Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of Pope Julius II
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

Raphael is one of my favorites, but I had never seen this until recently, and boy am I glad I went looking. When I think of Raphael I think of grand paintings, but this is relatively small...only about one meter high. According to the history it was ahead of its time for portraiture, especially that of popes, and laid the groundwork for the next few centuries of papal portraits. Not bad for a guy who died in his mid-thirties!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Yikes.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 09:31 AM (NWiLs)

2 firstish

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 09:31 AM (KUaJL)

3 *bursts in*
*POUNCE!*

Posted by: Nurse ratched at September 19, 2019 09:32 AM (PkVlr)

4 SCREAM AND LEAP!

Though it looks like Pope J up there won't be doing either one anytime soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 19, 2019 09:32 AM (ClOmq)

5 I like how the Pope is flipping the bird at everyone in his selfie!

Posted by: vukdawg at September 19, 2019 09:32 AM (gmjji)

6 3 *bursts in*
*POUNCE!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at September 19, 2019

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Don't forget to stalk and wiggle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (ClOmq)

7
Dude is thinking two things:
"a. Where are my damn dentures?b. Why isn't my portrait art? It isn't art. "

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (CPk08)

8 Pope is getting ready to give someone the middle finger.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (Wj9tV)

9 It should be titled The weight of the world.

Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (Ed8Zd)

10 Santa is sad because there's a draft and it's going right up his dress.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (wzVKm)

11 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (q80AH)

12 Looks sad.
Just missed top ten, too.

Posted by: Flyover at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (B5K06)

13 Pope looks like he needs to poop.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (PkVlr)

14 Are those championship rings? What league?

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (X/Pw5)

15 It isn't art.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (CPk0

Those are acorns on his chair, therefore by the transitive property of trees, it is art!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (wYseH)

16 Pope Julius II took his name after Julius Caesar, not Pope Julius I, and was nicknamed the "Fearsome Pope" or "Warrior Pope"

Dude doesn't look like a warrior or very fearsome to me.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (KUaJL)

17 This is the Pope that commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:35 AM (OyyDO)

18 16 Pope Julius II took his name after Julius Caesar, not Pope Julius I, and was nicknamed the "Fearsome Pope" or "Warrior Pope"

Dude doesn't look like a warrior or very fearsome to me.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (KUaJL)

Comments like these are the reason for the middle finger.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 09:35 AM (Wj9tV)

19 3 *bursts in*
*POUNCE!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at September 19, 2019 09:32 AM (PkVlr)

*OOOF!*
Caught me completely off guard!

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

20 Dude doesn't look like a warrior or very fearsome to me.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (KUaJL)

He's got a mean left hook.

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 09:36 AM (X/Pw5)

21 Just returned from the present day in the time machine the Vatican absolutely does not own.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama-Butcher at September 19, 2019 09:36 AM (QY0tR)

22

Man of Constant Sorrow - a limerick

Pope Julius! Oh joy of joys
Sings bluegrass! A beautiful noise
His beard, I understand
Is held on by rubber band
Lord help us! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys

Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:36 AM (m45I2)

23 15 It isn't art.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM (CPk0

Those are acorns on his chair, therefore by the transitive property of trees, it is art!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (wYseH)

=========

That feels suspiciously close to math...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 09:36 AM (q80AH)

24 Sad Santa is Sad

Posted by: t-bird at September 19, 2019 09:37 AM (dBiBP)

25 Are those championship rings? What league?"

TCKS

Morning, y'all... rainy and too much to do besides read thru JJ's excellent coverage.

Need coffeve.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:37 AM (6qErC)

26 hey you wops geta offa da lawn

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 09:37 AM (JFO2v)

27 The good Pope has the sadz.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (Y4EXg)

28 He was apparently going to launch a crusade to retake Constantinople before his untimely demise.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (Wj9tV)

29 His real name was Giuliano della Rovere. The acorns are heraldric. They appear in his coat of arms. If you've ever watched the TV show "The Borgias", this is the cardinal that was the Borgia's chief rival and whom they were always trying to kill.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (OyyDO)

30 17 This is the Pope that commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019

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Ah. Rex Harrison, then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (ClOmq)

31 Is that Santa's toy bag?
A lot of bad kids this year.
He is not a happy camper.

God Bless DJT!!!

Posted by: LL at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (C3O12)

32 Arty Art

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 09:39 AM (yuEZw)

33 Heh, he used pope and laid in the same sentence. That pretty much sums the RCC up.

Posted by: Corn Pop at September 19, 2019 09:39 AM (Jj+59)

34 Sniper is hiding in his beard.

Seriously:

1. Great work on the fabric, especially the cape and the sleeves.

2. The Pope looks like he's getting really, really tired of sitting still for the artist.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 19, 2019 09:39 AM (IRd4p)

35 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 19, 2019 09:39 AM (arJlL)

36

Not orange enough.

Posted by: I Omar'd Your Mother at September 19, 2019 09:41 AM (UFLLM)

37 This was Michelangelo's favorite pope and was commissioned to sculpt his tomb. It is unfinished however, because other popes kept asking him to make stuff for them. The tomb has a magnificent statue of Moses, however.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:41 AM (OyyDO)

38 Those are acorns on his chair, therefore by the transitive property of trees, it is art!>>
Chair is dead trees, so subtractive property takes precedence.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 09:41 AM (yuEZw)

39 30 This is the Pope that commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019

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Ah. Rex Harrison, then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 19, 2019 09:38 AM (ClOmq)

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I never knew Michelangelo looked so much like Charlton Heston.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 09:42 AM (q80AH)

40 The good Pope has the sadz.
Posted by: Tonypete

Public celibacy does that to a man. Wonder what went on privately back then.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 19, 2019 09:42 AM (FTlwv)

41

6 fingers on his left hand!

Posted by: Tawny Port at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (UFLLM)

42 What's in the bag?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (7yzio)

43 > Wonder what went on privately back then.

Oh, the stories I could tell...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (IRd4p)

44 Is he holding a bag? Watz in it?

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (X/Pw5)

45 40 The good Pope has the sadz.
Posted by: Tonypete

Public celibacy does that to a man. Wonder what went on privately back then.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 19, 2019 09:42 AM (FTlwv)

just the punchline

and she musta have da big tits

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (JFO2v)

46
Michelangelo was sent off to do the Sistine ceiling, so they brought in Raphael for this one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (7rVsF)

47 44 Is he holding a bag? Watz in it?
Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (X/Pw5)

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Gwyneth Paltrow's head.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 09:44 AM (q80AH)

48
Not gobbling fish. Not fumbling with beads. No huge hat. Are we sure this is even a pope?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 19, 2019 09:44 AM (U6RC9)

49 This is the Pope that commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Posted by: Kris
>>Pope: "Mike's gonna fall off that scaffolding and sue the church. Crap!"

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 09:44 AM (yuEZw)

50 6 fingers on his left hand!

********

There is a code for that.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:44 AM (m45I2)

51
Pope Julius II took his name after Julius Caesar, not Pope Julius I, and was nicknamed the "Fearsome Pope" or "Warrior Pope"

Dude doesn't look like a warrior or very fearsome to me.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (KUaJL)

Some of the other sculpture and portraits of Julius II do a better job of capturing his combative nature. This one is rather placid in comparison.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 19, 2019 09:44 AM (veoSD)

52 I never knew Michelangelo looked so much like Charlton Heston."

Yeah. Weren't most North Central Italians known for their rugged features, blond hair, and height?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:45 AM (6qErC)

53 Orange Julius to his paisanos.

Posted by: Corn Pop at September 19, 2019 09:45 AM (Jj+59)

54 Those are acorns on his chair, therefore by the transitive property of trees, it is art!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2019 09:34 AM (wYseH)
This topic has been extensively discussed by the Central Committee and the subcommittees for art and truth. Pictorial or other representative art of trees or tree products within a painting do NOT make it art. This decision is final, and binding.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 19, 2019 09:46 AM (CPk08)

55 #OrangeJuliusBad

Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:46 AM (m45I2)

56 WHAT'S HE DOING WITH THAT CODPIECE?

Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford at September 19, 2019 09:46 AM (hjaPQ)

57 52 I never knew Michelangelo looked so much like Charlton Heston."

Yeah. Weren't most North Central Italians known for their rugged features, blond hair, and height?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:45 AM (6qErC)

Technically North Italy had been overrun by Lombards by this point. Dunno how much German remains there.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 09:47 AM (Wj9tV)

58 Yeah. Weren't most North Central Italians known for their rugged features, blond hair, and height?
Posted by: Anon a mouse

I can explain....

Posted by: Dennis Hopper at September 19, 2019 09:47 AM (FTlwv)

59 Santa has the sads.

Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at September 19, 2019 09:47 AM (gYKMg)

60 Mornin' Horde. Pretty nice portrait this morning. Sometimes you gotta keep it simple.

Posted by: Brother Cavil
Make Anatolia Greek Again
at September 19, 2019 09:47 AM (AM1GF)

61 The juxtaposition of the red and green are lovely. Usually these colors are hard to combine because they are compliments and really do clash violently if not done right. Adding black to each of the colors deadens their individual vividness, allowing the red in his costume to come forward. Also notice how the red and the green areas are very close in size. White is used to balance them out and rest the eye. The composition is quite simple and minimalist. Very nice.

Not a huge Raphael fan, but he deserves all the accolades he received.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM (OyyDO)

62 He's not angry with you, just disappointed.

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM (88+cf)

63 North Italy had been overrun by Lombards "

Overrun by folk who lumbered about?

Oh, wait...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM (6qErC)

64 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking
BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV
*******
LOL GFY

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM (BqBId)

65 Not a huge Raphael fan, but he deserves all the accolades he received.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM (OyyDO)

He could paint a mean tree when he wanted.
A bit weak on his cabins, but nobody is perfect.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 19, 2019 09:49 AM (CPk08)

66
Papal motto of His Holiness, Julius II: "KILL THEM ALLLLL!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 09:49 AM (7rVsF)

67 The Warrior Pope! This is a guy who strengthened the foundation of the church. You didn't mess with this Pope!
Rated: Not a commie; unlike the current jamoke who is called pope.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 09:49 AM (gmo/4)

68 Hey, he definitely has the "why am I still here" look going for him.

Hey, missed this in the last thread. So I assume, as many of us feared, that given the IGs testimony yesterday we should expect absolutely nothing to happen to any of the senior government officials from the past administration who attempted to void the election of PDJT through clearly illegal means?

