Mid-Morning Art Thread

Temptation of St.Thomas Aquinas
Diego Velazquez

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

2 nd

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

3 Interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:31 AM (SAX5G)

4 rd

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

5 Damn it! Ruined my trifecta.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

6 Ok...I don't know this story.

Posted by: BignJames at January 25, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

7 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:32 AM (Wnv9h)

8 I had forgotten the presentation of the white ribbon, representing chastity.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:33 AM (SAX5G)

9 Sloth?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (eYoxG)

10 The person in pink looks like a tranny

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (3B9my)

11 This is what the 'net says about the temptation of St Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas's mother, a countess, tried to dissuade him from entering the Dominican Order because she hoped St. Thomas would become a prominent political figure. His brothers locked him up in a tower for a whole year and tempted him with a prostitute, whom he struck and chased out with a fiery brand.

Looking at that I thought he was tempted to write some other huge tome.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (Ki//m)

12 Um...Okaaaay...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (9yWhg)

13 I know this feeling. You're doing keto, everything's going great, and then your daughter bakes some cookies and wants you to try one.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

14 Interesting grouping. But what is going on here? Are angels, or at least the kneeling one, tempting Thomas A.?

And who is the startled-looking matronly lady framed in the door to the balcony?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

15 The angel of toilet paper?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (pzmOq)

16 Beautiful colors on the angel's robes, but it does make me wonder if they're, you know, a little light in the sandals. Also, the wings are kind of dark and ominous, as opposed the usual light and airy.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (CsUN+)

17 Temptation? Don't see nobody nekkid.

Posted by: Or forbidden fruit at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (NBVIP)

18 St. Thomas' family hired the prostitute to try to sway him from his calling.

Uh, thanks Mom?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (SAX5G)

19 Temptation? I don't see any bewbies.

Posted by: Banddersnatch at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (CnLzB)

20 From Wiki-

It portrays the episode of the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas when, as a novice, he resisted the temptation represented by a prostitute, who is visible in the background door. The saint is held by an angel, while another is preparing to dress him with a white ribbon, representing chastity.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

21 This is wonderful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (mwCIn)

22 ...tempted him with a prostitute, whom he struck and chased out with a fiery brand.

It loses some of its significance when you realize that's what he called his dick.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

23 If that's the "temptation" fleeing in the background, I don't see where it would have been much of a struggle.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (T+Iwg)

24 The angel of toilet paper?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (pzmOq)

St. Charmin

Posted by: Mr. Whipple at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (R4t5M)

25 St. Thomas Aquinas's mother, a countess, tried to dissuade him from entering the Dominican Order because she hoped St. Thomas would become a prominent political figure. His brothers locked him up in a tower for a whole year and tempted him with a prostitute, whom he struck and chased out with a fiery brand.

Looking at that I thought he was tempted to write some other huge tome.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024

***
Oh, then the woman framed in the doorway is the prostitute. She's fleeing Thomas and the angels.

And there *is* the fiery brand smoldering on the floor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

26 I wonder if angels get to choose the colors of their garments.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

27 Is that the whore in the door frame that was sent by the noble family to tempt him?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (ynpvh)

28 I wonder why there's a smoldering log out of the fireplace. Ah, wait, that's the fiery brand.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

29 Tempted by the fruit of another.
Tempted but His truth is discovered.

Posted by: Squeeze at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (RC3Cq)

30 If that's the "temptation" fleeing in the background, I don't see where it would have been much of a struggle.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Seriously. She looks like a chimp.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (9yWhg)

31 I wonder if angels get to choose the colors of their garments.
Posted by: redridinghood

Probably whatever is clean and hanging in the closet that day.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (SAX5G)

32
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (MoZTd)

33 Lamont tempting St Thomas to ignore close-tags.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (2yu8s)

34 Posted by: Or forbidden fruit at January 25, 2024 09:35 AM (NBVIP)

Please to be vacating my corner of the hive mind.

Posted by: Banddersnatch at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (CnLzB)

35 26 I wonder if angels get to choose the colors of their garments.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

I thought bright blinding white was de rigueur

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (ynpvh)

36 Tommy, can you hear me.

Posted by: The Angel at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (lf83v)

37 Can the Ho see the Angels wonder
Very nicely detailed

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2024 09:38 AM (fwDg9)

38 28 I wonder why there's a smoldering log out of the fireplace. Ah, wait, that's the fiery brand.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

Someone called?

Posted by: Russell Brand at January 25, 2024 09:39 AM (ynpvh)

39 Twenty Lira. Same as in Florence.

Posted by: It was the going rate at the time at January 25, 2024 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

40 St. Thomas seems very clean and tidy. I've seen Name of the Rose. The average monk didn't look like that.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:39 AM (CsUN+)

41 See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me
See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me!

Posted by: Tommy at January 25, 2024 09:39 AM (lf83v)

42 If that's the "temptation" fleeing in the background, I don't see where it would have been much of a struggle.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024

***
She's no Sofia Vergara, more like Debra Jo Rupp ("Kitty" on That '70s Show). Some men go for that type. I always thought DJR was cute, esp. when she played Jerry's much-too-helpful agent on Seinfeld.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

43 I wonder if angels get to choose the colors of their garments.
Posted by: redridinghood

My white robe just got mixed in with a red shirt! Swearsy.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 25, 2024 09:40 AM (kHzuo)

44 See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me
See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me!
Posted by: Tommy

I'm right here!
-- Your wicked Uncle Ernie

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:40 AM (SAX5G)

45 And there *is* the fiery brand smoldering on the floor.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Get another brand from the fire
Cook me up some bacon and some beans...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

46 Oh, then the woman framed in the doorway is the prostitute. She's fleeing Thomas and the angels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

A strumpet!

