Mid-Morning Open Thread

Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass
Jacques-Louis David

The Media's protestations of censorship and claims of the imminent destruction of the 1st Amendment and a chilling of their "right" to attack their political opponents without fear of response is amusing in the extreme. And the suggestion that America is descending into some sort of totalitarian condition is even funnier.

The vitriol and disinformation spewed by the media is a testament to their ignorance of the meaning of the 1st Amendment. The sheer volume of attacks on the president and his administration is breathtaking. Far from being chilled, the media is in full-throated hysterical screaming mode, which each headline more outrageous than the previous.

What is most compelling about the paradigm shift that President Trump has created is the destruction of the idea that the press has any rights other than freedom from interference from government.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Notice there is nothing that gives reporters special access to government or information or even a seat in the briefing room. And that is part of their upset; they simply cannot abide being ignored or displaced by a direct line to the people.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Flyguy at March 01, 2017 09:25 AM (3sOO0)

2 Napoleon and his favorite horse, Fabio!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 09:26 AM (wPiJc)

3 I always chuckle at this, as the Amendment mentions religion first. When told about the "special" press, I usually reply that the press has as much mention as religious folk...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:27 AM (MINbv)

4 Napoleon has his right arm raised. Literally Hitler guys. /s

Posted by: Flyguy at March 01, 2017 09:28 AM (3sOO0)

5 St. Bernard Pass.
I don't see any dogs.

Posted by: Bruce at March 01, 2017 09:28 AM (8ikIW)

6 Another David? Nice. This one is so full of symbolism and meaning, it was one of my favorites to teach in class.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:28 AM (nwqNw)

7 Dow at 21k. Are you tired of winning yet? I'm not tired of winning yet.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 01, 2017 09:29 AM (KUaJL)

8 Little known fact: Napoleon's horse Fabio stamped out "Bonaparte" with his hooves on that rock to the left. It was a cute trick.

Roy Rogers could never teach Trigger that one no matter how hard he tried.

Posted by: Furious George at March 01, 2017 09:30 AM (j+dfT)

9 From the transcript of the speech by the businessman president:

>> America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country -- twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

I like it.

Posted by: Mama AJ, Nice person, not a witch at March 01, 2017 09:30 AM (gTQoY)

10 Roy Rogers could never teach Trigger that one no matter how hard he tried.

Posted by: Furious George

Trigger could do it but didn't. He knew his name wasn't Fabio

Posted by: Bruce at March 01, 2017 09:31 AM (8ikIW)

11 Elba is a long way off.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 09:31 AM (hLRSq)

12 Shame that Spicer can't let slip--once, sotto voce, oops, in front of just the right types--that re-education camps are, in fact, being built "at seven nondisclosed sites," and that a "camp population methodology" is under development...

Posted by: General Zod at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (Bdeb0)

13 As I said in the last David thread: The man was a horrible human being, a total monster, but he was a master of his craft. There were/are very few artists better. Michelangelo was one. I cannot think of another.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (nwqNw)

14 I wish the left took as much of an expansive reading with the second amendment as they do with the first.

Clearly "congress shall make no law... abridging ... the press" means "CNN has a Constitutional right to harangue whoever they want anywhere they want at any time."

I'll give 'em that -- if they accept that "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means I can mount a 50 cal on the roof of my civic.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (wmaTe)

15 I've always like this one. Saw a custom Harley years ago with this as the theme and it was bad ass. Well, as bad ass as any French theme could be I suppose.

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 09:33 AM (yV4wg)

16 I feel like none of the text had anything to do with art. It's like you're not even trying anymore

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at March 01, 2017 09:34 AM (XydNs)

17 "Damn The Torpedoes" - a limerick

Said Napoleon, "Must I explain?"
A good catchphrase will inspire your brain
The best ones, of course,
Came from my horse
"Charge!" and "Remember the Mane!"

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 09:34 AM (wPiJc)

18 The MSM is acting like Trump walked into their home and peer in their rug. What they don't understand is that they don't own the rug and they are squatting in the house that they claim to own.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at March 01, 2017 09:34 AM (OoOd6)

19 willowed in the last thread:

574 559 DNC Chief Tom Perez Compares Trump Admin To Jim Crow

Weasel Zippers

One is crazier than the next

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 09:27 AM (KlI/a)

They have to say crap like that because, while the Navy SEAL Widow got most of the attention, you recall the grieving black father whose son was murdered by an illegal? I'll bet every Dem and amnesty loving GOPe in the place peed themselves when that man stood up, because it was a reminder that blacks are also killed by illegals. The last thing the Dems want is the blacks to put 2 and 2 together.

So - let's scream "Jim Crow!"

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 09:33 AM (ZM2xo)

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (ZM2xo)

20 This painting is also huge. Close to life size or so. Only the biggest for the Emperor of the New Rome.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (nwqNw)

21 Nothing. At all. On Trump's speech on Bing's news headlines. On Comcast's homepage, the Dem response is front and center.

They learn nothing.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (Gh3fw)

22 Nice pic, CBD!

I imagine any leader would kill for a painting of themselves that looks like that!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (NOIQH)

23 Nice patch of trees off there in the distance to the left. You could put in a little mountaineers cabin on the right. Cabins are always good.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (CPk08)

24 I always like custom Harleys, I think the most bad ass were the Softails.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2017 09:36 AM (V2Yro)

25 I cannot think of another.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (nwqNw)

Caravaggio.

And yes, David was a vile opportunist and an enabler of mass murder.

But, as you point out, the dude could paint.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 09:36 AM (rF0hx)

26 They learn nothing.

-----

And Im OK with that

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:36 AM (8XRCm)

27 Great painting. Needs Trump's head.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2017 09:36 AM (PY9jH)

28 "The MSM is acting like Trump walked into their home and peer in their rug."

Man, that is so Not Cool.

Posted by: The Dude at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (V2Yro)

29 they simply cannot abide being ignored or displaced by a direct line to the people.
==

The Bunny Boiler MFM.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (6TED6)

30 >>I'll give 'em that -- if they accept that
"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed" means I can mount a 50 cal on the roof of my civic. Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (wmaTe)

I think it says in the Insurgency Rulebook that "technicals" have to be constructed from shitty, banged-up white Toyota pickups, but hey, I guess a Civic could work.

Posted by: General Zod at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (Bdeb0)

31 My appreciation of this painting is forever marred by the fact that a modified version was once used on the cover of one novel in some SF series that I avoided since the aliens were fuzzy and cute.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (RD7QR)

32
>> America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country -- twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

I like it.
Posted by: Mama AJ, Nice person, not a witch at March 01, 2017 09:30 AM (gTQoY)

The roads and bridges will never, ever be fixed because then how will state and local governments justify their constant tax increases?

That's how it works "We need more money from you because LOOK AT THE POTHOLES!!!"

"Yeah, but you take in millions and millions a year. Couldn't you, like, allocate $100,000 of that to repave every road in town?"

"...errr..."

It cost about $129 B (in 1991 dollars, approx $225B in todays dollars) to build the ENTIRE interstate highway system. (according to the gov't)

Why the fuck does it take $1 T (plus the $1 T Obama said he spent, so close to $2 T total) to repave some roads and upgrade some bridges?

...Yeah

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (wmaTe)

33 Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass

I don't see no dog!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 09:38 AM (kca06)

34 9 From the transcript of the speech by the businessman president:

>> America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country -- twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

I like it.
Posted by: Mama AJ, Nice person, not a witch at March 01, 2017 09:30 AM (gTQoY

This was the biggest and most direct in your face shot at the Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama DC factions and administrations if the entire night IMO.

When he said that I said "Oh Snap!" out loud.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at March 01, 2017 09:38 AM (OoOd6)

35 17, Muldoon - that one was pretty decent.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 01, 2017 09:38 AM (/WPPJ)

36 Napoleon's love for his red blankie was legendary. He took it everywhere with him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 09:38 AM (uSlc8)

37 I think it says in the Insurgency Rulebook that "technicals" have to be constructed from shitty, banged-up white Toyota pickups, but hey, I guess a Civic could work.
Posted by: General Zod at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (Bdeb0)

I think as long as it's a Japanese vehicle, we're all good.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:39 AM (wmaTe)

38 Napoleon was a complicated man, and one who did far more than anyone expected.
He took a broke, beaten, leaderless, demoralized nation that had spent nearly a decade ripping its own guts out and nearly conquered the world, while keeping the economy mostly ticking along.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2017 09:39 AM (WQX/u)

39 Merde.

Posted by: Antoine LaVosier at March 01, 2017 09:39 AM (+YvQf)

40 I had a custom MN Vikings themed Softail Deluxe done for IPspouse last year. Love the ride of that bike.

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 09:40 AM (yV4wg)

41 So - let's scream "Jim Crow!"

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 09:33 AM (ZM2xo)

One thing to do when the old tried and true methods cease to work is to double down on them and hope it just *powers through* like a plutonium-lined panzer pantsuit.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 09:40 AM (hLRSq)

42 That's one of those mini-horses.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2017 09:40 AM (x9c8r)

43 Reposting this from the morning thread:

So, the AP's Julie Pace said this:

"In an appeal to American optimism, Trump declared, 'The time for small thinking is over.' Still, he employed dark language
to describe the threat posed by 'radical Islamic terrorism'....a term
his own national security advisor rejects as inflammatory...."

I wonder if she typed that, wearing her pink pussy hat.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2017 09:40 AM (PY9jH)

44 The kicker was "the ability to negotiate." What other president in the past century would have said that? Coolidge?

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (/WPPJ)

45 There are actually five versions of this famous painting - two are in Versailles, one in Berlin, one in Vienna (the above example), and the first which is hanging in Ch�teau de Malmaison, where it was brought after Joseph Napoleon's exile in New Jersey.

Posted by: josephistan at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (7HtZB)

46
Napolean Had a Horse Named Lou.
Couldnt drink, didnt know what to do
He led him to a river
And he said with a shiver
Drink up or go down by the Water Lou.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (8XRCm)

47 We are Teh Press! Only we can look at hacked emails. Only we know how to ask (long, convoluted) questions of elected officials. It's our job to tell you what to think.

And we will fight for our special Press privileges until our last breath (O'D'ing in car from smoking H).

Posted by: LaughingStock Media in full hysteric mode at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (HqWIn)

48 Why the fuck does it take $1 T (plus the $1 T Obama said he spent, so close to $2 T total) to repave some roads and upgrade some bridges?

Fixing pothole $500

Preparing contract paperwork showing all the proper WMBE involvement, $2000

Defending EEOC complaint in court, priceless.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (TppKb)

49 Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass

Musical interlude - Beethoven's symphony number 3 in E flat major ("Eroica"), first movement:

http://tinyurl.com/h6drxcc

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (X6fMO)

50
Did Nappy carve his name in the rock? Maybe the horse pee it into it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (493sH)

51 It cost about $129 B (in 1991 dollars, approx $225B in todays dollars) to build the ENTIRE interstate highway system. (according to the gov't) "

Oh yeah? Well, how are you going to pay for the bike lanes, bunky?

/libnutz

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (MINbv)

52
For anyone questioning whether the Trump speech was worthwhile watching, I'd say, 'Yes'.

If pressed for time, read the transcript.

At the end I swear Nancy Pelosi was almost in tears. But that may have been because she realizes her power has now diminished to immaterial level.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (ZFUt7)

53 Fun local story about a flying car:

http://tinyurl.com/hw6ddlh

Posted by: Mama AJ, Nice person, not a witch at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (gTQoY)

54 I'll give 'em that -- if they accept that "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means I can mount a 50 cal on the roof of my civic.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (wmaTe)

I'd love to put a B-17 turret on my sunroof.

Posted by: josephistan at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (7HtZB)

55
The Dow is up over 200 points today and breaks the 21,000 mark. CNBC is still waiting for the Trump market crash

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (493sH)

56 Dear Missouri: Claire McCaskill. Why?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (PY9jH)

57 You might want to be careful charging up that hill with your scarf blowing haphazardly in the breeze like that, Mr. Napoleon.