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:49 AM (77WPm)

69 The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness"

Snort.

Also - no turtle references? What's up w/y'all?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (6qErC)

70 66
Papal motto of His Holiness, Julius II: "KILL THEM ALLLLL!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 09:49 AM (7rVsF)

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"Wipe them out. All of them."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (q80AH)

71 Papal motto of His Holiness, Julius II: "KILL THEM ALLLLL!"

God knows his own.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (7yzio)

72 http://bit.ly/2QkCn8L
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Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (BqBId)

73 > North Italy had been overrun by Lombards

Carole Lombard? I wouldn't have minded her overrunning me, if you know what I'm saying.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (IRd4p)

74 13 hahahahaha nurse I thought the same thing; pope dude looks constipated

Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (a4qVe)

75 I got nothing.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (jYnPD)

76 Enough of this papal bullshit,who told me the Jets were a sure thing?
Now the orphan funds in this bag are going
to Ladbrokes,sadz.................

Posted by: saf at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (5IHGB)

77

Ima killa dat little bastiche Bideno...

Posted by: Corn Pope at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (UFLLM)

78 Ugh, love it when I correct something and it doesn't stay corrected.

The Pixy editor sure does seem to do some odd things with Firefox.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (77WPm)

79 So I assume, as many of us feared"

You misspelled "expected"

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (6qErC)

80 This reminds me for some reason, I should confess mu climate sins.

I may have take a 300 foot yacht to a climate conference. But only because our entourage would not fit on a private jet.

I feel better now.

Posted by: Ripley at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (MxEKc)

81 74 13 hahahahaha nurse I thought the same thing; pope dude looks constipated
Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (a4qVe)

Have we found the exception to "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (N4xQB)

82 His face looks like he's been stung by a few bees...

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (+S1Fy)

83 Hitman Pope Takes No Pleasure In His Job.

Posted by: Hitman Piltdown Man at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (Rh7Ep)

84 "Wipe them out. All of them."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison>>Like, with a cloth?

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (yuEZw)

85 46
Michelangelo was sent off to do the Sistine ceiling, so they brought in Raphael for this one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 09:43 AM (7rVsF)

LOL. To think of Raphael as the understudy is kinda funny. His talent is inarguable, but even he thought of himself as inferior to M. M. disliked him tho, but then he disliked everybody, so...

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:51 AM (OyyDO)

86 You misspelled "expected"

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (6qErC)

Well, yeah. Of course.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:52 AM (77WPm)

87 Gantz to Netanyahu: "lolgf. I got this. Bye."

Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2019 09:52 AM (VpIIl)

88 Carole Lombard?"

Didn't she die in a plane crash where authorities stupidly had the lights off?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:52 AM (6qErC)

89 He's working out in his head just how much wood a woodchuck could chuck.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 19, 2019 09:53 AM (q1Pj5)

90 Motto painted on this Pope's shield: "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius."

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 09:53 AM (gmo/4)

91 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking
BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV
*******
LOL GFY
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM
~~~~~

Tough love.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 19, 2019 09:54 AM (sGotD)

92 *bursts in*
*POUNCE!*
Posted by: Nurse ratched at September 19, 2019

=====

Don't forget to stalk and wiggle.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 19, 2019 09:33 AM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Seize at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM (bhMBT)

93 He's pondering a deep philosophical question:

If I have a bag full of holes is it empty or full?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM (m45I2)

94 90 Motto painted on this Pope's shield: "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius."
Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 09:53 AM (gmo/4)

First, we gotta wear pants. Now we're expected to know Latin? The site's getting too swanky for me.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM (OyyDO)

95 Gantz to Netanyahu: "lolgf. I got this. Bye."

Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2019 09:52 AM (VpIIl)

When you have almost as many political parties as you have seats in the legislature, you can expect precisely this sort of clusterfuck.
The again, as #TwoWeeks has become #LOLGFNeverBitches is it really any worse than what we have?

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM (77WPm)

96 Also - no turtle references? What's up w/y'all?

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He indeed was the least known but best ninja turtle.

Not a doubtful leader like Leonardo, a know-it-all like Donatello, or a show-off like Michaelangelo.

Posted by: SH at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM (sX1BW)

97 He looks edentulous.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:56 AM (m45I2)

98 If I have a bag full of holes is it empty or full?"

Does it fill the Albert Hall?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:56 AM (6qErC)

99 http://bit.ly/2QkCn8L
********
Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

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Was that wrong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)

100 hahahahaha nurse I thought the same thing; pope dude looks constipated
Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (a4qVe)

Have we found the exception to "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter

Bearly.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (Z65m4)

101 If I have a bag full of holes is it empty or full?

Portable holes? Like you can stick on a wall or something?

Those suckers are expensive!

Posted by: D Nerd at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (UFLLM)

102 If I have a bag full of holes is it empty or full?"

Does it fill the Albert Hall?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 09:56 AM (6qErC)

I think you're required to count them all.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (gmo/4)

103 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking

BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests
from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the
state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV

*******

LOL GFY

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM

The perfect response.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (77WPm)

104 97 He looks edentulous.
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I've always thought that should be "adentulous." But that's just me.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (hjaPQ)

105 I'll bet the Pope was one helluva wingman in his day

that's one party animal

Posted by: REDACTED at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (AQBtr)

106 Somewhere I read that LA spends upwards of 160 MILLION on,homeless people.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (a4qVe)

107
Julius is thinking, "Piccolomini's a pimp. He never could've outfought Santino, but I didn't know until this day that it was Borgia all along.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (7rVsF)

108 101 If I have a bag full of holes is it empty or full?

Portable holes? Like you can stick on a wall or something?

Those suckers are expensive!
Posted by: D Nerd at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM (UFLLM)

Never put one in a Bag of Holding.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (NWiLs)

109 Raphael was patronized by Julius II and Leo X. This rather honest portrait of the martial pope in his later, disappointed days is rather excellent. I liked Raphael's characterization as the smug, self-conscious artist who's got it made in "The Agony and the Ecstasy". (It was tweaked to contrast him to Michaelangelo more, but hey, it works.) When Raphael died Leo X was so distraught he took a vacation to cope and ignored all news for a while....including reports of an uppity German ordained monk who was criticizing his fundraising efforts.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (W+kMI)

110 http://bit.ly/2QkCn8L

********

Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

I'm sure A Strongly Worded Letter(tm) has already been written.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (77WPm)

111 BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV

We need much much more of this.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (7yzio)

112 Past 100, so OT.

A family friend passed yesterday. He was one of the good ones.
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Rudy was one of the most amazing men that I ever met. A German who was born in Holland, he grew up under Nazi occupation in WWII.
�
He later worked for Cummings Diesel and moved to Israel and was responsible for retrofitting their Sherman tanks. Rather than flee Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Rudy accompanied Israeli Army Tank Commanders to the Golan Heights where the Israeli commander of his tank was killed and Rudy returned fire on Syrian forces.
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The tanks retrofitted for the IDF played a major part in Israel's miraculous victory.
May the memory of Rudy Gerdes be blessed.
�
R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

113 100 hahahahaha nurse I thought the same thing; pope dude looks constipated
Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:50 AM (a4qVe)

Have we found the exception to "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter

Bearly.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:57 AM

The rabbits are concerned

Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (a4qVe)

114 He's nostalgically remembering some happy little bushes.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (bhMBT)

115 I think the theme this week is single white eligible bachelors

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (+72t1)

116 BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV

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Should help with their new emission standards.

Posted by: SH at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (sX1BW)

117 R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

Sorry for your loss. He sounds like a remarkable fellow.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:00 AM (NWiLs)

118 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking

BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests

from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the

state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV

BEAUTIFUL.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at September 19, 2019 10:00 AM (rP4OC)

119
Here for the art. And Kris' commentary.

Posted by: sinmi at September 19, 2019 10:00 AM (A5IVt)

120
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

Condolences on the loss of your friend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 10:00 AM (7rVsF)

121 Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

I'm sure A Strongly Worded Letter(tm) has already been written.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (77WPm)

Racism, straight-up. Maxine will publicly say so in 4, 3, 2, 1...

Posted by: Gref at September 19, 2019 10:00 AM (AMIL/)

122 Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

She broke the number one rule: She got caught.

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 10:01 AM (88+cf)

123 May the memory of Rudy Gerdes be blessed.
R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)
~~~~~

What a wonderful man he sounds like, rickb. May his soul rest in peace.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 19, 2019 10:01 AM (sGotD)

124 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking
BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV
*******
LOL GFY
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM
~~~~~

Tough love.

-
Without the love part.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 19, 2019 10:01 AM (+y/Ru)

125 Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

I'm sure A Strongly Worded Letter(tm) has already been written.
Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 09:58 AM (77WPm)

For sumptin she did 11 years ago

So the sentencing is in 2035, right

Posted by: REDACTED at September 19, 2019 10:02 AM (AQBtr)

126 16 Pope Julius II took his name after Julius Caesar, not Pope Julius I, and was nicknamed the "Fearsome Pope" or "Warrior Pope"

Dude doesn't look like a warrior or very fearsome to me.
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The portrait was made towards the end of Julius's reign and life, when Fortune had turned against him and he was being hammered by Spanish and Imperial armies intent on reversing his earlier gains. It's definitely not an official work made for the public, as done by Raphael, Michelangelo, and other artists.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:02 AM (W+kMI)

127 Over 100, so, OT but art thready. Continuation of last week (week before?)

T'Pol > 7 0f 9
Discuss after viewing link (SFW)https://bit.ly/2kICQmm

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:03 AM (yuEZw)

128 117 R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM

Sorry for your loss rickl.
Sorry for us too, as we lose these people we lose witnesses to history. We get left with trolls like Post Malone and Fauxcahontas. We are doomed.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at September 19, 2019 10:03 AM (a4qVe)

129 May the memory of Rudy Gerdes be blessed.

R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

Sorry for your loss. May Rudy enjoy his well earned reward in paradise.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (gmo/4)

130 Somewhere I read that LA spends upwards of 160 MILLION on,homeless people.

-
I guess that volume discount paid off because they sure got a shitload of them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (+y/Ru)

131 124 News Breaking LIVE @NewsBreaking
BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV
*******
LOL GFY
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 09:48 AM
~~~~~

Tough love.

-
Without the love part.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 19, 2019 10:01 AM (+y/Ru)
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Not only rejecting their request but actually having the EPA fine them for sending human waste into the storm water system.

