Mid-Morning Open Thread [CBD]

Daniel In The Lions' Den
Peter Paul Rubens

This was suggested by commenter "Blacksheep," and I can see why. Great stuff.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 AM

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1 Good Morning.

Posted by: HH at July 26, 2016 10:00 AM (DrCtv)

2 Hello

Posted by: An Observation at July 26, 2016 10:01 AM (vGhPp)

3 Wikileaks didn't release any Red Chinese info either. Does that mean the Chinks want Hillary to win and are interfering in the U.S. election by NOT releasing any of the Dem/Clinton emails that they've obviously hacked as well?

Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2016 10:02 AM (LdMbv)

4 Looks like my house with all the cats

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2016 10:02 AM (zp+j1)

5 Here kitty, kitty, kitty

Posted by: Our Country Is Screwed - Hoping TP will clean up the s*** in DC at July 26, 2016 10:02 AM (jxbfJ)

6 That's a lotta pussy.

Posted by: Bill C at July 26, 2016 10:03 AM (syn4Y)

7 The feet on this Daniel are all wrong. I don't usually notice that sort of thing but they're just the wrong proportions.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at July 26, 2016 10:03 AM (RD7QR)

8 The lion in the lower right - he use the same hair stylist as Trump?

Posted by: Our Country Is Screwed - Hoping TP will clean up the s*** in DC at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (jxbfJ)

9 Daniel looks like he has to go the bathroom.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (xdzVP)

10 Which one has the thorn in his paw?

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (pFp74)

11 Shouldn't that be "Lions' Den" since there's more than one?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (X6fMO)

12 Having an eh week but at least I'm not in a room full of lions I guess!

I've never seen this one. I guess I thought Rubens only painted naked ladies.

Posted by: Lea at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (lIU4e)

13 Daniel In The Lion's Den
Peter Paul Rubens

Pee Wee Herman paints?

He made Daniel look like a bit of a prissy mongoloid. That left foot looks ... fvcked up.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (zc3Db)

14 Appropriate picture

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 26, 2016 10:05 AM (7ZVPa)

15 Peter Paul mounds.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2016 10:05 AM (IqV8l)

16 And he's sitting there, nearly naked, with a perfectly serviceable red robe there behind him. Put it on, dufus!

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2016 10:05 AM (xdzVP)

17 No snark. Simply awesome.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:05 AM (mZLmb)

18 " Looks like my house with all the cats"

Get a scrap bathtub from the junkyard.
550 pounds of cat litter.

You're good to go.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2016 10:06 AM (ptqRm)

19 Sometimes you feel like a nut...

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 26, 2016 10:06 AM (hqZPQ)

20 Well, its not like he'd have to jump up to the opening.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2016 10:06 AM (r65B3)

21 The stench in that den has got to be awful. Like the Bernie Bros on a bean diet at the DNCC.

Posted by: Fritz at July 26, 2016 10:07 AM (WYh6/)

22 Found the kitteh.

Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2016 10:08 AM (zoehZ)

23 The lions seem more impressive to me than Daniel himself, as far as detail goes. His face looks kind of smudged.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:08 AM (Lyh9/)

24
The stench in that den has got to be awful. Like the Bernie Bros on a bean diet at the DNCC.
Posted by: Fritz at July 26, 2016 10:07 AM

Yeah, what happened to the fart-in?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2016 10:08 AM (IqV8l)

25 Wow, that pic is yuuuge if you click on it. And he gave those lions some good expressions. An outstanding work.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (mpXpK)

26 Having an eh week but at least I'm not in a room full of lions I guess!

I've never seen this one. I guess I thought Rubens only painted naked ladies.

Metaphors.
He is transitioning and is in the Targets' Ladies Room.
See all the pussy circling around him?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (mZLmb)

27 It's a beautiful yuge painting.
In DC iirc

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (7lVbc)

28 Never been a Rubens fan...I appreciate his work, but not something I'd hang on the wall in my man cave.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (r65B3)

29 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (X6fMO)

I saw it all three ways, but I thought I had used the plural possessive.

Oops!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (Zu3d9)

30 I suppose a lion's den isn't quite the same as a cat house...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (kP16F)

31 The face kind of looks like Willem Dafoe. Before he was a movie star Dafoe's face is the kind of thing kids run away from. Rubens was really taking liberties, here.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (zc3Db)

32
I think a Massacre of the Innocents painting might be more apropos.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (iQIUe)

33 Lions don't do this.

Posted by: Charles Remmington at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (syn4Y)

34 I count seven male lions and two female.

I guess they're getting ready for the mane event.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (lHb9q)

35 >>>Yeah, what happened to the fart-in? <<<

Dunno. But the rapist is scheduled to bring down the house tonight.

Posted by: Fritz at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (WYh6/)

36 Groan....

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (r65B3)

37 . . . and no-one has yet said "I've spotted the kitty"?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2016 10:11 AM (ry34m)

38 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (lHb9q)

Some of us would appreciate even a slight paws in your neverending punning....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2016 10:11 AM (Zu3d9)

39 All those cats and not one is licking their genitals. Clearly no real models were used.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 26, 2016 10:11 AM (ezPBw)

40 He needs the thooper thauce, ya know.

Posted by: Fred at July 26, 2016 10:11 AM (/uykd)

41 The middle lion front row, with its head on the ground It's sulking because its not allowed to have a snack.

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:12 AM (7lVbc)

42 Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2016 10:11 AM (ry34m)

rickl got it at #22.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:12 AM (pFp74)

43 That's some ornery-looking puthy...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 26, 2016 10:13 AM (kP16F)

44 Sorry but there is no way there would be four grown male lions in the same den. Otherwise cool painting.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:13 AM (tL/BP)

45 I guess they're getting ready for the mane event.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (lHb9q)

( *holds out hand to Muldoon *)

Your agonizer, please, Mr. Muldoon.

Posted by: OregonMuse, sportin' a goatee at July 26, 2016 10:13 AM (xdzVP)

46 When you find yourself in danger
When you're threatened by a stranger
When you think you're 'bout to take a lickin'

Posted by: Mortimer at July 26, 2016 10:14 AM (/uykd)

47 I prefer Butterfingers to Peter Paul Rubens. Almonds make me puke.

Posted by: joey biden at July 26, 2016 10:14 AM (LdMbv)

48 I bet they are having a roaring good time.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:14 AM (tL/BP)

49 Sorry but there is no way there would be four grown male lions in the same den.

Bro's before ho's. Kickin bachelor pad.
The original man cave with serving wenches.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (dLr9j)

50 Something schadenfreudy in my nic from insty.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (Lyh9/)

51 46 When you find yourself in danger
When you're threatened by a stranger
When you think you're 'bout to take a lickin'
Posted by: Mortimer at July 26, 2016 10:14 AM (/uykd)

So which one of those lions is Fred?

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (xdzVP)

52 Rubens was really taking liberties, here.Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (zc3Db)

In movie theaters too. The old penis in popcorn box, without the box.

Posted by: free range conservative at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (ZnIt3)

53 Daniel looks like he has to go the bathroom.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 26, 2016 10:04 AM (xdzVP)

Yup.

