Mid-Morning Art Thread

Spring Thaw
Aleksey Savrasov

It's an awful copy; it clearly is a photo from a book, but I like the work enough to overlook the terrible reproduction.

Please direct complaints to....

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Ok I would not hang

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

3 Covid shores.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Sunset or sunrise?

Posted by: dantesed at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (88xKn)

5 Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (xF76o)

6 :: shivers ::

Evocative.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (DU+/6)

7 Grempht.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (AlkyK)

8 Is that Huck Finnski's raft on the Volga?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (IIAOb)

9 Is that a bridge ?

Posted by: JT at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (arJlL)

10 The Thaw

Thounds like thum thort of playground equipment!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (m45I2)

11 GRUNION RUN!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 06, 2021 09:33 AM (oPXLu)

12 1080p on the left, 4k on the right.

Posted by: Mainah at December 06, 2021 09:33 AM (B+qrE)

13 Well it certainly isn't Money's haystacks, is it?

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:33 AM (VJsqe)

14 The crease is distracting.
I'd like to speak to the manager.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 06, 2021 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

15 The painting certainly gives one the impression Aleksey was trying to impart - cold, wet and gloomy.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 09:34 AM (mD/uy)

16 500 years after democrats.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2021 09:34 AM (VwHCD)

17 13 should read Monet, dammit

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:34 AM (VJsqe)

18 Spring thaws are a thing of the past they say.

Posted by: Ziba at December 06, 2021 09:35 AM (S1hrL)

19 Put a little more light on the subject please.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (bFMjy)

20 I like this one.

He seems to have painted this scene many times -- here's another angle. Less atmospheric, but adds onion domes.

https://sr.gallerix.ru/_EX/1124979808/660714721.jpg

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (sGnvY)

21 Looks like spring lottery time on the Tanana River in Alaska.

The organizers build a wooden tower on the ice. People buy tickets picking the exact moment when the ice breaks up enough for the tower to start to fall or move downriver. Official time is determined by when a trip wire halts the clock. Closest to the exact time wins the pot.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (m45I2)

22 I would like this better if it had a shark.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

23 13 should read Monet, dammit
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:34 AM (VJsqe)
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No Monet shot for you.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (AlkyK)

24 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Dirks 'Three Scoops at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (kfcYC)

25 500 years after democrats.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2021 09:34 AM (VwHCD)

You've overstated that by 499 and a half years

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 09:37 AM (mZUr4)

26 He seems to have painted this scene many times -- here's another angle. Less atmospheric, but adds onion domes.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton

Certainly captures the optimism of the Russkies.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 09:37 AM (mD/uy)

27 Aleksey Savrasov became an alcoholic and died a hobo.

Sad.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM (Bmy3R)

28 Gah.

I rowed crew in college in Connecticut. We rowed off floating docks but the city wouldn't put them in until it was sure no more ice was coming down the river, so for the first couple weeks in teh spring we'd have to wade into the river to launch. Just looking at this is making my legs ache all over again.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM (dfRN6)

29 It could use some infrastructure.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

30 https://sr.gallerix.ru/_EX/1124979808/660714721.jpg

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 06, 2021 09:36 AM (sGnvY)

Better than the one I found....Thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 06, 2021 09:39 AM (Q9lwr)

31 Aleksey Savrasov became an alcoholic and died a hobo.
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What became of his pelt?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 09:39 AM (AlkyK)

32 Spring Thaw? We're having our first below zero weather of the season right now. You big meanie!

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2021 09:40 AM (0hbQ6)

33 Slow thread to day.

If that picture really is 500 years hence, then that possibly-human figure in the distance is probably Keith Richards out for a stroll. He's looking good.

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:40 AM (VJsqe)

34 Sad.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM (Bmy3R)

Russian!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 06, 2021 09:40 AM (Q9lwr)

35 The Nenana Ice Classic

The person who gets closest wins the Nenana Ice Classic and a portion of the pot. Last year, the winner got $311,000.

https://tinyurl.com/Nenana-Classic

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:40 AM (m45I2)

36 What a cheerful little Spring scene. No wonder Russians drink.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2021 09:42 AM (m+jkK)

37 We rowed off floating docks but the city wouldn't put them in until it was sure no more ice was coming down the river, so for the first couple weeks in teh spring we'd have to wade into the river to launch. Just looking at this is making my legs ache all over again.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

We never had to wade in but I do remember getting on the water in January once or twice. I never got use to the wet, stinky shoes. Ugh!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 09:42 AM (mD/uy)

38 Climate Change:The Early Years.

Crapola....would not hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (tMjLZ)

39 The Nenana Ice Classic

The person who gets closest wins the Nenana Ice Classic and a portion of the pot. Last year, the winner got $311,000.

Second place got a rock.....

Posted by: JT at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (arJlL)

40 That Nenana Ice Classic has been going on for a long long time! There's one here in VT, but that's only 33 years old (https://www.joespondvermont.com/ice-out.html).

The stakes are definitely lower here too - only about $5K

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (VJsqe)

41 Aleksey Savrasov became an alcoholic and died a hobo.

Sad.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM

Russian day ending in "y".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (m+jkK)

42 The Spring Thaw, or, The Bodies Will Rise to the Top.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (7bRMQ)

43 This is darker than many of the artist's landscapes but it sure captures the moist chill of the first breaking of spring weather. I prefer his pieces with more light so that the details of plants and buildings stand out.

I am impressed by how Savrasov achieves the look of the slushy ice in the lower right foreground reflecting the early dawn light.

I'm not saying I would hang this in the house but it is an effective painting.

Posted by: JTB at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (7EjX1)

44 As he succumbs to exhaustion, there will be a final, winded utterance consisting of a limerick and a gurgling sigh as he loses the battle against Morpheus.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 08:34

******

Insomnia - a limerick

I've always been eager to please
But I'm exhausted. I'm tired. Holy geez!
I just can't disguise
(Insert gurgling sighs)
If you'll excuse me, I must catch some ZZZZZZ's

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (m45I2)

45 Russian day ending in "y".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (m+jkK)

Mondsky

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (yrol0)

46 I like it.
This painting is not unlike many, many photos I've taken out here.

I find comfort in the gloom.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (U2p+3)

47 4 Sunset or sunrise?

My favorite song from Fiddler on the Roof!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (2RBkF)

48 We never had to wade in but I do remember getting on the water in January once or twice. I never got use to the wet, stinky shoes. Ugh!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 09:42 AM (mD/uy)

Oh, we did it barefoot. Also the walk across the snow between the boathouse and the ramp.

We were young and lunatic once.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (dfRN6)

49 Another Russian genius who descended into hobohood:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9hkaaj

(It looks like he's most of the way there already in the portrait.)

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (sGnvY)

50 Second place got a rock.....
Posted by: JT at December 06, 2021 09:43 AM (arJlL)

Charlie Brown won second place!