Posted by: WisRich at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (G0vdT)

132 Took the house 11 years to slap this cow's shank

this why peeps think DC sucks

Posted by: REDACTED at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (AQBtr)

133 Edentulous perhaps, but not eballulous.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (q1Pj5)

134 Never put one in a Bag of Holding.

Posted by: Insomniac

You speak truth Sir!

I did that ONCE and the imps living in my stomach were so... aroused... that they divided by zero and and my brain blew out my ass and killed a Pope, 27 oxen and a dyspeptic troll with shingles AND chiggers...

Posted by: D Nerd at September 19, 2019 10:04 AM (UFLLM)

135 R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

God bless.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at September 19, 2019 10:05 AM (rP4OC)

136 127
Over 100, so, OT but art thready. Continuation of last week (week before?)

T'Pol > 7 0f 9
Discuss after viewing link (SFW)https://bit.ly/2kICQmm

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:03 AM (yuEZw)

Agreed. Purely from a character perspective, too. I always found T'Pol more interesting than Seven.

I'm an 'Ette, though, so does my vote count?

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at September 19, 2019 10:06 AM (rP4OC)

137 I can't do tinyurl's at work.

What did Waters do?

Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 19, 2019 10:07 AM (vg8iE)

138 Thank you for selecting this! Raphael's portraits are some of his greatest art. His portrait of Balthasar Castiglione is the archetype of the Renaissance man. On the other hand, his portrait of Pope Leo X ("God has given us the papacy. Now let us enjoy it!") reveals the man's corruption; and the cardinals d'Medici and Rossi, also depicted in the portrait, look like a pair of Mafiosi - which, in effect, they were. I am amazed the Raphael wasn't punished for his candor; I guess that, like Goya in later centuries, he could veil truth with just enough flattery to make it palatable to his subjects.

Posted by: Brown Line at September 19, 2019 10:07 AM (S6ArX)

139 Sorry for us too, as we lose these people we lose witnesses to history. We get left with trolls like Post Malone and Fauxcahontas. We are doomed.
Posted by: Cheriebebe

Yeah. We've almost lost all of our WWII & Korean War vets, and now we're starting to lose people who were history makers from events while I am alive.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 10:07 AM (Z65m4)

140 Fun fact, Julius II paid for the discovered statue of Laccoon and restored it to public viewing. The Roman citizen who uncovered it received a yearly pension plus a considerable purchase price. Otherwise the masterpiece could have been broken up for its plaster construction.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (W+kMI)

141 4First, we gotta wear pants. Now we're expected to know Latin?
Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM

Ie wrth gwrs. Cymraeg yw'r iaith rydyn ni'n ei dysgu nawr.

Posted by: Morons Cymnru at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (bhMBT)

142 Is that a colostomy bag?

Posted by: ALH at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (uLuPn)

143 Is that a colostomy bag?
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Is it that noticeable?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary at September 19, 2019 10:09 AM (vg8iE)

144 "I've got a hole in me pocket."

- R. Starr

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:09 AM (HaL55)

145 137 I can't do tinyurl's at work.

What did Waters do?
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 19, 2019 10:07 AM (vg8iE)

nuffin

Posted by: REDACTED at September 19, 2019 10:09 AM (AQBtr)

146 Rep. Waters charged on three counts | TheHill

This article is from August 2010, though.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at September 19, 2019 10:09 AM (rP4OC)

147 "BREAKING: The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from
California for more funds to fight homelessness, saying that the
state's policies are a major contributor to the problem - KABC-TV"
That's beautiful, man (sniff)

Now, what will the polite conservative opposition say to this? Trump is a heartless barbarian, no doubt and shouldn't tweet mean things. And we should return to their wise, thoughtful leadership to avoid this embarrassment in the future.

Posted by: Ripley at September 19, 2019 10:10 AM (MxEKc)

148 Speaking of Julius II - it's not a great movie and it is one of those 1960s eternal spectacles, but The Agony and the Ecstasy, with Rex Harrison as Julius and Charlton Heston as Michaelangelo is a good flick for a Saturday afternoon.

https://tinyurl.com/y68udgp3

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 19, 2019 10:10 AM (Ki5SV)

149 The Conservative Case for Flushing Used Needles and Human Feces into the Ocean

Posted by: Bulwark at September 19, 2019 10:10 AM (vg8iE)

150 Looks like he just heard about John Denver's plane crash.

Posted by: klaftern at September 19, 2019 10:10 AM (RuIsu)

151 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at September 19, 2019 10:11 AM (tjClK)

152 Sorry for your loss. May Rudy enjoy his well earned reward in paradise.

Seconded. He sounds like a true freedom fighter.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:11 AM (HaL55)

153 Looks like he just heard about John Denver's plane crash.

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What? John Denver is dead?

Posted by: SH at September 19, 2019 10:11 AM (sX1BW)

154 141 4First, we gotta wear pants. Now we're expected to know Latin?
Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 09:55 AM

Ie wrth gwrs. Cymraeg yw'r iaith rydyn ni'n ei dysgu nawr.

Posted by: Morons Cymnru at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (bhMBT)

I second that!

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at September 19, 2019 10:11 AM (AMIL/)

155 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This dude looks like he's thinking about yesterday's art and wishing he had such a medal.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 19, 2019 10:12 AM (axyOa)

156 He has the look of disappointment on his face as if he knows what a clusterfuck the Catholic Church becomes with all the corruption and pedophilia that's ignored.

Posted by: Sponge at September 19, 2019 10:12 AM (tjClK)

157 The Conservative Case for Subsidizing Homelessness to Increase Homelessness

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at September 19, 2019 10:12 AM (rP4OC)

158 I wonder how many of Californias homeless are illegals or homeless because of the effects of so many illegals occupying the cheaper housing. Other than the drug addicted and mentally ill, I bet a big percentage.

Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2019 10:12 AM (g4YTo)

159 Acorns, therefore art.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 19, 2019 10:13 AM (/dN1M)

160 He has the look of disappointment on his face as if he knows what a
clusterfuck the Catholic Church becomes with all the corruption and
pedophilia that's ignored.

Someone upthread mentioned that he looks like he has the weight of the world on him. Agreed.

This is a great portrait, wouldn't hang here, tho.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (HaL55)

161 107
Julius is thinking, "Piccolomini's a pimp. He never could've outfought Santino, but I didn't know until this day that it was Borgia all along.
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The politics of the Italian Renaissance were of a piece to break the most determined and committed statesman. Julius II really gave it a go, but at his death the independent Papal States was out of time, although much more time, treasure, and death would be required to read out the verdict of history.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (W+kMI)

162 112
Past 100, so OT.

A family friend passed yesterday. He was one of the good ones.

Rudy was one of the most amazing men that I ever met. A German who
was born in Holland, he grew up under Nazi occupation in WWII.

He later worked for Cummings Diesel and moved to Israel and was
responsible for retrofitting their Sherman tanks. Rather than flee
Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Rudy accompanied Israeli Army
Tank Commanders to the Golan Heights where the Israeli commander of his
tank was killed and Rudy returned fire on Syrian forces.

The tanks retrofitted for the IDF played a major part in Israel's miraculous victory.

May the memory of Rudy Gerdes be blessed.

R.I.P. Rudy. You will be missed. Thank you for your friendship.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 09:59 AM (Z65m4)

RIP Rudy. Eternal rest grant unto him, Lord. Amen.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (N39Ws)

163 "Grow a funky beard," they said. "All the cardinals will look up to you," they said. Feh.

Welcome to Thursday, Horde. We've made it this far. Just remember that Thursday is Friday eve, and hope that Murphy and his mad prophet Finagle will overlook us for just one more day.

Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (RD7QR)

164 140 Fun fact, Julius II paid for the discovered statue of Laccoon and restored it to public viewing. The Roman citizen who uncovered it received a yearly pension plus a considerable purchase price. Otherwise the masterpiece could have been broken up for its plaster construction.
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (W+kMI)

The Laocoon is a magnificent example of very late Hellenistic art. It also had a HUGE influence on Michelangelo's art. You can actually draw a line between M.'s pre-Laocoon work and his post-Laocoon work. It's quite stunning.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (OyyDO)

165 I'm an 'Ette, though, so does my vote count?

Posted by: MWR
>>
Of course it does! I dropped out of ST:ENT after a while, but am going back to watch on Netflix. I think after the first episode, they dropped a lot of this type of thing for T'Pol, which made it better, but they sure pused it in this episode - maybe to stretch things out for a double episode.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:15 AM (yuEZw)

166 106 Somewhere I read that LA spends upwards of 160 MILLION on,homeless people.
____________

And then can't figure out why so many flock there.

Teh stupid, it burns.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 19, 2019 10:15 AM (k4dH2)

167 sure pused it
>>Pushed. Feh. If I could type I'd be dangerous.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:17 AM (yuEZw)

168 Someone upthread mentioned that he looks like he has the weight of the world on him. Agreed.

Mundus spirituum ponderator humero meo: ego autem sum: quid hoc facere?
Et vidi sunt summitatem glaciei mons et Im 'sollicitus pro vobis ...

Posted by: Brother Cavil
Make Anatolia Greek Again
at September 19, 2019 10:18 AM (AM1GF)

169 148 Speaking of Julius II - it's not a great movie and it is one of those 1960s eternal spectacles, but The Agony and the Ecstasy, with Rex Harrison as Julius and Charlton Heston as Michaelangelo is a good flick for a Saturday afternoon.

https://tinyurl.com/y68udgp3
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I had a hard time getting through the novel back in the day, but the movie was a joy and delight to watch. Shot on location in Italy, the Italian Renaissance is depicted in its bright, glorious, decadent splendor. Rex Harrison gives a sympathetic portrayal of Patron-in-Chief Julius II, and Charlton Heston plays to the cheap seats as Michelangelo. Definitely worth a watch!

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:18 AM (W+kMI)

170 I preferred Orange Julius.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2019 10:19 AM (yRAFu)

171 Sorry for your loss rickl.
RIP Rudy.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 19, 2019 10:19 AM (axyOa)

172 The funny thing about Cali begging for money is that they just added Iowa to their list of "travel ban" states that are mean to the Alphabet People. In this case, it's because Iowa passed a law that they won't have taxpayer-funded dick chopping.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 10:19 AM (ZGrMX)

173 Popes do indeed have the weight of the world on their shoulders. I think good popes feel it especially.

Lovely picture. Raphael is wonderful.

Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (aXucN)

174 Et vidi sunt summitatem glaciei mons et Im 'sollicitus pro vobis ...

Mi cvntvs pvlsatvm et dripvs.

