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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Sea Boots
Andrew Wyeth Commenter Bandersnatch has been around these parts ever since I inherited this slot from rdbrewer. He is moving on to more mature and intelligent pastures (middle school teacher), so we won't have him to kick us around quite as regularly for our low-brow tastes. Bandersnatch graciously pointed me in Andrew Wyeth's direction, and for that I am grateful. He is one of the giants of 20th century American art, yet I knew very little of his work. The piece above is in recognition of the interesting and serious and lighthearted comments Bandersnatch has graced us with for all these years. [What really impresses is his rational analysis of the art; I find that kind of cogitation vanishingly rare in Red Sox fans. Perhaps one of his parents was normal...] Bonus Wyeth below the fold.
Pentecost
Andrew Wyeth
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:31 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 09:32 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 22, 2019 09:33 AM (67teE)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:33 AM (yOykd)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Ann at August 22, 2019 09:33 AM (NDO5Q)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 09:32 AM (PkVlr)
Don't be sad...
He pulled them off and left them in the yard so he and his paramour could have a quicky.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (wYseH)
Andrew Wyeth is an incredible painter.
Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (Cn5ck)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (67teE)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (fJ1PK)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:33 AM (yOykd)
Maybe 'the Mighty Wind'?? Dunno.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (67teE)
100 comment rule.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: dantesed at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (fJ1PK)
I don't think lack of intelligence stopped many art critics.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (KUaJL)
Those boots were made for trying to stay upright on a pitching deck in a big sea.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (HaL55)
Also note to self, apparently CBD is down with Wyeth privilege.
Plus, why the hell is buying Greenland a thing? Doesn't seem like it should be a priority, like, at all just now.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (pPNCa)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Andrew Wyeth at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (N4xQB)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (CPk08)
Didnt realize that was an actual rule.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (67teE)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (mvenn)
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Careful what you wish for. Around here weird has an ....... expansive definition, and restraint is just a word in the dictionary.
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (dmoiP)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Colin at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (u9mEO)
Posted by: Melissa Click at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 22, 2019 09:34 AM (67teE)
100 comment rule.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
You get 100 comments a day. Don't use them all before the art thread.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: dantesed at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (fJ1PK)
tongues of fire that appeared on the shoulders of those who received the
Holy Spirit, in the Book of Acts.... the hanging nets evoke flame, to
me.,l
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (bCLt0)
They were fishers of fish. Also of men.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: TheHoser at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (IDjUx)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (2LelM)
Blue is a happy color usually associated with the aristocracy.
The colors in the painting are muted and very saturated.
Wyeth wants you to concentrate on the composition, the boots, the house and try to sort out the meanings therein.
I love this guy.
Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (Cn5ck)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (CPk0
So, are you saying that all Wyeth paintings would be improved by inserting toucans and little men in serapes leading overloaded donkeys??? Cause I could see that....
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (bCLt0)
tongues of fire ...
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (bCLt0)
Or the tents under which Pentecostal ministers preached?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (AM1GF)
It's a drain on resources for the Dutch, but has resources we could exploit to our benefit (rare earths and fishing rights). It's not as crazy as idea as it sounds. Might also make for good Air Force and missile bases.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (J+mig)
Oh well. It's difference of opinion that makes horse-racing, I suppose.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (Cn5ck)
They were fishers of fish. Also of men.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (NMAzL)
I thought those were hammocks.
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (yOykd)
Yes, I see boots.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (HaL55)
And that's why it pays to read the comments after the content.
*tip o' the cap*
Posted by: TheHoser at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (IDjUx)
As for the second... I was clueless about what fishing nets had to do with the decent of the Holy Spirit, but then it hit me. Most of the Disciples were fishermen. The nets now stand empty and unused as the fishermen have been anointed for a higher purpose. A modern image for an ancient event. Nice.
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (OyyDO)
Online sale at Michaels.com. One day only. Gray and brown.
Oh, and sorry, we're temporarily out of all the other colors. Check back soon!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 09:38 AM (fJ1PK)
Girl rides on pig. Prepare your easels and palettes for today's exercise. Winner to be feature on the art thread next Thursday.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y6s2g7wa
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:41 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Ozzy at August 22, 2019 09:41 AM (DuZls)
Posted by: Colin at August 22, 2019 09:37 AM (u9mEO)
Interesting...and now I am as sad as nurse ratched was!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2019 09:41 AM (wYseH)
Based on what I've read, short version is China.
Longer version is that it has strategic value and apparently some minerals that China covets.
That being said, I don't think those are the Administration's stated reasons. Not sure Trump has given a "why." But those are some sensible reasons for us to want it.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at August 22, 2019 09:41 AM (l8gTz)
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He painted with Japanese food?
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 09:40 AM (iB1oa)
Are you saying that Wyeth dabbled in soy???
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (koNhm)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 09:35 AM (AM1GF)
It's a drain on resources for the Dutch, but has resources we could exploit to our benefit (rare earths and fishing rights). It's not as crazy as idea as it sounds. Might also make for good Air Force and missile bases.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (J+mig)
Plus China has been making moves on their airport as part of their "belt and road" strategy of controlling points of international commerce (thanks for giving them the Panama Canal Jimmy Carter!).
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (N4xQB)
Bring it. We still have yet to reach the lofty heights of "girl rides on pig".
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On your head be it! Don't say I didn't warn you.
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (dmoiP)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (dNzKv)
As for the boots-- I'll just quote Ogden Nash:
If you say boot
Then why not foot?
And on your feet
You should wear beet.
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 09:42 AM (pPNCa)
Or it's part of some weird rich-people bet.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (l8gTz)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (J+mig)
Yep. All of that, plus, I think, it's something other POTUS's have tried and failed to do, which makes it attractive to Trump. And being the first POTUS since forever to expand the Union is also the sort of thing that would appeal to his psyche.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (O8WFE)
****
Oh man!
When Bluebell reads that you are dead meat!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (yhYmR)
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Topless female bullfighters. On black velvet.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: FrodoB at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (vNyGK)
Longer version is that it has strategic value and apparently some minerals that China covets.
That being said, I don't think those are the Administration's stated reasons. Not sure Trump has given a "why." But those are some sensible reasons for us to want it.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at August 22, 2019 09:41 AM (l8gTz)
Denying it to China is a good enough reason on its own.
But I think the real reason it's bugging the Lefties is that they hate America and want to destroy it. Watching the borders grow would be a sign of vitality that would demoralize them.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:44 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: grammie winger
>>
Yep. Double decker.
Posted by: FrodoB
Management and employees.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 09:44 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (lwiT4)
Yes, and he had to go so bad that he ran out of his boots
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2019 09:44 AM (XzY/O)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (lwiT4)
exploit to our benefit (rare earths and fishing rights). It's not as
crazy as idea as it sounds. Might also make for good Air Force and
missile bases.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:39 AM (J+mig)
Not so, since it's owned by the Danes.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est
Danes.
I mean...I guess I can see those things...but it just seems jarring. Ah well, that's why they don't ask me to make those decisions. That and the whole "time to burn California down" thing. Folks don't cotton to that sentiment for some reason. Give it time, says I, but nooooo...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:43 AM (O8WFE)
And drive the Left nuts. As I said in my other post, they want to see America fail, not grow and prosper.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (J+mig)
Also keep in mind Trump's real estate background.
He sees a distressed seller and a soft market.
