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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Gabriel Metsu
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Dear Penthouse Forum...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 12, 2019 09:30 AM (zBaqJ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 09:30 AM (IttZ7)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (IttZ7)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (7nTlT)
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (IttZ7)
Posted by: clutch cargo at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (Z1ykJ)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (7nTlT)
Posted by: jsg at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (OqBiN)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: WisRich at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 09:31 AM (7nTlT)
She doesn't want to miss a drop. Chunky!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (zBaqJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (BN/jk)
"Dear bald lady,
you didn't include enough postage so we can't send your wig."
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 12, 2019 09:33 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: PabloD at December 12, 2019 09:33 AM (lU2EE)
Posted by: BignJames at December 12, 2019 09:33 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:33 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: josephistan
That's not a window.
They didn't make single panes that big back then.
Didn't have the technology.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:33 AM (BN/jk)
The rogaine is in the mail.
Please stop writing to me about it.
P.S. i want that painting back, you cow. "
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 09:34 AM (6FeV1)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 12, 2019 09:34 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 09:34 AM (6FeV1)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (vGJY7)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (7HtZB)
Many times it was because the painting was for "private viewings" only. *wink, wink* This may be to protect it from the sunlight. This is also a great way for your painting to develop mold, tho.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (OyyDO)
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I'ts Not You, It's Me! - a limerick
The poor lady is moping. She's a fretter.
Whatever could have possibly upset her?
I think perhaps one factor
Is they repossessed her tractor
And felt compelled to send a John Deere letter!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. Life is pain. at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 12, 2019 09:36 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 09:36 AM (IttZ7)
Posted by: phoenixgirl
Back of the spoon.
"China"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:36 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: huerfano at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (9dnxb)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. Life is pain. at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: josephistan
If you can see it from here, .45.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (0O7c5)
The bigger the skate, the bigger the pate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (6FeV1)
Posted by: henry at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (JMDly)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: FireHorse at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (ScWBu)
"China"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:36 AM (BN/jk)
my grandma told me it was rude to read the back of silverware....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl
Baby got back.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: monkey at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (CLteG)
*golf clap* plus 10 points for the Calvin's Dad reference.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. Life is pain. at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 09:37 AM (6FeV1)
i'm dead
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (0O7c5)
you didn't include enough postage so we can't send your wig."
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM
You owe me a new cup of coffee.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (7HtZB)
Many times it was because the painting was for "private viewings" only. *wink, wink* This may be to protect it from the sunlight. This is also a great way for your painting to develop mold, tho.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (OyyDO)
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So we're talking possible porn on a ship?
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: mnw at December 12, 2019 09:40 AM (Cssks)
Posted by: The Dog at December 12, 2019 09:40 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 09:40 AM (flINI)
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. Life is pain. at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM
Man they had some weird fashion and beauty things back in the day. I can't imagine going to the bar looking for the baldest chick.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (OyyDO)
Where did they get plywood? Time travel?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (8D42x)
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Plotting the perfect bloodline takes a lot of communication.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (q80AH)
Looks like there's a spent shell casing on the lower right. .45 or 9mm?
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (7HtZB)
...and that's how the fight started, officer.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (kw0bd)
Posted by: johnd01 at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (ukNFU)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (OyyDO)
The clothes hamper must mean it's Monday.
Posted by: BignJames at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Kris
*******
Okay, now you're just toying with us.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Gabriel Metsu at December 12, 2019 09:42 AM (Z4rgH)
Oh Gerty! I think you may be holding it upside down again.
Martha, we should just put arrows on the bucket so we'll know.
Yes Gerty! Then I can spend more time with my spoon.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (l6b3d)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 09:32 AM (7HtZB)
Many times it was because the painting was for "private viewings" only. *wink, wink* This may be to protect it from the sunlight. This is also a great way for your painting to develop mold, tho.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:35 AM (OyyDO)
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So we're talking possible porn on a ship?
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (wiXsO)
Well, when you're stuck on a ship for months on end with no wimmenz and A LOT of booze...
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (OyyDO)
That dog came from the same store as the Russian oligarch's miniature giraffe.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (wzVKm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (hbTkw)
Posted by: FrodoB at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (V7laS)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM
So, you're telling us that Hillary is bald ?
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:44 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: John McCains aneurysms at December 12, 2019 09:44 AM (LIhNq)
Posted by: jsg at December 12, 2019 09:44 AM (xfPFu)
That dais IS made out of plywood. That IS a single pane window 150 years before the technology became widespread.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:44 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Manuel at December 12, 2019 09:44 AM (hbTkw)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM
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Still less weird than blackening teeth in Oriental countries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (wzVKm)
Under communism, everyone would have their own miniature giraffe comrade.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM (7nTlT)
Posted by: josephistan
That's a dutch ripple frame not a window surround
could be a painting, might be large delft tile
it has the manganese look of a tile
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (wiXsO)
Well, when you're stuck on a ship for months on end with no wimmenz and A LOT of booze...
Friggin' in the riggin'
Friggin' in the riggin'
Friggin' in the riggin' there was F all else to do!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 09:46 AM (U7qMl)
Posted by: henry at December 12, 2019 09:46 AM (JMDly)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:39 AM (wiXsO)
Well, when you're stuck on a ship for months on end with no wimmenz and A LOT of booze...
Posted by: Kris
It's not gay when you're under way.
It's only queer when you're at the pier.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:46 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:46 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: The Grey Aliens at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (U7qMl)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM
Man they had some weird fashion and beauty things back in the day. I can't imagine going to the bar looking for the baldest chick.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:41 AM (r7Fvf)
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That's interesting, thought she was suffering from male pattern baldness.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (wiXsO)
Didn't you already get banninated once for going OT before 100 in art threads?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (wzVKm)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2019 09:48 AM (1glZx)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 12, 2019 09:45 AM
Had a great aunt who did that. Not the hair thing, but the eyebrow thing. She'd pluck them and then paint them back on. She stayed at our house for a couple weeks one time and I saw her in the morning and it creeped the shit out of me.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:48 AM (r7Fvf)
83 Bald foreheads and no eyebrows used to be a thing.
That's hawt.
Posted by: The Grey Aliens at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (U7qMl)
I hate everything you stand for!
Posted by: Sinead O'Connor at December 12, 2019 09:48 AM (IttZ7)
forehead. It was supposed to make you look smarter, like your head was
bigger or something. You can see it in a lot of Italian Renaissance
portraits too.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM
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So, not Brazilian then. North of Brazil. She went full Belizian?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 09:49 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:38 AM (OyyDO)
Back during the fifties comic books sometimes had intelligent people from the future time traveling back. They always had hideously giant domes that I thought violated all Darwinian standards for continued propagation of the species. Maybe they anticipated Kurt Eichenwald types...
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Kris
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These days it's more than likely done to generate sympathy for a Go Fund Me for fake cancer survivors, a form of Münchausen syndrome with a profit motive.