Posted by: P Ronstar at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (UFLLM)

175 164 140 Fun fact, Julius II paid for the discovered statue of Laccoon and restored it to public viewing. The Roman citizen who uncovered it received a yearly pension plus a considerable purchase price. Otherwise the masterpiece could have been broken up for its plaster construction.
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:08 AM (W+kMI)

The Laocoon is a magnificent example of very late Hellenistic art. It also had a HUGE influence on Michelangelo's art. You can actually draw a line between M.'s pre-Laocoon work and his post-Laocoon work. It's quite stunning.
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Have you seen the original? I have only seen photographs, and those are remarkable at a remove. I could well believe that Michelangelo was influenced by seeing the piece.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (W+kMI)

176 Welcome to Thursday, Horde. We've made it this far. Just remember that Thursday is Friday eve, and hope that Murphy and his mad prophet Finagle will overlook us for just one more day.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (RD7QR)

Hey joncelli, how goes it?

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (NWiLs)

177 Where is Mrs Waters Hair???

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (JFO2v)

178
I-10 between Houston and Beaumont is getting pasted. Essentially it's closed due to flooding.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 10:21 AM (7rVsF)

179 Red Letter Media has had a video taken down by Warner Brothers or YouTube or Google for reviewing a 30-year old movie (Gremlins 2). The reason? Copyright violation for showing clips from the 1990 film during the review. The speculated reason? A CEO character from the movie (Mr. Clamp) is favorably compared to President Trump.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 19, 2019 10:21 AM (Q3Naa)

180 Fun fact 2: One of Raphael's critics is depicted in the chapel group shot with donkey ears. Never be critical of a successful artist.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:22 AM (W+kMI)

181 179 Red Letter Media has had a video taken down by Warner Brothers or YouTube or Google for reviewing a 30-year old movie (Gremlins 2). The reason? Copyright violation for showing clips from the 1990 film during the review. The speculated reason? A CEO character from the movie (Mr. Clamp) is favorably compared to President Trump.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 19, 2019 10:21 AM (Q3Naa)

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They took it down?

Wow...they did.

I know RLM's gotten tired of Youtube, but all of their reviews are like this.

And the comparisons aren't positive. They're neutral. It's merely observational.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:23 AM (q80AH)

182 https://tinyurl.com/yyqzj7dh

blackface for me but not for thee

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:23 AM (JFO2v)

183 Never be critical of a successful artist.

Also, don't anger the cook.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:24 AM (HaL55)

184 180 Fun fact 2: One of Raphael's critics is depicted in the chapel group shot with donkey ears. Never be critical of a successful artist.
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:22 AM (W+kMI)

Good art is immortal, and mocking one of the greats can make sure whole generations share his view of you. Immortality, of a sort - the sort nobody wants.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 19, 2019 10:24 AM (J+mig)

185 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like McCains. For her ACLU work too

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (M92ny)

186 Ex Cathedra ...In the chair of Saint Peter.

Posted by: Doggfish at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (19Xii)

187 181 I know RLM's gotten tired of Youtube, but all of their reviews are like this.

And the comparisons aren't positive. They're neutral. It's merely observational.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:23 AM (q80AH)

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Oh, and cool stuff:

Joe Dante, the director of Gremlins 2, actually tweeted positively about the review before it got taken down:

https://twitter.com/joe_dante/status/ 1174412779626749952

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (q80AH)

188
It's not black, it's very dark blue! He's a Homo Genie. swearsies!

Posted by: Belial #37 at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (UFLLM)

189 179 Red Letter Media has had a video taken down by Warner Brothers or YouTube or Google for reviewing a 30-year old movie (Gremlins 2). The reason? Copyright violation for showing clips from the 1990 film during the review. The speculated reason? A CEO character from the movie (Mr. Clamp) is favorably compared to President Trump.
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Not a surprise, since many YouTube people, especially those who are not Woke and Progressive, have complained about videos being arbitrarily taken down or demonetized for any reason, or none given at all. YouTube's posturing as made money for Patreon, but I'm not sure how it's truly helping them. I guess they'd rather be intolerably right than tolerably wealthy.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:26 AM (W+kMI)

190 He looks edentulous.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 19, 2019 09:56 AM (m45I2)

Actually Edantata was broken up into groups that reflected actual phylogeny.

Though he does look sort of like a two-toed sloth, and sort of like a silky ant-eater

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2019 10:26 AM (xG/b0)

191 185 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like McCains. For her ACLU work too
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (M92ny)

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She's a SCOTUS justice. She should get a big send off.

Even though I think her opinions are mushy, her outlook on politics awful, and her visage the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:26 AM (q80AH)

192 178
I-10 between Houston and Beaumont is getting pasted. Essentially it's closed due to flooding.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 19, 2019 10:21 AM (7rVsF)

It is built like a ditch in some places.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:26 AM (JFO2v)

193 Did Cates get topless in Gremlins 2?

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (8w3qu)

194 Im going to a dinner where Gorsuch will be. If there is a chance to talk to him, Im going to ask him about RBG- living or not?.

Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (Ed8Zd)

195 Good morning Horde.

Posted by: Surfperch at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (tVQUs)

196 Notice how Brexit and Boris has faded into the background?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (p0A33)

197 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like McCains. For her ACLU work too

Wouldn't it be fitting for that ghoul to give up the ghost on Halloween? Or even before. I'm not picky. She's done plenty of damage to the country already.

How about getting someone in SCOTUS who will uphold the Constitution as written for a change? And who'll have the balls to tell the Progs to fuck off if they don't like it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (HaL55)

198 Have you seen the original? I have only seen photographs, and those are remarkable at a remove. I could well believe that Michelangelo was influenced by seeing the piece.
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (W+kMI)

I have never been to Italy. The Laocoon in magnificent in pictures. I cannot imagine what it would be like in reality.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 10:29 AM (OyyDO)

199 193 Did Cates get topless in Gremlins 2?

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (8w3qu)

The diving board scenes in Fast Times and Xmas Vaca are great

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:29 AM (JFO2v)

200 I tried looking up Julius the Eleventh and I couldn't find anything at all.

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at September 19, 2019 10:29 AM (Kpl3J)

201 Fun fact 33: Michelangelo has a lost work, a larger than life bronze statue of Julius II depicted as a Caesar of the then "modern age". When the Landsknechts sacked Rome in 1527 due to back pay issues, they used the statue for artillery target practice until it toppled. Then the statue was broken up and recast as a bronze cannon named "Julia".

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:30 AM (W+kMI)

202 I have (reciprocal of infinity) sympathy for Cali.
Sow the wind, step in the whirlwind.

If you aren't playing with your phone, you can step around the whirlwind.

Posted by: klaftern at September 19, 2019 10:30 AM (RuIsu)

203 The already monstrous point spread for Sundays Jets Patriots game is still growing. After holding steady much of Wednesday, the line creeped up a half point late in the afternoon, with New England now favored by 23.5 points at William Hill sportsbooks.

LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:30 AM (p0A33)

204 RBG is an evil old crone who deserves to be burned alive at the stake before hellfire consumes her soul for all eternity.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:30 AM (NWiLs)

205 176 Welcome to Thursday, Horde. We've made it this far. Just remember that Thursday is Friday eve, and hope that Murphy and his mad prophet Finagle will overlook us for just one more day.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:14 AM (RD7QR)

Hey joncelli, how goes it?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:20 AM (NWiLs)

Hangin' in there, Insom. Some days better than others. You?

Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (RD7QR)

206 This pic is a few years old, but it's interesting. Obama and George Clooney. What has Clooney just done and who is the traumatized young woman?

https://tinyurl.com/yxvox7rc

Posted by: shibumi, in house selling hell at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (gdfZ0)

207 BREAKING: Trump is set to sue Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office over Vance's subpoena of 8 years of Trump's tax records

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (BqBId)

208
The Trump administration has reportedly rejected requests from
California for more funds to fight homelessness

Newsom's always bragging that California has a budget surplus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (aKsyK)

209 That Julius dude was in his mid thirties? Damn, the middle ages were rough.
*rimshot*

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (iAwUQ)

210 Great painting and nice to see the likeness of the Pope who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Very cool!

Posted by: Locke Common at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (QLxz4)

211 First Squawk @FirstSquawk
1m
ADVISOR TO IRAN'S LEADER KHAMENEI SAYS ANY AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN WILL END THE AGGRESSORS' PRESENCE IN THE REGION || CALLS ON GULF COUNTRIES TO COME TO THEIR SENSES AS U.S. NOT RELIABLE
*********
I think he is shitting his towel

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (BqBId)

212 196 Notice how Brexit and Boris has faded into the background?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:28 AM (p0A33)

I think that's because the MSM love Drama, not actual news, and with Parliament prorogued, there's no daily drama.

But Boris hasn't been covering himself with glory - his trip to talk to the EU was pretty disastrous, he looked like a fool, unfortunately.

I'm convinced that the only way Brexit can work is for the UK to kick Northern Ireland out, give it back to Ireland, and to just become the K. But I don't think they've got the stomach to do what they need to do.

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (Kpl3J)

213 One of the most liberal justices in SC history, RBG was confirmed in the Senate by a 96-3 vote.

Talk about the GOP virtue signaling. How'd that work out douchebags ?

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:33 AM (8w3qu)

214 Goodness, what an adept portrait. Would hang.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:33 AM (NVYyb)

215 Hangin' in there, Insom. Some days better than others. You?
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (RD7QR)

Not the greatest. The continued lack of work will be reaching a crisis point if it keeps up like this.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:34 AM (NWiLs)

216 BREAKING: Trump is set to sue Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office over Vance's subpoena of 8 years of Trump's tax records
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (BqBId)

Link

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:34 AM (p0A33)

217 193 Did Cates get topless in Gremlins 2?
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No, but she's still fun to watch as the sexy love interest. She ought to have played it up for a while and then tried to have been a serious actress. Tried to be taken serious too soon and got kicked out the studio door. But in my mind she is always a nebulous 20 and drop-dead gorgeous.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:34 AM (W+kMI)

218 YouTube's posturing as made money for Patreon, but
I'm not sure how it's truly helping them. I guess they'd rather be
intolerably right than tolerably wealthy.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:26 AM (W+kMI)

Youtube == Goggle == Gulag
They have plenty of cash.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:35 AM (77WPm)

219 I'll just paint the giraffe out and make it another disciple for your Last Supper painting, your Holiness.

Posted by: Michelangelo at September 19, 2019 10:35 AM (q1Pj5)

220 I always pictured Julius II as a more aristocratic, or even military figure. Here, he looks religious. What a surprise.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:36 AM (NVYyb)

221 One of the most liberal justices in SC history, RBG was confirmed in the Senate by a 96-3 vote.

Talk about the GOP virtue signaling. How'd that work out douchebags ?

