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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Klaus Ice Birds.jpg

The Ice Birds
Emile Claus

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2020 09:30 AM (yDqYW)

2 Brrrrr!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:30 AM (Rvt88)

3 cold-y

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 17, 2020 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

4 Ya, that will cool you off

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 17, 2020 09:31 AM (x/sA1)

5 Wooden shoes > alligator shoes?

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2020 09:31 AM (X/Pw5)

6 The painting does convey the bleakness and sharpness of winter mornings.

Those wooden shoes can't be very good on ice either.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (Rvt88)

7 Is Emile, Santa's son?

Posted by: Bruce at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (vd8XM)

8 Yawn.

Snow must be hard to paint.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (WvQcX)

9 Better title would be Wisconsin Summer Vacation.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (WvQcX)

10 After the ice broke he painted another one called "The Ice Bergs".

Posted by: freaked at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (Tnijr)

11 Aw, they are wearing clogs. On ice. Clogs On ICE !

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (zr5Kq)

12 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

13 I don't see any birds.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

14 Clogs On ICE !
Posted by: runner

Coming soon to an ice palace near you!

Posted by: Bruce at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (vd8XM)

15 Are we going to have an ice/snow-theme week to help us get through the dog days of summer? I like the idea. (Not that it's been a bad one around here, because it hasn't been. But still.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 17, 2020 09:34 AM (dfRN6)

16 Wooden shoes always seemed like a human failure to me for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

17
There's something you don't see anymore. The seat is on runners and the poles were used to propel you down the ice, I'd guess.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:34 AM (pNxlR)

18 Snow must be hard to paint.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (WvQcX)

Spray gun works ok, roller/brush not so much.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (X/Pw5)

19 Don Henley should make a song about this picture.


No wait, too cold...but I have an idea.

Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (luzVb)

20 Better title would be Wisconsin Summer Vacation.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:32 AM (WvQcX)

Can't be. No skeeters the size of P-38's in the painting.

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (gmo/4)

21 CBD - thank you for this work of art. My first glance at it reminded me of all the times at my grandparent's place (we nicknamed it the ponderosa). He had a pond where we, including my aunts/uncles/cousins, would gather on Sundays to skate. Much simpler and enjoyable times back then. Actually brought a tear to my eye while reminiscing about it. Thank you.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (N39Ws)

22 Wooden shoes always seemed like a human failure to me for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge

Some Eye-talians tried cement ones.
They didn't catch on

Posted by: Bruce at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (vd8XM)

23 ".....and I would've succeeded, too, if it weren't for these meddling kids!"

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

24 They don't look like birds to me.


Happy Monday! Make it count!

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 17, 2020 09:35 AM (U2p+3)

25 Wooden shoes bad medicine. My people made mock. I mean...moccasins. How!

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at August 17, 2020 09:36 AM (FtO5h)

26
Little sister, squatting on the bank, came to tell her brothers, "Mom says to come home RIGHT NOW!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:36 AM (pNxlR)

27 ??? Are they ice fishing? If so, where are their poles? Maybe they're cutting ice blocks the size of those square wooden frames. Nope. Not this one.

Off to tramp the hill.

Posted by: creeper at August 17, 2020 09:36 AM (XxJt1)

28 Ugh. A reminder that winter will be here before you know it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (wiXsO)

29 There's something you don't see anymore. The seat is on runners and the poles were used to propel you down the ice, I'd guess.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Could be. I was trying to think of what those were

Posted by: Bruce at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (vd8XM)

30 do it once do it twice
pull down your pants
and slide on the ice

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (JFO2v)

31 22 Wooden shoes always seemed like a human failure to me for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge

Some Eye-talians tried cement ones.
They didn't catch on
Posted by: Bruce

---

Only got one use out of them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (Rvt88)

32 June 1 on lake superior

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (/6GbT)

33 Painting is, of course, racist.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (oVJmc)

34 I see we're done with the early 20th Century cartoons.. this is nicer..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (CjFDo)

35 Ugh. A reminder that winter will be here before you know it.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (wiXsO)



I'd rather not be reminded.....Not a fan of winter.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

36 CBD is dreaming of what he would do right now if it was his turn on the weather machine

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (x/sA1)

37 Given that it was 102 and 104 here this weekend, I'd say that wasn't from around here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (V2Yro)

38
Only got one use out of them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (Rvt88


Recovery was a bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

39 16 Wooden shoes always seemed like a human failure to me for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Wooden shoes are best used for sabotage.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 09:38 AM (JFO2v)

40 Wooden shoes are best used for sabotage.
Posted by: rhennigantx

--

Oh, nicely done!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:39 AM (Rvt88)

41 So...August in Russia, then?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2020 09:39 AM (ejd/p)

42 11 Aw, they are wearing clogs. On ice. Clogs On ICE !
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (zr5Kq)

Worst Ice Capades Show EVER!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 09:39 AM (V2Yro)

43
Jealous of the success Santa, his older brother, achieved with Christmas, Emile Claus tried to corner the Easter gift giving business. Big Bunny ran him out of town.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:40 AM (pNxlR)

44
Ice fishing for the Friday K of C fish fry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 09:40 AM (mht8P)

45 The painting does convey the bleakness and sharpness of winter mornings.

Posted by: Tonypete
........

More like late afternoon to me.. whatever..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 17, 2020 09:40 AM (CjFDo)

46 Lots of global warming in this picture. Where is Greta??

Posted by: Jmel at August 17, 2020 09:40 AM (J62Pw)

47 Rather tall for penguins, don't you think? That's what icebirds are, I believe.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 17, 2020 09:40 AM (kA3Cp)

48 Snoopy didn't need skates.

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (gmo/4)

49 You have to be really sick of your wife to go ice fishing.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (WvQcX)

50 Netherlands not Canada (the lack of hockey sticks gives it away)

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (IAtY2)

51 This Photo Sucks.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (V8n5L)

52 What's the street value of that shoreline?

Posted by: 👃 at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (u4K30)

53 Gramps had a canned saying about Ice Fishing.


...but, it'd get me banned.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2020 09:42 AM (V8n5L)

54 Brrrr... I'm about ready for it to cool off a little bit, but not this much. Just looking at that pic is almost enough to set off my Reynauds.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 17, 2020 09:42 AM (HaL55)

55 Getting a real chill vibe from this painting.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 09:42 AM (NWiLs)

56 This spring and summer have been awful, now this painting gives us a preview of the winter of our discontent. Winter is a tough season during the very best of times.

The Mid-Morning Art Thread is a great feature by the way, my comment on the season of winter not withstanding. Once upon a time when I was young I majored in Art History, which is really just a history major seen through the lens of created objects. You can learn a lot about a culture by examining its art.




Posted by: Boots at August 17, 2020 09:42 AM (oGBso)

57
32 June 1 on lake superior
Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (/6GbT)


Nah, that's the start of ice floe jumping season. There are too few grizzled veterans of that sport, I tell you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:42 AM (pNxlR)

58
Getting set to dump a thousand mailboxes into the lake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (mht8P)

59
I Knew It! - a limerick

When hunting polar bears is your goal
Mixed veggies surely play a vital role
Just sprinkle 'em 'round, you see
And when a bear takes a pea
Sneak up and kick him in the ice hole

Posted by: Muldoon at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (Fc5rx)

60
With a diet of fish, their arteries will not be clogged

Posted by: stumck at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (w9Wax)

61
Netherlands not Canada (the lack of hockey sticks gives it away)

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (IAtY2)

The Dutch are the tallest people in Europa. Dumb-ass shoes though.

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (gmo/4)

62
I like it and would display it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (pNxlR)

63 You can learn a lot about a culture by examining its art.

Posted by: Boots

I know, right!

Posted by: Zombie Robert Mapplethorpe at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (Rvt88)

64 Do you need an ice chest for ice fishing?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (JFO2v)

65 I rather like this painting. The frozen, somewhat bleak, landscape with the dark figures is effective. I'm not sure what the youngsters are doing but ice fishing comes to mind. Claus did some Impressionistic works and this one sort of qualifies. No idea what size the canvas is but it seems to me that it should be a smaller one. The scene doesn't need huge areas.