Posted by: zombie Isadora Duncan at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (wPiJc)

58 Was this painting done before or after Napoleon came up with his water slide battle stratagem?

Posted by: Strobe at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (gbWkA)

59 My appreciation of this painting is forever marred
by the fact that a modified version was once used on the cover of one
novel in some SF series that I avoided since the aliens were fuzzy and
cute.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (RD7QR)

The Hoka stories by Dickson and Anderson are cute, true, but they are a nice palate cleanser after reading grim stuff. Read it after a Williamson or Ringo.

Oh, and you must read Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (WQX/u)

60 There are actually five versions of this famous painting -

Don't let him fool you, four of them were shot on iPhone 7.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (TppKb)

61 "I had a custom MN Vikings themed Softail Deluxe done for IPspouse last year. Love the ride of that bike."

Sounds good looking, but I do wonder about one aspect - whenever you tried to pass, did it miss a lot?

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (V2Yro)

62 https://tinyurl.com/jpwu355

==================================

President Trump's 21st Century State Department

Posted by: EVLINC! at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (y3aQB)

63 Ace at the Corgi Pass

Posted by: t-bird at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (2z74n)

64 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 09:36 AM (rF0hx)

Yes. Caravaggio would be in my top five, but Michelangelo is #1, David #2, and the rest in no particular order: Caravaggio, Manet and Turner. I also appreciate Otto Dix.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (nwqNw)

65 Dear Missouri: Claire McCaskill. Why?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (PY9jH)

----

St Louis
Kansas City

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (8XRCm)

66 CBD-
Notice there is nothing that gives reporters special access to government or information or even a seat in the briefing room.

Thank you for posting that. I've been pointing that out to a few libtards on social media and all I get in return are expletives.

Must be this "Constitution is a living document" thinking.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 09:44 AM (jxbfJ)

67 I'd love to put a B-17 turret on my sunroof."

Well, there was a VW SUV a few years back with some lovely automatic weaponry...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:44 AM (MINbv)

68 Caught the lie in Trump's speech.

The part where the H-D execs had five new Harleys on the WH lawn, and the Prez said "No thank you"?

Yeah, no way The Don didn't cowboy up and cut some badass donuts in that lawn. They just didn't get pics. Not to do that would be Less Than Trump.

By the way, his Ferrari is for sale. No, really.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 09:44 AM (H5rtT)

69 10 Senators are up for re--election in states that broke for Trump by 40+ points.

Choose wisely...

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 09:44 AM (6TED6)

70 Nobody put the extreme left has a problem with "Radical Islamic terrorism" because everybody else just look around at the events in America and across the world and says "Islamic terrorism". I guess the leftists are too concerned with holding onto another Demographic (Muslims) to realize that radical Islamic terrorism is not at all inflammatory. It's a true phrase.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 01, 2017 09:45 AM (fDdVG)

71 Well, dude on horseback is wearing brown pants, so there's that.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:45 AM (MINbv)

72 David sucked up to whomever was in power.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 09:45 AM (uSlc8)

73 "Notice there is nothing that gives reporters special access to
government or information or even a seat in the briefing room. And that
is part of their upset; they simply cannot abide being ignored or
displaced by a direct line to the people."

That's never prevented these people from creating "rights" out of whole cloth before. The incestuous relationship between the press, civil service and the elected officials makes the MSM/democrat industrial complex incapable of realizing that a critical mass of Americans who refuse to accept this paradigm any longer was achieved when Trump was elected.

Posted by: Sirius the Canine Pundit at March 01, 2017 09:45 AM (LBO1U)

74 Why the fuck does it take $1 T (plus the $1 T Obama said he spent, so close to $2 T total) to repave some roads and upgrade some bridges?

EPA studies, graft and prevailing wages ?

Posted by: McCool at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (sZaoP)

75 Sounds good looking, but I do wonder about one aspect - whenever you tried to pass, did it miss a lot?
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (V2Yro)
___________________________________

Well played sir, I award you three internets.

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (yV4wg)

76 54
I'll give 'em that -- if they accept that "...the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means I can mount a 50 cal
on the roof of my civic.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (wmaTe)

I'd love to put a B-17 turret on my sunroof.

Posted by: josephistan at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (7HtZB)

I'd like to mount the A-10's GAU-8/A Avenger in the bed of my truck. You know, for the intimidation factor - for those idiots who tailgate me.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (jxbfJ)

77 If I think I'm Napoleons, I'm crazy and it's my problem. If I think I'm a 12 year old girl and you don't like it, you're crazy and it's your problem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (Nwg0u)

78 I'd love to put a B-17 turret on my sunroof."

Well, there was a VW SUV a few years back with some lovely automatic weaponry...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:44 AM (MINbv)

Aston Martin DB5: pfft

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (493sH)

79 Napoleon was a French guy,
Napoleon ate French pie,
Didn't slather it with mustard,
Didn't trade it for a custard,
It was all for pie. No lie!

Posted by: Adriane the Pie Critic ... eating another slice, just to be sure ... at March 01, 2017 09:47 AM (AoK0a)

80 Fixing pothole $500

Preparing contract paperwork showing all the proper WMBE involvement, $2000

Defending EEOC complaint in court, priceless.
Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 09:41 AM (TppKb)

Well, that's the rub of it, isn't it? The actual work itself is not very expensive -- but the graft, corruption and compliance costs are astronomical.

My local town can fix the sub surface and grade, then repave a 10 mile stretch of 2 lane in each direction road for under $100,000, and that's including, I'm sure, a fair amount of graft and corruption.

Yet somehow that would cost the federal government millions.

(yes, I know interstate highways use more asphalt and go for more thickness then a "country highway" would, but asphalt is really not very expensive.)

... and I can get a 1/4 mile driveway re surfaced for $5,000.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:47 AM (wmaTe)

81 In The Darkness, We Are Dying, Eating the Crunchy Figs

Posted by: Washington Post at March 01, 2017 09:48 AM (RKQ/v)

82 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 09:45 AM (uSlc

Yup.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:48 AM (nwqNw)

83
Didnt Napoleon invent croissants because Muslim sumthing sumthing - or - am I misremembering.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:48 AM (8XRCm)

84 Damn. That looks like a lot of work. No thanks.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at March 01, 2017 09:48 AM (1ZlS3)

85 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 01, 2017 09:46 AM (Nwg0u)

You are correct.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2017 09:48 AM (x9c8r)

86 I do know VP Pence rides a nice bagger. Well, he did anyway.
Not sure how the Secret Service will handle that one. Patched up vest, and no, no helmet.

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 09:49 AM (yV4wg)

87
Napoleon's horse: Oh Nappy, do we really have to go to Russia?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 09:49 AM (493sH)

88 another Chelsea pic.

honestly haven't we had enough of her?

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 09:49 AM (FZYNt)

89 This VW will take care of any DB5...

http://tinyurl.com/jorostx

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:49 AM (MINbv)

90 Napoleon shot the nose right off the Sphinx. True fact.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 09:49 AM (uSlc8)

91 Like the recent David you used, this is simply a magnificent painting. The dynamic pose, the colors, the detail that keeps the viewer's eyes riveted after the first impression, they are all so effective. I'm not especially a fan of Napoleon but even I am moved by this image. The effect on his supporters must have been huge. David was smart enough to make the background sufficiently indistinct so that the figure of rider and horse almost pop out of the frame.

BTW, look at the photo JJ used in the previous thread. I can easily imagine it as the model for a Norman Rockwell painting.

Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2017 09:50 AM (V+03K)

92 Moscow is closed. Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 09:50 AM (uSlc8)

93 It's no Pollock.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 09:50 AM (6TED6)

94 Well, dude on horseback is wearing brown pants, so there's that.

Just like the Brits that wore red so it wouldn't show when they got shot........

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 09:51 AM (kca06)

95 94 Well, dude on horseback is wearing brown pants, so there's that.

Just like the Brits that wore red so it wouldn't show when they got shot........
Posted by: rickb223

so if you wear white pants it won't show if you cum?

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 09:51 AM (FZYNt)

96 51 It cost about $129 B (in 1991 dollars, approx $225B in todays dollars) to build the ENTIRE interstate highway system. (according to the gov't) "

-
It was built by slaves!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 01, 2017 09:52 AM (Nwg0u)

97 It's no Pollock.
Posted by: Mortimer

Dude's no Kincade.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 09:52 AM (kca06)

98 The actual work itself is not very expensive -- but the graft, corruption and compliance costs are astronomical. "

This. Every time the "we need moar gas taxes" BS comes up (thanks, GOP), I ask the simple question - how much is collected from all road use taxes combined?

Oddly enough (heh) there's no easy to find answer...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:52 AM (MINbv)

99 How do I know Trump hit it out of the park last night? The usual morning email I get from the New York Times is not propaganda and anti-Trump crap headline . It is a factual headline. That means there is nothing they can say and they know they have to just take it. Nothing makes me happier! What a wonderful choice for this country.

Posted by: keena at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (RiTnx)

100 If this painting is nearly life size, how tall is Napoleon based on this painting?

Posted by: sinalco at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (yODqO)

101 The iconic Napoleon painting, imo.

Fascinating guy.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (Om16U)

102 The press : self-appointed princes of pomposity.

As for the painting, Michelle Fields probably feels disarmed about it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (4H105)

103 @95 Reckon that as part of the wardrobe choices at last night's speech?
Because it would sure explain a lot.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (H5rtT)

104 It cost about $129 B (in 1991 dollars, approx $225B in todays dollars) to build the ENTIRE interstate highway system. (according to the gov't) "

Interstate highway based off of the Autobahn. = Hitler

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (FZYNt)

105 Well, Black history month is over. St Pat's day just around the corner!

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (Lat75)

106 I like comparing this painting to the Stele of Naram-Sin, or any equestrian portrait from Rome. It's amazing how themes and motifs never change, even after thousands of years. Megalomaniacs gonna megalomaniac.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (nwqNw)

107 Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (nwqNw)

Ah....I was thinking the criterion was the representation of reality.

I don't see David as one of the immortals because there is something missing. Maybe an emotional component?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (rF0hx)

108 >>>> America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the
Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling.
With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country --
twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability
to negotiate.

Yes, that is good!

About dang time someone started doing this. It's always "We need X to do this thing, and Y to do that, and Z for this bleeding heart issue, and..." without ever having to do what the rest of us do: compare the various expenses and decide which ones are more worthy/affordable vs. the ones that are 'nice to haves'/out of budget after we take care of bills/expenses that *must* be paid.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (NOIQH)

109
Damn.

Napoleon had tiny feet.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (8XRCm)

110
30 >>I'll give 'em that -- if they accept that
"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed" means I can mount a 50 cal on the roof of my civic. Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:32 AM (wmaTe)

I think it says in the Insurgency Rulebook that "technicals" have to be constructed from shitty, banged-up white Toyota pickups, but hey, I guess a Civic could work.

Posted by: General Zod at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (Bdeb0)

Nah. A Ma Deuce-armed Civic is a stupid idea. The roof won't take the weight of the weapon and the mounting ring. Plus, there's not enough cargo capacity for a proper load of ammo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (XWkhW)

111 St Pat's day just around the corner!
Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (Lat75)
______________________________

Cultural Appropriation!!!!!!

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (yV4wg)

112 If this painting is nearly life size, how tall is Napoleon based on this painting?

Posted by: sinalco at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (yODqO)

Not sure on the exact height but he called Robert Reich a shrimp

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (493sH)

113 Ha! 100th comment! Forget "first"! 100 is where you want to be!

Posted by: sinalco at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (yODqO)

114 I have a free book and a new book on my blog today.
Also scroll down as some previous freebies may still be available.

At noon my #WritesOfMarch update post (I think I will skid these for noon daily)

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 01, 2017 09:55 AM (Om16U)

115 I'll have some grape, please. Just a whiff.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 09:55 AM (VuJJJ)

116 how tall is Napoleon based on this painting?"

Frodo sized.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:55 AM (MINbv)

117 Interstate highway based off of the Autobahn. = Hitler

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (FZYNt)

Yep, Ike saw it in Germany and copied it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 09:56 AM (Lat75)

118 105
Well, Black history month is over. St Pat's day just around the corner!