Tightly crossed legs. Agonized expression.

Looks less like prayer and more like he's trying to keep from whizzing all over the lions.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (HGtd0)

54 Pride goeth before the fall.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (tL/BP)

55 46 When you find yourself in danger
When you're threatened by a stranger
When you think you're 'bout to take a lickin'

Timex keeps on tickin'!

BURMA SHAVE!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (dLr9j)

56
Crossing his legs like a girl.

Just saying.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (kdS6q)

57 On Daniel's first trip to the city
He learned that things sure can get gritty
With great expectation
He prayed for salvation
While telling the lions, "Nice kitty!"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (lHb9q)

58 Anything by Peter Paul Rubens. He's one of my favorites.

Posted by: Brisco_County at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (tgRox)

59 Alternate title: A Troll Visits The Horde

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (9krrF)

60 I use Daniel and the Lion's Den to explain Chik-Fil-A to my kids.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (0+824)

61 the lion sleeps tonight

Posted by: dantesed at July 26, 2016 10:17 AM (88xKn)

62 Daniel sits like a fag.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 26, 2016 10:17 AM (mBYZv)

63 Some of us would appreciate even a slight paws in your neverending punning....

That would be a cat-ass-trophy.

Posted by: An Observation at July 26, 2016 10:17 AM (vGhPp)

64 Your agonizer, please, Mr. Muldoon.

Posted by: OregonMuse, sportin' a goatee

****

Sorry. Didn't mean to step over the lion.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:18 AM (lHb9q)

65 I love Rubens.

But where's the sauerkraut and 1000 Island Dressing?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2016 10:18 AM (HGtd0)

66

Is the Pope going to makes statement other than a strongly worded letter?

Is the Pope going to condemn radical Islam?

The times call for a John Paul, not a Francis

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (zOTsN)

67 Bite me.

Posted by: Daniel at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (IqV8l)

68 It's worth recalling that King Darius had been snookered into casting Daniel into the lion's den. When Daniel survived, Darius dealt swiftly with the men who had set up Daniel:

24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (9mTYi)

69 Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (Lyh9/)

Excellent find. Thank you.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (pFp74)

70 In movie theaters too. The old penis in popcorn box, without the box.

Posted by: free range conservative at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (ZnIt3)

That was more artistic than this painting. Honestly, I know there are fools who would pay millions for this painting but I wouldn't hang it in my bathroom. It's friggin nasty. Daniel is all contorted and misshapen. The lions are all drugged up. And there's a wookie in the lower right.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (zc3Db)

71 Actually this is a great subject for paintings. Google Daniel Lions Den to see some other fantastic paintings.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:19 AM (tL/BP)

72 I'm not a man, but I can see why Daniel would be crossing his legs in that manner in a den full of hungry lions.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (805dc)

73 51 So which one of those lions is Fred?

Easy. The one with the bottle of thooper thauce in his paw.

Posted by: Mortimer at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (/uykd)

74 This painting needs a stack of chips, a few cigars and a deck of cards.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (lHb9q)

75
Which one has the thorn in his paw?>>>

That's my story

Posted by: Saint Jerome at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (aVYsC)

76 I love Rubens.

But where's the sauerkraut and 1000 Island Dressing?

The pissed off fraulein is in the kitchen and we're out of dressing.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (dLr9j)

77 "Please Lord, let me draw to an inside straight!"

Posted by: Daniel in "Lions Playing Poker" at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (lHb9q)

78 33
Lions don't do this.

Posted by: Charles Remmington at July 26, 2016 10:10 AM (syn4Y)

Of course not. . . normally but remember this of the Persian king, a typical Iranian.
At the king's command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (mpXpK)

79 "whizzing all over the lions."

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (HGtd0)
Bill for my new keyboard coming to you shortly.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (pFp74)

80 French Church Attack
Police investigating church's ties to French trucks.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (LdMbv)

81 The best part of the story of Daniel is that after he was released, his jealous accusers were put in the lions' den and were eaten.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (4AVeu)

82 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (lHb9q)

That would be quite felisitous....

[too tortured?]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2016 10:22 AM (Zu3d9)

83 C'mon people! Have a little pride!

Posted by: Daniel in at July 26, 2016 10:22 AM (lHb9q)

84 off sock

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:23 AM (lHb9q)

85 Hilary is apparently paying for ad space in GA for an ad that shows......... kids watching Donald having Donald moments.

It would probably seem like less of an attempt to manipulate people's emotions without the kids.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 26, 2016 10:23 AM (LYCUN)

86 >>I use Daniel and the Lion's Den to explain Chik-Fil-A to my kids.

"Eat Moar Christ---er, Chikuns!"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:23 AM (NOIQH)

87 Either Daniel was one big sumbitch or Darius had a thing for pygmy lions.

Posted by: Fritz at July 26, 2016 10:23 AM (WYh6/)

88 At the king's command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children.

That would never have happened in Reno. Those wives could have had divorces in no time. The kids, however, would be goners.

And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 26, 2016 10:21 AM (mpXpK)

That's not very impressive. A bunch of house cats can overpower a gaggle of women and children.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 26, 2016 10:24 AM (zc3Db)

89 >>Hilary is apparently paying for ad space in GA for an ad that shows......... kids watching Donald having Donald moments.

Would love for a Trump PAC to imitate that ad except have it be clips of TV news talking about Bill being fellated in the oval office, and then claiming it wasn't sex.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:24 AM (NOIQH)

90 That's my story

Posted by: Saint Jerome at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (aVYsC)
And that's what happens when a non-believer strays into biblical territory. Geez, you'd think I would know. That's my son's name.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:24 AM (pFp74)

91 C'mon people! Have a little pride!

8 lions vs 1 Daniel. Alternate title:

Cubs lose again!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (hpmES)

92 89
>>Hilary is apparently paying for ad space in GA for an ad that shows......... kids watching Donald having Donald moments.

Would
love for a Trump PAC to imitate that ad except have it be clips of TV
news talking about Bill being fellated in the oval office, and then
claiming it wasn't sex.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:24 AM (NOIQH)

She is wasting her money in GA. Not enough locusts have moved to Atlanta and Macon yet from Detroit to completely override the rest of GA.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (mpXpK)

93 Alternate title - Taxpayer Amidst the FSA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (XQrf/)

94 89. There is a reason I never had the evening news on back then. Kidlet was little.

Posted by: Infidel at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (0basP)

95
...and shortly after leaving the lion's den, Daniel became a famous American TV actor...

under the name of..

Claude Akins.

And now you know "The Rest of the Story"!

Posted by: Zombie Harvey at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (HGtd0)

96 Mere months later, Darius had to shut down the once-popular Lion's Den attraction because the lions were eating up all the prophets.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (lHb9q)

97 63 Some of us would appreciate even a slight paws in your neverending punning....

That would be a cat-ass-trophy.

------------

If you would just ignore him it might help ocelot .