Posted by: BignJames at January 25, 2024 09:41 AM (AwYPR)

47 This strikes me as very ghey. What does garrett have to say?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:41 AM (LVNnd)

48 43 I wonder if angels get to choose the colors of their garments.
Posted by: redridinghood

My white robe just got mixed in with a red shirt! Swearsy.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 25, 2024 09:40 AM (kHzuo)

One of wife's red socks got in with the whites...non-uniform pink-splotched t-shirts and dress shirts resulted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:41 AM (ynpvh)

49 I don't think that the prostitute in the background looks matronly. Can't see her very well, but she looks young.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 09:41 AM (Ki//m)

50 Does the smoldering log represent the hot prostitute?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

51 A strumpet!
Posted by: BignJames

Either that or a coronet. Can't really tell.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:42 AM (SAX5G)

52 "So it was your fiery brand smoldering in the ashtray!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:42 AM (Wnv9h)

53 Which one is Tommy here, and what are they tempting him with?
Is it some kind of power trip, or will there be wimmins.

Posted by: From about that Time at January 25, 2024 09:43 AM (4780s)

54 Was just taking a small break to be here...
Now back to sorting wife's stuff and prepping for her funeral.
Have a good day folks.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:43 AM (ynpvh)

55 A strumpet!
Posted by: BignJames

Either that or a coronet. Can't really tell.
Posted by: Tonypete

Yeah, we can't see the size of her bugles.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (9yWhg)

56 Prayers jim for all.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (SAX5G)

57 I've read (probably here) that angels were not all that humanoid in appearance. Otherwise why would they continually tell people not to be afraid?

Of course, if you're going along in your day-to-day life, you know, shaving, having breakfast, worrying how you'll pay Herod the Great his taxes this year, and something that looks human to the ninth decimal place except for gigantic eagle wings *appears* in your room? You'd be afraid anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

58 A strumpet!
Posted by: BignJames

Either that or a coronet. Can't really tell.
Posted by: Tonypete

As long as it ain't a bugle.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (kHzuo)

59 Hey, Prostitutes have to eat too.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (EvkyC)

60 It was an early prototype for what would eventually become known as the Pontiac Firebrand.

Posted by: But not in Michigan at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (NBVIP)

61 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:43 AM (ynpvh)

May you feel the Lord's comfort.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (Ki//m)

62 Was just taking a small break to be here...
Now back to sorting wife's stuff and prepping for her funeral.
Have a good day folks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Jim, I'm so sorry. May the memory of her in better days be a comfort to you.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (9yWhg)

63 Oh, then the woman framed in the doorway is the prostitute. She's fleeing Thomas and the angels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)
******
Her face almost looks comical. It really doesn't fit the painting.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

64 If I visited Aquinas, I know fer sure I'd bang my head on the corner of that ledge over the fireplace. Safety hazard. Paint yellow and black lines on it.

Posted by: gp Is Reinforcing The Structures at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (MvF+J)

65 How come angels never played the clarinet?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:46 AM (LVNnd)

66 Her face almost looks comical. It really doesn't fit the painting.
Posted by: redridinghood

She's like - "Hey! Nookie or not, no refunds!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:46 AM (SAX5G)

67 57 I've read (probably here) that angels were not all that humanoid in appearance. Otherwise why would they continually tell people not to be afraid?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

C.S. Lewis runs with this idea in his Space Trilogy.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 09:46 AM (T+Iwg)

68 jim (in Kalifornia), my condolences on your loss.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (LVNnd)

69 We used to have a '69 Dodge Coronet. Sweet 318 V8 and vinyl floor mats.

Posted by: But not in Michigan at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (NBVIP)

70 How come angels never played the clarinet?
Posted by: Pudinhead

This one time, at band camp. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (SAX5G)

71 Was just taking a small break to be here...
Now back to sorting wife's stuff and prepping for her funeral.
Have a good day folks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
*******
Sending prayers for you and your family today.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

72 Her face almost looks comical. It really doesn't fit the painting.
Posted by: redridinghood
*
She's like - "Hey! Nookie or not, no refunds!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024

***
To me, more like: "Damn that pimp of mine, sending me out to be harassed by angels! From now on, no more outcalls!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (J2vNu)

73 67 57 I've read (probably here) that angels were not all that humanoid in appearance. Otherwise why would they continually tell people not to be afraid?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)
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Ancient Astronaut Theorists agree.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:47 AM (LVNnd)

74 How come angels never played the clarinet?
Posted by: Pudinhead

The fallen angels in Hell play kazoos and accordions.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:48 AM (9yWhg)

75 Was just taking a small break to be here...
Now back to sorting wife's stuff and prepping for her funeral.
Have a good day folks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Jim, I'm so sorry. May the memory of her in better days be a comfort to you.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Sending prayers, jim, for peace and comfort.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 25, 2024 09:48 AM (kHzuo)

76 St. Thomas Equinus was a stud.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:48 AM (9yWhg)

77 This is a painting where I find the details are more appealing than the complete image. I like the realism of the stone and wood work, the folds of the clothing and the skin tones of the three figures in front. The almost cartoonish figure in the background is distracting. No idea if that was on purpose. She looks like she was added as an afterthought.