I have a co-worker who uses "I got a rock" whenever she draws a particularly odious task. Cracks me up.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (Bmy3R)

51 Aleksey Savrasov became an alcoholic and died a hobo.
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What became of his pelt?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

It became several loincloths for a tribe of Kaboom kids.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (OssQ4)

52 At first I thought it was a painting of a German submarine surfacing, or running aground, off the American Gulf shore.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (txdEq)

53 Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:44 AM (m45I2)
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HA! Nice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 09:46 AM (DU+/6)

54 When I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright we used to mark the beginning of spring as the day the first vehicle broke through the ice into the river on the Nenana River ice bridge.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:47 AM (m45I2)

55 12 1080p on the left, 4k on the right.
Posted by: Mainah at December 06, 2021 09:33 AM (B+qrE)

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The right side looks like it's been wiped. Like with a cloth.

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 09:47 AM (VJsqe)

56 Charlie Brown won second place!

I have a co-worker who uses "I got a rock" whenever she draws a particularly odious task. Cracks me up.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021

***
"It's a big rock. Can't wait to tell my friends. They don't have a rock this big."
( -- Spike the vampire, regarding the ossified demon Acathla)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 06, 2021 09:48 AM (txdEq)

57 Please direct complaints to....

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The Gods of the Copybook Headings?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 09:48 AM (WfkUm)

58 Would hang in the guest bathroom.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 06, 2021 09:48 AM (Z5y5O)

59 Aw dammit to hell, you crazy bastards blew it up! *pounds fist into sandy beach*

Posted by: Col Taylor at December 06, 2021 09:49 AM (4I/2K)

60 I have a co-worker who uses "I got a rock" whenever she draws a particularly odious task. Cracks me up.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

She should feel flattered that someone gets it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 09:51 AM (uXonU)

61 The Cobs of the Smart Military Blog Headings?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 09:51 AM (qBJMu)

62 have a co-worker who uses "I got a rock" whenever she draws a particularly odious task. Cracks me up.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

She should feel flattered that someone gets it.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 09:51 AM (uXonU)

*shakes head in confusion*

Posted by: Dipshit Millennial at December 06, 2021 09:52 AM (Z5y5O)

63 Would hang in the guest bathroom.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 06, 2021 09:48 AM (Z5y5O)

It's not as fun as you might think.

Posted by: Anthony Bourdain at December 06, 2021 09:52 AM (qBJMu)

64 Better copy and maybe I would hang it

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 06, 2021 09:52 AM (xF76o)

65 It's raining just hard enough that the raindrops are exploding into mist but not so hard that everything gets pummeled into the ground regardless. It looks like fog, but it's active (and noisy) rain.

Seems fitting given this picture. Not the same, of course, but a similar feeling.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM (DU+/6)

66 You might consider adding a happy little bush or two.

After all, it's your painting!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM (NSdfY)

67 It's not as fun as you might think.
Posted by: Anthony Bourdain at December 06, 2021 09:52 AM
=====

Eh - it can be fun. Depends how you do it, I guess.

Posted by: David Carradine at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM (sGnvY)

68 Looking at that painting, I can't see the confounded bridge.

Posted by: dantesed at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM (88xKn)

69 Don't bother. This is an unmonitored mailbox.

Posted by: AoSHQ Complaints Department at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM (DU+/6)

70 Looks like Build Back Better had a run at that dock...

Posted by: Inogame X-State Lines at December 06, 2021 09:54 AM (53oGX)

71 I call it "The Sun Sets on the Cuomo Dynasty".

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 09:55 AM (trdmm)

72 Looks like Build Back Better had a run at that dock...
Posted by: Inogame X-State Lines at December 06, 2021 09:54 AM (53oGX)

Or a US Navy bridge crew.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at December 06, 2021 09:55 AM (4I/2K)

73 Eh - it can be fun. Depends how you do it, I guess.
Posted by: David Carradine

I'll get back to you. I'm gonna be tied up for the next hour or so.
--Zombie David Carradine

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 09:55 AM (mD/uy)

74 And here comes the snow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 06, 2021 09:55 AM (Z5y5O)

75 I don't know why you think it's a copy out of a book, other than the big obvious fold mark running across the middle of the picture.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 09:56 AM (trdmm)

76 I got raining and 37 here. Oh, and the sun sets at 418.

Rises at 748. Days are short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 06, 2021 09:57 AM (U2p+3)

77 Don't bother. This is an unmonitored mailbox.
Posted by: AoSHQ Complaints Department

******

Have a complaint? Go to Helen Waite!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 09:57 AM (m45I2)

78 Don't bother. This is an unmonitored mailbox.
Posted by: AoSHQ Complaints Department at December 06, 2021 09:53 AM

And yet, complaints about any paucity of Yoko Ono on the ONT are responded to promptly. Weird.

Posted by: Karen at December 06, 2021 09:58 AM (NSdfY)

79 What became of his pelt?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 09:39 AM (AlkyK)

We tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and there it is hangin' on the shed (didgeridoo sound)

Posted by: Fox2! at December 06, 2021 09:58 AM (qyH+l)

80 It's a frosty 18 in NoCO.

Feels colder.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:58 AM (Bmy3R)

81 A little bleak. Wouldn't hang. The only other copy I saw was on a chinese website selling reproductions framed. Very yellow tones which didn't warm the image up.
His other spring thaw painting is lovely.
https://tinyurl.com/yckhrb62

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 06, 2021 10:00 AM (2NHgQ)

82 And here comes the snow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 06, 2021 09:55 AM (Z5y5O)
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It's all right.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 10:00 AM (AlkyK)

83 Rises at 748. Days are short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 06, 2021 09:57 AM (U2p+3)

They will start getting longer in about 2 weeks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 10:01 AM (yrol0)

84 They will start getting longer in about 2 weeks.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 10:01 AM (yrol0)

"That's What"

Posted by: SHE at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM (53oGX)

85 #TwoWeeks?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM (Bmy3R)

86 They will start getting longer in about 2 weeks.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 10:01 AM (yrol0)
++++
The Winter Solstice makes little difference in the immediate day-to-day, but knowing that it marks the depths of the season and that things will begin moving upward again despite the inevitable setbacks makes it a fairly wonderful day.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM (DU+/6)

87 The painting certainly conveys the customary sense of good cheer exhibited by all the peoples of Mother Russia. "Is Spring. Slightly less gloomy than Winter. Hooray."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM (QU5/8)

88 I tawt I thaw a thpring thaw!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 06, 2021 10:05 AM (7iFeQ)

89 I was thinking of a Jap (sorry, Japanese) sub before December 7th, dropping supplies to spies along the coast of Hawaii.

Posted by: Colin at December 06, 2021 10:05 AM (sPF7E)

90 Sitting on the Dokova Bay...

Posted by: Otis the Red at December 06, 2021 10:06 AM (kromb)

91 I'm thinking of pictures to hang for guys on death row.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:06 AM (CQVFl)

92 The painting certainly conveys the customary sense of good cheer exhibited by all the peoples of Mother Russia. "Is Spring. Slightly less gloomy than Winter. Hooray."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM

Is next! Spring vear!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (m+jkK)

93 Sitting on the Dokova Bay...
Posted by: Otis the Red at December 06, 2021 10:06 AM (kromb)

Watching the Tide box float away.......

