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Hammershoi Easel.jpg

Interior With The Artist's Easel
Vilhelm Hammershoi

I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking...

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Kinda bleak.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 28, 2020 09:30 AM (DiT5w)

2 The others have been summoned.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 28, 2020 09:31 AM (DiT5w)

3 I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking...

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The empty chair behind the canvas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:31 AM (LvTSG)

4 no trees

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (FZYNt)

5 The sniper is in the big coffee cup.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (88+cf)

6 I thought it was a TeeVee before I read the title.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (hxWDw)

7 The light is all wrong for a studio...

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (UUBmN)

8 Yeah....pretty spare....lots of straight lines....90 degree angles.

Posted by: BignJames at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (X/Pw5)

9 The sniper is in the big coffee cup.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (88+cf)

Firing a .22 Short?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:32 AM (dLLD6)

10 8 Yeah....pretty spare....lots of straight lines....90 degree angles.
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So a Hopper, amiright?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (hxWDw)

11 The painting in the painting is a painting of a landscape with a giant-headed baby walking to the left.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (uquGJ)

12 I like all the bright colors. Like a kaleidoscope.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (lwiT4)

13 Artist behind his easel painting the mirror image.

Posted by: PacosMojo at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (6B+ER)

14 Why is the painting of the ship so high up on the wall?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 28, 2020 09:34 AM (dfRN6)

15 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

16 14 Why is the painting of the ship so high up on the wall?
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They have a very high tide in that house.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (hxWDw)

17 Why is that picture so high up on the wall instead of at eye level?

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (l3+k2)

18 BOOORRRRRiiiiiinnnnngggggg.......

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Why is the painting of the ship so high up on the wall?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Flood zone ?

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (arJlL)

20 What mental deficiency built that door?

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 28, 2020 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Is that the pissboy's bowl on the table?

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 28, 2020 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

22 The wrong door is left open. It is obvious the crime scene is staged.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at May 28, 2020 09:36 AM (qu1px)

23
I like all the bright colors. Like a kaleidoscope.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (lwiT4)



Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:36 AM (dLLD6)

24 So a Hopper, amiright?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (hxWDw)

Just got a brand new protractor.

Posted by: BignJames at May 28, 2020 09:36 AM (X/Pw5)

25 You will notice that the art is dark. There are several rectangular shapes used. A painter did the art, which, as you see here.

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 28, 2020 09:36 AM (iTXRQ)

26 This is spooky. Looks like murder scene.

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq)

27 I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking...

Posted by: CBD

The viewer's imagination can run wild picturing what is painted on the easel.......

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (arJlL)

28 Interior With The Artist's Easel
Vilhelm Hammershoi

I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking...


Because dildoes like dark interiors.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (NWiLs)

29 I like the art in the art in the art

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (JFO2v)

30 what is a painting doing so close to the ceiling ?

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (zr5Kq)

31 I would rather hang a painting of a baked potato on my wall than this.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (JUOKG)

32 Is that a sail boat in the oddly-placed picture in the painting?

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (vGJY7)

33 I like the art in the art in the art
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (JFO2v)


Life emulates art emulates life.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

34 Ok, who killed him ?

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (zr5Kq)

35 I like the art in the art in the art

Recursion.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (vGJY7)

36 He ran out of every color paint but black.

Posted by: Dr Alice at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (wzt03)

37 Why isn't there a dead rat or some cockroaches in it?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (Xrf6t)

38 what is a painting doing so close to the ceiling ?
Posted by: runner

Or, what is the ceiling doing so close to the painting?

Posted by: Bruce at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (vd8XM)

39 Nice bowl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (kVr0X)

40 It's painted from the model's POV.

Posted by: Mother at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (1Bpwm)

41 I would rather hang a painting of a baked potato on my wall than this.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (JUOKG)


"Baked Potato With Toppings and dead Rabbit" still life by...

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq)

42 35 I like the art in the art in the art

Recursion.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (vGJY7)

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Inception

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (LvTSG)

43 Needs a chalk outline on the floor.

Posted by: BignJames at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (X/Pw5)

44 Could use a happy little ficus or two.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (DMUuz)

45 Just as Hollywood loves movies about making movies and Broadway loves putting on shows, artists seem drawn to paint the painting process.

As art, I like this a lot. I love the composition. All the zones of light blocked off in squares.

For a studio it seems quite sterile. There is no dropcloth, no paint on the floor. He has it set up so that he gets light on the easel. We have no idea how the model would be lit.

The open door is jarring. It makes the room feel like just a part of the house instead of the intimacy of an attic atelier.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (gd9RK)

46 There are Russian novelists who find this painting too depressing.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (oVJmc)

47 42 35 I like the art in the art in the art

Recursion.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (vGJY7)

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Inception
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (LvTSG)

*spins top*

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (NWiLs)

48 It was painted during a solar eclipse.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (+y/Ru)

49 Gothic.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (vGJY7)

50 I like the art in the art in the art

Recursion.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM (vGJY7)

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Inception
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, f


Inversion

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (zr5Kq)

51 When you enlarge the piece, it appears the bowl is almost photo-realistically rendered, but the balance of the painting is Impressionistic. The artist wants you to fixate on the bowl.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (7Fj9P)

52 47 ==========

Inception
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (LvTSG)

*spins top*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 28, 2020 09:40 AM (NWiLs)

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That wasn't Cob's totem!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:41 AM (LvTSG)

53 I think he kinda ran out of ideas...

Posted by: Pliney at May 28, 2020 09:41 AM (PVlsz)

54 It was painted during a solar eclipse.

Or after a little opium, but just a little.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:41 AM (vGJY7)

55 I would rather hang a painting of a baked potato on my wall than this.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 28, 2020 09:38 AM


I appreciate the cut of your jib. Might you, perchance, have a newsletter?

Posted by: Brian Stetler at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (DMUuz)

56 The unseen painting is a self portrait of the artist painting the easel we see

Posted by: Bruce at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (vd8XM)

57 For Rent: Two-room artist's garret. View of the Seine. Bowl included.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (kVr0X)

58 The open door is jarring.




Because the artist had to run, left the door ajar. Chased by a murderer. In a mask.

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (zr5Kq)

59 The painting represents Joe Biden's mind. The bowl symbolizes oatmeal.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (qu1px)

60 Nice bowl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (kVr0X)

And we have a winner!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (dLLD6)

61 CBD-

I just read Stuart Woods' Quick and Dirty about art, artists and forgeries.

Thought it might interest you......

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (arJlL)

62 Springtime in Kolyma?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (hxWDw)

63 There's a brighter version by the same painter missing the chair, bowl, and doorknob.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (l6b3d)

64 For a studio it seems quite sterile. There is no dropcloth, no paint on the floor. He has it set up so that he gets light on the easel. We have no idea how the model would be lit.

The open door is jarring. It makes the room feel like just a part of the house instead of the intimacy of an attic atelier.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (gd9RK)


It feels like the artist is setting up in someone else's house. Perhaps for a commissioned work of some sort.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (SgjGX)

65 Oh, look at CBD, picking winners and losers...

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (zr5Kq)

66 Nice bowl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (kVr0X)

And we have a winner!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

The next painting he did
Wethers in a Bowl

Posted by: Bruce at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (vd8XM)

67 On further inspection, we see that the art has at least two more arts in it. There is an art on the easel we cannot see, and the other art is hung high up on the wall. The two arts can see each other. The art on the wall was hung by a tall person.

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (iTXRQ)

68 Nice bowl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (kVr0X)

And we have a winner!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

So, you're on your sixth beer ?

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (arJlL)

69
The next painting he did
Wethers in a Bowl
Posted by: Bruce

Werthers

Posted by: Bruce at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (vd8XM)

70 There's a brighter version by the same painter missing the chair, bowl, and doorknob.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2020 09:43 AM (l6b3d)

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And this paddleball game.

That's all I need.

Posted by: Navin Johnson at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (kVr0X)

71 Thought it might interest you......

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:42 AM (arJlL)

I'll take a look. Thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (dLLD6)

72 Did the painting come with a handgun and one round in the chamber?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (Xrf6t)

73 There is no reason to put a painting up that high.

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (zr5Kq)

74 It feels like the artist is setting up in someone else's house. Perhaps for a commissioned work of some sort.


Interesting take. Now he totally needs a dropcloth.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (gd9RK)

75 >Because the artist had to run, left the door ajar


if you look thru the door, which is a jar, you see a bowl

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (iTXRQ)

76 Depressing imo

Posted by: vmom 2020 at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (G546f)

77 So, you're on your sixth beer ?

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (arJlL)

Before noon?


Don't be silly. That's what Jameson's is for.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (dLLD6)

78 Click on this or I'll kick your ass:

https://___ur.com/LFiNI0B

Posted by: eleven at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (QLPEO)

79 72 Did the painting come with a handgun and one round in the chamber?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (Xrf6t)

A semi-auto for the express game.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (qu1px)

80 Vilhelm should have painted his baseboards and the trim around his window.

Posted by: huerfano at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (9dnxb)

81 The Hammer and Easel Diesel soot NO SHOW...ya know wot killed 'em ENNUI...............said the Fire Chief..arson aboot wi charcoal face masks........

Posted by: saf at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (5IHGB)

82 Where do I collect my winnings?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:46 AM (kVr0X)

83 I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking...

It's physically impossible.