Value play.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (koNhm)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: chango butt at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (B+t5k)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (NMAzL)
Lack of caffeine is conspiring against me today, alas.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:46 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:46 AM (O8WFE)
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She Smells Sea Smells By The Seaside - a limerick
As a painter Andrew Wyeth found his niche
An oeuvre. A style. A pastiche.
He captures the sea
'Bout as real as can be
Right down to the smell of dead fish!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 09:46 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (Cus5s)
Jesus talk??? How deplorable......
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:46 AM (bCLt0)
It also kinda came out of nowhere. It wasn't in the ether, there's been no long-standing, well-publicized movement for it, there's just this report that Trump wants to do this thing.
No build-up, no laying of groundwork, no causus bella...
Posted by: Lance McCormick at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (l8gTz)
Dogs, cards, Smoking cigars. All that would be great!
Posted by: catman at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (4HMlb)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:46 AM (O8WFE)
Trump is just a really good real estate salesman.
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (yOykd)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 09:47 AM (3o++7)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 09:48 AM (6qErC)
To peel back the curtain a bit, the Dildo and I were talking about various Wyeths for this thread and he said what's the one with just two boots and a background? I said easy, that's Trodden Weeds. http://bit.ly/33NRSIZ
He said no, I'm thinking of something else, and he came up with Sea Boots, which is utterly new to me. So I get a brand new Wyeth to roll around in.
This is thoroughly modern and thoroughly ancient at the same time, and as with most Wyeths there's death lurking about.
The shape of the barn over the close horizon is like looking at a pyramid as you approach from the desert. (Not a metaphor, I've done that on horse and camelback),
The foreground boots are the portrait of the life of the man who wears them. We don't know for sure, he probably does many things like clamming and lobstering. He definitely works on the water and it's hard work. The wear and tear on the boots is very specific, it's exactly what happens from that line of work.
And the perspective shifts perfectly. You can pretty much put yourself in the chair where the artist painted. You have a flat line of sight to the barn, you look angling down at the boots, and practically straight down at the mussel shell.
And the mussel shell is perfect. Everything is perfect, but there is nothing at all photographic about this. This is a story in a guy's mind and he's put it on -- well probably not canvas -- this looks like a tempera so it's on wood.
This is why I love Wyeth.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 09:48 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:48 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM (Cus5s)
We'll need lemon juice and a heat source.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 09:48 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 22, 2019 09:48 AM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:49 AM (bCLt0)
.
Meh. Well, after watching baseball, I'd need to look at art just to cure the excruciating boredom.
*ducks*
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:49 AM (OyyDO)
oLok at Bandersnatch, abusing our poor emotions with his farewells, and then showing up the next day anyways. How're the brats?
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:49 AM (yOykd)
Posted by: RI Red at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (htouW)
*ducks*
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:49 AM (OyyDO)
Watch soccer. Then go back to baseball.
Posted by: Roy at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (0yxK0)
Even longer version is that Tom Cotton has now come out and said that he was the one who recommended the purchase to Trump and he had already spoken to the Danish (Danes not Dutch) ambassador about the idea.
Greenland is rich in rare earth minerals that we need as well as China. They are a core component in electronic devices like computers and cell phones and are becoming extremely valuable and coveted.
And that doesn't include the strategic location of Greenland where we already have an air base and the Chinese are making big moves to try and insert themselves.
Plus, they all wear sea boots in Greenland.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (ZLI7S)
Erik the Red was a great marketer though.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (O8WFE)
'Rons of taste and culture all want this t-shirt.
https://store.revv.co/rv_org_rkAEQEVXrXXEDn1T4f4X7VEu/ storefront/greenland-t-shirt/details
Space before "storefront".
Posted by: Robert at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (irVa4)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (ZLI7S)
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I don't need any other reason.
Let's not purchase. Let's invade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (iikV
^^^THIS^^^
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:51 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 22, 2019 09:36 AM (CPk0
What is art? Did Norman Rockwell produce art?
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (arJlL)
Me too. I don't like the bottom one either.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (AkkRZ)
If not, I call dibs.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (CDGwz)
That terrorist tlaib bitch is always screaming, isn't she?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (lSTfe)
Erik the Red was a great marketer though.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (O8WFE)
It was, back then.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (NMAzL)
*ducks*
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:49 AM (OyyDO)
Watch
Posted by: Roy at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (0yxK0)
FTFY
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (6qErC)
I've always said that humanity needs frontiers, they inspire us, educate us as we learn to tame them in ways that improve life elsewhere, and provide an outlet for underachievers and social outcasts who haven't succeeded in settled society to build something they can call their own.
I've always thought the next frontier would be the seafloor or space, but I love this idea.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Roy at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (0yxK0)
Yeah. No kidding. Soccer is for when hospitals run out of ether for surgery.
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: chango butt at August 22, 2019 09:45 AM
Sailor took them off so he could walk like an Egyptian.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (lSTfe)
The Palestinian Sandra Bernhardt.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (lonOK)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (ZLI7S)
Walking on tundra contains surprises.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (y7DUB)
That's what I'm saying. Enough talk.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (ZLI7S)
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Fire bomb a few huts. 100,000 men. Boots on the ground. Fly stealth bombers over Denmark for a few months as we dare them to do anything about it.
That's the Trump the Left promised me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 09:53 AM (ejd/p)
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Way-o, way-o
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 09:52 AM (Cus5s)
Right on all counts, you are..... a sneaky insertion of Christianity into art by this Wyeth fellow... ( I wonder if many of our post moderns would even catch it)....
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (6qErC)
ground. Fly stealth bombers over Denmark for a few months as we dare
them to do anything about it.
That's the Trump the Left promised me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (iikV
Will they be Sea Boots?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Soothsayer
It's embarrassing.
Posted by: Sam Kinison at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 22, 2019 09:54 AM (y7DUB)
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Careful where them huskies go...
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (iB1oa)
Greenland is kind of an odd choice. I can see reasons for wanting it, or at least pretending to. I don't particularly care about it, and I doubt Trump does much, either.
What's interesting is the reaction.
If any other President had expressed a passing interest in the purchase, there would be gallons of ink spilled in the US and Europe about the relative merits and demerits of the proposal.
But when Trump does, a million voices cry out REEEE at once.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)
56,000.
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)
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Listen, if we're going to do this, we're not going to let anyone question our commitment to the cause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)
56,000. But those danes are tricky.
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (yOykd)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: m at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (JExoS)
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (OyyDO)
Dayum, we could just send in one a them Idaho militias and have Greenland seized in a weekend.
Unless the mooses decide to take up arms.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (3o++7)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2019 09:55 AM (5aX2M)
And since it's the same people who cry REEEE! at every good, decent, and wholesome proposal, it should incline us to move forward with it.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Ladyl urgent prayer needed for Laura and Allison at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (TdMsT)
Dayum, we could just send in one a them Idaho militias and have Greenland seized in a weekend.
Unless the mooses decide to take up arms.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (O8WFE)
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What would the moose do? Tell us Greenland's closed?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (NMAzL)
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You mean there still are art schools that bother with talent and skill. I thkught that nowadays it was just bitchy attitude and Marxism.
How refreshing.
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (dmoiP)
Dayum, we could just send in one a them Idaho militias and have Greenland seized in a weekend.
Unless the mooses decide to take up arms.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (O8WFE)
No Meese.... seals and walruses....
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (bCLt0)
We got this.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (lwiT4)
You're not suggesting that the Horde invade Greenland and present it as a birthday present to Trump, are you?