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

94 That a-piers to be a wharf, Doc!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (m45I2)

95 Since Biden was at Pearl during the attack, maybe he can give up some tidbits on his heroic actions that day.

Posted by: Colin at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (sPF7E)

96 I tawt I thaw a thpring thaw!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 06, 2021 10:05 AM (7iFeQ)
++++
This was a hallucination. Hallucinations are a commonly documented consequence of seeing a dripping wet, naked Joe Biden. The best theories of the psychological and medical communities is that such hallucinations are an involuntary defense mechanism to prevent insanity. A more common outcome is a catatonic or semi-comatose state called the "Nadler Shutdown Phenomenon" where the body closes up shop entirely to defend itself. Biden Hallucinagesis is a relatively rare condition, as fairly few people are in that fairly narrow band.

Posted by: Fake Medical Conditions, Volume XXXVII at December 06, 2021 10:08 AM (DU+/6)

97 Watching the Tide box float away.......
Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM

What a waste.

Posted by: Tide Pod-eating Millennial at December 06, 2021 10:09 AM (m+jkK)

98 Since Biden was at Pearl during the attack, maybe he can give up some tidbits on his heroic actions that day.
Posted by: Colin at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (sPF7E)

"I woke that morning with the strange feeling that something wasn't right. Then I realized......someone shit my pants...."

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

99 Since Biden was at Pearl during the attack, maybe he can give up some tidbits on his heroic actions that day.

Posted by: Colin at December 06, 2021 10:07 AM (sPF7E)

The stories I could tell!

Posted by: Brian Williams at December 06, 2021 10:10 AM (7bRMQ)

100 Psychology in action: it is rainy and dreary today but not particularly cold. I *feel* cold, though, and have turned on the heat.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:10 AM (DU+/6)

101 Incredibly windy this morning in NTX. I already have a few things to correct on the Christmas decorations in the yard.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

102 You mean Biden is braver than that guy in Sea Hunt?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:12 AM (CQVFl)

103 The Winter Solstice makes little difference in the immediate day-to-day, but knowing that it marks the depths of the season and that things will begin moving upward again despite the inevitable setbacks makes it a fairly wonderful day.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

What's funny, is that the winter solstice hits long before the shit storm weather. Like months.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:12 AM (uXonU)

104 You mean Biden is braver than that guy in Sea Hunt?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:12 AM (CQVFl)

Is that like Beaver Hunt for fish?

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

105 Today's playlist:

"The Heat is On" - Glenn Frey
"Turn the Heater On" - New Order
"The Heat Goes On" - Asia

Then, some Canned Heat.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 10:13 AM (Bmy3R)

106 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. It is a beautiful piece of art.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (axyOa)

107 How many seamen did Biden save at Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (eGTCV)

108 Incredibly windy this morning in NTX. I already have a few things to correct on the Christmas decorations in the yard.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Putting Christmas, er, I mean Xmas decorations in your yard could offend those who don't celebrate it. It would be most non-Trump non-muscular Christianity to remove them at once. I command it!

Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (7bRMQ)

109 They will start getting longer in about 2 weeks.

Si, as the water warms up.

Posted by: Paolo at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (NSdfY)

110 Sunset or sunrise?
Posted by: dantesed at December 06, 2021 09:32 AM (88xKn)

Swiftly flow the years...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (axyOa)

111 Sea Hunt...old TV 60s.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM (CQVFl)

112 What's funny, is that the winter solstice hits long before the shit storm weather. Like months.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:12 AM (uXonU)
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Yup, that's been true everywhere I've lived. In upstate NY, January was usually worst. In CO, February and March were always the depths of the snowy weather. Where I am now, the "cold and rainy" season really gets moving about the time of the Solstice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM (DU+/6)

113 Aleksey Savrasov became an alcoholic and died a hobo.

Sad.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:38 AM (Bmy3R)

On the upside-

Savrasov Jerky is still celebrated as a rare treat among the NYC Ewok community.

Ace is said to be holding 25 grams of it for celebrating the first time he has sex.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM (5NkmN)

114
Putting Christmas, er, I mean Xmas decorations in your yard could offend those who don't celebrate it. It would be most non-Trump non-muscular Christianity to remove them at once. I command it!
Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (7bRMQ)

Stick it in your ear and blow it out your ass.

I'm guessing my "Jesus is the reason for the season" sign would REALLY piss someone off. Guess I'm glad it's pointing right at the house with lesbians living across the street.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

115 Ahhh Christmas.
Mrs D had me pull out the old family hubcaps. Baby moons from a '64 Nova.
An old family tradition of hers you see, to serve eggs benedict on them. She says there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:16 AM (axyOa)

116 Sea Hunt just like Gun Smoke underwater.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:17 AM (CQVFl)

117 Leaked video of the Patriot Front preparing for their D.C. march.

https://bit.ly/3rByTjj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:17 AM (FVME7)

118 Yay. We are soon to be subjected to "Baby it's cold outside" bullshit.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:17 AM (uXonU)

119 The Winter Solstice makes little difference in the immediate day-to-day, but knowing that it marks the depths of the season and that things will begin moving upward again despite the inevitable setbacks makes it a fairly wonderful day.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:03 AM (DU+/6)

In Houston we pick up about 24 seconds of daylight from the 21st to the 31st!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2021 10:17 AM (yrol0)

120 Stick it in your ear and blow it out your ass.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Please leave my wife and her boyfriend's activities out of this.

Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (7bRMQ)

121 Sir!! Sir!! May I speak to your manager??

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (EiGqC)

122 Putting Christmas, er, I mean Xmas decorations in your yard could offend those who don't celebrate it. It would be most non-Trump non-muscular Christianity to remove them at once. I command it!
Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:14 AM (7bRMQ)
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I am not a Christian. I do not celebrate Christmas. But let me tell you something, Dave. I like Christmas decorations. My neighborhood looks lovely and cheerful. When people wish me a "Merry Christmas," I return the sentiment. These people are not my enemies, I just have a different religion than they do. They don't want me dead, and I don't want them dead.

Or, in other words, blow it out your ass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (DU+/6)

123 An old family tradition of hers you see, to serve eggs benedict on them. She says there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.
Posted by: Diogenes

Really, D?

(LOL)

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (mD/uy)

124 Meanwhile, China's Belts and Roads program is whirring along nicely.

The Chinese have taken control of Uganda's only airport as recompense for unpaid loans.

Fortunately, Chinese Imperialism doesn't involve any of those horrible White Supremacing White Men and dread White Woman, so -

it's a great day for humanity! Yay!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (5NkmN)

125 Alternate title: Natalie Wood makes it to shore

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (VJsqe)

126 Ahhh Christmas.
Mrs D had me pull out the old family hubcaps. Baby moons from a '64 Nova.
An old family tradition of hers you see, to serve eggs benedict on them. She says there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:16 AM (axyOa)
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I read this as "baby morons from a '64 Nova" and figured that such an origin story made sense...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:19 AM (DU+/6)

127 Sea Hunt just like Gun Smoke underwater.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot

'Cept all the horses drowned.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:19 AM (uXonU)

128 Sea Hunt just like Gun Smoke underwater.

-
A good police show would've been . . .

