (Nwg0u)

57 Well, it turns out, ol' Mohammad was known to the FBI...huh. Very strange, I can't possibly imagine why THAT would be.

So..great job DHS/DOJ/FBI.

Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)

Hey, high horses, crusades. Don't you know that racism and profiling are far worse than murder?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 13, 2016 10:24 AM (45oDG)

58 @45
I think that's exactly what will happen. The AAs certainly won't be as enthusiastic as they were for President First. That's why the leadership is so frantically trying to gin up enthusiasm. If the AA voters don't show, their weight goes out the window.

Posted by: Pep at February 13, 2016 10:24 AM (LAe3v)

59 "PS -- I am sitting with alexthechick. She says she does not want to send raptors, but she will!"

So someone did get her carry on down from the overhead bin for her after all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:24 AM (ptqRm)

60 Them North Dakota coastline pichures sure are purty.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:25 AM (08fIE)

61 "26
I'm sure it's a Island in the Solomons

Posted by: Skip at February 13, 2016 10:04 AM (BkhW6)"

The Solomon Islands are in North Dakota? Man, there is a lot about WW II history that I don't know.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 13, 2016 10:26 AM (QHgTq)

62 Like it! And it beats the hell out of the weather outside our windows. Bright sun light, dry air, a wind chill at zero or lower, and talk of ice and snow in the forecast. The painting is a lot more pleasant to contemplate. This is a good time to plan the spring garden.

Posted by: JTB at February 13, 2016 10:27 AM (FvdPb)

63
Hmmmmm, snipers work on weekends too.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 13, 2016 10:27 AM (o98Jz)

64 So someone did get her carry on down from the overhead bin for her after all.

Yes. I suspect that it transpired with far more laughing than I am being told about.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:28 AM (1xUj/)

65 Big light slated to appear in sky in east
Sonic booms frighten minority groups in Sector B
And there's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:28 AM (08fIE)

66 So someone did get her carry on down from the overhead bin for her after all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:24 AM (ptqRm)

Like playing with fire much, brother?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:28 AM (wYnyS)

67 In Faust, Faust sells his soul to Satan in exchange for certain promises. Unfortunately for him, Satan never truly delivers on his promises. Much like socialism. No wonder the Satanists are burning for Bernie.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 13, 2016 10:28 AM (Nwg0u)

68 >> *Fixed for real world results.*
>> Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM

You are far too young to be so cynical.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 13, 2016 10:29 AM (aFP77)

69 " Them North Dakota coastline pichures sure are purty."

And those beaches. And the bikini girls.

Damn I gotta visit some day.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 13, 2016 10:29 AM (9ym/8)

70 PC?

Pretty Cold? Yes, it is pretty cold out there today.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...now older and senile at February 13, 2016 10:29 AM (+1T7c)

71 Iowa and New Hampshire are both very white states so
this phenomenon would be hard to spot, if it even exists. South
Carolina, on the other hand is 40% black so if something like this were
to happen, it would be hard to miss.

Any way, it is technically a possibility in any state with an open primary.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM (QHgTq)

29.68% actually.

Posted by: BignJames at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (HtUkt)

72 Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

It's in their culture, so it's all acceptable.

Posted by: Democrats at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (w/iDp)

73 The Wall Street Journal is reporting Bernie Sanders' connections to SuperPACSs, most notably one run by a nurses' union.

For WSJ fans, they are running a special digital subscription for a buck for three months. I just shelled out.

Posted by: Anonymous-9 at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (vmHHv)

74 PS -- I am sitting with alexthechick.

Is the coffee ready?

http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/
uploads/2016/02/funny-animal-pictures-20.jpg

Posted by: DaveA at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (DL2i+)

75 From "The Sketch Book" of Washington Irving, 1820, quoted for reasons which should be obvious:

[quote]
As it is the fashion for modern tourists to travel pencil in hand, and bring home their portfolios filled with sketches, I am disposed to get up a few for the entertainment of my friends. When, however, I look over the hints and memorandums I have taken down for the purpose, my heart almost fails me at finding how my idle humor has led me aside from the great objects studied by every regular traveller who would make a book. I fear I shall give equal disappointment with an unlucky landscape painter, who had travelled on the continent, but, following the bent of his vagrant inclination, had sketched in nooks, and corners, and by-places. His sketch-book was accordingly crowded with cottages, and landscapes, and obscure ruins; but he had neglected to paint St. Peter's, or the Coliseum; the cascade of Terni, or the Bay of Naples; and had not a single glacier or volcano in his whole collection.
[end quote]

That's what RDB needs to search out for us: Moar Volcanos!