Posted by: eleven at May 28, 2020 09:47 AM (QLPEO)

84 I like it

Posted by: LASue at May 28, 2020 09:47 AM (Ed8Zd)

85 It's a painting about nothing!

Posted by: George Costanza at May 28, 2020 09:47 AM (y7gJ9)

86 I've seen cheerier crime scene photos.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:47 AM (oVJmc)

87 It's the painting hanging on the wall near the ceiling. It's hard to see but it's clearer here: https://bit.ly/3etCcPO

Posted by: TidePodNation at May 28, 2020 09:47 AM (TBe7S)

88 A tripod is just a type of easel.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (m45I2)

89 The wallpaper is nice..../sarc

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (YFKV9)

90 The painting on the wall is hung too high.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (wiXsO)

91 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (sX1BW)

92 You gotta be kidding me.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (kVr0X)

93 Going off topic (maybe under the 100 comment gun).

Uh-oh.....

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:49 AM (arJlL)

94 A tripod is just a type of easel.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (m45I2)

Neighbor has a dog w/amputated leg....Tripod.

Posted by: BignJames at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM (X/Pw5)

95 Its what ya paint, when you can't decide what to paint?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM (NgKpN)

96 I see everyone beat me to wondering why the painting is two inches from the ceiling.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM (ejd/p)

97 Why would you have the pic The Battle of Copenhagen as the Dane were severely destroyed?

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM (JFO2v)

98 SH, please don't. The art thread is a happy fun thread.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM (gd9RK)

99 98
SH, please don't. The art thread is a happy fun thread.


Or the beatings will continue.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:51 AM (oVJmc)

100 A tripod is just a type of easel.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM


If the artist had a dog, would it have been Easeldog?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:51 AM (ejd/p)

101 This is the artistic equivalent of writing "All Work and No Play makes Jack a Dull Boy" 500 times.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (V2Yro)

102 Serious Realism Week at the Art Thread

Posted by: JEM at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (8erNz)

103 Those baseboards need to be cleaned.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (wiXsO)

104 My first reaction was to assume it was a TV.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (ZbwAu)

105 Painting, isn't it?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (oVJmc)

106 88 A tripod is just a type of easel.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (m45I2)

Also nickname of J Goldbergs wifes boyfriend.

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (JFO2v)

107 If that painting is at eye level then the artist was really Andre the Giant.

Posted by: JB1000 at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (G3a/U)

108 When The Bradford Exchange presents its Just Kill Me Now Collectors Series, this piece will be available on a fine porcelain plate rimmed with brilliant 14 karat gold leaf.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (kVr0X)

109 93 Going off topic (maybe under the 100 comment gun).

Uh-oh.....
Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:49 AM (arJlL)

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So, Star Trek...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (LvTSG)

110 There's no doorknob on the open door. Someone is hiding behind the open door and we see their shadow. There's an extra rectangle on the easel off center to the left.

Posted by: Ironwood at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (n5L++)

111 Past 100. I found this tweet on Reddit; quite illuminating.

Jeffrey Guterman

I am funded by Soros. Some object to this, but we need to use every available resource. I'd make a deal with the devil if it meant we would beat Trump. #VoteBlue #VoteBiden

7:42 AM - May 27, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/y6u9xb8w

Posted by: Augustine at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (Alp4m)

112 SH, please don't. The art thread is a happy fun thread.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:50 AM


Obligatory: Do not taunt Happy Fun Thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (ejd/p)

113
'Quarantine, Day 145'
by
Karen Karenovitch

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:52 AM (oVJmc)

114 ICC asks PA to clarify if Oslo Accords still binding, after Abbas statement terminating agreements
Court argues if PA nullifies accords that grant them autonomy, they may not be able to claim to state status before the ICC, to charge Israel with war crimes in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem


LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (nRk/c)

115 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (9CkBG)

116 Hmm. Certainly captured the shadows and light well.

It raises, however, a sort of existential question. If that is the artist's easel, then how did he paint the picture?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (pK7cg)

117 114 ICC asks PA to clarify if Oslo Accords still binding, after Abbas statement terminating agreements
Court argues if PA nullifies accords that grant them autonomy, they may not be able to claim to state status before the ICC, to charge Israel with war crimes in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem


LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (nRk/c)

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Pennsylvania is getting all kinds of interesting, huh?

jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (LvTSG)

118 90 The painting on the wall is hung too high.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 28, 2020 09:48 AM (wiXsO)

paintings should be well hung this one is not!

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (JFO2v)

119 I thought Groucher College was fictitious just to drag Jonah Goldberg. How perfect is it that's the college he attended?

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (vGJY7)

120 The painting is up so high to protect it from sunlight.

Posted by: Mother at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (1Bpwm)

121 Aside from the slight gleam of the bowl in the far background and the picture frame, this painting is rather lifeless. Very unusual for a Scandi artist.

From a personal point of view, that doorway leading to the room with the bowl is too damn narrow. I don't like houses with the accomodation of an airline seat.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (7EjX1)

122 Why is the framed painting so high? Because when the artist gets up from his easel and turns around to bash his head on the wall for inspiration, it'd be counterproductive for him to thump it on the canvas.

Posted by: JEM at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (8erNz)

123 Well of course the painting is impossible.

How do you paint a picture of the easel, without the easel?

or is that like the sound of one hand clapping?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (NgKpN)

124 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (9CkBG)

You just have bad timing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (dLLD6)

125 this painting is rather lifeless. Very unusual for a Scandi artist.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (7EjX1)

You should read their playwrights.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:55 AM (dLLD6)

126 There's an extra rectangle on the easel off center to the left.

Ah hah! I have a Grand Unifying Theory.

There are two canvases on the easel. They are not being painted, they're being evaluated. Rich guy has put his chair and easel in the light so that he can look at the two paintings he's considering and make up his mind.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 09:55 AM (gd9RK)

127 My work place is like that in some areas. Bunch of CAD drivers who unscrew the fluorescent tubes above them and then put these cardboard box contraptions around their cube to block even more light. I walk outside on an overcast day and still have to squint for five minutes.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (l6b3d)

128 Hang this solo on a wall painted bright white .

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (2DOZq)

129 119 I thought Groucher College was fictitious just to drag Jonah Goldberg. How perfect is it that's the college he attended?
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (vGJY7)

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He's it's most famous alum. They have a statue of him in the quad.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (kVr0X)

130 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.
Posted by: BCochran1981

No carrots, either.....

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (arJlL)

131 What's in the bowl, bitch?

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (l3+k2)

132 You know how to Karen don't you? Just put your lips together and screeeech.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (9PtLS)

133 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM


Model's on her mandated 15 minute coffee break. Artists' Models' Union rules.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (ejd/p)

134 46. There are Russian novelists who find this painting too depressing.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (oVJmc)

LOL!

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (xDMjB)

135 129 119 I thought Groucher College was fictitious just to drag Jonah Goldberg. How perfect is it that's the college he attended?
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (vGJY7)

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He's it's most famous alum. They have a statue of him in the quad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (kVr0X)

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It's in bronze, and he's astride a horse. It's name is Twitter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (LvTSG)

136 It is interesting to me because it makes the viewer the actual subject of the painter. Kind of a mirror in a mirror.

Posted by: Bama Bubba at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (mAxkE)

137 Jeffrey Guterman

I am funded by Soros. Some object to this, but we need to use every available resource. I'd make a deal with the devil if it meant we would beat Trump. #VoteBlue #VoteBiden

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Dude, you have.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)

138 It's in bronze, and he's astride a horse. It's name is Twitter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Gelding.

Posted by: eleven at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (QLPEO)

139 You should read their playwrights.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:55 AM


Quit your gabbling, Hedda!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (ejd/p)

140 124 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (9CkBG)

You just have bad timing


Oh dear Lord please promise us you do not have Helen Thomas on a couch for later this week.

Posted by: JEM at May 28, 2020 09:57 AM (8erNz)

141 So no Hoser realist artist today?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 09:58 AM (TQ/zJ)

142 He's it's most famous alum. They have a statue of him in the quad.

Then there's no room to play frisbee football!

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:58 AM (vGJY7)

143 125 this painting is rather lifeless. Very unusual for a Scandi artist.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2020 09:54 AM (7EjX1)

You should read their playwrights.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 09:55 AM (dLLD6)
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Heh. I took a class on Ibsen and Shaw in college and damn near got whiplash from the contrast.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 28, 2020 09:58 AM (dfRN6)

144 40
It's painted from the model's POV.

Posted by: Mother at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (1Bpwm)

. . . while the artist has briefly stepped away to take a leak.

Posted by: Ned Reid at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (dx9zT)

145 > The painting on the wall is hung too high.

It's Wilt Chamberlain's house.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (hKLpI)

146 Nothing says I understand your righteous anger better than roof snipers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (lh1YW)

147 Don't be silly. That's what Jameson's is for.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I knew I liked you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (d7Ww2)

148 Funniest thing you'll see today...
https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/
1265741761835491328
[Linked tweet has a 10-second, or so, long GIF.]

Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (TQ/zJ)

149 To me it's interesting because the artist would be using that easel to create the painting. But he can't, because he's painting it. What is holding the canvas he's painting on?

Posted by: BRWombat at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (KCWmj)

150 132
You know how to Karen don't you? Just put your lips together and screeeech.

Posted by: humphreyrobot


Heh! Every Karen is Donald Sutherland's character at the end of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (MVR7y)

151 129 119 I thought Groucher College was fictitious just to drag Jonah Goldberg. How perfect is it that's the college he attended?
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (vGJY7)
===

It sounds similar to Gudger, the college Kirk Van Houten attended in The Simpsons.

Posted by: Augustine at May 28, 2020 10:00 AM (Alp4m)

152 Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.
Posted by: BCochran1981

No carrots, either.....