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (Lat75)

For us Irishmen, we don't need a day or a special month to celebrate. We celebrate and drink daily.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 09:56 AM (jxbfJ)

119 Nah. A Ma Deuce-armed Civic is a stupid idea. The roof won't take the weight of the weapon and the mounting ring. Plus, there's not enough cargo capacity for a proper load of ammo.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 01, 2017 09:54 AM (XWkhW)

SUV with a sunroof.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 09:56 AM (VuJJJ)

120 I'll have some grape, please. Just a whiff."

Tumbler or shot?

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (MINbv)

121 how tall is Napoleon based on this painting?"

Frodo sized.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:55 AM (MINbv)

----

Then that horse is tiny too.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (8XRCm)

122 Well, Black history month is over.

===

Every month is Black History Month.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (6TED6)

123 SUV with a sunroof."

See link to armed VW above. Sweet!

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (MINbv)

124 Napolean wasn't actually French. He was from Corsica, which I guess belonged to France at the time, so *whatever*, man.

He also wasn't as short as people think, either-- people were generally less tall as now (due to, like, nutrition and stuff?), but mostly because units of measurement weren't quite as standardized as they are now, so five French feet (for example) wasn't the same length as five English feet.

He allegedly got by on like three or four hours of sleep a night.

He's one of the few great historical figures to have a really stupid nickname-- "The Little Corporal," even.

Posted by: Lance "Fun Facts" McCormick at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (u0s1P)

125 117 Interstate highway based off of the Autobahn. = Hitler

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (FZYNt)

Yep, Ike saw it in Germany and copied it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 09:56 AM (Lat75)

Yeah but he sucked the fun out of it with that bullshit 55mph speed limit.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (VuJJJ)

126 21,
"Nothing. At all. On Trump's speech on Bing's news headlines. On Comcast's homepage, the Dem response is front and center.

They learn nothing."
29,
"they simply cannot abide being ignored or displaced by a direct line to the people."

Their power was that they were the gate you had to pass through to access "the people." That gate eroded to a pile of rust with the rise of personal electronic communications. Their response was to become fabulists instead of truth-tellers. Stories are all they can do. Too bad they opted for the fiction shelves.

Posted by: geoffb5 at March 01, 2017 09:58 AM (d3wbb)

127 Napoleon wasn't that short. It's just that Wellington was so tall.

Old bad joke was that Napoleon, by drafting the big guys first and putting them in the front line, reduced the height of the average Frenchman by six inches. And, he stopped about five foot six too soon.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 09:58 AM (H5rtT)

128 Then that horse is tiny too.
Posted by: fixerupper

"Aim low boys! He's riding a Shetland pony!"

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 09:58 AM (kca06)

129 Try our new line of BX Gold beard oil filters.

Posted by: Fram at March 01, 2017 09:59 AM (ymRuQ)

130

"Hold Mon Bier, Sil Vous Plait" - a limerick

A worldly conquest quite Napoleonic
Invaded Deutschland, (though it was Teutonic)
He reinvented France
And he did it all sans pants
His imperial aspirations? Full Moronic!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 09:59 AM (wPiJc)

131 Old bad joke was that Napoleon, by drafting the big guys first and putting them in the front line, reduced the height of the average Frenchman by six inches. And, he stopped about five foot six too soon.
Posted by: Stringer Davis

Having a tall O-Line hurt my career

Posted by: Doug Flutie at March 01, 2017 09:59 AM (FZYNt)

132 Why did the Democrats choose the leader of the Heavens Gate cult to give the Dem response to Trump last night?

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 01, 2017 09:59 AM (vBeA5)

133 Yeah but he sucked the fun out of it with that bullshit 55mph speed limit.

Politicians ... what can't they screw up ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 09:59 AM (1ZlS3)

134 Yeah but he sucked the fun out of it with that bullshit 55mph speed limit.

That's a Nixon invention.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (TppKb)

135 Prepare for tomorrow. That is, make sure you have something brown to drink. March 2, 1836 the Declaration of Independence was signed. Have a quick drink with me at noon tomorrow.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (cxTQ7)

136 the horse looks good

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (c6/9Q)

137 Dow over 21,000. Thank you, President Trump!

(in the style of a Facebook Obama fanboi meme)

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (3xIos)

138 At some point, some conniving weasels started to refer to themselves as, "The Press," when actually the 1st Amendment refers to the right of all citizens to publish.

Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (XoldI)

139 132 Why did the Democrats choose the leader of the Heavens Gate cult to give the Dem response to Trump last night?
Posted by: The Political Hat

At least he didn't need to leave work to give his address

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (FZYNt)

140 the horse looks good

Go for it, dude!

Posted by: The Chicken at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (u0s1P)

141 123 SUV with a sunroof."

See link to armed VW above. Sweet!
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (MINbv)

Nice, but I was hoping for a VW Microbus with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (VuJJJ)

142 That's a Nixon invention."

Forget it. He's on a roll.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (MINbv)

143
Nice, but I was hoping for a VW Microbus with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction.
Posted by: Insomniac

RUN DOC!!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (FZYNt)

144 136 the horse looks good
Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (c6/9Q)

Dayum, you're right. I'll be in my stable...

Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (VuJJJ)

145 I didn't realize Marco Rubio was a horseman.

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (ymRuQ)

146 Go for it, dude!

Posted by: The Chicken at March 01, 2017 10:01 AM (u0s1P)

vegan

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (c6/9Q)

147 For another $3, Papa Johns pizza will get to your door a little faster.

????

Why would I pay extra to get the worst tasting pizza in the western world?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (KlI/a)

148 Point of order, 'twas the Holy Roman Empire back then. Wasn't "Germany" for another 60 years, once Bismarck (and, ironically, French incompetence) finally forged a nation out of that patchwork quilt of principalities.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (9krrF)

149 the horse looks good

Go for it, dude!

For the record ... the horse is a Zero.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (1ZlS3)

150 Trump's tribute to the fallen SEAL was superb. He became a giant last night, and the Americans who voted for him in November were vindicated.

Posted by: Jmel at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (OeWgo)

151 @131 It's floo-TAY.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (H5rtT)

152 "Dark" was a word that I heard several times last night in describing the speech. Even Krauthammer used it. This is another one of those coordinated meme words the left and the media use to capture the imaginings of those tiny few who still cling to (faith at this point) the belief that the media still has any credibility - the establishment of both parties and the bulk of the left.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (Gh3fw)

153 145 I didn't realize Marco Rubio was a horseman.
Posted by: Under Fire

We booted him out to let Lex Luger in

WHOOOOO!!!

Posted by: Ric Flair at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (FZYNt)

154 134 Yeah but he sucked the fun out of it with that bullshit 55mph speed limit.

That's a Nixon invention.
Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (TppKb)

Well, then fuck that guy too.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (VuJJJ)

155 Point of order, 'twas the Holy Roman Empire back then.

*ragestrokes

Posted by: Voltaire at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (u0s1P)

156 Napoleon's not the only one who reared his horse, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Mendozaaaaaa! at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (wPiJc)

157 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 09:53 AM (rF0hx)

For me, it can't be just skill, then I'd never be able to pick a favorite, especially when you look at the Dutch or French Baroque. It has to be deeper for me. Michelangelo blows Leonardo and Raphael out of the water. L. is an intellectual show-off, and R. is too cute. M.'s "Pieta" is one of the great work of art in the world. It deserves the recognition the Mona Lisa gets--in my opinion.

With David, it's meaning. His work drips with passion. He's a fabulous propagandist. His "Marat" is genius in its simplicity, and Napoleon was a genius for picking David as his court painter.

I also find symbolism, its use and development, fascinating.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (nwqNw)

158 Then that horse is tiny too.

Posted by: fixerupper

Li'l Sweet!

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (H5rtT)

159 Joncelli, the Hoka are cute teddy bear aliens who are very smart. It is just they tend to think Human fiction is reality. Hence one believes he is Sherlock Holmes.

Just think if their could still be stories about the Hoka equivalent of James Bond.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:04 AM (4H105)

160 coordinated meme words the left and the media "

Redundancy there...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:04 AM (MINbv)

161 At some point, some conniving weasels started to refer to themselves as, "The Press," when actually the 1st Amendment refers to the right of all citizens to publish.

Posted by: david

When they started to try to define who was and wasn't "The Press" is when you could tell they'd completely lost the plot.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 01, 2017 10:04 AM (9krrF)

162 Steve Beshear is the senior former Democratic governor, so he gave the response.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (3xIos)

163 "... etched into eternity..."

Those are immortal words.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (Gh3fw)

164 Read my petition. I think it could make America great again. :-)
http://tinyurl.com/jdwnhpm

Posted by: Ok at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (K2SnJ)

165 Carville on the ball about at 10pm about Michigan on MSNBC. Everybody still wrong about Hillary winning. Sphincters are tightening.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (OoOd6)

166 Why would I pay extra to get the worst tasting pizza in the western world?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:02 AM (KlI/a)

That's a bit melodramatic... PJ's isn't the best, but we're gonna need little headlamps if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (8nWyX)

167 What size were Napoleon's hands?

Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (XoldI)

168 Notice there is nothing that gives reporters special access to government or information or even a seat in the briefing room. And that is part of their upset; they simply cannot abide being ignored or displaced by a direct line to the people.

My new favorite stick with which to poke journalists is since when is journalism sitting there waiting for the official word to be given out on a matter rather than going out and digging up independently what the government is really doing?

Even leaks are nothing more than some official's line on what happened.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:06 AM (mf5HN)

169 Steve Beshear is the senior former Democratic governor, so he gave the response.

Oh, so I shouldn't take it as a reflection of the shittiest bench in the history of forever? Where's the fun in that?

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:06 AM (u0s1P)

170 "... etched into eternity..."

Those are immortal words.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean

Whoever writes his stuff is damn good. (If I find out he writes his own, I'm just giving up and going all in.)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 01, 2017 10:06 AM (9krrF)

171 5 version of this - all different slightly; in one the horse is either black or brown

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:06 AM (c6/9Q)

172 22
I imagine any leader would kill for a painting of themselves that looks like that!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2017 09:35 AM (NOIQH)

Well, Trump has the one of him riding the tank, which is pretty good.

Posted by: rickl at March 01, 2017 10:06 AM (zoehZ)

173 Napoleon was the size of a munchkin
And rode around inside of a pumpkin
Spent time with Josephine
In a shoe box royal green
With a sign- "Don't open when this box is jumpin'

Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (9q7Dl)

174 Michelangelo blows Leonardo and Raphael out of the water.

For cryin' out loud, how many times do I have to tell ya' ... it's just a little ice cream !!!

Posted by: Michelangelo at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (1ZlS3)

175 @165 Looking like an early night?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (H5rtT)

176 Man, that must be one tiny horse. Bonaparte nearly dwarfs it.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (M5NPS)

177
Mark Steyn is going to be on the Stuart Varney show

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (493sH)

178 Man I am getting old. I can even remember way way back like about 14 hours ago when Trump was gonna screw us all over on immigration.

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (6TED6)

179 if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

CiCi's

mic drop

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (yV4wg)

180 Yeah but he sucked the fun out of it with that bullshit 55mph speed limit.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 09:57 AM (VuJJJ)

At the time, early 60's, THAT was unbelievably fast.

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (Lat75)

181 The shock from the 50 is too much for commercial tracks, it would destroy a civic.

Posted by: Jean at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (drRuK)

182 been battling a cold so I'm a little hoarse right now

Posted by: Chelsea at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (FZYNt)

183 What size were Napoleon's hands?
Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (XoldI)

-------

Big Enough

~ Josephine Beauharnais

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (8XRCm)

184 This. Every time the "we need moar gas taxes" BS comes up (thanks, GOP), I ask the simple question - how much is collected from all road use taxes combined?

Oddly enough (heh) there's no easy to find answer...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 09:52 AM (MINbv)

Well, not only that -- I want a full audit and accounting of how much is received AND HOW MUCH IS SPENT. And a full break down.