Posted by: JTB at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (zudum)

78 The fallen angels in Hell play kazoos and accordions.
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Do they drink Schnapps?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (LVNnd)

79 We used to have a '69 Dodge Coronet. Sweet 318 V8 and vinyl floor mats.
Posted by: But not in Michigan at January 25, 2024

***
There used to be a digest-sized monthly magazine called Coronet, too. It closed up shop in the mid-'60s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (J2vNu)

80 How come angels never played the clarinet?
Posted by: Pudinhead

This one time, at band camp. . .
Posted by: Tonypete

Akshually... that joke was about a flute.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (kHzuo)

81 And bagpipes.

Posted by: Fallen Angels at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

82 The angel of toilet paper?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
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St. Charmin. She likes to be squeezed.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (xT7BI)

83 Do they drink Schnapps?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Only when they're watching Babe: Pig in the City.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

84 Was just taking a small break to be here...
Now back to sorting wife's stuff and prepping for her funeral.
Have a good day folks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

My heart aches for you. Praying

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (SExFt)

85 Were they tempting him to read one more chapter before going to bed?

No! I have to get up early to get the kids off to school!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (cGXBu)

86 St. Thomas Equinus was a stud.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024

***
He was *at* stud

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (J2vNu)

87 I wonder why there's a smoldering log out of the fireplace. Ah, wait, that's the fiery brand.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

Someone called?
Posted by: Russell Brand at January 25, 2024 09:39 AM (ynpvh)

Penicillin might clear that up.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (aD39U)

88 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:43 AM

Prayers for you and your family, jim. May her memory be eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (Wnv9h)

89 83 Do they drink Schnapps?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Only when they're watching Babe: Pig in the City.
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Jeebus - the worstest movie evah.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (LVNnd)

90 Great, now I have Rosemary Clooney in my head singing "Extra value is what you get, when you buy Coronet."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (9yWhg)

91 81 And bagpipes.
Posted by: Fallen Angels at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

As I heard it, the Irish invented the bagpipes in the 11th Century and gave them to the Scots. The Scots still haven't caught on to the joke.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (T+Iwg)

92 He looks worn out. Resisting temptation can do that to ya.

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 09:51 AM (5A+43)

93 The prostitute's name was Jenny, and the family contacted her by calling 867-5309.

And now you know... the rest of the story...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2024 09:51 AM (F4bAW)

94 As I heard it, the Irish invented the bagpipes in the 11th Century and gave them to the Scots. The Scots still haven't caught on to the joke.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 09:50 AM (T+Iwg)

OK thats funny.

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (5A+43)

95 Our prayers have started for jim (in kalifornia) and his family.

Posted by: JTB at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (zudum)

96 You can always recognize angels, they aren't covered in shit.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (aD39U)

97 28 I wonder why there's a smoldering log out of the fireplace. Ah, wait, that's the fiery brand.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

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That's no brand. It's an over-sized joint! Tommy was hitting the Wacky Weedus!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (F4bAW)

98 Finally - we get to see the setup that recorded Kari Lake and that GOPe goofball traitor.

Posted by: goatexchange at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (tXy6C)

99 Angel: THOMAS! LOOK OUT!
Thomas: Er... what?
Angel: YOU ARE IN GREAT PERIL!
Dingo: No he isn't
Angel: SILENCE FOUL TEMPTRESS!
Thomas: Well she's got a point...
Angel: WE'LL COVER YOUR ESCAPE!
Thomas: Look, I'll be fine..
Angel: WE WERE IN THE NICK OF TIME
Thomas: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
Angel: IT'S TOO PERILOUS

Posted by: banana Dream at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (Y6IkP)

100 I watched the end of Ronin. They shot an ice skater. I don't get it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (LVNnd)

101 As I heard it, the Irish invented the bagpipes in the 11th Century and gave them to the Scots. The Scots still haven't caught on to the joke.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (9yWhg)

102 29 Tempted by the fruit of another.
Tempted but His truth is discovered.
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Tempted but the fruit was discolored.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:53 AM (LVNnd)

103
Very, very, very angry Ted Cruz:
https://t.ly/t4Qrw

/Twit/X

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 25, 2024 09:53 AM (nIvob)

104 Jim, peace be with you, and with your wife.

Posted by: From about that Time at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (4780s)

105 The only song that is great on bagpipes is Amazing Grace.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

106 jim in kali, prayers and condolences as you grieve. Sending love and hugs to you and yours.

Posted by: screaming in digital at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (i671v)

107 93 The prostitute's name was Jenny, and the family contacted her by calling 867-5309.

And now you know... the rest of the story...

My Jenny made me ruin a bath robe

Posted by: Forrest G at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (og5mY)

108 Willowed:

Abbott is using the Texas State Guard
---

so far I can't find anything that says the TSG carries arms of any kind

mostly clipboards, looks like

unless I'm wrong™
Posted by: Don Black

Seeing how it's state government, won't take a thing to change.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (6xkzE)

109 Tempted but the fruit was discolored.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Are talking about persimmons again?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:55 AM (9yWhg)

110 101 As I heard it, the Irish invented the bagpipes in the 11th Century and gave them to the Scots. The Scots still haven't caught on to the joke.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (9yWhg)

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Sheep's bladders may also be used to prevent earthquakes.