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (yOykd)
Those boots make me sad.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 09:32 AM (PkVlr)
Don't be sad. Those boots are on the coast of Maine,
Posted by: Ladyl urgent prayer needed for Laura and Allison at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (7HtZB)
I go back and forth on Wyeth; I love the Helga pieces and some of the landscapes but the first thing I thought about the top piece is "shrug, meh." Then there's the second piece and the color in the suspended net and he regains my esteem.
Everybody have the best day possible, m'kay?
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (qC1Sy)
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Watch for giant squid aliens leveling New York.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 09:58 AM (iikV
Just don't let them get lessons from the Australian Emu.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (k76MH)
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (yOykd)
North Peruvia, or Hordistan?
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (J+mig)
There's an NC Wyeth exhibit there until September 15. He uses lots of bright colors.
Of course, all the NC exhibit did is make me like Andrew more.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (fuK7c)
At the same time I'm laughing, I'm wondering how many people "got" that!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (yOykd)
All those guns we lost in that mass canoe accident? We could retrieve them and have this wrapped up by the weekend.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 09:59 AM (yOykd)
This might be the greatest idea the Horde has ever had.
Top 10 at least.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (k76MH)
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
Smell my boots, ye Mighty, and despair!
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (NWiLs)
Just send a post card to each citizen: You have been annexed by the United States of America. Your postal code is your zip code and your province is your state. Taxes are due on April 15th. Indepdence Day is July 4th. Thank you for your cooperaton.
/this is also my ''invade Canada" plan.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CDGwz)
Can they truly be said to be sovereign over it, since they barely do anything with it?
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (fuK7c)
Just send a post card to each citizen: You have been annexed by the United States of America. Your postal code is your zip code and your province is your state. Taxes are due on April 15th. Indepdence Day is July 4th. Thank you for your cooperaton.
/this is also my ''invade Canada" plan.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (AkkRZ)
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This plans feels too...nice. Too...Canadian.
Are you actually American?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:02 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:02 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Someguy
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I'm betting that a lot of them are kissing cousins.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:02 AM (CDGwz)
At the same time I'm laughing, I'm wondering how many people "got" that!
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Not me unfortunately. Pray, enlighten me.
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (dmoiP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CDGwz)
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Inertia, I think, from the Viking colony in the Middle Ages.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (iB1oa)
I've always thought the next frontier would be the seafloor or space, but I love this idea.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est
Dude. We already have a "last frontier". Alaska. We barely do anything with its interior! Plus most of the population of Greenland is Inuit, and I can just see that becoming a whole new headache.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:04 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 22, 2019 10:04 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 09:57 AM (lwiT4)
You're not suggesting that the Horde invade Greenland and present it as a birthday present to Trump, are you?
Posted by: Someguy
The Horde? No.
We can send the La Crosse 4H Club.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (ZLI7S)
This plans feels too...nice. Too...Canadian.
Are you actually American?
Yes. I am an American. This is a really cost effective way to invade.
If you want to go in with arms, well, there are @700,000 people with hunting licenses in Michigan alone.
/no need to bother the real military with this pansy countries...
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (T9rmq)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:02 AM (
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Minnesota??
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:04 AM (BqBId)
Yes, the first settler there was Bud Grant
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (JXWAw)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 10:05 AM (6qErC)
Sounds to me like we may have a case for annexation.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (NMAzL)
Let's see if the 'rreeee!!!!' crowd can avoid shooting themselves in the crotch over this.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (AM1GF)
Nah I'll just identify as Supreme Commander of the Inuits. By leftist logic, what the hell are they going to say? How dare they question the Inuit Supreme Commander.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (k76MH)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Vlad the implaer, whittling away like mad at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (dmoiP)
He, er, had some fun in France and Spain as well as the coast of Maine, so we shouldn't feel sorry for him.
It's an old bit of jail poetry:
I've fked in France, I've fked in Spain,
I've fked up and down the coast of Maine
But I'll never be happy, I'll never be free
Till I've fked (fill in the name) County
Like they fked me.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (O8WFE)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (3o++7)
*******
Lawsuit: The Leader of Qatar's Brother is Ordering Assassinations Inside the US
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GP that links to DC piece
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CDGwz)
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Inertia, I think, from the Viking colony in the Middle Ages.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (iB1oa)
Vikings, then Greenland was left in a sort of salutary neglect after the Plague swept through Norway/Denmark (which used to be one kingdom). Norway/Denmark started resettling Greenland in the 18th Century, and when the two countries split in 1814, Denmark got Greenland in the divorce.
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (7HtZB)
Where's the fun in that?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 10:07 AM (6qErC)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (3o++7)
Will do!
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:07 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Every Wisconsonian I Work With at August 22, 2019 10:07 AM (l8gTz)
That Trump!
Posted by: RI Red at August 22, 2019 10:07 AM (htouW)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 22, 2019 10:07 AM (CLteG)
Let's see if the 'rreeee!!!!' crowd can avoid shooting themselves in the crotch over this.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (IOhkL)
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"Forgive everyone's debts!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:08 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil
As we said yesterday, buy Greenland and flip it to Canada for their four westernmost provinces, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC and Yukon.
We get the Alberta oil sands and a contiguous strip to Alaska.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:08 AM (/c+/z)
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Sounds to me like I am not the only one dreaming of icebreakers.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 22, 2019 10:08 AM (MIKMs)
*******
Lawsuit: The Leader of Qatar's Brother is Ordering Assassinations Inside the US
*******
GP that links to DC piece
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (BqBId)
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The Leader of Qatar's brother?
Bawha?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (AM1GF)
My (admittedly thin) understanding is that there was a culture there when the Vikings arrived that wasn't Inuit. The Vikings left and the Inuit arrived from points west (probably starting in Alaska) and promptly "replaced" the existing culture, which is a polite way of saying they killed the men and raped the women. Then they settled in.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (RD7QR)
We move our troops there ... and they can clean things up, protect native families, raise some cattle, and avocados (since apparently, avocados are more important to national security than rare earth minerals)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (3o++7)
Erik the Red was a great marketer though.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 22, 2019 09:50 AM (O8WFE)
Medieval warm period. They were growing at least passable enough for the troops wine grapes in England. There is supposed to be correspondence from the home office to the Roman governor of London complaining that he was buying local wine for his troops, rather than transporting wine from Italy (presumably made by the complaining official's sponsors).
Posted by: Fox2! at August 22, 2019 10:10 AM (MwFQu)
We get the Alberta oil sands and a contiguous strip to Alaska.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:08 AM (/c+/z)
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Do we want BC? Vancouver is like Seattle lite.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:10 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 10:10 AM (fJ1PK)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (+ugqD)
Greenland was utterly abandoned by the Vikings. It appears to have been peaceful, the homes and churches were left intact. They'd just had a good run of three or four hundred years of good weather and then things were again to harsh to eke out a living.
Now, everyone go read #95 again and talk about the art in the art thread.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (lwiT4)
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well I have about seen it all now, Grammie wants to go to war with Denmark, Next BananaShitGuy, Kurtie & RainMando will make cogent posts
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: red speck at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (6Krd7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (xSo9G)
Bawha?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:09 AM (iikV
Whats the arab word for fredo?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (9Om/r)
Sounds to me like we may have a case for annexation.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 10:06 AM (NMAzL)
There were some minor actions during WWII in Greenland between the US & the Nazis, in what's known as "The Weather War"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/087081768X
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (7HtZB)
We gotta keep it.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (olEKR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (IOhkL)
Ooh wee, ooh wee, baby,
won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Ahoy!
Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (wImtG)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (BqBId)
Also.. .I have just read that child sexual abuse is a huge problem there, with 1 in 3 people as victims. Insane.
https://tinyurl.com/y27kwhl2
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (/c+/z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: kraken at August 22, 2019 09:56 AM (bCLt0)
We got this.
You could put almost all of them in Wrigley Field.
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (pPNCa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 22, 2019 10:12 AM (NFEMn)
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People spontaneously combust all the time. It's just not widely reported.
Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (Kpl3J)
The key is to have a murderous ,evil regime have been in Greenland then you are guaranteed hordes of tourist fools going to see 'the miracle of socialism'. Think Cuba.
Posted by: Voter theater. at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (N2vNz)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (7HtZB)
You are sooo fucked. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (fJ1PK)
Yes so there was Climate change way back when
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:13 AM (BqBId)
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Whew....
I saw the copied thread and seized up a bit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (iikV8)
U of Mich Big House, and that it's half empty.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (/c+/z)
We get the Alberta oil sands and a contiguous strip to Alaska.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:08 AM (/c+/z)
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I smell a new series! "Flip this Country!"
Toss in some shiplap and shiny backsplash tile and it's ratings gold, I tell you!
Posted by: hgtv execs swooning at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (pPNCa)
15,000 would have to go to Kominski Park. That's just cruel.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (UIm4F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (xSo9G)
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Only some of that is shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (iikV8)
Deep State is in Deep Shit is soon to be in deep shit!
Posted by: The Barrel at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (wImtG)
Posted by: zombie Andrew Wyeth at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (Z04f8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (+ugqD)
Fairies wear boots.
Posted by: Ozzy at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
Better not say that anywhere in Texas. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:16 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:00 AM (CDGwz)
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Inertia, I think, from the Viking colony in the Middle Ages.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:03 AM (iB1oa)
Until recently, no one else ever saw any point in trying to own it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (CLteG)
Just a sec,
*POUNCE!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:11 AM (+ugqD)
*looks confused*
Uh, was that for me?
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (olEKR)
15,000 would have to go to Kominski Park. That's just cruel.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (lwiT4)
Which would be 14,000 more than they usually get for a game
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (JXWAw)
Toss in some shiplap and shiny backsplash tile and it's ratings gold, I tell you!
Posted by: hgtv execs swooning at August 22, 2019 10:15 AM (qC1Sy)
He's an African warlord with a host of enemies and a dozen foreign bank accounts to hide his laundered money. Can Chip and Joanna help him turn his failed state into something that the UN will happily come in and manage while he jets off to bang blondes on the Mediterranean coast?...
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (wCmLp)
"
Bandersnatch getting in the mood to get back in the classroom ... "you in the back, stop whispering to your friend, and turn off your cell phone ... pay attention"
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:01 AM (lwiT4)
The time to do it is now. There's about another month of full sun, then two months. Of a reasonable day/night cycle, followed by increasing darkness, and then full night until March or so (depending on how far north you are; this timing is based on my memory of Thule 40 years ago).
Posted by: Fox2! at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (MwFQu)
Turns out 500K fewer jobs were created in 2018 than initially reported. And this revealing news comes exactly when the MSM is in recession overdrive.
By this time next year unemployment will be 2972% according to the MSM.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Barrel is deeper.
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 10:17 AM (arJlL)
Like putting a portable hole inside a Bag of Holding.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (NWiLs)
Vote for the D, in greenland you'll be.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (CLteG)
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (3o++7)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (+ugqD)
for colonization. It'd be an outlet for people struggling to make it,
to go out and claim something of their own.
Offer the new settlers 40 acres and a Taun-taun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (HaL55)
And by 'someone' I mean 'someone else'.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 22, 2019 10:20 AM (mvenn)
Who else would get a pouncing?
*smooch!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (+ugqD)
Heh.
Mmmm...smooches...
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:20 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (1ISKN)
for colonization. It'd be an outlet for people struggling to make it,
to go out and claim something of their own.
Offer the new settlers 40 acres and a Taun-taun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (HaL55)
That Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Roy Batty at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Megan Rapinoe at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (wImtG)
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (NFEMn)
Everyone copied the entire thread every time they comment.
It was beautiful in its awfulness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:22 AM (iikV8)
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
*
*
. . .
Doesn't that sound as if Shelley knew Hillary?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:22 AM (ClOmq)
We have to make sure there are at least a few hobos there for the Ewok to hunt and one or two bars that stock Valu-Rite.
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 10:22 AM (pPNCa)
Many Evangelical pastors agree
Posted by: Kurt at August 22, 2019 10:22 AM (/U15Q)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (oZ6kz)
Who else would get a pouncing?
*smooch!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (+ugqD)
Heh.
Mmmm...smooches...
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:20 AM (NWiLs)
Shit, get a room. And don't get any on the walls. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Jackson Pollock at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (iB1oa)
Name them.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (lwiT4)
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Just ignore the troll.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:23 AM (iikV8)
I did by implication and somebody else did explicitly. It's refreshing that some people get it. It's not just a pair of boots it's a story. And re-reading the poem is always fun.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM (NWiLs)
The Nerd is strong with this one.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (ZfRYq)
Trump is the Chosen One meant to bring balance to the force. His midichlorian count is YUUUUGE. He has the best midichlorians, luxurious ones.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (flINI)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (1ISKN)
Looks more like he blew himself out of his pyramid while trying to light his gas stove.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (9Om/r)
for colonization. It'd be an outlet for people struggling to make it,
to go out and claim something of their own.
Offer the new settlers 40 acres and a Taun-taun.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (HaL55)
Somebody can have my share. Greenland is really *Up There*. I already live in the great snowy North. I willing to give up the experience of 4 seasons for just 2 but not for winter and not-as-bad-winter.
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Kurrt at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (CLteG)
I suddenly had a vision of something terrible.
Everyone copied the entire thread every time they comment.
It was beautiful in its awfulness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
And Time turned inside out, and we all went back 71 hours.
We have three days to live over again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:18 AM
I got yer Bag of Holding right here!
Posted by: Don Lemon at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (wImtG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (NWiLs)
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Then I'll see you in Hell!
Posted by: Han Solo at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (iB1oa)
Kurt, you just go ahead and be you, mkay? Feel free to continue to demonstrate that deep thinking and penetrating insight we've all come to know and admire.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (qC1Sy)
We have three days to live over again.
Wasn't that a Star Trek episode?
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (1ISKN)
Looks more like he blew himself out of his pyramid while trying to light his gas stove.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM (9Om/r)
________
I am going to go with alien bear
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (6qErC)
In 2014, the US pissed off Greenland/Denmark by changing contractors at Thule AB from locals to US.
That was, umm, the Obama administration.
But Trump is the insulting one.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (ZfRYq)
We have three days to live over again.
Wasn't that a Star Trek episode?