Posted by: Mortimer at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (/uykd)

98 Rubens is of course famous for his "Rubenesque" fleshy women. None here, I guess the lions done eaten them.

Posted by: LizLem at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (KK7mJ)

99 I loooove Rubens.

This seems rather Horde compliant.

http://www.peterpaulrubens.org/The-Drunken-Hercules-c.-1611.jpg

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (mf5HN)

100 That should be Zombie Paul Harvey.

Dang zombie fingers hardly work at all.

Posted by: Zombie Paul Harvey at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (HGtd0)

101 Posted by: Saint Jerome

And that's what happens when a non-believer strays into biblical territory. Geez, you'd think I would know. That's my son's name.
Posted by: creeper

You named your son Saint Jerome?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (hpmES)

102 Claude Akins.

***

Heh!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (lHb9q)

103 Mornin' horde. Starting the day off with some of Ace's famous butter cinnamon coffee.

Posted by: goodluckduck at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (yqvys)

104 68: The Achaemenid monarchs actually come off fairly well in the Bible. They seem to have followed a somewhat federalist administrative system. Had the Greeks not fought them, they likely would have been left mostly alone minus taxes and occasional local militia callups. For the 1st millennium BC, that's not a bad deal in exchange for defense. I think civilization in general profited from that resistance, however.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (Lyh9/)

105 The best part of the story of Daniel is that after he was released, his
jealous accusers were put in the lions' den and were eaten.
=====

In the VeggieTales version, the conniving jealous scallions bounced very quickly out of town.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 26, 2016 10:28 AM (MIKMs)

106 Daniel is flying tonight on a plane.
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain.
Oh, and I can see Daniel waving good-bye.
God, it looks like Daniel.
Must be the clouds in my eyes.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (4AVeu)

107 I loooove Rubens.

Artist, actor, or sammiches????

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (XQrf/)

108 If naturalfake is here, I put a post up for his new book (part 2 of wearing the cat)

link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (7lVbc)

109 Sponsored by CocaCola-

"The Paws That Deflesh Us"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (lHb9q)

110 This seems rather Horde compliant.

http://www.peterpaulrubens.org/The-Drunken-Hercules-c.-1611.jpg
Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (mf5HN)
__________________________

Yep. typical Horde Tuesday

Posted by: IP at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (Fol9S)

111 Hillary is running the kids watching the news ads in Texas. In Texas.

Page is spending money like a drunken sailor. Let her

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (zOTsN)

112 Little known fact: The one next to his left foot is named Edward.

Seriously. Lion Ted.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (X8p7j)

113 I think that there are going to be some Flaming Anim-Gifs of Skulls soon based on this:
https://www.facebook.com/democracynow/videos/10154327677588279/

Posted by: MoJoTee at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (aR8Ih)

114
Artist, actor, or sammiches????
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (XQrf/)

Yes.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (mf5HN)

115
Hilary is apparently paying for ad space in GA for an ad that shows......... kids watching Donald having Donald moments.

I saw that. It's actually quite an effective ad, on its own.

Trump should counter with a duplicate of the ad, with kids watching Scankles laugh about breaking a rape victim on the stand, screech in full Margaret Hamilton mode and end up with her ARFARFARF idiocy.

That's what I would do.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (X6fMO)

116 I will never, ever start the day with butter cinnamon coffee. Or any other part of the day.

The only thing I want in my coffee is coffee. I'm conservative that way.

Don't even get me started on "French" vanilla. Now get off my lawn!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (s/EUv)

117
Daniel along with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, having been brought into the royal household as boys, were most likely eunuchs.

Posted by: browncoat at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (bSg0m)

118 "Julian Assange: Leaked Emails Show DNC Subverted Bernie Sanders
Julian Assange speaks out after resignation of DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Leaked emails show "an instruction within the DNC to subvert the Bernie Sanders campaign."

Posted by: MoJoTee at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (aR8Ih)

119 Muzzies killing priests seems a precipitating event to the next Crusade.

Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (lVzuL)

120 >>> She is wasting her money in GA. Not enough locusts have moved to Atlanta and Macon yet from Detroit to completely override the rest of GA.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 26, 2016 10:26 AM (mpXpK)

50 state strategy!!! Good luck with that Hill, better polish up that Southern accent...

Posted by: LizLem at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (hvf9s)

121

I hope wiki drops something juicy on her soon

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (zOTsN)

122 Priests being killed by muslims in France and the World is silent

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2016 10:31 AM (zp+j1)

123 After the whole Daniel affair, the lions moved to Detroit and went on welfare.

Except for Cecil. He moved to Africa and met his untimely demise at the hands of a dentist.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (4AVeu)

124 Which one is Lion Ted?

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (s/EUv)

125 You named your son Saint Jerome?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (hpmES)
LOL! No, just Jerome. A saint he is not.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (pFp74)

126 Eight Kitties and a sniper just over that crest.

...no Waldo

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (6gk0M)

127 116: I'll put cream, sugar, milk, or chocolate (if I'm feeling zany) in my java. But butter?!? (Retches)

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (Lyh9/)

128 Howdy hello howareyez, troops.
_

Just thought I'd mention this since no one else seems to have caught it:

Vic's report on the ONT: ...Two attackers took hostages in a French church. CNN is reporting that the priest's throat was slit. French police have killed both hostages....

I had to check the report to make sure French police had killed both attackers.
_

Now, back to art appreciation discussions.

Posted by: mindful webworker - on tour in Tulsa at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (r1Mzb)

129 Maybe it was a miracle, or maybe after a heavy meal of three Philistines a lion just wants to go to sleep.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 26, 2016 10:32 AM (/wm8n)

130 Ohhhhh.

I just realized that the much missed Flaming Blago Skull could be replaced by the Flamed Resplendent Head Weasel Skull.

*waves paw imperially*

One of you make it so.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (mf5HN)

131

The pissed off fraulein is in the kitchen and we're out of dressing.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:20 AM (dLr9j)

Those Rubenesque women. What can I say.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (ry34m)

132 Daniel along with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, having been brought into the royal household as boys, were most likely eunuchs.
Posted by: browncoat
-----------

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego became hot property.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (9mTYi)

133 >>Priests being killed by muslims in France and the World is silent

Oh, didn't you hear? Their motives are still unknown.
Lalalalalalalalala I can't hear them yelling "Aloha Snackbar" and "Daesh" while doing the deed.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (NOIQH)

134
Daniel is flying tonight on a plane.

Apparently Bernie Taupin wrote a third verse for the song that explained that Daniel was a Vietnam vet, but Elton cut it for some reason.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (X6fMO)

135 Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2016 10:16 AM (0+824)

Please clarify, I'm dying of curiosity to know the connection between CFA and Daniel in the Lions' den.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (FN+ue)

136 Lions aren't housecats.

Skritches get stictches!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 26, 2016 10:33 AM (v5iqM)

137 Priest killed by ISIS member while France is under a state of emergency?

What's the fucking point of a state of emergency when a terrorist can behead a priest in a cathedral?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:34 AM (4AVeu)

138 Hillary is running the kids watching the news ads in Texas. In Texas.
Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:30 AM (zOTsN)
_______________________________

No surprise that it's been running here in Iowa for a long time.