Yes, this is a thing.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: kallisto at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (2vJ77)
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Democrats, Media, and Deep State:
Hostis Humani Generis
at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (Rvlwi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (4l7MS)
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Democrats, Media, and Deep State:
Hostis Humani Generis
at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM (Rvlwi)
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Heh
Posted by: MACHINES FOR SALE at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (flINI)
Posted by: kallisto at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (2vJ77)
The lice just relocate.
Posted by: BignJames at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (90T4r)
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We actually honor the 100 comment rule on this thread.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: kallisto
That wasn't their heads they shaved...
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (1glZx)
Posted by: Kris
Let's move on to 'exposed torso' period.
Posted by: notjjs at December 12, 2019 09:53 AM (3g7BU)
Posted by: Minnfidel
Ya shoulda glued caterpillars on her whilst she slept.
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:53 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 12, 2019 09:53 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM
I actually had similar thoughts as to what it meant, but wouldn't it have been easier to just, you know. Take the picture down? Or have Ace put some shelves there instead?
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:53 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 09:47 AM (90T4r)
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We actually honor the 100 comment rule on this thread.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, that, and there's a ton of stuff in this painting.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: kallisto at December 12, 2019 09:50 AM (2vJ77)
Way, way back, sure. I think that's why the Egyptians did.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Very commendable.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (tBq0Q)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM
Joe Bidens Granny, so yea.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:55 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Kris
Let's move on to 'exposed torso' period.
Posted by: notjjs
When the ladies plucked their chest hair?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 09:55 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (r7Fvf)
but the eyebrow thing. She'd pluck them and then paint them back on. She
stayed at our house for a couple weeks one time and I saw her in the
morning and it creeped the shit out of me.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 09:48 AM (r7Fvf)
Yikes. That would have scared me, too.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (ptqGC)
I've been away for a couple days. A cold, or maybe this one is sinusitis, swept down from the Siberian steppes and knocked me flat. I stayed home from work for 3 days, getting up at 6 (which is late for me) but finding myself nodding over my TV show or book and toddling back off to bed at 9, then rising again at 11, and napping 1:30-3:00. Then bed, again, at 9. Do you know how boring home can be when you can't watch TV or read? And no, I'm comparing Internet packages now, and don't have it at home. That's got to change soon.
I'm in to work for about 3 hours here, and maybe I'll contribute to the Morning Rant.
Anyway: Howz da Xmas shopping goin'?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (Ejm1K)
The MFM is having the vapors because the president mocked "climate change hero" Greta Loonberg. The horror the horror
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (kw5n8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (ptqGC)
My name is Matilda Olofsson and I am Greta Thunberg's arch-nemesis
https://preview.tinyurl.com/wxf667k
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (1glZx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, a new Soviet Virginian at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (UUrfE)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (tBq0Q)
Women have always had difficulty using toilets after a man. Clearly this is how they addressed the problem.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (7nTlT)
The MFM is having the vapors because the president mocked "climate change hero" Greta Loonberg. The horror the horror
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (kw5n
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I thought it was Jr. doing the mocking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (q80AH)
My guess is that the painting is covered because a man of the household - perhaps the old lady's son, and the young woman's husband - is lost or missing at sea, and the sight of the painting is a painful reminder. The poor dog is a hint that the young woman is sexually frustrated, as her man has been gone a long time,
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 12, 2019 09:51 AM
FIFY
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (hx3Q8)
Would shave all their heads on the fore
But the lice were no dummies
They just crawled down their tummies
So now there's no rug on the floor
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (U7qMl)
and the lady reading the letter is tilting it towards the light
so the tile may create a glare at certain times and therefore covered
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (rpxSz)
*******
That's a road you don't want to start down. It starts with just a little shaping, evening out the two sides, next thing you know you wake up one morning to find you're totally plucked.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (m45I2)
Does a bucket really need arrows indicating this end up?
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM
Joe Bidens Granny, so yea.
It's really a postmodern chamber pot, so the Biden rule is still VERY much in effect.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (T6t7i)
My name is Matilda Olofsson and I am Greta Thunberg's arch-nemesis
https://preview.tinyurl.com/wxf667k
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (1glZx)
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I have the hero to my proposed story!
Matilda will pilot a fighter jet and destroy Greta's megatron-like alien robot suit in an epic showdown!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 09:54 AM (flINI)
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I just put that tiny dog is on my Christmas list.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 12, 2019 09:58 AM (LvkqA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 09:58 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Colin at December 12, 2019 09:58 AM (O9EyB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (Ejm1K)
Ordered something online at the beginning of November. Still haven't got it. Got an email today from the company saying it'll be 12-20 days from the day it's SHIPPED. Well, they only just shipped it last week. Pfft.
Posted by: Kris at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Contrary to all my expectations!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (cn3ZE)
starts with just a little shaping, evening out the two sides, next thing
you know you wake up one morning to find you're totally plucked.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 09:57 AM (m45I2)
And that's why I never started.
Posted by: Gene Shalit at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (IttZ7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Contrary to all my expectations!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (wYseH)
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The beatings and beratings have been consistently applied.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:59 AM (q80AH)
starts with just a little shaping, evening out the two sides, next thing
you know you wake up one morning to find you're totally plucked.
Beats the alternative.
Posted by: The Chicken at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (flINI)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (o3dyY)
women wear the type of headdress the lady on the right wears. Styles
don't change that much in the Amish/Mennonite areas of the US. See them
in the grocery stores they run, which are modernized with computer
checkouts but old time dresses.
Posted by: Colin at December 12, 2019 09:58 AM (O9EyB)
I was at a living history Civil War encampment, and at one of the suttler tents I saw a woman who I thought was a reenactor until I saw she was wearing Crocs . . . Yep, Mennonite.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (1glZx)
I wonder what they wear on their heads in Calgonite country.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 10:00 AM (U7qMl)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (G546f)
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019
*
*
A delft move.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2019 09:53 AM
I didn't know it was a thing. I was probably 10 years old and I had never seen a woman with no eyebrows! Creepy. She was super sweet, one of those great aunties that put on way too much perfume and super red lipstick and she'd always have to give you a huge kiss on the cheek so you'd have it all over your face at Christmas. She lived to be 90 something and was pretty spry. She was a dear woman. But had her quirks. Her hair was also still "amazingly" jet black at the age of 80 something. My dad showed me some old family pics not long ago and I had never seen her as a younger woman, she was actually stunningly beautiful. I just remembered her as the Aunt with no eyebrows.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (r7Fvf)
Speaking of plucking things - a limerick
A game bird sou chef named Zucker
A turkey, partridge, quail and duck mucker
Through the grease and guts and bile
Zucker always had a smile
You might say he was just a pheasant plucker
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (H5knJ)
Does a bucket really need arrows indicating this end up?
That seems like a fairly modern adornment. I wonder what that says about the artist's dates vs Vermeer ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabri%C3%ABl_Metsu
Seems my guess is wrong.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (dB+c3)
STANDING WOMAN: Damn, that really IS ugly isn't it?
SITTING WOMAN: Yup. We don't keep it covered just because.
