Mid-Morning Art Thread [Kris]

Mont Saint-Michel, Setting Sun
Paul Signac

Paul Signac grew up in a Parisian neighborhood popular with early modernist artists. He attended some of the exhibitions of the Impressionists and was attracted to the art of Claude Monet. Later, he would collaborate with Georges Seurat and help develop the style now known as Pointillism.

Pointillism applies pure colors to the canvas as dots or points of paint without blending. Colors are placed side-by-side, but sometimes the bare canvas can show in between the daubs. This technique breaks down the fundamental trait of painting – the colors – reducing them to their most elemental form. It was thought that the dots will then visually react according to their relationship with each other and the viewer. If the viewer stands close to the work, the pigments are separate and individual. The overall image is lost to a crowd of dots and brushstrokes. As he gradually steps backward, they visually merge, blending in the eye and revealing the image. Called optical mixture, it is an attempt to mix art and science.

Mont Saint-Michel, Setting Sun shows both Monet’s influences on Signac, and Signac’s experimentation with visual blending. Mont Saint-Michel is a medieval abbey off the coast of Normandy, France. The site is a semi-island that only becomes connected to the mainland at low tide. The scene painted by the artist is foggy which dulls the light some. Only the radiant oranges of the sunset breaks through.

This work is not about Mont Saint-Michel. It is about color. The artist uses the time of day and the atmospheric conditions to reduce the jumble of architectural forms and textures to basic geometric shapes. At dusk the sky starts to darken and the clouds turn pink. These are reflected in the shallow water in the foreground, and together, frames the center image. The light pinks and blues also contrast with the vivid oranges and deep blues and purples that construct the buildings, making Mont Saint-Michel stand out more.

Unlike the curvy shapes that make up the sky and land, the island’s buildings are formed by geometric shapes and lines. The many additions to the monument over the centuries have created a network of squares and rectangles and vertical and horizontal lines that create surfaces for highlights and shadows.

Zoom into this piece. See how Signac applied the paints. At first, they seem to be applied in a haphazard manner. As I keep looking however, I can see the plan of the composition. Above I wrote how orange and blue “construct the buildings”. This work is about how the light of the setting sun looks through a coastal haze when reflected off a particular surface. This is the influence of the Impressionists and Monet. Signac goes further, though. He divides the colors into their basic hues. In some cases, he places them right next to each other – orange next to blue next to pink – almost on top of each other, allowing them to react and clash with one another. Orange and blue are complementary, or opposite, colors that, to me, vibrate and glow. They define the edges of the buildings. The radiance of the orange counters the coolness of the blue. Since blue is a major color in the whole painting, orange provides a glaring accent that can’t be ignored. Blue tends to blend into the rest of the landscape, but the orange almost explodes off the canvas. It seems to advance towards me while the blue recedes. Together, they create an illusion of perspective.

To me, this work feels otherworldly. Because the colors of the ground match the sky, the monument seems to hover in space. The hazy atmosphere pushes the island into the background creating distance between me and it. The points of color shimmer that causes a mirage-like effect. The lack of textures and details on the buildings make the monument more abstract than real. It feels ethereal and mysterious, like something from a legend.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:43 AM

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1 thx Kris

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at January 03, 2024 09:43 AM (lwOKI)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

3 This is one that you blur your eyes and see some 3D image of Godzilla trashing the city, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Very pretty.

Posted by: gp Upholds Scholarly Rigor at January 03, 2024 09:44 AM (MvF+J)

5 Huh. I just saw a suggested video of a tour through Saint-Michel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 09:44 AM (zZu0s)

6 I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at January 03, 2024 09:45 AM (NBVIP)

7 Huh. I just saw a suggested video of a tour through Saint-Michel.

Go to the monastery at the top. Most people just stay down below in the gift shop area.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 09:45 AM (CsUN+)

8 This painting is transitioning to pointillism.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 09:45 AM (b36Zb)

9 Spots! I'm seeing spots before my eyes!

Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (AwYPR)

10 Not my cuppa.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (CsUN+)

11 I don't get the point of this.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (Angsy)

12 This painting is transitioning to pointillism.

Looks like it's already had the surgery.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (CsUN+)

13 The lack of textures and details on the buildings make the monument more abstract than real. It feels ethereal and mysterious, like something from a legend.

--

I get that feeling too. Evokes to me something like you'd see on the cover of a classic sci-fi novel.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (fKIdX)

14 I saw this in Dallas about 3 months ago.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (lwOKI)

15 I appreciate the sentiment, but I doubt anyone will ever refer to Michelle as a saint.

Posted by: B.O. at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

16 Sure as hell beats a nekkid lardass on an ottoman.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 09:47 AM (pohLc)

17
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2024 09:47 AM (MoZTd)

18 Saurot knew a lot about dots.

Stuff I learned as a kid between cartoons.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 09:47 AM (Z8Yh2)

19 Not a huge fan of pointillism. They tend to look "pixelated" to me. Of course digital images on the screen are just a very high-tech version of pointillism as each pixel represents a single color or hue and it's the number of pixels per inch that determine the overall realism of the image to the human eye. Hence, the 8K monitors...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (7fElN)

20 Sure as hell beats a nekkid lardass on an ottoman.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 09:47 AM (pohLc)

Kindergarten art on your refrigerator is better.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Paul Signac? I'd prefer to look at his great great grand niece, Paige Spiranac.

The painting is nice, but it makes my brain think my eyes aren't working properly.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (gmo/4)

22
Art Thread by Kris. Pearls, swine. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (MoZTd)

23 I don't see the point of this.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (aD39U)

24 This could actually be an illustration for a Lovecraft story such as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

It's OK. I don't know that I'd buy a copy, but I'd hang it if it were given to me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (Q0kLU)

25
Dippin' Dots >>>> Pointillism

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2024 09:49 AM (MoZTd)

26 I get that feeling too. Evokes to me something like you'd see on the cover of a classic sci-fi novel.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 03, 2024 09:46 AM (fKIdX)
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Toss in an exotic space-babe and a lantern-jawed hero, and you may be onto something....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 09:49 AM (7fElN)

27 Time-consuming technique, though I see the genius of it. I can get it done in 1/10 of the time using only a 4" brush and a putty knife.

Posted by: Zombie Bill Alexander at January 03, 2024 09:49 AM (V5BDR)

28 The artwork of the future.

Posted by: Flippin' Dots at January 03, 2024 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

29 They say you have to unfocus your eyes to see the pirate ship but that's wrong.

You need deep focus.

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at January 03, 2024 09:50 AM (aD39U)

30 “…the colors of the ground match the sky…”

That’s not the ground, that’s the sea, which reflects the colors of the sky. Take a walk on the beach!

Posted by: JRo at January 03, 2024 09:50 AM (nZOlp)

31 Oh well, not a fan. Looked at it with and without my reading glasses, it appeared the same. Maybe that’s the point, I dunno. But thanks for the narrative, I learned something today.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 03, 2024 09:50 AM (t/mkx)

32 Watched a doc on Edward Hopper last night.

Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 09:50 AM (AwYPR)

33 Same kinda colors Parrish liked to use.

Posted by: gp Upholds Scholarly Rigor at January 03, 2024 09:51 AM (MvF+J)

34 Mont Saint-Michel, Setting Sun shows both Monet’s influences on Signac, and Signac’s experimentation with visual blending. Mont Saint-Michel is a medieval abbey off the coast of Normandy, France. The site is a semi-island that only becomes connected to the mainland at low tide. The scene painted by the artist is foggy which dulls the light some. Only the radiant oranges of the sunset breaks through.