Posted by: IP at July 26, 2016 10:34 AM (Fol9S)

139 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego became hot property.

--------------------

shake the bed, make the bed, and in the bed we go

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 26, 2016 10:34 AM (/CIN4)

140 Surprised there are any priests left in Europe.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 26, 2016 10:34 AM (IqV8l)

141 I hope wiki drops something juicy on her soon

Like a house.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:34 AM (dLr9j)

142 Slapweasel: Eight Kitties and a sniper just over that crest.

...no Waldo

Alas, poor Waldo did not have the divine privilege Daniel enjoyed. (Scraps of Waldo's hat can be seen in the background.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - beating a dead meme... or is it a mime? at July 26, 2016 10:35 AM (r1Mzb)

143 votermom!!!

*bows deeply*

Domo arigato gozaimashita!!!

Thank you so much.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2016 10:35 AM (HGtd0)

144 Ad with a little kid watching the news.

It's Hillary shrieking "what difference does it make!"

The camera pulls away from the kid in front of the TV, past a photo of the child's father in uniform, past a folded flag in a case, to the window, with a gold star on it

The words appear on the screen

It Matters

**fin**

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

145 129:
Lion 1: "What? That poof is sending another body for disposal? F--k no! He'll keep till tomorrow. I've got a food coma coming on."
Lion 2: "Yeah, that thigh bone'll keep him fresh"

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (Lyh9/)

146 Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:29 AM (7lVbc)

votermom, thank you. "Wearing the Cat" was a hoot. Looking forward to this one.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (pFp74)

147 So we're operating at one "lone wolf" ISIS attack a day now, huh?

Wonder how that will be reflected in the DNC speeches over the remaining 3 night. Not.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (NOIQH)

148 131: Peter Paul Rubens: the original Sir Mix-A-Lot.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:37 AM (Lyh9/)

149 Wow, so I guess now the Goat Fuckers in France are just going directly to churches while Mass is being offered and slaughtering priests.

Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, of course, except when Muslims all over the world celebrate their "holy" month by murdering as many infidels as they can find.

NOW will someone with balls drop a bomb on the Kaaba?

Posted by: Sharkman at July 26, 2016 10:37 AM (F0l0a)

150 You can't have a state of emergency and maintain a fatal delusion of political correctness.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:37 AM (4AVeu)

151 The Empress then should be pleased, am stockpiling the ingredients for sammiches. Got the corned beef and sauerkraut. Maybe after next payday get the rest.

And after last night at the sixty-nine ring circus
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/selection-du-weekend-202-47.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 10:37 AM (XQrf/)

152 All of this is leading back to yesterday's discussion of Ligers, isn't it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2016 10:37 AM (9mTYi)

153 So we're operating at one "lone wolf" ISIS attack a day now, huh?

We just have to get used to it, like bad weather.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 26, 2016 10:38 AM (/wm8n)

154 Where's his coonskin cap? And his rifle?

Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2016 10:38 AM (0mRoj)

155 Let's not forget the Paris riots that are currently being attributed to #BLM/reaction to a black man dying in police custody.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:38 AM (NOIQH)

156 The Achaemenid monarchs actually come off fairly
well in the Bible. [ . . . ] For the 1st millennium BC, that's not a bad deal in exchange
for defense. I think civilization in general profited from that
resistance, however.
Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:27 AM (Lyh9/)

Forget it Darius. This is Sparta

Posted by: Mardonius at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (ry34m)

157 I would recommend Michelle Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize for her speech last night, but as the media has pointed out this morning, it deserves so much more than that.

Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (Zs4uk)

158 Peter Paul Rubens: the original Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Posted by: Jackal
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Oh, you want to mix it up?

Posted by: Peter Paul Mauser at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (9mTYi)

159 All of this is leading back to yesterday's discussion of Ligers, isn't it?

Ligers & Tions & Bears, oh my!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (oUkrT)

160 149: That's the basic upshot of "The Three Conjectures": Either they'll pick a fight with someone who's unencumbered by P.C. or Western Morality or they'll slaughter each other.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (Lyh9/)

161 If I only had the noive.

Posted by: Lion at July 26, 2016 10:40 AM (syn4Y)

162

I am OK with BLM and ISIS being considered on and the same

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:40 AM (zOTsN)

163 Oh, you want to mix it up?
Posted by: Peter Paul Mauser
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My next cat is going to be named 'Peter Paul Mouser'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2016 10:40 AM (9mTYi)

164 Hokay. "Wearing the Cat, Part Deux" awaits on my Kindle. Later, horde.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2016 10:40 AM (pFp74)

165 158 Peter Paul Rubens: the original Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Posted by: Jackal
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Oh, you want to mix it up?
Posted by: Peter Paul Mauser

Sure!
- Peter, Paul & Mary

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:41 AM (oUkrT)

166 163: That's the ultimate cat name for a history nerd.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:41 AM (Lyh9/)

167 Lying last night, lion this morning.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:41 AM (tL/BP)

168 >>We just have to get used to it, like bad weather.

Except....we are lectured that we all must do SOMETHING about bad weather ---er, "climate change." Ignore the scary dudes with AKs, axes and machetes, and focus on your A/C usage, lightbulbs and lo-flo toilets, please!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:41 AM (NOIQH)

169 Domo arigato gozaimashita!!!

Thank you so much.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2016 10:35 AM (HGtd0)

Ie ie, kochirakoso arigatoo gozaimasu

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:41 AM (7lVbc)

170 Soft kitty
Warm kitty
Little ball of fur....

Posted by: FCF at July 26, 2016 10:42 AM (kejii)

171 Why are Republicans so evil?

A question asked in an article on CNN.....

Posted by: Colin at July 26, 2016 10:42 AM (6+jI3)

172 DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile: Dont Let White Boys Win

Definately not a racist.

Weasel Zippers

Can you imagine IF.....Yada Yada Yada

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2016 10:42 AM (zp+j1)

173 Imagine what that cat box looks like?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:42 AM (4AVeu)

174 The people fawning over the DNC speeches last night are making me wretch.
I'm not lion, this is a nice distraction.

Posted by: IP at July 26, 2016 10:43 AM (Fol9S)

175 The priest would not have had his neck sliced if he had just turned up the thermostat on his a/c .

Posted by: John Kerry at July 26, 2016 10:43 AM (tL/BP)

176 The obamas are never going away

They are staying in DC

I am certain Michelle will run for office in the next four years

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:43 AM (zOTsN)

177 >>DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile: Dont Let White Boys Win

Pretty sure I heard the not-so-silent "boy" in there. Weren't we told calling an adult man "boy" was the height of racism, even when the "boy" is imagined/silent???

Trump is 70, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (NOIQH)

178 In the VeggieTales version, the conniving jealous scallions bounced very quickly out of town.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 26, 2016 10:28 AM (MIKMs)

But were they singing? Veggies Tales always has songs...