The indistinct figures of the children makes me think he isn't painting specific people but is showing a common scene, a ritual, of children on the ice.

Posted by: JTB at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (7EjX1)

66 I like it and would display it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM (pNxlR)


Needs moar boobs.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Its been a long time since I have walked on ice, probably sixty years. Dare not try it now. I miss winters as a kid.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (QrvWz)

68 Is Soviet Submarine boat up river. Da!

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (gmo/4)

69 That guy in the middle is writing his name in the snow.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (vuisn)

70
If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (BY52Y)

71 My eyes are blind
but I can see
the snowflakes glisten
on the trees
the sun no longer sets me free
I feel there's no place freezing me

Posted by: Snowblind at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (V8n5L)

72 11 Aw, they are wearing clogs. On ice. Clogs On ICE !
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 09:33 AM (zr5Kq)

...

Disney's Frozen was so unrealistic.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (yL25O)

73 Disney's Frozen was so unrealistic.
Posted by: TexasDan

Let it go T Dan.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Mapplethorpe at August 17, 2020 09:45 AM (Rvt88)

74 The Dutch are the tallest people in Europa.
Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:43 AM


Just ask them!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2020 09:46 AM (ejd/p)

75 Off hack sock!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2020 09:46 AM (Rvt88)

76 68 Is Soviet Submarine boat up river. Da!

Ice Station Zebra

(the original Rock, Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine)

Posted by: stumck at August 17, 2020 09:46 AM (w9Wax)

77 Do you need an ice chest for ice fishing?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (JFO2v)

gotta stash the beer somewhere.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2020 09:46 AM (X/Pw5)

78 Ice Birds? We prefer the term Scandi's hater!

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:47 AM (gmo/4)

79 "Do you need an ice chest for ice fishing?



Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 09:44 AM (JFO2v)



gotta stash the beer somewhere."



To keep it from freezing.

Posted by: freaked at August 17, 2020 09:47 AM (Tnijr)

80 THE ICE. IS GONNA BREAK.

Posted by: Johnny Smith at August 17, 2020 09:48 AM (vuisn)

81 Ice backs fresh over the border from Irkutsk. You know how they are.

Posted by: Blacksheep at August 17, 2020 09:48 AM (6mvRv)

82
Those are fookin' ice back saboteurs coming ashore near Whitefish Point. Who says we don't need a northern border wall?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:48 AM (pNxlR)

83 From the archives:

Buy Polar - a limerick

When the Frozen North's all full of snow
And you don't know which way you should go
When surrounded by ice
You don't have to think twice
Keep it simple, just go with the floe

Posted by: Muldoon at August 17, 2020 09:49 AM (Fc5rx)

84 THE ICE. IS GONNA BREAK.
Posted by: Johnny Smith at August 17, 2020 09:48 AM


Woof!

[trans: Screw this cold shit. Call the St. Bernard. I'll be by the fire]

Posted by: Lassie at August 17, 2020 09:49 AM (ejd/p)

85 Drop the puck.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 09:49 AM (ZLI7S)

86 Cold boobies = Ice Chest?

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2020 09:50 AM (gmo/4)

87
"Hans Brinker and the Silver Seat on Which You Propel Yourself Over the Ice" was doomed never to sell as well as its Silver Skates companion volume.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:50 AM (pNxlR)

88
Woof!

[trans: Screw this cold shit. Call the St. Bernard. I'll be by the fire]
Posted by: Lassie at August 17, 2020 09:49 AM (ejd/p)


I always wondered what the barrel of grog tasted like.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Why do they all have stools?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 09:51 AM (1ISKN)

90 https://bit.ly/348uM2g
*******
CNN Poll: Biden Lead Shrinks with Double-Digit Shift Trump's Way

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 17, 2020 09:51 AM (1Dmt5)

91 Some years ago I committed to this simple travel rule: if there are no palm trees, I have no bidness there. No palm trees, no me.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 17, 2020 09:52 AM (HaL55)

92 Last sheriff in Ottawa County Ohio had to make a rule. You could get rescued off the ice or out of the lake once a day. If you turned around and went right back out and needed to get rescued a second time in one day, you was in a heap o' trouble. Fishermen challenged the rule. They just couldn't see how that was fair.


To give you something to think about, the Coast Guard helicopter at Selfridge covers everything from the Lake Michigan shoreline to the other side of Niagara Falls.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 17, 2020 09:52 AM (8IOEj)

93 On ice: the Dutch Master, holding prototype cigars. They later were reduced in size, after observing that the original size only sold in Jamaica.

On bank: Hans Brinker and the Protective Dyke.

Climbing on to bank: Little Dutch Boy, who is about to attempt to stick his finger in the Protective Dyke.

When that doesn't end well, he decides to go into the paint bidness.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2020 09:53 AM (unn44)

94 An ice chest would be fine if it were colder than a witch's tit, ... ...

Posted by: Johnny Smith at August 17, 2020 09:54 AM (vuisn)

95 https://bit.ly/348uM2g
*******
CNN Poll: Biden Lead Shrinks with Double-Digit Shift Trump's Way
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 17, 2020 09:51 AM (1Dmt5)


Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

96 More better than last week's theme.

Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2020 09:57 AM (0KPVR)

97 89 Why do they all have stools?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 09:51 AM (1ISKN)

Just had their morning bowel movements.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 09:59 AM (NWiLs)

98
89 Why do they all have stools?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe


See #29

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 09:59 AM (pNxlR)

99 I always wondered what the barrel of grog tasted like.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:50 AM


Gotta be better than The Barrel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2020 10:02 AM (ejd/p)

100 I rather like this painting. The frozen, somewhat bleak, landscape with the dark figures is effective. I'm not sure what the youngsters are doing but ice fishing comes to mind. Claus did some Impressionistic works and this one sort of qualifies. No idea what size the canvas is but it seems to me that it should be a smaller one. The scene doesn't need huge areas.

The indistinct figures of the children makes me think he isn't painting specific people but is showing a common scene, a ritual, of children on the ice.
Posted by: JTB
.......

Those "stools" are an old form of sled.

And one of the reasons I thought it was late afternoon is most of the group seems to be leaving.. but that kid in the foreground wants to stay..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 17, 2020 10:06 AM (CjFDo)

101 Looks like Mike Jackson teaching the moonwalk to Eskimos.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:25 AM (hku12)

102 So cold it froze the comments.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:26 AM (NWiLs)

103 What's going on here? Time warp!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:27 AM (sGotD)

104 Are comments FUBAR? Taking forever to load, and I'm not sure why mine (at 101) is the last one showing here, when I didn't realize it loaded.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:27 AM (hku12)

105 Ok, so it's not just me.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:28 AM (hku12)

106 The ice will crack. The children will fall in. It will be over in seconds.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:28 AM (NWiLs)

107 Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:27 AM (hku12)
*********
Yes It took the time of the Biblical flood to recede for my comment to post

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 17, 2020 10:29 AM (1Dmt5)

108 Not sure what is going on folks....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 17, 2020 10:29 AM (xT2tT)

109 It's hotter than hell in So Cal, would like some of that cold cold ice over here..

Posted by: IC at August 17, 2020 10:29 AM (a0IVu)

110 Comments are slow as shit on Safari. Seem to be faster on Chrome.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2020 10:29 AM (s2VJv)

111 Ok, so it's not just me.

No, I was having problems too. Seems to be fine now.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2020 10:29 AM (dUJdY)

112 WHAT IS GOING ON ??

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (zr5Kq)

113
Don't you see, George?

You didn't save your brother from drowning, and all those men in that troop transport were killed..

And yes, you can hear out of that ear now

Posted by: Clarence Oddbody, AS2 at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (w9Wax)

114
The Chair Is Against The Wall - a limerick

A furniture maker named Toole
Was sure he was nobody's fool
Wood fiber, just try it
It's good for your diet
Helps you turn out a well-formed stool

Posted by: Muldoon at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (Fc5rx)

115 Comments seem to be back to normal...for now...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

116 It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel... well, my back hurts a little.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (hku12)

117 Anyone else having trouble refreshing the comments?

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 17, 2020 10:31 AM (3NkDy)

118 I'd of been in the top 100 but the site took forever to load.
Sigh...
And now I have to go get Mrs D's coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 10:32 AM (axyOa)

119 Comments seem to take a while. I turned of adblocker but still sluggish as Uncle Joey.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 17, 2020 10:32 AM (JFO2v)

120 Strange things are afoot at the AOS. I just added a vpn as we are always told to do. I have listed to it for years and finally decided to try it. But this site is acting weird for me all of a sudden. With the VPN, I can't scroll down to the comment bos

Are other people having issues?