Posted by: Sir Bedevere at January 25, 2024 09:55 AM (F4bAW)

111 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Oh..so THAT'S how you're supposed to do it. I found you can get the sheep to make plenty of noise WITHOUT all the trouble of removing the bladder!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 25, 2024 09:55 AM (JCZqz)

112 I've read (probably here) that angels were not all that humanoid in appearance. Otherwise why would they continually tell people not to be afraid?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024
*
C.S. Lewis runs with this idea in his Space Trilogy.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024

***
In Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice, the hero, Alexander, is caught up in the Rapture and travels to Heaven. The angels are humanoid, but are something like ten feet tall, and act much like human bureaucrats everywhere, frazzled by a sudden deluge of extra work (all the new humans brought up by the Rapture have to be processed before they can enter Heaven). The angels refer to humans and address them as "creature."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:55 AM (J2vNu)

113 The only song that is great on bagpipes is Amazing Grace.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

Scotland the Brave

Posted by: BignJames at January 25, 2024 09:55 AM (AwYPR)

114 This was willowed on the last thread, but I think it is too damn funny not to pull it forward for more to see. I think G'rump did splendid work with this one.
****
Taylor Lorenz is panicking about the total collapse of mainstream media and mass layoffs across the industry:
http://tinyurl.com/prbd5d64
Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024 09:17 AM (NpAcC)
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She survived the end of the silent movie era, she'll survive this.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (aD39U)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (mwCIn)

115 109 Tempted but the fruit was discolored.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Are talking about persimmons again?
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I conquered my persimmon temptation. Imma Angel.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (LVNnd)

116 Akshually... that joke was about a flute.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Nice embouchure!

IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (SAX5G)

117 Well, if St Thomas' mother was tempting him with a prostitute so that he could become a politician, she must have know the connection between prostituting oneself and politics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (TcMyL)

118 **
She's no Sofia Vergara, more like Debra Jo Rupp ("Kitty" on That '70s Show). Some men go for that type. I always thought DJR was cute, esp. when she played Jerry's much-too-helpful agent on Seinfeld.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

How about Kristina Shaloup the morning weather hottie on AccuWeather? https://www.kristinashalhoup.com/

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (3CCua)

119 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:52 AM (9yWhg)
++++
Yup. As are simple poverty games like soccer.

Blow up a bladder, tie it off, kick it around.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 09:57 AM (mwCIn)

120 In Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice, the hero, Alexander, is caught up in the Rapture and travels to Heaven. The angels are humanoid, but are something like ten feet tall, and act much like human bureaucrats everywhere, frazzled by a sudden deluge of extra work (all the new humans brought up by the Rapture have to be processed before they can enter Heaven). The angels refer to humans and address them as "creature."
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Did they have eight fingers per hand?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 09:57 AM (LVNnd)

121 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

There a Far Side cartoon in there somewhere.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:57 AM (SAX5G)

122 Artist Diego Velázquez
Year 1632
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 244 cm × 203 cm (96 in × 80 in)
Location Cathedral Museum of Sacred Art, Orihuela