Why does it cost millions and millions of dollars to replace a small overpass? Why? It cost way less than that to build it, and the old one lasted 50+ years. So why does it now cost 10x as much to replace as it did to build? (in inflation adjusted numbers).

Surely it's cheaper to replace an existing structure then it was to eminent domain the land, excavate and grade it, then build a bridge from scratch, right?

Someone explain that to me.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (wmaTe)

185 Weapons on vehicles.

People need to read the rules for Car Wars and watch Mad Max again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (4H105)

186 the horse looks good

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:00 AM (c6/9Q)

Well, it's no deer. But, yeah.

Posted by: Monkey at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (9q7Dl)

187 there is theory that Napoleon was poisoned at stHelena. too dangerous to live

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (c6/9Q)

188 Steve Beshear is the senior former Democratic governor"

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Jay Rockefeller (D) W. Virginia at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (MINbv)

189 163
"... etched into eternity..."

Those are immortal words.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (Gh3fw)
Dare I say, "Timeless"

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (Lat75)

190

Mark Steyn is going to be on the Stuart Varney show

===

FOX Business News has the potential to be the REAL CRTV.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (6TED6)

191 Whoever writes his stuff is damn good.

Last night's speech was written by Stephen Miller.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (X6fMO)

192 Also that painting is one of those that has become so iconic, and thus so mimicked, that it's nearly impossible for me to judge it on its own merits.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (mf5HN)

193 Steve Beshear is the senior former Democratic governor, so he gave the response.

Because they have so few active Governors standing, and those that do hold office now are either objects of ridicule in much of the country (Jerry!) or prefer not to be because they still think they have political ambitions.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (TppKb)

194 Like they say "our military spends more than the next 5 biggest militaries combined" to show how big and powerful our military is.

I think that's a bullshit, misleading number. I suspect that the Chinese, for example, get a lot more bang for their acquisition buck then we do.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (wmaTe)

195 Posted by: Joe Mama at March 01, 2017 10:07 AM (M5NPS)

That's so the horse doesn't distract from the rider. It's a very old trope. See: "Equestrian Portrait of Charles the Bald" 9th century. (Charlemagne's grandson)

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (nwqNw)

196 183 What size were Napoleon's hands?
Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (XoldI)

-------

Big Enough

~ Josephine Beauharnais
Posted by: fixerupper

reminds me of an old joke.

What do you call a lesbian with big fingers?

Well hung

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (FZYNt)

197 we're gonna need little headlamps if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (8nWyX)

British pizza. Like tomato paste on cardboard.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (3xIos)

198 @180 Normal speed limit on the pre-Interstate federal highways was 60.
Which is more than 55.

When "we" were debating the Interstate, the proposed limit was 90.
Let's at least blame Ike for what he was really guilty of.

Also, Ike had no notion that those big roads would go though cities.
The Autobahn doesn't.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (H5rtT)

199 Eat a bag of soiled dicks Trump -Charlie Sheen

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (ymRuQ)

200 Joe Biden should've given the response. That woulda been epic.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (u0s1P)

201 Steve Beshear is the senior former Democratic governor, so he gave the response.

Jimmah Cottah is a former governor.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (x9c8r)

202 if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

CiCi's

mic drop
Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (yV4wg)

Old Forge style.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (mf5HN)

203 moving his remains to paris was a big deal, generals lined up the boulevards and wept like children

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (c6/9Q)

204 At the time, early 60's, THAT was unbelievably fast."

Que? There were "no limit" roads in the 60's (reasonable and prudent).
The 55 came during the 70's, reaching a nadir with Joan Claybrook's 85 MPH speedometers.

Yeah, the good ol' days weren't.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (MINbv)

205
Napoleon at Altamont Pass

"I foresee windmills -- lots of windmills! And Hell's Angels beating the crap out of hippies!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (v1g1+)

206
56 Dear Missouri: Claire McCaskill. Why?

Two words. Todd. Akin.

Posted by: MoKim at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (2oIze)

207 Last night's speech was written by Stephen Miller.

Can't wait for the next one ...

"My fellow Americans ... some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love ..."

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (1ZlS3)

208 Yeah, the good ol' days weren't.

See also: non-collapsible steering column.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (u0s1P)

209 For some reason I thought some of you might appreciate this link to flashbak.com.
https://t.co/H1jY2A9D4H

Posted by: Heide Radieshen at March 01, 2017 10:13 AM (Y2kvi)

210 With David, it's meaning. His work drips with
passion. He's a fabulous propagandist.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (nwqNw)

I agree...I just don't like getting smacked over the head with it!

But, you are wrong about Raphael, and I will meet you behind the blog and we can settle this like men (assuming your preferred pronoun is "him.").

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 10:13 AM (rF0hx)

211 Michelangelo blows Leonardo and Raphael out of the water
====

No respect for the fourth Mutant Ninja Turtle?

Posted by: Donatello Fan Club at March 01, 2017 10:13 AM (6TED6)

212 if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

CiCi's

mic drop

Posted by: IP

Ah, the all-you-can-eat joint, a business model predicated on a flat rate for mass quantities of low quality food, paid by people who probably consider this the high point of their culinary world for the month.

Used to love those places when I was younger. Then I grew up.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (9krrF)

213 See also: non-collapsible steering column.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:12 AM (u0s1P)

Lest we forget separate shoulder belts on tracks or seat belts attached to the door...

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (yV4wg)

214 Napoleon's opening gambit at Waterloo:

"Hey, what's yer beef, Wellington!?"

Posted by: Mendozaaaaaa! at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (wPiJc)

215 What does "abridging" mean?

Posted by: Chris M at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (eAZVt)

216 So what's Napoleon riding, a Shetland Pony?

The guy was so short he had an alexthechick complex.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (gIRsn)

217 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (wPiJc)

218
I love it when art nerds turn violent.

SLAP FIGHT!!

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (8XRCm)

219 "My fellow Americans ... some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love ..."

Obligatory: http://tinyurl.com/Pompatus2

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (u0s1P)

220 See also: non-collapsible steering column.
Posted by: Lance "

Phrasing, people.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (MINbv)

221 Lest we forget separate shoulder belts on tracks or seat belts attached to the door...

Metal dashboards ... simply the best.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (1ZlS3)

222 220 See also: non-collapsible steering column.
Posted by: Lance "

Phrasing, people.
Posted by: Anon a mouse...

Tilt steering column was a godsend.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (FZYNt)

223 Oooh! Worst pizza!

Vegan pizza in Woodstock NY. The bastards hid the fact that it was vegan.

My God it was bad.

And not cheap!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (rF0hx)

224 *reads Bander's comment and opens tab to FedEx*

Emus or Raptors Empress? And how fast?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (4H105)

225 So you're saying the media has a Napolean complex... sounds about right.

Happy hump day Trump day!

Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (TEpOb)

226 Don't forget about the costs of environmental studies! They want to replace the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver WA. They had to do an environmental impact study even though they would be putting it in the same spot.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (Lqy/e)

227 I love it when art nerds turn violent.

I just got here, what are we fighting about?

*grabs palette, prepares for bold strokes with violent hues*

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (gIRsn)

228 179
if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

CiCi's

mic drop

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (yV4wg)

Pics mic up......Sqare sliced pizza served in high school cafeterias in the 1980s. Pizza tasted like it was made in the 1960s.
Drops mic.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (jxbfJ)

229 The guy was so short he had an alexthechick complex.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at March 01, 2017 10:14 AM (gIRsn)

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Non non non.

I was NOT that short Monsieur.

Posted by: Zombie Napoleon Bonaparte at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (8XRCm)

230 Pointy knobs everywhere were the best. Oh, and the little white plastic baby "seats" that hung on the seat backs?

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:17 AM (yV4wg)

231 Lest we forget separate shoulder belts on tracks or seat belts attached to the door..."

Ohhh yeah. Had the little mouse like thingy that pulled the seat belt around.
Thanks, Ralph!

(true story - Ralphy boy rolled around the country blabbering about airbags, and how he'd buy the first car with two as standard equipment. So the first to market was the Porsche 944... and he chickened out. His rep never recovered from that blunder)

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:17 AM (MINbv)

232 228
179

if we want to plumb the depths of the worst pizza in the western world.

CiCi's

mic drop

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:08 AM (yV4wg)

Pics mic up......Sqare sliced pizza served in high school cafeterias in the 1980s. Pizza tasted like it was made in the 1960s.
Drops mic.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (jxbfJ)

Picks mic up, Shakey's, drops mic.

Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:18 AM (XoldI)

233 Old Forge style.
Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (mf5HN)

Oh, never heard of that one, but it looks like Hazleton style. Rectangular bread, sauce, a faint dusting of cheese. Served cold in a pastry-style paper box.

If I didn't have strong sentimental attachment to it, it would be absolutely revolting.

http://tinyurl.com/jyboopf

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:18 AM (8nWyX)

234 "paid by people who probably consider this the high point of their culinary world for the month. "

Hey, that's me you're talking about!

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 01, 2017 10:18 AM (3xIos)

235 Pics mic up......Sqare sliced pizza served in high school cafeterias in the 1980s. Pizza tasted like it was made in the 1960s.
Drops mic.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

/kicks mic up with tip of toe & catches in mid-air

Hex-cut pizza that looks like the Horta from Star Trek.

/drops mic

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (9krrF)

236 Sqare sliced pizza served in high school cafeterias in the 1980s.

The square pizza at my school was good. It was not actually pizza in any recognizable sense of the word, it was leftover sloppy joes on a slab of homemade bread dough with a half-inch of cheese on top, but it tasted fanfuckingtastic.

Ooh, now I know what to make for dinner.

Posted by: Heide Radieshen at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (Y2kvi)

237
Heh.

I remember riding in cars that had no seatbelt when I was a kid.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (8XRCm)

238 Is this how the chicken feels?

Posted by: The mic at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (yV4wg)

239 Vegan pizza in Woodstock NY. The bastards hid the fact that it was vegan.

My God it was bad.

And not cheap!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 10:15 AM (rF0hx

Your ordered Pizza in Yuppie heaven? You got what you deserved

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (KlI/a)

240 Re: The Portland-Vancouver I5 bridge
That rusting POS has to be the nation's worst choke point during rush hour.

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (ymRuQ)

241 Insomniac, come drive around Utah. 80 mph highways! Our guv did a study and found it would actually make the roads safer. Thank goodness, that drive from slc to St. George is killer if you can't go fast.

Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (TEpOb)

242 Oh fine. The hell with historical accuracy, I just wanna drive fast!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (zj1+z)

243 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 10:13 AM (rF0hx)

Cool. Acrylic paint tubes at 20 paces? Choose your color. Who wants to be my second?

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (nwqNw)

244 I remember riding in cars that had no seatbelt when I was a kid.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (8XRCm)

You had seats? You must have been from a rich family?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (KlI/a)

245 No, seriously, that link I posted? Straight Dope article about what the "pompatus of love" actually was supposed to be.

It's... interesting. Tease: it's a mishearing of a mashup word.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (u0s1P)

246 Maybe the Trump administration can sponsor a public service announcement explaining, in very simple terms and without partisanshiop, what the 1st amendment guarantees. Sort of like Schoolhouse Rock, "I'm Just a Bill" (1976).

Posted by: m at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (3jGss)

247 Yesterday in the office a real estate businessguy based in NYC was here. On the way out the subject of the speech came up. He sez something about how he thinks that under Trump the "economy will be OK... but you know our rights are still important."

Yes of course the guy who wants to get centralized government out of our healthcare, give education back to the States and localities, and ultimately back to the individual, and stop the assault on the Second Amendment, and who is basically the only guy flipping the bird to enforced speech codes is a threat to your rights.