Posted by: Lea at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (lIU4e)

179 Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

Chills. Do you think non-military people would understand the gold star though? I didn't know about it until I started hanging out with the Horde.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (FN+ue)

180 Oh. Look. The priest being martyred story got worse because of course it did.

http://dailym.ai/2adZbgZ

France will be lucky to just get Le Pen out of this if, God forbid please, this keeps up.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (mf5HN)

181 The guy who died in police custody was arrested at home after he interfered with his brother's arrest for extortion. While in the police car he became unconscious. They tried to revive him without results. An autopsy revealed that he was very ill from some sort of infection and had massive organ failure. The body was released to the family. Since they are claiming foul play, I would expect them to have arranged for a private autopsy but they havent.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (iQIUe)

182 So this is what usually goes on here while I'm at work all day?

*not surprised*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (EZebt)

183 172: I'll believe to my dying day that the most racist mofo in America is not some uneducated redneck from Dixie, its a Black Liberal.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (Lyh9/)

184 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (1ZOkK)

185 The priest would not have had his neck sliced if he had just turned up the thermostat on his a/c .

Posted by: John Kerry at July 26, 2016 10:43 AM (tL/BP)

He could just converted to Islam, that might have saved his life. Probably a suggestion most in the Press would have suggested.

Posted by: Colin at July 26, 2016 10:45 AM (6+jI3)

186 Chills. Do you think non-military people would
understand the gold star though? I didn't know about it until I started
hanging out with the Horde.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (FN+ue)

they will start asking what the star is about.

Posted by: Mardonius at July 26, 2016 10:45 AM (ry34m)

187 We Don't Need No Stinkin' Kings- a limerick of sorts

A monarch in the ancient Mideast
Sentenced Daniel to be lions' feast
But Dan wasn't frightened
The cats were enlightened
He was eaten by the duly-elected "President of Beasts".

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:45 AM (lHb9q)

188 Okay, that was tortured.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2016 10:46 AM (lHb9q)

189 Daniel only wishes there was a handy sniper or two.

Posted by: MTF at July 26, 2016 10:46 AM (/m8T6)

190 >>Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

Would be devastating. Email that idea to the Trump campaign - that's a winner.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:46 AM (NOIQH)

191 180: Le Pen and a scared straight mainstream French right is the best option right now for the frogs.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:46 AM (Lyh9/)

192 160 149 re: Three Conjectures. Yeah, that's what makes the West's pussyfooting to avoid giving offense so stupid: on our present courses, Islam is already dead, because about 30 minutes after the last apologetic Westerner's head comes off, the Chinese are going to say 'yeah, sorry Islam, we're not sharing the planet with you.'

Posted by: Botec at July 26, 2016 10:46 AM (YEQtJ)

193 OMG, the clip of the lil' Dreamer at the DNC - do they look like hostages, or what? Her mom has this creepy smile on her face.
If you were so scared then why are you on tv speaking to millions?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:47 AM (NOIQH)

194 184 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?

We have it here in Texas. They have to post signs if they want them kept out.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (dLr9j)

195 There is a huge fence and gate around my synagogue. There is a cop shack with cops at the gate. And there are members who concealed carry, even though they aren't supposed to

Churches need to start doing this, or at least some of it

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (zOTsN)

196 Sheesh!

1 Why have an electronic restraint if you are going to turn it off half the day? Makes no sense.

2 Let's be clear: they didnt just slit his throat, they beheaded the priest.

3 I hate Islam.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (iQIUe)

197 192: And if not the Chinese, then the Ruskies. And if not them, the Indians (They haven't forgotten Tamerlane). And if not them, the Africans, just with machetes instead of nukes.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (Lyh9/)

198 That is sick ain't it AlextheChick, one of the killers was already known as a very bad apple...

And David Weber predicted this kind junk way way back when he was still almost a nobody in Mutineer's Moon. Of Earth governments deciding to just observe terrorists instead of taking them out because the governments of the world had been infiltrated by aliens who were using the terrorists as cats-paws/allies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 10:49 AM (XQrf/)

199 Revealed: ISIS butcher, 19, who murdered a priest was a convicted French terrorist who had an electronic tag - but it let him roam FREE in the mornings

__________________________

Like I said, what's fucking point of a state of emergency when this shit is allowed to go on?

Hollande is a joke and people aren't laughing.

They're dying.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:49 AM (4AVeu)

200 I was asked why I would carry in church, of all places, in a house of worship?

I could only think of one thing to say, "Because I might be the only one."

Posted by: IP at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (Fol9S)

201 France should start burning the fucking mosques.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (/wm8n)

202 180 Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (mf5HN)
=========================

Hollande should resign immediately over this. He is responsible.

Posted by: MTF at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (/m8T6)

203 134, yep - Taupin from an interview said...."'Daniel' had been the most misinterpreted song that we'd ever written," "The story was about a guy that went back to a small town in Texas, returning from the Vietnam War. They'd lauded him when he came home and treated him like a hero. But, he just wanted to go home, go back to the farm, and try to get back to the life that he'd led before. I wanted to write something that was sympathetic to the people that came home."

Could rewrite this as Bernie.....

Posted by: Patrick Henry at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (U+F0H)

204 194
184 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?

We have it here in Texas. They have to post signs if they want them kept out.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (dLr9j)

We can do it here, as well. People just feel weird about it and don't. Son came to church one morning and forgot to leave his gun in his truck, and had it under his jacket. Heh.

I was shocked to learn a very genteel lady from the NE in our church, carries.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:51 AM (1ZOkK)

205 Please clarify, I'm dying of curiosity to know the connection between CFA and Daniel in the Lions' den.

What is the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den? There is a lot going on there, actually. But here is where we see it in CFA today.

Jealous critics of Daniel decided that they would use his piety against him. They would use the power of the state to coerce him to stop following his God - and if he didn't, the king would have him killed.

Daniel said that the Lord's word was more powerful than that of the king, and so down he went into the den.

And instead of being eaten up, he came out, and prospered.

CFA is a modern version of the same story, sans leons (a little French lingo there).

CFA did not cave, and they have prospered. And the hearts of their critics are turning.

That's powerful, and its real.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2016 10:51 AM (0+824)

206 There is a huge fence and gate around my synagogue.
There is a cop shack with cops at the gate. And there are members who
concealed carry, even though they aren't supposed to

Churches need to start doing this, or at least some of it

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (zOTsN)

Traveling around Newark, NJ last year in one (of many) not very nice area's I saw a church completely surrounded by a 8 foot fence with lights on each corner, and a gate at the front with a security turnstile. Sad

Posted by: Colin at July 26, 2016 10:51 AM (6+jI3)

207 204: If much more of this sh-t happens, that'll change where it's legal for CC permit holders. Everyone who legally can carry will be packing.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (Lyh9/)

208 200 I was asked why I would carry in church, of all places, in a house of worship?

I could only think of one thing to say, "Because I might be the only one."

Posted by: IP at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (Fol9S)

And because churches are great targets for terrorism, specifically by goat-fucking mohammedans.

Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (0mRoj)

209 " Looks like my house with all the cats"

Get a scrap bathtub from the junkyard.

550 pounds of cat litter.

You're good to go.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 26, 2016 10:06 AM (ptqRm)

Bet scooping isn't any fun though.