Freeze Motherf*cker, The Toughest Cop In Town

Freeze shoots first, has a donut, then asks questions.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (FVME7)

129 I read this as "baby morons from a '64 Nova" and figured that such an origin story made sense...
Posted by: Joe Mannix

And that the Mary involved was no longer a virgin.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (uXonU)

130 'Cept all the horses drowned.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:19 AM (uXonU)

Wow. That could be a song.

Posted by: Zombie Jim Morrison at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (EiGqC)

131 Or, in other words, blow it out your ass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (DU+/6)

Again, please leave my wife and boyfriend's activities out of this.

Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (7bRMQ)

132 Again, please leave my wife and boyfriend's activities out of this.
Posted by: The Superior Christian, David French at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (7bRMQ)
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Like them, I'd rather leave *you* out of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:21 AM (DU+/6)

133 Well...i guess you never saw Flipper. Some are so uneducated.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:21 AM (CQVFl)

134 Freeze Motherf*cker, The Toughest Cop In Town

Freeze shoots first, has a donut, then asks questions.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:20 AM (FVME7)

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Hilarity ensued whenever Freeze's partner shouted at a perp to "FREEZE!"

Freeze, turning: Yeah?

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:21 AM (VJsqe)

135 Today's playlist:

"The Heat is On" - Glenn Frey
"Turn the Heater On" - New Order
"The Heat Goes On" - Asia

Then, some Canned Heat.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 10:13 AM (Bmy3R)

I applaud you for going with a lesser known Asia song instead of "Heat of the Moment".

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 10:21 AM (mZUr4)

136 s there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.
Posted by: Diogenes

******

Boo! Hiss! Golf clap!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 10:21 AM (m45I2)

137 135 I applaud you for going with a lesser known Asia song instead of "Heat of the Moment".

LOl - I switched it at the last second - it fit better.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 10:22 AM (Bmy3R)

138 Really, D?

(LOL)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2021 10:18 AM (mD/uy)

Hey. I've been saving that one for about a month now.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:22 AM (axyOa)

139 Military Officers: To Combat 'Disinformation,' The Government And Its Big Tech Buddies Should Tell You What To Think

Politicization of the military is the greatest long-term danger to our country. An article by military officers recommending censorship shows this nonpartisan culture is at risk.

Four military officers who describe themselves as "researchers" at the Army's highly respected Cyber Institute have published an article that adds to the growing concern about the ongoing politicization of the military. Published by the military's National Defense University (NDU), their article purports to analyze the dangers of misinformation and disinformation and to advise the Biden administration about how to counter it.

The article's authors all are military officers and at least two are professors at West Point. They say their article "is written in response to the Capitol insurrection."

The Federalist: https://bit.ly/3rJv9fA

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:23 AM (Do5/p)

140 It's an awful copy; it clearly is a photo from a book, but I like the work enough to overlook the terrible reproduction.

Please direct complaints to....

I'm glad I actually read this before commenting, because I was looking at this and thinking "am I seeing a crease in this painting?"

But agreed, I like the work as well.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:24 AM (Do5/p)

141 You know what really helps to thaw you?

Hot coffee.

Posted by: King Harv at December 06, 2021 10:24 AM (jYQlA)

142 Did you hear about the time Boris Spassky and Bobby Fisher were trash talking to an optimistic monk?

Yup.

Chess nuts boasting by a hopin' friar.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 10:25 AM (m45I2)

143 She says there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:16 AM (axyOa)
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By the way, I love this. I called my dad to tell him. He got a good guffaw out of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

144
Yup.

Chess nuts boasting by a hopin' friar.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 10:25 AM (m45I2)

.....when 'boo' and 'hiss' just aren't enough......

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Goose steps to coffee. Goose steps back. Slips on banana skin.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (CQVFl)

146 Politicization of the military is the greatest long-term danger to our country.

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This is a good reason for a small military.

There is a case for a small standing army - smaller army less politicization. An army that is not fighting isn't doing much.

A navy can (and should) have a constant mission. To keep the seas clear.

Our country can mobilize quickly in a time of war when needed. We have proven that. During the Cold War, our army had an actual mission. What is the mission now?

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (sX1BW)

147 Ya got anything with 2 folds in it? And month names like Miss November?

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:27 AM (VJsqe)

148
Our country can mobilize quickly in a time of war when needed. We have proven that. During the Cold War, our army had an actual mission. What is the mission now?
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (sX1BW)

Transitioning.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

149 Military Officers: To Combat 'Disinformation,' The Government And Its Big Tech Buddies Should Tell You What To Think

Politicization of the military is the greatest long-term danger to our country. An article by military officers recommending censorship shows this nonpartisan culture is at risk.

Bing '29 Palms Combat Arms Survey".

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 10:28 AM (uXonU)

150 You know what really helps to thaw you?

Hot coffee.

Posted by: King Harv at December 06, 2021 10:24 AM

I thawt I thaw a putty that!

Posted by: Tweety, with a lisp at December 06, 2021 10:28 AM (Do5/p)

151 Sea Hunt just like Gun Smoke underwater.

Did Chester have a limp underwater?

Posted by: dantesed at December 06, 2021 10:28 AM (88xKn)

152 What is the mission now?

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (sX1BW)

To help China become ascendant of course!

Posted by: Thoroughly Modern Milley at December 06, 2021 10:29 AM (7bRMQ)

153 Chess nuts boasting by a hopin' friar.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2021 10:25 AM (m45I2)

Groan...

Well done.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:29 AM (axyOa)

154 Sea Hunt just like Gun Smoke underwater.

Did Chester have a limp underwater?
Posted by: dantesed at December 06, 2021 10:28 AM (88xKn)

Always swims to the right.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Fredo is trying to take Zucker down with him.

https://bit.ly/3DsVnVS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:30 AM (FVME7)

156 Sea Hunt might be more like Bonanza underwater, father and sons.

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2021 10:32 AM (0hbQ6)

157 Not Amazeballs.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at December 06, 2021 10:32 AM (sI15f)

158 Huh.....someone's gorebull warming comment got disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

159 Just discovered this.

Rob Halford of Judas Priest - "We Three Kings".
https://youtu.be/ctTVcYMYXLA

It sounds just like you would expect. I'm a fan!

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

160 Huh.....someone's gorebull warming comment got disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

We did it.

Posted by: Military Officers Combatting Misinformation at December 06, 2021 10:33 AM (7bRMQ)

161 Savrasov Jerky is still celebrated as a rare treat among the NYC Ewok community.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:15 AM

Is this community intersectional with the NYC Vespa community?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 06, 2021 10:34 AM (a3Q+t)

162
Rob Halford of Judas Priest - "We Three Kings".
https://youtu.be/ctTVcYMYXLA

It sounds just like you would expect. I'm a fan!

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

That is awesomesauce!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

163
To help China become ascendant of course!

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Yes, yes ... of course.

Jokes aside. Now is an opportunity to shrink the military along with all other aspects of government. Or at least start making the case so that when we have power we can. Let's be honest, the military is in many ways like the education system. Too many managers, directors, administrators, program officers at the expense of good teachers and good soldiers.