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

123 The fallen angels in Hell play kazoos and accordions.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:48 AM (9yWhg)
~~~~~

Oh no! Are you sure? Those are my two favorite instruments.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2024 09:58 AM (kQDzN)

124 Ya got to wrap you lips tight around me blow stick and then squeeze me bag gently while running your hand up and down, up and down me chanter while ya blow!

That's it Laddie! Faster, faster!

Posted by: Scotsman Teaching You To Play the Bagpipe at January 25, 2024 09:58 AM (EvkyC)

125 Scotland the Brave
Posted by: BignJames

OK. That one, too.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

126 Well, if St Thomas' mother was tempting him with a prostitute so that he could become a politician, she must have know the connection between prostituting oneself and politics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (TcMyL)

Huh. That's true. Cocaine was a recent development. Hey, were there drugs back then?

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 09:59 AM (5A+43)

127 Taylor Lorenz is panicking about the total collapse of mainstream media and mass layoffs across the industry:
http://tinyurl.com/prbd5d64
Posted by: redridinghood at January 25, 2024
----
She survived the end of the silent movie era, she'll survive this.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (aD39U)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024

***
I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:59 AM (J2vNu)

128 How come angels never played the clarinet?

Angels are theorized to not be humanoid in appearance (hence the "be not afraid" when they appear in the Bible), so they probably can't form a proper embouchure.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (2ocoG)

129 Did [Heinlein's angels] have eight fingers per hand?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024

***
Darned if I can recall.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (J2vNu)

130 How about Kristina Shaloup the morning weather hottie on AccuWeather? https://www.kristinashalhoup.com/
Posted by: BifBewalski

Kinda porky, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (9yWhg)

131 Those who have been watching online have already figured this out, but it is expected that Mark Steyn will cross-examine Michael Mann — mano a mano -- today

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (RHGPo)

132 Taylor Lorenz is panicking about the total collapse of mainstream media and mass layoffs across the industry:

Posted by: redridinghood

I watched this and was waiting for her to relay what the downside is. She never addressed that.

Interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (SAX5G)

133 I've read (probably here) that angels were not all that humanoid in appearance. Otherwise why would they continually tell people not to be afraid?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

When you have no schooling, and see someone come floating down gently and not hitting the ground like a sack of wet meat, I'm sure it was unsettling.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (6xkzE)

134 Taylor Lorenz is panicking about the total collapse of mainstream media and mass layoffs across the industry

Twitter has been hilarious since the layoffs started hitting. Journalists are shocked to discover that people consider them lower than lawyers, and also shocked that papers they worked for printed things like "learn to code" for blue-collar layoffs.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (2ocoG)

135 NYPost: DEI hires pushed onto the FBI are putting the country’s safety at risk for the sake of being ‘woke’ An alarming deterioration in recruitment standards for the FBI has been exposed in a report delivered to the House Judiciary Committee by an alliance of retired and active-duty agents and analysts. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) requirements pushed by FBI Director Chris Wray have degraded recruitment standards in all areas including “physical fitness, illicit drug use, financial irregularities, mental health, full-time work experience and integrity,” and pose a threat to the FBI’s ability to protect America from harm.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (RHGPo)

136 GDP up 3.3% Biden economy doing very well. Trump still openly hoping for giant crash

Posted by: Paul banned at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (KwxGK)

137 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:59 AM (J2vNu)
++++
I had never heard her talk before watching this clip.

She's like a caricature. She's the Platonic ideal of the whiny, uptalking, slightly vocal-fried Millennial college woman.

When she doesn't raise inflection at the end of a sentence, she slides off the sentence in a whine, witch bit of vocal crackle in it. She is a phenomenal example of the annoying speech pattern of so many Millennial professional women.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (mwCIn)

138 How about Kristina Shaloup the morning weather hottie on AccuWeather? https://www.kristinashalhoup.com/
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 25, 2024

***
Two words for you, Kristina: GoLo and YouFit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

139 130 How about Kristina Shaloup the morning weather hottie on AccuWeather? https://www.kristinashalhoup.com/
Posted by: BifBewalski

Kinda porky, if you ask me.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:00 AM (9yWhg)

Yeah, the one thing I regret about Verizon booting TWC off its lineup is the weather babes there. Not much to compare over at AccuWeather.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (T+Iwg)

140 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

There a Far Side cartoon in there somewhere.
Posted by: Tonypete

Most people remove the sheep's bladder first before blowing into it.
Posted by: Just the Punchline

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (6xkzE)

141 Twitter has been hilarious since the layoffs started hitting. Journalists are shocked to discover that people consider them lower than lawyers, and also shocked that papers they worked for printed things like "learn to code" for blue-collar layoffs.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (2ocoG)
++++
Is it possible that journalists have somehow been insulated from the common Twitter (and other social media) meme of, "however you much you hate journalists, you don't hate them enough?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (mwCIn)

142 Chris Cilliza posted that the media definitely never told people to learn to code and got a Community Note citing Biden, CNN, and 9 major newspapers all saying it. Fatality.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (2ocoG)

143 How about Kristina Shaloup the morning weather hottie on AccuWeather? https://www.kristinashalhoup.com/

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (3CCua)

Rubinesque.

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (5A+43)

144 7 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024
++++
I had never heard her talk before watching this clip.

She's like a caricature. She's the Platonic ideal of the whiny, uptalking, slightly vocal-fried Millennial college woman.

When she doesn't raise inflection at the end of a sentence, she slides off the sentence in a whine, witch bit of vocal crackle in it. She is a phenomenal example of the annoying speech pattern of so many Millennial professional women.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024

***
Oh, I wouldn't marry her, or date her for long. But the exterior package is nice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

145 So Angels drive around in a Free Candy Van?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (LVNnd)

146 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 09:59 AM (J2vNu)

She looks like someone painted a face on a rugby ball.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2024 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

147 Taylor Lorenz is panicking about the total collapse of mainstream media and mass layoffs across the industry:

