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Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:31 AM (arJlL) 2
Reading what? A will?
Posted by: BignJames at August 03, 2020 09:31 AM (X/Pw5) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:32 AM (mht8P) 4
Everybody except the military guy is saying "oh no not more of that dreary Russian crap again!"
Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 09:32 AM (ZfRYq) 5
White folk going over the BLM demand letter.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 03, 2020 09:33 AM (CQ3Qb) 6
Looks like they're forced to be there and are bored to tears.
Posted by: ocean24 at August 03, 2020 09:33 AM (y7UJ1) 7
Definitely not Tolstoy. The book's too thin.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:33 AM (OyyDO) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:34 AM (mht8P) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:34 AM (arJlL) Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 09:34 AM (Isn+8) 11
"Huh. It says here that you can't beat the serfs. Who knew?"
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:35 AM (OyyDO) Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 09:35 AM (XxJt1) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:35 AM (mht8P) 14
I like the fellow in the middle slumped in his chair.
"Oy, that brisket's not sitting right. . . " Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 09:36 AM (2JVJo) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:36 AM (arJlL) 16
"It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (+y/Ru) 17
Reading of the demands from BLM to business owners?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (N39Ws) 18
The guy with the handkerchief looks like he's pooping.
Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (arJlL) 19
CBD, I'm going to be sending you some links when I can stop being lazy. I've been seeing a lot of Victorian genre painting lately, and there's one (which I won't name) that I'd love to get Kris' take on.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (2JVJo) 20
Looks like it should be entitled "The Reading Of The Biden Will"
Posted by: Huck Follywood, protester at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (NVYyb) 21
Very nice. Who is reading ?
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq) 22
They all look like they'd prefer the sweet release of death to listening to that guy read for one more second.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:38 AM (NWiLs) 23
Which one ? Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:36 AM (arJlL) ---------- Both, but the one standing is a bottom. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:38 AM (mht8P) 24
Guy with the monocle might be partaking in a little weed upon closer examination.
Posted by: Stinky at August 03, 2020 09:38 AM (KxiKM) 25
Apparently, according to the 'net Makovsky's works were known for their "perpetual humor" and "blatant irony and scorn". He felt the rich took advantage of the poor and supported the Russian revolution, but since he died in 1920 he didn't get to see the horrors of Communism in full flower.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:38 AM (oDRcK) 26
The old guy on the right, sitting, bent over, holding his flu bandanna, is so disinterested in the reading that he's admiring the nice parquet floor pattern.
Behind him, Henri the Hipster is toking a pin-joint. And in the mirror, you can see the reflection of the photographer's flash. We're looking at them, who are listening to him, whom we can't hear. Exciting! Good morning. Maybe I need a 2nd cuppa covfefe.
Posted by: mindful webworker 27
"It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler "Someone yelled OW !, Then a woman screamed" Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (arJlL) 28
Looks more like they're reading a will. The guy on the right with the handkerchief is the black sheep of the family and he just found out he received nothing.
Posted by: Archer at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (gmo/4) 29
Guy in the chair on the right is bored silly. And it's only Chapter 2.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:32 AM (mht8P) --------------- Waiting for the promised break after chapter 3 to get back to the bar Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (ZI4/t) 30
How do I close the ad on the left sidebar? It covers content.
Posted by: Dan at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (uyJ8J) Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (NWiLs) 32
I think he is reading a tragedy. Man on the right is about to cry into a handkerchief.
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (zr5Kq) 33
19 CBD, I'm going to be sending you some links when I can stop being lazy. I've been seeing a lot of Victorian genre painting lately, and there's one (which I won't name) that I'd love to get Kris' take on.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (2JVJo) Aw man! Homework again?! **** Just kidding. I'd love to look at it. ![]() Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (OyyDO) 34
I like that guy in the middle, sitting in front of the desk. He looks like he knows his way around a Glock.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (XxJt1) 35
And I don't know-but I would guess-that he's making fun of overwrought emotionalism at a literary reading.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (oDRcK) 36
CBD, I'm going to be sending you some links when I can stop being lazy. I've been seeing a lot of Victorian genre painting lately, and there's one (which I won't name) that I'd love to get Kris' take on.
Most intriguing Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (17n5k) Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (zr5Kq) 38
Which one ?
Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:36 AM (arJlL) ---------- Both, but the one standing is a bottom. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh So, ixnay on the weedwhacker ? Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (arJlL) 39
I like the guy at the right with his huff rag.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (17n5k) 40
I think the guy on the right has consumption. And the pipe that guy in back of him is smoking ain't helping.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 09:41 AM (XxJt1) 41
37 I know who it is ! Chekhov !!
*looks around triumphaly Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (zr5Kq) So where's his gun? Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:41 AM (NWiLs) 42
Aw man! Homework again?!
**** Just kidding. I'd love to look at it. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (OyyDO) It's a Millais painting. I bet you know which one. . . Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 09:41 AM (2JVJo) 43
The women look admiring and attentive, the men look bored AF
Posted by: CN at August 03, 2020 09:41 AM (ONvIw) 44
He is reading The Seagull. To his friends. They are shocked and surprised. They are like : "Anton, this is genius. The audience will love it ! The Emperor will reward you !" And he is like : "I am a doctor! And a writer !"
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:42 AM (zr5Kq) 45
28 Looks more like they're reading a will. The guy on the right with the handkerchief is the black sheep of the family and he just found out he received nothing.
Posted by: Archer at August 03, 2020 09:39 AM (gmo/4) They're pissed the neighbor kid got grandpa's classic car. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:42 AM (OyyDO) 46
So where's his gun?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:41 AM (NWiLs) Concealed. Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:43 AM (zr5Kq) 47
You could hide a midget under that dress.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 09:43 AM (ZLI7S) 48
On the right is SloJoe...he's gotta sniff something!
Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2020 09:43 AM (vd8XM) 49
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The guy standing on the right looks like Trotsky.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (OyyDO) 52
At first I was ready to dismiss this painting as nothing much. Then I looked more closely. It may sound odd, but the colors used throughout are nice and attractive, even the woman's blue dress against the green of the walls. The figures seemed kind of waxen but they are so varied and individually drawn, I found myself composing stories for each one. Guess it pays to pay attention for more than a few seconds.
Check out the artist's Wiki page. He has some wonderful works, quite varied but all done well. A few reminded me of Norman Rockwell. They are worth the look. Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (7EjX1) 53
Guy under the blue dress is lapping it up................. Posted by: Saf at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (5IHGB) Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (WyVLE) 55
This illustrates that the past is a foreign country. Not to mention that Russia really is a foreign country, but the era of this painting ended with the Russian revolution and WWI.
Posted by: Boots at August 03, 2020 09:46 AM (oGBso) 56
I'm looking for the doggie? Have we started a new theme?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:46 AM (nkCeM) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:46 AM (arJlL) 58
"oh no not more of that dreary Russian crap again!"
********** The Story of Tolstoy - a limerick A book lover named Victor Reese In hopes that his boredom would cease Changed his reading club's rules To avoid books by fools Especially that guy, Warren Pease Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2020 09:47 AM (Fc5rx) 59
The guy standing on the right looks like Trotsky. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (OyyDO) ---------- The portrait behind him is about to bury an alpenstock in his skull. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:47 AM (mht8P) 60
Dude on the right is smoking a joint. He's like, really getting into it, man.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 03, 2020 09:47 AM (HaL55) 61
Is that floor parquet? Posted by: stumck at August 03, 2020 09:47 AM (w9Wax) 62
The guy standing on the right looks like Trotsky.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (OyyDO) Half the Russians at that time looked like Trosky or Lenin. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:48 AM (nkCeM) 63
61 butter
Posted by: FtWorthMike at August 03, 2020 09:48 AM (LMzpI) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:48 AM (arJlL) 65
I know who it is ! Chekhov !!
*looks around triumphantly Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (zr5Kq) Yes; It certainly looks like him. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (oDRcK) Posted by: getting the banned back together at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (uzRRr) 67
Is that floor parquet?
Posted by: stumck at August 03, 2020 09:47 AM (w9Wax) Butter. ( in before someone else grabs the low hanging fruit) Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (nkCeM) 68
A visual representation of the Sunday book thread
Posted by: Gritty at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (LZ7Gl) 69
67. Nope
Posted by: FtWorthMike at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (LMzpI) 70
The guy standing on the right looks like Trotsky.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (OyyDO) Half the Russians at that time looked like Trosky or Lenin. Posted by: Can't resist temptation And then, there's the men. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (arJlL) 71
4th in line. Better than expected.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:49 AM (nkCeM) 72
Typical MoMe.
Posted by: bluebell at August 03, 2020 09:50 AM (/669Q) 73
It looks more like a holding forth of genteel pontification than a library reading based on the news. In this country, library readings always involved drag queens and children. This is not that. I suspect the Russians get a lot more out of them. I'd certainly rather be here than in one of ours...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (hYcqw) 74
I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (oDRcK) 75
Everything about this artist leaves me...cold. Seems like he has an SJW axe to grind in all of his works. There is some kind of smugness that I am picking up. He was born to a privileged life and became an academic. He is so busy showing us social injustices that he skips over warmth and humanity. ( when you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail)
Meh. Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (8/7u2) 76
"It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out."