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (AkkRZ)
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Kirk got his shirt torn at the end for no reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (1ISKN)
Ga'ould
Posted by: Fox2! at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (MwFQu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (Kpl3J)
That's what I've been saying. Send our illegals and Leftists there. Make it Australia North
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (3o++7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:14 AM (Kpl3J)
And he's on vacation. Hanging out at the shore. Sketching.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (JExoS)
The cold keeps Valu-Rite more stable. And by "stable" I mean that the glass doesn't start to get soft and rubbery nearly as fast.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: IC at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (NbVTj)
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (olEKR)
environments. If they gave up on "Green" land, I doubt anyone else will
make a go of it there. It's a good place for a penal colony is all I
can figure. Rename it Rura Penthe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:25 AM (Kpl3J)
Hell yeah, and then stick illegals there. Just the rumor of us buying greenland for that reason alone might work wonders.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Kurrt
Name that peanut ?
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (arJlL)
______
You really can eat the same corn twice
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (flINI)
Salusa Secundus.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (olEKR)
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Shayol.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (iB1oa)
Enter Greenland.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (1ISKN)
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Thule? Like the car tops that is standard equipment on every Subaru and Audi?
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (FiUMj)
Yes, this is a tempera painting (tempura is the fried veggies). It's apparently boots that belonged to Walt Anderson, a Maine lobsterman that was a good friend of Wyeth's. That pyramid is actually the gable of a house.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (iikV
Honestly, that worked better for Natalie Portman.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (6qErC)
Who else would get a pouncing?
*smooch!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:19 AM (+ugqD)
Heh.
Mmmm...smooches...
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:20 AM
I have to hand it to you guys. Your AOS online courtship is way more interesting than the one that Bozo Conservative and I had onlne. Even our Virtual Bachelor party was pretty tame compared to both of you. LOL.
/of course, what we do online is different than what happens IRL, if you know what I mean. And I think you do.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (iikV
Honestly, that worked better for Natalie Portman.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (ZfRYq)
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Abs....
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (1ISKN)
And Time turned inside out, and we all went back 71 hours.
We have three days to live over again.
Wasn't that a Star Trek episode?
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
It was: "The Naked Time." Imagine if something like that happened among the Horde.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (ClOmq)
In 2014, the US pissed off Greenland/Denmark by changing contractors at Thule AB from locals to US.
That was, umm, the Obama administration.
But Trump is the insulting one.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (ZfRYq)
There was "always" a division of labor between US and Danish contractors. Danes did general support. Anything requiring access to mission equipment or classified material was done by a US company with US employees.
Posted by: Fox2! at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (MwFQu)
And China has been making a big push to increase their leverage on the place.
Go back a year or so and look at the fight the US put up with the backing of the Danish government to keep China out of bid to develop new airports in Greenland. Classic Belt and Road.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (ZLI7S)
Kirk got his shirt torn at the end for no reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (iikV
One of the funniest lines in Galaxy Quest was Alan Rickman saying to Tim Allen, I see you've managed to get your shirt off.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (JXWAw)
Posted by: Kurrt
Name that peanut ?
Posted by: JT at August 22, 2019 10:27 AM (arJlL)
______
You really can eat the same corn twice
*******
LOL !!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (MzFJT)
Posted by: Old Sailor Proverbs at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM
Dude. You, as a famous cinema insider, should know it wasn't for "no reason".
Posted by: Green Women of The Milky Way Association at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (wImtG)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:28 AM (oZ6kz)
That's what they want you to think.
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (ZfRYq)
Kirk got his shirt torn at the end for no reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM (iikV
One of the funniest lines in Galaxy Quest was Alan Rickman saying to Tim Allen, I see you've managed to get your shirt off.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (JXWAw)
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I want to visit the universe where that movie was made with the Star Trek cast.
I don't think it would be better, but it would certainly be different and still hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (olEKR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:26 AM
Dude. You, as a famous cinema insider, should know it wasn't for "no reason".
Posted by: Green Women of The Milky Way Association at August 22, 2019 10:30 AM (wImtG)
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Bad reason is close enough to no reason in my book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (VPncT)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 22, 2019 10:21 AM (NFEMn)
And the value has gone up.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (JExoS)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (/c+/z)
I can't help thinking about The Perfect Storm and its account of the fishermen who were lost at sea in 1991. Wyeth had a summer cottage on the Maine coast, so he had some sense of the risks of being a fisherman.
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (pPNCa)
interesting than the one that Bozo Conservative and I had onlne. Even
our Virtual Bachelor party was pretty tame compared to both of you. LOL.
B'Gal and I got to see them both live and in living, loving color. They're a cute couple IRL.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (HaL55)
There's a hard limit on how much they can raise prices, though.
There are rare earth deposits elsewhere that can be profitably worked at prices not too much higher than China has them set at now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
Yellow slicker is "Squall".
http://bit.ly/33SpGEQ
In a book or online the view out the door doesn't make physical sense, but in person it does.
I love that one.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Kurrt at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (/c+/z)
Shayol.
Now that was a talented author. He could make degenerate tyrannies look nostalgic.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
Cordwainer Smith? If you haven't, read the short story "The Game of Rat and Dragon." I can't quote its best lines because they would give the central surprise away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (7HtZB)
Never did find out who was stashing porn in Ziploc bags all over the place.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: G marks the spot at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (mrrpb)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (/c+/z)
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Worth it, though.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (qC1Sy)
There's a hard limit on how much they can raise prices, though.
There are rare earth deposits elsewhere that can be profitably worked at prices not too much higher than China has them set at now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
Frackin'-A!! Funny how that works.
Posted by: Roy at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (0yxK0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (/c+/z)
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Torrents are your friend
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (1ISKN)
Yes. No joke. The tombs are houses for the deceased's spirit to "live" in and be a home base during its afterworld activities. Priests even provided food for it to eat when it was around.
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (/c+/z)
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Worth it, though.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (qC1Sy)
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This is why you just buy the movie and have access to it forever. You can probably get a DVD of the movie for that price.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:36 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:36 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (1ISKN)
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I suspect Obama and Hillary had a hand in that.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 22, 2019 10:36 AM (qC1Sy)
I believe the reason you're referencing is "beefcake." Not necessarily a bad reason, if you're of the female persuasion.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (AkkRZ)
Interesting fellow. Professor, Army colonel, CIA consultant. Under his real name (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), he wrote one of the first textbooks on psychological warfare.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (ClOmq)
So who gets to be George Takei, chasing people with his "sword"?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (amw5z)
I believe the reason you're referencing is "beefcake." Not necessarily a bad reason, if you're of the female persuasion.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (AkkRZ)
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Meh. He was already getting fat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM (iikV8)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:34 AM (cB5if)
Back when I was in the rare book business, my boss was phone bidding with Helga during an auction
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (7HtZB)
Are these egg tempura or water colors? Wythe is a joy.
----Yes, Wyeth painted in egg tempera. The egg is the binder, and is applied to the gesso panel in thin layers of color which dry in about 20 seconds. Layer upon layer of egg yolk pigment results in the pleasing smooth, mat surface we see in an egg tempera painting. Temperas take weeks, and often months to complete.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (BsCoj)
Posted by: Batty Roy at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (CLteG)
you and bozo conservative are so sweet. it's nice to know there are people out there like the Horde, and we have this forum to meet each other and form friendships and romances.
thanks, ace.
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:39 AM (1ISKN)
but in this case, no footprints ... definitely aliens.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 10:39 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Batty Roy at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (CLteG)
I saw Earth Wind and Fire at the Florentine Gardens in '92.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:39 AM (amw5z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
But we're always NOODing...wait, you mean...nevermind.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:39 AM (AM1GF)
Are these egg tempura or water colors? Wythe is a joy.