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:32 AM (jHE7d)

121
Comments were down, like Jo/Ho's poll numbers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 10:32 AM (pNxlR)

122 Sorry about that. The Hooverserver went down.

Posted by: Shadowgate at August 17, 2020 10:32 AM (Tnijr)

123 What was that?

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

124 Nothing to see here folks. Move along.

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (NWiLs)

125 real yellow. Shouldn't there be some blue in there, maybe some lavender? Maybe it's my monitor.

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (DJFLF)

126 What was that?
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
-----
Listen! You smell something?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy target dummy at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (UAMe5)

127 Helps you turn out a well-formed stool
Posted by: Muldoon at August 17, 2020 10:30 AM (Fc5rx)


Must be a Monday, when you read the first line, look at the painting, know the last like is going to end with "stool," but forget the word has two meanings, and laugh like a hyena upon reading.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (hku12)

128
AoSHQ Comments have decided to start living and functioning as Biden's Brain.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (pNxlR)

129 So tonight's the night we get the Dem Convention online. Whooppee!

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2020 10:34 AM (7xbc8)

130 What was that?
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
~~~~~

Nothing. Must be your computer acting up.

Posted by: Bob at NSA at August 17, 2020 10:34 AM (sGotD)

131 Oh great. Screaming child on the water taxi.

May toss overboard.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 17, 2020 10:34 AM (3NkDy)

132 Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
Posted by: Bob from the NSA at August 17, 2020 10:33 AM (NWiLs)


Release Millie!!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:35 AM (hku12)

133 These days lately have been pretty mild for August here in hotbox Oklahoma.

But we're not quite down to the ice birds level yet.
____

I started to read the Morning Report, but before I could even get to the headlines, my Muse dragged me off to the paint program, and a new graphic webwork happened. Nothing great. Just another quick slapdash poster, linked in nic. Does that Donations button make my post look fat?

Posted by: mindful webworker
The End is Nigh 2020
at August 17, 2020 10:35 AM (wKcYr)

134 129 So tonight's the night we get the Dem Convention online. Whooppee!


--

Is it via Zoom....?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 10:35 AM (4k/Uz)

135 I thought for a second I was barrelled.I take pride in never experiencing the barrel. But if it ever happens, they will need three barrels.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:36 AM (jHE7d)

136 Bleak, but nice. Illustrates how humans are able to derive benefit even from a hostile environment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:36 AM (oeFnM)

137 We demand a living wage, a luxury yacht and a years supply of carrots.

Posted by: The Hamsters at August 17, 2020 10:36 AM (zr5Kq)

138 Millie Weaver's (ShadowGate) husband has also been arrested. Her arraignment is at 11:00AM. There is also a hearing scheduled about her children; apparently they may lose custody.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:36 AM (sGotD)

139
Oh great. Screaming child on the water taxi.

May toss overboard.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 17, 2020 10:34 AM (3NkDy)

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I was on a flight from Houston to Newark with a screaming child. For three hours, not only didn't it stop, it never even came up for air.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:37 AM (mht8P)

140 I could use some of that snow and ice right now.
Going to 100 today, humidity may reach single digits.
I can smell smoke from a brush fire 35 miles to the south.

Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at August 17, 2020 10:37 AM (d9Irc)

141 Millie Weaver's (ShadowGate) husband has also been arrested. Her arraignment is at 11:00AM. There is also a hearing scheduled about her children; apparently they may lose custody.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:36 AM (sGotD)


American GRU does not like it when you lift its skirt.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 10:38 AM (hku12)

142 Emile Claus... Wonder if he's related to Santa

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2020 10:38 AM (Zmnko)

143 but at least later you had the serenity of the Newark Airport.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:38 AM (VQsGS)

144
I was on a flight from Houston to Newark with a screaming child. For three hours, not only didn't it stop, it never even came up for air.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:37 AM (mht8P)


It's the high point in life when you have parents that do NOTHING when the child acts up like that, for hours, ruining everyone's flight.

I mean, coddle the kid. Give them something to attract their attention. Take them to the bathroom.

Have some fucking consideration for the 150 people sitting around you, asshole.

It really saddens me how fucking selfish people have become in the last decade.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

145 but at least later you had the serenity of the Newark Airport.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:38 AM (VQsGS)


The American Airlines terminal is Hell on Earth.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

146 looks like fishing but I could see a hockey game break out.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:40 AM (VQsGS)

147 Test

Posted by: Weirddave at August 17, 2020 10:40 AM (MNwsh)

148 140>> 92 F, 55% humidity here.

Dry for August.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 10:40 AM (xfb67)

149 You better back off! I are unhinged!

Posted by: Lena Dunham's Refirgerator Door at August 17, 2020 10:40 AM (mN3mu)

150 Is there a comment issue or is it resolved?

Posted by: Buzzion at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (d0WgS)

151 I like this guy's cover of Nina Simone. Not really Monday morning music, maybe better for a bluesy weekend evening or lazy Sunday afternoon:

https://tinyurl.com/y2avmdhh

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (DJFLF)

152 38 degrees, 2% humidity.

I should move my desk out of the walk-in.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (4k/Uz)

153 China is very likely facing a food shortage in the coming months.

https://tinyurl.com/y5hlbnhz

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (sWM8x)

154 Enjoy this painting, and its orange-white light range of color palette. Gray really jumps out in contrast. Nice winter scene. Would hang.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, protester at August 17, 2020 10:42 AM (2y4NB)

155 Is there a comment issue or is it resolved?
Posted by: Buzzion at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (d0WgS)


Nothing to see here.

Please disperse.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

156 This frozen landscape reminds me - according to The Divine Comedy, traitors are forever relegated to the Ninth Circle of Hell, the lowest pit in the entire Inferno, where they freeze for all eternity. If only it were real.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:42 AM (NWiLs)

157 40>> 92 F, 55% humidity here.



Dry for August.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 10:40 AM (xfb67)

Sounds like Houston. They last two days we had 72 and a breeze. Don't ask about the humidity, it was up there.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:43 AM (VQsGS)

158
It's the high point in life when you have parents that do NOTHING when the child acts up like that, for hours, ruining everyone's flight.

I mean, coddle the kid. Give them something to attract their attention. Take them to the bathroom.

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I don't know. Maybe sometimes there's nothing much to be done; it's not the kid's fault and it's not the parents' fault because they don't want to hear it any more than anyone else.

It's the parents who say, "I don't correct Xyler's behavior because it might inhibit his creativity" who should be beaten with a tire iron.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:43 AM (mht8P)

159 It's the parents who say, "I don't correct Xyler's behavior because it might inhibit his creativity" who should be beaten with a tire iron.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:43 AM (mht8P)

*perks up*

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:43 AM (NWiLs)

160 China is very likely facing a food shortage in the coming months.

https://tinyurl.com/y5hlbnhz
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (sWM8x)


In the coming months?

They fucking eat bats to survive.......There's been a food shortage in China for several decades.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

161 It really saddens me how fucking selfish people have become in the last decade.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe!

Civility, it was nice while it lasted.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (+y/Ru)

162 Clinesmith now scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday.

#twodays

Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (ZfRYq)

163 60 China is very likely facing a food shortage in the coming months.

https://tinyurl.com/y5hlbnhz
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (sWM8x)

In the coming months?

They fucking eat bats to survive.......There's been a food shortage in China for several decades.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)


A food shortage in a communist country? No......

Posted by: Buzzion at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (d0WgS)

164 The "What's Her Face" cute girl has a scathing video on Covid and the blueprint for enslavement. It's brilliant and should go viral.

https://tinyurl.com/y59hwymq

"The most pathetic time in human history."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (H8QX8)

165 Civility is dead.

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (zr5Kq)

166 Millie Weaver's (ShadowGate) husband has also been arrested. Her arraignment is at 11:00AM. There is also a hearing scheduled about her children; apparently they may lose custody.
Posted by: IrishEi


And apparently, her video was banned on YouTube by Google, as "hate speech".

Move along, there is nothing to see here.

Back to your lives, citizens. And put on your masks.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (vcOmj)

167 I mean, coddle the kid. Give them something to attract their attention. Take them to the bathroom.

Have some fucking consideration for the 150 people sitting around you, asshole.

It really saddens me how fucking selfish people have become in the last decade.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

It used to be better when they had smoking sections on airplanes. I, a non-smoker, would sit in the smoking section, and the screaming brats would usually be in the non-smoking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (oeFnM)

168 Yeah... thanks a lot. Like those assholes at Home Depot who start putting the snowblowers out in July.

WE KNOW WINTER'S COMING. LET US ENJOYING OUR FRICKIN SUMMER FOR THE LAST FLEETING FEW DAYS.

Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2020 10:46 AM (gS3OW)

169 Babies scream on planes because they don't know how or can't equalize the pressure in their ears.

There's a way to do it with your hands that may help.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 10:46 AM (xfb67)

170 It's the parents who say, "I don't correct Xyler's behavior because it might inhibit his creativity" who should be beaten with a tire iron.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:43 AM (mht8P)


I speak jive!

Posted by: Barbara Billingsley at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (w9Wax)

171 Rvt8

32 June 1 on lake superior
Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (/6GbT)

When we lived in Marquette Michigan, my granddaughter had a class trip at the end of the school year and they went to the beach for a picnic. The beach was on Lake Superior and the kids jumped from ice berg to ice bergJune 8th! People always described our weather as 9 months of good sledding and 3 months of fair sledding.

Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (lonOK)

172 Now that I think about it, parents who name their kid Xyler should be beaten with a tire iron for that alone.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (NWiLs)

173 Millie's "husband" is apparently a spiritual marriage, not a legal one. And he is the father of their child. (according to Tore) The FRiday arrest gave media time to trash Millie as a violent criminal, while they have no facts ... smashed her Mom's phone after mom was recording her personal/business things ... it kinda seems like Mom was the one "stealing", but a prosecutor will love to do favors for powerful DeepState minions, is my guess.


someone said the Go Fund Me was taken down, but it is still up, from what I see, now at $140K.


https://tinyurl.com/yyr5qkyx

Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (Cus5s)

174 162 Clinesmith now scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday.

#twodays
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (ZfRYq)
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We can only hope he flipped on somebody.

Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (G0vdT)

175 And apparently, her video was banned on YouTube by Google, as "hate speech".
Move along, there is nothing to see here.
Back to your lives, citizens. And put on your masks.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (vcOmj)
~~~~~