Have seen arial photos of the Abbey. Most impressive.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 09:51 AM (aNhid)

35 I have a large painting by Girl928 where she used the plastic caps off of 2 liter bottles to point a pixelation like this.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 03, 2024 09:51 AM (aD39U)

36 Looks like a starving artist's work was left out in the sun WAY too long.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

37 I don't think you can appreciate a piece like this on a computer monitor. You need to be able to step back from it. I suspect it took much planning and thought to pull off.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 09:52 AM (pohLc)

38 32 Watched a doc on Edward Hopper last night.
Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 09:50 AM (AwYPR)

(Hopper) didn't disappear- he was skinned alive!

Posted by: Dutch at January 03, 2024 09:53 AM (zZu0s)

39 Interesting . . . though it does seem as though it's been displayed for far too long in a shop window where it caught the sun all day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2024 09:54 AM (J2vNu)

40 I remember this work from the Sunday funnies in 1978. Magic Eye. If you stare at it long enough, you'll see a scene of the French revolting.

Posted by: Folkal Point at January 03, 2024 09:54 AM (V5BDR)

41 Paint by numbers.... all 35973286 of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 09:54 AM (Q4IgG)

42

Dinsdale!

Posted by: Spiny Norman at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (HRQvT)

43 Turn the antenna a bit, see if we can get a better picture.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (qPw5n)

44 Pointillism doesn't tickle my fancy, though it was an interesting exercise to understand how eyes and color work in art class. Also a striking reminder of how the brain fills in gaps in the information it takes in from the senses.

This is pretty, and I agree with the sci-fi ambiance suggested by others.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (ftFVW)

45 To me this painting lies in that nebulous gray zone between

1) something produced by an artist skilled in a particular technique and

2) a picture.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (991eG)

46 lol

AI is going to replace all these clowns.

Posted by: this is good graphic novel art at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (pjs7m)

47
Dinsdale!
Posted by: Spiny Norman at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (HRQvT)

Mr. Drysdale >

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

48 Check your display resolution, maybe it's stuck at 144p ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at January 03, 2024 09:56 AM (tA1/w)

49 Thanks for the lesson Kris. Very informative.

Posted by: Tuna at January 03, 2024 09:56 AM (oaGWv)

50 I don't see the point of this.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (aD39U)

You ain't the only one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 09:57 AM (Angsy)

51 Check your display resolution, maybe it's stuck at 144p ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at January 03, 2024 09:56 AM (tA1/w)

4 color CGA.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Signac paddy whack...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 09:57 AM (991eG)

53 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nicely done Kris. I like this and always appreciate your insights.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (W/lyH)

54 The brain tends to interpolate to gain comprehension. I saw an example on Quora, a paragraph was made up of a few actual words interspersed with nonsense, after a couple of attempts, you could actually read and comprehend it.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (pohLc)

55 The bottom right hand corner says "Claudine Gay"

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (fKIdX)

56 To me, this work feels otherworldly.
++++
The word I would have gone with is, "alien."

I don't like it, but thanks for the essay!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (WkNQM)

57 So, what brush would someone use to paint like that? Not a script liner, or round brush. Some of the dots look square.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (Angsy)

58 They say you have to unfocus your eyes to see the pirate ship but that's wrong.

You need deep focus.

Posted by: Mr. Pitt

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Just keep your shirt on.

- George Costanza

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (sX1BW)

59 So looking at the google maps this appears to be oriented with the painter looking to the Northeast so he is standing at maybe Southwest of the Mont.

So to the left of the picture (West) is that of the Sun as reflected off the buildings with the reflected light flowing down the the water.

As always

Thank you Kris.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (lwOKI)

60 If you say 'quora' three times in a mirror, there will be a flash of lighting and qdpsteve will be standing behind you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (zZu0s)

61 Pink and Blue Blurred Crap.

Would Not Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (Edu7X)

62 ... I saw an example on Quora, a paragraph was made up of a few actual words interspersed with nonsense ...
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 09:58 AM (pohLc)
++++
You have described a common occurrence on Quora.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (WkNQM)

63 I don't like it. Too real and sensible. Probably some fish in there, but no magic.

Posted by: Paul Klee at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (OiKEr)

64 This painting reveals more about the viewer than it does either Mont St. Michel or the artist...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (991eG)

65 Orange and blue are complementary, or opposite, colors that, to me, vibrate and glow. They define the edges of the buildings. The radiance of the orange counters the coolness of the blue.
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Beyond being solidly red green colorblind, I have absolutely no "sense" of color. The above sentence mystifies me.
So thank you Kris, and others who pitch in with various explanations and interpretations. I really enjoy them, and would never reach those positions on my own.

Posted by: From about that Time at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (4780s)

66 One can achieve similar results by using spray paint shot through a sieve and a colander-quicker, too.

Posted by: Counterpoint at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (V5BDR)

67 While I really do appreciate Kris's efforts and in depth discussion on the images she posts, if I have to work that hard on "appreciating a painting," my eyes have glazed over and I'm looking for the next one.

I like art well enough and know what I think is interesting and what I think is garbage, but if I have to work too hard, owt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

68 Here's a link for mega-embiggening to see the points.

http://tinyurl.com/2jup8aft

Posted by: Kris at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (OyyDO)

69 quora...marsupial?

Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (AwYPR)

70 It sends my soul aloft, soaring to heights of self-exploration and inner peace...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:01 AM (991eG)

71 You have described a common occurrence on Quora.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 09:59 AM (WkNQM)

I mostly read history and military technology there. There is good stuff by experts, and stupidity by imbeciles too.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 03, 2024 10:01 AM (pohLc)

72 70 It sends my soul aloft, soaring to heights of self-exploration and inner peace...
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:01 AM (991eG)

Golden Corral's New Slogan!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:01 AM (zZu0s)

73 It sends my soul aloft, soaring to heights of self-exploration and inner peace...

Posted by: Muldoon

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

Could be the morphine.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 03, 2024 10:01 AM (sX1BW)

74 Turn the antenna a bit, see if we can get a better picture.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (qPw5n)

What's an antenna and why do you have to turn it?

-- Your teenage grand kid.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:02 AM (gmo/4)

75 If you say 'quora' three times in a mirror, there will be a flash of lighting and qdpsteve will be standing behind you.

But if you turn around to look, he'll not be there. A ghostly aroma of fastfood will be the only evidence of his presence.

Posted by: the faint whiff of the banned at January 03, 2024 10:02 AM (pjs7m)

76 74 Turn the antenna a bit, see if we can get a better picture.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2024 09:55 AM (qPw5n)

Make sure you put tin foil on it.

Posted by: Kris at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (OyyDO)

77 Pointillism was made obsolete by transistorized ignition systems and finally full electronic control.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (WkNQM)

78 I remember this work from the Sunday funnies in 1978. Magic Eye. If you stare at it long enough, you'll see a scene of the French revolting.
Posted by: Folkal Point

You don't have to stare to see the french revolting.