----Yes, Wyeth painted in egg tempera. The egg is the binder, and is applied to the gesso panel in thin layers of color which dry in about 20 seconds. Layer upon layer of egg yolk pigment results in the pleasing smooth, mat surface we see in an egg tempera painting. Temperas take weeks, and often months to complete.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (BsCoj)
If you can't paint it in less than 30 minutes, it isn't art
Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at August 22, 2019 10:39 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:31 AM (1ISKN)
Yes. No joke. The tombs are houses for the deceased's spirit to
"live" in and be a home base during its afterworld activities. Priests
even provided food for it to eat when it was around.
Posted by: Kris at August 22, 2019 10:35 AM (OyyDO)
Its also why the pharaohs were buried with everything including the kitchen sink. And they say you can't take it with you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:40 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Old Blue Skin at August 22, 2019 10:40 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:33 AM (7HtZB)
There's an easy "fix" to that. Just claim that he is doing a three - five year tour as the star of a theater production. Then you cast Jeremy Irons as the replacement and he is the alien character's brother.
Posted by: Buzzion at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (yMjSg)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (ZLI7S)
At a recent Arctic Nations Council meeting (I may not have the title of that group correct), SoS Pompeo warned the other members about China's interest in the Arctic. He said China is now designating itself as a Near-Arctic nation, even though it does not extend beyond the Arctic Circle. I guess the designation as an Arctic nation gives some rights under existing treaties or agreements.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (AMIL/)
It was: "The Naked Time." Imagine if something like that happened among the Horde.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:29 AM (ClOmq)
So who gets to be George Takei, chasing people with his "sword"?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
I leave that as an exercise for the student.
As for McCoy tearing Kirk's tunic during the last scene of "The Naked Time" so that he could inject the captain with the cure,the answer is that Roddenberry and Co. had not yet decided that the hypospray could go right through clothing. Of coursde McCoy could have grabbed Kirk's hand and injected him in the wrist, or just plugged him in the neck . . . but tearing the shirt made for a much more interesting visual shot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:37 AM
Welcome!!!!!!
We're inclusive. You don't have to be green to be Green, IYKWWMAWTYD.
Posted by: Green Women Of The Milky Way Association at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (wImtG)
We have three days to live over again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 10:24 AM
oh no we do not
I will scratch a bitch
Posted by: AltonJackson
the MiMoMe & Emporium is 21SEP19
details soon
at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (cuot+)
This outsourcing of essential manufacturing raw materials is a really sneaky way of making certain that we remain weak economically. If Greenland has as much RE as they say, then we should buy it. It'll pay for itself from the tax revenue.
Of course, Progs will never understand how that works because they're innumerate.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:41 AM (HaL55)
It's called "Attraction". It's Russian but already verbally dubbed in English. Not bad considering.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:42 AM (/c+/z)
379 shibumi,
you and bozo conservative are so sweet. it's nice to know there are people out there like the Horde, and we have this forum to meet each other and form friendships and romances.
thanks, ace.
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (d7Ww2)
ace just needs to figure out a way to monetize it.
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 10:42 AM (yOykd)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM (BsCoj)
I usually get my shrimp tempura in about 15 min @the local Kanpai.
Posted by: BignJames at August 22, 2019 10:42 AM (ykq7q)
What media bias?
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 22, 2019 10:43 AM (FiUMj)
I say that we land a division of Marines on Greenland and assert ownership.
"The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords." -- F. E. Smith
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2019 10:43 AM (CDGwz)
I saw Rare Earth at the Von Braun Civic Center back in '79.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:44 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Batty Roy
I saw Earth Wind and Fire at the Florentine Gardens in '92.
Posted by: Cicero
I broke wind last night.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:44 AM (/c+/z)
Those guys that report on China, used to report as riding their bikes there) say China has major influence in Australia ... lots of other mining there, not sure about rare earth
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (Cus5s)
Wyeth's palette is an issue for me, as I prefer the rich colors of Dutch painting, but he is undeniably a fantastic artist, Rothko's reaction notwithstanding.
Would hang.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (NVYyb)
thanks, ace.
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:38 AM
Awww... thank you Nurse Ratched. We are both rooting for you and Insomniac-- as well as Miley and Publius. And all the other real and potential Moron Romances.
When B.C. and I met, all I wanted was to talk to someone in person that did not love Obama and was not a frothing liberal. I had no expectations at all and in fact, after meeting for the first time, told a friend that nothing would ever happen between the two of us.
After four months of regular dating, we were engaged. I'm still no sure how that happened, since I usually get sick of guys after about three months.
And yes, thank you Ace for having this site and letting us interact. It helps me stay sane, especially in the wilds of liberal MI.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:44 AM (/c+/z)
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For God's sake, man...
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (iB1oa)
I didn't think I could hate those assholes more, but every day a little bit more hate squeezes out of me.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (FiUMj)
We know now that Greenland is geologically part of North America.
We could open a can of Monroe Doctrine whoopass on those Danes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 10:42 AM
HordeDate.com
Wait...that doesn't sound right.
MoronMatch.com?
I dunno. I'm in a cold medicine fog right now. Need more covfefe...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 10:46 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism
Oh, they understand. Some "critical endangered species" will be discovered on the mining sites, making any development impossible. Just as their foreign masters desire.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 10:46 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
DAMN it all I read that as "trannies" and it got me going on a whole bunch of *other* nostalgic speculative fiction. And now we're all Sad Puppies...
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 22, 2019 10:46 AM (8ZmvG)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker
Never say never.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (/c+/z)
"You can not redraw international borders with the use of force in the 21st century"
-- Barack H. Obama, re: Ukraine
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (fuK7c)
There are rare earth deposits elsewhere that can be profitably worked at prices not too much higher than China has them set at now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
But if the Chinese don't sell to us because we're in a hot war or serious cold war with them, how long will it take to get US and Canadian mines and processing plants up and running? That's the biggest problem.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (AMIL/)
There aren't too many hordelings looking for romance with Ewoks or hobos.
Posted by: Basement Cat at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (pPNCa)
I've recommended that Ace grab as many willing Morons as whom are interested and turn this place into a conservative think-tank. From what I gather, those things make a lot of money, for reasons that I don't grok fully. I've yet to hear anything out of one of them that makes any sense, policy-wise.
We'll all be RICH! Rich! I tell you!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (FiUMj)
..
When things are not going well or not progressing it's Trump vs...
If things are going well it's the US vs...
Posted by: HA at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2019 10:44 AM (/c+/z)
Beef jerky gives me the winds somethin' fierce.
Posted by: Coleman at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (amw5z)
-- Barack H. Obama, re: Ukraine
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (fuK7c)
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Hold my vodka.
Posted by: Russia at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (NWiLs)
After four months of regular dating, we were engaged. I'm still no sure how that happened, since I usually get sick of guys after about three months.
And yes, thank you Ace for having this site and letting us interact. It helps me stay sane, especially in the wilds of liberal MI.
Posted by: shibumi,
shibumi,
Seattle is just about as libtarded a place as you can get. I love it here, it is my home and has been for four generations of my family. but it's insanely left. It was such a comfort to find the Horde and it has been so wonderful talking with Insom every night.
don't let the crazies get to you.
buy ammo, go to the range.
smooches to both of yall.
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (oZ6kz)
trade was is how it's always "Trump vs China". As if Trump is doing
this on his own for his own benefit, like some kind of game.
..
When things are not going well or not progressing it's Trump vs...