People have been reposting it in various spots, even on YouTube. It takes them a little while to find them so it's still possible to see it.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (sGotD)

176 "And apparently, her video was banned on YouTube by Google, as "hate speech".


I just watched the whole thing and there is no hate speech in there, other than some clips from riots instigated by BLM and the like.

Posted by: freaked at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (Tnijr)

177 In Rick Atkinson's "An Army at Dawn" - a great book about the North African theater in WW2 - about halfway through reading it, you got the impression that we were a bunch of bumbling fools, playing war with a foe that was better prepared, better trained, better motivated and generally better than we American's were. In fact our allies would routinely call our GI's "UnServiceable" as a tongue-in-cheek homage to our national acronym.

However, After we had our nose bloodied several times, and especially after Kasserine, Mr. Atkinson used a line that - when I read it - sent chills down my spine. He had given a fairly frank assessment of our lukewarm performance of the war - but then he started bringing up the fact that our resources that were coming into the theater were unsurmountable. For every tank or truck destroyed in battle, we were shipping 3 or 4 more into the field every day. Our industrial might started flexing. That wasn't the line that made me quiver - it was that "The Americans had begun to Hate."

At that point, the tide of the theater was irrevokably turned. Our GI's fought no longer just because they were told to, but because they HATED our enemy. They hated that they had to be there, that they had to take up arms and be away from their families - perhaps never to return.

I am beginning to Hate. It's not a feeling that I welcome and every ounce of reason is fighting it - but I cannot restrain it for long. When I heard about the man in Portland who was beaten for trying to defend a fellow citizen from a mob - I begin to hate. When I hear about law enforcement officers being shot, having bricks thrown at their heads and fireworks being used against them, I begin to hate.

Thankfully my immediate area doesn't seem to be impacted by this - but if it does - my hate will manifest itself I'm afraid.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (9V81o)

178
I'm not a socially aware person in the least. But even I - even I! - know not to park my shopping cart and fat ass in the middle of an aisle, or hold up traffic behind me to let some land whale debouche next to the curb, or scratch off lotto tickets or arrange my change by denomination and serial number at the counter when people are waiting to pay for their coffee, or waltz into the store while I'm behind them wanting to use the gas pump they're parked at.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (mht8P)

179 We can only hope he flipped on somebody.
Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (G0vdT)
~~~~~

Andrew Weissmann has been flipping out on Twitter, which is a good sign--for us.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (sGotD)

180 there are always exceptions but taking babies on planes is not a recomended standard move. Even those who bring babies to church know the deal, If the kid won't stop crying, you walk out.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (VQsGS)

181 Unbelievable what's going on in Australia. Melbourne is a de facto police state. It's coming here.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (H8QX8)

182 Now that I think about it, parents who name their kid Xyler should be beaten with a tire iron for that alone.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (NWiLs)
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They'll wind up paying for thousands of hours of psychotherapy for the kid, so that might be punishment enough.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (UAMe5)

183 China is very likely facing a food shortage in the coming months.

https://tinyurl.com/y5hlbnhz
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (sWM8x)

In the coming months?

They fucking eat bats to survive.......There's been a food shortage in China for several decades.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)


A food shortage in a communist country? No......
Posted by: Buzzion


The swampy lake region downstream of the 3 Gorges Dam was turned into farmland (rice fields). They have had the gates on at the damn at full tilt boogie for weeks, and flooded out a lot of farmland. There will be food shortages coming up in China.
China had been able to feed itself for years. You don't see hunger on the streets of Chinese cities like you do in India.
Now, not so sure. Perhaps they have lost the Mandate of Heaven. They will need to buy a lot of grain and soy beans from Australia, Argentina and the US and Canada.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (vcOmj)

184 169 Babies scream on planes because they don't know how or can't equalize the pressure in their ears.

There's a way to do it with your hands that may help.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 10:46 AM (xfb67)
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We always gave our kids bottles while descending. The sucking seemed to help with the ears.

Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (G0vdT)

185
the screaming brats would usually be in the non-smoking.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:45 AM (oeFnM)

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Be bad if the screaming brats were smoking as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (mht8P)

186 I like this guy's cover of Nina Simone. Not really Monday morning music, maybe better for a bluesy weekend evening or lazy Sunday afternoon:

https://tinyurl.com/y2avmdhh
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2020 10:41 AM (DJFLF)

Not bad, but I think the Animals' version is better. Instruments sound muddy on this one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (oeFnM)

187 People have been reposting it in various spots, even on YouTube. It takes them a little while to find them so it's still possible to see it.
Posted by: IrishEi

Yeah, watched it in its entirety Friday night.

Disturbing is putting it mildly. And yes, powerful people are moving to shut her up.....permanently

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 10:52 AM (vcOmj)

188 You've seen the video of the guy walking down the street and the antifas hitting him with bats and knocking him to the ground?

I am wondering how that would have played out for someone who carried?

I mean, if you pull out your firearm you are "brandishing" - and the law in these areas is on antifa's side.

I am thinking its better to just move somewhere else

Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 10:52 AM (ZfRYq)

189 Pelosi fear mongering again.

Pelosi Claims Social Security Checks Will Be Delayed Because Of USPS Changes But Obama Ended Mailed Checks 10 Years Ago

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First, they came for the mailboxes but I did nothing because I had direct deposit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 10:52 AM (+y/Ru)

190 The sucking seemed to help with the ears.
Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 10:50 AM (G0vdT)

Also a possible pickup line.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:52 AM (NWiLs)

191 Posted by: Defenestratus at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (9V81o)


--

Excellent insights. I agree that when hate is channeled and the enemy is dehumanized, it adds a serious boost to fighting effectiveness.

Flip side is that it's very difficult to come down from that at the personal level. To the day he died my grandfather hated anything to do with Japan.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 10:52 AM (4k/Uz)

192 179 We can only hope he flipped on somebody.
Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (G0vdT)
~~~~~

Andrew Weissmann has been flipping out on Twitter, which is a good sign--for us.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (sGotD)

========

Does he say, "Why would he plead guilty if he wasn't guilty?"