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:33 AM (8w3qu)

Scalia was, I believe, confirmed unanimously. Twas a different time.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:36 AM (77WPm)

222 Interesting pic - he looks *very* pensive there.

O/T:

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Posted by: ibguy at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (4fdwv)

223 This pic is a few years old, but it's interesting. Obama and George Clooney. What has Clooney just done and who is the traumatized young woman?

https://tinyurl.com/yxvox7rc
Posted by: shibumi, in house selling hell at September 19, 2

The photo looks photoshopped to me, but the Crazy Days and Nights crowd seem to agree that Clooney is a child molester of the Epstein ilk, and is responsible for a young boy in Italy who was trying to escape him falling off a cliff. The boy is now paralyzed.

Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (Ed8Zd)

224 One of the most liberal justices in SC history, RBG was confirmed in the Senate by a 96-3 vote.

Talk about the GOP virtue signaling. How'd that work out douchebags ?
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:33 AM (8w3qu)

That's what passes for obstruction by the GOP.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (y7DUB)

225 Devin Nunes @DevinNunes
1d
Just another day living under the thumb of tech oligarchs

Alex Salvi @alexsalvinews
Twitter has suspended the account of @OANN reporter Chanel Rion (@ChanelRion).

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (BqBId)

226 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like ~~McCains~~ the Wellstone Memorial and Stalin's.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (xG/b0)

227 Saw the story on PDT suing vance. nevermind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (p0A33)

228 The diving board scenes in Fast Times and Xmas Vaca are great

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:29 AM (JFO2v)

I, uh, need a minute. BRB...

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:37 AM (77WPm)

229 The Michelangelo/Laocoon story reminds me that even the Greats were influenced by the Past Masters. They weren't embarrassed to admit it. They paid homage to the Past in their works over and over, and never stopped studying it. Some saw their work as a challenge to be met or surpassed, but they still respected them. It was Modernism's mistake to write off the Past Masters as being in the past and no longer relevant. That they had nothing more to learn from them. But at least Picasso had a passing admiration for the past even as he helped dismantle Traditionalism.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (OyyDO)

230 185 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like McCains. For her ACLU work too

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (M92ny)

The Left will demand she be given an official State Funeral. When Trump says no, well, you can imagine the outrage. My quick research indicates the State Funeral for a non-President was in 1964, for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

Posted by: Gref at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (AMIL/)

231 Iran is ruled by nut cases. If in fact a military action is what happens, I'd attack those kooks in Qum directly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (NVYyb)

232 203
The already monstrous point spread for Sundays Jets Patriots game is
still growing. After holding steady much of Wednesday, the line creeped
up a half point late in the afternoon, with New England now favored by
23.5 points at William Hill sportsbooks.

LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 10:30 AM (p0A33)

Who watches football anymore? It's an anti american SJW financing front. The same old teams always win. The rules changes have made it basketball with pads on. Cornerbacks are not allowed to play their positions anymore. Refs decide most of the games with horrible calls.
No thanks.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (iAwUQ)

233 We can't spare this man, Trump. He fights.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (XVTCi)

234 215 Hangin' in there, Insom. Some days better than others. You?
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:31 AM (RD7QR)

Not the greatest. The continued lack of work will be reaching a crisis point if it keeps up like this.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:34 AM (NWiLs)

Something will come your way. But I imagine it's insanely stressful position to be in, not knowing where work is coming from. I may not love my job but it's steady and that's one less thing to worry about.

Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 10:39 AM (RD7QR)

235 203 The already monstrous point spread for Sundays Jets Patriots game is still growing. After holding steady much of Wednesday, the line creeped up a half point late in the afternoon, with New England now favored by 23.5 points at William Hill sportsbooks.

=========

This is why El Rushbo was saying this past Monday why gambling might be behind the #MeToo accusations of star football players. Get a couple of healthy Patriots sidelined for alleged naughtiness or minor injuries and suddenly the game is interesting, for wagering anyway. If that's true, I want to know who in Vegas has been stalking the Cincinnati Bengals for the past few years.

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:39 AM (W+kMI)

236 I'm convinced that the only way Brexit can work is for the UK to kick Northern Ireland out, give it back to Ireland, and to just become the K. But I don't think they've got the stomach to do what they need to do.
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (Kpl3J)

And I don't think that would really be fair to the 60% or so of Northern Ireland who want to be part of the UK.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (N4xQB)

237 My quick research indicates the LAST State Funeral for a non-President was in 1964, for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

Posted by: Gref at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (AMIL/)

Posted by: Gref at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (AMIL/)

238

Great. The "Inspector General for the intelligence community" is "investigating" a "whistleblower's" "report" of the spying on a phone call between the president an unnamed "world leader" and the president making an unidentified "promise" to the unnamed "world leader" in exchange for an unknown action or object.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (YYBy5)

239 Iran is ruled by nut cases. If in fact a military action is what happens, I'd attack those kooks in Qum directly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (NVYyb)

I suspect it's too much to hope that the Iranian military, seeing what the US did to Saddam's military, will do the CIA's dirty work for us before things go pear-shaped.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (77WPm)

240 213 One of the most liberal justices in SC history, RBG was confirmed in the Senate by a 96-3 vote.

Talk about the GOP virtue signaling. How'd that work out douchebags ?
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 19, 2019 10:33 AM (8w3qu)

It's a testament as to how Democrats broke the Court, and made it totally political. Like toothpaste out of the tube, it can't be put back.

Up until the fight over Bork, it was accepted on both sides that a President had the right to have his confirmation affirmed, UNLESS the nominee was totally unqualified. Political considerations were held to be out of bounds. Bork changed all that, but in 1993, the GOP Senate thought they could just ignore that and go back to the way things were.

If you want to know how the old Republican Senate was always really on the other team, one of RBG's biggest supporters during her hearings was Orrin Hatch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (Kpl3J)

241 238

Great. The "Inspector General for the intelligence community" is "investigating" a "whistleblower's" "report" of the spying on a phone call between the president an unnamed "world leader" and the president making an unidentified "promise" to the unnamed "world leader" in exchange for an unknown action or object.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (YYBy5)

Sounds legit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (XVTCi)

242 @680CJOB

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Winnipeg Thursday, 12 hours after this story broke. Global News national reporter David Akin says the PM has cancelled all scheduled events today and will let reporters know "what's next" shortly.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (cF8AT)

243 Devin Nunes @DevinNunes

1d

Just another day living under the thumb of tech oligarchs

Alex Salvi @alexsalvinews

Twitter has suspended the account of @OANN reporter Chanel Rion (@ChanelRion).

Umm, why aren't you defending our freedom against this real and present danger, Congresscritter Nunes?

How is this legal? Particularly when it's political speech?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:41 AM (HaL55)

244 240
Up until the fight over Bork, it was accepted on both sides that a President had the right to have his confirmation affirmed, UNLESS the nominee was totally unqualified. Political considerations were held to be out of bounds. Bork changed all that, but in 1993, the GOP Senate thought they could just ignore that and go back to the way things were.

If you want to know how the old Republican Senate was always really on the other team, one of RBG's biggest supporters during her hearings was Orrin Hatch.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (Kpl3J)

========

Pedantic objection:

Bork didn't change that. Kennedy changed that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:41 AM (q80AH)

245
Fake News is telling me that this "inspector general" found the whistleblower and his/her accusation to be credible and "urgent."

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:41 AM (YYBy5)

246 Behind all great liberal leaders is a past full of racism.

This is known.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 19, 2019 10:41 AM (XVTCi)

247 I'm convinced that the only way Brexit can work is
for the UK to kick Northern Ireland out, give it back to Ireland, and to
just become the K. But I don't think they've got the stomach to do what
they need to do.

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at September 19, 2019 10:32 AM (Kpl3J)

And I don't think that would really be fair to the 60% or so of Northern Ireland who want to be part of the UK.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (N4xQB)

Kick Scotland to the curb, let them join the EU, allow any who still want to stay in the UK to emigrate freely, and Brexit is a 65/35 winner. Pretty much Scotland and London are why Brexit was even a close vote.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:42 AM (77WPm)

248 I'm convinced that the only way Brexit can work is for the UK to kick Northern Ireland out, give it back to Ireland, and to just become the K. But I don't think they've got the stomach to do what they need to do.

Call it what it is, a national border between two countries, that predates the EU.

If Eire doesn't like it, too bad. They have 4.5 million people and no one has a military that will do shit.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (AtcKV)

249 It's good to be the Pope.

Posted by: Fritz at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (2Mnv1)

250 Great. The "Inspector General for the intelligence community" is "investigating" a "whistleblower's" "report" of the spying on a phone call between the president an unnamed "world leader" and the president making an unidentified "promise" to the unnamed "world leader" in exchange for an unknown action or object.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (YYBy5)

Sounds legit.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (XVTCi)

Obama promising Putin more flexibility?

Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (Ed8Zd)

251 Great. The "Inspector General for the intelligence community" is "investigating" a "whistleblower's" "report" of the spying on a phone call between the president an unnamed "world leader" and the president making an unidentified "promise" to the unnamed "world leader" in exchange for an unknown action or object.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (YYBy5)

We don't know any of the details, of course - but we should note that ALL International Diplomacy between leaders of any two countries involves an "unidentified "promise" to an unnamed "world leader" in exchange for an unknown action or object."

That's why Diplomacy is done confidentially. If this were not so, then it would be conducted on the front page of the newspapers - and no agreements would ever be made.

The only times when this would be highly objectionable is if the gain being sought is personal, and not related to national policy goals. Like when Hillary shook down foreign governments and got "donations" to her foundation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (Kpl3J)

252 229 It was Modernism's mistake to write off the Past Masters as being in the past and no longer relevant. That they had nothing more to learn from them. But at least Picasso had a passing admiration for the past even as he helped dismantle Traditionalism.
========
Looking back on the 20th century from its demented offspring the 21st century, it seems all the smart people of that time decided that in the Glorious Modern Era they could put away the past, and boldly move towards the Bright and Brave New Future. See where that got us, in politics, the arts, and society at large...

Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (W+kMI)

253 @breaking911Wild Video - officers fire dozens of rounds at armed suspect in San Diego. Miraculously he survives.
(remove space)

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/ 1174501535226703873You ask for miracles, Theo, I give you the SDPD officers who don't practice and probably have donut crumbs and french fries packed into their holster with their firearm.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (N39Ws)

254 Who watches football anymore? It's an anti american SJW financing front. The same old teams always win. The rules changes have made it basketball with pads on. Cornerbacks are not allowed to play their positions anymore. Refs decide most of the games with horrible calls.
No thanks
.
Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:38 AM (iAwUQ)

I watch a lot of college games......NFL?....meh.

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (X/Pw5)

255 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Winnipeg.

I hope he bumps into logprof.
Just wishful thinking that someone knows why logprof stopped coming around and/or knows he is okay.

Posted by: Alice McD at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (2CtSR)

256 BREAKINGWe are pleased to announce Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, will be attending our Commonwealth "Dress Up Day" celebration, in which we are asking all Virginians to celebrate our forebears who were treated so abominably as slaves in antebellum times. As part of our push for the Federal Government to absorb the full cost of reparations for the terrible things done in our state, PM Trudeau will offer his country's full support while here.

Posted by: Ralph Northam, social critic at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (NVYyb)

257

Look how fast and decisive this IG is acting compared to the jerkoff Horowitz.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (YYBy5)

258 249 It's good to be the Pope.
Posted by: Fritz at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (2Mnv1)

Power. Degeneracy. Murder. Debauchery. Still get to go to heaven. Sweet gig if you can get it.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (NWiLs)

259 254. I am with you. I still enjoy college. Going on three years of no NFL though.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (wGbBR)

260 Interior just transferred 500 acres to Wall Department. 70 more miles!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (JFO2v)

261 Power. Degeneracy. Murder. Debauchery. Still get to go to heaven*. Sweet gig if you can get it.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (NWiLs)

*citation needed

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (KUaJL)

262 My quick research indicates the LAST State Funeral for a non-President was in 1964, for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

Obviously you did not see the 8 hour Rosa Parks funeral in Detroit.

Posted by: shibumi, in house selling hell at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (gdfZ0)

263 If Eire doesn't like it, too bad. They have 4.5 million people and no one has a military that will do shit.
Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (AtcKV)

It pains me to say it concerning by background, but fuck the Irish. Some of the most backstabbing, disloyal bastards in the world.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 19, 2019 10:47 AM (Ki5SV)

264 I watch a lot of college games......NFL?....meh.

Same here.

Roll Tide!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 19, 2019 10:47 AM (HaL55)

265
I watch a lot of college games......NFL?....meh.

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (X/Pw5)

I won't do a post about how college football is corrupt from top to bottom then. :-)

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (iAwUQ)

266 Great. The "Inspector General for the intelligence community" is "investigating" a "whistleblower's" "report"...

Would be a crying shame for PDJT to march into the CIA office in Langley and announce that everyone is fired and they have 5-minutes to get out of the building or they'll be arrested for trespassing on government property.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (77WPm)

267 1993, the GOP Senate thought they could just ignore that and go back to the way things were.

If you want to know how the old Republican Senate was always really on the other team, one of RBG's biggest supporters during her hearings was Orrin Hatch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:40 AM (Kpl3J)

The problem with unilateral capitulation is it does little to encourage reconsideration. A common theme with the GOP is the idea that by giving ground, the enemy will see how reasonable you are and compromise. Bullies need to be punched in the face.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (Wj9tV)

268 262
My quick research indicates the LAST State Funeral for a non-President was in 1964, for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

Obviously you did not see the 8 hour Rosa Parks funeral in Detroit.

Posted by: shibumi, in house selling hell at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (gdfZ0)
Paul Wellstone funeral

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (N39Ws)

269 We have a Wall Department?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (NVYyb)

270 Looking back on the 20th century from its demented offspring the 21st century, it seems all the smart people of that time decided that in the Glorious Modern Era they could put away the past, and boldly move towards the Bright and Brave New Future. See where that got us, in politics, the arts, and society at large...
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (W+kMI)

Those who forget the past are doomed to relive it.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 19, 2019 10:49 AM (J+mig)

271 261
Power. Degeneracy. Murder. Debauchery. Still get to go to heaven*. Sweet gig if you can get it.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (NWiLs)

That's not how any of that works. :-)

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:49 AM (iAwUQ)

272 We have a Wall Department?

Posted by: Huck Follywood>>
Misspelled 'Well'. Where all the money goes.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:49 AM (yuEZw)

273 You ask for miracles, Theo, I give you the SDPD officers who don't practice and probably have donut crumbs and french fries packed into their holster with their firearm.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

We watched a police force lie their collective asses off to protect the unstable idiot that murdered Justine Damond, including urging people to "shut off their cameras".

Does anyone think that any of these tax fattened hyenas would get in trouble for a shitty range score?

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (AtcKV)

274 The problem with unilateral capitulation is it does little to encourage reconsideration. A common theme with the GOP is the idea that by giving ground, the enemy will see how reasonable you are and compromise. Bullies need to be punched in the face.
Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (Wj9tV)

But then how could you ever expect to get invited to their cocktail parties?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (Kpl3J)

275 269 We have a Wall Department?
Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (NVYyb)

we should!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (JFO2v)

276 274 The problem with unilateral capitulation is it does little to encourage reconsideration. A common theme with the GOP is the idea that by giving ground, the enemy will see how reasonable you are and compromise. Bullies need to be punched in the face.
Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (Wj9tV)

But then how could you ever expect to get invited to their cocktail parties?
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (Kpl3J)

=========

Build your own cocktail parties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (q80AH)

277 @realDonaldTrump 3 minutes ago

Another Fake News story out there - It never ends! Virtually anytime I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there may be many people listening from various U.S. agencies, not to mention those from the other country itself. No problem!

....Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially "heavily populated" call. I would only do what is right anyway, and only do good for the USA!

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (cF8AT)

278 I won't do a post about how college football is corrupt from top to bottom then. :-)

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 10:48 AM (iAwUQ)

Money! Money! Money!.....drives it all.

Posted by: BignJames at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (X/Pw5)

279 Kick Scotland to the curb"

And this Irish shiite, too.

Too much veneration of silly groups of people.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 10:50 AM (6qErC)

280 Power. Degeneracy. Murder. Debauchery. Still get to go to heaven. Sweet gig if you can get it.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2019 10:46 AM (NWiLs)

Pope follows the same rules as the rest of us.

Posted by: Someguy at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (Wj9tV)

281 Breaking news: the Never Trump floatilla is going to start a major push for Biden.

Kurt Schlichter is laughing so hard at the news he might break something.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (ZGrMX)

282 If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (2BgZB)

283 281 Breaking news: the Never Trump floatilla is going to start a major push for Biden.

Kurt Schlichter is laughing so hard at the news he might break something.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (ZGrMX)

==========

I honestly hope it works.

Biden's barely functioning now, just a few months into his campaign.

How's he gonna be in a year? He'll be more amphetamine than man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (q80AH)

284 Liawatha got 20k people in a park the hold 10k SRO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:52 AM (JFO2v)

285 Expect demands that RBG get a send off like McCains. For her ACLU work too

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2019 10:25 AM (M92ny)

Such a prominent contributor to the killing of babies should get some kind of recognition, although for RBG it may have to wait for the afterlife.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 19, 2019 10:52 AM (ZYB2s)

286 282 If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (2BgZB)

I LoL'd!!

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 10:52 AM (cF8AT)

287 If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at September 19, 2019 10:51 AM (2BgZB)

Head (pronounced HEED!!)! Move!

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:52 AM (77WPm)

288 @realDonaldTrump

....Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially "heavily populated" call. I would only do what is right anyway, and only do good for the USA!

Yes, I believe there are people dumb enough to believe it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (ZLI7S)

289 NYT hellscape gets worse.

Now, the Kavanaugh writers are trying to claim they were offered the chance to speak directly with Kavanaugh and turned it down. Because he would only speak to them if they said he did not.

No, it makes no sense to me either. Or anyone else. Just more absolute bullshit. The NYT hired these clowns and printed their fevered imaginings. It's all on the Times.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (NVYyb)

290
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Winnipeg Thursday, 12 hours after this story broke. Global News national reporter David Akin says the PM has cancelled all scheduled events today and will let reporters know "what's next" shortly.
Posted by: Tami

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Posted by: Justin time at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (aKsyK)

291 I wonder if the "whistleblower" is John Bolton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (Kpl3J)

292 f Eire doesn't like it, too bad. They have 4.5 million people and no one has a military that will do shit.
Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2019 10:44 AM (AtcKV)

It pains me to say it concerning by background, but fuck the Irish. Some of the most backstabbing, disloyal bastards in the world.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

The point is that the fracas about the border is a pretense to hobble Brexit; nothing more.

It was a recognized national boundary prior to the creation of the EU, and nothing has changed.

And Eire and the EU aren't ready for, or interested in, reunification of Ireland.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (AtcKV)

293 NYT hellscape gets worse.

Now, the Kavanaugh writers are trying to claim they were offered the chance to speak directly with Kavanaugh and turned it down. Because he would only speak to them if they said he did not.

I wouldn't wipe my imaginary ass with this.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (AtcKV)

294 Liawatha got 20k people in a park the hold 10k SRO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 19, 2019 10:52 AM (JFO2v)

More like 5-8 thousand, many of whom I suspect were media and unionized government employees who were paid to be there. But hey, whatev. Nominate the Fake Indian and DJT wins 55% of the vote and probably 38-states, probably carrying 3-4 Senate and 50-house seats with him. So, #winning

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (77WPm)

295 Looking back on the 20th century from its demented offspring the 21st century, it seems all the smart people of that time decided that in the Glorious Modern Era they could put away the past, and boldly move towards the Bright and Brave New Future. See where that got us, in politics, the arts, and society at large...
Posted by: exdem13 at September 19, 2019 10:45 AM (W+kMI)

I can't really blame the Modernists for feeling this way though. They knew WWI was going to happen and couldn't stop it. When it did happen, it was such an apocalypse that they were looking for anything to make sense of the aftermath. They thought Traditionalism was the root cause of WWI and so thought that the only way to prevent another one, to heal, and to rebuild was to do away with the culture that caused it. It was very reactionary and short-sighted, but I understand it.