And good morning Horde. I'm at that magical part of the year in which I hate everybody and wish I lived on an island in the middle of a lake in Alaska that only the Inuit know about, and they don't go there because Jeez, why would you do that? Here's hoping you're not the same, and at least it's Friday eve.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (RD7QR)
What is that painting that's above the lady who is sitting down? Or is that a mirror?
Posted by: Puddleglum, a new Soviet Virginian at December 12, 2019 09:56 AM (UUrfE)
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I figured it was a mirror. Not sure if that's a banana peel on top of it, but looks like maybe the reflection of a cross or crucifix?
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:03 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Oh I know, I got taken to the woodshed one time for that.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:03 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (NVYyb)
As for the spoon-letter?"You may already be a winner!"
Posted by: Ned Reid at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (4VNvT)
Posted by: Vanya at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (U7voe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 09:52 AM (q80AH)
Oh I know, I got taken to the woodshed one time for that.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:03 AM (r7Fvf)
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I once called the thread an open thread at about comment 300, and I got berated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (q80AH)
The artist's talent is obvious and interesting. I like the look of natural light he shows and the detail to the extent it matters.
I suspect, strongly, there is a lot going on in the scene I don't understand but the viewers of the time would have. The room is rather plain and spartan. The tile in the lower right looks like a repair, not a feature. The platform the woman sits on is unfinished wood. The one shoe and the thimble on the floor is an odd, almost slovenly, touch. The woman reading is fashionable, as Kris pointed out, but her clothing is not highly ornate. Is she trying for a rich 'look' and not quite getting there? Also, why is the servant woman looking at the covered painting? Is she hoping the man of the house returns quickly to take control of the young woman so she doesn't have to?
It's an interesting painting, at least to me. As I looked at it I kept coming up with scenarios it suggests.
Posted by: JTB at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (7EjX1)
I remember, shortly after that song came out, this total metal-head friend at school was going on and on about how great it was. The times they were a-changin'.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (U7qMl)
Posted by: Stymie at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (XXaRO)
*******
That's a pretty cool story.
Did she do different expressions on different days?
Or did she have to leave the room during conversations to change from "surprised" to "quizzical" to "scowling"?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (m45I2)
Lotta forehead on that creature.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2019 10:01 AM (H5knJ)
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One of my buddies in college had a pretty bad receding hairline and the local smartass dubbed him "fivehead" -- because he had more than a forehead. I thought that was kind of cruel ...
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Little Adam Schitt, at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (U7qMl)
I wonder what they wear on their heads in Calgonite country.
Posted by: Guy Smiley
They're soaking in it.
-Madge
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (RD7QR)
I'll be on the next island over, if you need anything.
(you won't need anything, i'm just being polite.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (Ct55T)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM
Art snobs, what can you do?
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (r7Fvf)
I wonder if they just thought outrage was more important than information - probably so but still you want to use that to get information. Or if they have more trust that Barr is getting the information, so what they needed to gin up more than anything was outrage.
Posted by: FBI at December 12, 2019 10:06 AM (sX1BW)
We went out and bought some Amish made Furniture, best decision we ever made.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 12, 2019 10:06 AM (LvkqA)
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at December 12, 2019 10:07 AM (cn3ZE)
Posted by: ShainS
It's a mirror. The thing on top looks like a ribbon of some sort. The reflection in the mirror is the window to the seated lady's right.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (NVYyb)
We went out and bought some Amish made Furniture, best decision we ever made.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 12, 2019 10:06 AM (LvkqA)
Furniture made with chinese prison labor is lower class. Persian or Turkish prison labor is the way to go.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (7nTlT)
Is she using a spoon to read it?
Posted by: Someguy
Given that her head is perfectly egg-shaped, she may be contemplating brain surgery, or perhaps suicide.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (NVYyb)
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Table tennis!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (q80AH)
Did she do different expressions on different days?
Or did she have to leave the room during conversations to change from "surprised" to "quizzical" to "scowling"?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 12, 2019 10:04 AM
LOL. She always looked the same when I saw her at family events. Always very well put together and classy. But then she stayed with us for a while and I saw that in the morning it freaked me out. I still remember she smoked with one of those long cigarette holder things. Not sure WTF that was about. She was a sweet lad though.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:09 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2019 10:09 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: kallisto at December 12, 2019 10:09 AM (2vJ77)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (RD7QR)
I'll be on the next island over, if you need anything.
(you won't need anything, i'm just being polite.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (Ct55T)
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I'll be up the mountaniside overlooking your lake... with 12 dogs.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 10:10 AM (flINI)
important than information - probably so but still you want to use that
to get information. Or if they have more trust that Barr is getting the
information, so what they needed to gin up more than anything was
outrage.
Posted by: FBI
The information is already out there. Now they're trying to shape public opinion, because the public is, you know, dumb.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:10 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (RD7QR)
I'll be on the next island over, if you need anything.
(you won't need anything, i'm just being polite.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (Ct55T)
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I'll be up the mountaniside overlooking your lake... with 12 dogs.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 10:10 AM (flINI)
I love dogs. Guess I'll be visiting Truck Monkey.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (7nTlT)
and what's up with the thimble in foreground
and that is a small mirror in another dutch ripple frame
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (rpxSz)
(you won't need anything, i'm just being polite.)
Whaoa! Give him some space. Clingy much?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (cn3ZE)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:08 AM (7nTlT)
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* snort *
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:12 AM (WqPYg)
Biden: "We're likely to inherit a recession."
Biden & Krugman should get married, & beget gloomy little bad prognosticators.
Posted by: mnw at December 12, 2019 10:12 AM (Cssks)
Vote democrat and you could have furniture made by Prison Labor from the nearest camp.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 10:12 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (7nTlT)
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Anyone who loves dogs is A-OK in my book
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Minnfidel
Back in the bad old days, unfiltered cigarettes, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Camel, etc. stained your fingers with a brown nicotine color.
Hence Rush Limbaugh's tag line "in my formerly nicotine stained fingers".
That why cigarette holders became popular.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (U7qMl)
"See! We inherited Trump's recession! Now we've gotta double down on everything!"
These people are flat-out, no-kidding, undeniably evil.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (Ct55T)
Thanks to everyone for your sympathetic comments last night.
Talker was our Whippet. We got him many years ago as a show dog for me. He came out of a famous show kennel which is notorious as an overdogged puppy mill. Having paid a pretty penny for him, Her Majesty was never able to get his papers from them, so he could never be shown.
So he was neutered and lived out his life here. We're not even sure how old he was. 16 is our best guess.
He was in good health up to the end but over the last couple of days he stopped eating and didn't want treats. Last night he couldn't get up. I took him in and the vet and I concluded that at his age we would be temporizing if we went for aggressive treatment.
He slipped away quietly with me talking to him and stroking him. Rest well, little guy. And wait.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (ndD+b)
Posted by: Colin at December 12, 2019 09:58 AM (O9EyB)
Some of those Mennonite lasses are good, sturdy women. Solid German stock.