I exercised great restraint in not pushing him down the stairs.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (QtQaN)

248 209 For some reason I thought some of you might appreciate this link to flashbak.com.
https://t.co/H1jY2A9D4H

Posted by: Heide Radieshen at March 01, 2017 10:13 AM (Y2kvi)

Lots and lots of '80s hair in there. Not that I'm complaining.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (RD7QR)

249 241 Insomniac, come drive around Utah. 80 mph highways! Our guv did a study and found it would actually make the roads safer. Thank goodness, that drive from slc to St. George is killer if you can't go fast.
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (TEpOb)

Sweet. I love driving fast, mostly because I'm impatient as hell and just want to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. Plus, I just like stuff that goes fast.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (zj1+z)

250 Cafeteria pizza was never very good and I was out of high school before the 1980's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 01, 2017 10:21 AM (fDdVG)

251 I remember riding in cars that had no seatbelt when I was a kid.
Posted by: fixerupper

our cars had seatbelts, but nobody ever used them. 1st I remember the shoulder belts used to mount over the top of the door

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:21 AM (FZYNt)

252 Napoleon was at the St. Bernard Pass, but was not riding a St. Bernard, although he could have fit on one.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (ZM2xo)

253 Your ordered Pizza in Yuppie heaven? You got what you deserved

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (KlI/a)

Woodstock isn't really yuppies. It's more like NYC wannabe hippies.

And I was hungry!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (rF0hx)

254 You had seats? You must have been from a rich family?

Sitting in lawn chairs in bed of pickup. That shit would not fly today.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (1ZlS3)

255 I've got a sweet photo of the VW Microbus that Magpul Industries rigged with a working Dillon Aero Minigun, up through the sunroof.

If someone here with a photo-posting account will gimme their email, I'll send the file, and you can post it for Teh Horde to enjoy.

Alas, I'm one of those curmudgeons who has not, does not, and will not sign up for any of the usual sites for such things. Because, reasons.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (v5iqM)

256 Vegan pizza in Woodstock NY. The bastards hid the fact that it was vegan.

Catering with six or seven boxes of pizzas with different toppings. Which ones go first? Which ones are scarcely touched? Tells you everything.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (3xIos)

257 244 I remember riding in cars that had no seatbelt when I was a kid.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:19 AM (8XRCm)

You had seats? You must have been from a rich family?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:20 AM (KlI/a)

You had cars? My parents dragged me by the hair and told me to make "vroom vroom" sounds.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (zj1+z)

258 The market in 2008 tanked partly in anticipation of BigGov regs coming in the next administration, whether it would be Obama or Clinton. The housing bubble was partly an easy money problem, and partly a Democrat-driven "chicken in every pot" agenda being expanded to subprime teaser rate loan homes for everyone, even illegals.

So the Obama "recovery" looked more spectacular than it was since it was from the severe low (counted starting in January 2009 instead of when the market started pricing in Obama much earlier). The market bounce/boom was funded by $4T in QE magic money, and unprecedented zero interest rate policy for 8 years. And the worst of Obamacare was delayed for six years, now dumped on Trump, as is the Iran problem.

The Trump deregulation plan, America First plan are awesome. But markets are floating in some pretty thin air. Obama stole a lot of wealth effect, but maybe we can just keep inflating the currency and markets stay levitated. Fed Reserve chair Yellin kept rates low for Obama and Hillary, but now will try to raise. The market should be in an exhaustion phase, regardless of what great things Trump does ... but we shall see. The old metrics may be broken.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (YMJtx)

259 226 Don't forget about the costs of environmental studies! They want to replace the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver WA. They had to do an environmental impact study even though they would be putting it in the same spot.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (Lqy/e)

Just another make work scam to divert tax payer money to reliable leftists and create an entire fake "environmental impact study" industry.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (wmaTe)

260 Boy, that Napoleon sure had sharp elbas!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (wPiJc)

261 What size were Napoleon's hands?

Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:05 AM (XoldI)

Alas! Not large enough to hold his ambition.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (hLRSq)

262 Our guv did a study and found it would actually make the roads safer.

Part of that (or so I've read) is that you spend less time on the road, and a lot of the benefit of *that* is that you're less tired after travelling hundreds of miles or whatever.

I remember reading something that broke down a bunch of the actual benefits of higher speed limits, but that's the one that stood out the most to me.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:23 AM (u0s1P)

263 You had cars? My parents dragged me by the hair and told me to make "vroom vroom" sounds.

Posted by: Insomniac

*****

You had hair!?? Filthy one-percenter!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:23 AM (wPiJc)

264 You had cars? My parents dragged me by the hair and told me to make "vroom vroom" sounds.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:22 AM (zj1+z)

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**giggling like a school girl over here

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:23 AM (8XRCm)

265 Pics mic up......Sqare sliced pizza served in high school cafeterias in the 1980s. Pizza tasted like it was made in the 1960s.
Drops mic.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 01, 2017 10:16 AM (jxbfJ)

Ours was pretty good. You just had to take the time to soak up all the grease first. Usually took three napkins.

As for terrible pizza, Homerun pizza was awful, at least back in the day.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 01, 2017 10:23 AM (Tl6G3)

266 FOX Business News has the potential to be the REAL CRTV.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 10:09 AM (6TED6)

Earlier this morning they showed a headline on CNBC's own website that announced Fox Business beat CNBC in ratings.
Varney was grinning like a Cheshire cat.

Posted by: Tami at March 01, 2017 10:24 AM (Enq6K)

267 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 09:37 AM (wmaTe)

>>I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.
And . . . ew.

Posted by: Lurking Queen at March 01, 2017 10:24 AM (5oWLH)

268 263 You had cars? My parents dragged me by the hair and told me to make "vroom vroom" sounds.

Posted by: Insomniac

*****

You had hair!?? Filthy one-percenter!
Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:23 AM (wPiJc)

It was the 70s. Everybody had hair. Except maybe Telly Savalas.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:24 AM (VuJJJ)

269 *plots and plots and plots revenge*

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (mf5HN)

270 >>I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.
And . . . ew.
Posted by: Lurking Queen at March 01, 2017 10:24 AM (5oWLH)

:-D

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (wmaTe)

271 You had cars? My parents dragged me by the hair and told me to make "vroom vroom" sounds.

Luxury!

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (u0s1P)

272 199 Eat a bag of soiled dicks Trump -Charlie Sheen

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (ymRuQ)

Sheen knows about soiled dicks. His own dick is probably radioactive at this point.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (ZM2xo)

273 Plus, I just like stuff that goes fast.

I know. I know.

Posted by: Insomniac's Old Girlfriend at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (1ZlS3)

274 It was the 70s. Everybody had hair. Except maybe Telly Savalas.
Posted by: Insomniac

especially playboy ceterfolds

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (FZYNt)

275 Empress with all that plotting uhm write a novel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (4H105)

276 There's a reason why CiCi's pizza is cheap. It's the pizza you eat when the closest Domino's is over a mountain.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (RD7QR)

277 Plus, I just like stuff that goes fast.

I know. I know.
Posted by: Insomniac's Old Girlfriend at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (1ZlS3)

-----

crap..... coffee everywhere

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (8XRCm)

278 *plots and plots and plots revenge*

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (mf5HN)

Need a shiv? Some polonium? Phone number for Dutch plumber?

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (hLRSq)

279 276 There's a reason why CiCi's pizza is cheap. It's the pizza you eat when the closest Domino's is over a mountain.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (RD7QR)

I would rather eat a frozen pizza than Dominoes or any of those other shitty chains.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (wmaTe)

280 Another famous painting which I finally got to see after a complete system lockup and cold boot.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (mpXpK)

281 especially playboy centerfolds
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (FZYNt)
___________________________

Well that memory is gonna be PTSD inducing..

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (yV4wg)

282 273 Plus, I just like stuff that goes fast.

I know. I know.
Posted by: Insomniac's Old Girlfriend at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (1ZlS3)

Yeah, you did move fast you *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
*types*
*deletes*
*types*
*deletes*

I feel so much better after getting that off my chest.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (VuJJJ)

283 75+MPH on the highway and you don't pay attention to the speedo, you watch the fuel gauge

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (ymRuQ)

284 251
I remember riding in cars that had no seatbelt when I was a kid.

Posted by: fixerupper

Father had a pilot's license. He special ordered seat beats in our 1960 Chevy station wagon. Never rode in a car without them.

Posted by: Ralph at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (Lat75)

285 If you happen live in New England, you can relive your school cafeteria pizza with Ellio's! With zero percent of your RDA of flavor or nutrition and fulfilling only the most basic requirements to be legally called 'pizza', it's dough with some sauce and cheese on it that you reheat in the toaster oven.

http://ellios.com/cheese-pizza

I ate enough of this stuff for breakfast in my elementary school days to sink a freighter.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (8nWyX)

286 Someone last night said "The camera stayed on that poor woman an interminable length of time." I respectfully disagree.

Millions of people now know what noble grief looks like. Some may never have seen it before. Dulce et decorum, no longer a bitter joke.

Ever seen the Pennsylvania Railroad war memorial, The Angel? It's in Philadelphia, 30th Street Station. Striking: http://tinyurl.com/hcjqgo5

If some competent sculptor wanted to render the image of Mrs Carryn Owens, with her arms lifted, in bronze or marble, and set that at the entrance to Arlington, I'd help take up the collection.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (H5rtT)

287 Notice there is nothing that gives reporters special access to
government or information or even a seat in the briefing room. And that
is part of their upset; they simply cannot abide being ignored or
displaced by a direct line to the people.

We haven't had a free press in this country since FDR was President.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (mpXpK)

288 I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.
And . . . ew.

-----

Next time ask us to draw you a picture......

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (8XRCm)

289 I would rather eat a frozen pizza than Dominoes or any of those other shitty chains.

DiGiorno's. I've never had bad pizza, so I know my tastes are suspect, but as frozen pizzas go, DiGiorno's is really good.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (u0s1P)

290 Little known story: Napoleon's horse was named Marengo. After the defeat at Waterloo, as his tattered army was retreating, many of the camp followers (mostly women) were near starvation due to devastation of the surrounding countryside. In a noble, but ultimately futile gesture, Napoleon sacrificed his steed, had him baked in flaky pastry crusts and served the...

...women Marengo pie.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (wPiJc)

291 @240,

And their replacement wasn't tall enough to allow big ships to go under it! So the Corps of Engineers stopped it. But not before the Vancouver City Council gave the PORTLAND Transit system the rights to eminent domain in this state for their beloved light rail. The light rail the voters rejected three times.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (Lqy/e)

292 "FOX Business News has the potential to be the REAL CRTV.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER

yes indeed. they have been really good, and Steyn would give them added flair, perhaps as an evening show prime time host.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 01, 2017 10:29 AM (YMJtx)

293 276 There's a reason why CiCi's pizza is cheap. It's the pizza you eat when the closest Domino's is over a mountain.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (RD7QR

We had one open my senior year of HS when we could leave campus for lunch. Can't remember the buffet all you can eat price, but we crushed it for a couple of bucks.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at March 01, 2017 10:30 AM (OoOd6)

294 It was the 70s. Everybody had hair. Except maybe Telly Savalas.
Posted by: Insomniac

especially playboy ceterfolds

Posted by: Rick in SK at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (FZYNt)

They were practically hardwood compared to Penthouse centerfolds.

Or so I have heard.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 10:30 AM (X6fMO)

295 Democracy Dies in Dumbness

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2017 10:30 AM (TqXWc)

296 I ate enough of this stuff for breakfast in my elementary school days to sink a freighter.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:27 AM (8nWyX)

I never realized that fake pizza was a regional abomination. I always thought it was a national disgrace.

Bizarre.

Also, I have definitely eaten Ellio's and I can attest to it's awfulness. I have no idea how that company is still in business.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:30 AM (wmaTe)

297 288 I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.

Subtle humor is the best.

Posted by: Phil McCrevice at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (1ZlS3)

298 272 199 Eat a bag of soiled dicks Trump -Charlie Sheen

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:11 AM (ymRuQ)

Sheen knows about soiled dicks. His own dick is probably radioactive at this point.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (ZM2xo)

On the plus side, he never misses the toilet at night.