You only have to sniff.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (aNhid)

79 The French couldn't paint within the lines.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (LVNnd)

80 Would hang.
It's pink!

Posted by: Claudine DEI hire super Gay at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (ufFY8)

81 But if you turn around to look, he'll not be there. A ghostly aroma of fastfood will be the only evidence of his presence.
Posted by: the faint whiff of the banned at January 03, 2024 10:02 AM (pjs7m)

Popeye's Chicken Sandwich

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (zZu0s)

82 I wonder how much time it took the artist to paint this? Applying all those dots must have been a very lengthy process.

Posted by: Tuna at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (oaGWv)

83 What's an antenna and why do you have to turn it?

-- Your teenage grand kid.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:02 AM (gmo/4)
++++
Huh? What do you mean, "the picture was snowy?" Why was there snow in your TV?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (WkNQM)

84 This could be a contest sponsored by Piggly Wiggly:

Guess the total number of 'points' used in this painting and win a bicycle.

I'm estimating 57,000

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (991eG)

85
You don't have to stare to see the french revolting.

You only have to sniff.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 10:03 AM (aNhid)

Or sit in your office on capitol hill.

Posted by: Harry Reid at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Dots nice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (ch/kO)

87 But if you turn around to look, he'll not be there. A ghostly aroma of fastfood will be the only evidence of his presence.
Posted by: the faint whiff of the banned at January 03, 2024 10:02 AM (pjs7m)

Popeye's Chicken Sandwich
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Taco Hell

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (R4t5M)

88 I wonder how much time it took the artist to paint this? Applying all those dots must have been a very lengthy process.
Posted by: Tuna at January 03, 2024 10:04 AM (oaGWv)
++++
Not to mention the screeching noise the printer made as it hammered the ribbon across...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (WkNQM)

89 Would appreciate the Horde's powers of prayer:

PSA blood tests today, to see what's up (or down). It's four years on since we began this fight #howwedoing

Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.

Off to hospital, see you later in the day.

Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

90 I really do appreciate Kris's efforts and in depth discussion on the images she posts.

Agreed. Kris, please excuse my vain attempts at kibitzing, you really do a fine job and I learn something new every time you provide your analysis regard the art you post.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (gmo/4)

91 I wonder how much time it took the artist to paint this? Applying all those dots must have been a very lengthy process.
Posted by: Tuna

******

You're right. I'm upping my estimate to 130,000

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (991eG)

92
Off to hospital, see you later in the day.
Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

93 Here's a link for mega-embiggening to see the points.

http://tinyurl.com/2jup8aft
Posted by: Kris at January 03, 2024 10:00 AM (OyyDO)

Flat brush then, maybe a small round brush too. Anyone know?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (Angsy)

94 Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.

Off to hospital, see you later in the day.
Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

Good luck man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (zZu0s)

95 Flat brush then, maybe a small round brush too. Anyone know?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (Angsy)

spit take.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:07 AM (gmo/4)

96 Rubbed my eyes. Did not help. Stumbles off in search of Visine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (tkR6S)

97 Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.

Off to hospital, see you later in the day.
Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

ODIN!

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (gmo/4)

98
spit take.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:07 AM (gmo/4)

"What the heck is a shit take mushroom?!?"

- - - Things my brother's mother-in-law said

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

99 What's the point of this picture?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (FVME7)

100 Flat brush then, maybe a small round brush too. Anyone know?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (Angsy)

spit take.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:07 AM (gmo/4)

Hmmm, that could work!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (Angsy)

101 A real artist would have made this of DOTS and then eaten his own painting at the exhibition.

Posted by: beauty makes me hungry at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (pjs7m)

102 This reminds one of the old "Lite Brite" set of the 70's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

103 "What the heck is a shit take mushroom?!?"

- - - Things my brother's mother-in-law said
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, they are grown covered in shit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:09 AM (Angsy)

104
"What the heck is a shit take mushroom?!?"

- - - Things my brother's mother-in-law said

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

I think that's the thing that happens after you use an app on your phone to identify and eat wild mushrooms.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (gmo/4)

105 Popeye's Chicken Sandwich
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

I hate like hell to admit it, but it's every bit as good as CfA.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (aNhid)

106 Would appreciate the Horde's powers of prayer:

PSA blood tests today, to see what's up (or down). It's four years on since we began this fight #howwedoing

Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.

Off to hospital, see you later in the day.
Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

Okay

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (T4tVD)

107 A real artist would have made this of DOTS and then eaten his own painting at the exhibition.
Posted by: beauty makes me hungry at January 03, 2024 10:08 AM (pjs7m)

A REAL artist would've done this out of period blood and after sex jizz.

Posted by: Hairy Pitted Libtard Rottencrotch at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

108 Lite Brites burned down more than few houses back in the day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (R4t5M)

109 ESPN Apologizes for Showing Woman Flashing on Bourbon Street During the Sugar Bowl

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It wasn't wholesome like two alternate lifestyles playing tonsil hockey on NYE.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:11 AM (FVME7)

110 Signac probably had Polka music going on his iPod...

...wait for it!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:11 AM (991eG)

111 Thank you, Kris.

You teach me how to see deeper into art.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 10:11 AM (u82oZ)

112 Jean-Pierre: Americans Just Need to Give Bidenomics "More Time"

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Four more years?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:12 AM (FVME7)

113 Saurot knew a lot about dots.

Stuff I learned as a kid between cartoons.
Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 09:47 AM

Phrases stuck in my brain for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (jA9ul)

114 ESPN Apologizes for Showing Woman Flashing on Bourbon Street During the Sugar Bowl

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It wasn't wholesome like two alternate lifestyles playing tonsil hockey on NYE.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:11 AM (FVME7)

Yeah......F*ck ESPN with CNN.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

115 See dynamo Joe's sunburn? After he had surgery for skin cancer? Is it bad I'm hoping for a terminal return?

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (gmo/4)

116 Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.
Posted by: browndog
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May fortune and Providence yield what you are seeking.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (8IKKJ)

117
Wow, what a week!

Just got back from teaching a uranium enrichment class in Iran. Did I miss anything?

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (X4yCj)

118 115 See dynamo Joe's sunburn? After he had surgery for skin cancer? Is it bad I'm hoping for a terminal return?

Posted by: Archer
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Biden's junta is a cancer upon America.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 10:14 AM (8IKKJ)

119 Oh hey work accidents in Iran kill many at rally for drone'd terror thug Suleimani.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (1nfzE)

120 Prayers, burnt offerings, calls to deities large and small appreciated.

Off to hospital, see you later in the day.
Posted by: browndog in the crosshairs at January 03, 2024 10:05 AM (TTAGa)

Best wishes, sir.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (tkR6S)

121 I love the ethereal effect like this image is from a dream.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (RIvkX)

122 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

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I'm Hugh G. O'Rection.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (FVME7)

123 I hate like hell to admit it, but it's every bit as good as CfA.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 10:10 AM (aNhid)

I have never tried one. I do not get to Popeye's all that often. I like their chicken though (spicy.)

Their dirty rice is meh/greasy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (zZu0s)

124 This reminds one of the old "Lite Brite" set of the 70's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:09 AM

Heh. My sister got one for her little goddaughters last year. They loved the thing. Some toys endure.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (jA9ul)

125 Was a kid in the 70's. Had shag carpet in the house. My mom was constantly stepping on up turned lite brite pegs in the carpet. It was less funny when I had kids. Plastic army men, leggos, all great when stepped on...Not.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 10:16 AM (Z8Yh2)

126 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

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I'm Hugh G. O'Rection.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (FVME7)

Blow me, copper.