I too am concerned about the pup. He could really use a scrap or two. Maybe he's thinking "I really want the male to come back because he gives me meat when he's drunk." Or, maybe he just wants to go out and pee.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:14 AM (RD7QR)
Biden: "We're likely to inherit a recession."
Biden & Krugman should get married, & beget gloomy little bad prognosticators.
Posted by: mnw at December 12, 2019 10:12 AM (Cssks)
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Their only hope is a stark downturn in the economy.
Without it, Democrats are sunk. Republicans regain the House with a stronger backbone than they had under Ryan, the Senate could add a Republican or two, and Trump will be president again with a much more pliant set of Republican lawmakers.
Oh, and RBG's gonna die.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:14 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Rothko at December 12, 2019 10:15 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM
Never knew that. That's why I love this place.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:15 AM (r7Fvf)
So, that picture, before I read all the comments that will explain the shoe and mock that gal's headgear, two observations.
One, standing gal is holding a 3.5" floppy.
Two, sitting gal is holding that thing from that Far Side cartoon where the AmerIndian Chief says, "We use every part of the buffalo... except this."
So, two anachronistic items. I say #FakeArt.
Posted by: mindful webworker - deliriously at December 12, 2019 10:15 AM (HGnKA)
Posted by: Someguy
It looks like it until you embiggen it , then you can tell it's just the way the paper is wrinkled and the paper's color is the same as the fabric on her dress.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:15 AM (BN/jk)
Kevin McCarthy? Really?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:16 AM (T6t7i)
Kevin McCarthy? Really?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:16 AM (T6t7i)
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By every indication: Yes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:16 AM (q80AH)
Wasn't around last night, the IP clan sends our condolences Hadrian.
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at December 12, 2019 10:16 AM (cn3ZE)
He was in good health up to the end but over the last couple of days he stopped eating and didn't want treats. Last night he couldn't get up. I took him in and the vet and I concluded that at his age we would be temporizing if we went for aggressive treatment.
He slipped away quietly with me talking to him and stroking him. Rest well, little guy. And wait.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2019 10:13 AM (ndD+b)
My condolences Hadrian. Dogs are of better character than many many people. I too plan on seeing my departed dogs after I die, because God knows how to run a Heaven.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:17 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:17 AM (NVYyb)
Who wants to tell him? I mean this is not as bad as the national mother-in-law saying that she'll get rid of the electoral college (apparently by sorcery), but still.
Speaking of which, where is our poll jockey who was predicting doom for Trump a few weeks back?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:17 AM (Boy/L)
Not trying to be aggressively argumentative, but what makes you think that? He comes across to me as about as forceful as overcooked linguine.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:18 AM (T6t7i)
That sucks man. So sorry to hear that, but you gave him a good life and he gave that back to you in return. Never easy though. Been there and done that. Had my youngest daughter chase my car down the road screaming and crying when it was time and it was awful. That's the only downside to dogs. They love, we love, but we usually outlive them. Condolences.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:18 AM (r7Fvf)
He slipped away quietly with me talking to him and stroking him. Rest well, little guy. And wait.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
First I have heard of this. I am so sorry to hear that.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:18 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2019 10:19 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Tuna at December 12, 2019 10:19 AM (SBAsK)
he was a lucky pup to have had you guys as pack
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:20 AM (G546f)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:20 AM (RD7QR)
Compared to, say, shaving off your eyebrows and drawing them back on in a way that makes you look like Satan?
Or outlining your lips in several different colors.
Meh... fashion is always weird.
I remember reading about some African tribe where they started making hideous scars on their women's faces so the slavers wouldn't take them. After a few generations, a woman just wasn't considered hot to them unless she had a scarred-up face.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 12, 2019 10:20 AM (WsmTT)
Kevin McCarthy? Really?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:16 AM (T6t7i)
"Stronger than Raul Ryan" isn't exactly a high bar to pass
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:20 AM (7HtZB)
From a guy I know on Facebook:
"If you are a UK citizen in the UK today, please vote. As a Brit who has lived for more than 15 years outside the UK, I cannot vote. Nor can the 3 million EU citizens resident in the UK. They're not scrounging off the state, as some, who would blame anyone else but themselves for the problems we have, would have you believe. Those EU citizens are waking up under a cold, grey, sky, and trudging off to work to pay taxes and contribute to their country of residence, just as any of their neighbours. Myself, well, I'm not retired and lounging under the sun drinking Stella. I'm working through the night, while you are sleeping in your warm beds, in order to support my family, pay taxes and contribute to and integrate myself within the EU society that is graceful enough to host me. I can't vote here, I'm not allowed, and I can't vote there, as UK politicians decided that approximately 5 million of us, 3 in the UK and 2 in continental Europe, should be denied the vote in both the Brexit referendum and any general election that could decide Brexit."
Translation:
"I don't live in Britain, though I was born there. I have no direct stake in whether Britain stays in the EU. I prefer the EU to Britain so much that I moved to the EU 15 years ago and won't move back to Britain. Because of that, Britain must validate my life choices and help straighten out my tax situation by staying in the EU."
Remainers are pissants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:20 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: FrodoB at December 12, 2019 09:43 AM (V7laS)
I'm holding on
Posted by: Juan Rico at December 12, 2019 10:21 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2019 10:21 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Minnfidel
I have a cigarette holder that I inherited that is made out of Ivory. Same with a letter opener. My dad got it in Germany in '59 when he was in the Army.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:21 AM (BN/jk)
Also WaPo: The hearings were "blockbuster."
How do their heads not blow off their shoulders Scanners style?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
Where did they get plywood? Time travel?
Yeah! That, too! More proof it's #FakeArt!
Posted by: mindful webworker - deliriously at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (HGnKA)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (WsmTT)
then after marriage they would blacken their teeth
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (G546f)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:02 AM (RD7QR)
I'll be on the next island over, if you need anything.
(you won't need anything, i'm just being polite.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2019 10:05 AM (Ct55T)
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I'll be up the mountaniside overlooking your lake... with 12 dogs.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2019 10:10 AM (flINI)
I love dogs. Guess I'll be visiting Truck Monkey.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:11 AM (7nTlT)
I like having neighbors and we'll all visit the pups. But let's keep a minimum 10 mile distance apart, okay?
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: kallisto at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (2vJ77)
Not trying to be aggressively argumentative, but what makes you think that? He comes across to me as about as forceful as overcooked linguine.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:18 AM (T6t7i)
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday torched House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, accusing him of lying throughout the impeachment inquiry process against President Trump.
"Schiff dislikes this president so much, he will lie and lie and do anything to impeach this president," McCarthy, R-Calif., told "Fox & Friends."
McCarthy went on to detail the alleged lies by Schiff, including dubious claims about Trump's ties to Russia as the Mueller probe unfolded.