Posted by: JT


Just as well, you don't know where either has been.

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:00 AM (OUMaO)

153 > Seriously. Still no nekkid wimmens.

This is the depressing Scandi interior decoration section.

For scary nekkid Scandi women, see the Edvard Munch section, three floors up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:00 AM (hKLpI)

154 The painter has just left the room to take a pee. He didn't expect it would take long, so he left the door open. The chamberpot on the table in the hall emphasizes the nature of his absence.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 28, 2020 10:00 AM (EI35j)

155 "I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking..."

There's a naked legless hooker seated behind the easel, just out of view.

So what are we drinking?

Posted by: Citizen at May 28, 2020 10:01 AM (ldmQR)

156 Holy crap, a painter who actually knows how light and shadow works.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2020 10:01 AM (lh1YW)

157 110 There's no doorknob on the open door."

It's 1/2 of a French door, no knob, just a latch

"Someone is hiding behind the open door and we see their shadow."

There's a shadow, but it could just as well be another piece of boring furniture.

" There's an extra rectangle on the easel off center to the left."

The main rectangle is the backboard of the easel, the second rectangle is the piece of art that was being worked on, "portrait of the second easel in my room from which I painted the first easel"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2020 10:01 AM (V2Yro)

158 Don't be silly. That's what Jameson's is for.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I always liked Jenna's work

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 28, 2020 10:02 AM (FZYNt)

159 Sheesh. I solved this at #126. I want accolades.

The title is "interior", not studio, "with artist's easel".

The artist has brought two paintings to sell.

The buyer will take both. One is an seascape which will please his wife, the other is a French dancing girl that he'll keep in his workshop.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 10:02 AM (gd9RK)

160 129 119 I thought Groucher College was fictitious just to drag Jonah Goldberg. How perfect is it that's the college he attended?
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 09:53 AM (vGJY7)
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Well, to be fair, Goldberg actually went to Goucher.

Groucher College is named after its founder, Oscar the Grouch, and offers a degree in misanthropy and waste management.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 28, 2020 10:02 AM (dfRN6)

161 Zomtimez zee chamberpot is just a chamberpot.

Posted by: Dr. Freud at May 28, 2020 10:02 AM (zr5Kq)

162 When I refresh the page I keep expecting to see Norman Rockwell leaning out from behind the easel.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 10:03 AM (m45I2)

163 I always wanted to meet someone who went to Harvey Mudd College.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2020 10:03 AM (V2Yro)

164 Rainy Day Artist, No. 1

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (rpbg1)

165 Model's on her mandated 15 minute coffee break. Artists' Models' Union rules.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (ejd/p)



Just further proof that unions are bullshit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (9CkBG)

166 Now that I think of it, the painter is actually there. He's just sitting crosslegged on the chair, painting.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (EI35j)

167 162 When I refresh the page I keep expecting to see Norman Rockwell leaning out from behind the easel.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 10:03 AM (m45I2)

the biggest difference between that painting and this is that one was interesting, and entertaining.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (V2Yro)

168 The painting is from the perspective of the subject of the painting on the es\asel?

Posted by: stinkpot24 at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (jc2XC)

169 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. You can just hear Mrs Hammershoi shouting "Damnit Vilhelm, shut the door and turn on the fan!"
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (axyOa)

170
He's it's most famous alum. They have a statue of him in the quad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (kVr0X)

==========


It depicts his wife's bull riding him

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 28, 2020 10:05 AM (pNxlR)

171 145 ... "It's Wilt Chamberlain's house."

I met Wilt Chamberlain back in the day. He couldn't have fit through that damn doorway either. :-)

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2020 10:05 AM (7EjX1)

172 Groucher College is named after its founder, Oscar the Grouch, and offers a degree in misanthropy and waste management.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 28, 2020 10:02 AM (dfRN6)

---------

It also happens to be where Sean Penn received his degree in transmission rebuilding.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 10:05 AM (kVr0X)

173 Model's on her mandated 15 minute coffee break. Artists' Models' Union rules.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (ejd/p)
++++++++++
If the portrait is of a model with coffee, what does she do with her break? Is she mandated to have a cigarette?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:05 AM (hYcqw)

174 166 Now that I think of it, the painter is actually there. He's just sitting crosslegged on the chair, painting.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 28, 2020 10:04 AM (EI35j)

But how can he be painting without his easel?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (NgKpN)

175 My TV's been having problems recently. I hope a white cop kills a local minority so I can get one on clearance.

Posted by: Modern Big City American at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (Of/Uk)

176 > For scary nekkid Scandi women, see the Edvard Munch section, three floors up.

Example:

https://tinyurl.com/scarymunch

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (hKLpI)

177 "I think this is a fascinating piece, and whoever figures out why gets to have a taste of what I am drinking..."

There's a naked legless hooker seated behind the easel, just out of view.

So what are we drinking?

Posted by: Citizen


I'm drinking water. I think you're drinking brown acid.


Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (GvEen)

178 You should read their playwrights.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Ibsen at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (pK7cg)

179 Artist after eating Neon Green Peyote Jello.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 28, 2020 10:07 AM (9PtLS)

180 173 Model's on her mandated 15 minute coffee break. Artists' Models' Union rules.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2020 09:56 AM (ejd/p)
++++++++++
If the portrait is of a model with coffee, what does she do with her break? Is she mandated to have a cigarette?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:05 AM (hYcqw)

Only after the required Sex with the Painter portion of the sitting.

Its in the contract, ya know?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 28, 2020 10:07 AM (NgKpN)

181 I don't mean to nitpick

but isn't that painting hung a tad high

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:07 AM (JgrP5)

182 The artist looks like he's struggling to find inspiration to get behind the easel and paint again.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (WEBkv)

183 His model cancelled, so the artist filled in.
Oh wit -- then WHO IS PAINTER?!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (bDqIh)

184 73 There is no reason to put a painting up that high.

In photos taken of many old rooms in many cases you frequently see paintings that are hung high, close to the ceiling. I don't know why, apart that for rooms 150 years ago or so I think it was a common decorating practice.

Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (tkNkP)

185 I blame it all on the long winter nights, brain-baking saunas, and vodka...but mostly vodka.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (pK7cg)

186 Example:

https://tinyurl.com/scarymunch
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (hKLpI)
++++++++++++
Looks like the "Guardian Angels" went topless...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:09 AM (hYcqw)

187 Title: "Note to self: Buy Mirror"

Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2020 10:09 AM (bDqIh)

188 In photos taken of many old rooms in many cases you frequently see paintings that are hung high, close to the ceiling. I don't know why, apart that for rooms 150 years ago or so I think it was a common decorating practice.
Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (tkNkP)
+++++++++++++++
Is it prevent fading? Above the direct sunlight going through the windows?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (hYcqw)

189 > Quit your gabbling, Hedda!

I always thought Hedda Gabler would make a great name for a cartoon turkey.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (hKLpI)

190 .
First impression for me was that it was Whistler, without his momma.


Posted by: mustbequantum at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (MIKMs)

191 The artist looks like he's struggling to find inspiration to get behind the easel and paint again.
Posted by: blake
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116

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (WD9ZA)

192 In photos taken of many old rooms in many cases you frequently see paintings that are hung high, close to the ceiling. I don't know why, apart that for rooms 150 years ago or so I think it was a common decorating practice.
Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (tkNkP)

so there was a shocking lack of gays 150 years ago

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (JgrP5)

193 Sometimes you just don't want a painting blocking your view of the wall?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 28, 2020 10:10 AM (kVr0X)

194 teen builds great rube goldberg machine

https://youtu.be/Ss-P4qLLUyk

Posted by: vmom 2020 at May 28, 2020 10:11 AM (G546f)

195 > Looks like the "Guardian Angels" went topless...

Alternatively: Che Guevara after the transition.

Munch was one weird dude.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:11 AM (hKLpI)

196 Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (TQ/zJ)

That's really weird.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 28, 2020 10:11 AM (dLLD6)

197 The lighting chosen for this painting is unusual. Everything is so dim, it must've been very difficult to mix the paint colors accurately in a well-lit are in order to render the poorly lit scene properly. Add to that the placement of the landscape on the wall. What is that? Who puts a painting at ceiling height with nothing preventing it from being hung lower?

Posted by: red speck at May 28, 2020 10:12 AM (gS3OW)

198 so there was a shocking lack of gays 150 years ago
Posted by: REDACTED
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That also explains the absence of track-lighting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:12 AM (WD9ZA)

199 There may be an easel

but it's all a front

this is definitely a crack house

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:12 AM (JgrP5)

200 but isn't that painting hung a tad high

That's to keep it out of direct sunlight, preserving the vibrant colors.

Posted by: zombie Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:13 AM (c39tF)

201 148 Funniest thing you'll see today...
https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/
1265741761835491328
[Linked tweet has a 10-second, or so, long GIF.]
Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 09:59 AM (TQ/zJ)

=========

I laughed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:13 AM (LvTSG)

202 > so there was a shocking lack of gays 150 years ago

Possible. Their haircuts were also terrible.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:13 AM (hKLpI)

203 Im guessing the painting is so high up the wall so as to keep it out of the direct sunlight from the window.
But what do I know?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 28, 2020 10:13 AM (axyOa)

204 Oh... and this reminds me of a family tradition where my dada and grandfather would take pictures of one another taking pictures of each other. Setting up an easel to paint your easel which is set up to paint something else... peculiar subject matter.