"Werewolf?" "There wolf." *points toward howling* Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (HaL55) Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (VV6bw) 78
There castle.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 09:52 AM (U2p+3) 79
Opening Line - a limerick Just look at that guy on the right He's listening with utter delight He knows this book by heart And here comes his fav'rite part Ah yes,"It was a dark and stormy night!" Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2020 09:52 AM (Fc5rx) 80
Chapter 2:
For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a transmission that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters. Such an instrument is the turbo encabulator. Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2020 09:52 AM (Rvt88) Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 03, 2020 09:52 AM (ZfRYq) 82
74 I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (oDRcK) Eh. It's a pretty typical medium. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:53 AM (NWiLs) 83
Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2020 09:52 AM (Rvt8
![]() +++++++ The notion of a dramatic reading of the Turbo Encabulator is ludicrous on its face. A dramatic reading of the Turbo Encabulator by Russian aristocrats with men and women alike hanging on every word sounds like a world-beating skit on some mirror-universe SNL that is actually funny. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 09:53 AM (hYcqw) 84
82 74 I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Eh. It's a pretty typical medium. Posted by: Insomniac That would be rare. Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2020 09:54 AM (Rvt88) 85
This painting looks to me like the artist is practicing or demonstrating his skillz.
The different types of people and clothing, the other pictures in the picture, the pictures reflected in the mirror... Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 09:54 AM (ZfRYq) 86
Very nice. Who is reading ? Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:37 AM (zr5Kq) Probably a Traveling Reader. It was a popular profession in those times. Plus, they usually got up a poker game after. Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 09:54 AM (88+cf) 87
I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (oDRcK) Eh. It's a pretty typical medium. That's just your raw opinion. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 03, 2020 09:54 AM (HaL55) 88
Random thoughts of various subjects:
Handkerchief guy: I should *not* have had all those pierogies. Reading guy: I'm killing it, here! Folded arms guy: Kill me. Kill me now. Leaning forward guy: Trying to read ahead to see if it gets any better. Young officer: Why did I let Mom drag me to this thing? Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 09:56 AM (UAMe5) 89
I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (oDRcK) Eh. It's a pretty typical medium. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 09:53 AM (NWiLs) His sketches really show his talent in its raw form. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:57 AM (nkCeM) 90
Probably a Traveling Reader. It was a popular profession in those times. *adopts Gabby Johnson voice* "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are no more than family estates of the Bonapartes..." Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 09:57 AM (mht8P) 91
Young officer: Why did I let Mom drag me to this thing?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 09:56 AM (UAMe5) +++++++++ You want your hereditary commission in the Czar's ranks, don't you? And your father *will* intercede against you should you cross your mother. So sit down, enjoy the library, and pay attention. There will be a quiz. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 09:57 AM (hYcqw) 92
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 09:57 AM (Zz0t1) 93
Reading the Communist Manifesto.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 09:58 AM (Zz0t1) 94
I'm not on WP privilege time today.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:58 AM (nkCeM) 95
...a cheap margarine coloured linoleum for a cheap Russian Dacha.Sacha Distillery out back,Moose no speak acrylic language.
Posted by: Saf at August 03, 2020 09:59 AM (5IHGB) 96
Fine detail!
The guy on the far right, mopping his face? That's me while reading Crime and Punishment. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 09:59 AM (rpbg1) 97
I think the painting is well done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:51 AM (oDRcK) O.k. I'll rephrase. I think it's an effective painting. The artist is talented. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 09:59 AM (oDRcK) 98
Tried to think of something to go with tartare but failed.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:59 AM (nkCeM) 99
""In one aspect, the invention is a resin blend."
That was just what I had been thinking! Was that a 100-comment rule test? CBD probably couldn't figure if it was relevant or not.
Posted by: mindful webworker 100
Probably a Traveling Reader. It was a popular profession in those times.
*adopts Gabby Johnson voice* "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are no more than family estates of the Bonapartes..." Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Oh damn! We're going to be here all night! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (+y/Ru) 101
100
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (UAMe5) 102
It's Vladimir still life with footsie action. Posted by: Saf at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (5IHGB) 103
Tried to think of something to go with tartare but failed. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:59 AM (nkCeM) The chick in the green dress might be a saucy little minx! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (dLLD6) 104
Dang.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (UAMe5) Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (9Vgrl) 106
The guy sniffing the lady's scarf seems like a perv.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (nkCeM) 107
Fine detail!
The guy on the far right, mopping his face? That's me while reading Crime and Punishment. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius That was me reading Dune. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (arJlL) Posted by: browndog at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (BgMrQ) 109
I actually enjoyed War and Peace.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (U2p+3) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (arJlL) 111
CBD probably couldn't figure if it was relevant or not.
Posted by: mindful webworker because somebody had to be at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (NLny5) Is the rule really that complicated? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (dLLD6) 112
This reminds me of what P.J. O'Rourke said about reading Anna Karenina (which I misquote from memory): "Here's Tolstoy going on for hundreds of pages about his theories of life and I'm asking, 'Leo, why'd she f--k the guy?"
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (dfRN6) 113
No
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (U2p+3) 114
101 100
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 10:00 AM (UAMe5) LMFAO. It's why I always choose FIRST. Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (Zz0t1) 115
Half the Russians at that time looked like Trosky or Lenin.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 09:48 AM (nkCeM) If you're going to eliminate the individual for a hive-mind collective, it helps if everyone looks alike. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (OyyDO) 116
Wakes up.
Scratches Looks around Dang. Just learned that too much mask debating can lead to blindness. Goes looking for coffee. (While I can still see.) Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (axyOa) 117
105 Good news, it's not Twilight.
Bad news, it's War and Peace. Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (9Vgrl) Year eighteen of the reading has now begun... Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (NWiLs) 118
Reading a local comment section on school taxes...Will my school taxes be lower because of no school...Answer: you got to be kidding...
Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (TH2r6) 119
Subject matter and composition I like, but somehow this painting misses the mark a bit. Although I don't hate it.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (oAY8z) 120
One guy is dying of TB and the rest are not social distancing.
Posted by: Cat Ass trophy at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (dNzKv) Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (Zz0t1) 122
No
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:02 AM (U2p+3) ++++++++++++++ Reminds me of a teacher I once had who, when taking attendance, would say "Raise your hand if you're not here." Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (hYcqw) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (arJlL) 124
The guy with the sweat rag gots the 'vid.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:03 AM (88+cf) 125
The guy on the far right, mopping his face? That's me while reading Crime and Punishment. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius That was me reading Dune. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 * * Dune actually had some great action scenes. Pity there are no sandworms in C & P. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:04 AM (rpbg1) 126
I actually enjoyed War and Peace.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (U2p+3) For all of the criticism of his writing style and length, there is a reason why he's still read... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 03, 2020 10:04 AM (dLLD6) 127
More goofy Joe goodness. Bonus: Tomahawk Lizzie can't believe what she's hearing. Double bonus: sign language interpreter trying to capture the crazy.
https://bit.ly/33sIuN4 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 10:04 AM (+y/Ru) 128
"Get to the good part! The volcano chapter!" Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:05 AM (EGyGV) 129
>>Yeah, I'm the guy in the right front chair.
>>GET.ME.OUT.OF.HERE. I'm the guy not in the painting. Way ahead of you. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:06 AM (ZLI7S) 130
"Butter"
The Horde Chorale seems to have its act together nicely this morning. You all have the words down well. Could we work on the harmony? Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:06 AM (XxJt1) 131
This reminds me of what P.J. O'Rourke said about reading Anna Karenina (which I misquote from memory): "Here's Tolstoy going on for hundreds of pages about his theories of life and I'm asking, 'Leo, why'd she f--k the guy?"
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2020 * * With C & P, Dostoyevsky should have had the murder scene take place closer to the start of the book, and skip a lot of his characters' babbling. However, I'd rather read their dialog than FD's long blocks of narration. I keep waiting for the "punishment" part to start. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:06 AM (rpbg1) 132
Yeah, I'm the guy in the right front chair.
>>GET.ME.OUT.OF.HERE. I'm the guy not in the painting. Way ahead of you. Posted by: JackStraw LOL !!! Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:07 AM (arJlL) 133
He is reading the AOS comments section back when the site was a weekly newsletter.
Posted by: Cat Ass trophy at August 03, 2020 10:07 AM (dNzKv) 134
"Get to the good part! The volcano chapter!"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:05 AM (EGyGV) ++++++++++++++ And that is when the Russian aristocracy was introduce to the "the floor is lava" game. There were no survivors. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:07 AM (hYcqw) 135
Activists bused into Austin, Texas in an attempt to create Portland East.
State troopers and city police say no. Yay. Law and Order FTW. Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:07 AM (Zz0t1) 136
I keep waiting for the "punishment" part to start.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius That's you having to read it. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (arJlL) 137
126 I actually enjoyed War and Peace.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:01 AM (U2p+3) For all of the criticism of his writing style and length, there is a reason why he's still read... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 03, 2020 10:04 AM (dLLD6) Yeah. It's a similar problem with the 19th century French writers. Dumas and Hugo, specifically. The plots and characters are great but they can drag a conversation on for pages. I was skipping whole sections of Count of Monte Cristo. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (OyyDO) 138
Austin PD holding up sign 0 "Full up on weird already. We are closed."