Or does that just apply to General Flynn?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (LvTSG)

193 My Dad was at Kasserine Pass. He was a tanker, M-3. Lost his tank and one of his crew.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (QrvWz)

194 someone said the Go Fund Me was taken down, but it is still up, from what I see, now at $140K.
https://tinyurl.com/yyr5qkyx
Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (Cus5s)
~~~~~

In the comment section Ezra Levant explains that GoFundMe wanted more information from him. Yes, it's back up. For now.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (sGotD)

195 My many supporters on this site will be pleased that my speaking time at the Democrat Convention is greater than all of "The Squad" combined!

For my few detractors here, did you know my father was a mailman?

Posted by: John Kasich at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (DMUuz)

196 And apparently, her video was banned on YouTube by Google, as "hate speech".
***
Yup. Hate speech, they say. I'm not sure how much they had to twist things to get there, but with the Left, they simply impose.https://tinyurl.com/y3dnpuwz
Fortunately, the Internet is forever and there are other sources. Was even able to download her video from this source.

https://tinyurl.com/yy5z3ecr

Posted by: Old Dude at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (LGXGf)

197 there are always exceptions but taking babies on planes is not a recomended standard move. Even those who bring babies to church know the deal, If the kid won't stop crying, you walk out.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (VQsGS)

If they can build suppressors that take most of the bark out of a .45 ACP, surely they could build effective suppressors for infants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (oeFnM)

198 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (mht8P)

they ask a lot of these workers. The best ones an perform triage. They know to take a second away from a cluster F to help someone who needs a simple ID check. But they likely will come in for a verbal attack by the person they were serving first. Handling these issues takes skill. Some that man the self checkout are skiled, and many are not.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (VQsGS)

199 197 there are always exceptions but taking babies on planes is not a recomended standard move. Even those who bring babies to church know the deal, If the kid won't stop crying, you walk out.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2020 10:49 AM (VQsGS)

If they can build suppressors that take most of the bark out of a .45 ACP, surely they could build effective suppressors for infants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (oeFnM)

The paperwork and tax stamp is a pain in the ass, though.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (NWiLs)

200 Now that I think about it, parents who name their kid Xyler should be beaten with a tire iron for that alone.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo

Last name Phone?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (+y/Ru)

201 >>Yeah, watched it in its entirety Friday night.

>>Disturbing is putting it mildly. And yes, powerful people are moving to shut her up.....permanently

I bet they've all been cooperating fully with Durham which is why his investigation has gone so fast.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 10:55 AM (ZLI7S)

202
If they can build suppressors that take most of the bark out of a .45 ACP, surely they could build effective suppressors for infants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (oeFnM)

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Aren't they small enough to fit in the overhead compartment?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2020 10:55 AM (mht8P)

203 I'm sure it's just a coincidence that a bunch of protesters showed up at the Postmaster Generals house the same time the democrats started screeching about the Post Office.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 10:55 AM (xfb67)

204 193 My Dad was at Kasserine Pass. He was a tanker, M-3. Lost his tank and one of his crew.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (QrvWz)

My grandfather was 1st Armored, 6th Armored Infantry. Thankfully he joined the unit after the debacle at Kasserine but made the party in time for Gustav and Anzio. It's because of him and the horde's recommendation that I read those books.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (9V81o)

205 Wooden shoes always seemed like a human failure to me for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Not to be too contrarian, but I always considered it human ingenuity. Used in quite a few societies. Cheap material that is still used in shoes even if only used as a component in soles and heels, My Mom and Aunt swore by the Dr. Scholls wooden sandals, claimed they were kind to their feet. Those Candies ones were popular about 20 to25 years back. I still have the wooden sandals I wore in Japan as a small boy sitting on the book shelf.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (D/SYi)

206 The next 6 months no school in the city...They just had an article that only about 50 percent get any online education, because they have no internet. And no food, the corner pusher gets most of the spare dollars after the local liquor store gets most of it, it if hasn't been looted.
Suburban school are pretty much going back full time.

Posted by: Colin at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (+ZIoV)

207 I just watched the whole thing and there is no hate speech in there, other than some clips from riots instigated by BLM and the like.
Posted by: freaked


No kidding.
Sure glad that we live in a free country.
And Google is such an incredible company, too.


Much of this is sarcasm. Can you tell?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (vcOmj)

208 Does he say, "Why would he plead guilty if he wasn't guilty?"
Or does that just apply to General Flynn?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (LvTSG)
~~~~~

You must have been reading his Twitter feed!

Andrew Weissmann
@AWeissmann_
Aug 14
Question for Barr: how are Flynn's confessed lies to the FBI (repeated to the VP) not a crime, but Clinesmith changing an email (the full version of which he also sent to DOJ) is?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (sGotD)

209 If they can build suppressors that take most of the bark out of a .45 ACP, surely they could build effective suppressors for infants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If we can invent a spork, why can't we invent an effective child silencer?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (+y/Ru)

210 Valeris: Four hundred years ago on the planet Earth, workers who felt their livelihood threated by automation flung their wooden shoes called sabots into the machines to stop them.

[Chekov and Uhura look confused]

Valeris: Hence the word sabotage.

Uhura: We are experiencing technical malfunction. All backup systems inoperative.

Chekov: Excellent-I mean, too bad.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (4k/Uz)

211 nice update

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (LvTSG)

212 208 Does he say, "Why would he plead guilty if he wasn't guilty?"
Or does that just apply to General Flynn?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (LvTSG)
~~~~~

You must have been reading his Twitter feed!

Andrew Weissmann
@AWeissmann_
Aug 14
Question for Barr: how are Flynn's confessed lies to the FBI (repeated to the VP) not a crime, but Clinesmith changing an email (the full version of which he also sent to DOJ) is?
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 10:57 AM (sGotD)

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I have not.

Just a decent guess since these people are predictable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 17, 2020 10:58 AM (LvTSG)

213 One solution for infants on a plane, drugs.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (QrvWz)

214
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (lonOK)


When did you live in Marquette? '56 through '76 here, at five different locations in and around the town.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (pNxlR)

215 Watch the WhatsHerFace video. The clip she includes from the ex-KGB agent should chill you to the bone. Demoralization -> crisis -> "normalization" are carefully devised Soviet tactics and we're getting hit with it hard right now, with a very discouraging amount of success.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (NWiLs)

216 Now that I think about it, parents who name their kid Xyler should be beaten with a tire iron for that alone.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (NWiLs)
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Especially if "Xyler" is pronounced "Skyler."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (WEBkv)

217 >>Question for Barr: how are Flynn's confessed lies to the FBI (repeated to the VP) not a crime, but Clinesmith changing an email (the full version of which he also sent to DOJ) is?

Think how dumb this tweet is. He is highlighting that others at the DOJ knew that Clinesmith altered the email and ran with it anyway. That's the definition of a conspiracy.

The best and brightest.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (ZLI7S)

218 Kasserine was bad. Brand new, not battle tested Americans versus the Afrika Korp who had been in combat for years.
What is forgotten and deserves much more attention is the performance of the American artillery during the fight.
The Germans were stopped by that and by the determination of individuals and units who, though beaten and bloody, kept fighting.
The avalanche of men and material turned the tide there and through all the theaters of the war.

Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (d9Irc)

219 On balance I like the What's Her Face channel, but she is a little bit too much on the 5G Is Sinister bandwagon.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (4k/Uz)

220 Xi Jinping has condemned restaurants serving large portions and videos highlighting conspicuous consumption of food. In North Korea, Phatboy says dogs as pets are a bourgeoisie obscenity. The government is confiscating dogs. Critics say they're being used as food.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (sWM8x)

221 I still have the wooden sandals I wore in Japan as a small boy sitting on the book shelf.
Posted by: PUE 206

You sat on a book shelf as a small boy in Japan, wearing wooden sandals?

Are you an Elf on the Shelf?

And then....he grew up.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....living on the prison planet at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (vcOmj)

222 So tonight's the night we get the Dem Convention online. Whooppee!

Posted by: Puddin Head



I'm not watching.
Instead Mrs D wants to see the preview for Hallmark's "It's a Very Covid Christmas."
It is about a laidback New England shop owner and carpenter who accidently get caught in the same Zoom conference room.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (axyOa)

223 If they can build suppressors that take most of the bark out of a .45 ACP, surely they could build effective suppressors for infants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 10:54 AM (oeFnM)
~~~~~