"We found out that was a lie," McCarthy said. "Remember when he said he wished he knew who the whistleblower was? That was a lie."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:23 AM (q80AH)
then after marriage they would blacken their teeth
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Wow; my wife chose not to go that route.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:23 AM (NVYyb)
Don't ever let a fed see it. Unless you have bullet-proof documentation of its age and origin, they will "confiscate" (i.e., steal) it, with the threat that if you raise any fuss they'll bring you up on poaching charges.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 12, 2019 10:23 AM (WsmTT)
Posted by: torabora at December 12, 2019 10:23 AM (M9bB2)
Posted by: Minnfidel
yeah, that was the paw of ownership, telling you to shush hooman, Doggeh trying to sleep here
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM (G546f)
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM (4pMBB)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM (tpNnW)
Having said that, McCarthy did not take the bait on the collusion BS hook, line, and sinker like Ryan. You know how people made unfounded assertions about Obama's intellect? Ryan is in the same hamper.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:25 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2019 10:25 AM (RfzVr)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:21 AM
My great aunt always looked like one of those movie stars from the 20's. with the cigarette holder, she was Always dressed to the nines etc. So when she stayed with us it was weird to see her sans makeup etc. She was super sweet though. She was definitely from a different era.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:25 AM (NVYyb)
Fuggem. Lots of other entertainment choices now.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2019 10:25 AM (NVYyb)
I wish Amazon Prime would stream as well as Netflix, for me. Amazon streaming really, really sucks.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (90T4r)
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, accusing him of lying
throughout the impeachment inquiry process against President Trump.
"Schiff dislikes this president so much, he will lie and lie and do
anything to impeach this president," McCarthy, R-Calif., told "Fox
Friends."
McCarthy went on to detail the alleged lies by Schiff, including
dubious claims about Trump's ties to Russia as the Mueller probe
unfolded.
"We found out that was a lie," McCarthy said. "Remember when he said
he wished he knew who the whistleblower was? That was a lie."
Strong language, I'll grant you, but I'm more interested in whether he's got the organizational skills and will to drive the agenda. I just don't see it. He also comes across to me as not very bright.
I'll admit that in the age of Trump, one needs to recalibrate one's views of what can be done. If it were 10 years ago, he'd be an okay SoH. Now, we can do better.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (T6t7i)
No, your party's idiotic economy-killing policies and entitlements-on-steroids will *create* a recession.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 12, 2019 10:27 AM (bDqIh)
I'll admit that in the age of Trump, one needs to recalibrate one's views of what can be done. If it were 10 years ago, he'd be an okay SoH. Now, we can do better.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (T6t7i)
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Remember, the bar is "stronger than under Ryan."
Ryan's organizational skills were terrible, and he had no fight within him.
McCarthy has fight, which puts him a step up from Ryan to start with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (q80AH)
You've got young Telly Savalas in drag.
And a milk maid pulling the curtain away from a painting of a ship upon a stormy sea and staring intently at it.
Even the dog going "WTF?".
I think it's an editorial cartoon from the Middle Ages.
Needs labels on the people and objects.
Ex: The single red shoe in the foreground labeled:
The King's gout or some such thing.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (kauXV)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (90T4r)
Biden: "We're likely to inherit a recession."
He must think it's 2007...
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Democrats, Media, and Deep State:
Hostis Humani Generis
at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (Rvlwi)
I'll admit that in the age of Trump, one needs to recalibrate one's views of what can be done. If it were 10 years ago, he'd be an okay SoH. Now, we can do better.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:26 AM (T6t7i)
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Contd:
Plus, McCarthy managed to keep the caucus together against the impeachment process vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (q80AH)
WaPo: The impeachment hearings failed to move public opinion. (Not true, but you what they mean.)
Also WaPo: The hearings were "blockbuster."
How do their heads not blow off their shoulders Scanners style?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
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Also WaPo: Senate Republicans out themselves as Russian agents.
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (tpNnW)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM
My wife just laughed this morning at me. She said I cannot believe you just let her sleep there. She would have put her right back in her bed. Pup is just a sweetheart and I melted when she did that. It was just a gentle paw and then the sigh that dogs do and I folded like a cheap tent.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (r7Fvf)
Ryan's organizational skills were terrible, and he had no fight within him.
McCarthy has fight, which puts him a step up from Ryan to start with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz
Okay, Ryan was overcooked tapioca, and McCarthy is overcooked linguine. We need prime rib and whiskey.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: blaster at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (4pMBB)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 12, 2019 10:30 AM (tpNnW)
Okay, Ryan was overcooked tapioca, and McCarthy is overcooked linguine. We need prime rib and whiskey.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (T6t7i)
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McCarthy's at least al dente.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:30 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Click Painter at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (vqIkG)
Plus, McCarthy managed to keep the caucus together against the impeachment process vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz
Was that McCarthy, or was that individual congressweasels saying "you know, I like my job"?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 12, 2019 10:30 AM (tpNnW)
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I have seen no evidence to show that he was good at managing the caucus.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (q80AH)
Plus, McCarthy managed to keep the caucus together against the impeachment process vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz
Was that McCarthy, or was that individual congressweasels saying "you know, I like my job"?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (T6t7i)
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The idea that leadership didn't have anything to do with that party line vote is silly.
Especially when you consider the likes of Will Hurd.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (WqPYg)
I was just saying to my wife, what pisses me off is that we have Netflix and Amazon. Yet EVERYTHING that's really watchable is extra. I think we are going to shit can all of it and just pay for shit on demand from our cable. Everytime, I am like, ooh that loos good! Oh, wait it's 3.99 to rent it. Yea, no.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 12, 2019 10:24 AM
My wife just laughed this morning at me. She said I cannot believe you just let her sleep there. She would have put her right back in her bed. Pup is just a sweetheart and I melted when she did that. It was just a gentle paw and then the sigh that dogs do and I folded like a cheap tent.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:29 AM (r7Fvf)
Yeah, the paw on face was a dog dominance move.
Dog 1 Human 0
Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2019 10:32 AM (kauXV)
I was just saying to my wife, what pisses me off is that we have Netflix and Amazon. Yet EVERYTHING that's really watchable is extra. I think we are going to shit can all of it and just pay for shit on demand from our cable. Everytime, I am like, ooh that loos good! Oh, wait it's 3.99 to rent it. Yea, no.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:31 AM (r7Fvf)
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Ownership is better.
Keep buying physical media. If you rely on streaming services, stuff will disappear and even change. Did you hear the bit about how Star Wars got changed again when it premiered on Disney+?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:33 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:33 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:33 AM (Ibwur)
We went out and bought some Amish made Furniture, best decision we ever made.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 12, 2019
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If I ever buy a house, and one with a large enough bedroom, I'll have a night tables made by a local shop I've used before. You can pick from their showroom and ask for a particular finish, or you can order something special and have them build it for you. I had them do a TV/entertainment stand about 14 years ago. All wood, they deliver, and they aren't too expensive.