Shrink it all. We aren't going to stop Russia from reclaiming Ukraine or China from taking Taiwan.

We can't even stop an invasion of our own border. Its time to put the guard back into the hands of the state governors who can do with them what they will. Make them more accountable for the use or non-use of force.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:34 AM (sX1BW)

164 155 Fredo is trying to take Zucker down with him.

https://bit.ly/3DsVnVS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:30 AM (FVME7)

Is it unChristian of me to be rooting for no survivors?

Maybe I should ask Ms. French?

Posted by: Inogame X-State Lines at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (53oGX)

165 'Cept all the horses drowned.
Posted by: rickb223

I've been through the ocean on a horse that can't breathe.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (FVME7)

166 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

167 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

Groovy!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

168 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)
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It's the cat's meow!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (AlkyK)

169 We can't even stop an invasion of our own border. Its time to put the guard back into the hands of the state governors who can do with them what they will. Make them more accountable for the use or non-use of force.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:34 AM (sX1BW)

Maybe if Trump regains his office, he could do a Stalinic purge of the officer corps?

Posted by: Military Officers Combatting Misinformation at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (7bRMQ)

170 167 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

Groovy!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

Neatoh!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (8C7+r)

171 Gina Carano at_ginacarano

This isn't about your health... this is crimes against humanity.

Avi Yemini at_OzraeliAvi

FOR YOUR HEALTH: Vulnerable Queenslanders waiting for a life-saving organ transplant will be denied medical treatment unless they are fully vaccinated.

https://bit.ly/3doJPZ9

9:57 AM - Dec 6, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3IpjTLm

Posted by: Tweety, with a lisp at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (Do5/p)

172 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

Bitchen!

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Maybe if Trump regains his office, he could do a Stalinic purge of the officer corps?

Posted by: Military Officers Combatting Misinformation at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (7bRMQ)

Wait! We mis-spoke. He needs to get rid of the NCOs! That's it!! More Generals, fewer privates!!!

Posted by: Military Officers Combatting Misinformation at December 06, 2021 10:38 AM (7bRMQ)

174 Maybe if Trump regains his office, he could do a Stalinic purge of the officer corps?

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Definitely wouldn't hurt. But we need a fundamental overhaul of our military. The Post-WWII , Cold War is over.

Heck we didn't even do anything about a country unleashing biological warfare against us.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:38 AM (sX1BW)

175 Mmmm mmmm good
Mmmm mmmm good
That's what maggot burgers are
Mmmm mmmm good

The fake meat industry is now looking to start chocking their meatless burgers full of maggots and crickets so start lining up now before they're all gone

https://bit.ly/32Sa5ZV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 06, 2021 10:38 AM (FVME7)

176 I never have much to contribute for land/seascapes.

Interesting YT video about Holbein from the Panorama program that I have to finish.

Still laughing about this weekend's commercials about the starving polar bears losing their habitat and whatever group will send you a stuffed toy in memory of your money. Also, the endangered wolves losing their habitat and the group will send you an adorable stuffed wolf toy in memory of your money.

I don't think either group is currently endangered and in fact have become something like pests. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (MIKMs)

177 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

Groovy!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

Neatoh!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (8C7+r)

23 Skidoo

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (iXJM1)

178 Maybe if Trump regains his office, he could do a Stalinic purge of the officer corps?
Posted by: Military Officers Combatting Misinformation at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (7bRMQ)

Dignity. Canal.

If not now, when?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (mtB7d)

179 Annnd, we're back...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (Do5/p)

180 Annnd, we're back...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (Do5/p)
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From outer space?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (DU+/6)

181 FOR YOUR HEALTH: Vulnerable Queenslanders waiting for a life-saving organ transplant will be denied medical treatment unless they are fully vaccinated.

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Next you'll be telling me they'll require vaccinations before euthanizing you.

Oh wait ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (OoffT)

182 Groovy!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

Neatoh!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (8C7+r)

Rad!

Posted by: Mainah at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (B+qrE)

183 167 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)
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Totally!

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (VJsqe)

184 FOR YOUR HEALTH: Vulnerable Queenslanders waiting for a life-saving organ transplant will be denied medical treatment unless they are fully vaccinated.

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Next you'll be telling me they'll require vaccinations before euthanizing you.

Oh wait ...

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Try imposing a vaccine requirement before obtaining an abortion.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (sX1BW)

185 Our country can mobilize quickly in a time of war when needed. We have proven that. During the Cold War, our army had an actual mission. What is the mission now?
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:26 AM (sX1BW)

We forget that more countries have fallen apart from letting their Army become too strong than from letting it be too week. A bit part of the Decline and Fall of Rome happened when the Praetorian Guard became the group that made (and unmade) the Emperor. For over 200 years, the British never allowed any large military units to be based on their home soil, after their experience with Cromwell. He demonstrated, as men like him have always shown, that once you get big enough to control your own Army, you ARE the government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (trdmm)

186 Groovy!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

Neatoh!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (8C7+r)

Rad!
Posted by: Mainah at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (B+qrE)

Boy howdy! That's the bee's knees!

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

187 The CDC is telling the Karens to mask up for Christmas even if they are full vaxxed. Lol.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (ebCLN)

188 Groovy!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)

Neatoh!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 06, 2021 10:37 AM (8C7+r)

23 Skidoo

Aces!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (EiGqC)

189 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)
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Totally!
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (VJsqe)

23 Skidoo!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (5NkmN)

190 SIDEBAR: Sweden's Lund University researcher faces prosecution for study that showed most rapes are committed by immigrants [dri]

Not sure what this means...

During the data analysis, the researchers found that out of 3,039 offenders included in the study, 59.2 per cent were immigrants. Out of these, 47.7 per cent were born outside Sweden.

So 52.3% of "immigrants" were born in Sweden? How does that work? Or are these children of immigrants who are still classified as immigrants, even though they were born in Sweden?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (Do5/p)

191 180 Annnd, we're back...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (Do5/p)
++++
From outer space?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (DU+/6)
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I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:42 AM (OoffT)

192 23 Skidoo

Aces!!
Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (EiGqC)

Oh, you kid!

*kicks rock*

*mutters darkly*

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:42 AM (5NkmN)

193 Probably old news, but Babylon Bee is reporting that the unemployment rate for Cuomo brothers has risen to 100%.

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (VJsqe)

194 The military is like any govt institution. Too much money and too much power for it ever to shrink.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (ebCLN)

195 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (Do5/p)

Not Swedish citizens yet I assume.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (iXJM1)

196 Probably old news, but Babylon Bee is reporting that the unemployment rate for Cuomo brothers has risen to 100%.
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (VJsqe)

Oh happy days!

Although, they've STILL got more money than I'll see in my lifetime, so......

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

197 Bodacious!

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:44 AM (OoffT)

198 Bodacious!
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:44 AM (OoffT)

Best buckin' bull ever.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

199
Psychedelic!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (5NkmN)

200 Try imposing a vaccine requirement before obtaining an abortion.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:40 AM (sX1BW)

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Indeed.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (OoffT)

201 Yippy Skippy!

Neato Mosquito!