It's strange, though. Irving's Sketch Book hasn't got a single drawing in it! ...

Posted by: mindful webworker - but is it art? at February 13, 2016 10:32 AM (Q1QrS)

76 Yes. I suspect that it transpired with far more laughing than I am being told about.

Almost certainly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:33 AM (ptqRm)

77 The FBI still can't figure out the motive though. It's hard being an investigator.

http://tinyurl.com/jnpeu6w

Posted by: blindside at February 13, 2016 10:17 AM (e792M)

Sombody needs to put together a Sudden Jihadi Syndrome (SJS) PSA parody ad, stat.

"SJS: It Could Happen To Anyone (paid for by the Ad Council)"

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:33 AM (08fIE)

78
Whoa.

Jim Gilmore suspended his campaign last night.

That's REALLY gonna shake things up.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 13, 2016 10:34 AM (o98Jz)

79
PS -- I am sitting with alexthechick. She says she does not want to send raptors, but she will!
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:20 AM (1xUj/)

oh hey Bandersnatch the messgenger of good and evil ( giggle). relay a message to alex, please, that i miss her mightily.

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:34 AM (9XzdI)

80 Well documented killings by the KKK were done by FBI informants. My belief is that Government jobs should only be held by elected officials and that all agencies be staffed with unpaid volunteers and conscripts. I'm not sure this would be any better but at least I would have hope. At least vigilante justice and possess aren't a business like the current US Criminal Justice System.

Posted by: scorecard at February 13, 2016 10:35 AM (CRXed)

81 "Is the coffee ready?"

Your linky be stinky

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:35 AM (ptqRm)

82 For WSJ fans, they are running a special digital subscription for a buck for three months. I just shelled out.
Posted by: Anonymous-9 at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (vmHHv)

I'm not giving those amnesty-loving shills one red cent.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:35 AM (08fIE)

83 "29.68% actually.

Posted by: BignJames at February 13, 2016 10:30 AM (HtUkt)"

That will teach me to believe numbers from political pundits on the radio. Could it be 40% of registered voters, assuming that the illegal aliens are not registered to vote?

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 13, 2016 10:35 AM (QHgTq)

84 My late uncle, a tanker, spent some time in Oklahoma during the war. He was a gifted storyteller (local epithet: "bullshitter"), and often regaled the hicks here with tales of the Oklahoma spaghetti harvest. They swallowed it whole. He used a different spin, with the stalks already dry in the fields, and said that when the crop was ready, the clacking was so loud you couldn't sleep at night.

My mother would try to tell the story of him telling the story, and would get laughing so hard she'd sob, and couldn't get to the punchlines. But the thing was, the local housewives, farmgals all, who should have known better -- plus a few of them worked for Nabisco! -- never doubted it for a moment. He was just that good.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 13, 2016 10:36 AM (xq1UY)

85 "Like playing with fire much, brother?"

Not saying i'm fearless, but I harvest pasta without a hard hat too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:36 AM (ptqRm)

86 >> Be all that you can be!
>> Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 10:18 AM

While on a tour of an Army base, spied FTA on the wall of a latrine. Escorting officer explained that stood for the then Army slogan "Fun, Travel, Adventure".

I may be a squid, but I hadn't fallen off the boat the night before.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 13, 2016 10:36 AM (aFP77)

87 oh hey Bandersnatch the messgenger of good and evil ( giggle). relay a message to alex, please, that i miss her mightily.

She sends you smishes and apologizes for working at work lately.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:38 AM (1xUj/)

88 "I may be a squid, but I hadn't fallen off the boat the night before."

I always said that FTN stood for Frank Thomas Niedermayer.

No relation to our own Nieds, of course.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2016 10:39 AM (ptqRm)

89 >>> Your linky be stinky

Paste into browser, then close up the space.