They have, they're called antihistamines. Lots of times infants are crying uncontrollably because they have earaches and are in pain. My pediatrician told me to give them OTC antihistamines before flights. They also have the added benefit of making them drowsy. Win-win.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:02 AM (sGotD)

224 220 Xi Jinping has condemned restaurants serving large portions and videos highlighting conspicuous consumption of food. In North Korea, Phatboy says dogs as pets are a bourgeoisie obscenity. The government is confiscating dogs. Critics say they're being used as food.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (sWM8x)

==========

"We should be more like China."
-Tom Friedman

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 17, 2020 11:02 AM (LvTSG)

225 I'm not watching.
Instead Mrs D wants to see the preview for Hallmark's "It's a Very Covid Christmas."
It is about a laidback New England shop owner and carpenter who accidently get caught in the same Zoom conference room.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (axyOa)
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LOL

Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 11:02 AM (G0vdT)

226 They have, they're called antihistamines. Lots of times infants are crying uncontrollably because they have earaches and are in pain. My pediatrician told me to give them OTC antihistamines before flights. They also have the added benefit of making them drowsy. Win-win.

--

I suppose I have to vaccinate Xyler too..... -Karen

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 11:03 AM (4k/Uz)

227 One solution for infants on a plane, drugs.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (QrvWz)
~~~~~

This guy gets it.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:03 AM (sGotD)

228 One solution for infants on a plane, drugs.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (QrvWz)
~~~~~

This guy gets it.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:03 AM (sGotD)


alcohol

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:04 AM (zr5Kq)

229 Think how dumb this tweet is. He is highlighting that others at the DOJ knew that Clinesmith altered the email and ran with it anyway. That's the definition of a conspiracy.

The best and brightest.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (ZLI7S)

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

I think Sidney Powell would probably throw a huge party if Weissmann got taken down. I believe she detailed in one of her books just how corrupt he is.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 17, 2020 11:04 AM (WEBkv)

230 On balance I like the What's Her Face channel, but she is a little bit too much on the 5G Is Sinister bandwagon.


Social media started out as a cool way to find high school classmates and send pictures of the kids to Grandma.

Just sayin.

Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 17, 2020 11:04 AM (luzVb)

231 204
193 My Dad was at Kasserine Pass. He was a tanker, M-3. Lost his tank and one of his crew.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (QrvWz)



My grandfather was 1st Armored, 6th Armored Infantry. Thankfully he
joined the unit after the debacle at Kasserine but made the party in
time for Gustav and Anzio. It's because of him and the horde's
recommendation that I read those books.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (9V81o)


Dad was in the 13th ACR. He went into Italy at Salerno. He was always cavalry, horse cavalry in the 2nd and 7th Cav

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 11:04 AM (QrvWz)

232 220 Xi Jinping has condemned restaurants serving large portions and videos highlighting conspicuous consumption of food. In North Korea, Phatboy says dogs as pets are a bourgeoisie obscenity. The government is confiscating dogs. Critics say they're being used as food.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 11:01 AM (sWM8x)

I'm on my way!

Posted by: bathhouse barry at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (GJ6QK)

233 227 One solution for infants on a plane, drugs.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:59 AM (QrvWz)
~~~~~

This guy gets it.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:03 AM (sGotD)

Rub some bourbon on their gums. Or paregoric.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (NWiLs)

234 Heh

https://bit.ly/3h6jvmO

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (yQpMk)

235 Think how dumb this tweet is. He is highlighting that others at the DOJ knew that Clinesmith altered the email and ran with it anyway. That's the definition of a conspiracy.
The best and brightest.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 11:00 AM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~

I hope this slime bucket also gets rolled up by Durham.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (sGotD)

236 Kasserine was bad. Brand new, not battle tested Americans versus the Afrika Korp who had been in combat for years.

-
I've read that Rommel intended to demoralize the Yanks right out of the gate but, when he saw the quantity and quality of the American equipment, he himself became demoralized.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (+y/Ru)

237 OTC antihistamines are typically Benadryl. Which is also what's in OTC sleep aids. So, yeah, it's probably good for flights.

Dramamine is also an antihistamine and makes you drowsy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (xfb67)

238 How is Weissmann telling DoJ lawyers not to participate in the investigation not obstruction of justice?

Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (ZfRYq)

239 Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (lonOK)

When did you live in Marquette? '56 through '76 here, at five different locations in and around the town.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling


We moved back down here ( Birmingham mi area) a couple of years ago. The UP is wonderful and I miss it, but there's no work up there.

Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2020 11:06 AM (lonOK)

240 Not throwing away food in China....
I read where in Chinese Restaurants usually a family orders family style. Several dishes are served at a table, some of the dishes aren't finished and there is quite a bit of waste. I believe that is probably true.

Posted by: Colin at August 17, 2020 11:06 AM (+ZIoV)

241
Are you an Elf on the Shelf?


All elves on the shelf ought to be named Chippy, foreshadowing their inevitable run in with a wood chipper.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:06 AM (pNxlR)

242 alcohol
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:04 AM (zr5Kq)
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Rub some bourbon on their gums. Or paregoric.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:05 AM (NWiLs)
~~~~~

Dip the pacifier in Irish whiskey.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (sGotD)

243 >>I think Sidney Powell would probably throw a huge party if Weissmann got taken down. I believe she detailed in one of her books just how corrupt he is.

He's completely corrupt and he's ruined a lot of lives going back many years. He's also not that bright.

We already know that Mueller's team hid exculpatory evidence on Flynn until USA Jensen found it just a couple months ago. What else do you suppose they were hiding?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (ZLI7S)

244 Millie's "husband" is apparently a spiritual marriage, not a legal one. And he is the father of their child. (according to Tore) The FRiday arrest gave media time to trash Millie as a violent criminal, while they have no facts ... smashed her Mom's phone after mom was recording her personal/business things ... it kinda seems like Mom was the one "stealing", but a prosecutor will love to do favors for powerful DeepState minions, is my guess.

someone said the Go Fund Me was taken down, but it is still up, from what I see, now at $140K.

https://tinyurl.com/yyr5qkyx
Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2020 10:48 AM (Cus5s)


My suspicion is someone got mom on the hook for something or other, and then had her go into her own daughter's business office (at the home they shared) and start taking vids and pics of everything.

So when they charged Millie with obstruction of justice and/or evidence tampering, they had an "investigation" already under way.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (hku12)

245 32 June 1 on lake superior
Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2020 09:37 AM (/6GbT)

When we lived in Marquette Michigan, my granddaughter had a class trip at the end of the school year and they went to the beach for a picnic. The beach was on Lake Superior and the kids jumped from ice berg to ice bergJune 8th! People always described our weather as 9 months of good sledding and 3 months of fair sledding.
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2020 10:47 AM (lonOK)


But just wait for those skies of November

Posted by: Zombie Edmund Fitzgerald at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (jK8Z7)

246 We used to have a Elf on the Shelf until one morning he was caught in bed with Barbie and Skipper.

Wife got rid of him.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (4k/Uz)

247 I read where in Chinese Restaurants usually a family orders family style. Several dishes are served at a table, some of the dishes aren't finished and there is quite a bit of waste. I believe that is probably true.
Posted by: Colin at August 17, 2020 11:06 AM (+ZIoV)
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Don't they use (wait for it...) doggie bags?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (UAMe5)

248 243 >>I think Sidney Powell would probably throw a huge party if Weissmann got taken down. I believe she detailed in one of her books just how corrupt he is.