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (9Vgrl) 139
They have made an origin movie for The Kingsman. Rasputin is the villain.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (nkCeM) 140
Is the rule really that complicated?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo Not the rule - I just meant that the comment was so complicated (haha) that determining its relevancy might prove difficult. (ho ho) Wait, I mean, I JUST MEANT THAT THE COMMENT WAS SO COMPLICATED THAT DETERMINING ITS RELEVANCY MIGHT PROVE DIFFICULT.
Posted by: BEN ROTHWEBWORKER 141
I keep waiting for the "punishment" part to start.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius That's you having to read it. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 * * True. What gets me is how Dostoyevsky knew. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (rpbg1) 142
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"Get to the good part! The volcano chapter!" Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:05 AM (EGyGV) The one where he rides the motorcycle out of the back of a C-130 and paraglides over the volcano while machinegunning the flying sharks? That's a pretty cool scene, albeit a tad over-the-top. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:09 AM (NWiLs) 143
Hiya Insom !
Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:10 AM (arJlL) 144
They have made an origin movie for The Kingsman. Rasputin is the villain. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (nkCeM) But they've already made and remade Hellboy.... Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:10 AM (EGyGV) 145
I keep waiting for the "punishment" part to start.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:06 AM (rpbg1) Every day is punishment. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs) 146
Hey JT!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs) Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) 148
147 The Lost Boys vampires should go and kick the Twilight vampires asses.
Discuss. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) What's to discuss? Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs) 149
Ruling's in on my Small Claims case. I lost.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (XxJt1) 150
The Lost Boys vampires should go and kick the Twilight vampires asses.
Discuss. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) I already said that it would be considered a hate crime. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (nkCeM) 151
149 Ruling's in on my Small Claims case. I lost.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (XxJt1) Well...shit. Sorry to hear that. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (NWiLs) 152
147 The Lost Boys vampires should go and kick the Twilight vampires asses.
Discuss. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) The crossover everyone always wanted: Twilight and Blade. Posted by: Cato, Dread Pirate in Training at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (JETnb) 153
Ruling's in on my Small Claims case. I lost.
Posted by: creeper OUCH ! Prayers and hugs again, creeper...... Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:13 AM (arJlL) 154
The crossover everyone always wanted: Twilight and Blade.
Posted by: Cato, Dread Pirate in Training at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (JETnb) Endorsed. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:13 AM (ZfRYq) 155
Ruling's in on my Small Claims case. I lost.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (XxJt1) Jury or Judge? Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:13 AM (nkCeM) 156
It's funny... any list I read headed "Demands" is just a list of things I will do the exact opposite of.
For instance, if I received a demand to hire 23% black employees, then every single black employee I had even slight doubts about would be replaced by morning with a white guy. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2020 10:14 AM (Tm4zg) 157
Vampires Suck > Twilight.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:14 AM (axyOa) 158
They have come together to pull down the patriarchal, raciss, Confederate statues in the adjoining room.
Power to the BLM! Posted by: Trigglypuff at August 03, 2020 10:14 AM (PR+wx) 159
Reading the will - "... and to all y'all I leave, nothing, nada, zero, zip, squat, bupkis ..." Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:14 AM (+/IpI) 160
"This Rasputin guy is totes evil." "Hey I have a great idea! I know this Russkie rabble-rouser in Switzerland. Let's put him in a locked train and send him across the border to start up a popular revolution against the Czar, and that'll take away Rasputin's power!" "Good plan! And virtually certain not to spiral out of control, killing millions! Drinks all around!" *2 years later* "Oops." Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:15 AM (EGyGV) 161
creeper - was aware you had some legal thing going.
![]() Don't know what your claim was, but apparently you didn't slip the judge enough payola and chocolate chip cookies.
Posted by: mindful webworker 162
Reading the will - "... and to all y'all I leave, nothing, nada, zero, zip, squat, bupkis ..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:14 AM (+/IpI) ----- Niente... Posted by: Otto at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (UAMe5) 163
It's funny... any list I read headed "Demands" is just a list of things I will do the exact opposite of. Flip off the demander, too. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (+/IpI) 164
I doubt that clear liquid in the decanter is Valu-Rite Vodka unless the family has fallen on hard times.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (an7Mv) 165
He's reading The Kama Sutra, explained.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (Kpl3J) 166
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"This Rasputin guy is totes evil." "Hey I have a great idea! I know this Russkie rabble-rouser in Switzerland. Let's put him in a locked train and send him across the border to start up a popular revolution against the Czar, and that'll take away Rasputin's power!" "Good plan! And virtually certain not to spiral out of control, killing millions! Drinks all around!" *2 years later* "Oops." Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:15 AM (EGyGV) ========= "This time, let's put this guy Stalin in charge..." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:17 AM (UWqZJ) 167
First Blade opening scene was the best scene in all the Blades.
Speaking of vampire movies, Daybreakers is an underrated one. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:17 AM (nkCeM) 168
I sent you the ruling, Insom. Not only did the judge deny my claim, he didn't even order that I be my name be returned to the accounts I put every penny into.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:18 AM (XxJt1) 169
The women in blue is having none of this. And the guy is weeping because he suddenly realized all that was written about him was true!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 03, 2020 10:18 AM (uyKdz) 170
165 He's reading The Kama Sutra, explained.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (Kpl3J) "...and that is how the five-legged inverted shawarma shakti lotus blossom is performed." Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (NWiLs) 171
After midnight, they put Keats away and read Fanny Hill.
Posted by: pincorrect at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (3LmBI) 172
If Bill Barr is "magnificent" I'd hate to see what slow and unproductive is.
Posted by: Jimmy Dean at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (/FR9s) 173
Yeah. It's a similar problem with the 19th century French writers. Dumas and Hugo, specifically. The plots and characters are great but they can drag a conversation on for pages. I was skipping whole sections of Count of Monte Cristo.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (OyyDO) I'm that way with Dickens. The only things of his I like are A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers and Sketches by Boz. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (2JVJo) 174
He's reading The Kama Sutra, explained. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:16 AM (Kpl3J) "...and that is how the five-legged inverted shawarma shakti lotus blossom is performed." Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (NWiLs) "The Aristocrats!" Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (EGyGV) 175
Judge, Can't resist temptation. I knew I was in trouble when I drew him. His reputation precedes him.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (XxJt1) 176
Double digit growth in homicides in 36 out of the top 50 largest cities.
We need better leftist control. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S) 177
...and nobody with a mask. I wish I could go back in time and scream and wag my finger at them.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (oAY8z) 178
I like this Makovsky painting better since it's a landscape with some figures:
https://tinyurl.com/y3frkjsw But he has some very nice portraits including one of an older man reading. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 10:21 AM (oDRcK) 179
BIAB. Going to research Small Claims Appeals.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:21 AM (XxJt1) 180
Double digit growth in homicides in 36 out of the top 50 largest cities.
We need better leftist control. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S) +++++++++++ Commonsense Communist Control. Brought to you by Sikorsky. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:21 AM (hYcqw) 181
Willowed:
Why I think CW2 starts Nov 4. 1. The Governors of NY,NJ,PA,MI, and CA have gone "All in" by murdering 15,000 elderly in their nursing homes. For those Democrats it is a matter of life or death to stop Trump. 2. Antifa is holding back its best fighters, the John Brown club militia style shooters. 3. The left has nowhere else to go but violence, all of their Acme schemes to displace the President have gone Wylie Coyote on them. 4. It will enrage the left when they realize that none of their intimidation tactics have worked to change votes. 5. When the left realizes it lost to the Orange Man again they will go berserk. Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 10:22 AM (Ce58v) Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:22 AM (arJlL) 183
168 I sent you the ruling, Insom. Not only did the judge deny my claim, he didn't even order that I be my name be returned to the accounts I put every penny into.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:18 AM (XxJt1) Oy. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (NWiLs) 184
I've never seen harder listeners
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (pB6Gt) 185
41 37 I know who it is ! Chekhov !!
*looks around triumphaly Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 09:40 AM (zr5Kq) So where's his gun? Wouldn't it be a Phaser? Posted by: Jim H at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (7afb3) 186
149 Ruling's in on my Small Claims case. I lost. Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (XxJt1) Forty years ago, a college roommate told me that whenever his father, who lived in San Diego, crossed over to Mexico in his vehicle he would toss a baseball bat in his trunk. Why? Because if he happened to get into an accident with another vehicle and it had Mexican plates, he'd get out the bat and give it a few good whacks. Why? Because it was pretty much guaranteed that the other vehicle had no accident insurance. I doubt this would be a wise thing to do today. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (+/IpI) Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (zr5Kq) 188
...and nobody with a mask. I wish I could go back in time and scream and wag my finger at them.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (oAY8z) I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that mandatory masking is going to be permanent from now on, even if, with some miracle, Trump is re-elected. It's too obvious a symbol of obeisance to the State and too much of a draconian control for treasonous dems and asshole GOP-ers to let people free. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (2JVJo) Posted by: runner at August 03, 2020 10:24 AM (zr5Kq) 190
5. When the left realizes it lost to the Orange Man again they will go berserk.
Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 10:22 AM (Ce58v) ++++++++++++ It doesn't matter. The celebratory riots will be only modestly less intense (though will be shorter than if they lose). Then they go berserk with full, unfettered state sanction when power switches over in January. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:24 AM (hYcqw) 191
Why I think CW2 starts Nov 4.