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

202 Far out!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (a3Q+t)

203 167 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

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And for discontent, it can be 'gag me with a spoon' !

Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (VJsqe)

204 Far Out

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2021 10:46 AM (0hbQ6)

205 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM (Do5/p)

11. 5 % of the 59.2 were born in Sweden.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:46 AM (iXJM1)

206 -----
And for discontent, it can be 'gag me with a spoon' !
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:45 AM (VJsqe)

204 Far Out
Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2021 10:46 AM (0hbQ6)

You guys keep this up and I'll post that Zappa tune again.....

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

207 He demonstrated, as men like him have always shown, that once you get big enough to control your own Army, you ARE the government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 10:41 AM

Yep, we are already there. With the military outright refusing to follow Trump's orders when he was President and outright lying to him about what they were doing in Afghanistan.

And now with Biden and Harris being completely incapacitated and incompetent, we know that neither of them are running the government now. So, who is? A combination of the military and US intelligence agencies? Along with collusion of our Congress members with WEF elitists and Chinese Communist Party members?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:47 AM (Do5/p)

208 11. 5 % of the 59.2 were born in Sweden.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:46 AM (iXJM1)
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I am guessing, then, that Sweden has no concept of "anchor babies." If you're born to a refugee or an immigrant prior to their acquisition of permanent residence or citizenship, then you're not a citizen.

Which is the sensible way to go about things.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:47 AM (DU+/6)

209 Adolescent statements reminds me of the great controversy: Is the correct reply to "No way!":

"Yes way!" - per Bill and Ted

or

"Way!" - per Wayne and Garth.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 10:47 AM (dfRN6)

210 Bodacious!
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:44 AM

Doesn't The Style Guide recommend that as a preferred modifier for ta-tas?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (a3Q+t)

211 Appears to be the breakup of the ice on a lake or river. This is a magical thing to see, and to hear.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (P3gRi)

212 Adolescent statements reminds me of the great controversy: Is the correct reply to "No way!":

"Yes way!" - per Bill and Ted
or
"Way!" - per Wayne and Garth.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 10:47 AM (dfRN6)
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I defer to Wayne and Garth.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (DU+/6)

213 Twitter has lots of folks tweeting a picture of Kate Brown (guv of OR) unmasked on her climate change vacation. They are voting for a permanent mask mandate in OR.

And lot of folks talking about family with long term issues over Wuflu. Seems like doctors are a clueless about treating that as they are the original virus. I know there are competent doctors out there, because one helped me heal my lungs. But you don't know that you are dealing with a hack unless you are willing to fire them and find another doctor.

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (YynYJ)

214 Probably old news, but Babylon Bee is reporting that the unemployment rate for Cuomo brothers has risen to 100%.
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2021 10:43 AM (VJsqe)

Finally! Mario Cuomo's boys will be able to fulfill their dream and open-

"Cuomo Bros Pizzeria and Euthanasia Clinic"

Remember Tuesdays are Senior Special Night with:

A Free Cyanide Injection with Every 3 Topping Pizza for those Over 65.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (5NkmN)

215 Cool ..... cool cool cool

( that's Abed from the sitcom Community)

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (iXJM1)

216 Rob Halford of Judas Priest - "We Three Kings".
https://youtu.be/ctTVcYMYXLA
It sounds just like you would expect. I'm a fan!

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

That is awesomesauce!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

He has a whole album called "Winter Songs". Here's another great version. O Holy Night...
https://youtu.be/7B6Flt8Bkis

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (mZUr4)

217
Doesn't The Style Guide recommend that as a preferred modifier for ta-tas?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (a3Q+t)

It's not 'Booyah Highbeams?'

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

218 You guys keep this up and I'll post that Zappa tune again.....

Jewish Princess?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 06, 2021 10:49 AM (EiGqC)

219 210 Bodacious!
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at December 06, 2021 10:44 AM

Doesn't The Style Guide recommend that as a preferred modifier for ta-tas?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 06, 2021 10:48 AM (a3Q+t)

Back when I was in school, the local Harris-Teeter was known as "Heinous Ta-Tas".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 10:50 AM (dfRN6)

220
Back when I was in school, the local Harris-Teeter was known as "Heinous Ta-Tas".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 06, 2021 10:50 AM (dfRN6)

Sizes were ranked from "puppy dog noses" to "big bowackas."

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

221 /off sock

Posted by: Chuck C at December 06, 2021 10:51 AM (EughT)

222 139 Military Officers: To Combat 'Disinformation,' The Government And Its Big Tech Buddies Should Tell You What To Think

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:23 AM (Do5/p)
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I'm sure that "Support Our Troops" is going to work out for us just about as well as "Back the Blue" did.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 06, 2021 10:51 AM (lNHqD)

223 Wife just got a call from her son....c-c-cold in St. Petersburg...-25c.

Posted by: BignJames at December 06, 2021 10:51 AM (AwYPR)

224 GA deserves everything it gets long and hard.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 06, 2021 10:52 AM (XEAiS)

225 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

So, I didn't have Kung Flu or strep throat. What I do have is bronchitis. Now I'm on a 5-day course of Azithromycin, as well as Mucinex and Zyrtec to break up my cough and seal up my runny nose.

It would have been nice had my PCP figured this out a week ago instead of wasting my time by having me go to an urgent care clinic first.

I even took two sick days last week, which is something I never do. Would love to take another today, but it can't be done.

Twenty-five days to go.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (2JVJo)

226 They are voting for a permanent mask mandate in OR.

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Are they actually putting this to a vote with the state congress?

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (sX1BW)

227 I'm sure that "Support Our Troops" is going to work out for us just about as well as "Back the Blue" did.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 06, 2021 10:51 AM (lNHqD)

We'll support the troops when they shoot their officers. Remember that one?

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (iXJM1)

228 I even took two sick days last week, which is something I never do. Would love to take another today, but it can't be done.

Twenty-five days to go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (2JVJo)
++++
I hope your recovery is rapid, MP4.

On the plus side, since you just got sick, it is unlikely that your retirement will begin with an illness. So that's a silver lining - you'll be able to jump right in!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:54 AM (DU+/6)

229
Twenty-five days to go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (2JVJo)

Seems like just yesterday you were 200+ days to go, so there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

230 > Is that Huck Finnski's raft on the Volga?

Yes. He's traveling with his friend, Serf Yakov, in what is theoretically a bid to get Yakov to freedom, but in practice is just an excuse to float down the Volga on a raft with a jug of wood alcohol.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 06, 2021 10:55 AM (bW8dp)

231 The US is unique in granting instant citizenship to anyone born here. In the vast majority of the world, Sweden included, if you are not a citizen and you have a kid there, the kid is not a citizen either. Hence the weird percentages.

In some countries even 3rd generation births arent full citizens.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 10:55 AM (ebCLN)

232 I have a co-worker who uses "I got a rock" whenever she draws a particularly odious task. Cracks me up.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 06, 2021 09:45 AM (Bmy3R)

Mother trucker, dude! That hurt like a butt cheek on a stick!