Posted by: Fuk D. Police at January 03, 2024 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

127 Painting looks like Georgia O'Keefe had a hand in it. I'd have never known that was France; at first blush I thought it was the American Southwest.

Posted by: Bert G at January 03, 2024 10:16 AM (VARTN)

128 See dynamo Joe's sunburn? After he had surgery for skin cancer? Is it bad I'm hoping for a terminal return?

Posted by: Archer

Mudpants is burnt to a crisp. He probably fell asleep on the beach and nobody gave a fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:16 AM (R4t5M)

129 Plastic army men, leggos, all great when stepped on...Not.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 10:16 AM (Z8Yh2)

These are well known killers of parents.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (gmo/4)

130 Here's a work I saw at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts that's sort of related to pointillism. It's made with what must be hundreds of thousands of buttons and pins. I can't imagine the kind of patience and determination it takes to do work like that.

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/144812/first-wind--cl

Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (sNc8Y)

131
These are well known killers of parents.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (gmo/4)

And the Wet Bandits!

Posted by: Kevin at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

132 95 Flat brush then, maybe a small round brush too. Anyone know?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:06 AM (Angsy)
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Most likely a filbert.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (LVNnd)

133 Joey Bidet or extra crisp bacon?

You decide.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (1nfzE)

134 It's Day 3 of 2024 and I'm still not convinced all of you people posting here are using your real names.

Posted by: Nicky Heyleewitz at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (NBVIP)

135 Has Disney come out with a new "Erector Set" tranny doll?

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (LTbXF)

136 I hate like hell to admit it, but it's every bit as good as CfA.
Posted by: rickb223

I'd like to try some but I don't own a stab-proof vest.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (IG4Id)

137 It's Day 3 of 2024 and I'm still not convinced all of you people posting here are using your real names.

Posted by: Nicky Heyleewitz at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (NBVIP)

That's RUDE!!!!

Posted by: Haywood Jablome at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

138 Thought a filbert was a nut.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (1nfzE)

139 NYC Mayor Eric Adams Warns Illegal Immigrants Will Soon Be Sleeping on Streets

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OMG noooooooo!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (FVME7)

140 It wasn't wholesome like two alternate lifestyles playing tonsil hockey on NYE.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:11 AM (FVME7)

Man! That calls for the meme of the sweaty guy at the control console. One button reads: "show two fags kissing", and the other: "show woman flashing her tits."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (tkR6S)

141 Has Disney come out with a new "Erector Set" tranny doll?
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 10:18 AM (LTbXF)

It has one piece.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

142 135 Has Disney come out with a new "Erector Set" tranny doll?
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Got an Erector Set for XMAS. It had an electric motor. It never worked. Still pissed.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (LVNnd)

143 at first blush I thought it was the American Southwest.

If the French had won Cinco de Mayo, we'd have had massive cathedrals all over the Southwest. Confederate cathedrals.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (FCs/J)

144 NYC Mayor Eric Adams Warns Illegal Immigrants Will Soon Be Sleeping on Streets

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OMG noooooooo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (FVME7)

So, they'll be displacing the homeless in NYC?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Later, Signac was found to have multiple bodies in his crawlspace:

Paul Signac: Europe's First Ethereal Killer

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (991eG)

146 CNN Analyst Says Dems Have To "Hype Up" Fear Because They Can't Win on Economic Messaging

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A Sharknado campaign?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (FVME7)

147 So homeless vs illegals for the heated grates.

PPV anyone?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (1nfzE)

148 See dynamo Joe's sunburn? After he had surgery for skin cancer? Is it bad I'm hoping for a terminal return?

Posted by: Archer

My theory revolves around the premise that Jill either got blind drunk, passed out and/or got drunk and lucky with Hunter and while out cold, Joe wandered off and was roaming the beach nekkid for hours.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (gmo/4)

149 CNN Analyst Says Dems Have To "Hype Up" Fear Because They Can't Win on Economic Messaging

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A Sharknado campaign?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (FVME7)

The Big Pharma campaign.

"1 in 3 are PREDIABETIC!!!!!! TAKE THIS PILL!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

150 Fake names just get me fired up and ready to explode.

Posted by: Fawn Liebowitz at January 03, 2024 10:21 AM (OiKEr)

151 Joe wandered off and was roaming the beach nekkid for hours.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:20 AM (gmo/4)

Ohh.....I hope he protected his taint........

Posted by: Josh Brolin at January 03, 2024 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

152 Most likely a filbert.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (LVNnd)

Could be, but filbert's a little rounded. Some of the points look square. Really see it on Kris's link to the large view.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2024 10:22 AM (Angsy)

153 Mornin’, All.

I love Mont Saint-Michel, but the pointillism is a deal-breaker. Would not hang.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

154 Blow me, copper.
Posted by: Fuk D. Police at January 03, 2024

***
"A copper --! A copper! And I treated him like a kid brother --!"

Posted by: Cody Jarrett, about to go nuclear at January 03, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

155 Some jerk off axes me my name, I give it to them!

Posted by: Jack Mehoff at January 03, 2024 10:23 AM (Edu7X)

156 Is this about me?

Posted by: Azra Turk at January 03, 2024 10:23 AM (NBVIP)

157 154 Blow me, copper.
Posted by: Fuk D. Police at January 03, 2024

you'll get verdigris.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:23 AM (zZu0s)

158 Real names?

Mike Hunt has entered the Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:24 AM (1nfzE)

159 Massachusetts AG Says Boston Mayor's "No Whites" Party Didn't Violate Law

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Two! Two! Two standards in one!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:24 AM (FVME7)

160 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

It's gonna suck when you get busted for public intoxication, get to jail, get book in, and then go up in front of the judge for six counts of murder one because you picked the same dumb assed name as a real killer.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 10:25 AM (aNhid)

161 -
Two! Two! Two standards in one!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:24 AM (FVME7)

TWO THINGS AT ONCE!!!!!!

Posted by: Travis Swift-Kelce at January 03, 2024 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

162 Joey Bidet or extra crisp bacon?

You decide.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024

***
Thankfully Joey is not to be found at my local chain grocery. (Though evidence of his handlers' policies is everywhere.) If bacon is on sale this evening when I go by, I'll grab some.

Posted by: Cody Jarrett, about to go nuclear at January 03, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)

163 Real Names:

Ken Hitchcock. It's funny because if you say it fast, it sounds like Ten inch cock.

-Shorsey

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:25 AM (gmo/4)

164 It's a 3. No wait... a 5.

Posted by: red speck at January 03, 2024 10:26 AM (0Id0S)

165 Ken Hitchcock. It's funny because if you say it fast, it sounds like Ten inch cock.

-Shorsey

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:25 AM (gmo/4)

Yet, Ken Hitchcock's name is on the Stanley Cup.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

166 You know, that would be a good spot in a zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:27 AM (zZu0s)

167 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

Tater Salad!

Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 10:27 AM (AwYPR)

168 Anything that forces you to blur your eyes or stare into an intermediate space for a period of time before you "get it" isn't art; it's a gimmick. Sometimes clever, sometimes annoying, but not enduring.