Posted by: redbanzai at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (3JA/M)

210 FREXIT?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (4AVeu)

211 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (1ZOkK)

I think they changed the laws here a few years ago so you can carry in church.

Posted by: Lea at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (lIU4e)

212 Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:48 AM (dLr9j)

I go nowhere without carrying and there is nowhere I don't go.

Posted by: John Kerry at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (tL/BP)

213 Most churches have the main entrance at the rear, with people's backs facing it. Only the pastor/priest and the choir are facing the entrance.

It would be like shooting ducks in a pond.

I'll admit I think about that on occasion when I'm in church.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (1ZOkK)

214 Ode to Muldoon

There once was a doctor named Seamus,
Who on the HQ was quite famous.
Always good for a pun,
He was rarely outdone.
He's a moron who's no ignoramus.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (805dc)

215 207 204: If much more of this sh-t happens, that'll change where it's legal for CC permit holders. Everyone who legally can carry will be packing.
Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (Lyh9/)

The gun control fascists will be screaming even louder for curtailing the right to keep and bear arms.

Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (0mRoj)

216 Stupid horse faced sock

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (tL/BP)

217 I was asked why I would carry in church, of all places, in a house of worship?

I could only think of one thing to say, "Because I might be the only one."

Luke 22:36

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (dLr9j)

218 Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2016 10:51 AM (0+824)

Ah, appreciate the explanation (and jealous I never thought of it).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (FN+ue)

219 .Well before the headliners took the stage, the convention was addressed by Francisca Ortiz and her daughter Karla. She was addressing the subject of immigration always a winner at Democratic gatherings but Francisca comes to the subject from a background of specific expertise. Shes currently in the country illegally and is ignoring a standing deportation order. (In case Donna Brazil hasnt heard, thats still against the law.)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (zp+j1)

220 I saw it all three ways, but I thought I had used the plural possessive.

Oops!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2016 10:09 AM (Zu3d9)

The plural is y'all. The plural possessive is y'all's.

So, Daniel in Y'all's Den.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (nvMvs)

221 If puns were illegal, we could call a LEO.

Posted by: db at July 26, 2016 10:55 AM (VPeKk)

222 I would recommend Michelle Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize for her speech last night, but as the media has pointed out this morning, it deserves so much more than that.

------------

My favorite part was when she talked about Clinton having power over my children for the next 8 years.

That's not creepy at all.

Posted by: SH at July 26, 2016 10:55 AM (gmeXX)

223

On youtube there are videos. Videos of people who have large cats for pets, lions, tigers, ligers.

In one of the videos this guy and his lion are lounging in the grass and for some reason the video guy wants movement. The two get up and walk away from the cameraman. That's when you notice. You can't help but notice, and you exclaim,

"My God. Look at the BALLS on that guy!"

Posted by: Phrigid Phyliss at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (guFKJ)

224 211 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (1ZOkK)

I think they changed the laws here a few years ago so you can carry in church.
Posted by: Lea at July 26, 2016 10:53 AM (lIU4e)

There's no legal prohibition on concealed carry in church in FL. Check your state laws. There should be a list of places you aren't legally allowed to carry. Usually they're places like bars, courthouses, schools, secure areas of airports, etc.

Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (0mRoj)

225 217: Don't know my Bible as well as I should, but something tells me that's the "Sell you cloak and buy a sword" verse...

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (Lyh9/)

226 The plural is y'all. The plural possessive is y'all's. Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (nvMvs)
--------------

No no no. The plural is all y'all.

I thought you Texans were supposed to know this stuff.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (805dc)

227 Hollande should resign immediately over this. He is responsible.
Posted by: MTF at July 26, 2016 10:50 AM (/m8T6)

The very heart and soul of being a lefty, a socialist, and a bureaucrat is that IT IS NEVER YOUR FAULT.

The main result is that all energy is eventually spent finding "those who are deemed to be responsible" and punishing them.

Helpless, the dependent and those unable to resist are considered the best targets

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (ry34m)

228 I think we need concealed carry in churches. I wonder when ISIS is going to pull something in a church here?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:44 AM (1ZOkK)

I'd estimate that a good 20 - 25% of my church's congregation is carrying. I know for a fact that nearly all members of the security team that patrols the church grounds during the services carry.

I will admit that I am at the place now where I believe the Templars and the Jesuits need to return to their traditional roles.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (mf5HN)

229 I bet a lot of the non-progressive churches do have people packing. Remember this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Colorado_YWAM_and_New_Life_shootings

Time to prepare for a new kind of threat.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (NOIQH)

230 Happily having morning tea and read of priest beheading in Normandy, near Roen. Nun fighting for life. Barbarians, I note everyone is calling them that now. And, of course, the guy was "wearing a bracelet" for trying to travel to Syria a year ago.

Deport them all. Now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (Wb4xo)

231 Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (805dc)

Brava! Brava! *much enthusiastic clapping*

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (FN+ue)

232 Peter Paul Rubens brings about splendor in the magnificence of either a bicycle or a theater.

One finds one's self either upon the spine of a grand, dual-wheeled, resplendent mode of pedaled transportation...

-or-

With one's personage in-hand, as the movie theater's enormous picture comes to an epiphany, the crescendo messy with inappropriate napkins.

I'm good, either way.

I believe Daniel 1:1 refers more to the former than the latter. ...Your vessel may vary.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (6gk0M)

233 Reminded me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98jNS8MmEqw

Posted by: Hotspur at July 26, 2016 10:57 AM (5cgIv)

234 Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Rouen were in Poland when the attack took place.

If that attack had taken place in Poland, and a ISIS target list of Polish Catholic churches was discovered, there wouldn't be a mosque left in the entire country.

If ISIS has Catholic churches targeted in France, there should be no doubt that they are ready, willing, and able to do the same thing here.

Posted by: mrp at July 26, 2016 10:57 AM (JBggj)

235 The Obamas will have their smug faces in ours forever.

I think it's precious that TFG wants emission standards for commercial aircraft.

Sir Jetsalot. I'm sure the hypocrisy goes right over the top of his pointy head.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:57 AM (1ZOkK)

236 Actually, "y'all" is singular.
The plural is "all y'all" and the plural possessive is "all y'alls."

Posted by: db at July 26, 2016 10:57 AM (VPeKk)

237 231 Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (805dc)

Brava! Brava! *much enthusiastic clapping*
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (FN+ue)
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Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (805dc)

238 219 .Well before the headliners took the stage, the convention was addressed by Francisca Ortiz and her daughter Karla. She was addressing the subject of immigration always a winner at Democratic gatherings but Francisca comes to the subject from a background of specific expertise. Shes currently in the country illegally and is ignoring a standing deportation order. (In case Donna Brazil hasnt heard, thats still against the law.)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (zp+j1)

I saw a pic of the empty convention hall after all the speeches. Full of trash everywhere.

Why didn't Francisca pick up the trash? Isn't that why the Dems want her here - to do the work they are too special to?

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (7lVbc)

239 228: Empress, good luck with the Jesuits. My (Catholic and very conservative) history professor had a saying: "Go to a Jesuit Seminary and lose your faith."