I was enjoying listening to her lamentations, but I found the vocal fry to irritating to tolerate.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:03 AM (CsUN+)

148 Rubinesque.
Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date?

Covered in sauerkraut?

I'm down for it!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:03 AM (SAX5G)

149 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute for her age.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Suggested edit for accuracy and cruelty.

Posted by: AoS fake editor at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

150 it is expected that Mark Steyn will cross-examine Michael Mann — mano a mano -- today

"Mano a mano" means "hand to hand" ICYMI.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (CnLzB)

151 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute.

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She has magnificent eyebrows. They remind me of my youth, the time spent climbing trees and collecting caterpillars to keep in jars on my bedside table.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (k1AR8)

152 Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) requirements pushed by FBI Director Chris Wray have degraded recruitment standards in all areas including “physical fitness, illicit drug use, financial irregularities, mental health, full-time work experience and integrity,” and pose a threat to the FBI’s ability to protect America from harm.
Posted by: SMOD

Sad when 7-11 has stricter requirements.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (6xkzE)

153 I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, eyebrows really do start growing like crazy in older middle aged women.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:05 AM (k1AR8)

154 Yeah, the one thing I regret about Verizon booting TWC off its lineup is the weather babes there. Not much to compare over at AccuWeather.

TWC's going woker since IBM bought them. The morning show is now a guy of very questionable heterosexuality. Fox Weather Channel does have babes though if you get it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

155 I know she's a moonbat, but she is still cute for her age.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Suggested edit for accuracy and cruelty.
Posted by: AoS fake editor at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

her advanced age

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 10:05 AM (aD39U)

156 I can resist anything but tempatation.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

157 The thought will never cross Taylor's feeble mind that the decline in media is due to the decline in media audience which is due to the decline in trust of what they are being given as media project which is due to media being full of people JUST LIKE HER.

Posted by: From about that Time at January 25, 2024 10:05 AM (4780s)

158 I am glad Thomas Aquinas resisted temptation and become a great religious scholar and Saint and not some government flunkey chasing tail.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (Ki//m)

159 Museum of Sacred Art of Orihuela Cathedral, southern Spain.

Artist Diego Velázquez
Year 1632
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 244 cm × 203 cm (96 in × 80 in)

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (ENQN6)

160 ...The almost cartoonish figure in the background is distracting. No idea if that was on purpose. She looks like she was added as an afterthought.

Posted by: JTB at January 25, 2024 09:49 AM (zudum)

I suspect the idea was to portray her as Thomas saw her.

Not particularly attractive and not sexy because he didn't have lust in his heart. And so, was able to resist her.

Something like that.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (nFnyb)

161 Chastity is overrated. She gave me an STD.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 25, 2024 10:07 AM (mNhC4)

162 White House: Israel Has ‘to Be More Careful’ to Ensure Civilian Areas Hamas Hides in Aren’t ‘Scenes of Battle’

.. are there really any 'honest to God' civilians in Gaza ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

163 Covered in sauerkraut?

I'm down for it!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:03 AM (SAX5G)

Now I'm hungry.

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 10:07 AM (5A+43)

164 "I don't think people understand how bad the world would be without journalists".

Probably true. It's a pity there aren't any actual journalists anymore, just a pack of self-infatuated mini-Goebbels.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (CsUN+)

165 Look, Thomas, a lot of important people back East don't want you to run for sainthood...

Posted by: Arizona GOPe at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (dNbzX)

166 She has magnificent eyebrows. They remind me of my youth, the time spent climbing trees and collecting caterpillars to keep in jars on my bedside table.
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (k1AR

Her muff hanky is a tarp.

Posted by: Mr. Whipple at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (R4t5M)

167 White House: Israel Has ‘to Be More Careful’ to Ensure Civilian Areas Hamas Hides in Aren’t ‘Scenes of Battle’

.. are there really any 'honest to God' civilians in Gaza ?

The civilians in Gaza by all accounts are more interested in killing Jews than Hamas leadership, for whom it's a grift.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

168 158 Heh. Fen said "chasing tail."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (9yWhg)

169 Chastity is overrated. She gave me an STD.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

We all jumped for Joy. Joy jumped for the door.
We were all feeling Merry. Then Merry left.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (6xkzE)

170 I suspect the idea was to portray her as Thomas saw her.

Not particularly attractive and not sexy because he didn't have lust in his heart. And so, was able to resist her.

Something like that.
Posted by: naturalfake
____

This may explain the differing levels of attraction for Tyler Lorenz.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (fs1hN)

171 "Chastity is overrated. She gave me an STD."

It's Chaz, bitch."

Posted by: Chaz Bono at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (hqVaF)

172 Temptation of St.Thomas Aquinas

--

Related

I'm trying to find an ancient letter, I think from 200-300AD, that was posted here and discussed a year or two ago, written from someone influential in the church (a bishop or the like, maybe?) to another church or maybe just a philosopher in a convincing manner to a group, pointing out that there were people still alive "to this very day" that had seen/been healed by Jesus.

Sound familiar to anyone?

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (k1AR8)

173 Journalists are shocked to discover that people consider them lower than lawyers, and also shocked that papers they worked for printed things like "learn to code" for blue-collar layoffs.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (2ocoG)

Kinda ballsy to say "I'm a journalist. You should come to me for information about what's going on in the world and you should accept what I tell you at face value. Wait, the public regards me as a lying idiot? Wait, the newspaper I work at said what?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (zhLdt)

174 Charles Osgood has died. He was 91.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (9yWhg)

175 166 She has magnificent eyebrows. They remind me of my youth, the time spent climbing trees and collecting caterpillars to keep in jars on my bedside table.
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:04 AM (k1AR

Her muff hanky is a tarp.
Posted by: Mr. Whipple at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (R4t5M)

And your point is?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (PiwSw)

176 White House: Israel Has ‘to Be More Careful’ to Ensure Civilian Areas Hamas Hides in Aren’t ‘Scenes of Battle’

Has to? I call that bold talk from a senile, incontinent dumbass.

Posted by: Israel at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (CsUN+)

177 158 Heh. Fen said "chasing tail."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:08 AM (9yWhg)