Posted by: red speck at January 03, 2024 10:28 AM (0Id0S)

169 Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2024 10:17 AM (sNc8Y)

That reminds me of a quilt I saw many years ago at a quilt show. They used clothing labels instead of buttons and pins. It was truly spectacular.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 03, 2024 10:28 AM (cRrcX)

170

Tater Salad!
Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 10:27 AM (AwYPR)

"NO FEAR everyone! POOT's here!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

171 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

Puddin N Tain. Ask me again, I'll tell you the same.

- Little Rascal Public Enemy

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM (gmo/4)

172 Massachusetts AG Says Boston Mayor's "No Whites" Party Didn't Violate Law

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Two! Two! Two standards in one!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:24 AM

AG Diversity ~~Hire~~ vote is not my fault. Just sayin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM (jA9ul)

173 What'd I miss?

I'm sorry. I was in the Men's Room.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

174
AG Diversity Hire vote is not my fault. Just sayin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM (jA9ul)

They'll allow a KKK rally downtown, then, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

175 Anything that forces you to blur your eyes or stare into an intermediate space for a period of time before you "get it" isn't art; it's a gimmick. Sometimes clever, sometimes annoying, but not enduring.
Posted by: red speck

Much like progressivism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:31 AM (FVME7)

176 What'd I miss?

I'm sorry. I was in the Men's Room.
Posted by: Hugh Jass at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM

Not much.

Posted by: Amanda Hugginkis at January 03, 2024 10:32 AM (jA9ul)

177 Current Babylon Bee headline is, well, very good:;.

Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 10:32 AM (G0vdT)

178 I can see the hidden number. Not color blind!

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:32 AM (gmo/4)

179 They'll allow a KKK rally downtown, then, right?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:31 AM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

*wipes eyes*

You're killin' me, here, Sponge.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:33 AM (jA9ul)

180 What'd I miss?

I'm sorry. I was in the Men's Room.
Posted by: Hugh Jass at January 03, 2024 10:30 AM

Not much.

Posted by: Amanda Hugginkis at January 03, 2024 10:32 AM (jA9ul)

White eyes make joke from name.

Posted by: Two Dogs Fucking at January 03, 2024 10:33 AM (gmo/4)

181 BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

*wipes eyes*

You're killin' me, here, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 10:33 AM (jA9ul)

I am clown.

I am here to 'muse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

182 Two explosions minutes apart Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, killing at least 103 people and wounding at least 141 others as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:34 AM (RHGPo)

183 My name, Officer? Don't you know who I am!!!

I'm Emerson Bigguns!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:34 AM (991eG)

184 We saw Mont Saint-Michel about a year and a half ago while visiting Frogville.

We got a guide to lead us barefooted around Mont Saint-Michel in the tidal basic. Lots of fun.

And be sure to take pictures! The artist here was smart to use this setting. Almost every single picture you take will look magical and make you look like a Photographic Genius.

We were there in the morning and got lots of great photos with the sun in a bright blue sky behind Mont Saint-Michel and Mont Saint-Michel itself reflected in the tidal basin.

And the town itself is a very crowded but interesting visit in itself.

Highly recommended!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 10:36 AM (nFnyb)

185 112 Jean-Pierre: Americans Just Need to Give Bidenomics "More Time"

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Four more years?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:12 AM (FVME7)

Bidenomics is Democrat trickle-down economic policy. But the Friends of the Biden Administration who are given all the Federal money ain't trickling-down much of it down to the plebs. Quite a surprise, huh? Almost as if Bidenomics was designed to operate this way.

We'll also see in the coming 10 months another scheme cooked-into Bidenomics. Election year spending. A lot of the money authorized by the Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts will be disbursed in 2024. Enabling the start of many infrastructure projects (in battleground states)! Creating more good paying union jobs! KJP and the rest of the Junta will use these 'accomplishments' as fake proof that Bidenomics is working for all Americans!!!

Posted by: Gref at January 03, 2024 10:36 AM (5fDan)

186 Got an Erector Set for XMAS. It had an electric motor. It never worked. Still pissed.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (LVNnd)

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LOL, I'd forgotten about the motor.

Good times, good times ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 10:37 AM (LTbXF)

187 BabylonBee: FBI To Host Annual Jan 6 Reunion

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:38 AM (RHGPo)

188
Oh yeah, that monument hovering in the sky feeling that Kris mentions is a natural consequence of Mont Saint-Michel reflecting in the basin.

The site itself did half the artist's work.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 10:38 AM (nFnyb)

189 Morning.

You know what this kind of reminds me of?

Moebius.

Like this could be an establishing shot in a Moebius drawn feature in Heavy Metal.

I like, but it needs more chicks with awesome bewbage riding pterodactyls.

Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 10:39 AM (cylDG)

190 I like, but it needs more chicks with awesome bewbage riding pterodactyls.

Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 10:39 AM (cylDG)

I'm cheesing my ass off!

Posted by: Kenny at January 03, 2024 10:40 AM (gmo/4)

191 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
BREAKING: 73 killed, 170 wounded in Iran bombings near slain general's grave, Iran calls its a terrorist attack

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: 103 killed in Iran blasts near grave of general Soleimani: state media

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 19m
JUST IN - Iran declares day of mourning on Thursday after blasts kill 103: state TV

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8m
BREAKING: Putin says Iran blasts ‘shocking in cruelty and cynicism
====
Ha, ha.

I assume local anti-regime types and not da Jooooos.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:40 AM (2yu8s)

192 Police Must Use Criminals' "Self-Provided Names" and Pronouns Under New Law

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I'm Hugh G. O'Rection.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:15 AM (FVME7)

Why, Officer, my name is Hunter Biden and, as I'm sure you're aware, I am immune from being charged with any crime. Have a nice day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2024 10:41 AM (GYIa4)

193 168 Anything that forces you to blur your eyes or stare into an intermediate space for a period of time before you "get it" isn't art; it's a gimmick. Sometimes clever, sometimes annoying, but not enduring.
Posted by: red speck at January 03, 2024 10:28 AM (0Id0S)

It's probably better in person due to size and distance. Generally the viewer is supposed to see the art, and then notice the fuzziness afterwards which is probably supposed to look like a hazy mist or something.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 10:41 AM (eYoxG)

194 Long Duc Dong

Where's grandpa's automobile?

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:41 AM (gmo/4)

195 Full disclosure in light of the plagiarism scandals: I steal many of my limericks from one of the best limerick websites on the innertubes:

http://tinyurl.com/49w3mcps

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:42 AM (991eG)

196 AUTOMOVIL!!?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:42 AM (R4t5M)

197 Full disclosure in light of the plagiarism scandals: I steal many of my limericks from one of the best limerick websites on the innertubes:

http://tinyurl.com/49w3mcps

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:42 AM (991eG)

Well, there goes your chance to be Harvard's next president. I hope you are happy, young man.

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:43 AM (gmo/4)

198
Would hang definitely.

Don't understand some of the Horde's animosity to pointillism but whatever.

Y'all do y'all.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 10:43 AM (nFnyb)

199 @TheInsiderPaper 2h
BREAKING: 73 killed, 170 wounded in Iran bombings near slain general's grave, Iran calls its a terrorist attack

A terrorist attack in a terrorist country is just an attack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

200 Yesh Occifer (hic!). My name is Hoosier. Hoosier Daddy

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (991eG)

201 191 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
BREAKING: 73 killed, 170 wounded in Iran bombings near slain general's grave, Iran calls its a terrorist attack

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: 103 killed in Iran blasts near grave of general Soleimani: state media

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 19m
JUST IN - Iran declares day of mourning on Thursday after blasts kill 103: state TV

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8m
BREAKING: Putin says Iran blasts ‘shocking in cruelty and cynicism
====
Ha, ha.