The ad slogan: "Friends don't let friends buy particle board."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:33 AM (Ejm1K)
New Evidence Suggests Mary, Joseph Watched 'Die Hard' On First Christmas Night
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019
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LOL
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:34 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:34 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:34 AM (RD7QR)
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It's only because the single mother DOW is working three jobs to make ends meet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:35 AM (q80AH)
Yea I am way less tolerant than I sued to be about this shit. And much to my wife's chagrin I have some stuff on my no fly list because of their political bullshit. I look at the money we spend and wonder why? The problem is that in the winter it is nice to have some options. But it pisses me off.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:35 AM (r7Fvf)
Especially when you consider the likes of Will Hurd.
Hurd was retiring anyway. What leverage would a McCarthy have had?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:35 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 12, 2019 10:36 AM (uUKzx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Yeah.
FuckersPosted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:36 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:36 AM (r7Fvf)
Especially when you consider the likes of Will Hurd.
Hurd was retiring anyway. What leverage would a McCarthy have had?
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:35 AM (T6t7i)
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The better question is why Hurd, best buds of Beto and major Trump hater, didn't vote in support?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:36 AM (q80AH)
Ryan's organizational skills were terrible, and he had no fight within him.
McCarthy has fight, which puts him a step up from Ryan to start with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:28 AM (q80AH)
Will McCarthy fight to actually pass a budget? Will McCarthy fight to actually shrink that budget? Will McCarthy put the interest of the American people over the interest of the donor class? Will McCarthy fight to repeal Obamacare? Will McCarthy fight to put up a border wall and start kicking illegals out?
Posted by: Buzzion at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (KB9sd)
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:34 AM
Get Krugman on the phone, he'll straighten shit out.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (r7Fvf)
I endorse this concept.
Posted by: Peyton Manning at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (ZGrMX)
We've been dead. Tax cuts, net neutrality, all the wars Trump will start, climate change, all the wars Trump will ignore, that time we all died when Vindman's GPS crapped out and he couldn't find the Krispy Kreme location, and, of course, we're all dead under the rubble of collapsed shelving.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (KB9sd)
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Will Trump sign a budget that cuts entitlements?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:37 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz
Who knows? Maybe he wanted to do the right thing one time. What? It could happen.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:38 AM (T6t7i)
Student of Vermeer or copying his style right down to the fur trimmed jacket the lady is wearing
Posted by: Tuna at December 12, 2019 10:19 AM (SBAsK)
Nope. See wiki link @159. Also see Vermeer page --- he painted about a dozen paintings with this perspective so your mind automatically goes there.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz
Who knows? Maybe he wanted to do the right thing one time. What? It could happen.
Posted by: pep at December 12, 2019 10:38 AM (T6t7i)
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I imagine, in Hurd's mind, the right thing is getting rid of Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (r7Fvf)
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He's making big money in DC as a consultant or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019
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If that's the Doggie Paw of Dominance, then what is it when my older cat Chekov leaps next to me on the couch and paws gently at my arm? He wants me to put the sofa cushion on my lap so he can sit on it. Is it dominance, a demand (which is not unusual in cats), or is he adapting a gesture he learned brought attention from his mother?
If he thinks of me as his mother, we're both screwed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (Ejm1K)
Ownership is better.
Keep buying physical media. If you rely on streaming services, stuff will disappear and even change. Did you hear the bit about how Star Wars got changed again when it premiered on Disney+?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:33 AM (q80AH)
Not one to defend Disney, but apparently that change was made by Lucas for the never released 3D release of Star Wars
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Caliban at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (qEujL)
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (XzVUd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM
Oh I don't doubt it. That's what the all do. Good work if you can get it I guess. Assholes. All of them.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (ZGrMX)
Not one to defend Disney, but apparently that change was made by Lucas for the never released 3D release of Star Wars
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (7HtZB)
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Bringing it up wasn't to blame anyone in particular, just to show that perpetual renting will lead to things like this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (q80AH)
Ryan was one of the biggest damn disappointments ever. I hope he's
working in some bratwurst factory in Wisconsin now. Fucking prick.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:39 AM (r7Fvf)
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Yeah, I'm a big Ayn Rand fan -- and when I first heard of him, he supposedly was too. [Even Hillary claimed to have been a fan once -- ugh.] He turned out to be another Alan Greenspan ... what disappointments.
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
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That is an early claymore mine prototype. Arrows were the "Front Towards Enemy" warning.
Posted by: Jolo at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (WrMOC)
I'm so happy!
Surprise Otter!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
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Yeah, there are a few free options that include ads. IMDB has one. VUDU has one.
I use them from time to time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (q80AH)
My understanding is that they actually reverted some of Lucas' dumb changes, but Han still shoots first.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (48RE5)
As I said upthread. It was Biden's granny, so yea. Cuz Biden.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (r7Fvf)
He slipped away quietly with me talking to him and stroking him. Rest well, little guy. And wait.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2019
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Condolences, Hadrian. I've been there with more than one cat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:43 AM (Ejm1K)
My understanding is that they actually reverted some of Lucas' dumb changes, but Han still shoots first.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (ZGrMX)
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I just went through all the Star Wars movies, and I watched the despecialized editions. They're a fan edit that tries to put the original 77, 80, and 83 cuts into HD using a variety of sources.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:43 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (d7Ww2)
Don't turn your back.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:43 AM (Boy/L)
Hurd ???
Oh ...
Thought it was a GNU reference.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at December 12, 2019 10:40 AM (XzVUd)
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Heh. I was a software developer back when the language C took off in the 80's. My last name is typical Balkan -- lots of consonants and only one vowel.
The first thing coworkers would say is "your last name looks like a C function."
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:44 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:44 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (ZGrMX)
Suggested rewrite:
Han and Greedo sit down at a table, and Han says "Greedo, I recognize and own my heteronormative white oppression, and you as a person, um, being of diversity and inclusion, should totally be able to express your diversity and anti-patriarchal viewpoints by shooting first."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM (IttZ7)
I have tubi as a streaming option. Has commercials, but it actually streams pretty well.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
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Thanks, hadn't heard of that. Is that from whence you derive your nic?
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: FrodoB
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But I*m holding on...
Hey, I think you are on to something there!
Posted by: Blondie at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM (dvbme)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (sGtp+)
Cvrtlik? (Actual name of a US volleyball player)
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (1+J19)
My understanding is that they actually reverted some of Lucas' dumb changes, but Han still shoots first.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (ZGrMX)
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I just went through all the Star Wars movies, and I watched the despecialized editions. They're a fan edit that tries to put the original 77, 80, and 83 cuts into HD using a variety of sources.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:43 AM (q80AH)
I've wanted to do a "Godfather II" cut of the prequels & Return of the Jedi. As Godfather II was both a prequel & a sequel to The Godfather, I'd like to cut the important scenes of the prequels into ROTJ to show the rise & fall & redemption of Anakin/Vader
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
I hate Anita Sarkeesian. I hope her new grift blows up in her petulant, despicable, SJW face.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (I2dne)
apparently, Gov. Blackface hasn't learned the lesson of the Battle of Great Bridge.
turned out to be a vital battle in the early days of the Revolutionary War, it pushed the Brits out of VA until '80.
it was initiated by the gov. at the time taking the gunpowder and guns housed at Williamsburg.
we JUST had the reenactment last weekend for this.
you'd think SOMEONE would notice that history is rhyming again...