Posted by: josephistan at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (7HtZB)

299 Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:25 AM (4H105)

Anna, are you still taking that Patterson course?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (X6fMO)

300 Having had a light breakfast and with hypertension meds at the ready I actually took a look at the NY Slimes website for its headline on the speech. Of course it was all backhanded and weird, made-up non-news like "Trump Defends Tumult of Administration"

But interestingly, for every five Mary Cloggensteins (or Klein-Cuthbert) comment, there was a comment from someone to the effect that they previously thought Trump was a disaster, but were not willing to give him a chance.

So I think that Team Trump may actually be able to peel off another 10-20% of the current Dem coalition. Of course what will be left after the peel-off will resemble the face of the Red Skull. But that's their problem.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (QtQaN)

301 It was the 70s. Everybody had hair. Except maybe Telly Savalas."

Who loves ya, baby?

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (MINbv)

302 "now" not "not"

Posted by: xnycpeasant at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (QtQaN)

303 To me, Domino's pizza is like a New Orleans Mardi Gras king cake...

...whoever finds the slice of pepperoni gets to buy the next pizza.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (wPiJc)

304 297 288 I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.

Subtle humor is the best.
Posted by: Phil McCrevice

here we go

Posted by: Stu Paddaso at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (FZYNt)

305 Of course what will be left after the peel-off will resemble the face of the Red Skull. But that's their problem.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (QtQaN)

Nancy Pelosi: Why is everyone looking at me?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (493sH)

306 Anybody else see the "Truth" TV ad for the NYT? I saw it this morning on my way out the door and laughed my ass off most of the way to work

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (yV4wg)

307 DiGiorno's. I've never had bad pizza, so I know my tastes are suspect, but as frozen pizzas go, DiGiorno's is really good.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 01, 2017 10:28 AM (u0s1P)

Eh.

I think all frozen pizzas are "meh." but I'll buy mystic pizza or screamin sicilian when they're on sale. Those are my least "meh" choices I guess.

Still way better than pizza hut or whatever.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:32 AM (wmaTe)

308 So I think that Team Trump may actually be able to peel off another 10-20% of the current Dem coalition.

If he does that ... the country flat-out changes.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:33 AM (1ZlS3)

309 I would rather eat a frozen pizza than Dominoes or any of those other shitty chains.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (wmaTe)

Compared to other big chains, Domino's is actually not bad. They did a big reevaluation a couple years ago, and it's improved quite a bit.

Pizza Hut, on the other hand, still seems to use about three pounds of butter per greasy nauseating slice.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:33 AM (8nWyX)

310 Need a shiv? Some polonium? Phone number for Dutch plumber?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 10:26 AM (hLRSq)

Yes, please.

Dammit, now I really want pizza for lunch.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:33 AM (mf5HN)

311 Subtle humor is the best.

Posted by: Phil McCrevice at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (1ZlS3)

I know, right?

Posted by: Billy Rubin at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (X6fMO)

312
Pizzas are kinda like sex.

When its good...... its good.
When its bad.... its still good.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (8XRCm)

313 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

LOL

Good luck finding a new team cock sucker

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

314 297 288 I've looked at this poster's name for months--MONTHS--and just yesterday i got the joke. I am ashamed.

Subtle humor is the best.
Posted by: Phil McCrevice at March 01, 2017 10:31 AM (1ZlS3)

I no, rite?

Posted by: Mike Litoris at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (RD7QR)

315 In 1971, my parents brought me home from the hospital in a cardboard box on the floor of their VW Bus.

Posted by: Chris M at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (eAZVt)

316 312
Pizzas are kinda like sex.

When its good...... its good.
When its bad.... its still good.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (8XRCm)

Presence and quantity of cheese make a huge difference.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (VuJJJ)

317 When its good...... its good.

When its bad.... its still good.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (8XRCm)

not even a binary scale ? wow

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (c6/9Q)

318 75+MPH on the highway and you don't pay attention to the speedo, you watch the fuel gauge"

Surprisingly, no. Routinely hit 75+ in the F150 (5.0 with 3.55 gears) and get around 16 to 17 MPG.

Plus it's fun in something that size. Darn thing is super comfortable, too.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (MINbv)

319 52
For anyone questioning whether the Trump speech was worthwhile watching, I'd say, 'Yes'.

If pressed for time, read the transcript.

At the end I swear Nancy Pelosi was almost in tears. But that may have been because she realizes her power has now diminished to immaterial level.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 01, 2017 09:42 AM (ZFUt7)

It's one hour long. Whoever hasn't watched it in its entirety, do take the time to sit and savor the whole thing. You've never seen anything like this. It is historic; uplifting; 100% patriotic and it exposes the left for the anti-American freaks they are. President Trump signing-off with "God Bless America," at the end of the speech was the coup de grace in the side of the democratic party.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (oQQwD)

320 Good luck finding a new team cock sucker
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

------

**makes hand phone**

**mouths "call me"**

Posted by: Andy Reid at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (8XRCm)

321 Pizza Hut puts something sweet in their dough. Sugar or corn syrup or something.

Won't be trying them again.

Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (qUNWi)

322 313 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

LOL

Good luck finding a new team cock sucker
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

We're thinking about just using local talent.

Posted by: San Francisco 49ers Management at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (1ZlS3)

323 315 In 1971, my parents brought me home from the hospital in a cardboard box on the floor of their VW Bus.

Posted by: Chris M at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (eAZVt)

My parents didn't even show up for my birth. The hospital sent me home bulk mail.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (VuJJJ)

324 LOL

Good luck finding a new team cock sucker

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

did you call him a cock sucker?

Colin call me! I'll be free during the season too!

Posted by: Michael Sam at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (ZM2xo)

325 In 1971, my parents brought me home from the hospital in a cardboard box on the floor of their VW Bus.

Posted by: Chris M at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (eAZVt)

My parents made me walk home from the hospital. In the snow. Uphill all the way then beat me when I got there for being late.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (493sH)

326 Presence and quantity of cheese make a huge difference.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (VuJJJ)

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Ooooo..

Thats hot.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (8XRCm)

327 The man on a white horse. Still powerful image.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (xJa6I)

328 316 312
Pizzas are kinda like sex.

When its good...... its good.
When its bad.... its still good.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (8XRCm)

Presence and quantity of cheese make a huge difference.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (VuJJJ)

Just like sex.

Posted by: josephistan at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (7HtZB)

329 >>LOL
Good luck finding a new team cock sucker Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

Cleveland. Let it be Cleveland.

Posted by: General Zod at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (Bdeb0)

330 Also that painting is one of those that has become
so iconic, and thus so mimicked, that it's nearly impossible for me to
judge it on its own merits. Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:10 AM (mf5HN)
=====

When did the idiot arteest give up his flackery? His technical skill was awesome, but so much was political that he is really hard to assess. No matter the flackery, we can all admire the technique. I like the bathtub one. Delacroix is better for emotion.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

331 As far as frozen pizza I stick with the thin crust.

The crust is mostly whats meh about frozen.

Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (qUNWi)

332 >>>>The MSM is acting like Trump walked into their home and peer in their
rug. What they don't understand is that they don't own the rug and they
are squatting in the house that they claim to own.
.
.
.
.Well the rug did tie the room together.

Posted by: The Dude at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (le7jz)

333 Napoleon at Dachshund Pass is a smaller painting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (IqV8l)

334 Posted by: illiniwek at March 01, 2017 10:29 AM (YMJtx)

Get Rid Of Kennedy !

Posted by: EVLINC! at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (y3aQB)

335 MPPPP, yes still taking it.

Today is the deadline for the Patterson contest submissions. I've gotten some feedback on my pitch from local writers.

Though one comment after further revision left me scratching my head. They wanted to be better clued in one could say about the assailant. My reply was - the POV is being attack they really don't have time to think about other things. But maybe you can suggest a way.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (4H105)

336 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

LOL

Good luck finding a new team cock sucker

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2017 10:34 AM (KlI/a)

Let him go to Seattle. He and fellow lefty douche Pete Carroll will get along well together

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (493sH)

337 313 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

LOL

Good luck finding a new team cock sucker

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We turned Johnny Football around, we can turn him around, too.

Posted by: Cleveland Browns at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (7HtZB)

338 My parents made me walk home from the hospital. In the snow. Uphill all the way then beat me when I got there for being late.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2017 10:36 AM (493sH)

Luxury.

I was left at the hospital for six months as a stand-by organ donor.

Posted by: Billy Rubin at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (X6fMO)

339 Napoleon at Dachshund Pass is a smaller painting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

*****

Snort!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (wPiJc)

340 Napoleon at Dachshund Pass is a smaller painting."

Nappy at Shih Tzu hollow is tiny. Like the little Rembrandt size...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (MINbv)

341 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

-----

EXHIBIT A

Dont let your crazy ass girlfriend talk you into doing shit that affects your job.

Words to live by.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (8XRCm)

342 Sheen's dick probably looks like Yoda's light saber...only much shorter.

Posted by: Under Fire at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (ymRuQ)

343
My parents didn't even show up for my birth. The hospital sent me home bulk mail.
Posted by: Insomniac

Postage due?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (IqV8l)

344 @308
For now. But to make a meaningful, long term shift, there are two big IFs in my opinion:
#1) If we find a way to take K-12 education away from the Progressive-Educrat complex, to again teach something resembling civics and American History (as they were once known) and
#2) If we limit both illegal and legal immigration, for 10-120 years, to be able to assimilate new citizens into a recognizably American culture.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (QtQaN)

345 Watching the speech last night there seemed to be a couple moments of attempted disruption that failed. Anything in the news?

Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (XoldI)

346 I was left at the hospital "

You had a hospital?

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (MINbv)

347 Napoleon was at the St. Bernard Pass, but was not riding a St. Bernard, although he could have fit on one.

-
Shouldda ridden a poodle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (Nwg0u)

348 Before there was Leni what's her face (the Nazi filmmaker) there was David.

Both very talented artists who put their talent at the service of loathsome ideologies.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (ZM2xo)

349 Yes, please.

Dammit, now I really want pizza for lunch.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:33 AM (mf5HN)

I'll send it through the USB port.

BTW - you'll like that little Dutch guy, great with wetworks. Specializes in plugging dykes.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (hLRSq)

350 True story:

I'm adopted. I was brought to my parent's house in a nice little bassinet. I was around 8 weeks old. My brother, who was 2, ran after the social worker as she left and said "You left the baby!"

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (mf5HN)

351 At least Trump did not suffer the disruption Hollande had - two shot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (4H105)

352 They wanted to be better clued in one could say about the assailant. My reply was - the POV is being attack they really don't have time to think about other things. But maybe you can suggest a way.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:38 AM (4H105)

Shoot me an e-mail with a little more context, Anna, and I'll try to think of something over lunch.

**crosses fingers for Patterson to smack himself in the head and say 'Anna! Where have you been all my life?'**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 10:41 AM (X6fMO)

353 My parents didn't even show up for my birth. The hospital sent me home bulk mail.
Posted by: Insomniac

Postage due?

*****

No forwarding address.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2017 10:41 AM (wPiJc)

354 318 75+MPH on the highway and you don't pay attention to the speedo, you watch the fuel gauge"

Surprisingly, no. Routinely hit 75+ in the F150 (5.0 with 3.55 gears) and get around 16 to 17 MPG.

Plus it's fun in something that size. Darn thing is super comfortable, too.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (MINbv)

Yeah, I spent years driving at 79 mph (they'll only snag you if you're going 80+) in my civic commuting too and from work and averaged 35 or so mpg...

For reference, I have to watch my speed where I live now and average 37 or 38 mpg doing 60.

So I mean... not a big difference. Plus I suck at math, and keeping track of when and how much gas I put in, so it's possible there really isn't a difference. I haven't noticed one. I drive about the same number of miles and fill up about the same amount. It just takes longer to get where I'm going when I'm doing 60 compared to 79.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 01, 2017 10:41 AM (wmaTe)

355 "You left the baby!"