1. The Governors of NY,NJ,PA,MI, and CA have gone "All in" by murdering 15,000 elderly in their nursing homes. For those Democrats it is a matter of life or death to stop Trump. 2. Antifa is holding back its best fighters, the John Brown club militia style shooters. 3. The left has nowhere else to go but violence, all of their Acme schemes to displace the President have gone Wylie Coyote on them. 4. It will enrage the left when they realize that none of their intimidation tactics have worked to change votes. 5. When the left realizes it lost to the Orange Man again they will go berserk. Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 10:22 AM (Ce58v) I put it this way. If Trump is re-elected, the Civil War starts. Also, if Biden wins. And in case anyone wants to say "oh you crazy right-wingers and your Civil War accelerationist BS...." https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2bzytyz Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:25 AM (ZfRYq) 192
The Lost Boys vampires should go and kick the Twilight vampires asses.
Discuss. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) * * Spike and Angel from Buffy could knock both gangs off before midnight and still have time to party. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:25 AM (rpbg1) 193
I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that mandatory masking is going to be permanent from now on, even if, with some miracle, Trump is re-elected. It's too obvious a symbol of obeisance to the State and too much of a draconian control for treasonous dems and asshole GOP-ers to let people free.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (2JVJo) ++++++++++++ More than possible. But I dunno. There's one thing Trump could do if he wins, and I hope he does. The moment the EC vote is certified, just cancel the federal state of emergency and remove and all extraordinary funding and state enablements through their emergency states. Just rip the band-aid off. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:26 AM (hYcqw) 194
>>When the left realizes it lost to the Orange Man again they will go berserk.
What would they be doing any differently than they are today? Might be a good time to stop worrying about their actions and start focusing on ours. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:26 AM (ZLI7S) 195
Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE NEIL GORSUCH at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (Pzzpr)
As much of an asshole you are, you have put your finger on yet another thing that disappoints me about Trump. I really am tired of him saying something and never following up. (disclaimer for the trolls on the board: yes, I will still vote for Trump. Leave me the fuck alone). Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:26 AM (2JVJo) 196
The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave has become a bunch of simpering, cowardly faggots hiding under their beds waiting for mommy to tell them when it's safe to come out.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 03, 2020 10:26 AM (VTfbZ) 197
Over 100...
Gosh, this company is sooooo helpful: https://preview.tinyurl.com/yaewx6a3 (they have a pop-up, which may not appear on some browsers) //// Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 03, 2020 10:26 AM (0ReGO) 198
175 Judge, Can't resist temptation. I knew I was in trouble when I drew him. His reputation precedes him.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (XxJt1) a relative with a small oil company went into a jury fight over an expired lease issue some years ago. First judge totally ignored the black letter law, made rulings giving the other side a win, he lost re-election, it got appealed, took years, finally my relatives side won in appeals court. But the bottom line was that each side spent over $1 Million in litigation costs over a final award that came to $150,000. And yes, that is where the law really goes wrong in the American system. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:27 AM (Kpl3J) 199
On some pages, I am seeing ads for "bras for small boobs."
I'm a single dude. There is no woman in my life, petite or otherwise. A wire got crossed somewhere in the ad-selection algorithms, methinks. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (hYcqw) 200
William Jennings Bryan was a fucking nut job and would have been an awful president.
--- Agreed. And, we got Teddy from the deal. There ain't no Teddy Roosevelt anywhere near the national leadership of either party today. Posted by: RoyalOil at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (A6ixi) 201
199 On some pages, I am seeing ads for "bras for small boobs."
I'm a single dude. There is no woman in my life, petite or otherwise. A wire got crossed somewhere in the ad-selection algorithms, methinks. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (hYcqw) An underwire. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (NWiLs) 202
Home Depot - has a guy stationed in front handing out masks. I say, "no thanks I can't" he nods and sits back down, I am literally the only human in this busy warehouse store not wearing the symbol of obedience. This is why I have pretty much lost hope for America.
Posted by: Jimmy Dean at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (/FR9s) 203
173 Yeah. It's a similar problem with the 19th century French writers. Dumas and Hugo, specifically. The plots and characters are great but they can drag a conversation on for pages. I was skipping whole sections of Count of Monte Cristo.
Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 10:08 AM (OyyDO) I'm that way with Dickens. The only things of his I like are A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers and Sketches by Boz. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (2JVJo) It's too bad too, really. I would not be surprised if my attention span has been damaged by TV or internet. Back in the day, what else did they have to fill the time but read or have lengthy discussions about philosophy and stuff. I've finally been able to find time to read like I did when I was a kid but the last great book I read was "Day of the Jackal" early last year. It's disappointing. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 10:29 AM (OyyDO) 204
But the bottom line was that each side spent over $1 Million in litigation costs over a final award that came to $150,000. And yes, that is where the law really goes wrong in the American system.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:27 AM (Kpl3J) Not seeing the problem here. Posted by: The Lawyers at August 03, 2020 10:29 AM (ZfRYq) 205
I've already written four pages today.
Vacation done right, I think. Now, to change the certainly poopy diaper of Second Junior. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:29 AM (UWqZJ) 206
Tom Servo, just to put the cherry on the sundae, I got nailed court costs.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:30 AM (XxJt1) Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 03, 2020 10:30 AM (1Dmt5) 208
I put it this way. If Trump is re-elected, the Civil War starts.
Also, if Biden wins. Posted by: blaster The actual trigger pulling or more of the gum flapping? Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (Isn+8) 209
We need better leftist control.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S) +++++++++++ Commonsense Communist Control. Brought to you by Sikorsky. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:21 AM (hYcqw) Remember to use coupon code "It wasn't real communism" for a free ride with our new Autogyro service. Don't worry, they're not real helicopters. Posted by: Aero Pinochet at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (JETnb) 210
I put it this way. If Trump is re-elected, the Civil War starts.
Also, if Biden wins. And in case anyone wants to say "oh you crazy right-wingers and your Civil War accelerationist BS...." https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2bzytyz Posted by: blaster at August Podesda and the Dems "war gaming" secession. Bring it. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (axyOa) 211
I've finally been able to find time to read like I did when I was a kid but the last great book I read was "Day of the Jackal" early last year. It's disappointing.
Posted by: Kris Read Big Trouble and Tricky Business by Dave Barry. They're both quick reads and will help ya get back into the swing of things. Posted by: JT at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (arJlL) 212
I gotta go walk somewhere. I'm skakin so badly I cant tipe.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (XxJt1) 213
I'm that way with Dickens. The only things of his I like are A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers and Sketches by Boz.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:19 AM (2JVJo) Two books that were hard to read were "Moby Dick" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea".MD was just tedious and TTLUTS kept going off on a tangent describing fish using their latin names. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (uyKdz) 214
Still 784 pages to go before the sex scene.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (1aCfD) 215
Why I think CW2 starts Nov 4."
Oh hell, CW2 doesn't bother me at all, we can win that. The scenario that scares me the most is that Dems win the election and our side lays down and gives up without a fight, just like we have for masks and all the rest. CW2 would be a dream come true. Cleanse all the filth with fire. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (Kpl3J) 216
The actual trigger pulling or more of the gum flapping?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (Isn+ ![]() I think its gonna get sporty. Posted by: The Lawyers at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (ZfRYq) 217
212 I gotta go walk somewhere. I'm skakin so badly I cant tipe.
Posted by: creeper at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (XxJt1) It's rattling and it's disappointing, but take a few deep breaths, take a walk, and collect yourself. It sucks but you'll be OK. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (NWiLs) 218
off sock
Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (ZfRYq) 219
I get my black racialist dems mixed up. So James Clyburn's still alive?
I know John Lewis died. The guy from Baltimore that never recovered from Trump noting his district is a disaster died. Cummings? There's another one isn't there? Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (XTiHL) 220
The Lost Boys vampires should go and kick the Twilight vampires asses. Discuss. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:11 AM (ZfRYq) * * Spike and Angel from Buffy could knock both gangs off before midnight and still have time to party. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:25 AM (rpbg1) Then the vampires from Near Dark pull their RV into the parking lot and messily slaughter everyone. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (EGyGV) 221
I don't understand why Slow Joe is having trouble choosing his VP candidate. He has overlooked his best choice for some reason.
She's a she (meets Joe's top criterion), is well-known nation-wide, has no skeletons in her closet, has always been a terrific Democrat fundraiser, is all-in on abortion, open borders, gun confiscation, Wuhan Flu lockdowns, and BLM, she despises Trump and took concrete public action against him, she hates Putin, and, she loves children and hates private and charter schools. Oh, and she's the most skillful politician, ever! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Nancy Pelosi! Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (AMIL/) 222
214 Still 784 pages to go before the sex scene.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (1aCfD) Good news is the sex scene is 483 pages long. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (NWiLs) 223
Podesda and the Dems "war gaming" secession.