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (Lyh9/)

240 Ah, appreciate the explanation (and jealous I never thought of it).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (FN+ue)

It has taken me some years, but I'm really starting to get the Book.

There are many stories where the lesson is don't let the governments of men try to stand in the way of your love of the Lord.

For example, Moses came about because his mother defied Pharoah's edict that the sons be killed - she set him adrift in a basket, he was saved and raised in the house of Pharoah, and we all know how that turned out.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (0+824)

241 236 Actually, "y'all" is singular.
The plural is "all y'all" and the plural possessive is "all y'alls."
Posted by: db at July 26, 2016 10:57 AM (VPeKk)
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Not to be a pedant - ok, to be a pedant - I believe the plural possessive would be all y'all's.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (805dc)

242 No no no. The plural is all y'all.

I thought you Texans were supposed to know this stuff.

Singular: Fuck you
Plural: Fuck y'all
Large group: Fuck all y'all

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (mZLmb)

243 Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:54 AM (805dc)

Awesome!

Muldoon, you have a limerick rival.

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (7lVbc)

244 In Virginia you can't carry concealed in a church "without good reason."

I'm figuring the prospect of being shot dead by a member of the ROP is good enough reason.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (PFy0L)

245 Is it just me, or does it look like Daniel is "cutting one" to repel the (non-roaring) lion on his right?
That lion looks to be thinking, "yuck".

Posted by: Tilikum KAW- Skeet Surfing at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (0x/TW)

246

Put not your faith in princes

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (zOTsN)

247
I'd estimate that a good 20 - 25% of my church's
congregation is carrying. I know for a fact that nearly all members of
the security team that patrols the church grounds during the services
carry.

I will admit that I am at the place now where I believe the Templars and the Jesuits need to return to their traditional roles.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (mf5HN)

You have security teams at your church?? We have cameras, and that's it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (1ZOkK)

248 Don't let white boys Win? Your ticket is two old white dudes too yo.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (LYCUN)

249 I tweeted this.
2 likes but no RTs probably because it is banning bait:

By their fruits ye shall know them" Matt 7:16
The fruit of Islam is murder and slavery.

Posted by: @votermom at July 26, 2016 11:00 AM (7lVbc)

250 Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (mZLmb)
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See, there's a Texan who knows his plurals!

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 11:01 AM (805dc)

251 Now the question is does Daniel represent the conservative American people dealing with Libtards or is that Wasserman-Shit being greeted by Bernie bots?

Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2016 11:01 AM (V+03K)

252 But what of the plural

"Yer'all's"

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 11:01 AM (zOTsN)

253 And how many of the 'lone wolves' in the US who have committed atrocities been known before the fact to be players?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (XQrf/)

254 There once was a man named Muldoon
Whose puns cause the Hordelings to croon:
"Seamus, you cad
All the punsters are mad
That you think of the good ones too soon!"

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (RD7QR)

255 252 But what of the plural

"Yer'all's"
Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 11:01 AM (zOTsN)
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Hillbilly variant, perhaps?

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (805dc)

256 By their fruits ye shall know them" Matt 7:16

This is about the US isn't it.

We will be judged by our fruits.

Posted by: Tommie Tucker at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (guFKJ)

257 @208...new Crusades. This is what it is about, to the core.

I have no sympathy, none, for anyone of that peaceful religion. Would even find it difficult to work with surgeons and doctors I knew who were "moderate." I'd get into trouble today vs 9/11 when we were all tolerant. I'd be asking them "wut" are they doing about this in their own mosques and all hail would break out.

Good I am sitting on patio below deck, patiently waiting for my hummingbird. Trying to think happy thoughts as have been exhausted lately for no good reason (well, virus, but I m normally healthy. My "get up and go has got up and went."

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (Wb4xo)

258 Oh, nood post guys.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (Lyh9/)

259 Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (NOIQH)

My parents attend a largish church in Northern Colorado and after that shooting my Mom said she was really glad to know there were off-duty officers (required to be armed) who attend there in case anything happens. The pastor of the small congregation we attend when visiting (and his twin brother) both carry openly during services, I don't know if anyone else carries there.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (FN+ue)

260 Not to be a pedant - ok, to be a pedant - I believe the plural possessive would be all y'all's.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 10:58 AM (805dc)

Y'all are correct. I can;t type today.

Posted by: db at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (VPeKk)

261 Singular: Fuck you
Plural: Fuck y'all
Large group: Fuck all y'all

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the country: Ladies and gentleman, Madam President!

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (/CIN4)

262 253 And how many of the 'lone wolves' in the US who have committed atrocities been known before the fact to be players?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (XQrf/)

More than we've been told; perhaps MANY more than we've been told.

Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at July 26, 2016 11:03 AM (RD7QR)

263 Alternate title: how to fap without touching yourself.

Posted by: Yuimetal at July 26, 2016 11:04 AM (ZIv+2)

264 257: Christy, I agree, I won't exactly have much of an option likely when I start my residency, though. And to make it even more retarded: most hospitals are "Gun Free" zones!

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:05 AM (Lyh9/)

265 50 Something schadenfreudy in my nic from insty.
Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:15 AM (Lyh9/)

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MKH needs to put a sock in it. Her nevertrump bs hasnt gotten old.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 26, 2016 11:06 AM (iQIUe)

266 Then there's this tidbit:

"One of the men who stormed into the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen during mass was a local man, who was being monitored by electronic tag after being jailed for trying to join fanatics in Syria."

Here's a crazy idea. How bout you treat Isis scum like the traitors they are instead of treating them like the guy who stole a bunch of CDs.

Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2016 11:07 AM (lVzuL)

267 265: She's a nevertrumper? Shame, but not surprised. She's way too close to the wrong people.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:07 AM (Lyh9/)

268 Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2016 11:07 AM (lVzuL)

Exactly. He couldn't get to Syria so went with "jihad-where-you-are" which works just as well from a practical point of view (maybe even better).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 26, 2016 11:12 AM (FN+ue)

269 Back from my Great Western Trek (Galcier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs). Is TFG supposed to stammer away at the convention?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 26, 2016 11:13 AM (SeD0w)

270 I always enjoy Rubens' paintings. They are vibrant, have a lot of nudes and are a little over the top. (Hey! It's baroque and exuberant.) It was interesting to enlarge portions of the painting to see how Rubens achieved the glossy light on the lions coats. It looks surprisingly simple (as long as you have artistic genius).

I don't know anything about Rubens' personal life but he seemed to have a sense of humor. Take a look at his "The Drunken Hercules". I wish he had painted the Falstaff character. It would have been a hoot.

Posted by: JTB at July 26, 2016 11:14 AM (V+03K)

271 160 149: That's the basic upshot of "The Three Conjectures": Either they'll pick a fight with someone who's unencumbered by P.C. or Western Morality or they'll slaughter each other.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 10:39 AM (Lyh9/)

I'm glad to see that you've read Wretchard's The Three Conjectures. I've recommended it quite a few times here. It is a very good read.

Here's a link to it:

http://tinyurl.com/Wretchard-Three-Conjectures

Written September 19, 2003, long before the West had awakened to the fact that we've been in a civilizational war with Islam for 1400 years.