Posted by: red speck at May 28, 2020 10:13 AM (gS3OW)

205 this is definitely a crack house
Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:12 AM (JgrP5)
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"That's not a crack house, it's a plumber's convention!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:14 AM (WEBkv)

206 184
In photos taken of many old rooms in many cases you frequently see paintings that are hung high, close to the ceiling. I don't know why, apart that for rooms 150 years ago or so I think it was a common decorating practice.
Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM

Wallpaper is expensive, and it's so hard to repair damage in a way that doesn't draw attention to the patch. So, just hang a picture over the problem and it's done!

Now, how he got a stain, scratch or hole up there is mystery...

Posted by: Ancient Interior Decorators at May 28, 2020 10:14 AM (Of/Uk)

207 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Ibsen at May 28, 2020 10:06 AM (pK7cg)

Comedy is inappropriate on stage.



Posted by: August Strindberg at May 28, 2020 10:14 AM (dLLD6)

208 Simple subject matter with great perspective

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 28, 2020 10:14 AM (9Pp0E)

209 You know...If we make history X rated...children will study it on their own time.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 28, 2020 10:15 AM (9PtLS)

210 This one's a little bleak. The only thing I find interesting that that there is only one object that it curved...the bowl.


Since we're past 100, willowed - and needs to be seen:


419
Now nothing can happen in Podonk, USA without the entire country knowing about it.



Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here

A Grand Forks police officer
was shot and killed yesterday and a second officer hospitalized when
they attempted to serve an eviction notice. A woman in the apt was also
killed and the suspect is in the hospital.
Not sure if the above has made headlines anywhere other than North Dakota.


Posted by: old chick at May 28, 2020 09:33 AM (sOete)

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:15 AM (XxJt1)

211 Now, how he got a stain, scratch or hole up there is mystery...
Posted by: Ancient Interior Decorators at May 28, 2020 10:14 AM (Of/Uk)
+++++++++++
Skandis gone wild?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:15 AM (hYcqw)

212 It's the same interior as a couple of paintings we recently had: something like "He Has Come Home" and "She Has Come Home."

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:16 AM (Iqg+g)

213 I'd rather have this easel in front of me than a frontal --- wait, that's not how it goes . . .

Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:16 AM (bDqIh)

214 In the system the left is gleefully building here in America-- modeled after their successes in the USSR, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Venezuela, etc.--when you're arrested, that is your last day of freedom.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 28, 2020 10:17 AM (aO8Gd)

215 209 You know...If we make history X rated...children will study it on their own time.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 28, 2020 10:15 AM (9PtLS)

==========

No, then you get a The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs situation.

The kids were promised such raciness in A Catcher in the Rye that they didn't get, so they went off and wrote the most vile piece of fiction possible.

It was also a fantastic work and lauded by all the best people.

https://tinyurl.com/yd3v9y7x

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:17 AM (LvTSG)

216 Jordan Schachtel@JordanSchachtel
Here's what CDC report admitted w/out saying it:
-Lockdowns did nothing. 10s of MMs infected anyway.
-US COVID epidemic was bad flu season, exacerbated by nursing home fiasco.
-Not nearly as lethal or harmful as advertised.
-Models wrong
-No interventions did anything productive.

-
Now do face masks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 28, 2020 10:17 AM (+y/Ru)

217 >>A Grand Forks police officer
was shot and killed yesterday and a second officer hospitalized when
they attempted to serve an eviction notice. A woman in the apt was also
killed and the suspect is in the hospital.
Not sure if the above has made headlines anywhere other than North Dakota.


So sad. We lost a nice, young Cape Cod police officer here in MA a few years ago the same way. The perp shot both him and his police dog in the head. The dog survived.

Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:18 AM (bDqIh)

218 67 On further inspection, we see that the art has at least two more arts in it. There is an art on the easel we cannot see, and the other art is hung high up on the wall. The two arts can see each other.
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 28, 2020 09:44 AM (iTXRQ)

I like this observation a lot.
And you put it really humorously.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:18 AM (Iqg+g)

219 #196 I saw it in someone else's twitter feed about the MN looting oddly enough; and I figured it was going to be about either how people aren't cleaning well enough during the Wuhan, or how cleaners don't do well against viruses or the like and then you get the surprise!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 10:19 AM (TQ/zJ)

220 75 if you look thru the door, which is a jar, you see a bowl
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 28, 2020 09:45 AM (iTXRQ)

Ha!

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:20 AM (Iqg+g)

221 There's a longish shadow cast on the floor of the other room. The painter is coming to get back to work. Is that it?

Posted by: Citizen at May 28, 2020 10:20 AM (ldmQR)

222 My attention is drawn to the painting within the painting.

Posted by: ShainS at May 28, 2020 10:21 AM (WqPYg)

223 My attention is drawn to the painting within the painting.
Posted by: ShainS
---------

The one on the wall, or the one on the easel?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (dP625)

224 All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
. . .

Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (bDqIh)

225 Muldoon's Fractured Commandments #7:

Thou shalt not COVID thy neighbor's wife.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (m45I2)

226 Jordan Schachtel@JordanSchachtel

Here's what CDC report admitted w/out saying it:

-Lockdowns did nothing. 10s of MMs infected anyway.

-US COVID epidemic was bad flu season, exacerbated by nursing home fiasco.

-Not nearly as lethal or harmful as advertised.

-Models wrong

-No interventions did anything productive.



-

Now do face masks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 28, 2020 10:17 AM (+y/Ru)



Lock downs did something. It gave us tens of millions of unemployed and all of those who lost their jobs or business ought to be allowed a few minutes along with the "experts" at the CDC.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (yISI5)

227 From a personal point of view, that doorway leading to the room with the bowl is too damn narrow. I don't like houses with the accomodation of an airline seat.
Posted by: JTB

That door is a slider, (not hinged) It is partially open for air circulation or to hear if the cat wants out, not wide open for entrance or egress.

Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (tkNkP)

228 224 All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
. . .
Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (bDqIh)

===========

All work and no play makes Homer...something, something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (LvTSG)

229 The painting is hung so high because when the artist sniffs glue and floats to the ceiling, it's at eye level

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 28, 2020 10:23 AM (Xrf6t)

230 I can almost always tell Scandi art at a single glance. It's severe.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:23 AM (h6CJG)

231 'The CDC data is consistent with other assessments. "By now, multiple studies from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. all suggest that the overall fatality rate is far lower than early estimates, perhaps below 0.1 to 0.4%, i.e., ten to forty times lower than estimates that motivated extreme isolation," Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, told lawmakers in early May, referring to the infection rate."

Dem governor response to this news ? MASKS 1!!!1




Posted by: Dr. Freud at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (zr5Kq)

232 Is the chair missing a leg?

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (XxJt1)

233 Art of art.

Posted by: Someguy at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (Zm+LZ)

234 off

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (zr5Kq)

235 It's no Magic Eye.

Posted by: art cricket at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (c39tF)

236 231 'The CDC data is consistent with other assessments. "By now, multiple studies from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. all suggest that the overall fatality rate is far lower than early estimates, perhaps below 0.1 to 0.4%, i.e., ten to forty times lower than estimates that motivated extreme isolation," Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, told lawmakers in early May, referring to the infection rate."

Dem governor response to this news ? MASKS 1!!!1




Posted by: Dr. Freud at May 28, 2020 10:24 AM (zr5Kq)

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

"Why don't you listen to the CDC!"
-Karen

"The CDC has said that it's not that dangerous."
-Me

"Why do you listen to Fox News!"
-Karen

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (LvTSG)

237 A curious thing, if you follow the left edge of the canvas on the easel up, there is a discontinuity at the upper left edge. Or, at least as it appears to me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (dP625)

238 That door just doesn't seem right..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (CjFDo)

239 This way to the Egress! The AMAZING Egress!

Posted by: zombie p.t. barnum at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (TQ/zJ)

240 the flash didn't go off for this picture ... needs to be lightened up with photoshop.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (Cus5s)

241 >>All work and no play makes Homer...something, something.


. . . makes Homer a tan boy!

(he was always painting at the beach)

Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (bDqIh)

242 Why was the painting placed so high on the wall?

Posted by: Ann K. at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (App2p)

243 All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
. . .
Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:22 AM (bDqIh)



I laffed.

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (zr5Kq)

244 Huh...

Comments on the morning thread can't be accessed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

245 The focal point of the painting seems to be the bowl in the other room.

Posted by: Chunk Hunger at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (uhPTO)

246 Huh...

Comments on the morning thread can't be accessed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Just you dude.

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (zr5Kq)

247 This sounds suspiciously like something happening.

@ChadPergram

1) Hoyer: At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act. The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)

248 247 This sounds suspiciously like something happening.

@ChadPergram

1) Hoyer: At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act. The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)

===========

That's fun.

I'd love to see FISA done away with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:27 AM (LvTSG)

249 2020 10:17 AM (+y/Ru)

217 >>A Grand Forks police officer
was shot and killed yesterday and a second officer hospitalized when
they attempted to serve an eviction notice. A woman in the apt was also
killed and the suspect is in the hospital.
Not sure if the above has made headlines anywhere other than North Dakota.


The perp was one of two black guys living in North Dakota.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 10:27 AM (2DOZq)

250 Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)

------+

Good news. Glad to hear President Trump won't need to veto.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:28 AM (h6CJG)

251 "Why don't you listen to the CDC!"

-Karen



"The CDC has said that it's not that dangerous."

-Me



"Why do you listen to Fox News!"

-Karen

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:25 AM (LvTSG)


Karen will demand to talk to the manager of the CDC

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2020 10:28 AM (yISI5)

252 No joy here either, TJM,

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:28 AM (XxJt1)

253 252 No joy here either, TJM,
Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:28 AM (XxJt1)

=========

I watched Sweeney Todd last night.