Posted by: Mainah at December 06, 2021 10:56 AM (B+qrE)

233 Did either Orwell, Huxley or any of the other dystopian writers envision a biomedical technocratic fascistic megastate?

Because this seems new.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 06, 2021 10:56 AM (nY8BU)

234 They are voting for a permanent mask mandate in OR.

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Are they actually putting this to a vote with the state congress?
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 10:53 AM (sX1BW)

***

If it passes, I'd go around and collect a couple thousand used masks and dump it on the Legislature's front steps.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:58 AM (axyOa)

235 hey y'all. Beginning of spring is always bleak. Then the grass turns green and the crops start to sprout and in less then a week the world seems to be reborn.

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at December 06, 2021 10:58 AM (Adlwz)

236 Did either Orwell, Huxley or any of the other dystopian writers envision a biomedical technocratic fascistic megastate?

Because this seems new.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 06, 2021 10:56 AM (nY8BU

Soma

Posted by: Just a side note at December 06, 2021 10:59 AM (iXJM1)

237 211 Appears to be the breakup of the ice on a lake or river. This is a magical thing to see, and to hear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Adds "The Break Up Song" - Greg Kihn to painting's playlist.

Posted by: Rex B at December 06, 2021 10:59 AM (kromb)

238 If it passes, I'd go around and collect a couple thousand used masks and dump it on the Legislature's front steps.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:58 AM (axyOa)
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Really gross ones, picked up from where they've been scattered across parking lots and near garbage cans.

Disposable masks are the most pernicious form of litter in the modern world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:59 AM (DU+/6)

239 Really gross ones, picked up from where they've been scattered across parking lots and near garbage cans.

Disposable masks are the most pernicious form of litter in the modern world.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:59 AM (DU+/6)

Exactly.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 11:00 AM (axyOa)

240 If it passes, I'd go around and collect a couple thousand used masks and dump it on the Legislature's front steps.

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It would at least be the only actual mask law in the country - that I am aware of. A bad law, but as of now, there are no actual laws requiring masks. Again, that I am aware of.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 11:01 AM (sX1BW)

241 Exactly.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 11:00 AM (axyOa)
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And they're non-recycable synthetics that decompose slowly. The very people who shed crocodile tears over plastic straws and grocery bags don't care one whit about the mask detritus, and it's far worse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 11:01 AM (DU+/6)

242
Alternate title for painting: Gloom.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (2iDSr)

243 Gnarly

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (/6GbT)

244 On her podcast a sarah Silverman said she is all for breaking up into UsA 1 and USA2. And we Conservatives keep USA 1.

Your terms are acceptable Sarah. This is the kind of bipartisanship I approve of.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (ebCLN)

245 @255

>>Twenty-five days to go.

A great many things in medicine is guesswork.

It took two years to figure out an H. Pylori bacterial infection was causing all of recent medical issues.

It could also be the difference if your doctor is an MD or a DO.

DO's in my opinion are better than MD's and it took me switching to a DO to figure it out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (nY8BU)

246 Adds "The Break Up Song" - Greg Kihn to painting's playlist.
Posted by: Rex B at December 06, 2021 10:59 AM (kromb)

Great song. They don't write 'em like that anymore.

Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (mZUr4)

247 On her podcast a sarah Silverman said she is all for breaking up into UsA 1 and USA2. And we Conservatives keep USA 1.

Your terms are acceptable Sarah. This is the kind of bipartisanship I approve of.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:02 AM (ebCLN)

How about you just move to an EXISTING communist shithole instead of trying to ruin EVERYTHING for EVERYONE, you disease riddled cuunt.

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

248 If the options are civil war or break up breakup is much more preferable. it will be one of the two.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:04 AM (ebCLN)

249 . They don't write 'em like that anymore.
Posted by: Doof

No, they dont!

Posted by: Rex B at December 06, 2021 11:04 AM (kromb)

250 And they're non-recycable synthetics that decompose slowly. The very people who shed crocodile tears over plastic straws and grocery bags don't care one whit about the mask detritus, and it's far worse.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 11:01 AM (DU+/6)

And 500 Quatloos they send the clean up team out in full hazmat suits.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 11:04 AM (axyOa)

251
Ruined dock. Dead fish. Depressed Russians. Vodka hangover. Hair of the dog. And what's that smell?

Thanx

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 06, 2021 11:05 AM (2iDSr)

252 > In some countries even 3rd generation births arent full citizens.

There are ethnic Koreans in Japan who are the descendent of mine slaves brought over in the 1700s.

Still not considered Japanese citizens.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 06, 2021 11:05 AM (bW8dp)

253 248 If the options are civil war or break up breakup is much more preferable. it will be one of the two.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:04 AM (ebCLN)

All "breakup" means is that the Civil War will just be a regular old War.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:06 AM (6FeV1)

254 Although I'm sympathetic to the idea of breaking this country up, and think that it will probably happen someday, I have to note that people like Sarah Silverman who talk eagerly about wanting it to happen are those who have already decided they're not willing to actually fight for what they believe.

History says that the side that is most willing, and ready, to fight is the one that will win.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 11:06 AM (trdmm)

255 This is living.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 11:06 AM (YdUrq)

256 Still not considered Japanese citizens.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 06, 2021 11:05 AM (bW8dp)

Still "garlic eaters"?

Posted by: BignJames at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (AwYPR)

257 This is living.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 11:06 AM (YdUrq)

ThisIsFine.jpg

Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

258 There are ethnic Koreans in Japan who are the descendent of mine slaves brought over in the 1700s.

Still not considered Japanese citizens.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 06, 2021 11:05 AM (bW8dp)

'I've heard that there were countries where Jews were never allowed to be citizens, either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (trdmm)

259 I can envision a Czechoslovakia type thing. I know that was easy since it was along ethnic lines. But I think we could come up with a two state solution that would make most people happy here as well.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (ebCLN)

260 248 If the options are civil war or break up breakup is much more preferable. it will be one of the two.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:04 AM (ebCLN)

Been thinking about this a lot. Keep coming back to the questions of dividing up the land. Keep existing state boundaries?
What about emigration? I'm in a purple/blue state - how would people like me escape?
Existing national debt? Defense? Coastal areas are predominantly blue. Shipyards, naval bases are in blue states.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2021 11:08 AM (N39Ws)

261 Here's another cool phrase learned this weekend:

That slaps.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at December 06, 2021 11:09 AM (sI15f)

262 It's not 'Booyah Highbeams?'
Posted by: Sponge - Shirt Wearing Member of the Ashli Babbitt Society at December 06, 2021 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

I think that's the new CEO of Frigidaire.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:09 AM (6FeV1)

263 25 days to go.

Yeah, when I retired, it was like I was an elf at Christmas. I did all the work and some fat guy in a suit took all the credit.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 11:10 AM (axyOa)

264 And a breakup doesnt have to be states going all in one way or their other. Im thinking more at the county level. And yeah there would be some weird as boundaries but whatever.