And thus was born the Empress' sunny disposition.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:41 AM (4H105)

356 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract to devote himself to the Democratic Presidential nomination campaign.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:42 AM (H5rtT)

357 It just takes longer to get where I'm going when I'm doing 60 compared to 79."

Yep. I do like Texas. Can cover a lot of territory fast.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:42 AM (MINbv)

358 350

That's really funny.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2017 10:42 AM (TqXWc)

359 The crust is mostly whats meh about frozen.
Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2017 10:37 AM (qUNWi)

The Amy's brand vegetarian spinach pizza is actually pretty good, especially if you add some mushrooms and oregano or other toppings. It's far from my ideal pizza, but for frozen stuff, you could definitely do worse.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 10:42 AM (8nWyX)

360 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will
be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE I STILL HAVE A JOB!

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESBERGER at March 01, 2017 10:42 AM (yV4wg)

361 Nobody ask her if she still sleeps in the bassinet.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2017 10:43 AM (TqXWc)

362
Both very talented artists who put their talent at the service of loathsome ideologies

+++

Napoleon had a loathsome ideology?

Posted by: Phil Hartman at March 01, 2017 10:43 AM (PIy47)

363 "You left the baby!"

And took the canoli!

Posted by: ATC's Step Brother at March 01, 2017 10:44 AM (XoldI)

364
International Smudge Day

Posted by: I See Dead People at March 01, 2017 10:44 AM (sKJ+J)

365 Late, but I do love this painting even if I have little more than contempt for the subject.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:44 AM (vur0q)

366 Nobody ask her if she still sleeps in the bassinet."

You really like to stir s***, don't you?

Heh.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:44 AM (MINbv)

367
75+MPH on the highway and you don't pay attention to the speedo

Well, if you wore more than just a speedo...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 01, 2017 10:45 AM (IqV8l)

368 MPPPP, ooppss there is that phrasing thing. I asked them if they could think of a way. Also pointed out the chapter Patterson's gives as an example has no mention of the main plot in Honeymoon, that of a black widow serial killer.

Blurb is 100 words or less and mine no longer reads like stereo instructions. Chapter is a thousand words or less, mine is about 600 words.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 01, 2017 10:45 AM (4H105)

369 341 EXHIBIT A

Dont let your crazy ass girlfriend talk you into doing shit that affects your job.

Words to live by.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:39 AM (8XRCm)

=======================

I'd modify that with:

Don't have a crazy girlfriend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:45 AM (vur0q)

370 The Amy's brand vegetarian spinach pizza is actually pretty good, especially if you add some mushrooms and oregano or other toppings. It's far from my ideal pizza, but for frozen stuff, you could definitely do worse.
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The Kraft boxed pizza kits are pretty good too if you add a variety of toppings and cheese. Not ideal but will work for food.

Posted by: Undocumented at March 01, 2017 10:45 AM (SsblQ)

371 That must be one tiny horse.

Posted by: garrett at March 01, 2017 10:46 AM (V5L4f)

372 At staff meeting this morning

Discussion around a 13yo who came up positive. They're all Woot they're testing 13yo kids! I'm just floored.

Posted by: Bigbys Crossed Fingers at March 01, 2017 10:50 AM (PIy47)

373
Senate confirms Congressman Ryan Zinke as the new Secretary of the Interior

Posted by: EVLINC! at March 01, 2017 10:50 AM (y3aQB)

374 Prior to Carter, in my State, it was 65 daytime and 55 at night on two lane highways. As a kid I was amazed by the signs that changed when lit by headlights. Even though the Interstates went back to 70 here the two lanes are still stuck in Carter-ville 55.

Posted by: geoffb5 at March 01, 2017 10:50 AM (d3wbb)

375 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract to devote himself to the Democratic Presidential nomination campaign.

-
Half black, abandoned by his parents, raised by a white couple, no accomplishments, hates America and white people.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 01, 2017 10:50 AM (Nwg0u)

376 Hello

Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:51 AM (8J/Te)

377 Discussion around a 13yo who came up positive. They're all Woot they're testing 13yo kids! I'm just floored.
Posted by: Bigbys Crossed Fingers at March 01, 2017 10:50 AM (PIy47)

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Testing for what??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:51 AM (8XRCm)

378 @53 Mama AJ, your flying car story just went national.

It's a great story, has a lot to it. Also, greatest Toyota ad ever made.
I'm not a Toyota fan, but, credit where due. The Volvo one was faked.

On mileage, there used to be a car company called Oldsmobile, and they made a car called Aurora. The Aurora had some nice points. Fairly quick, handled well for a sedan. And, good mileage, with a V8. Smallish V8.

It gets better mileage at 82 than it does at 65.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 10:51 AM (H5rtT)

379 362
Napoleon had a loathsome ideology?
Posted by: Phil Hartman at March 01, 2017 10:43 AM (PIy47)

=====================

I don't know enough about the man to talk about any ideology that drove him, but he seemed intent on using any means he could get his hands on in order to expand his personal power.

He used only hard money, though. So there's that.

In an alternate life, I'd double major in history and economics, go to grad school for economics and write a thesis comparing the monetary policies of Revolutionary France with Napoleonic France.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:51 AM (vur0q)

380 they simply cannot abide being ignored

I don't even have kids and I know what a childish tantrum looks like. Lookout Daddys home.

Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (8J/Te)

381 Did pixy just have a moment ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

382 Napoleon at Corgi Pass is a really small painting.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (uSlc8)

383 Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

Yep

Posted by: EVLINC! at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (y3aQB)

384 318 75+MPH on the highway and you don't pay attention to the speedo, you watch the fuel gauge"

Surprisingly, no. Routinely hit 75+ in the F150 (5.0 with 3.55 gears) and get around 16 to 17 MPG.

Plus it's fun in something that size. Darn thing is super comfortable, too.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:35 AM (MINbv)

My philosophy of driving (mostly on the bike) is that if you have time to look at the speedo, you are not going fast enough.

Posted by: Muhammed Mohammed Muhamed at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1Rgee)

385 381 Did pixy just have a moment ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

===================

Pixy knocked the hamster wheel over.

Seems good now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (vur0q)

386 pixy is testing out Amazon servers

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (c6/9Q)

387 Somebody should've bumped the short megalomaniac off that cliff.

Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8J/Te)

388 Did pixy just have a moment ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

----

I thought that was just me.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8XRCm)

389 346 I was left at the hospital "

You had a hospital?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (MINbv)

More of a witch doctor's hovel, but they made me call it a hospital.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (zj1+z)

390 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract to devote himself to the Democratic Presidential nomination campaign.

Thank God. May he lead them to multiple losing seasons.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (TppKb)

391 @ 59 -- Oh, and you must read Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2017 09:43 AM (WQX/u)

John Carr Pequod Press has several reprints and very good extensions of much of Beam's work on Fuzzy and Kalvan

Posted by: Mark E at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (vVg5A)

392 Posted by: Phil Hartman at March 01, 2017 10:43 AM (PIy47)

David was a huge fan of the French Revolution and the body count didn't bother him too much. David's "Death of Marat" made a cold-blooded murderer look heroic.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (ZM2xo)

393 381 Did pixy just have a moment ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

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Just a shart

Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (Fmupd)

394 That must be one tiny horse.
Posted by: garrett
****
Quarter horse.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (+aCe4)

395 388 Did pixy just have a moment ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

----

I thought that was just me.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8XRCm)

Nope. He sent us to Destination Fucked a few times.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (zj1+z)

396 Somebody should've bumped the short megalomaniac off that cliff.
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8J/Te)

----

Hey. Dont talk smack to AtC.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (8XRCm)

397 Pixie said the cherrpye was a lie...

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESBERGER at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (yV4wg)

398 If it wasn't for Napoleon, France would have to rely on Marshal Petain as its national hero.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (uSlc8)

399 From Scott Adams' post on Trump's speech:

Trump pulled a Khan maneuver. You remember when Clinton invited the Khan family to talk about their fallen hero son while criticizing Trump. Trump fell for that trap by responding to it, which allowed his critics to frame him as disrespectful to a Gold Star family.

Last night, President Trump returned the favor. He wrapped part of his message around honoring a fallen hero. You can't criticize any part of that without seeming disrespectful. And persuasion-wise, saying Ryan Owen's memory is "etched into eternity" is one of the great presidential lines of all time. Simple and perfect. And thanks to President Trump's speech, Ryan Owen's name is in fact etched into eternity. The President predicted it, then he literally made it happen, right in front of us, without taking the focus off of Ryan. That's as good as it gets.Trump pulled a Khan maneuver. You remember when Clinton invited the Khan family to talk about their fallen hero son while criticizing Trump. Trump fell for that trap by responding to it, which allowed his critics to frame him as disrespectful to a Gold Star family.

KHAAAAN!!

Posted by: blaster at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (tewYv)

400 Where's the big dog with the booze barrel?

Posted by: joey biden at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (nlbfN)

401 off ya damn cap sock

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (yV4wg)

402
M.'s "Pieta" is one of the great work of art in the world. It deserves the recognition the Mona Lisa gets--in my opinion.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2017 10:03 AM (nwqNw)

It's Michaelangelo's only signed work. There's also a good story behind that.

When it was completed, it was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. But at one of the public affairs, Michaelangelo was introduced as "our gobbo from Milan" (the Church had hired him for the Pieta while he was working in Milan). For a proud, urbane Florentine like Mikey, that was kind of like being described as "our Okie from Muskogee".

So the next night, he supposedly broke into St Peter's with his hammer and chisel, and signed the sculpture "Michaelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (XWkhW)

403
Well instead of posting here I've been reading transcripts of President Trump's speech as well as watching bits of it

How good was that speech?

As for posting a link of an Aussie wildlife horror story - couldn't find any new ones

Headline news on news.com.au which somehow I can't tinyurl tonight - all about Ivanka's inappropriate dress at the speech - truly woeful stuff

Nightynight everyone and have a wonderful yesterday!

BTW Caravaggio is my favourite artist - I could just stare at his works for hours

And he would have been a Moron if he was around today ... if you read the story of his life

Posted by: aussie at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (N/OEj)

404 "Lest we forget separate shoulder belts on tracks or seat belts attached to the door..."
-----------------------
OMG. Our 1992 Subaru, otherwise a great car, has those!
I can manage the belts all right when I'm in the driver's seat, but as a passenger I get totally confused.
You practically strangle yourself trying to get out of the car.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (Nox3c)

405 377
HIV

Posted by: Bigbys Crossed Fingers at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (PIy47)

406 Napoleon was small as a tick
A fact that made him quite sick
Rode in a time machine
2017 made laugh and beam
Cuz he was taller than alexthechick

Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (9q7Dl)

407 > Dammit, now I really want pizza for lunch.
Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:33 AM (mf5HN)

Hey, lady, your extra large mushroom, onion and double anchovie is here. $20.

Posted by: hambone at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (3hIZX)

408 Ow ow ow ow ow.

Posted by: Mic at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (gTQoY)

409 , there used to be a car company called Oldsmobile"

Funny there, dude. Next you'll tell us there was a Plymouth, Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn, and more...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:55 AM (MINbv)

410 Cherry Pie errors

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at March 01, 2017 10:56 AM (+aCe4)

411 I don't know enough about the man to talk about any ideology that drove him, but he seemed intent on using any means he could get his hands on in order to expand his personal power.

He was a genius, grabbed more top-shelf pussy than a Vishnu Trump, but far too impulsive.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:56 AM (TppKb)

412 Oh yay I thought for some dreadful seconds I may have to work at work.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:57 AM (mf5HN)

413 >>Dammit, now I really want pizza for lunch.

Someone take AtC to Chuck E Cheese.

Posted by: garrett at March 01, 2017 10:57 AM (V5L4f)

414 Someone take AtC to Chuck E Cheese.

No way. If I lose her in the ball crawl, I'll never hear the end of it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (1ZlS3)

415 388
I thought that was just me.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8XRCm)

I've never been banned, and I started thinking...."Is this what it looks like?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (vur0q)

416 he supposedly broke into St Peter's with his hammer and chisel, and signed the sculpture "Michaelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this".

So we're talking what, a couple of hours or so?