I assume local anti-regime types and not da Jooooos.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:40 AM (2yu8s)

I would've guessed some sort of Arabs. Before the US focused on getting terrorism to stop, it was pretty normal practice for most states in the Middle East to use terrorist attacks.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (eYoxG)

202 No pointillism jokes?

Am disappoint.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (IG4Id)

203 Earlier reports with more background:

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
BREAKING 🚨 Iran state TV says blast heard near grave of slain general

BREAKING: At least 20 people dead after explosions in Iran’s city of Kerman near a cemetery where slain commander Qassem Soleimani is buried, state TV reports, Al Arabiya reports

BREAKING - Iran state TV says second blast heard near grave of slain general Qasim Soleimani

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (2yu8s)

204 195 Full disclosure in light of the plagiarism scandals: I steal many of my limericks from one of the best limerick websites on the innertubes:

http://tinyurl.com/49w3mcps
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:42 AM (991eG)

*shakes head sadly*

Say it ain't so, Muldoon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:45 AM (zZu0s)

205 I saw a news report that John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt got arrested.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:45 AM (991eG)

206 Europeans should go back to wearing berets and tams. Much snappier place when they did that.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 10:45 AM (rmKjj)

207 No pointillism jokes?

Am disappoint.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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What are you? Dotty??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:46 AM (2yu8s)

208 Y'all do y'all.

Posted by: naturalfake

Claudine Gay does somebody else.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

209
*shakes head sadly*

Say it ain't so, Muldoon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:45 AM (zZu0s)

You should go to the site. Really.

Posted by: Admiral Akbar II at January 03, 2024 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)

210 I saw a news report that John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt got arrested.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:45 AM (991eG)

Hey. That's my name too!

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:46 AM (gmo/4)

211 Where's grandpa's automobile?

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:41 AM

Heh. Lake. Big Lake.

Posted by: Long Duc Dong at January 03, 2024 10:46 AM (jA9ul)

212 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
ALERT: US National Debt hits $34 trillion for the first time.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:47 AM (2yu8s)

213 197 Full disclosure in light of the plagiarism scandals: I steal many of my limericks from one of the best limerick websites on the innertubes:

http://tinyurl.com/49w3mcps

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:42 AM (991eG)

Heh.
ISWYDT

Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 10:47 AM (W/lyH)

214 This sounds like factionalism. I cannot imagine that Israel would waste their powder on crowds of people who are not in charge of anything. Why take the risk without meaningful reward?

False flag?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (zZu0s)

215 Don't understand some of the Horde's animosity to pointillism but whatever.

Y'all do y'all.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 10:43 AM (nFnyb)

Pointillism doesn't render well on a pixel screen. Things get all moiry.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (tkR6S)

216 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
ALERT: US National Debt hits $34 trillion for the first time.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:47 AM (2yu8s)

Mommy, my peppy is sun burned.

Posted by: Dynamo Joe at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

217 I’ve been there. Pretty cool Place.

Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (BI8w/)

218 This sounds like factionalism. I cannot imagine that Israel would waste their powder on crowds of people who are not in charge of anything. Why take the risk without meaningful reward?

False flag?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (zZu0s)

Seems insurrectiony to me.

Trump! You magnificent bastard......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)

219 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING - House committee to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Biden Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas - CNN
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I'm guessing this only needs regular majorities in both Houses to accomplish although I guess the Senate GOPe would still ~~suck dick~~ back down.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (2yu8s)

220 Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday after the football player mentioned Kimmel in a conversation about the disgraced financier Jefferey Epstein. Kimmel said Rodgers had spoken recklessly and that his works could put Kimmel’s family in danger. “Dear *&**hole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality,” Kimmel wrote in a post on X.

... Don LeMon said on CNN that "when they deny it, you know they did it"

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

221
Pointillism doesn't render well on a pixel screen. Things get all moiry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (tkR6S)

Well, that and it kinda sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

222 BREAKING - Iran state TV says second blast heard near grave of slain general Qasim Soleimani
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (2yu8s)

Someone making sure that sum' bitch is dead.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (W/lyH)

223 False flag?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (zZu0s)

Silence! I keeeel you! - Ruling Iranian Mullahs

Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (gmo/4)

224 214 This sounds like factionalism. I cannot imagine that Israel would waste their powder on crowds of people who are not in charge of anything. Why take the risk without meaningful reward?

False flag?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (zZu0s)

False flag is unlikely since the cultures there simply don't think like that(remember they used to launch terror attacks on each other regularly). This is pretty humiliating for Iran internally and externally.

But it's not Israel's style either, so I'm most inclined to guess one of the other states opposed to Iran.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (eYoxG)

225 Seems insurrectiony to me.

Trump! You magnificent bastard......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)

Blame it on Israel? Hmmmm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (zZu0s)

226 BTW, re. Iran blast an AP.CP chyron here says that the blast happened at a ceremony honoring Salami boy according to the state-run news agency.
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State-run media just like in the States and Canada!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (2yu8s)

227
... Don LeMon said on CNN that "when they deny it, you know they did it"
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

Rodgers should find that clip and post it to Kimmel's X feed.

"These are your rules, man."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)

228 Don't understand some of the Horde's animosity to pointillism but whatever.

Y'all do y'all.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 10:43 AM (nFnyb)

Pointillism doesn't render well on a pixel screen. Things get all moiry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (tkR6S)

I'm back, baby!

Posted by: Moiry Povich at January 03, 2024 10:51 AM (nFnyb)

229 ====
I'm guessing this only needs regular majorities in both Houses to accomplish although I guess the Senate GOPe would still back down.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (2yu8s)

Aren't they all retiring at the end of the month?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

230 This sounds like factionalism. I cannot imagine that Israel would waste their powder on crowds of people who are not in charge of anything. Why take the risk without meaningful reward?

False flag?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:48 AM (zZu0s)

I wouldn't put it past the mullahs to blow up a bunch of their own people just to raises their revolutionary fervor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 10:51 AM (tkR6S)

231 Iran Says At Least 103 People Killed in Blasts at Ceremony Honoring Slain General Qassem Soleimani

.. you just know that the Iranians will now claim the reason Biden didn't go after the Houthis is because he knew this was coming.

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (RHGPo)

232 Jimmy Kimmel can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (R4t5M)

233 220 Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday after the football player mentioned Kimmel in a conversation about the disgraced financier Jefferey Epstein. Kimmel said Rodgers had spoken recklessly and that his works could put Kimmel’s family in danger. “Dear *&**hole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality,” Kimmel wrote in a post on X.

... Don LeMon said on CNN that "when they deny it, you know they did it"
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)
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I'm no shill for Aaron Rodgers, but Aaron never said he was on the list. Listen to his words carefully Jimmy.

Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (G0vdT)

234 I’ve been there. Pretty cool Place.
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Kerman, Iran??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (2yu8s)

235 But it's not Israel's style either, so I'm most inclined to guess one of the other states opposed to Iran.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 10:50 AM (eYoxG)

It seems odd. Solemani was a high up in the revolutionary guard, no?