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (8D42x)
The first thing coworkers would say is "your last name looks like a C function."
C compilers at that time had a character limit on function names, right?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (ZGrMX)
After 5 investigations turn up NOTHING, it's STILL Russia-Russia-Russia-Putin-Russia.
After 1 investigation might have been completed somewhere on Biden...maybe: .... CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT ARE DESTROYING OUR DEMOCRACY!!!!!!
Posted by: Axeman at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (YOhRS)
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I have tubi as a streaming option. Has commercials, but it actually streams pretty well.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
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Thanks, hadn't heard of that. Is that from whence you derive your nic?
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM (WqPYg)
Heh, no. It's an obscure Biblical reference.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Synova at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (BD/yx)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM
The sad part, I could see it happening.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (r7Fvf)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
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I always saw the three trilogies as needing to be:
1) The rise of Anakin and his fall
2) The fall of Darth Vader and the rise of Luke
3) The fall of Luke
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: jewells45 at December 12, 2019 10:49 AM (BLT3V)
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:46 AM (WqPYg)
Heh, no. It's an obscure Biblical reference.
Posted by: tubal
That or his last name is "ligation".
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Democrats, Media, and Deep State:
Hostis Humani Generis
at December 12, 2019 10:50 AM (Rvlwi)
That is, every single discretionary savings must be wrung out before you can even think of touching Medicare and Social Security (along with related things like Military Retirement etc.). That has been the Swamp's go to plan to stymie entitlements because they refuse to cut discretionary things like the NEH, the Dept. of Ed., PBS, NPR, Postal Service, welfare, etc.
Social Security is the easier political lift with moving up the retirement age to 70 by a series of months and either increasing the penalty by retiring at 62 or moving early retirement up to something like 64-65. Medicare though is the big one as spending cuts can easily be shown to result in the Liverpool Doctrine type behavior by organizations--e.g. the rather heartless let the elderly die and be replaced. Medicare taxes are no where the amount needed to build any type of surplus. Thus, taxes must be raised and/or spending cut.
A diverse society actually makes it harder to reach accord on things like budgets because our social trust levels are dropping. The split between elites and commoners also has destroyed trust in the ruling class. Governments can only do difficult things if they are trusted by the populace that the measures taken are necessary in the long run. In a society with little trust, people want their goodies up front and to hell with the long term.
My guess is that they use debt suppression tactics as they did in post war US after WWII with stealth inflation to eat away at the dollar's external valuation (devalue our currency)--that is more common in history than drastic cuts.
Posted by: whig at December 12, 2019 10:50 AM (MwILh)
Posted by: monkey Frank Booth at December 12, 2019 10:50 AM (CLteG)
Not one to defend Disney, but apparently that change was made by Lucas for the never released 3D release of Star Wars
indeed. everyone knows "mcclunkey" makes things deeper.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 12, 2019 10:50 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 12, 2019 10:51 AM (cpLq8)
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 12, 2019 10:42 AM (48RE5)
Here is a real-life anti-Scoldilocks: Naomi Seibt
https://tinyurl.com/t35d8p3
Brave, BRAVE girl
Posted by: Marybeth at December 12, 2019 10:51 AM (CmURZ)
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (1+J19)
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Heh. Great memory -- I remember him on the Olympic volleyball team, and remember telling people about his name as he had me beat by one extra consonant.
One of the funniest Onion pieces ever was when Clinton was bombing Serbia during the 90's and their headline was something like "Clinton Deploys 75,000 Vowels to Bosnia."
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:51 AM (WqPYg)
That or his last name is "ligation".
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Democrats, Media, and Deep State:
Hostis Humani Generis
at December 12, 2019 10:50 AM (Rvlwi)
Lolol!!!!
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:51 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 12, 2019 10:51 AM (cpLq
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It's gotta come from somewhere.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (q80AH)
2) The fall of Darth Vader and the rise of Luke
3) The fall of Luke
4) The rise of Bewbs
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: josephistan at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
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I always saw the three trilogies as needing to be:
1) The rise of Anakin and his fall
2) The fall of Darth Vader and the rise of Luke
3) The fall of Luke
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (q80AH)
Eh, I think the way the EU took it originally, with the founding and growth of the New Republic and New Jedi order, was the way to go. Luke doesn't really have much of a background with which to fall at the end of episode 6, not like he could take over the galaxy by himself. And what could possibly be his motive?
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (7nTlT)
Five official investigations -> Trump still was in cahoots with RUSSIA.
Wouldn't that speak to investigatorial incompetence?
17 major "mistakes" in the IG report.
Doesn't that speak to people unfit to do their job?
Washington: We plead Not Guilty by reason of Incompetence.
However, it's the same Schroedinger's Competence-Incompetence you need to trust for how much *credence* their expert opinion gave to the Steele report.
Washington is CRAZY.
Posted by: Axeman at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (YOhRS)
majorityleader.gov/calendar
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (q80AH)
Phrasing...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (cpLq8)
Covfefe, indeed!
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (jyVW0)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (7nTlT)
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Well, luckily trilogies have 3 movies to tell a story.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: Floridachick at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (D+6+2)
Posted by: tubal
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I believe there's a character in the bible named Tubalcane? Or Tubalcaine? I gave a character of my own in a Weird West story that first name (followed by "Smith," of course).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: JC. Just JC. at December 12, 2019 10:54 AM (377Zs)
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 10:54 AM (7nTlT)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (cpLq8)
majorityleader.gov/calendar
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:52 AM (BN/jk)
Yes, there will be an impeachment vote. Yes, it will pass, on a close vote. No, it won't matter and will just help the Donald. But the DemonRats burned their boats so there it is.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (RD7QR)
I believe there's a character in the bible named Tubalcane? Or Tubalcaine? I gave a character of my own in a Weird West story that first name (followed by "Smith," of course).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (Ejm1K)
Yes, that's it. I did not want to append " Otter" to the tubal part.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (90T4r)
Oh ...
Thought it was a GNU reference.
Posted by: Enquiring
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I thought they were wildebeest references.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: monkey Frank Booth at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (VqhL9)
As it ought to be. Beautiful.
Posted by: mindful webworker - missing our old dog a whole lot right now at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (HGnKA)
Posted by: JC. Just JC. at December 12, 2019 10:54 AM (377Zs)
And why not? Doesn't Trump deserve vindication, Miss Lindsey?
Rhetorical questions. But I'd sure like for HIM to answer them.
Posted by: Marybeth at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (CmURZ)
Posted by: Trans Darth Vader at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (IttZ7)
"I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease." - Joe Garagiola
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (cn3ZE)
Major mistakes that nobody saw fit to mention. Why, given the odds of that happening in an honest organization, it's as if nobody wanted to mention them.
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (1+J19)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 10:47 AM (ZGrMX)
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Exactly. IIRC external names were limited to 8 characters. Another good memory ...