LOL. Beat me to it. That Fen, shes a treasure.

Posted by: Do you mind if I dance with your date? at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (5A+43)

178 "I don't think people understand how bad the world would be without journalists".

-

People might read things that they find online.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (k1AR8)

179 Two of my oldest attended a St. Thomas Aquinas High School - their mascot was "The Crusaders".

A few years ago, a Karen lead a movement to change the mascot to something more pussified. During the townhall to discuss it with parents, Karen was getting some vicious pushback. She said from the lectern "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition".

Guess what about half of the audience shouted back.

Epic.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (SAX5G)

180 Can never go wrong with Velasquez!

Posted by: runner at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (V13WU)

181 People might read things that they find online.
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (k1AR

++++
Or at worst just be uninformed. Oh no.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (mwCIn)

182 People might read things that they find online.

Cue that WaPo "doing your own research is dangerous" headline.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (2ocoG)

183 If the Democratic attorney general of The Garden State wants to shut down your business or scare away your donors, the federal courts cannot help you.

That's the warning issued by a network of pro-life pregnancy centers fighting an allegedly harassing subpoena from New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin, who seeks a wide range of documents going back 10 years, after a federal court ruled Jan. 12 it didn't have jurisdiction to hear their constitutional challenge.

First Choice Women's Resource Centers filed an emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal Tuesday to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp of knowingly creating "a Catch-22 scenario that would likely bar any federal challenges to state administrative subpoenas."

They said Shipp's dismissal ignores the 3rd Circuit's ruling two years ago, in a similar subpoena challenge by Smith & Wesson, that reinstated the gun manufacturer's lawsuit against Platkin because federal courts should give up jurisdiction only when "orders uniquely in furtherance of the state courts’ judicial function" are involved.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:10 AM (RHGPo)

184 Posted by: Paul banned at January 25, 2024 10:01 AM (KwxGK)

I get the feeling you're here campaigning for votes for 'Biggest Idiot on the Planet' but you never give us a link.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2024 10:11 AM (zhLdt)

185 158 I am glad Thomas Aquinas resisted temptation and become a great religious scholar and Saint and not some government flunkey chasing tail.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (Ki//m)

Me, too. He's actually one of my patron saints - I chose him because of his combination of towering intellect and deep faith.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 10:11 AM (T+Iwg)

186 Apparently Toonces is so worried about Biden's reelection that he's broken cover and is telling him to drop out.

http://tinyurl.com/3jpzrzym

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:12 AM (CsUN+)

187 y'all see the prostitute , right ?

Posted by: runner at January 25, 2024 10:12 AM (V13WU)

188 Charles Osgood has died. He was 91.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (9yWhg)

Was he the Sunday Morning anchor that had whores strategically placed all over the country? Or m I thinking of someone else?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:12 AM (R4t5M)

189 Journalists are shocked to discover that people consider them lower than lawyers

What's shocking is that journalists noticed something in the real world.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2024 10:13 AM (dNbzX)

190 Apparently Toonces is so worried about Biden's reelection that he's broken cover and is telling him to drop out.

That's interesting. People with ties to Clinton Inc have been saying that for a while (notably Carville), so if Kalorama's in on it too there's some kind of third faction that *does* want Joe. I mean, besides DOCTOR JILL.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:13 AM (2ocoG)

191 186.

Somebody's gotta make way for Michelle.

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:13 AM (aCVzN)

192 Supreme Court Moving Fast In Trump Ballot Disqualification Case, Written Opinion Coming

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:13 AM (RHGPo)

193 188.

That was Charles Kuralt.

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:14 AM (aCVzN)

194 Just got back from the Vet's office (all good) to find a text from a buddy I haven't seen in a few years. Video of him on stage with Trump in NH on Tuesday night, giving a brief speech about how shitty the Obama years were for cops. Same guy once coached our neighborhood LL team to the LL World Series. I miss hanging out with that dude. He used to be a Democrat, I still make fun of him for it once in a while.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 25, 2024 10:14 AM (2cS/G)

195 y'all see the prostitute , right ?
____________

Uhh, sex worker, please.

Posted by: Woke Feminist at January 25, 2024 10:14 AM (lf83v)

196 184 I get the feeling you're here campaigning for votes for 'Biggest Idiot on the Planet' but you never give us a link.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2024 10:11 AM (zhLdt)

========

GDP did grow at 3.3%. Here's the link:

http://tinyurl.com/52f6stum

I suspect it's a lot of overinvesting in inventory type stuff that will get revised down in the coming weeks and months. That's been the pattern since Biden took office.

Of course, top line numbers convince people who can't buy get nearly as much for their dollar as they could just a few years ago that everything is fine. Messaging will change reality.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:14 AM (GBKbO)

197 Charles Kuralt. Nevermind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:14 AM (R4t5M)

198 I am glad Thomas Aquinas resisted temptation and become a great religious scholar and Saint and not some government flunkey chasing tail.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (Ki//m)

Apparently, he became so fat in later life that they had to make a special deck to accommodate his big belly. Maybe he was compensating for not chasing tail by chasing roast beef.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (9yWhg)

199 190 Apparently Toonces is so worried about Biden's reelection that he's broken cover and is telling him to drop out.

That's interesting. People with ties to Clinton Inc have been saying that for a while (notably Carville), so if Kalorama's in on it too there's some kind of third faction that *does* want Joe. I mean, besides DOCTOR JILL.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:13 AM (2ocoG)

=======

Insty had a thing yesterday saying that Obama is telling Joe directly to drop out.

Of course, Obama told Joe not to run to begin with, so I assume that Joe doesn't listen to Obama's advice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

200 Journalists are shocked to discover that people consider them lower than lawyers, and also shocked that papers they worked for printed things like "learn to code" for blue-collar layoffs.
Posted by: Ian S.

I got a Journalism degree in 1993 and I consider most of today's journalists scum. In mixed company, I'm embarrassed to admit I have a Journalism degree (I don't work in that field anymore). Back then, they were at least still pretending that facts and unbiased reporting was important, but the department was heavily weighted left.

Posted by: Biergood at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (PwgSL)

201 GDP did grow at 3.3%. Here's the link:

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Can someone get the crayons out and explain to me how that meshes with 100% inflation?

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (k1AR8)