Yeah, I am thinking factionalism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (zZu0s)

236 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
BREAKING: 73 killed, 170 wounded in Iran bombings near slain general's grave, Iran calls its a terrorist attack

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: 103 killed in Iran blasts near grave of general Soleimani: state media

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 19m
JUST IN - Iran declares day of mourning on Thursday after blasts kill 103: state TV

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8m
BREAKING: Putin says Iran blasts ‘shocking in cruelty and cynicism
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I need to know the context.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (RIvkX)

237 Kimmel said Rodgers had spoken recklessly and that his works could put Kimmel’s family in danger.

Yet your words never put ANYONE in danger, do they asshole.

You can just f*ck right off with that bullshit. RIGHT off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

238 -------------

I'm no shill for Aaron Rodgers, but Aaron never said he was on the list. Listen to his words carefully Jimmy.

Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (G0vdT)

HA!!! That's not now it works, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

239 Has any pointillist ever painted poinsettias?

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (LTbXF)

240 BREAKING - Iran state TV says second blast heard near grave of slain general Qasim Soleimani
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (2yu8s)

Someone making sure that sum' bitch is dead.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (W/lyH)

Have people not seen the Friday the 13th movies? Do they not know this is a bad idea?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (QBaJw)

241 'cynical' is a weird way to describe an explosion.

Does that block of C4 suffer from ennui?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (zZu0s)

242 Looks like the artist's dot matrix printer is badly in need of a cleaning.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (CwhoI)

243
Have people not seen the Friday the 13th movies? Do they not know this is a bad idea?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (QBaJw)

Did they bury him in the Iranian pet cemetary?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

244 Make Kimmel deny he fucks pigs. On national broadcast.-

LBJ

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:55 AM (R4t5M)

245 Kimmel has a hint of pervert to him but who knows?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 10:55 AM (AN/rm)

246 Kimmel has a hint of pervert to him but who knows?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 10:55 AM (AN/rm)

He got away with blackface. He is untouchable and can do ANYTHING he wants. INCLUDING babies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

247 Re: art

can you sharpen that up any

Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:56 AM (geLO8)

248 Ugh.....How now brown cow.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

249 Jimmy Kimmel can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 10:52 AM (R4t5M)

Whoa! there Wilber!

I never flew on Epstein's flights and I ain't no yearling.
So, knock it right off with that stuff!

Posted by: Mr Ed at January 03, 2024 10:57 AM (nFnyb)

250 US National Debt hits $34 trillion for the first time.

-

But Dow Jones is at 37k so all is well citizen.

Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 10:57 AM (BI8w/)

251 >>>I'm no shill for Aaron Rodgers, but Aaron never said he was on the list. Listen to his words carefully Jimmy.

Jimmy knows that. He's just doing what on Twitter is called "engagement farming".

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 03, 2024 10:57 AM (CwhoI)

252 > Has any pointillist ever painted poinsettias?

Posted by: ShainS

that would be pointless

Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:57 AM (geLO8)

253 Conservatives pounce:

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 58m
NEW - AP falsely claims that pointing out plagiarism is a "new conservative weapon" against colleges

Screencap of Xtwitter Community Notes corrections/context:
http://tinyurl.com/mwzkd4as

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:57 AM (2yu8s)

254 Kimmel definitely has that “look”

Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 10:58 AM (BI8w/)

255 Has any pointillist ever painted poinsettias?

*******

Prominent pointillist Peter DuPont paints panoramic portrait of portentous yet potentially impertinent poinsettias

Film at 11.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 10:58 AM (991eG)

256 ...for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality,” Kimmel wrote in a post on X.
...
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

Kimmel can hire Alan Dershowitz. Dersh's denial is very similar.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 10:58 AM (QBaJw)

257 Amazing Stories had one of their illustrators who used stippling as a major element in his work in the magazine, the picture up above reminds me a lot of it. I wonder if he used Signac as a model. It has a lot of the same elements, being rather spare in composition. I suspect all those dots were labor intensive.

It does seem to be "bespoke halftoning" in chromolithography but that is because I have trouble sketching a box by hand much less make pretty pictures

Posted by: Kindltot at January 03, 2024 10:58 AM (D7oie)

258 BREAKING - Iran state TV says second blast heard near grave of slain general Qasim Soleimani
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 10:44 AM (2yu8s)

Someone making sure that sum' bitch is dead.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (W/lyH)

This is the muzzie that Trump ordered taken out, right? What was used? Hellfire missiles? IIRC, nothing more than a small sponge was needed to mop him up.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (N39Ws)

259 does anyone else think Aaron Rodgers might be a little bit off?

Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (geLO8)

260 I'm guessing this only needs regular majorities in both Houses to accomplish although I guess the Senate GOPe would still suck dick back down.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

Nope, majority of House, 2/3rds of Senate that is present and voting.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (8IKKJ)

261 Regrets? I've got a few...
But I did it myyyyy waaaaay!

Posted by: a block of C4 at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (2yu8s)

262 I’ve never not flown to an island that was possibly or possibly not related to Epstein.

Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (BI8w/)

263 Has any pointillist ever painted poinsettias?

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (LTbXF)

No, but Seurat used a daisy-wheel printer.

Posted by: Mr Ed at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (nFnyb)

264 >This is the muzzie that Trump ordered taken out, right? What was used? Hellfire missiles?

Flying Sword Bomb

Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (geLO8)

265 Kimmel can hire Alan Dershowitz. Dersh's denial is very similar.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Dershowitz argued that all he got was a massage at Epstein's NYC pad.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (8IKKJ)

266 Have people not seen the Friday the 13th movies? Do they not know this is a bad idea?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 10:54 AM (QBaJw)

Did they bury him in the Iranian pet cemetary?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

Right?? There are so many examples through history.

Look it up, people.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (QBaJw)

267 A good friend of Kimmel's, Adam Perry Lang, was Epstein's private chef at the island and in New York. For his part, Lang ridiculously claims to know nothing of his former boss's wretched excess. Kimmel's rage-denial makes me wonder how they got to be palz.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (0FoWg)

268 This is the muzzie that Trump ordered taken out, right? What was used? Hellfire missiles? IIRC, nothing more than a small sponge was needed to mop him up.
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Yes.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (2yu8s)

269 Kimmel diddles kids. Make him publically deny it.

Their rules, not mine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (R4t5M)

270 does anyone else think Aaron Rodgers might be a little bit off?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (geLO

Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (QBaJw)

271 Dershowitz argued that all he got was a massage at Epstein's NYC pad.
Posted by: whig

Happy ending?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (FVME7)

272 Noooooood!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

273 Nope, majority of House, 2/3rds of Senate that is present and voting.
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Thanks for the information.

Pretty steep bar.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (2yu8s)

274 259 does anyone else think Aaron Rodgers might be a little bit off?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (geLO

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Is the Pope Catholic? Probably not the right time history for that repartee.

Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (G0vdT)

275 This is the muzzie that Trump ordered taken out, right? What was used? Hellfire missiles? IIRC, nothing more than a small sponge was needed to mop him up.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (N39Ws)

You know, wrapping Hellfire missiles with a thin layer of bacon would make many sleepless nights for muzzie undertakers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (tkR6S)

276 does anyone else think Aaron Rodgers might be a little bit off?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 10:59 AM (geLO

No
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (QBaJw)

I think he's got f*ck you money, his field of f*cks is barren and is speaking his mind, as he is free to do.