Bring it. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (axyOa) Secession - HA! Let's see them last for one week without the welfare and social security checks. Who do they think is going to fund them, China? Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:34 AM (Kpl3J) 224
222 214 Still 784 pages to go before the sex scene.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:32 AM (1aCfD) Good news is the sex scene is 483 pages long. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (NWiLs) ========== The 78 page discussion of the philosophy behind the g-spot was really invigorating. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:34 AM (UWqZJ) 225
I am literally the only human in this busy warehouse store not wearing the symbol of obedience. This is why I have pretty much lost hope for America.
Posted by: Jimmy Dean at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (/FR9s) That's not the stupidest thing I've ever read. Posted by: BignJames at August 03, 2020 10:34 AM (X/Pw5) 226
time to steal your children's toys and attach guns to them.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (pB6Gt) 227
223 Podesda and the Dems "war gaming" secession.
Bring it. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (axyOa) Secession - HA! Let's see them last for one week without the welfare and social security checks. Who do they think is going to fund them, China? Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:34 AM (Kpl3J) ========= Why would they wargame this if they are convinced of easy victory? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (UWqZJ) 228
Secession - HA! Let's see them last for one week without the welfare and social security checks. Who do they think is going to fund them, China?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:34 AM (Kpl3J) Trump cannot deny Federal money to seceded territories! Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (ZfRYq) 229
When I go to stores I wear the mask because I won't get very far into them if I don't, but since I often go to the store quite early (I was at Lowes at 7:00 this morning and there were about three people-aside from workers in their gardening center) I just take off the mask when there's nobody near me and because nobody is there, nobody notices.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (oDRcK) 230
Then the vampires from Near Dark pull their RV into the parking lot and messily slaughter everyone.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (EGyGV) The Vampires from "What we do in the Dark" would act creepy and then hide somewhere till all the unpleasantness was over. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (Kpl3J) 231
I put it this way. If Trump is re-elected, the Civil War starts. Also, if Biden wins. For a while, I believed that if Biden won, everything would go away. But it won't. It will get worse, since ALL of the government will be for Communism/Technocracy 2.0. Whatever happens, we're screwed. We're now pawns of Soros and the New World Order crowd, including Bill Gates, who is now screaming that the entire WORLD must get a vaccine. Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (ZCiJZ) 232
Podesda and the Dems "war gaming" secession. Bring it. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:31 AM (axyOa) Give "Expulsion (Your Own)" a look while you're at it, John. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (+/IpI) 233
Then the vampires from Near Dark pull their RV into the parking lot and messily slaughter everyone.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (EGyGV) Oh man, that was a GREAT vampire movie. And three of the actors from Aliens are in it! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (NWiLs) 234
And in case anyone wants to say "oh you crazy right-wingers and your Civil War accelerationist BS...."
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2bzytyz The kicker is this: "The roleplay of the event ended when organizers determined the American people would look to the military to resolve the situation." I have no - let me repeat, absolutely no - confidence that, in such a situation, the military brass would help keep Trump in office. They would be the first to pull him out of the Oval Office. And the right wouldn't do a damned thing. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (2JVJo) 235
In the crazy world of 2020, it's the Krauts who are defying government tyranny, while the historically freedom-loving Anglosphere nations are filled with compliant sheep.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (HabA/) 236
Hey George.Could you read that passage again?
Posted by: guy standing behind the women trying to get a shot of a nip slip at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (SnLSx) 237
Podesda and the Dems "war gaming" secession.
Bring it. Posted by: Diogenes Already done it. Texas and Louisiana and all states due north to Canada. Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (Isn+8) 238
Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:25 AM (ZfRYq)
If Trump wins, there will definitely be violence, but there's a fair chance that it'll be majority blue on blue as Leftist factions begin the Airing of Grievances and blaming each other for the absolute failure of their movement. If Biden wins, no US election will ever matter again, and everyone will know it. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (JETnb) 239
I've finally been able to find time to read like I did when I was a kid but the last great book I read was "Day of the Jackal" early last year. It's disappointing.
Posted by: Kris The Sunday Book Thread has excellent reading suggestions. Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (y7DUB) Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (ZCiJZ) 242
239 I've finally been able to find time to read like I did when I was a kid but the last great book I read was "Day of the Jackal" early last year. It's disappointing.
Posted by: Kris The Sunday Book Thread has excellent reading suggestions. Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (y7DUB) ======== Some Hordlings are authors, too. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (UWqZJ) 243
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Nancy Pelosi! Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (AMIL/) Word! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (+/IpI) 244
>>CW2 would be a dream come true. Cleanse all the filth with fire.
It's already started. All of this shit isn't happening by chance. This is a textbook Soros Color Revolution. Revolutions don't start with elections. They start with movements. It's not really about Republican vs Democrats anymore. It's about normal people vs radical totalitarians. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (ZLI7S) 245
Geezer seated on right has consumption.
And Podesta is a Donk. What else would one need to know? Posted by: klaftern at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (RuIsu) 246
I am literally the only human in this busy warehouse store not wearing the symbol of obedience. This is why I have pretty much lost hope for America.
Posted by: Jimmy Dean at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (/FR9s) +++++++++++ I was one of the great unmasked before my shitheel governor made it mandatory and stores started aggressive enforcement. The stores get the fine, not me, and they won't play. They don't even do medical exemption anymore, even though it's in the executive order. They offer to bring me my purchases to the car, instead (and who knows how long that will take), rather than risk compounding fines. In response, I just don't shop anymore. Food only. Including online. If I don't *need* it, I'm not buying it. No more non-essential commerce until this ends. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (hYcqw) 247
Secession - HA! Let's see them last for one week without the welfare and social security checks. Who do they think is going to fund them, China?
Posted by: Tom Servo It's interesting to think about. The governors of CA, OR and WA could seize the ports in their cities. Use Antifa to seize stores and distribution centers and they could last awhile. And include National Guard Armories. But... How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities. I agree. It won't last long. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (axyOa) 248
Not. Black. Sorry. Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (ZCiJZ) Her heart is black, and wizzened. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (+/IpI) 249
Loved reading about asenical green dyes.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2020 09:45 AM (WyVLE) Confucious say, "lady who gets careless shaving her privates gets arsenic." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (1aCfD) 250
Then the vampires from Near Dark pull their RV into the parking lot and messily slaughter everyone. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:33 AM (EGyGV) The Vampires from "What we do in the Dark" would act creepy and then hide somewhere till all the unpleasantness was over. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:35 AM (Kpl3J) Vampire Kate Beckinsale wiggles her shapely latex-clad ass, enticing the Waititi vamps out into the open so the rest of the Death Dealers can ambush them. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (EGyGV) 251
Her heart is black, and wizzened.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (+/IpI) Nobody's peed on her heart. Yet. I'm sure plenty would line up to do so if the opportunity arose. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:39 AM (NWiLs) 252
Chicks dig literary readers.
Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:39 AM (XTyi0) 253
Her heart is black, and wizzened.
Yeah, but she does not look black, and that's the Pandering Requirement set by Biden himself . Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 03, 2020 10:40 AM (ZCiJZ) 254
It's interesting to think about.
The governors of CA, OR and WA could seize the ports in their cities. Use Antifa to seize stores and distribution centers and they could last awhile. And include National Guard Armories. But... How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities. I agree. It won't last long. ==== Cut off the welfare, Meidcaid and EBT cards and those governors will have another little situation on their hands. Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 03, 2020 10:40 AM (vg8iE) 255
one method to boost writing is living or blackmail
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 03, 2020 10:41 AM (pB6Gt) 256
241 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Nancy Pelosi!
Not. Black. Sorry. Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 03, 2020 10:37 AM (ZCiJZ) She's a terrific liar. (I left that talent out, darn it.) I'm sure she'd be willing to say she's 1/512th black, to help the team. CNNMSNBC will be glad to help her "prove" it. Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2020 10:42 AM (AMIL/) 257
It's interesting to think about.
The governors of CA, OR and WA could seize the ports in their cities. Use Antifa to seize stores and distribution centers and they could last awhile. And include National Guard Armories. But... How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities. I agree. It won't last long. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (axyOa) My real worry as that they'd seize the ports, manage to paralyze the Navy with infighting, and invite Chinese "peacekeepers" to do their dirty work (for the low, low price of vassalage to Beijing when all is said and done.) Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (JETnb) 258
How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities.
I agree. It won't last long. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (axyOa) It's easy to forget that one of things that made Secession attractive in 1860 was that the Federal Govm't was still very small and did relatively little. It was quite easy to see that it's replacement wouldn't do much to any citizen's lives on a day to day basis. But that is far from true today - the Fed Govm't is the Great Goodie Dealer that has at least half of the country completely addicted to what he doles out weekly. No junkie can ever fire their dealer. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (Kpl3J) 259
Then the vampires from Near Dark pull their RV into the parking lot and messily slaughter everyone.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2020 * * Ultimate cage match: Near Dark vampires vs. From Dusk Til Dawn! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (rpbg1) 260
It's interesting to think about.