If things are going well it's the US vs...
Posted by: HA at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (MAstk)
Because we insist on using lamp posts for things like lighting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (NWiLs)
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They sure are, ol' buddy!
Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2019 10:50 AM (MVjcR)
I've recommended that Ace grab as many willing Morons as whom are interested and turn this place into a conservative think-tank. From what I gather, those things make a lot of money, for reasons that I don't grok fully. I've yet to hear anything out of one of them that makes any sense, policy-wise.
We'll all be RICH! Rich! I tell you!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (HaL55)
We'll need Qatari backing. I hear that's all the rage these days.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:50 AM (NWiLs)
serious cold war with them, how long will it take to get US and Canadian
mines and processing plants up and running? That's the biggest
problem.
In a hot war? Not nearly fast enough.
Out there on that Intarwebz thingy is a TV ad that only ran once or twice that shows a Chinese dude 'splainin' to his class that America was once the world's superpower but that we work for them now.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:50 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:49 AM (NWiLs)
The apocalypse is imminent. And stop calling me Shirley.
Posted by: Capt. Oveur at August 22, 2019 10:51 AM (amw5z)
Wait...that doesn't sound right.
MoronMatch.com?
I dunno. I'm in a cold medicine fog right now. Need more covfefe...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 10:46 AM (ejd/p)
Our cutting-edge matching algorithm uses such questions as "Do you put carrots in your chili?" and "Longbows or crossbows?" to determine the Moron who is right for you.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 22, 2019 10:51 AM (KUaJL)
I got married and, according to stats, I'm more likely to get killed in a terrorist attack than even find a guy to date. We're obviously in the End Times.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:51 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:53 AM (d7Ww2)
There are 8 countries with territorial rights on the Arctic. The US is one, so is Russia and bunch of iceback countries.
Denmark is also one but only by way of their ownership of Greenland.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2019 10:53 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Guy what was vaporized out of his boots at August 22, 2019 10:53 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: HA at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:50 AM (HaL55)
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Hollywood does, at any rate. In MI: Rogue Nation, there was an actress who is well-known in China who had a minute of screen time, yet she was still fourth or fifth billed.
Posted by: Russia at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (iB1oa)
Posted by: Someguy at August 22, 2019 10:42 AM
HordeDate.com
Wait...that doesn't sound right.
MoronMatch.com?
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I'm in
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Turkey at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (amw5z)
What's good for the world is good for the HQ.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (7cJE3)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 10:54 AM (iB1oa)
An interesting bit of timing with the Gibson protest was the Oberlin board of trustees was about to dismiss a professor who was a darling of the black students for her anti-Semitic /911 Truther screeds and here comes Aladin trying to steal two bottles of wine from Gibson. For a distraction, $50 million seems expensive.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yy6behau
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:55 AM (IOhkL)
There are rare earth deposits elsewhere that can be profitably worked at prices not too much higher than China has them set at now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
But if the Chinese don't sell to us because we're in a hot war or serious cold war with them, how long will it take to get US and Canadian mines and processing plants up and running? That's the biggest problem.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 10:47 AM (AMIL/)
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I've always wondered if this thinking was also behind reopening our steel mills. If we ever need to make weapons and ships from steel again, it would be helpful to be able to use steel made in America!
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 22, 2019 10:55 AM (lonOK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:55 AM (amw5z)
The curse of the pyramid is real!
Everything would just go into another dimension, right?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:55 AM (HaL55)
Everything would just go into another dimension, right?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:55 AM (HaL55)
But your razor blades would stay sharp forever!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (amw5z)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:50 AM (HaL55)
I assume US DoD has a stockpile of critical rare earth ores or metals that will supply its manufacturing needs for a while. But we all know what happens when you assume something.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (xPJvm)
I've recommended that Ace grab as many willing Morons as whom are interested and turn this place into a conservative think-tank. From what I gather, those things make a lot of money, for reasons that I don't grok fully. I've yet to hear anything out of one of them that makes any sense, policy-wise.
We'll all be RICH! Rich! I tell you!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (HaL55)
A Moron cruise would be epic. Ahoy!
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
-- Barack H. Obama
________________
Of course not! Now we do it by stealth "immigration," and if the rubes object, we call them raaaaaaaacists!
Posted by: Your Globalist Masters at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:51 AM (AkkRZ)
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!"
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (W+kMI)
Thanks. I'm not leaving the HQ, just will miss anything posted prior to 2:20 pm.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Actually, it probably would. A little pricey though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
It's too bad Francesco Schettino is in prison because he'd be just the guy to captain a Moron cruise.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (amw5z)
*pops popcorn*
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 10:53 AM (d7Ww2)
I don't really care for popcorn. Got any Cheetos?
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:51 AM (AkkRZ)
Why are you looking for guys to date if you're already married?
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
No way am I gonna be trapped on a boat w/you people.
Posted by: BignJames at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (ykq7q)
>>
You can't take it with you, but you can make sure no one else gets it.
Posted by: FrodoB at August 22, 2019 10:59 AM (vNyGK)
We should have kept the bauxite just to ensure a steady supply of beer cans.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 10:59 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (KUaJL)
Don't judge. H8tr.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:59 AM (amw5z)
>>
You can't take it with you, but you can make sure no one else gets it.
Posted by: FrodoB at August 22, 2019 10:59 AM (vNyGK)
I am soooo stealing that. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:59 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Actually, it probably would. A little pricey though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
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We could take over one of those riverboats on the Mississippi. Of course, we'd probably use it to go raiding up and down the river...
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (iB1oa)
We could open a can of Monroe Doctrine whoopass on those Danes."
get off our tectonic plates ... and stay off
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
It's too bad Francesco Schettino is in prison because he'd be just the guy to captain a Moron cruise.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 10:58 AM (amw5z)
naw, it would have to be Captain Ron.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: exdem13 at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Actually, it probably would. A little pricey though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
Their insurance carrier probably wouldn't allow it.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 11:01 AM (NWiLs)
LOL. I am not. I married a member of the Horde earlier this year and am offically off the market.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 11:01 AM (AkkRZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 11:01 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (iB1oa)
There's gambling going on here? I'm SHOCKED!
- a quote from ace, when the riverboat is raided
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2019 11:01 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2019 11:02 AM (IOhkL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 11:02 AM (amw5z)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Actually, it probably would. A little pricey though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
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We could take over one of those riverboats on the Mississippi. Of course, we'd probably use it to go raiding up and down the river...
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 22, 2019 11:00 AM (iB1oa)
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Horde's pillagin' and burnin'
Raidin'
Raidin'
Raidin' on the river!
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (NWiLs)
It was pointless...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (6qErC)
Joe Walsh, a conservative radio show host and former Republican congressman from Illinois, is expected to announce he is running for president as early as this weekend, presenting President Trump with a challenger from the right his critics hope will weaken the president in the 2020 election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Actually, it probably would. A little pricey though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
Their insurance carrier probably wouldn't allow it.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 22, 2019 11:01 AM (NWiLs)
I go on a metal cruise every year. 60 frigging metal bands. If they can insure that they can insure anything. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (9Om/r)
I've recommended that Ace grab as many willing Morons as whom are interested and turn this place into a conservative think-tank. From what I gather, those things make a lot of money, for reasons that I don't grok fully. I've yet to hear anything out of one of them that makes any sense, policy-wise.