Probably the one thing about the Chinese having almost no schooling in Western morality (they eat aborted fetuses in their soup, for G-d's sake - DO NOT GOOGLE "Spare Rib Soup" and click images - what is seen cannot be unseen), is that eventually a Muslim is going to walk into Beijing with a suitcase nuke in his hand, and that is going to be the end of Islam.

Not hoping or praying for that outcome, of course, but it is inevitable when dealing with bloodthirsty lunatics whose only desire in life is to murder innocent people for their "g-d".

Posted by: Sharkman at July 26, 2016 11:14 AM (CS7jF)

272 Daniel looks a lot like Weird Al Yankovic

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at July 26, 2016 11:16 AM (8bJH1)

273 Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

I've read a lot of fantasy political ads but rarely a good one.

That, sir, was a good one.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 26, 2016 11:16 AM (s/EUv)

274 Alternate Painting Title:

"Oct. 3, 2003, Uwe Ludwig 'Roy' Horn, Preparing to Be Reincarnated"

Posted by: Sharkman at July 26, 2016 11:18 AM (CS7jF)

275 You have security teams at your church?? We have cameras, and that's it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2016 10:59 AM (1ZOkK)

We have a large church with a school. It's more of a campus than just a church building so there are teams that patrol during all the services.

Remember, my church is averaging over 1,400 weekly between two services so it's a large church.

VBS just finished and there were over 800 kids.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 11:19 AM (mf5HN)

276 269 Back from my Great Western Trek (Galcier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs).
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 26, 2016 11:13 AM (SeD0w)
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Lucky you. I've been to all of them, but Glacier is my favorite. I think it's the prettiest place I've ever been to.

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 11:19 AM (805dc)

277 271: The cold mathematical of Wrechard's essay is very convincing. In retrospect, the whole "Conquer their countries and convert them to Christianity" statement Ann Coulter made after 9-11 is actually more humane than our current path.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:23 AM (Lyh9/)

278 Ugh, forgot to type logic after mathematic. Damn does my typing suck!

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:30 AM (Lyh9/)

279 Awesome piece. Rubens is amazing

Posted by: RobM1981 at July 26, 2016 11:30 AM (f/s0F)

280 But what of the plural

"Yer'all's"

Posted by: ThunderB at July 26, 2016 11:01 AM (zOTsN)

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Hillbilly variant, perhaps?

Posted by: bluebell at July 26, 2016 11:02 AM (805dc)

I have it on good authority that the hillbilly plural second person pronoun is you'nz.

Posted by: redbanzai at July 26, 2016 11:32 AM (3JA/M)

281 Yeah, what happened to the fart-in?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.

They were screaming all day long. Same exact effect.

Posted by: Corona at July 26, 2016 11:34 AM (ragzU)

282 I have it on good authority that the hillbilly plural second person pronoun is you'nz.
Posted by: redbanzai
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Depends on the tribe. It varies from northern Applachian to southern, and even up into Vermont and New Hampshire (See - Larry, Darryl and Darryl).

Then, of course, there is the Ozark variety.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2016 11:36 AM (9mTYi)

283
The church attack consisted of two lone wolfs, working together, yet apart...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 26, 2016 11:38 AM (iQIUe)

284
I'll believe to my dying day that the most racist mofo in America is not some uneducated redneck from Dixie, its a Black Liberal.

Well, I can tell you one thing the Obama era of good feelings has done to me: prior to him, I didn't think much one way or another about blacks, except, of course, for the obvious thugs and gang-bangers. Now, whenever I see a black, unless I personally know them, I presume from the start that they're a racist SOB who voted for Obama and thinks I need to check my white privilege.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 11:41 AM (X6fMO)

285 284: ...and would herd you onto the boxcars if given a chance.

Posted by: Jackal at July 26, 2016 11:44 AM (Lyh9/)

286 The lions are pretty good, but Daniel looks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: 'Merica! at July 26, 2016 11:46 AM (bNi5D)

287
Taupin from an interview said...."'Daniel' had been the most misinterpreted song that we'd ever written,"

Which is a pretty high bar to clear when you're known for writing lyrics like, "Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 11:47 AM (X6fMO)

288 What if...
Hillary was the email leaker.

Whether she wins or loses the election, the Clintons will control the Democrat party apparatus for the next four years.

To consolidate her control, "something" happens to remove the DNC chair who is a bumbling incoherent fool.

Hillary installs a hand picked loyalist (Brazille, maybe or someone else).

The Clintons have, now, two cash cow corrupt organizations in which to collect, move and hide money.

If she wins, she has a trifecta. God help us.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 26, 2016 11:48 AM (UT84e)

289 I will admit that I am at the place now where I believe the Templars and the Jesuits need to return to their traditional roles.Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 26, 2016 10:56 AM (mf5HN)Seconded, Imperial One.And I believe we need a new Crusade.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 26, 2016 11:50 AM (X6fMO)

290 Jealous critics of Daniel decided that they would use his piety against him. They would use the power of the state to coerce him to stop following his God - and if he didn't, the king would have him killed.

First, thanks for posting this, CBD. Also, for those who may not know, this work hangs in the National Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; it's huge, with incredible detail, and provides ample opportunity to study the technique of the artist as well as the content.

The story of Daniel in the den is well known, as summarized above. The reason I am so fond of the painting is that it still has meaning to me today.

Look closely at the lions -- they're slightly anthropomorphized, with a gleam of jealousy here, the leer of envy there, greed and avarice and proclivity for violence common among them. Daniel, pious and calm even when he believes it may be the end, simply prays and trusts in God, recognizing that it is not always through friends that we succeed, rather so often it is by overcoming those who are allied against us.

There's a good message in there: stay on the right road, and do the right things, even when those around you do not, and even when people and events around you conspire to work at your direct disadvantage.

Be like Daniel, and worry not about the jealousy and envy and greed all around you, and instead trust there are better things in store, whether in this world or beyond, and that God has a plan for you.

For whether you believe in him or not, He believes in you.

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 26, 2016 12:09 PM (8/DeP)

291 Thank you CBD and Blacksheep. This is helpful as I am going through chemotherapy for an aggressive cancer and associated pains and thoughts...

Posted by: setnaffa at July 26, 2016 12:17 PM (jl6Ly)

292 setnaffa -- Thanks for posting. What you're going through must be very difficult and scary, I can only imagine. You will be in my thoughts and prayers and I wish you the very best.

Hang in there, and God bless.

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 26, 2016 12:41 PM (8/DeP)

293 What if Hillary's team is leaking these emails to gain sympathy for her? She's as crooked as a snake (apologies to snakes everywhere) so I doubt the story the DNC is positing about Russian involvement.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 26, 2016 01:19 PM (UT84e)

294 Thank you for whoever posts all the great art on this site.

Posted by: Benko at July 26, 2016 01:43 PM (5FKUO)

295 Love, love, love the art posting. Recommended or not, the art is always spectacular. & a welcome sight. Thanks & thanks to Open Blogger, Ace, and whomever recommends;-)

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