I'm actually rather joyful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (LvTSG)

254 244 Huh...

Comments on the morning thread can't be accessed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

Not job at the end. So I think JJ shut it down so he couldn't keep posting his idiocy.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (H0VWd)

255 Alex Thompsonm@AlxThomp
NEWS: Earlier this month, pollster Stan Greenberg briefed Biden's inner circle on 2 battleground polls.

The slide presentation, obtained by POLITICO, made a blunt conclusion on the best VP choice for November:

"Senator Warren is the obvious solution"

-
She'll pretend to be an Indian and he'll pretend to be in touch with reality.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (+y/Ru)

256 I'd love to see FISA done away with.
=======================
How about the entire Patriot* Act, too.

*HaHAHAhAhHAhAH.
Ha.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (7Fj9P)

257 So I think JJ shut it down so he couldn't keep posting his idiocy.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (H0VWd)


Say, what?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (s2VJv)

258 No joy here either, TJM,
Posted by: creeper
----

I get nothing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (L47aO)

259 I'd love to see FISA done away with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:27 AM (LvTSG)

------

Yup. Take it away from FBI. Next, do their policing powers, paychecks, pensions, personal assets and freedom.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (h6CJG)

260 All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
All paint and no play makes Vilhem a dull boy.
. . .
Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi


All paint and no play makes Adolph uppity.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (GvEen)

261 Say a prayer for PDT today.
Pray for Rush

Pray for each other.

smooches, Horde.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (d7Ww2)

262 247 This sounds suspiciously like something happening.

@ChadPergram

1) Hoyer: At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act. The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)
------------
That's an authorization renewal, right? So without further legislative action is it dead, Jim?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (dfRN6)

263 1) Hoyer: At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act. The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)
++++++++++++++
I am wondering what Nancy's game is on this one. Her party (not her wing of the party, but the nonetheless...) abused it for political gains. Her party does a vast amount of intelligence abuse. The AG recommended vetoing and the president indicated that he would.

Why on earth is Nancy aligning with something that Trump wants? It is unusual behavior and it makes me very curious about what the other shoe is going to be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (hYcqw)

264 Seriously - deleted all that at comment 91.

Tough today - first time I've ever slipped a comment in early and it got stomped at 91.

Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:31 AM (sX1BW)

265 256 I'd love to see FISA done away with.
=======================
How about the entire Patriot* Act, too.

*HaHAHAhAhHAhAH.
Ha.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (7Fj9P)

==========

DC bipartisanship just produces the best stuff.

I remember hearing a coworker talk about his desire for bipartisanship in Washington. "Why can't they just come together and come up with solutions?"

I leaned over, butted into the conversation, and said, "Like the Patriot Act?"

That shut him up real quick.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

266 What just happened to the morning report?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 28, 2020 10:31 AM (rbAaE)

267 183 His model cancelled, so the artist filled in.
Oh wit -- then WHO IS PAINTER?!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 28, 2020 10:08 AM (bDqIh)

heh

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:31 AM (Iqg+g)

268 257 So I think JJ shut it down so he couldn't keep posting his idiocy.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2020 10:29 AM (H0VWd)


Say, what?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (s2VJv)



Well something is going on with the morning thread comments not working. I figured it was to shut down the crazy.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2020 10:31 AM (H0VWd)

269 263 1) Hoyer: At the request of the Speaker of the House, I am withdrawing consideration of the FISA Act. The two-thirds of the Republican party that voted for this bill in March have indicated they are going to vote against it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)
++++++++++++++
I am wondering what Nancy's game is on this one. Her party (not her wing of the party, but the nonetheless...) abused it for political gains. Her party does a vast amount of intelligence abuse. The AG recommended vetoing and the president indicated that he would.

Why on earth is Nancy aligning with something that Trump wants? It is unusual behavior and it makes me very curious about what the other shoe is going to be.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (hYcqw)

===========

I get the feeling that with Trump promising the veto it, it's not something that Nancy really wants to spend political capital on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

270 What just happened?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - Not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (00M+L)

271 >>That's an authorization renewal, right? So without further legislative action is it dead, Jim?

Yep.

On top of not 1, not 2 but 3 US Attorneys now investigating the Russia hoax and related bullshit, well I'm just going to have to go with something is happening.

Man, am I thirsty.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)

272 I am wondering what Nancy's game is on this one. Her party (not her wing of the party, but the nonetheless...) abused it for political gains. Her party does a vast amount of intelligence abuse. The AG recommended vetoing and the president indicated that he would.

Why on earth is Nancy aligning with something that Trump wants? It is unusual behavior and it makes me very curious about what the other shoe is going to be.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:30 AM (hYcqw)
------------

Nancy has always backed down when she realized PDT had the winning hand. However, Nancy does her best to spin her way out of admitting why she quit. She's a master at misdirection and blatherskite.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (WEBkv)

273 What happened to the EMT?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (Uu+Jp)

274 Where did the morning report go?

Posted by: Decaf at May 28, 2020 10:33 AM (xarPm)

275 Comments on the morning thread can't be accessed.

Sorry 'bout that. Gimme a minute ...

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at May 28, 2020 10:33 AM (c39tF)

276 Willowed
And the knee on the neck is inexcusable, whether for a moment or 6 whole minutes.
In
Texas that is deadly force - legally the same as shooting someone. The
law was changed after the husband of a local deputy sheriff choked a
"suspect" for 20 minutes and killed him.

Posted by: An Observation at May 28, 2020 10:33 AM (yRflB)

277 So without FISA the CIA and FBI will just go commando like they did under Obama. Trash this bill. Passing it just gives our traitors a fig leaf excuse to do what they continue to do. Hopefully we can gain some transparency on what Obama and his crew were doing during the 2012 election cycle. Hat Tip - it was the same as they did in 2016.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 10:33 AM (hxWDw)

278 271 >>That's an authorization renewal, right? So without further legislative action is it dead, Jim?

Yep.

On top of not 1, not 2 but 3 US Attorneys now investigating the Russia hoax and related bullshit, well I'm just going to have to go with something is happening.

Man, am I thirsty.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)

==========

Stop eating the pretzels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

279 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (7Fj9P)

280 On top of not 1, not 2 but 3 US Attorneys now investigating the Russia hoax and related bullshit, well I'm just going to have to go with something is happening.

Man, am I thirsty.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)
------------

I'll buy you one or three if we ever meet up at a MoMe.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (WEBkv)

281 280 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (7Fj9P)

==========

We're going to get another generation of "neoconservatives".

We just can't them control of the party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (LvTSG)

282 https://bit.ly/3evSuHZ
*******
Here's the full draft EO:

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (H22GW)

283 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
----------

The Musk Syndrome?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (WD9ZA)

284 I think one reason paintings were hung high was so the wood ceiling board trim could be used to secure the nail and wire rather than chipping and gouging the plaster wall. The advent of drywall and spackle made this practice obsolete because it is easier to patch drywall.

Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (tkNkP)

285 Because dildoes like dark interiors.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 28, 2020 09:37 AM (NWiLs)

Lmfao

Posted by: ... at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (uEbPt)

286 I get the feeling that with Trump promising the veto it, it's not something that Nancy really wants to spend political capital on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (

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Mannix has a point... the normal play for ol' sourcunt would be to whip votes and pass it, then shriek that ORANGEMANBAD IS ENDANGERING OUR PATRIOTS ZOMG!!!! EM PEACH!!!!

That she isn't is... odd.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (h6CJG)

287 OK, comments fritz'd for a moment there.

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (OUMaO)

288 I get the feeling that with Trump promising the veto it, it's not something that Nancy really wants to spend political capital on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

She went to Hoyer and asked for it's withdrawal?

I'm confused. Didn't the Senate already pass this thing, with almost all the Republican voting for it?

Posted by: Jen the original at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (lYxPX)

289 The apparent discontinuity on the left edge of the easel looks to be the canvas is a bit wider than the easel.

Posted by: Citizen at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (ldmQR)

290 Well something is going on with the morning thread comments not working. I figured it was to shut down the crazy.
Posted by: Buzzion


Not working? It got disappeared.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (GvEen)

291 No morning report here either.

See y'all in the camp.

Posted by: banned says avenge me boys at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (Mg3mW)

292 Prayers, please, for Mrs Eez - gut pain & fever.

off to the ER ...

more later.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (XXrUA)

293 Because dildoes like dark interiors.
With a touch of pink.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (TQ/zJ)

294 Has anyone seen a report about a lawyer for the Flynn Judge signing up in the docket system?

Posted by: Jean at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (9yp5z)

295 > I get the feeling that with Trump promising the veto it, it's not something that Nancy really wants to spend political capital on.

Yes. If Trump vetoes it, it's gone, plus that would make major headlines.

They no longer have enough votes to override the veto, and an attempt to do so would keep it in the headlines for weeks. Even the corrupt media would have to cover that.


Better to cut her losses and let her media cronies sweep the whole thing under the rug.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (hKLpI)

296 On top of not 1, not 2 but 3 US Attorneys now investigating the Russia hoax and related bullshit, well I'm just going to have to go with something is happening.

Man, am I thirsty.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)
********
Gonna have to ask ace about shelving

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (H22GW)

297 I just woke up, any cities rioting about my birthday?

Posted by: Menack at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (buTO7)

298 288 I get the feeling that with Trump promising the veto it, it's not something that Nancy really wants to spend political capital on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

She went to Hoyer and asked for it's withdrawal?