We'll all be RICH! Rich! I tell you!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 22, 2019 10:48 AM (HaL55)
A Moron cruise would be epic. Ahoy!
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Hmm, "Life on the Mississippi" meets "Vinland Saga" meets "Beyond Thunderdome". Hey, it could be fun.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 22, 2019 11:04 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2019 11:04 AM (mIQCW)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, just so at August 22, 2019 11:05 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 22, 2019 11:05 AM (6qErC)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxt48d4b
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division>>
You're welcome. Here all week.
Posted by: FrodoB at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (vNyGK)
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM
And by "epic" we mean "would result in an international incident".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (ejd/p)
Why are you looking for guys to date if you're already married?
LOL. I am not. I married a member of the Horde earlier this year and am offically off the market.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019
*
*
. . .
I think Shibumi meant, "The dating sites said I had a better chance of being in a terrorist attack than of finding someone to date. But I got married. So there."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (ClOmq)
Republican congressman from Illinois, is expected to announce he is
running for president as early as this weekend, presenting President
Trump with a challenger from the right his critics hope will weaken the
president in the 2020 election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (aKsyK)
Fuck that guy in particular.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (9Om/r)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PHg3q4Xyk
Posted by: exdem13 at August 22, 2019 11:07 AM (W+kMI)
Joe Walsh, a conservative radio show host and former Republican congressman from Illinois, is expected to announce he is running for president as early as this weekend, presenting President Trump with a challenger from the right his critics hope will weaken the president in the 2020 election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2019 11:03 AM (aKsyK
A Republican who wants to bring about the election of a Democratic crazy. Huh, who would have thought it?
Posted by: Northernlurker at August 22, 2019 11:07 AM (II6Oo)
Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2019 11:07 AM (jOEDM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 22, 2019 11:07 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 11:07 AM (amw5z)
Posted by: FloridaMan at August 22, 2019 11:08 AM (r28kI)
484 A Moron cruise would be epic. Ahoy!
Posted by: josephistan at August 22, 2019 10:56 AM
And by "epic" we mean "would result in an international incident".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (ejd/p)
Somali pirates, here we come!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2019 11:08 AM (zw6vQ)
think of the amount of booze needed for just a week.
Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 22, 2019 11:06 AM (d7Ww2)
That metal cruise I go on? We got delayed leaving the port one year. We drank a Royal Caribbean ship dry before it left the frigging port, and it had to get resupplied. Think of that. I talked to the captain one year and he says it takes them a month and a half of normal cruises to drink what we do in 5 days.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2019 11:09 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 11:11 AM (fuK7c)
for you and Insomniac-- as well as Miley and Publius. And all the other
real and potential Moron Romances.
...
And yes, thank you Ace
for having this site and letting us interact. It helps me stay sane,
especially in the wilds of liberal MI.
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 22, 2019 10:45 AM (AkkRZ)
Yes, thanks Ace!
Publius and I are big-time procrastinators, but we're looking at a spring wedding. Maybe May. And we'll be getting started on a house this fall. I hope
Publius and his mother are sitting on a goldmine of gossip down here, and they're very parsimonious. It's kind of cruel to the locals, who are reduced to rubbernecking as they drive past the property, trying to check me out as I weed the garden. They've even confronted his mom straight on. "You know I hate to pry, but is Publius married?" She hates it when people try to pump her for info, but it's a small community and they don't have a lot to do other than gossip, I guess!
One lady even asked her point-blank if she likes me. "What kind of question is that? If I didn't like you, would I tell her?"
As luck would have it, she told Publius that I'm the perfect daughter-in-law. I feel like we're family already, even if it's not official. The way you feel means more than legal status, anyway.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 22, 2019 11:12 AM (NMAzL)
I'm just amazed that they had a year's worth of booze on board.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 22, 2019 11:14 AM (amw5z)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 11:15 AM (BsCoj)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxt48d4b
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Thanks, that was good. Nice to see all the other stuff surrounding him.
Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2019 11:16 AM (mhs6e)
Nice article.
I find a lot in common between Wyeth and Hemingway. Both major 20th century artists who got critical scorn -- Hemingway because he wrote simple declarative sentences and Wyeth because he painted realistically.
The 20th century was all about getting precious. What were these rubes up to.
But both of them have emotional depths under what looks like a smooth surface. There's always death or loss in a simple story, or a picture of boots.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 22, 2019 11:19 AM (fuK7c)
here's a very interesting article on Wyeth, and the ambivalence with which the establishment art world treats him.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxt48d4b
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Thanks, that was good. Nice to see all the other stuff surrounding him.
For me understanding his hyper brush strokes and the process of tempera paint is truly stunning. I know almost the full body of his work and it still blows me away how he was able to show light in his paintings.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 11:26 AM (BsCoj)
But both of them have emotional depths under what looks like a smooth
surface. There's always death or loss in a simple story, or a picture
of boots.
Well said
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 11:32 AM (BsCoj)
Posted by: Judith at August 22, 2019 11:33 AM (ax1Ah)
Boston mfa had a display of wyette's paintings and I finally found one
that did not depress me and was interesting. From across the room it
looked like a framed black hole. As you approached it details began to
emerge. When you were right in front, up close, you could see the
lobster traps and fish nets dripping with water while the silhouette of a
man working appeared. I loved that painting....the rest of his works i
dislike
Posted by: Judith at August 22, 2019 11:33 AM (ax1Ah)
Brilliant!!! Wyeth's rendition of dinoflagellate bioluminescence in the ocean as a poacher pulls a lobster trap at night.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 11:41 AM (BsCoj)
I love these two paintings: the stark (but not barren) landscapes, the small details (the bits of shell and the worn wood of the shack), the delicacy of some elements and the use of the colors. Wyeth paintings let me hear the breeze blowing on the netting and sense the ocean near to the abandoned boots.
Just lovely. Thanks CBD.
Posted by: JTB at August 22, 2019 11:53 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at August 22, 2019 12:11 PM (BsCoj)
Saying that middle school is a bastion of "mature and intelligent pastures" is like saying that "The Democratic Party is made up of free-thinking and thoughtful voters."
Posted by: Jonah Kyle at August 22, 2019 01:14 PM (SH7Tr)
Posted by: saf at August 22, 2019 01:33 PM (5IHGB)
A Moron cruise would be epic. Ahoy!
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Hmm, "Life on the Mississippi" meets "Vinland Saga" meets "Beyond Thunderdome". Hey, it could be fun.
======
Outfit a couple Norse Dragon ships, we row to Greenland in force, cross bows etc. etc., knock the place over in 12 hours, spend the next three days drinking mead, singing, and stuff
Posted by: simplemind at August 22, 2019 01:34 PM (l1fSG)
Wyeth most likely painted his subjects because he liked the way they looked. Or how the boots looked against the ground with the gable peeking out.
It's so funny how viewers interpret paintings that are really just the purest form of expression:
"I see something I want to put down on canvas."
That's it. I'd like to know what Andy Wyeth has to say about his own boring-ass paintings, probably something similar to what I just wrote.
You know who has all the analysis and deeper meanings of the stuff they put down on paper or canvas? No - talent hacks. Those are the ones with All the Meanings.
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2019 03:02 PM (kD8Fh)
Um, no. If you can, check out his "autobiography". It's a collection of his painting with about a paragraph about each one in his voice.
Everything for him has a deeper meaning. Everything is a shadow of death and loss and hope. It's not a pair of boots and it's not some nets drying in the sun.
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Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)