Posted by: fluffy at February 13, 2016 10:39 AM (AfsKp)

90 Dear Democrats, how many Americans killed at the hands of these POS's is an acceptable number?

-
How many you got?

- Obozo, Holder, the NYT and the rest here on Socialist Isle!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 13, 2016 10:42 AM (Nwg0u)

91 She sends you smishes and apologizes for working at work lately.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:38 AM (1xUj/)

she really shouldn't do that. She will give horde members a non earned respectability.

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:43 AM (9XzdI)

92 Free Speech is Now Racist

Apparently freedom of speech is a tool of "White Supremacy", and only by silencing incorrect speech can people become free... to blindly agree with hard Left racial bigotry.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10979

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 13, 2016 10:43 AM (vBeA5)

93 Oregon Muse, I use that all the time when the news is on. IIRC the next line is "Haha! Who cares!". I think there's only one of those guys still living.

I think "The Hundred Dollar Shine" may be the best two-man skit ever written.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 13, 2016 10:44 AM (xq1UY)

94 I'm not giving those amnesty-loving shills one red cent.
Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:35 AM (08fIE)

WSJ used to be a readable paper. Now I want to hurl at the first glimpse of their shit.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 13, 2016 10:45 AM (u5gzz)

95 Dems will purposefully throw away any war-related progress made in the previous term. Vietnam and Iraq were in clean-up mode at the time of Watergate and Obama's election.

An America that has solved this problem? What does that look like? I'm thinking a Justice Department that goes after the recipients of suspicious foreign money. It's a little outrageous that Al Gore can increase his net worth 100 fold, thanks to Al Jazzeera and not get attention. But hey laws are for little people to worry about.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 13, 2016 10:45 AM (VdICR)

96
OregonMuse, come on. If the obnoxious lectures in the WSJ editorials aren't enough, you could always do the old "find the 'news' in the newspaper" game with any front-page article.

A classic (a few years back) was a front-page piece on a particular drug-resistant infectious disease resurgence in the US (a disease essentially eliminated in our lifetimes). I said to the wife when I saw the headline - and that it was the WSJ - "let's see how far down in the article the major unmentionable factor is noted".

Sure enough, waaaay down in about paragraph 34, the written equivalent of a mumble ..... "most cases are being reported in southwest border states". Outside finance and business, narrowly defined, impression is that the WSJ is as protective of selected bigotries and ignorance bubbles as NPR or the rest.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 13, 2016 10:47 AM (QDnY+)

97 Paste into browser, then close up the space.

Oh, now that it works, she says it's adorbs.

We are off to sightseeing. The faux Bandersnatch seems to be a Saturday morning phenomenon. Please be observant and only accept legitimate, profane, snarky, dim-witted, and ghey-friendly Bandersnatches.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:49 AM (1xUj/)

98 Nood.

Posted by: HH at February 13, 2016 10:50 AM (DrCtv)

99 I am sitting with alexthechick. She says she does not want to send raptors, but she will!
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:20 AM (1xUj/)
----
Big wet birthday kiss! *strokes raptor head*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 13, 2016 10:51 AM (jR7Wy)

100 We are off to sightseeing.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 10:49 AM (1xUj/)

o sure and you probably will also have an elegant dinner.

*teardrop*

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:51 AM (9XzdI)

101 It seems Mooch is gracing Colorado with her presence and the natives are restless.

http://tinyurl.com/jpg4ypr

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 13, 2016 10:52 AM (Nwg0u)

102 whose bday is it Eris?

sheesh i miss everything these days.

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:53 AM (9XzdI)

103 93 Oregon Muse, I use that all the time when the news is on. IIRC the next line is "Haha! Who cares!". I think there's only one of those guys still living.
I think "The Hundred Dollar Shine" may be the best two-man skit ever written.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 13, 2016 10:44 AM (xq1UY)

Actually, I think the next line is: "Good evening, those are the headlines. Now here are the rumors behind the news."

I wasn't aware that more than one of the old FST had died. I knew one of them had, but not any others.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:53 AM (08fIE)

104 dang, willowed

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 13, 2016 10:54 AM (08fIE)

105 I believe it's Bander's (hence Empress perched on his lap)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 13, 2016 10:54 AM (jR7Wy)

106 Queue the theme from Jaws.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 13, 2016 10:54 AM (RrDm2)

107 nood?

nevermind!