He's completely corrupt and he's ruined a lot of lives going back many years. He's also not that bright.

We already know that Mueller's team hid exculpatory evidence on Flynn until USA Jensen found it just a couple months ago. What else do you suppose they were hiding?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (ZLI7S)

========

The original Coke recipe?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (LvTSG)

249 Dip the pacifier in Irish whiskey.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (sGotD)


it works !

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (zr5Kq)

250 Think how dumb this tweet is. He is highlighting that others at the DOJ knew that Clinesmith altered the email and ran with it anyway. That's the definition of a conspiracy.

-
Reminiscing with Schiff-For-Brains.

https://bit.ly/3g5ooeG

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)

251 You have to be really sick of your wife to go ice fishing.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (WvQcX)

Winter in rural Wisconsin is like being in ChiCom Cough confinement for half the year every year. That might be enough time with the wife to make any man go ice fishing.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 17, 2020 11:08 AM (D/SYi)

252 I nursed my kid from Houston to Chicago and back again several times. As long as he was hooked up he was happy.

Posted by: creeper at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (XxJt1)

253 You have to be really sick of your wife to go ice fishing.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2020 09:41 AM (WvQcX)

Take her with you.
Come back alone.
Accidents happen.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

254 Not as if you can explain to the baby "look we're in a pressurized aluminum tube 30,000 feet up in the air. Things might feel a little bit of. Don't worry." Hell you can get full grown adults freaking out about that.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (d0WgS)

255
"Santa In A WuFlu Mask" will be the all time great holiday horror flic.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (pNxlR)

256 244 Millie's "husband" is apparently a spiritual marriage, not a legal one. And he is the father of their child. (according to Tore)


That depends on the state. In a common law state a common-law marriage is every bit as legal as one that is recorded. All it takes to be married in Texas is for two people to hold themselves out as husband and wife (or husband and husband, or wife and wife, I guess).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (jK8Z7)

257 240 Not throwing away food in China....
I read where in Chinese Restaurants usually a family orders family style. Several dishes are served at a table, some of the dishes aren't finished and there is quite a bit of waste. I believe that is probably true.
---
Yeah, they've started a "Clean Your Plate" campaign to reduce restaurant waste. Restaurants are being told to reduce portion size, among other things.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (sWM8x)