Is he an obnoxious asshole that his entire family has abandoned? Yes. Other than that, go Team Aaron.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

277 Late tot the thread, dammit!

Thanks, Kris. That was a wonderful explanation about Pointilsm and you chose an excellent example. It is so different from the usual detailed images of Mont St. Michel.

Two words in your post really stood out for me: shimmer and ethereal. They encapsulate the attraction of the art. It is easy to imagine this as an illustration from a George MacDonald or Lord Dunsany fantasy story.

Posted by: JTB at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (7EjX1)

278 nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality,” Kimmel wrote in a post on X.
...
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

Kimmel can hire Alan Dershowitz. Dersh's denial is very similar.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 10:58 AM (QBaJw)

Meh.

As long as those 8(?) names are still be hidden, these denials mean nothing.

Reveal all the names and then let's see.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (nFnyb)

279 Kimmel can hire Alan Dershowitz. Dersh's denial is very similar.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Dershowitz argued that all he got was a massage at Epstein's NYC pad.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (8IKKJ)

Which is the lawyer equivalent of the husband claiming he got his venereal disease from a toilet seat.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (QBaJw)

280 This could actually be an illustration for a Lovecraft story such as The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

It's OK. I don't know that I'd buy a copy, but I'd hang it if it were given to me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 09:48 AM (Q0kLU)

One of the Barsoom books, one of the early publications maybe. Those colors and composition calls out for a Thark mounted on a Thoat in the foreground

Posted by: Kindltot at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (D7oie)

281 But Dow Jones is at 37k so all is well citizen.
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Discount this number by 35% to get the real growth in assets.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (LVNnd)

282 267 A good friend of Kimmel's, Adam Perry Lang, was Epstein's private chef at the island and in New York. For his part, Lang ridiculously claims to know nothing of his former boss's wretched excess. Kimmel's rage-denial makes me wonder how they got to be palz.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (0FoWg)

Not defending Kimmel because he is a vile POS.
But just because you’re friends with someone who works for Person X doesn’t mean you have an association with Person X. That’s a bit of a stretch for proof, IMO. Kimmel is a big shot Hollywood guy so he’ll be friends with a lot of famous people, nothing unusual about that. Adam Carolla talks about APL a lot as well, and his restaurants.

Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (BI8w/)

283 Apparently a Sunni Group, Islamic State, did a prior bombing in 2022 of a Shi'a religious shrine in Iran.

Iran's Persian population has been declining over time as minority populations have rose and they are composed of ethnic Turks, Kurds, and Arabs, some of which are Sunni.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:04 AM (8IKKJ)

284 I don't share the seeming enthusiasm for Epstein's list. I just start from the assumption that all politicians and Hollywood stars are corrupt and perverted.

The list of who ISN'T corrupt and perverted would be a much quicker read.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (991eG)

285 Which is the lawyer equivalent of the husband claiming he got his venereal disease from a toilet seat.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Yep and Billy Clinton is likely to argue the same which he can hardly do less as a famous pix of him getting a massage by one of Epstein's harem has already been publicized.

More or less this was an intel op designed to compromise politicians and other influential people which is what came up in court proceedings during the prior Florida case involving Epstein.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (8IKKJ)

286 *Which is the lawyer equivalent of the husband claiming he got his venereal disease from a toilet seat.*

You mean like the tractor story?

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (NBVIP)

287 Happy ending?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Rub and tug is the service that Robert Kraft got so I imagine something similar at a minimum.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (8IKKJ)

288 >>More or less this was an intel op designed to compromise politicians and other influential people which is what came up in court proceedings during the prior Florida case involving Epstein.

What if it's more than that?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (ZLI7S)

289 Thought a filbert was a nut.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 03, 2024 10:19 AM (1nfzE)

Filbert is a Nut, by Rick Raphael

a madman in a mental ward makes an atom bomb out of modelling clay

http://tinyurl.com/jraewcau

Posted by: Kindltot at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (D7oie)

290 Thanks for the information.

Pretty steep bar.
Posted by: andycanuck

Yep. Last cabinet member to be impeached was Grant's Secretary of War Belknap. He resigned just before the news of the House impeachment reached the White House. The Senate dithered whether to go ahead with a trial simply to exclude the guy from future office and during the Senate trial ultimately failed to get the two thirds needed to convict and bar him from future office.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (8IKKJ)

291 Apparently nobody called it, but there's a nood.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (WkNQM)

292 ten Hitchcock would be a really neat name to give yourself, right up to the moment all your buddies decided to call you "four" instead.

Because you know you will never lose that nickname, ever, even if you move to another continent.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (D7oie)

293 Has any pointillist ever painted poinsettias?

Poincaré may have taken a swing at it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 03, 2024 11:19 AM (FCs/J)

294 277 Late tot the thread, dammit!

Thanks, Kris. That was a wonderful explanation about Pointilsm and you chose an excellent example. It is so different from the usual detailed images of Mont St. Michel.

Two words in your post really stood out for me: shimmer and ethereal. They encapsulate the attraction of the art. It is easy to imagine this as an illustration from a George MacDonald or Lord Dunsany fantasy story.
Posted by: JTB at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (7EjX1)

Thanks. I enjoy writing these. I'm glad you folks enjoy reading them.

Posted by: Kris at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (OyyDO)

295 More or less this was an intel op designed to compromise politicians and other influential people which is what came up in court proceedings during the prior Florida case involving Epstein.

What if it's more than that?
Posted by: JackStraw
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That is more speculation than anything. What we do know is that Ghislaine through her father's contacts was familiar with both Mossad and MI-6. Epstein has also been associated along with Wexner with the Mega group of magnates that sought to aid Israeli intel.

So my guess is that the CIA forced the FBI to allow the FL operation so that the CIA could get kompromat product along with British intel and perhaps Mossad. There was some precedence for this in WWII where the US allowed Britain to run intel ops in the US over Hoover's strenuous objections. See "A Man Called Intrepid" William Stephenson although some have argued that Stephenson overstated his role.

One of the targets for MI-6 kompromat was Senator Vandenburg via a spy codenamed Cynthia during the same period and Stephenson's group could have been a throwaway mask for deeper MI-6 ops as a disposable strawman to blame.

Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (8IKKJ)

296 My current suspicion is that the Republicans will be losing house members to resignations so that there can be a formal speaker fight, and there will be no threat that a Republican will be appointed vice president under Harris.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (D7oie)

297 He needed glssses

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (fwDg9)

298 227
... Don LeMon said on CNN that "when they deny it, you know they did it"
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

Rodgers should find that clip and post it to Kimmel's X feed.

"These are your rules, man."

.. it was on a show 2(?) years ago on Martin Luther King Jr's birthday.

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (RHGPo)

299 Art. But probably racist as well

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 03, 2024 12:10 PM (ytSiK)

300 Thank you for the informative analysis of this painting.

Posted by: Roland F Hirsch at January 03, 2024 01:17 PM (oMkPq)

301 Mont St. Micheal has a permeant causeway these days. It was isolated by tides when I was married in 1992. The Bay of Cancale has some of the highest tides on the planet, over 50 feet of difference.

Amazing painting.

Posted by: SmileyGG at January 04, 2024 11:44 AM (No16X)

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