Heh.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (MINbv)

417 395 388 Did pixy just have a moment ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 10:52 AM (1ZlS3)

----

I thought that was just me.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8XRCm)

Nope. He sent us to Destination Fucked a few times.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (zj1+z)

I dimn't fee mothin'

Posted by: Quokka in front of an empty hamster wheel. at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (z/Ubi)

418 No way. If I lose her in the ball crawl, I'll never hear the end of it."

You'll have to go in after her.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:59 AM (MINbv)

419 I've never been banned"

Rookie.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:59 AM (MINbv)

420
418 No way. If I lose her in the ball crawl, I'll never hear the end of it."

You'll have to go in after her.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:59 AM (MINbv)

The local Chuck E Cheese animatronic looks suspiciously like an emu in drag.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 01, 2017 11:00 AM (XWkhW)

421 Somebody should've bumped the short megalomaniac off that cliff.
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8J/Te)

----

Hey. Dont talk smack to AtC.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (8XRCm)

HEY!

I deeply and personally resent the notion that I would not fall off the cliff all by myself, thank you very much.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:00 AM (mf5HN)

422 I want some Pizza King or Sir Pizza but I am a long way from either Muncie or Pittsburgh.

Posted by: RioBravo at March 01, 2017 11:01 AM (SsblQ)

423 NFL teams were notified Wednesday that quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be opting out of his contract, a source confirmed to ESPNs Adam Caplan.

So "take a pay cut befitting the shitty back up that you are or get lost"

Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (z/Ubi)

424 Someone take AtC to Chuck E Cheese.

Posted by: garrett at March 01, 2017 10:57 AM (V5L4f)

Ooooh! Great idea! We'll say it's her birthday and maybe we'll get some extra free game tickets! We just need het to curb her wrath and say she's ten but expecting a growth spurt any time now.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (hLRSq)

425 411 I don't know enough about the man to talk about any ideology that drove him, but he seemed intent on using any means he could get his hands on in order to expand his personal power.

He was a genius, grabbed more top-shelf pussy than a Vishnu Trump, but far too impulsive.
Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:56 AM (TppKb)

=================

Once I get through presidential biographies (I'll probably stop at either Ford or skip Carter and finish at Reagan in order to allow for the kind of more in depth biographies that I actually like), I'll expand my history reading to in a more general direction.

Napoleon will probably been in the first wave along with stuff about the Glorious Revolution.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (vur0q)

426 419 I've never been banned"

Rookie.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 10:59 AM (MINbv)

==================

Got close a few weeks ago.

I backed off and was apparently forgiven.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (vur0q)

427 Oh yay I thought for some dreadful seconds I may have to work at work

====

*shudder*

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 11:03 AM (6TED6)

428 HEY!

I deeply and personally resent the notion that I would not fall off the cliff all by myself, thank you very much.
Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:00 AM (mf5HN)

You can even accomplish that in video games you're not supposed too!

Are you getting Horizon Zero Dawn?

Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2017 11:03 AM (z/Ubi)

429 I've never been banned, and I started thinking...."Is this what it looks like?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (vur0q)

it's indescribable. got to experience it first hand

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 11:03 AM (c6/9Q)

430 >> We just need het to curb her wrath and say she's ten but expecting a growth spurt any time now.

We'll just pretend she Turrets.

Posted by: garrett at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (V5L4f)

431 429 I've never been banned, and I started thinking...."Is this what it looks like?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (vur0q)

it's indescribable. got to experience it first hand
Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 11:03 AM (c6/9Q)

====================

So, all I need to do is to start calling people names, right?

Seems too easy...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (vur0q)

432 I've been pixy banned a couple of times.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (zj1+z)

433 He was a genius, grabbed more top-shelf pussy than a Vishnu Trump,

Well, I mean as long as he grabbed more top shelf p****y, that's the measure of a man. right?

Good grief. Can we get a new thread please?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (fDdVG)

434 Somebody should've bumped the short megalomaniac off that cliff.

Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 10:53 AM (8J/Te)

----

Hey. Dont talk smack to AtC.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 10:54 AM (8XRCm)

HEY!

I deeply and personally resent the notion that I would not fall off the cliff all by myself, thank you very much.

See - self organized system. I'd just buy a tall wobbly ladder. 50% chance of success every time.

Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (8J/Te)

435
Ace banned my cell phone hash once cuz I went to the well one to many times.

Funny thing was we switched carriers later that week.

I imagine that hash is still personna non grata.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (8XRCm)

436 Someone take AtC to Chuck E Cheese.

Posted by: garrett at March 01, 2017 10:57 AM (V5L4f)

Ooooh! Great idea! We'll say it's her birthday and maybe we'll get some extra free game tickets! We just need het to curb her wrath and say she's ten but expecting a growth spurt any time now.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (hLRSq)

You guys can yuck it up all you want but a few years back we went to Chuck E Cheese and my friends tied a balloon around my wrist so they could find me which meant that I got a balloon, motherfuckers, and you didn't so there.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (mf5HN)

437 Well, I mean as long as he grabbed more top shelf p****y, that's the measure of a man. right?

Well ... if he pulled a bunch of hot dudes, we wouldn't be nearly as impressed.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (1ZlS3)

438 Well, I mean as long as he grabbed more top shelf p****y, that's the measure of a man. right?
==

Depends on if it was still on the top shelf when he grabbed it.

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 11:07 AM (6TED6)

439 I should use one of the remote desktops available to me at work to just go nuts one day on the blog.

I just want to see what it looks like.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:07 AM (vur0q)

440 @434 I posit that there is not a sight on Earth funnier than a 200 pound man on a 20 foot ladder being attacked by a half-ounce wasp.

And I've been that guy. It's still funny.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 01, 2017 11:07 AM (H5rtT)

441 Only one balloon?
I guess two would be likely be enough helium to.... nevermind, I'll stop there

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 11:08 AM (yV4wg)

442 429 I've never been banned, and I started thinking...."Is this what it looks like?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 10:58 AM (vur0q)

it's indescribable. got to experience it first hand
Posted by: runner at March 01, 2017 11:03 AM (c6/9Q)

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

Don't try it. We float down here.

Posted by: Clown at March 01, 2017 11:08 AM (Fmupd)

443 I should use one of the remote desktops available to me at work to just go nuts one day on the blog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:07 AM (vur0q)
-----------------------------------
You seem to do ok without the remote desktops. /s

Posted by: RioBravo at March 01, 2017 11:08 AM (SsblQ)

444 You guys can yuck it up all you want but a few years back we went to Chuck E Cheese and my friends tied a balloon around my wrist so they could find me which meant that I got a balloon, motherfuckers, and you didn't so there.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (mf5HN)

Had to make sure that the could find you among the 8 year olds.

Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2017 11:09 AM (z/Ubi)

445 I just want to see what it looks like.

It's nothing. Your posts just get auto-deleted. Nothing cool like the pixy crash.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 01, 2017 11:09 AM (1ZlS3)

446 Been hash banned once or twice. It's like limbo, you're not really "here".
IP banning would be more drastic.

Posted by: IP at March 01, 2017 11:11 AM (yV4wg)

447 You guys can yuck it up all you want but a few years back we went to Chuck E Cheese and my friends tied a balloon around my wrist so they could find me which meant that I got a balloon, motherfuckers, and you didn't so there.

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (mf5HN)

Which Disney princess was on it?

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 11:11 AM (hLRSq)

448 Nood

Posted by: Bruce at March 01, 2017 11:11 AM (8ikIW)

449 I got a balloon, motherfuckers, and you didn't so there.
Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:06 AM (mf5HN)

Hey, I got a balloon too!

During surgery.

On a catheter.

Actually I'd rather not talk about it. Your balloon was probably a better experience.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 01, 2017 11:12 AM (8nWyX)

450
Good grief. Can we get a new thread please?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 01, 2017 11:04 AM (fDdVG)

Blessings on Ash Wednesday, Fenelon! How are you doing?

(See? I'm trying to divert the conversation. It won't work, but I'll give it a go.)

Posted by: moki at March 01, 2017 11:12 AM (gfRCk)

451 Which Disney princess was on it?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 11:11 AM (hLRSq)

Simba.

Like a boss.

(no there wasn't a Scar one, I asked)

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 11:12 AM (mf5HN)

452 I'm adopted. I was brought to my parent's house in a
nice little bassinet. I was around 8 weeks old. My brother, who was
2, ran after the social worker as she left and said "You left the baby!"

Posted by: alexthechick - Pentaverate? I have no idea what you mean! at March 01, 2017 10:40 AM (mf5HN)

Our daughter is adopted. Biologically she is my husband's niece. His mom and stepdad brought her to us when she was 8 weeks old. Our son was 4 at the time and I was worried that he'd think 'babies come when grandma and grandpa bring them to your house.'

Posted by: Tami at March 01, 2017 11:13 AM (Enq6K)

453 I guess two would be likely be enough helium to.... nevermind, I'll stop there"

Wise man, stopping at the edge of the abyss...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at March 01, 2017 11:13 AM (MINbv)

454 my friends tied a balloon around my wrist so they could find me
===

I just got visual of a balloon dancing on the end of a ribbon, the end of which is closed in the outside door frame of the Chuck E Cheese's Little Girls Room.

"She's in there"

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 11:13 AM (6TED6)

455 Trump pulled a Khan maneuver. You remember when Clinton invited the Khan family to talk about their fallen hero son while criticizing Trump. Trump fell for that trap by responding to it, which allowed his critics to frame him as disrespectful to a Gold Star family.

The voters who care about being disrespectful to a Gold Star family are already on the Trump Train.

Democrat voters don't care. That's why their talking heads are scrambling to call the wife a "prop."

Hear me now and believe me later, the Trump-hating dad will be flooding the talk show zone this weekend. The Dems have to grab back the narrative.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 11:13 AM (X6fMO)

456 We'll say it's her birthday and maybe we'll get some extra free game tickets! We just need het to curb her wrath and say she's ten but expecting a growth spurt any time now.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Purchase A Plethora of Pungent Pithy Phrases at the Outrage Outlet! at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (hLRSq)

I eagerly await your explanation as to why a 10 year old would have such a magnificent rack.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 11:15 AM (X6fMO)

457 Prepare for tomorrow. That is, make sure you have something brown to drink. March 2, 1836 the Declaration of Independence was signed. Have a quick drink with me at noon tomorrow.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam

And always remember the Alamo!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 11:15 AM (kca06)

458 I eagerly await your explanation as to why a 10 year old would have such a magnificent rack.

Great genes.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 11:16 AM (kca06)

459 I eagerly await your explanation as to why a 10 year old would have such a magnificent rack.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 11:15 AM (X6fMO)

Growth hormones in the beef.

Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2017 11:16 AM (z/Ubi)

460 Nood college.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2017 11:17 AM (kca06)

461 How the heck did they get the horse to pose like that long enough to get the painting done?

Posted by: JB1000 at March 01, 2017 11:20 AM (16OL0)

462 Napoleon will probably been in the first wave along with stuff about the Glorious Revolution.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at March 01, 2017 11:02 AM (vur0q)

It's from 2002, but I enjoyed Christopher Herold's The Age of Napoleon:

http://tinyurl.com/jhtd3cq

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2017 11:20 AM (X6fMO)

463 When this was painted, Napoleon brandy was still grape juice.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 01, 2017 11:26 AM (7z3MT)

464 Anyone else think in that painting Napoleon and Ted Cruz look like cousins.

Posted by: dixiegal88 at March 01, 2017 11:30 AM (skqYQ)

465 He was a genius, grabbed more top-shelf pussy than a Vishnu Trump.

Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2017 10:56 AM (TppKb)

Well, he was the right height to do it...

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 01, 2017 11:39 AM (ZM2xo)

466 That horse is getting ready to "spit out the bridle" if Bonaparte doesn't get his feet out of said horses flanks.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 01, 2017 11:56 AM (0v0RW)

467
"Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps"

Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at March 01, 2017 12:04 PM (6TED6)

468 The NY Times as Glenn Close:
https://youtu.be/wzbVn9Xx3YM

Posted by: Lee at March 01, 2017 12:11 PM (UsWQY)

469 I hate missing the morning Art thread

Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2017 03:32 PM (HDU3V)

470 ~~test~~

Posted by: RickZ at March 01, 2017 10:40 PM (zRegE)

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