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:54 AM (9XzdI)

108 Eris, i see!

well Bander, licks lips, applies lip gloss plants a big kiss.

Posted by: willow at February 13, 2016 10:55 AM (9XzdI)

109 Now THAT'S how you willow someone's thread!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 13, 2016 10:57 AM (jR7Wy)

110 Any way, it is technically a possibility in any state with an open primary.�Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole

I think the crossover (and combover) vote in Iowa went to Rubio, who then went into endless loop in next debate. Which probably scared off his democrat supporters. Then crossover vote in New Hampshire went to Kasich. Who probably can't generate any traction in the south.

So the crossover vote going to Carson next seems a possibility.

Posted by: zika bearing mosquito at February 13, 2016 10:57 AM (fbovC)

111
Somebody was suppose to have surgery Monday but I cant remember who. Was it Jewel?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 13, 2016 10:58 AM (iQIUe)

112 The Patriarchy™ Can LITERALLY Turn Off Parts of Women's Minds

It would seem that the power of The Patriarchy™ is so powerful, that it can LITERALLY turn off part of the brains of women!

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11088

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 13, 2016 10:59 AM (vBeA5)

113
BourbonChicken, "Dems will purposefully throw away any war-related progress made in the previous term. Vietnam and Iraq were in clean-up mode at the time of Watergate and Obama's election."

Such a rosy-glasses view of America. It wasn't just Dems throwing away national interest secured with blood in Iraq. Recall the national hysteria, to include McConnell begging Bush for help with mid-terms, and such stalwart national security figures as Coleman and Kirk rolling out the weasel words to mollify their idiot constituents. And the collective Beltway idiocy-festival opposing "the surge" (an obvious, easy, simple and long overdue use of common sense tactics that worked, instantly, of course).

Chances are you'll find some Code Pink-level silliness on the topic right here in these comments today, if you pay attention. And not from anyone who would ever consider voting for a Dem.

The problem is much bigger than just that one major party. Big enough that putting Americans in harms' way at this point seems criminally irresponsible.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 13, 2016 10:59 AM (QDnY+)

114 *smishes Eris*

TTYL!

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 13, 2016 11:01 AM (1xUj/)

115 The problem is much bigger than just that one major
party. Big enough that putting Americans in harms' way at this point
seems criminally irresponsible.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 13, 2016 10:59 AM (QDnY+)

I think any President that puts Americans in harm's way, knowing that the next election cycle may well bring the ~~Democrats~~ Establishment Cartel back to power, needs to consider very carefully the blood that will be on his hands!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 13, 2016 11:08 AM (wYnyS)

116 impression is that the WSJ is as protective of selected

The local ads in my small hometown always had.
Manure for sale - highest quality - from racehorses.

Same thing, different street.

Posted by: DaveA at February 13, 2016 11:09 AM (DL2i+)

117 Lovely painting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2016 11:17 AM (w4NZ8)

118 92
Apparently freedom of speech is a tool of "White Supremacy", and only by silencing incorrect speech can people become free... to blindly agree with hard Left racial bigotry.

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 13, 2016 10:43 AM (vBeA5)

Freedom of speech was invented by white slaveowners, so of course it's bad. That's all you need to know.

Posted by: rickl at February 13, 2016 11:20 AM (sdi6R)

119 Rhomboid I'm on a major kick to talk about the good things that the future may hold. Reagan had to talk about the collapse of communism for thirty years, and I don't think that great people like Bill Whittle for example will have to wait that long to get results, but we do have to know what the next big forward step of America and/or civilization will be.

When the Berlin Wall came down (what a perfect symbol) I'm sure people like Reagan said "Finally." Because they WERE NOT surprised. The NPR set were surprised, and unsettled. If their world-view was that uncertain all the time, that would be a blessing to them. It wouldn't feel good, and I don't even enjoy their discomfort, but that would be the best thing that could happen to them. It's what gnawed at Breitbart for a few years before his political awakening.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 13, 2016 11:31 AM (VdICR)

120 "blood on [Bush's] hands" fuck you, asshole.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 13, 2016 11:32 AM (VdICR)

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