Then it happened again. It had to be devastating.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (OyyDO)

296 It pains me to say it concerning by background, but fuck the Irish. Some of the most backstabbing, disloyal bastards in the world.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 19, 2019 10:47 AM (Ki5SV)

I'm half Irish and there's a lot of things I love about Irish culture, but as a nation they're basically Europe's version of Palestinians. Their identity is based in a victim narrative and they have no interest in actually bettering themselves.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (N4xQB)

297
Is the pope here eyeing an alter boy?

Posted by: Sphynx at September 19, 2019 10:55 AM (rXie1)

298 291 I wonder if the "whistleblower" is John Bolton.

I'd bet money it's that asshat

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 19, 2019 10:56 AM (Rarvo)

299 @TomFitton

Hillary Clinton back in court! Federal judge grants SIGNIFICANT new discovery to @JudicialWatch on Clinton email AND Benghazi scandal! Court wants us to "shake this tree" on Clinton email records! New witness testifies today.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 10:56 AM (cF8AT)

300 Now, the Kavanaugh writers are trying to claim they were offered the chance to speak directly with Kavanaugh and turned it down. Because he would only speak to them if they said he did not."

This is like the Jussie Smollett story - even at first glance, that claim makes no sense whatsoever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:56 AM (Kpl3J)

301 Those who forget the past are doomed to relive it.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 19, 2019 10:49 AM (J+mig)

I forgot what I had for dinner, I found out at lunch.
REPENT!!!

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 10:57 AM (88+cf)

302 Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (ZLI7S)
******
sounds to me like they are Desperate & Shitting their Underoos

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 19, 2019 10:57 AM (BqBId)

303 Such a prominent contributor to the killing of babies should get some kind of recognition, although for RBG it may have to wait for the afterlife.
=======

She'll get just what's coming to her.

Posted by: Satan at September 19, 2019 10:57 AM (vg8iE)

304 300 Now, the Kavanaugh writers are trying to claim they were offered the chance to speak directly with Kavanaugh and turned it down. Because he would only speak to them if they said he did not."

This is like the Jussie Smollett story - even at first glance, that claim makes no sense whatsoever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 10:56 AM (Kpl3J)

===========

"I want to be free of these charges, so I'm going to talk to you. Just don't say that I talked to you."

Yeah. I believe it. Sure, why not?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 10:57 AM (q80AH)

305 Mollie wrote a book? Anything worth copying? My next column is due and I already exhausted the "shelf" topic.

Posted by: Jonah Goldbrick at September 19, 2019 10:58 AM (NVYyb)

306 Meh. The NFL is a decent way to spend a Sunday afternoon. And the Bills just may be decent this year. Still too soon to tell.

Posted by: Kris at September 19, 2019 10:58 AM (OyyDO)

307 >>>Is the pope here eyeing an alter boy?<<<

Brother, the Lord works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Orange Julius at September 19, 2019 10:58 AM (2Mnv1)

308 300 Now, the Kavanaugh writers are trying to claim they were offered the
chance to speak directly with Kavanaugh and turned it down. Because he
would only speak to them if they said he did not."

I think someone on Twitter told one of these geniuses yesterday, "You're really bad at this." Pretty much sums it up.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:58 AM (77WPm)

309 Aydin Paladin: Peer review: episode 1

https://youtu.be/1moFgkUbhng

Posted by: Kindltot at September 19, 2019 10:59 AM (xG/b0)

310 Because he
would only speak to them if they said he did not."
>>
I thought that was what 'anonymous sources' was used for?

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 10:59 AM (yuEZw)

311 I'm half Irish and there's a lot of things I love
about Irish culture, but as a nation they're basically Europe's version
of Palestinians. Their identity is based in a victim narrative and they
have no interest in actually bettering themselves.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (N4xQB)

I like the whiskey!

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 11:00 AM (88+cf)

312 I missed this yesterday...

@EyeOnPolitics 2 mins ago

Journalist John Solomon leaves the The Hill to start own media outlet

https://tinyurl.com/yy5fkot7

Link goes to an article in yesterday's WashExaminer.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (cF8AT)

313 For giggles and to witness the full-on bat-shit crazy of the NeverTrumpsters, go have a read at Joe Scarborough's twitter feed.

I have raccoons in my yard that are calmer and more intelligent.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (ptqGC)

314 I like the whiskey!

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 11:00 AM (88+cf)

Scotch Whisky > Irish Whiskey >>> Any Other "Whiskey"

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (77WPm)

315 More like 5-8 thousand, many of whom I suspect were
media and unionized government employees who were paid to be there. But
hey, whatev. Nominate the Fake Indian and DJT wins 55% of the vote and
probably 38-states, probably carrying 3-4 Senate and 50-house seats with
him. So, #winning

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (77WPm)

My prediction. Liawatha or Sanders will actually win the primary, but the power brokers in the DNC will rubber stamp Biden, just like they did with Hillary in '16. This will piss off the commie antifa left wing of the party and they will stay home. Biden's ensuing campaign will, ironically, look alot like Hillary's, with him stumbling and gaffing his way through while everybody questions his health and mental acuity, while his handlers try to limit his public appearances to minimize the damage. The media screams all the while at the top of its lungs how Biden is up by 300% in all polls and is a lock, and turns up its anti Trump propaganda to eleventy.
Trump wins easily on election day. Yawn.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (iAwUQ)

316 I thought that was what 'anonymous sources' was used for?

Someone on Twitter directly asked the bint if he actually said that or if he just requested to speak anonymously. No answer, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (ZGrMX)

317 314 I like the whiskey!

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 11:00 AM (88+cf)

Scotch Whisky > Irish Whiskey >>> Any Other "Whiskey"
Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (77WPm)

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

All whiskey!!!!

I don't discriminate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier with a new arm at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (q80AH)

318 Notice that no one is whining about the Chunnel, or the multiple ferries that cross the English Channel. All of these are border crossings, which will be effected by the exit from the EU.

The one land border is supposedly the sticking point.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (AtcKV)

319 Kim Strassel has a new book out, called "Resistance At All Costs", describing how the left and their co-conspirators, the NeverTrumpers, are willing to sacrifice all social and political norms, and level our political institutions, in defense of the Uniparty control of government.

Just ordered.

Posted by: Jonah Goldbrick at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (NVYyb)

320 312 I missed this yesterday...

@EyeOnPolitics 2 mins ago

Journalist John Solomon leaves the The Hill to start own media outlet

https://tinyurl.com/yy5fkot7

Link goes to an article in yesterday's WashExaminer.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (cF8AT)
---------

I'm guessing TheHill didn't like his Trump coverage... he wasn't 90% negative.

Posted by: WisRich at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (G0vdT)