The governors of CA, OR and WA could seize the ports in their cities. Use Antifa to seize stores and distribution centers and they could last awhile. And include National Guard Armories. But... How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities. I agree. It won't last long. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM (axyOa) I am reminded of a Young Ones episode, Rick gets upset about something, he says I am going to write a letter to my MP! And Neil says, "But Rick, you don't have an MP, you're an anarchist!" Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (ZfRYq) 261
Cut off the welfare, Meidcaid and EBT cards and those governors will have another little situation on their hands.
Posted by: bicentennialguY Interesting too to consider who would recognize the new country? China? Russia? France? Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (axyOa) 262
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Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:25 AM (ZfRYq) If Trump wins, there will definitely be violence, but there's a fair chance that it'll be majority blue on blue as Leftist factions begin the Airing of Grievances and blaming each other for the absolute failure of their movement. If Biden wins, no US election will ever matter again, and everyone will know it. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (JETnb) Should Biden win, there will be violence too. Certainly there will be the grandstanding of which far left group gets to control the direction of their movement. But they will be coming for us - the Trump supports, Constitutionalists, etc. They will hunt us as if we were (and they will believe it) war criminals. Count on it. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 10:44 AM (N39Ws) 263
It's interesting to think about.
The governors of CA, OR and WA could seize the ports in their cities. Use Antifa to seize stores and distribution centers and they could last awhile. And include National Guard Armories. But... How many will go along with it in the police, NG and citizenry outside the cities. I agree. It won't last long. Posted by: Diogenes They can seize ports. US Naval blockade. Nothing in or out. Just because they "secede", doesn't mean the US gives up rights to territorial waters. Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 10:44 AM (Isn+8) 264
Confucious say, "lady who gets careless shaving her privates gets arsenic."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM Confucius was unaware of the prohibition of socking regulars. Posted by: Arse at August 03, 2020 10:44 AM (DMUuz) 265
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Cut off the welfare, Meidcaid and EBT cards and those governors will have another little situation on their hands. Posted by: bicentennialguY Interesting too to consider who would recognize the new country? China? Russia? France? Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM (axyOa) Cut off power going into CA. They are net importers of electricity. Water too. It'll be over in 5 days, max. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 10:45 AM (N39Ws) 266
When the left realizes it lost to the Orange Man again they will go berserk.
What would they be doing any differently than they are today? Killing mass quantities of people in a 1917 style push. As to our actions, if you haven't been stockpiling ammo, and practicing your shooting, you haven't been doing your due diligence. Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 10:45 AM (Ce58v) 267
Just threaten the delay in ebt due to state government in state of insurrection
Posted by: Jean at August 03, 2020 10:46 AM (B7KlG) 268
They will hunt us as if we were (and they will believe it) war criminals.
Count on it. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 10:44 AM (N39Ws) That's part of why no election will ever matter again. If Biden wins, the USA from that moment on exists only in name, as an empty, rotting vessel piloted by the parasites that killed it. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:46 AM (JETnb) 269
What we do in in the shadows vampires. Both Lazlo and Najda would screw the twilight vampires to death but not before Colin bored them to death or Guillermo accidently staked them.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2020 10:47 AM (l6b3d) 270
Scott Adams
Democrats are waking up to the terrifying realization that if #HollowJoe debates, he's done. And if he doesn't debate, he's done because he didn't debate. Dems also suspect they really DID push Trump supporters to lie to pollsters. #Landslide2020 ============ Fingers crossed. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:47 AM (UWqZJ) 271
On some pages, I am seeing ads for "bras for small boobs."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:28 AM (hYcqw) Small boobs matter! Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (88+cf) Posted by: Jean at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (B7KlG) 273
Confucious say, "lady who gets careless shaving her privates gets arsenic."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2020 10:38 AM ********* Heh. Guess she'd better consult with an asphalt repair company. Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (Fc5rx) 274
manage to paralyze the Navy with infighting,
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:43 AM It's possible to have more inclusion briefings? Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (DMUuz) 275
When I go to stores I wear the mask because I won't get very far into them if I don't, but since I often go to the store quite early (I was at Lowes at 7:00 this morning and there were about three people-aside from workers in their gardening center) I just take off the mask when there's nobody near me and because nobody is there, nobody notices.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 * * Stores let me in with the thing in place, and then I pull it down and shop without trouble. Usually I check out with the thing dangling off one ear. Nobody says boo. On the other hand, my employer insists that I go to their testing site, on campus, before I can go back to work. The site is a half a mile from the avenue where I can park, and it's 90 degrees out here at a minimum now. Wearing the thing for 10 solid minutes in this heat will be torture -- and when I get there and they check my temp, I'm probably going to read over 98.6. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (rpbg1) 276
Apparently, some on the left think that Biden's supposed cognitive decline is a master stroke tactic, getting American used to the idea of a vegetable Democrat only for him to come out swinging last moment as a cognitive giant.
I mean, decades of evidence to the contrary, of course. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (UWqZJ) 277
Small boobs matter! Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (88+cf) And are more sensitive! Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (Zz0t1) 278
From Scott Adams keyboard to God's Blog.
Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (XTyi0) 279
I keep waiting for the "punishment" part to start. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:06 AM (rpbg1) The reading of it is the punishment - Feodor was so "meta" and ahead of his time. I keed. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (+/IpI) 280
So many interest want to engineer our culture.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (pB6Gt) 281
@AlexBerenson
Four weeks and 300,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests later, Florida has more hospital beds available than it did on July 5. How 'bout them apples? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (ZLI7S) 282
Oh yeah there's no fking way I'm telling some stranger (or not stranger) I'm a Trumpalo.
Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:51 AM (XTyi0) 283
"Oh, God. Not another fucking elf."
-- Owen Barfield, when J.R.R. Tolkien began reading his latest piece to The Inklings literary group Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 03, 2020 10:51 AM (unn44) 284
@AlexBerenson
Four weeks and 300,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests later, Florida has more hospital beds available than it did on July 5. How 'bout them apples? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (ZLI7S) That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. Posted by: XiNN at August 03, 2020 10:51 AM (Zz0t1) 285
I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that mandatory masking is going to be permanent from now on
- And all the masks will have to have a message printed on them, "Black Lives Matter." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 10:52 AM (+y/Ru) 286
Small boobs matter!
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:48 AM (88+cf) ++++++++++ No argument from me. Just odd advertising is all. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:52 AM (hYcqw) 287
>>Killing mass quantities of people in a 1917 style push. As to our actions, if you haven't been stockpiling ammo, and practicing your shooting, you haven't been doing your due diligence.
Please. Did you see what happened in Portland when the feds were let off the leash? This isn't Mao's army. This is a bunch of social misfits LARPing. As soon as they get punched in the mouth they fold. There's a big difference between wanna and will. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (ZLI7S) 288
There is always an anonymous staffer ready to run to the press to offer contradiction and sow dissent:
However, a Republican National Committee official contradicted that assessment Sunday, emphasizing that no final decisions have been made and that logistics and press coverage options were still being evaluated, The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (dNzKv) Posted by: klaftern at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (RuIsu) Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (88+cf) 291
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (rpbg1)
Sorry to hear of the hassle, and it will just get worse as the heat and humidity intensify. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (oDRcK) 292
Apparently, some on the left think that Biden's supposed cognitive decline is a master stroke tactic, getting American used to the idea of a vegetable Democrat only for him to come out swinging last moment as a cognitive giant. I mean, decades of evidence to the contrary, of course. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield Dope-a-rope? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (aKsyK) 293
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@AlexBerenson Four weeks and 300,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests later, Florida has more hospital beds available than it did on July 5. How 'bout them apples? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (ZLI7S) I am so done with this crap. I'm on week 2 of my "punishment" for traveling to FL on a road trip. Having to wear mask at work. Went to a brewpub yesterday and had to leave a phone number for contact tracing (notice I said A phone number, not THE phone number. No validation if the number was valid). No inside seating, and mandatory masks except when drinking/eating. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (N39Ws) 294
This isn't Mao's army. This is a bunch of social misfits LARPing. As soon as they get punched in the mouth they fold.
There's a big difference between wanna and will. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (ZLI7S) ++++++++++++ Whether they are anarchists and nihilists or just AINOs and NINOs remains to be seen at scale. Initial results are promising. But if it requires lots of fronts, it requires the military. And I no longer have confidence that the military will fight seriously against Antifa and its ilk. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (hYcqw) Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (XTyi0) 296
Small boobs; great ass.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (an7Mv) Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at August 03, 2020 10:55 AM (UAMe5) 298
Speaking of Portland, can someone explain exactly WTF is going on now? There was that whole foofaraw over whethere the Feds were going to "start" withdrawing or not, and it seems like the violence there is different in character now if not less, and the Feds seem to have actually withdrawn.
Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 10:55 AM (ZfRYq) 299
Today's Forecast: 50% chance of John Lewis.
Posted by: Roland THTG Just enough to make it MORE humid. Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:55 AM (XTyi0) 300
> And are more sensitive!
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:49 AM (Zz0t1) More sensitive about being small? Posted by: Muad'dib at August 03, 2020 10:55 AM (sjdRT) 301
Today's Forecast: 50% chance of John Lewis.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (88+cf) I think CBS is gonna' bury him again tomorrow night. Posted by: BignJames at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (X/Pw5) 302
Feodor was so "meta" and ahead of his time.