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (90T4r)
Major mistakes that nobody saw fit to mention. Why, given the odds of that happening in an honest organization, it's as if nobody wanted to mention them.
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 10:56 AM (1+J19)
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Even Kevin Williamson calls bullshit on that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (q80AH)
tossed to the Senate he predicts he needs no more than a week to throw
it out.
That way he doesn't expose his or anyone else's ties to Ukraine that could prove... embarrasing.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (xkSJa)
Because the public is sick of it and drawing it out would be a loser.
Make the Democrats keep talking in an election year.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: JC. Just JC. at December 12, 2019 10:54 AM (377Zs)
I'd rather he call Slow Joe and Meth-head Hunter but that might expose Lindsay himself. So let's get this squared away and move on to the election.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli
You just know some members want to strangle Nancy. Instead of being home for Christmas, they are stuck in DC atwerk.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (BN/jk)
johnson is great...gaetz and jordan too.
Posted by: trapper's girl at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (Vugy1)
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 10:57 AM (RD7QR)
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With all the political damage done to the Democratic House as can possibly be done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (q80AH)
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Waffles at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (N/SMX)
Posted by: Agent Cooper at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (iAwUQ)
early form of monopoly
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (rpxSz)
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Needs more spilled blood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (q80AH)
They also have to do another budget fig leaf.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 10:59 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Waffles at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (N/SMX)
The Botox, it has gone systemic!!
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:59 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Waffles at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (N/SMX)
Yes.
She must be hitting the bottle even earlier, cause she's sounded drunk at every early morning sh**show she's spoken at lately.
Posted by: Marybeth at December 12, 2019 11:00 AM (CmURZ)
I would love to see her list of medications.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 12, 2019 11:00 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Waffles
SOunds perfectly cromulent to me..
...Hillary....
Posted by: Bruce at December 12, 2019 11:00 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at December 12, 2019 11:01 AM (VqhL9)
1) The rise of Anakin and his fall
2) The fall of Darth Vader and the rise of Luke
3) The fall of Luke
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:48 AM (q80AH)
Eh, I think the way the EU took it originally, with the founding and growth of the New Republic and New Jedi order, was the way to go. Luke doesn't really have much of a background with which to fall at the end of episode 6, not like he could take over the galaxy by himself. And what could possibly be his motive?
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019
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I always wondered who was going to pay all those Imperial soldiers. In Roman times, after all, the Emperor was the armies' paymaster. If something like that held in SW, then all of a sudden your paymaster is gone. Are we going to cashier lots of soldiers, stormtroopers, star pilots, and "coordinators"? If so, they'll flood into the cities on a thousand planets, looking for work, and causing trouble. Big unemployment problem, probably some bandit problems.
Leia was of accredited noble blood. She could have become the leader of the Senate, with Luke and Han as right-hand men and troubleshooters, bringing the rogue planets who still preferred the Empire into the new republic's fold, which might take a little shooting. And that could have led to the rise and fall of Luke, as TJM says. Yes, that should have been the focus of Episodes 7, 8, and 9.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 11:01 AM (Ejm1K)
early form of monopoly
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (rpxSz)
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Needs more spilled blood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Strong with the Force Schwartz at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (q80AH)
and there's a dog
and a ship in the painting
and you're too violent for me
Posted by: REDACTED at December 12, 2019 11:01 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 11:02 AM (Ejm1K)
Very cool nod, there, tubal.
Posted by: Moki at December 12, 2019 11:02 AM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Waffles at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (N/SMX)
I read somewhere that Nancy and her husband own a winery in Napa Valley. At first I thought it was just an investment or a vacation home but now I realize she was just guaranteeing a steady supply.
Posted by: joncelli, bludgeoning with a pouncing seize at December 12, 2019 11:02 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: tubal
I just found that out yesterday in a fascinating (and extremely controversial) Bible history video series. I had only known 'tubalcain' as a youtuber with a great machine shop channel. The Biblical one was also a master with metal.
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 11:03 AM (aKxkI)
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A strange way to spell "crimes" if not "felonies" [not a lawyer].
Posted by: ShainS at December 12, 2019 11:03 AM (WqPYg)
They spend the whole year avoiding going to their districts. DC *is* their home.
Posted by: t-bird at December 12, 2019 11:04 AM (aKxkI)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 10:58 AM (BN/jk)
One would imagine some of them would strangle her for far less, if given the chance.
Oh well, they can do their Christmas shopping on line. Just like a lot of the real working world has to do.
Posted by: Marybeth at December 12, 2019 11:04 AM (CmURZ)
Leia was of accredited noble blood. She could have become the leader of the Senate, with Luke and Han as right-hand men and troubleshooters, bringing the rogue planets who still preferred the Empire into the new republic's fold, which might take a little shooting. And that could have led to the rise and fall of Luke, as TJM says. Yes, that should have been the focus of Episodes 7, 8, and 9.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 11:01 AM (Ejm1K)
In the old EU the empire didn't immediately collapse, though fleet admirals and moffs in many areas became independent warlords. There was some effort by stronger players to keep the empire as a unified country(?), and the new republic contested primarily with them, and later the remaining independent warlords.
Posted by: Someguy at December 12, 2019 11:05 AM (7nTlT)
I saw her the other morning and remarked that she looks like an animatronic, and not a particularly well-made one.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 11:05 AM (ZGrMX)
In the old EU the empire didn't immediately collapse, though fleet admirals and moffs in many areas became independent warlords
this is about brexit, isn't it?
Posted by: Anachronda at December 12, 2019 11:07 AM (sGtp+)
They also have to do another budget fig leaf.
Posted by: Circa
Last day they will be in session. They make it hard to look stuff up. Senate doesn't look like they have added any days.
And a CR needs both houses and Trump's signature.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2019 11:07 AM (BN/jk)
I'm saying stuff but I can't tell if you can hear me.
hello?
Is this thing on?
I'm sorry what was that? You want to know if I've ever considered wearing elevator shoes?
Why? Do I look small?
Posted by: Mikey Bloomberg at December 12, 2019 11:08 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 12, 2019 10:53 AM (Ejm1K)
Yes, that's it. I did not want to append " Otter" to the tubal part.
Posted by: tubal at December 12, 2019 10:55 AM (90T4r)
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Also, a minor character in "The Merchant of Venice".
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 12, 2019 11:10 AM (3Z6pZ)
Your mantra for today.
First word rhymes with lawn: MAWN
Second word: QUI, or KEY if you prefer
Third word: ZUP
Now repeat to yourself, over and over.
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=384676
Posted by: Guru Radd Dadd Upanishadd (Smythe) at December 12, 2019 11:11 AM (HGnKA)
Posted by: Sphynx at December 12, 2019 11:16 AM (rXie1)
They managed to pass a farm bill with amnesty in it, so there's that.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2019 11:17 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Kazi at December 12, 2019 01:10 PM (0x00j)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drorongo Bird at December 12, 2019 04:44 PM (wGqjj)
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