321 I'm half Irish and there's a lot of things I love about Irish culture, but as a nation they're basically Europe's version of Palestinians. Their identity is based in a victim narrative and they have no interest in actually bettering themselves.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 10:54 AM (N4xQB)
~~~~~

Sadly, true.

I'm all for the American Irish. Like my Da used to say, "All the good ones are already here."

Posted by: IrishEi at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (sGotD)

322 oops- that was me recommending Kim Strassel's new book.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (NVYyb)

323 Hillary Clinton back in court! Federal judge grants
SIGNIFICANT new discovery to @JudicialWatch on Clinton email AND
Benghazi scandal! Court wants us to "shake this tree" on Clinton email
records! New witness testifies today.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 10:56 AM (cF8AT)

Aha. And now we know why the deep state is dropping the fake Trump phone call story.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (iAwUQ)

324 306 Meh. The NFL is a decent way to spend a Sunday afternoon. And the Bills just may be decent this year. Still too soon to tell.
-----------------
Compared to the Jets and Dophins the Bills are worth watching. Patriots have had the Forty Niner cake walk division for at least 25 years. The 9ers ran out of gas by the mid 90s.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (yRAFu)

325 Journalist John Solomon leaves the The Hill to start own media outlet

https://tinyurl.com/yy5fkot7

Link goes to an article in yesterday's WashExaminer.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (cF8AT)

That is excellent news! John Solomon writes great stories, but I have gotten that I don't even look at them anymore because, except for him, The Hill is such a cesspool. I hope he gets serious about monitoring the comments section on his new site.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 11:04 AM (Kpl3J)

326 @AP

BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:04 AM (cF8AT)

327 My prediction. Liawatha or Sanders will actually win
the primary, but the power brokers in the DNC will rubber stamp Biden,
just like they did with Hillary in '16.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 19, 2019 11:01 AM (iAwUQ)

Won't be Sanders. Even my 24-year old unionized MA state higher-ed employee, who was all aboard the BernBus in '16, is saying NFW for '20. He had his shot, now just looks crazy(er), angry(er), and old(er).

But otherwise, yeah. I can absolutely see this.

Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 11:04 AM (77WPm)

328 @AP

BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:04 AM (cF8AT)

REEEEEEEEEEE!!! See?! SEE??!!? He's a Russian agent!!!!

Posted by: Morning Joke and Mika at September 19, 2019 11:05 AM (ptqGC)

329 BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns.

Good.

Some lib asked on Twitter what the Founders would think of Trump trying to hide his tax returns. They had it pointed out to them that the Founders would be horrified at the concept of a tax return.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:05 AM (ZGrMX)

330 John Solomon canned? Now, twitter can safely suspend his account. The Hill won't defend him. The Great Silencing proceeds apace.

It's way past time for Congress to take up the massive deplatforming of conservatives.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 11:06 AM (NVYyb)

331 Someone on Twitter directly asked the bint if he actually said that or if he just requested to speak anonymously. No answer, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (ZGrMX)

I have a really, really, REALLY, hard time believing Kavanaugh would even entertain the idea of speaking to ANYONE writing a book about him....let alone two bints from the NYT.

Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2019 11:06 AM (cF8AT)

332 ome lib asked on Twitter what the Founders would think of Trump trying to hide his tax returns. They had it pointed out to them that the Founders would be horrified at the concept of a tax return.
Posted by: Ian S.

Yip. That'll leave a mark.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 11:06 AM (AtcKV)

333 Some lib asked on Twitter what the Founders would
think of Trump trying to hide his tax returns. They had it pointed out
to them that the Founders would be horrified at the concept of a tax
return.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:05 AM (ZGrMX)

I'll bet that puzzled the lib.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:06 AM (ptqGC)

334 Won't be Sanders. Even my 24-year old unionized MA state higher-ed employee, who was all aboard the BernBus in '16, is saying NFW for '20. He had his shot, now just looks crazy(er), angry(er), and old(er).

But otherwise, yeah. I can absolutely see this.
Posted by: DocJ at September 19, 2019 11:04 AM (77WPm)
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Funny. I watched the 1st hour of the last debate. I couldn't agree more.

Posted by: WisRich at September 19, 2019 11:07 AM (G0vdT)

335 BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to identify as a Corn Pop.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 11:07 AM (gmo/4)

336 318 Notice that no one is whining about the Chunnel, or the multiple ferries that cross the English Channel. All of these are border crossings, which will be effected by the exit from the EU.

The one land border is supposedly the sticking point.
Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (AtcKV)

The reason it's a sticking point is because in the agreement which ended the conflict with the IRA, the British Government agreed that there would be no hard, controlled border between Northern Ireland and the rest. Putting border controls in means ripping up that old agreement, which both parts of Ireland are very opposed to.

Which is why I say, Ireland has to go if Brexit is to succeed. Probably Scotland too. End the UK, just let it be England again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 11:07 AM (Kpl3J)

337 My prediction. Liawatha or Sanders will actually win
the primary, but the power brokers in the DNC will rubber stamp Biden,
just like they did with Hillary in '16.

I'm not so sure about that. The corporations and banks all want Liawatha and if we've learned nothing else it's that the Dems are now the Party of Corporatism.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:08 AM (ZGrMX)

338 Santa has the post Christmas sadz.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at September 19, 2019 11:08 AM (huvBh)

339 I have a feeling Judge Thomas has taken Kav under his wing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:08 AM (ptqGC)

340 I'm all for the American Irish. Like my Da used to say, "All the good ones are already here."
Posted by: IrishEi at September 19, 2019 11:03 AM (sGotD)

Brain drain. Most of Ireland and Scotland's best, boldest, and brightest came here.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 19, 2019 11:08 AM (J+mig)

341 Europe's economy is in the tank. Now, more than ever, Europe needs a Brexit deal with surging Britain.

Nobody saw that coming two months ago.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (NVYyb)

342 BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns.

President Donald Trump on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and his longtime accounting firm, days after news broke that the prosecutor had subpoenaed years of Trumps personal and corporate tax returns.

Also suing his tax firm...I assume that is just covering all legal bases?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (p0A33)

343 Kim Strassel has a new book out, called "Resistance At All Costs"

Strassel should be on anyone's list of real journalists. It's a short list, and heavily female. I'd also include Mollie Hemingway, Catherine Herridge, Jennifer Griffin, and Sharyl Atkisson.

Posted by: pep at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (T6t7i)

344 How come that guy isn't wearing brown face? whut's up with that?

Posted by: torabora at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (Y274z)

345 291 I wonder if the "whistleblower" is John Bolton.

I'd bet money it's that asshat

**laughs**

Only on the HQ can someone go from "The 'Stache" to "asshat" and back again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (Ki5SV)

346
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Winnipeg Thursday, 12 hours after this story broke. Global News national reporter David Akin says the PM has cancelled all scheduled events today and will let reporters know "what's next" shortly.
Posted by: Tami

Daylight come and me wan' go home
Posted by: Justin time at September 19, 2019 10:53 AM (aKsyK)

I don't understand the blackface thing at all. Not even a little bit. I've never even considered putting on blackface and I'm not woke at all.
And why is it always woke leftists getting caught in blackface?

Posted by: Northernlurker at September 19, 2019 11:10 AM (Uu+Jp)

347 Nobody saw that coming two months ago."

If by "nobody" you mean our betters, then yeah.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 11:10 AM (6qErC)

348
Hot tip for John Solomon - the key to looking professional in your exciting new venture, is to talk about it on Twitter all the time, and then just do a newsletter. On gmail. It's how all of us really important guys do our ventures.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at September 19, 2019 11:10 AM (AzW6q)

349 Fox just played a clip of the climate brat Greta Thunberg ordering Congress to listen and pay attention to her.

LOLGF

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:11 AM (ptqGC)

350 Fox just played a clip of the climate brat Greta Thunberg ordering Congress to listen and pay attention to her.

LOLGF
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:11 AM (ptqGC)

Maybe they can follow up with Amy Carter

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (p0A33)

351 Fox just played a clip of the climate brat Greta Thunberg ordering Congress to listen and pay attention to her.

that kid is koo-koo for CocoaNuts

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (Rarvo)

352 BREAKING: PM Trudeau is on video in the 1990's stating he hates hockey.

Posted by: Archer at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (gmo/4)

353 I like the whiskey!

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2019 11:00 AM (88+cf)

Scotch Whisky ~~> Irish Whiskey >>> Any Other "Whiskey"~~
Posted by: DocJ

You could have stopped there.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (Z65m4)

354 Greta Thunberg ordering Congress to listen and pay attention to her."

Did Thunderbunny stamp her feet or clap her hands?

More importantly, was Mom still there pulling the strings?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (6qErC)

355 lol COCOA PUFFS!

not enough coffee

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (Rarvo)

356 Monkey, too

Posted by: Anon a mouse at September 19, 2019 11:12 AM (6qErC)

357 349 Fox just played a clip of the climate brat Greta Thunberg ordering Congress to listen and pay attention to her.

LOLGF
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:11 AM (ptqGC)

We have to listen to her because she's wise and knows best, but we also can't criticize her because she's just a special needs kid.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (N4xQB)

358 Strassel should be on anyone's list of real
journalists. It's a short list, and heavily female. I'd also include
Mollie Hemingway, Catherine Herridge, Jennifer Griffin, and Sharyl
Atkisson.

Posted by: pep at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (T6t7i)

Add Salina Zito to that list. A friend and neighbor of ours is hosting her at his house next month, and we've been invited.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (ptqGC)

359 I don't understand the blackface thing at all. Not even a little bit.
I've never even considered putting on blackface and I'm not woke at all.
>>
I once dressed as Emmett Kelly for Halloween. Black makeup to simulate beard.
I was 10 years old though.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (yuEZw)

360 Nood ape

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (T9rmq)

361 Posted by: pep at September 19, 2019 11:09 AM (T6t7i)

It is amazing, isn't it? Female journalists are the total market leaders right now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (NVYyb)

362 The one land border is supposedly the sticking point.
Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 11:02 AM (AtcKV)

The reason it's a sticking point is because in the agreement which ended the conflict with the IRA, the British Government agreed that there would be no hard, controlled border between Northern Ireland and the rest. Putting border controls in means ripping up that old agreement, which both parts of Ireland are very opposed to.

Then keep the agreement, maintain the existing border and let people go shopping as they please, North or south. If it ever becomes a conduit for EU refugee dumping, dump them back on the Eire side.

Or re-write the agreement. Neither North or South want a resumption of the previous state of affairs. Or scrap the agreement, and let Ulster and the Republic sort it out.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (AtcKV)

363 I don't understand the blackface thing at all. Not even a little bit. I've never even considered putting on blackface and I'm not woke at all.
And why is it always woke leftists getting caught in blackface?

Because woke leftists put on that cloak to hide that they're the biggest racists of all. It's just like how every single "male feminist" has turned out to be a rapey creep.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:13 AM (ZGrMX)

364 Chimp's up.

Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at September 19, 2019 11:14 AM (RD7QR)

365 President Donald Trump on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and his longtime accounting firm, days after news broke that the prosecutor had subpoenaed years of Trumps personal and corporate tax returns.

Also suing his tax firm...I assume that is just covering all legal bases?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Tax firm probably can't release if they're being sued.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2019 11:14 AM (Z65m4)

366 Greta Thornburg is a page out of the Middle Ages, when some child idiot savant would be trotted out to the town square, in order to tell all the peasants about the Angels and Demons that had spoken to her in visions, and to tell them all of the Terrible Day of Wrath to come, a Day of Fire and Destruction for All.

and of course there would always be someone quietly promoting this, taking baskets full of Donations from the Sinful, and promising them Absolution for their Guilty Souls.

We aren't "progressing", we're falling back into all of the pathologies of the past.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 19, 2019 11:14 AM (Kpl3J)

367 Add Salina Zito to that list. A friend and neighbor of ours is hosting her at his house next month, and we've been invited.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

Lucky you.

Posted by: pep at September 19, 2019 11:15 AM (T6t7i)

368 They had it pointed out to them that the Founders would be horrified at the concept of a tax return.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 19, 2019 11:05 AM (ZGrMX)

Totally down with the notion of taxing barter goods, however.

I've come to the conclusion that the Founders were far from in agreement on just how centralized the govt was supposed to look, agreed to disagree long enough to get something ratified, then resumed the fight once that was done.

Posted by: A Man With No Party at September 19, 2019 11:17 AM (JtBPN)

369 "Greta Thornburg is a page out of the Middle Ages,
when some child idiot savant would be trotted out to the town square, in
order to tell all the peasants about the Angels and Demons that had
spoken to her in visions, and to tell them all of the Terrible Day of
Wrath to come, a Day of Fire and Destruction for All.

Posted by: Tom Servo"

She reminds me of one of a creepy evil kids in a horror flick that ends up killing or possessing the whole village.

"Children of the Thorn"
You cant stop us!

Posted by: Ripley at September 19, 2019 11:37 AM (MxEKc)

370 So now the latest is that Trump promised something to some foreign leader? Like having more flexibility after the election? Seriously. I am so tired of these mother fuckers. This needs to backfire on them. Gee you mean foreign leaders might talk? Migght negotiate? GTFO

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 19, 2019 11:39 AM (KBY7Z)

371 "Joe Biden Instructs Black Parents How To Put Tin Foil On The Rabbit Ears So Their Kids Can Listen To the Old RCA Victrola Telegraph Machine-Thingy As They Doze Off To Sleep At Night"

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at September 19, 2019 12:05 PM (m6qV1)

372 Adding black to each of the colors deadens their individual vividness, allowing the red in his costume to come forward.
Oil painters generally don't use black right out of the tube to tone down the vibrancy of the hues. Especially during the Renaissance, the black pigments derived from burnt ivory, soot from ashes, or charred grape vines would impart a dirty look to any color they mixed with. Usually the way to tone down a primary color is to mix it with its complement.
It does look like Raphael swished some black around in the green field behind the Pope. I'd have to see this IRL though to discern what pigment he used. Because imo those swishes do look dirty.

Or to mix a complementary color yourself and then gradually introduce this into the main color.
If you have oil paints handy you can try this out. (The rule doesn't apply strictly to acrylic paint because they are a horse of a different color.)

Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2019 12:23 PM (DJFLF)

373 The pleats in his skirt though!

Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2019 12:24 PM (DJFLF)

374 IF YOU SIT ON MY LAP TODAY,THE PRIZE OF A TOY IS THE PRICE YOU PAY

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