He was also a lowlife who gambled away his wife's money, literally starving his children to death in the process. He often wrote quickly to sell and pay off the arm breakers; I suspect that is the main reason The Idiot has awkward transitions between volumes. Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (y7DUB) 303
Next year masks will be banned and we'll all be required to cluster up and engage in heavy sloppy hugging with random strangers to rebuild our herd immunity.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (l6b3d) 304
285 I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that mandatory masking is going to be permanent from now on
Don't resign yourself. Fight. Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (H8QX8) 305
Tomorrow's forecast: 40% chance of John Lewis.
Posted by: klaftern at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (RuIsu) 306
Please. Did you see what happened in Portland when the feds were let off the leash?
This isn't Mao's army. This is a bunch of social misfits LARPing. As soon as they get punched in the mouth they fold. There's a big difference between wanna and will. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:53 AM (ZLI7S) The only way these people ever win is when good people don't oppose them. The problem is that they win, a lot, simply by demoralizing the opposition via manipulation, propaganda, terrorism, and gaslighting. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (JETnb) 307
295 This is a bunch of social misfits LARPing.
Thank you. Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 10:54 AM (XTyi0) ========= Every time they go into even purple areas they get shut down pretty quickly. These are not serious revolutionaries, though they think they are. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:56 AM (UWqZJ) 308
284 @AlexBerenson
Four weeks and 300,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests later, Florida has more hospital beds available than it did on July 5. How 'bout them apples? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (ZLI7S) That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. Posted by: XiNN at August 03, 2020 10:51 AM (Zz0t1) 8/2 Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 54,779 Cases 430,485 7/5 Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 57,159 Cases 191,790 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (JFO2v) 309
Today's Forecast: 50% chance of John Lewis.
Posted by: Roland THTG Just enough to make it MORE humid. Posted by: eleven Well, it's not the heat. It's the stupidity. Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (vcOmj) 310
>>Speaking of Portland, can someone explain exactly WTF is going on now? There was that whole foofaraw over whethere the Feds were going to "start" withdrawing or not, and it seems like the violence there is different in character now if not less, and the Feds seem to have actually withdrawn.
The feds made a deal to stand down if and only if the locals stood up and started doing their jobs. The state police have replaced the feds and seem to be doing the needful. Funny, that hasn't gotten much media coverage. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (ZLI7S) 311
The more I think about it the more I believe there is a silent majority that will not allow any violent takeover by the Left. Even by many who identify as Democrats.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (nkCeM) 312
The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Oh, well in that case it's ok to divulge secrets! Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (z36Kd) 313
And the right wouldn't do a damned thing.
MPPP, did it ever occur to you that the fact that you are surrounded by nothing but Massholes, might have something to do with your dark view of things? Trump wouldn't rely on the military, he would activate the militia, who would make short work of Antifa and BLM. There are 20,000 people in Texas who can hit man sized targets at 1/2 a mile and beyond. No army on Earth can fight 20,000 snipers. Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (Ce58v) 314
A little piece of news over the weekend is that RBG was diagnosed with the new cancer in March and hid it for 4 months.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (JFO2v) 315
8/2
Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 54,779 Cases 430,485 7/5 Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 57,159 Cases 191,790 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (JFO2v) So, we're all gonna die? Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (Zz0t1) 316
Sorry to hear of the hassle, and it will just get worse as the heat and humidity intensify. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 * * I've written, and will continue to write, to my personnel department about a medical exemption. I have been treated for vertigo, and it's on record. And I'll tell them that wearing the mask for any extended period brings the vertigo back again. (It might well do that -- I'm only hypothesizing, not outright lying.) Of course, they may offer me reassignment to a new job on campus, in some dreary, poorly air-conditioned hole doing who knows what. I understand that under ADA rules, they can do that. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (rpbg1) 317
Speaking of Portland, can someone explain exactly WTF is going on now? There was that whole foofaraw over whethere the Feds were going to "start" withdrawing or not, and it seems like the violence there is different in character now if not less, and the Feds seem to have actually withdrawn.
Nothing changed. The left wanted the narrative that trump sent in the shock troops to violently put down peaceful protests, and they got it. They wanted a victory with trump retreating, and they got it. Nothing changed, it is all a story that is told. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (dNzKv) 318
310 The feds made a deal to stand down if and only if the locals stood up and started doing their jobs. The state police have replaced the feds and seem to be doing the needful.
Funny, that hasn't gotten much media coverage. Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (ZLI7S) ========= The media is lying?! Well, I never... Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (UWqZJ) 319
We're all going to be dead from COVID in #twoweeks. And there was so much I wanted to do with my life that I never got to. Figures.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:59 AM (NWiLs) 320
So, we're all gonna die?
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (Zz0t1) Sponge sorry but you actually died in y2k and this is the afterlife. Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (JFO2v) 321
319 We're all going to be dead from COVID in #twoweeks. And there was so much I wanted to do with my life that I never got to. Figures.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:59 AM (NWiLs) ======== Two chicks at the same time... Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (UWqZJ) 322
Starting to notice more and more people just going through the motions with the masks....they wear it over their chin or under the nose. Mask burnout is fast approaching. That's why the mandates from govs.
Posted by: Pliney at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (nzKWW) 323
"What would they be doing any differently than they are today?"
Not so much different, just more so. Look for old strategies retooled. They'll go full Monty on tearing the country apart to stymie Trump's second term and simply destroy every remnant of order and trust. Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (H8QX8) 324
MPPP -How close to the seacoast of NH are you?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (N39Ws) 325
We're all going to be dead from COVID in #twoweeks. And there was so much I wanted to do with my life that I never got to. Figures.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 03, 2020 10:59 AM (NWiLs) So not from climate change? Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (nkCeM) 326
So many to mock, so little time. Gonna have to step it up.
Posted by: klaftern at August 03, 2020 11:01 AM (RuIsu) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 11:01 AM (+y/Ru) 328
Cut off power going into CA. They are net importers of electricity. Water too. It'll be over in 5 days, max.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed I wonder what two months of "preparation" would mean for the Dems? What would they do? How would they reinforce the cities which are their only strongholds? (LA/San Fran/Portland/SEA) Could they do enough to last the three months to produce the ballots to show ok Joe won (I'm from Washington so I know how they can find whole files of ballots.) Frankly I'm not surprised they are war-gaming this. It is, at one level, a viable alternative for the true believers. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 11:01 AM (axyOa) 329
More than two weeks after Bristol Motor Speedway welcomed over 20,000 people to the countrys largest in-person sports gathering in months, local public health officials say they have not yet identified any COVID-19 case clusters directly associated with the NASCAR All-Star Race.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 11:01 AM (JFO2v) 330
242 239 I've finally been able to find time to read like I did when I was a kid but the last great book I read was "Day of the Jackal" early last year. It's disappointing.
Posted by: Kris The Sunday Book Thread has excellent reading suggestions. Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 10:36 AM (y7DUB) The Horde has given me a few suggestions and they're on the list. I'm on a Cold War espionage kick lately and have read a few LeCarre books. I gonna read his "The Prefect Spy" on my vacation next month. "A Spy Among Friends" is next tho. Posted by: Kris at August 03, 2020 11:02 AM (OyyDO) 331
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Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 54,779 Cases 430,485 7/5 Total Texas Staffed Hospital Beds 57,159 Cases 191,790 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 10:57 AM (JFO2v) So, we're all gonna die? Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM ( This is what happens when you add in and count 10 probable cases for every 1 "confirmed" case. Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2020 11:02 AM (Ed8Zd) Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (XTyi0) 333
I've never understood why cheating 2 women out of foreplay is better than one.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (nRWPy) 334
Two chicks at the same time... Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 11:00 AM (UWqZJ) Thanks for making my life seem so meaningless and unfulfilled. Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (Zz0t1) 335
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (rpbg1)
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I am glad that you're advocating on your own behalf (Because who else is going to do it?) and I will keep you in prayer that rough places are made smooth for me. I need to get some more work (Because by munificent salary at the church (I kid!) is not doing enough and, the husband's school bus driving is up in the air, but I could not work in a place that required a mask all the time. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (oDRcK) 336
I've generally been supportive of Barr but he needs to be skewered for allowing the continued stonewalling by Holder's minions over spying on Sharyl Attkisson. Put down the fucking bagpipes and act like a boss!
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (y7DUB) 337
I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that mandatory masking is going to be permanent from now on...
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 03, 2020 10:23 AM (2JVJo) The Bank Robbers, Train Heisters, and Pirates Union approves of this. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (JETnb) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (+y/Ru) 339
The NYT has spoken!
https://bit.ly/30lzx6v Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 11:01 AM (+y/Ru) +++++++++++++ So insightful and brave the NYT is. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (hYcqw) 340
I was also thinking, if NRA members and regular shooters who know the system are having trouble getting ammo what are the newly armed opposition doing? Do they think a couple of hundred rounds will be sufficient for the revolution?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (nkCeM) 341
332 How do you have an All-Star NASCAR race?
Isn't it the same 50 guys every time? Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (XTyi0) Winners of last year and up to that point 16 I think). 3 other driver had to race in that night a qualifying race. Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (JFO2v) 342
>>> Of course, they may offer me reassignment to a new job on campus, in some dreary, poorly air-conditioned hole doing who knows what. I understand that under ADA rules, they can do that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM My obedience training muzzle gave me a nasty sinus infection. I'm just now getting over that. But that got me kicked out of work and I had to get tested before I could come back in. Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (l6b3d) 343
The Horde has given me a few suggestions and they're on the list. I'm on a Cold War espionage kick lately and have read a few LeCarre books. I gonna read his "The Prefect Spy" on my vacation next month. "A Spy Among Friends" is next tho.