I'm confused. Didn't the Senate already pass this thing, with almost all the Republican voting for it?
Posted by: Jen the original at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (lYxPX)

=====

Yeah. The politics of this thing is murky, but Trump's veto threat seems to have clarified a bunch of stuff about it.

FISA isn't really popular (or well known). Trump has the bully pulpit and he's finally decided to use it against reauthorization. I think that changes the calculus.

He can whip up a lot of opposition to FISA while they can't really whip up much support.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

299 RUN FOR YOU LIVES OR Y'ALL WILL DISAPPEAR !111!!!

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (zr5Kq)

300 The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall.

Posted by: Radio Free America at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (Of/Uk)

301 282 280 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (7Fj9P)
-----------------------
I'd settle for stripping social media of its 203 Get Out Of Jail Free Card. If they want to be Opinion Platforms they have to play by the Libel and First Amendment Rules. If they want to be a utility and allow free speech then they get to keep the 203 cut out. Choices - with punishments for poor choices.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (hxWDw)

302 Tough today - first time I've ever slipped a comment in early and it got stomped at 91.


Don't people hang out in the morning thread for a while. We'd only been here eighteen minutes when you decided to sully the art thread.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (gd9RK)

303 Better to cut her losses and let her media cronies sweep the whole thing under the rug.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM

-----

Makes sense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:37 AM (h6CJG)

304 244 Huh...

Comments on the morning thread can't be accessed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:26 AM (LvTSG)


I can't even see the morning thread. Wondered if JJ was okay.

Posted by: Emmie at May 28, 2020 10:38 AM (clsJu)

305 >>This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today. Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".


Why is Ben upset with Zuck?


Zuck will never be on our side.

Posted by: Vilhelm Hammershoi at May 28, 2020 10:38 AM (bDqIh)

306 Well, well, well... lay offs are happening at my workplace as I type this. I'm safe (mainly because I know where the bodies are buried).

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 28, 2020 10:38 AM (vg8iE)

307 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:34 AM (7Fj9P)
------------

Ben Rhodes doesn't have any power any more. Anyone connected with the Obama administration is quickly becoming toxic.

Ben can posture and bluster all he wants, but he's a non entity these days.

Meanwhile, Zuckerberg might actually be smart enough to realize he doesn't want government looking to closely, and, therefore, may try to appear to be the Switzerland of Tech.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:38 AM (WEBkv)

308 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.
----------

Ben, never pick a fight with someone whose Technoratis are two orders of magnitude bigger than yours .

Posted by: K. Grease at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (GBHAb)

309 Maybe Pelosi was in on everything and she's afraid that's going to come out.

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (XxJt1)

310 Hung To Hi ...why does everything have to revert to the Virus thingy?

Posted by: saf at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (5IHGB)

311 Okay, I've seen enough of that art. Lets move onto something more interesting like Bill admiring the beauty of the girls on Pedro Island.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (YFKV9)

312 Morning Report is back.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (GvEen)

313 Don't people hang out in the morning thread for a while. We'd only been
here eighteen minutes when you decided to sully the art thread.

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

Sully seems harsh.
Oh well.


Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (sX1BW)

314 For scary nekkid Scandi women, see the Edvard Munch section, three floors up.

Example:

https://tinyurl.com/scarymunch
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020


*
*

Naked, yet wearing a beret, so not naked. Interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:40 AM (rpbg1)

315 New lunatic?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 28, 2020 10:41 AM (h6CJG)

316 It's a portrait of a sad, lonely life.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:41 AM (d1uFV)

317 Well THAT cheered me up for my execution.............

Posted by: saf at May 28, 2020 10:41 AM (5IHGB)

318 The early morning report is back but minus the comments.

I don't get to comment often, this morning I got my chance and now they're gone.

Posted by: Decaf at May 28, 2020 10:42 AM (xarPm)

319 292 Prayers, please, for Mrs Eez - gut pain & fever.

off to the ER ...

more later.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at May 28, 2020 10:36 AM (XXrUA)

Good luck, sock_rat_eez!

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:42 AM (Iqg+g)

320 My goodness, the troll funding account must be running low.

Nothing but bottom-feeders anymore.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2020 10:42 AM (GBHAb)

321 Hmmmm....

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:42 AM (XxJt1)

322 Use of multiple light sources between the two rooms create depth and juxtaposition.

Posted by: iandeal at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (vgGyZ)

323 Weirder than average day at the HQ...

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (OUMaO)

324 Here's the full draft EO:
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (H22GW)
++++++++++++
That's not as bad as I feared. In essence, by my brief and distracted reading:
- Direct the FCC to clarify the distinction between publisher and platform as it relates to arbitrary censorship as opposed to TOS considerations under existing law.
- Forbid any federal government ad buys on platforms that engage in general censorship
- Direct the FTC to review TOS and censorship schemes in the context of "deceptive practices" under existing law.
- Direct the AG to work with the states to audit the platforms under state-level "deceptive practices" rules
- Define an "online platform" (fairly broadly, including search engines and that is an interesting consideration)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (hYcqw)

325 Thoughts going out to Mrs. Eez.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (hKLpI)

326 Why is Ben upset with Zuck?
===============
Because FB isn't in lock-step w/Twatter over censorship. he said something to the effect of, if you continue on shadow-banning and fact "check" censorship, your platform will further divide/polarize the nation.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (7Fj9P)

327 Who behaved badly on the morning report that all comments had to be nuked?

Posted by: Decaf at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (xarPm)

328 284 I think one reason paintings were hung high was so the wood ceiling board trim could be used to secure the nail and wire rather than chipping and gouging the plaster wall. The advent of drywall and spackle made this practice obsolete because it is easier to patch drywall.
Posted by: corn and beans at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (tkNkP)

I think you're right.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (Iqg+g)

329 These stay at home PSAs are fucking obnoxious!

Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (vGJY7)

330 Many new nics today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (urcTH)

331 Think Imma gonna put on some shorts and a bike helmet and get on my bicycle and go police some Joggers in the Neighborhood. Them Joggers Better Be Wearing Masks or I will be forced to hector them.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (hxWDw)

332 The early morning report is back but minus the comments.

I don't get to comment often, this morning I got my chance and now they're gone.
Posted by: Decaf


A troll shit the bed.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (GvEen)

333 Seemingly strange alignment on FISA bill support. But makes sense.

And an executive actually ceding power in order to gain political support.


When was the last time we saw that?

Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (sX1BW)

334 Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM (sX1BW)

I think the issue is the 100 comment rule has been discussed for last 3 months so anyone who breaks it now gets a ton of bricks thrown down upon them. Take it for the what it is.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (2DOZq)

335 These stay at home PSAs are fucking obnoxious!
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Unbanned Chapter at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (vGJY7)
+++++++
Bigly. So much so, I quit watching TV.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (hYcqw)

336 It's funny to consider that more will probably happen to the Minneapolis cop working under a black police chief and fifty years of Democrat mayors than the traitors responsible for an actual coup against the nation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -No Justins No Petes! at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (RrgoP)

337 sock_rat_eez, prayers for mrs eez

Posted by: vmom 2020 at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (G546f)

338 This is why we can't have nice things. Told you I'd turn the car around.

Posted by: banned executes 3 point turn at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (Mg3mW)

339 Oh, I just caught site of the latest troll.

Looks like MUMR and SeattleSlough had a love child.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (WEBkv)

340 334 Seemingly strange alignment on FISA bill support. But makes sense.

And an executive actually ceding power in order to gain political support.


When was the last time we saw that?
Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (sX1BW)

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When was the last time we had a president who actually decreased regulatory power of the executive?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (LvTSG)

341 Why is Ben upset with Zuck?
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Because FB isn't in lock-step w/Twatter over censorship. he said something to the effect of, if you continue on shadow-banning and fact "check" censorship, your platform will further divide/polarize the nation.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin


Translation, Twitter's shit is going to splatter on Facebook and Zuck's trying to get in front of it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (OUMaO)

342 Many new nics today.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (urcTH)

You are zee haluzinating.

Posted by: Dr. Freud at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (zr5Kq)

343 Artist who specializes in female nudes is having a bad morning, just doesn't feeling like working. Young model shows up, ready to pose, but he says no, keep your clothes on - let's just have a cup of coffee.

As they are drinking coffee and chatting, artist hears a noise out front and goes to window In next room to investigate. Suddenly he rushes back in and yells "Oh shit, it's my wife! Quick, take off your clothes!"

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (Hp0GT)

344 Ben Rhodes doesn't have any power any more. Anyone connected with the Obama administration is quickly becoming toxic.

His brother was the head of CBS news, might still be

Course, they probably never talk about anything other than grand kids and golf

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (JgrP5)

345 Bigly. So much so, I quit watching TV.
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I did that years ago (except for Football and occasionally Baseball). I still like watching Ancient Aliens and American Pickers.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (hxWDw)

346 > Naked, yet wearing a beret, so not naked. Interesting.

There's a theory that wearing one, or a few, items of clothing (hat, gloves, nylons...) actually makes you look more naked than full nudity does.

Full nudity means that you happen to be nude.

Partially clothed means you're either in the process of gettin' nekkid or in the process of gettin' dressed after gettin' nekkid.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (hKLpI)

347
327 Why is Ben upset with Zuck?
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Because FB isn't in lock-step w/Twatter over censorship. he said something to the effect of, if you continue on shadow-banning and fact "check" censorship, your platform will further divide/polarize the nation.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (7Fj9P)


Of course Facebook does regularly "fact check" including the Babylon Bee's satire. They'll also engage in shadow banning and deplatforming such as people organizing protests in Michigan.