258 it works !
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:07 AM (zr5Kq)
~~~~~

It sure does.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (sGotD)

259 My Dad was at Kasserine Pass. He was a tanker, M-3. Lost his tank and one of his crew.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 10:53 AM (QrvWz)



My grandfather was 1st Armored, 6th Armored Infantry. Thankfully he
joined the unit after the debacle at Kasserine but made the party in
time for Gustav and Anzio. It's because of him and the horde's
recommendation that I read those books.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (9V81o)


Dad was in the 13th ACR. He went into Italy at Salerno. He was always cavalry, horse cavalry in the 2nd and 7th Cav


Posted by: Javems



***

I was lucky in my career as I only had to be a Survival Assistance Officer once. the widow was a lovely elderly lady in Seattle (I was at Ft Lewis at the time.) She had already buried her husband and had just asked for help in getting VA coverage. He husband won the MOH at Anzio. I was able to see his medal and read the citation.
DAMN!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (axyOa)

260 Not ready for cold wearher just yet

Posted by: jsg at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (fAcn5)

261 Meanwhile, sundance at CTH has postponed his big bombshell until tomorrow. Because its always "just you wait."

Also, he's a bit demoralized about the Senate. Because they are all in on it.

Shoes - wooden or otherwise - just dorp them already.

Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (ZfRYq)

262 Not throwing away food in China....
I read where in Chinese Restaurants usually a family orders family style. Several dishes are served at a table, some of the dishes aren't finished and there is quite a bit of waste. I believe that is probably true.
---
Yeah, they've started a "Clean Your Plate" campaign to reduce restaurant waste. Restaurants are being told to reduce portion size, among other things.
=====

You're just hungry again a couple hours later.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (vg8iE)

263 Millie Weaver's (ShadowGate) husband has also been arrested. Her arraignment is at 11:00AM. There is also a hearing scheduled about her children; apparently they may lose custody.
Posted by: IrishEi

Many such cases only now its being amplified because the victims have a higher national status and influence.

Posted by: 🤡 at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (u4K30)

264 LOL - apparently Leftists are getting excited at the prospect of John Boehner endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tomorrow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (Kpl3J)

265 All it takes to be married in Texas is for two people to hold themselves out as husband and wife




==


his/her Husband and Wife t-shirts enough ?

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (zr5Kq)

266 255
"Santa In A WuFlu Mask" will be the all time great holiday horror flic.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (pNxlR)
---------

I hear they have a Thanksgiving special: The Ballot Harvest Moon.

Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (G0vdT)

267 That was almost a haiku. Let's try again.

Take her ice fishing
Accidents often happen
Go back home alone

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:11 AM (NWiLs)

268 Millie Weaver is a part of Alex Jones Infowars. Remember when Teh Horde hated Infowars and anybody associated with them.
I do.
It's almost as if they have always been more credible than the MSM and ConInc.

Posted by: 🤡 at August 17, 2020 11:12 AM (u4K30)

269 John Boehner

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (Kpl3J)

who dat?

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2020 11:12 AM (X/Pw5)

270 261 Meanwhile, sundance at CTH has postponed his big bombshell until tomorrow. Because its always "just you wait."

Also, he's a bit demoralized about the Senate. Because they are all in on it.

Shoes - wooden or otherwise - just dorp them already.
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (ZfRYq)

He has had a back-and-forth with shipwreckedcrew over the past few days.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2020 11:12 AM (jK8Z7)

271 264
LOL - apparently Leftists are getting excited at the prospect of John Boehner endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tomorrow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (Kpl3J)

Not sure how that will go, last I heard Boner was part of the Marijuana lobby

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 17, 2020 11:12 AM (k/TB6)

272 LOL - apparently Leftists are getting excited at the prospect of John Boehner endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tomorrow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (Kpl3J)

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but turds do tend to stick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (oeFnM)

273 his/her Husband and Wife t-shirts enough ?
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (zr5Kq)


If worn in public with the purpose of giving the impression that the couple is married, yes.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (jK8Z7)

274 Also, he's a bit demoralized about the Senate. Because they are all in on it.

Shoes - wooden or otherwise - just dorp them already.
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (ZfRYq)

I can't really argue with his point about the Senate. The rest of his stuff, I dunno, but he's got that bit right.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (Kpl3J)

275 That picture of Elizabeth Montgomery on the side there is giving me impure thoughts.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (axyOa)

276 Millie's "husband" is apparently a spiritual marriage, not a legal one. And he is the father of their child. (according to Tore)

--------------
That depends on the state. In a common law state a common-law marriage is every bit as legal as one that is recorded. All it takes to be married in Texas is for two people to hold themselves out as husband and wife (or husband and husband, or wife and wife, I guess).
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (jK8Z7)


I believe, without any more evidence than is already known publicly, they got married in a church of their choice, and told the state to go f**k themselves when it came to getting a marriage license.

I don't know how much of that is going on these days, probably more than most of us realize.

Why ask the state to bless your marriage, when they're obviously willing to use the power of the state to put YOUR marriage on equal footing with abominable couplings otherwise.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (hku12)

277 261
Shoes - wooden or otherwise - just dorp them already.

dorp the shoe! follow the gourd!

Posted by: Anachronda at August 17, 2020 11:14 AM (sGtp+)

278 Tit>Plane baby

Posted by: MJ at August 17, 2020 11:14 AM (gAMkn)

279 All it takes to be
Married in Texas is for
Two People in t-shirts natch

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:14 AM (zr5Kq)

280 265 All it takes to be married in Texas is for two people to hold themselves out as husband and wife
==
his/her Husband and Wife t-shirts enough ?
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (zr5Kq)

common law marriage; but it DOES have to be for longer than 1 drunken night at the tiddy bar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:15 AM (Kpl3J)

281 That picture of Elizabeth Montgomery on the side there is giving me impure thoughts.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:13 AM (axyOa)

She was my first TV crush when I was a kid. I aimed high, that's for sure.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Het Up Again at August 17, 2020 11:15 AM (xPJvm)

282 244 Millie's "husband" is apparently a spiritual marriage, not a legal one. And he is the father of their child. (according to Tore)

This is a growing trend amongst young (under 40) Right leaning couples because they don't believe the State should be involved in a marriage at all.

Posted by: 🤡 at August 17, 2020 11:15 AM (u4K30)

283 common law marriage; but it DOES have to be for longer than 1 drunken night at the tiddy bar.

--

Thank God....

Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 11:15 AM (4k/Uz)

284 The Icebird Suite (1919) was written by Chipper Stravinsky, younger brother of Igor. It was performed once in London, but the performance was interrupted shortly into the first movement by the angry audience. No copies of the suite are know to survive.

Posted by: gp, aka Mr. Tact at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (qpX6U)

285 I thought a common law marriage was when you both live in the same trailer park.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (xfb67)

286 Maybe that's what I need - a drunken night at the titty bar.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (NWiLs)

287 Chris Hayes@chrislhayes
Replying to @daveweigel
correct: white men without a four-year degree, and disposable income enough to buy a boat are genuinely the Trump base.

-
Boat?! I don't need no stinkin' boat!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (+y/Ru)

288 LOL - apparently Leftists are getting excited at the prospect of John Boehner endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tomorrow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (Kpl3J)
-----------

Someone should point out to the little dears there's a reason Boehner was run out of congress.

Bless their hearts.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (WEBkv)

289 I still have the wooden sandals I wore in Japan as a small boy sitting on the book shelf.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 17, 2020 10:56 AM (D/SYi)

They work fine as long as you are sitting on a book shelf.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (88+cf)

290 Maybe that's what I need - a drunken night at the titty bar.
=====

Wear your mask! Keep six feet apart!

Posted by: Karen McWinemom at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (vg8iE)

291
his/her Husband and Wife t-shirts enough ?
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:10 AM (zr5Kq)

If worn in public with the purpose of giving the impression that the couple is married, yes.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon


Are "I'm With Stupid =>" tee shirts good enough?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (pNxlR)

292 common law marriage; but it DOES have to be for longer than 1 drunken night at the tiddy bar.

--

Thank God....
Posted by: WitchDoktor, 1.5 feet in the grave at August 17, 2020 11:15 AM (4k/Uz)


Unburden yourself, tell us what happened

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (zr5Kq)

293 Tit>Plane baby
Posted by: MJ at August 17, 2020 11:14 AM (gAMkn)
----------
Well tbh that'd work for a lot of other passengers as well so...

Posted by: jhawk90 at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (Pya95)

294 Did the monkey get caught up in Shadowgate?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (axyOa)

295 Nooooooooooooooood! Monday gorilla.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (YYpqf)

296 Millie Weaver is a part of Alex Jones Infowars. Remember when Teh Horde hated Infowars and anybody associated with them.
I do.
It's almost as if they have always been more credible than the MSM and ConInc.
Posted by: at August 17, 2020 11:12 AM (u4K30)


Alex Jones beclowns himself, and everyone who associates with him has their credibility questioned, just for being associated with him.

That he's no less credible than corporate media is not a solid basis on which to argue for the guy.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2020 11:17 AM (hku12)

297 My marriage in Texas was common-law for the first ten years. Then they passed a law allowing you to register a common-law marriage with the state. It looked like the relationship was going to last so we drove to the Harris County Courthouse and made it official. A honeymoon at Bennigans followed.

Posted by: creeper at August 17, 2020 11:18 AM (XxJt1)

298 Maybe that's what I need - a drunken night at the titty bar.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (NWiLs)

You misspelled tiddy.


hahahahah !!

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2020 11:18 AM (zr5Kq)

299 As long as he was hooked up he was happy.
Posted by: creeper at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM


* thinks "this is an accurate description of every weed-whacker owning 'ron." *

Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 17, 2020 11:18 AM (DMUuz)

300 I always liked the idea of Common Law Marriage from a philosophical point of view, and note that it is a very very old idea, arguably the oldest form of marriage of all. The concept holds that a man and woman can decide they are married, and they don't need a Church to say grace over it, and they don't need the State to give them it's permission; they have the innate power to make this agreement on their own.

of course this has problems, and Church and State get brought in to enforce things, which is their primary purpose.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:18 AM (Kpl3J)

301 I was lucky in my career as I only had to be a
Survival Assistance Officer once. the widow was a lovely elderly lady
in Seattle (I was at Ft Lewis at the time.) She had already buried her
husband and had just asked for help in getting VA coverage. He husband
won the MOH at Anzio. I was able to see his medal and read the
citation.

DAMN!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2020 11:09 AM (axyOa)


Wow. Goose bump time. I went to IOBC with a MOH winner. Sgt Dix. He got a direct to 0-3. His story was covered in the last episode of "The Grand Tour" on Amazon.

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2020 11:19 AM (QrvWz)

302 This is a growing trend amongst young (under 40) Right leaning couples because they don't believe the State should be involved in a marriage at all.
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An understandable and foreseeable consequence of Obergefell.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 17, 2020 11:19 AM (sWM8x)

303
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes


The "crying softly into my sweater" guy is neither a judge of what constitutes masculinity nor the makeup of Trump's voter base.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:19 AM (pNxlR)

304 Chris Hayes@chrislhayes
Replying to @daveweigel
correct: white men without a four-year degree, and disposable income enough to buy a boat are genuinely the Trump base.
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Heh - I laugh at a lot of the "MN will turn Red" stuff but if they really go with all boat owners are racists then maybe.

Posted by: jhawk90 at August 17, 2020 11:20 AM (Pya95)

305 Sittin' here, reading comments, not getting back to the Morning Report, anticipating Lecture Ape, and what I should do is put on my big boy pants and trim some hedges before it gets hotter.

Read AoS or do dirty sweaty work. Hmmm... Tough choice...

Okay, duty calls. Later.

(duty call =/= booty call)

Posted by: mindful webworker
The End is Nigh 2020
at August 17, 2020 11:20 AM (wKcYr)

306 Has anyone read The Baron in the Trees by Calvino?

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2020 11:22 AM (7xbc8)

307 I'm freezing my balz off

Posted by: Kaiju66 at August 17, 2020 11:23 AM (NzURT)

308 300 I always liked the idea of Common Law Marriage from a philosophical point of view, and note that it is a very very old idea, arguably the oldest form of marriage of all. The concept holds that a man and woman can decide they are married, and they don't need a Church to say grace over it, and they don't need the State to give them it's permission; they have the innate power to make this agreement on their own.

of course this has problems, and Church and State get brought in to enforce things, which is their primary purpose.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2020 11:18 AM (Kpl3J)


I always thought the purpose of common law marriage was to protect the woman. Texas has no alimony, but community property, so if a man (particularly in the more frontier days) shacks up with a woman and calls her his wife, and she is his wife in everything but ceremony, then dumps her, she had nothing, but if she could prove they held themselves out as being married, she owned half of the cattle and half of the ranch.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2020 11:24 AM (jK8Z7)

309 Chris Hayes@chrislhayes
Replying to @daveweigel
correct: white men without a four-year degree, and disposable income enough to buy a boat are genuinely the Trump base.

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Boat?! I don't need no stinkin' boat!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 17, 2020 11:16 AM (+y/Ru)

And maybe they have that disposable income because they learned a skilled trade that earns them good money, and they aren't carrying half a million in debt to pay for their degree in underwater basket weaving.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2020 11:25 AM (oeFnM)

310 I mean, coddle the kid. Give them something to attract their attention. Take them to the bathroom.

Have some fucking consideration for the 150 people sitting around you, asshole.

It really saddens me how fucking selfish people have become in the last decade.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 17, 2020 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

As a parent let me say that Benadryl is your friend.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 17, 2020 11:26 AM (D/SYi)

311 nor the makeup of Trump's voter base.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2020 11:19 AM


What foundation do they use?

Posted by: Shep! at August 17, 2020 11:34 AM (DMUuz)

312 Nic change

Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2020 03:41 PM (50aPq)

313 Hey wheres Hans Brinker and his Silver Skates ?

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