Posted by: Kris LaCarre is one of my favorites. Great reading. Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (axyOa) Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:05 AM (XTyi0) 345
The crossover everyone always wanted: Twilight and Blade.
Posted by: Cato, Dread Pirate in Training at August 03, 2020 10:12 AM (JETnb) bmmp-bmmp-bmmp-bmmp *techno music* I loved the rave-turned-fight at the beginning, but the special effects do not hold up. Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 03, 2020 11:05 AM (LxTcq) 346
Cut off the welfare, Meidcaid and EBT cards and those governors will have another little situation on their hands.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 03, 2020 10:40 AM (vg8iE) Hey, for sure the Chicoms will be willing to help. For a price. Say, a Yuan for bases trade. Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 03, 2020 11:06 AM (e1mEI) 347
Okay, Rasmussen today has Trump at 51 approval.
With all the rest of the polls showing it's Bidens race to lose, something ain't adding up. Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2020 11:06 AM (G0vdT) 348
I've never understood why cheating 2 women out of foreplay is better than one.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (nRWPy) Uh that's why you have TWO women . Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 11:06 AM (nkCeM) 349
I've never understood why cheating 2 women out of foreplay is better than one.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (nRWPy) I don't think I've seen the inability of complete mind meld between the sexes better illustrated. Posted by: Captain Hate at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (y7DUB) 350
How do you have an All-Star NASCAR race?
Isn't it the same 50 guys every time? Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM (XTyi0) Previous winners, fan vote and any "person of color" now. WOKE!!! It's actually a lot more open a contest since Dale E Jr. and Jeff Gordon retired. Jimmie Johnson is gone after this year, so you'll see a WHOLE cast of spares going forward. Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (Zz0t1) 351
I blame Eve.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM H8r! Posted by: Summer's at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (DMUuz) Posted by: Chicks! at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (oDRcK) 353
was at a very fun baseball tourney over the weekend
the only downside was certain people there were kind of really strict about masking, so the boys had to wear them, which was awful in the incredible heat! my guy got headaches the entire weekend argh and so did I - I wore the thing out of solidarity - awful headaches the whole first day and then I just couldn't wear one yesterday. I had to drive and not be in agony. I felt awful. outside in 100 degree heat wearing a freaking pointless mask !!! poor kids Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (j9HX3) 354
Are you able to move MP4?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2020 11:08 AM (8z4GT) 355
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I blame Eve. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame. Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:05 AM (XTyi0) Well, if it has tits or tires .................... Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 11:08 AM (N39Ws) 356
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I am glad that you're advocating on your own behalf (Because who else is going to do it?) and I will keep you in prayer that rough places are made smooth for me.
I need to get some more work (Because by munificent salary at the church (I kid!) is not doing enough and, the husband's school bus driving is up in the air, but I could not work in a place that required a mask all the time. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2020 * * In my office proper, my supervisor realizes that I won't need to wear it all the time. Just if I go out of the building (and there may be Karens in the building who complain if I go barefaced to the coffee machine). Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 11:09 AM (rpbg1) Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 11:09 AM (JFO2v) 358
Biden will not be the nominee. He will drop out to be with family at the very last minute. Question is when is the drop dead date for entering the race or making changes?
Posted by: Pliney at August 03, 2020 11:09 AM (nzKWW) 359
I was also thinking, if NRA members and regular shooters who know the system are having trouble getting ammo what are the newly armed opposition doing? Do they think a couple of hundred rounds will be sufficient for the revolution?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 11:04 AM (nkCeM) ++++++++++++ If they are choosing to go down that road, they'll get it directly from the manufacturers in quantity, and with all paperwork appropriately handled by law enforcement. They will also pay top dollar and ensure priority on production, second only to the US military and possibly fed law enforcement. Price is no object, and they own the system. In a worst case, one of their benefactors (or a group of them, I suppose) will just buy the manufacturers out and take the entire production. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (hYcqw) 360
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Two chicks at the same time: https://tinyurl.com/y597v3ur Posted by: Chicks! at August 03, 2020 11:07 AM (oDRcK) From Office Space https://tinyurl.com/jbnzf3q Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (N39Ws) 361
If Trump was really that unpopular and if he was an outlier among Republicans, dragging the party to its doom, why didn't all these NeverTrumpers we hear from run someone against him in the primaries? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (mht8P) 362
314 A little piece of news over the weekend is that RBG was diagnosed with the new cancer in March and hid it for 4 months.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2020 10:58 AM (JFO2v) So how long could they cover up her death? This is where the craziness comes from. Their gaslighting. Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (ZfRYq) 363
358 Biden will not be the nominee. He will drop out to be with family at the very last minute. Question is when is the drop dead date for entering the race or making changes?
um... for a lot of state ballots, AUGUST not sure how the Dems would pull this off nationally! Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (j9HX3) 364
Make sure the center fielder wears a mask. It's important.
Posted by: klaftern at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (RuIsu) 365
I've never understood why cheating 2 women out of foreplay is better than one.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM Because two is the loneliest number since the number one. Posted by: Three Dog Night at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (DMUuz) 366
If Trump was really that unpopular and if he was an outlier among Republicans, dragging the party to its doom, why didn't all these NeverTrumpers we hear from run someone against him in the primaries?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (mht8P) They tried, but their bozos were dead on arrival. Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (JETnb) 367
This isn't Mao's army. This is a bunch of social misfits LARPing. As soon as they get punched in the mouth they fold.
That is exactly what Mao's red guards were too. The problem was nobody in China could hit back. The French revolution was full of the same sort of people. Give them guns, they turn into the Khmer Rouge. Do you think any of those groups were full of anything but life's losers? You ignore them and the threat they pose, at your own peril. Ask the driver in Utah, who got shot, if they look like LARPers to him. Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (Ce58v) 368
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If Trump was really that unpopular and if he was an outlier among Republicans, dragging the party to its doom, why didn't all these NeverTrumpers we hear from run someone against him in the primaries? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (mht8P) ========== They did. There were three challengers total. They also grabbed about 5-10%, total, of each primary where they were on the ballot. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (UWqZJ) 369
If Trump was really that unpopular and if he was an outlier among Republicans, dragging the party to its doom, why didn't all these NeverTrumpers we hear from run someone against him in the primaries?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh I think some LOLNO guy tried for about 15 minutes. He got heckled out of the room as I recall. Posted by: eleven at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (XTyi0) 370
Noodus simianus major
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 11:12 AM (rpbg1) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 11:12 AM (mht8P) 372
Gorilla Chanel.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 03, 2020 11:12 AM (88+cf) 373
365 I've never understood why cheating 2 women out of foreplay is better than one.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 03, 2020 11:03 AM Because two is the loneliest number since the number one. Posted by: Three Dog Night at August 03, 2020 11:11 AM (DMUuz) And three is the magic number. Posted by: Blind Melon at August 03, 2020 11:12 AM (/EuRN) 374
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (hYcqw)
I'm not underestimating them but they don't have that kind of magic power. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 03, 2020 11:12 AM (nkCeM) 375
If Trump was really that unpopular and if he was an outlier among Republicans, dragging the party to its doom, why didn't all these NeverTrumpers we hear from run someone against him in the primaries?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2020 11:10 AM (mht8P) Have you seen my sister's ample frontal orbs? Posted by: Ben Shapiro at August 03, 2020 11:13 AM (Zz0t1) 376
In my office proper, my supervisor realizes that I won't need to wear it all the time. Just if I go out of the building (and there may be Karens in the building who complain if I go barefaced to the coffee machine).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 * * So, to keep from getting karened, I supposed I'll need to bring snacks from home and a big thermos of coffee that I can fill up early in the morning before most people arrive. Great. I'll be like Phil the Groundhog, coming out only at certain times. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 03, 2020 11:14 AM (rpbg1) 377
284 @AlexBerenson
Four weeks and 300,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests later, Florida has more hospital beds available than it did on July 5. How 'bout them apples? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2020 10:50 AM (ZLI7S) I saw a headline run by the AP this weekend, to the effect of "Miami has completely run out of ICU hospital beds!!!" , making the assumption that it was absolutely impossible for any patient to be taken 10 miles out of town to where there were lots of open ICU beds. Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2020 11:14 AM (Kpl3J) 378
That is exactly what Mao's red guards were too. The problem was nobody in China could hit back. The French revolution was full of the same sort of people. Give them guns, they turn into the Khmer Rouge. Do you think any of those groups were full of anything but life's losers? You ignore them and the threat they pose, at your own peril.
Ask the driver in Utah, who got shot, if they look like LARPers to him. Posted by: An Observation Remove the prohibitions. Let us shoot back. Guaranteed different outcome. Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2020 11:15 AM (Isn+8) Posted by: An Observation at August 03, 2020 11:29 AM (Ce58v) 380
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