Zuckerberg is full of shit.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (H0VWd)

348 342 Translation, Twitter's shit is going to splatter on Facebook and Zuck's trying to get in front of it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:45 AM (OUMaO)

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So, he feels it's in his self interest to at least mouth support of free speech.

I hope that catches on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:46 AM (LvTSG)

349 This got stomped, but Ben Rhodes is up in Zuck's grill on Twatter today.

Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".
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Facebook's users self-censor primarily. Smart business play by Zuckerberg.

Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (sX1BW)

350 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
@USAttyHuber Whatever happen to John Huber?

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (H22GW)

351 Think Imma gonna put on some shorts and a bike helmet and get on my bicycle and go police some Joggers in the Neighborhood. Them Joggers Better Be Wearing Masks or I will be forced to hector them.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (hxWDw)


Get an Airzound. Put the tank in your bottle cage, pump it up with a tire pump, and mount the horn on your handlebars.

https://tinyurl.com/yad6gcx7

It'll break windows from 10 yards.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (t+qrx)

352 325 Here's the full draft EO:
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:35 AM (H22GW)
++++++++++++
That's not as bad as I feared. In essence, by my brief and distracted reading:
- Direct the FCC to clarify the distinction between publisher and platform as it relates to arbitrary censorship as opposed to TOS considerations under existing law.
- Forbid any federal government ad buys on platforms that engage in general censorship
- Direct the FTC to review TOS and censorship schemes in the context of "deceptive practices" under existing law.
- Direct the AG to work with the states to audit the platforms under state-level "deceptive practices" rules
- Define an "online platform" (fairly broadly, including search engines and that is an interesting consideration)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:43 AM (hYcqw)

Well, it's not a signed, undated pile of pardons and a pallet of 9mm but it's a start.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (d1uFV)

353 It's a portrait of a sad, lonely life.
The Morning Report isn't that bad. I think.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (TQ/zJ)

354 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
@USAttyHuber Whatever happen to John Huber?


Why do I get the feeling the answer is forthcoming?

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (OUMaO)

355 Wouldn't it be funny if the blue on blue shit pushed Zuckerberg to our side? Hell, I'd settle for "balanced".


somebody scored some crack last night !

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (JgrP5)

356 355 It's a portrait of a sad, lonely life.
The Morning Report isn't that bad. I think.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (TQ/zJ)

Ha, nice one

JJ is an prince and we all appreciate him

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (d1uFV)

357 > Translation, Twitter's shit is going to splatter on Facebook and Zuck's trying to get in front of it.

If Twatter and FecesBook were ruled to be publishers, they'd be bankrupt in short order simply from the lawsuits from the millions of copyright violations they serve up every day.

Cuckerberg is apparently smart enough to understand this, while Hack Dorsey apparently is not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (hKLpI)

358 356 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
@USAttyHuber Whatever happen to John Huber?

Why do I get the feeling the answer is forthcoming?
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at May 28, 2020 10:47 AM (OUMaO)

==========

It's too bad Trump doesn't know that nothing is happening.

Someone should tell him

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (LvTSG)

359 A troll shit the bed.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:44 AM (GvEen)

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I think it's here now.

Posted by: Decaf at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (xarPm)

360 teen builds great rube goldberg machine

https://youtu.be/Ss-P4qLLUyk
Posted by: vmom 2020 at May 28, 2020 10:11 AM (G546f)
++++++++++++
I'll admit to being impressed. I ain't above it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (hYcqw)

361 The picture is from the point of view of the model. The artists seat is empty and the door to the water closet is open.

The artist is on a potty break.

Posted by: Synova at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (BD/yx)

362 363 The picture is from the point of view of the model. The artists seat is empty and the door to the water closet is open.

The artist is on a potty break.
Posted by: Synova at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (BD/yx)

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"Why am I nude again?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

363 Guessing what you find fascinating in a poor copy of a painting is a game I'd rather not play. There is not that much to it. Just tell us already.

His other works are better examples of light and volume and simple geometry.

Every other copy of this painting is better than this one. You picked the worst possible copy. Why did you choose such a lousy copy?

Posted by: bour3 at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (aNVU5)

364 When was the last time we had a president who actually decreased regulatory power of the executive?

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Its been a while. I love it. By making the executive branch smaller, you make the Presidency bigger.

Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (sX1BW)

365 Got a strange job task today. My current boss is stepping down, and there are now 3 candidates for his directorship. My staff colleagues and I are supposed to virtual-"interview" 2 of the 3 this morning, one at 10 and one at 11. I hope the sessions only last about 30 minutes so we can have a break between. On Xi-oom, of course. The third one is tomorrow at 10.

I suppose this is to give them an idea of who they'll be working with and supervising, and what we do. Certainly we won't be making any kind of decision on this -- it's Way Above Our Pay Grade.

Got to be on my best behavior, though. I even put on a dress shirt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (rpbg1)

366 Prayers up Eez.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (axyOa)

367 They'll also engage in shadow banning and deplatforming such as people organizing protests in Michigan.

--

The one that I find most fascinating is that they'll keep an account active, but no one else can see the posts. The person can comment all he wants, and his comments will show up on his feed and appear to be part of the conversation that he's engaged in, but no one else can see any of it. Just him. And it looks perfectly normal on his end other than no one responding to him.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -No Justins No Petes! at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (RrgoP)

368 Facebook is also very anti-gun and since that's my single issue, I'm still in the fuck the Zuck cuck zone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (d1uFV)

369 366 When was the last time we had a president who actually decreased regulatory power of the executive?

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Its been a while. I love it. By making the executive branch smaller, you make the Presidency bigger.
Posted by: SH at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (sX1BW)

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I want Trump's DOJ to spearhead a series of lawsuits that overturns Chevron at SCOTUS.

I want it yesterday.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (LvTSG)

370 It's too bad Trump doesn't know that nothing is happening.

Someone should tell him
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:48 AM (LvTSG)
*********
Some here should tweet to him & tell him this

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (H22GW)

371 371 Facebook is also very anti-gun and since that's my single issue, I'm still in the fuck the Zuck cuck zone.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (d1uFV)

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I thought your single issue was hentai.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (LvTSG)

372 The 3 Buxom NOODS will be along in a moment the painter promises once he satisfies their demands....for bigger bush strokes....................






gottit?

Posted by: saf at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (5IHGB)

373 312 Okay, I've seen enough of that art. Lets move onto something more interesting like Bill admiring the beauty of the girls on Pedro Island.
Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2020 10:39 AM

Last night I raped on San Pedo
Just like I'd never gone, flight logs were gone
A young girl, no one will believe her
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Media hiding all my sleaze
All perversions wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla pedophilia
Aboard the Epstein plane
The girls would start to cry
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish couchie-cry

Posted by: Bill Clinton channeling Madonna at May 28, 2020 10:50 AM (Of/Uk)

374 Good mohhhhrrrnnnnning. ♪

Read the first 100 comments. Well, the 99 that didn't get nuked, and the crater CBD left. Only one today.

Art within art within....

Steve Ditko's weird stories (pre-Spider-Man) had several dream-within-a-dream or similar short stories. Ditko could tell a story better in three pages than the kids today could tell in a series if graphic novels.
/slightly-related

I tried drawering something deep like that once.

Posted by: mindful webworker
link: Clear Reception
at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (wmyHK)

375 I think every time I mention Billy Jeff or GamGam in a Tweet, I'm going to attach an image the has this written in it: "I am of sound mind and body. I am opposed to suicide for religious and ethical reasons. My vehicle is in perfect working order. I have no immediate plans to visit Ft. Marcy Park."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (7Fj9P)

376 Of course Facebook does regularly "fact check" including the Babylon Bee's satire. They'll also engage in shadow banning and deplatforming such as people organizing protests in Michigan.


Zuckerberg is full of shit.
Posted by: Buzzion



Have a screenshot of a mask box that states the masks do NOTHING for Covid-19.
Farcebook fact checked it and said people are misconstruing what the side of the box said.

In plain Engrish.

Fact checkers are just making shit up.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (GvEen)

377 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
@USAttyHuber Whatever happen to John Huber?

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All of us have been asking the same for the last couple of years.

Posted by: Decaf at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (xarPm)

378 I'm going to mow the lawn anon. No facemask.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (Uu+Jp)

379 Got to be on my best behavior, though. I even put on a dress shirt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:49 AM (rpbg1)
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Psst: Those are arm holes, not leg holes!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (WEBkv)

380 prayers for mrs eez

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (8D42x)

381 All cap troll has 2 different hashes. Cobs gonna have a tough time with this one.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (JVgnl)

382 Here you go : 'President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at curbing liability protections for social media companies..."

Posted by: Dr. Freud at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (zr5Kq)

383 saf, got it.

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (XxJt1)

384 Art schmart I wanna see some demons eating sinners.

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (Tnijr)

385 off bearded sock

Posted by: runner at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (zr5Kq)

386 Airzound. Want.

Posted by: banned bikes better than walks at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (Mg3mW)

387 when Swallwell meets Biden
https://twitter.com/posonaut/status/
1265889595117449221

Posted by: vmom 2020 at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (G546f)

388 Naked, yet wearing a beret, so not naked. Interesting.

There's a theory that wearing one, or a few, items of clothing (hat, gloves, nylons...) actually makes you look more naked than full nudity does.

Full nudity means that you happen to be nude.

Partially clothed means you're either in the process of gettin' nekkid or in the process of gettin' dressed after gettin' nekkid.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 28, 2020


*
*

The contrast heightens the effect. I see that.