And two USAs would be trading partners and allies. We hate each other because we have to live with each other. Once we split we would be that couple who screamed at each other while married then became good friends after divorce.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:11 AM (ebCLN)

265 Living the life of a modern man.

You mean i have a choice?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 11:11 AM (YdUrq)

266 Been thinking about this a lot. Keep coming back to the questions of dividing up the land. Keep existing state boundaries?
What about emigration? I'm in a purple/blue state - how would people like me escape?
Existing national debt? Defense? Coastal areas are predominantly blue. Shipyards, naval bases are in blue states.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2021 11:08 AM (N39Ws)

Dissolve the Union entirely. End the Constitution. 50 independent countries. All Federal debt and obligations are defaulted. How and Why those 50 no longer united States later choose to re-unify or confederate is entirely up to them.

Maybe have an agreement of sorts allowing free travel and resettlement for a period of 10 years?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:11 AM (6FeV1)

267 259 I can envision a Czechoslovakia type thing. I know that was easy since it was along ethnic lines. But I think we could come up with a two state solution that would make most people happy here as well.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (ebCLN)

I don't think it's possible. We like to say it's possible because the alternative is so dark and bloody - but history takes a lot of dark and bloody turn, and ours is overdue.

Start with the hard fact that the instant you accept that it has to be broken up, everyone on Medicare and social security loses it. There's no way to dissolve the federal structure but keep the federal benefits.

sooner or later, there's got to be a Winner Takes All fight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2021 11:12 AM (trdmm)

268 I can envision a Czechoslovakia type thing. I know that was easy since it was along ethnic lines. But I think we could come up with a two state solution that would make most people happy here as well.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:07 AM (ebCLN)

Two-state solution: non-Commies, living. Commies, dead. Works.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2021 11:13 AM (P3gRi)

269 Just remember, in any "break up" they would still keep trying to take over "our" portion.

So, no.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at December 06, 2021 11:14 AM (OUMaO)

270 Meathead is still wasting our precious resources.

Posted by: klaftern at December 06, 2021 11:14 AM (taPSh)

271 The online rag top headline today says that local Salvation Army donations are down by $100,000 compared to last year.

They attribute this to "donor fatigue", and my favorite, no shit, claim "experts say this is normal."

LOL!! I'm not going to bother reading the article with bullshit like that in the headline.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2021 11:14 AM (NUalg)

272 270 Meathead is still wasting our precious resources.
Posted by: klaftern at December 06, 2021 11:14 AM (taPSh)

The barbecue guy?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:15 AM (6FeV1)

273 Start with the hard fact that the instant you accept that it has to be broken up, everyone on Medicare and social security loses it. There's no way to dissolve the federal structure but keep the federal benefits.

Fedgov sells off all the lands they've claimed that isn't National parks. There are hundreds of millions of acrese they have claimed. They can cover those currently on SS & Medicare and transition everyone to state control.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 11:15 AM (uXonU)

274 Medicare and SS could still be funded by both countries. This is the type of thing that is negotiated. Remember all the doom and gloom predicted by the left on Brexit?none of it happened.

It wouldnt happen overnight. It would take a years to negotiate it all and then probably a few more years to implement. And all things like Medicare , ss, debt, military would be part of that negotiation.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:15 AM (ebCLN)

275 The National Debt issues alone will make a divorce extremely difficult. Are the successor states each going to take a proportional share of the Debt? How is that going to work where only 1 of the successor states will retain the world's reserve currency (allowing them to print to pay the debt?).

If the successor states repudiate the National Debt, their credit is ruined and the entire world is thrust into a global financial calamity.

It's fun to fantasize, but there won't be a mutually-agreed breakup of the U.S.

Posted by: Revenant at December 06, 2021 11:15 AM (I76dP)

276 They attribute this to "donor fatigue", and my favorite, no shit, claim "experts say this is normal."

LOL!! I'm not going to bother reading the article with bullshit like that in the headline.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2021 11:14 AM (NUalg)

Look, Fat, everyone knows that the Salvation Army sees its donations completely dry up every year right around Kwanzaa time. Read a book! Come on, man!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:16 AM (6FeV1)

277 Just remember, in any "break up" they would still keep trying to take over "our" portion.

So, no.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Once we are a sovereign nation, we can treat them like a military invasion and kill them.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2021 11:16 AM (uXonU)

278 How about we just win and keep everything instead.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2021 11:16 AM (ZLI7S)

279 Meathead, the Reiner ****-kid.

Posted by: klaftern at December 06, 2021 11:16 AM (taPSh)

280 It's fun to fantasize, but there won't be a mutually-agreed breakup of the U.S.

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Peaceful breakups are extremely rare. Still, its a good discussion to have because it will prompt other discussions. Its at least some indication that there is something fundamentally wrong.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 11:17 AM (sX1BW)

281 279 Meathead, the Reiner ****-kid.
Posted by: klaftern at December 06, 2021 11:16 AM (taPSh)

I know, i know, I was just making an oblique throw-away "Meathead Goldwyn is gobbling up the world's pork supply!" joke

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:17 AM (6FeV1)

282 One thing I would do for our USA is a strict immigration law, including from USA2. Once you choose sides, no going back for at least 25 years. You can come visit but ya cant live here.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:17 AM (ebCLN)

283 Once we are a sovereign nation, we can treat them like a military invasion and kill them.

Posted by: rickb223

Provided they aren't already embedded in the government and bureaucracies in "our" territory.

Want to place bets on that?

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at December 06, 2021 11:18 AM (OUMaO)

284 How about we just win and keep everything instead.

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This is my preference. I am willing to grant them San Francisco though. It is too far gone, and we can just keep the city under siege until it is time to re-annex it.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 11:19 AM (sX1BW)

285 I think a split could work. I do know we cant keep going the way things are for much longer.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 06, 2021 11:20 AM (ebCLN)

286 Trump was right to start talking expansion. Start with Greenland, but then we should start talking to parts of Canada.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 11:20 AM (sX1BW)

287 286 Trump was right to start talking expansion. Start with Greenland, but then we should start talking to parts of Canada.
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at December 06, 2021 11:20 AM (sX1BW)

I'm sure entire provinces would seriously consider jumping ship if we had even a half decent ship of our own for them to jump into.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2021 11:21 AM (6FeV1)

288 Sigh. If we keep up with adolescent statements of wonderment like "amazeballs" and "awesomesauce," then I am going to start injecting "cool beans" into the threads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:35 AM

Gnarly!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2021 11:21 AM (m+jkK)

289 Best immigration policy...we take over your government...set up Liberty voting and shit and giggles.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 06, 2021 11:23 AM (YdUrq)

290 Ahhh Christmas.
Mrs D had me pull out the old family hubcaps. Baby moons from a '64 Nova.
An old family tradition of hers you see, to serve eggs benedict on them. She says there no place like chrome for the hollandaise.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2021 10:16 AM

I love this place.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 06, 2021 11:39 AM (OssQ4)

291 Annnd, we're back...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM (Do5/p)
++++
From outer space?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 06, 2021 10:39 AM

Seinfeld reference... when Kramer was pretending to host a talk show in his living room...

https://bit.ly/3rDYXds

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2021 12:19 PM (Do5/p)

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