I'm fine with most single items lingering before the complete disrobing, except cowboy boots. A nude model wearing cowboy boots is . . . a waste.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (rpbg1)

389 #TwoWeeks always starts tomorrow. Just hope it happens before November.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (2DOZq)

390 The one that I find most fascinating is that they'll keep an account active, but no one else can see the posts. The person can comment all he wants, and his comments will show up on his feed and appear to be part of the conversation that he's engaged in, but no one else can see any of it. Just him.

And it looks perfectly normal on his end other than no one responding to him.
Posted by: Moron Robbie


That should be the first clue that something is wrong.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (GvEen)

391 'It's a total lie today,

It's a total lie tomorrow,

And it'll be a total lie years from now.'

This is better poetry than even the mighty Muldoon.

Imagine a life that leads you to becoming the Clinton's sex flack.

Posted by: Auspex at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (Xo3T0)

392 Er, no I don't. WTH?

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (XxJt1)

393 Facebook is also very anti-gun and since that's my single issue, I'm still in the fuck the Zuck cuck zone.
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I'm not holding my breath either; I just think it's funny how immediate the back-biting is whenever someone wanders off the prog-plantation.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:54 AM (7Fj9P)

394 The contrast heightens the effect. I see that.

I'm fine with most single items lingering before the complete disrobing, except cowboy boots. A nude model wearing cowboy boots is . . . a waste.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (rpbg1)
++++++++++++
You can leave your hat on...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 28, 2020 10:54 AM (hYcqw)

395 Has the Morning Report and the Art Thread comingled ??? WTF. it's MONET V MANETTE again.

Posted by: saf at May 28, 2020 10:54 AM (5IHGB)

396 RE: Facebook, etc. Once they go full on with contact tracing, they will be using Facebook to track your contacts, as well as your smartphone and anything else they can get their hands on. Also... word is that if you get tested for COVID, HIPPA is out the window, and your status will be released to everyone. So be prepared for potential house arrest and having your family removed if you can't completely isolate from them.

I wish I was making all of this up.

Posted by: shibumi, unemployed in covid 1984 at May 28, 2020 10:54 AM (ZCiJZ)

397 383 All cap troll has 2 different hashes. Cobs gonna have a tough time with this one.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 28, 2020 10:52 AM (JVgnl)


CBD is well skilled in the arts of war and military tactics

Posted by: REDACTED at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (JgrP5)

398
376 Good mohhhhrrrnnnnning.

Read the first 100 comments. Well, the 99 that didn't get nuked, and the crater CBD left. Only one today.

Art within art within....

Steve Ditko's weird stories (pre-Spider-Man) had several dream-within-a-dream or similar short stories. Ditko could tell a story better in three pages than the kids today could tell in a series if graphic novels.
/slightly-related

I tried drawering something deep like that once.
Posted by: mindful webworker
link: Clear Reception
at May 28, 2020 10:51 AM (wmyHK)

Ditko was a damn fine artist. He did some really trippy stuff, especially in Doctor Strange comics.

One of the few Ayn Rand fans that ever worked in the funny pages. Got him blackballed eventually. Because comic books are run by progressive fuckwits. See also why Chuck Dixon rarely works for the big two.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (d1uFV)

399 And it looks perfectly normal on his end other than no one responding to him.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

That's my excuse here when no one responds to my wisdom.

I'm being shadow banned. !!!

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (2DOZq)

400 There's some idiot at the backdoor shouting incoherently.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (Uu+Jp)

401 some people here are so dumb/blind to the reality it is scary

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (H22GW)

402 It's always neat to watch individuals come to the HQ and go to a great deal of effort in the hopes of very briefly attempting to try to slightly annoy people that they've never met.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -No Justins No Petes! at May 28, 2020 10:55 AM (RrgoP)

403 The open door leaf is too narrow. When closed there would be a gap.

Posted by: Goggy at May 28, 2020 10:56 AM (OIAY0)

404 Why did you choose such a lousy copy?

Quick! Get this guy a Snickers bar.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 10:56 AM (gd9RK)

405 The contrast heightens the effect. I see that.

I'm fine with most single items lingering before the complete disrobing, except cowboy boots. A nude model wearing cowboy boots is . . . a waste.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 28, 2020 10:53 AM (rpbg1)

I have seem some photoshoots from Playboy that might change your mind. Mind you, some of them also wore hats....but nothing between.

Pretty girl dressed like that, puts steam in a man's stride.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 28, 2020 10:57 AM (d1uFV)

406 RE: Facebook, etc. Once they go full on with contact tracing, they will be using Facebook to track your contacts, as well as your smartphone and anything else they can get their hands on. Also... word is that if you get tested for COVID, HIPPA is out the window, and your status will be released to everyone. So be prepared for potential house arrest and having your family removed if you can't completely isolate from them.

I wish I was making all of this up.
Posted by: shibumi


Never understood the getting tested crap.

If you don't feel sick, why get tested?
And if you DO feel sick, it's a moot point.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:57 AM (GvEen)

407 I thought your single issue was hentai. Bukkake.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 28, 2020 10:57 AM (7Fj9P)

408 Somebody whack the blog with a 2x4.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 28, 2020 10:59 AM (GvEen)

409 COBs, while you're at it, there's one @367.

Posted by: creeper at May 28, 2020 10:59 AM (XxJt1)

410 Nood, punk monkey talking about the situation.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 28, 2020 11:01 AM (DiT5w)

411 I think it's Reason fan/ readers who are trolling .

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 28, 2020 11:01 AM (2DOZq)

412
Airzound. Want.
Posted by: banned bikes better than walks


What does it do to the biker's ears?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2020 11:02 AM (aKsyK)

413 Oh Trump is "targeting" social media platforms "after they criticized one of his Tweets."
Thank you Fox News.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 28, 2020 11:03 AM (lcQJG)

414 A nude model wearing cowboy boots is . . . a waste.

What if it's Marilyn Monroe?

https://bit.ly/2B2p31x


sfw

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 11:03 AM (gd9RK)

415 JJ your morning report is one of the highlights of my day. Thanks for putting up with us morons.

Posted by: Max Power at May 28, 2020 11:03 AM (QCc6B)

416 What if it's Marilyn Monroe?



https://bit.ly/2B2p31x


sfw
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 11:03 AM (gd9RK)


She's wearing more than just cowboy boots

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2020 11:10 AM (WyVLE)

417 416 What if it's Marilyn Monroe?



https://bit.ly/2B2p31x


sfw
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 28, 2020 11:03 AM (gd9RK)

She's wearing more than just cowboy boots
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2020 11:10 AM (WyVLE)

That's why it's SFW.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 28, 2020 11:14 AM (qyH+l)

418 IMHO:

The painting is high to attract the gaze of the model. The scene is that of a portrait being painted in the model's house, not the artist's house - hence the poor lighting. It's from the model's point of view. The painting is high up for the model to focus on, an old trick still used in photography. I dunno, it supposedly makes people look better. Removes their dewlaps and jowls maybe. Removes shadows from the eyes.

The room is sparse because the model/home owner cleared it. The bowl is detailed to show you where the model is looking at because the artist left that way, leaving the door open because he is coming right back.

What do you not see? A mixing palette. A case with paint pots or tubes. A stool to stand the palette on. A jar with thinner and brushes, ready for use (or with dirty brushes in them).

A flaw in my guesses is that there is no drop cloth under the easel. Drop clothes are put down first, especially in a stranger's home who is paying you to paint their portrait. Those payments are how you pay for a couple of months room and board as an artist. The weird sepia tone/gloom might just be poor quality linseed oils that have darkened over the century.

So Ace, what where you drinking again?

Posted by: Matthew H Iskra at May 28, 2020 11:26 AM (day4e)

419 This is interesting because it is a study in light and texture. Darkness to light, coarse to shiny smooth. Everything in this is someplace on the light scale and the texture scale. That is all that is in the painting.

Posted by: TSgt Ciz at May 28, 2020 11:32 AM (af5xa)

420 I saw a version without the bowl in the other room, and lighter in color with more sunlight shadows through windows.

Posted by: Jim at May 28, 2020 11:33 AM (CNSZZ)

421 shadow of the canvas is a shadow...nice

Posted by: james clark at May 28, 2020 11:55 AM (7Jd8p)

422 The light on the wall looks like a halo from the invisible artist.

Posted by: DXM at May 28, 2020 11:59 AM (w3c6D)

423 Why is the canvas shadow falling in the opposite direction of the way the light is coming in? All the other shadows are going in the correct direction.

Posted by: Jonahex at May 28, 2020 12:02 PM (UvQXJ)

424
The painter did multiple versions of this setting each of which suggests the presence of the artist somewhere in the space.
The light from the unseen back window illuminates the back room.
The painting on the wall is called "The Battle of Copenhagen" and was painted in 1801 by C.A. Lorentzen. It is mounted high to prevent sunlight from damaging it.

One of the versions of this painting was auctioned by Christies in October 2018.

Posted by: Don at May 28, 2020 01:07 PM (BWb23)

425 As they say in the art world EASEL COME EASEL GO

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 28, 2020 03:54 PM (FLiOE)

426 40 It's painted from the model's POV.
Posted by: Mother at May 28, 2020 09:39 AM (1Bpwm)

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This person should get a drink.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at May 28, 2020 04:22 PM (D3/jA)

427 There is nothing fascinating about it. It is a study of space, light and a few Objects and limited use 0f color. I doubt there is any intended serious symbolic content

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428 The best part of the pic is that the chair and easel are positioned to paint something in the area where the viewer stands. It leaves the viewer wondering what it is that is interesting around himself.

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429 He's lost the light, so he quit for the day and is having a beer. Shoot me.

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