202 Charles Kuralt. Nevermind.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

And, after he died, there was a big fight over parts of his estate by at least one of his side pieces.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (SAX5G)

203 Guess what about half of the audience shouted back.

Epic.
Posted by: Tonypete

Ha. Lots of Monty Python fans in your town?

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (dNbzX)

204
Was he the Sunday Morning anchor that had whores strategically placed all over the country? Or m I thinking of someone else?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024

***
Osgood was the host of CBS Sunday Morning for years and years. You might be thinking of Charles Kuralt, also CBS; I seem to recall reading that he had either a second wife or a couple of mistresses he'd visit when he did his road trip stories for the network.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (J2vNu)

205 Maybe he was compensating for not chasing tail by chasing roast beef.
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Both are noble endeavors.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (LVNnd)

206 202.

A woman by the name of Patricia "Patty" shannon.

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (aCVzN)

207 201 GDP did grow at 3.3%. Here's the link:

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Can someone get the crayons out and explain to me how that meshes with 100% inflation?
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (k1AR

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I suspect that inflation actually directly helps increase GDP numbers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

208 I saw Mini Goebbels open for Richard Gere’s String Quartet in at a music festival in West Hollywood in ‘80.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (mNhC4)

209 Charles Osgood was the guy with the bow ties. He took over the CBS Sunday Morning show from Kuralt, so it's easy to get them mixed up.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (9yWhg)

210 ---
Rebel News reports that a 50-year-old biological male who identifies as a 15-year-old girl is on the all-girls swim team.
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Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (krQz2)

211 207.

Of course it does. GDP has grown 3.3% if measured in nominal dollars. If the economy is measured in actual purchase power, that is real dollars, we've been in the shitter practically since Obama's second cumming took office.

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:18 AM (aCVzN)

212 Maybe he was compensating for not chasing tail by chasing roast beef.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

If you wait until it's off the hoof, you don't have to chase roast beef.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:18 AM (6xkzE)

213 I saw Mini Goebbels open for Richard Gere’s String Quartet in at a music festival in West Hollywood in ‘80.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (mNhC4)
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Richard Gere went solo, and he opened for The Gerbils as rumor has it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:18 AM (krQz2)

214 Insty had a thing yesterday saying that Obama is telling Joe directly to drop out.

Of course, Obama told Joe not to run to begin with, so I assume that Joe doesn't listen to Obama's advice.
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All of Obama's money was collected and laundered by Joe's family. Its fun to watch them pretend who has the pimp hand.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:19 AM (LVNnd)

215 Rebel News reports that a 50-year-old biological male who identifies as a 15-year-old girl is on the all-girls swim team.
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Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (krQz2)

What's your point h8r?

Posted by: Trannie Inc. at January 25, 2024 10:19 AM (5A+43)

216 Rebel News reports that a 50-year-old biological male who identifies as a 15-year-old girl is on the all-girls swim team.
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Posted by: Axeman

Is it a school team?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:20 AM (6xkzE)

217 The father of Thomas Aquinas, a brutal aristocrat, thought he could persuade his boy away from the celibate life of a Dominican priest by sending a courtesan up to his room. Instead, the saint chased her out with a red-hot poker from the fireplace.

In this version of the story, it's a burning log instead of a poker. Also, literal heavenly angels telling him he done right.

And I would have been first, but I fell asleep after I turned off the alarm on my phone.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 25, 2024 10:20 AM (BHrzb)

218 Richard Gere went solo, and he opened for The Gerbils as rumor has it.
Posted by: Axeman

Apparently the whole gerbil story about Gere was made up by Stallone out of whole cloth.

Gere is still married, I think, to that one Bond Girl/Law & Order hottie. Carrie something or other.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:21 AM (9yWhg)

219 From Insty:
SHOT: Boeing only lets planes fly when ‘100% confident’ of safety, embattled CEO says. “Concern over the reliability of Boeing jets has strained the group’s relations with key airlines. Ben Minicucci, the chief executive of Alaska, said it had found ‘some loose bolts on many’ Max 9 jets in its fleet.”

I know it's juvenile, but can you imagine going through life with the last name Minicucci? I think the cc is pronounced ch.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:21 AM (CsUN+)

220 Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa is perhaps one of the greatest theological treatises ever written. It covers all the reasoning for Christianity's main theological teachings. If you are ever searching for reasoning beyond the Bible's actual text, reference Summa.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 25, 2024 10:21 AM (MJIed)

221 5 dads, towels, and padlocks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:21 AM (R4t5M)

222 217

You know who apparently didn't live a very chaste life?

Charles Kuralt! LOLOL

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:22 AM (aCVzN)

223 Instead, the saint chased her out with a red-hot poker from the fireplace.

In this version of the story, it's a burning log instead of a poker.

Slut, slut, slut, and Hell will burn your butt.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

224 5 dads, towels, and padlocks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Towels & bar soap.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:22 AM (6xkzE)

225 207 201 GDP did grow at 3.3%. Here's the link:

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Can someone get the crayons out and explain to me how that meshes with 100% inflation?
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (k1AR

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I suspect that inflation actually directly helps increase GDP numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

GDP is supposed to be reported in real terms, that is with inflation taken out, but that relies on inflation being calculated correctly. Downward revisions have also once more become a habit under Biden.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 25, 2024 10:22 AM (eYoxG)

226 Rebel News reports that a 50-year-old biological male who identifies as a 15-year-old girl is on the all-girls swim team.

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He will kick all their butts, too. Even if he's just a marginally decent swimmer.

I saw research the other day about male vs female reaction times and physical prowess, and it was crazy wrongthink level stuff. 18 year old females in their prime are X% from 18 year old males (it's a large number and not flattering, but I don't remember because I didn't care).

What was neat was that 45 year old males are 10% off of 18 year old males. Without physical harm or disability, which happens frequently because men do hard stuff, men don't lose too many steps from 18-45.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (k1AR8)

227 Ah, guys, there's a burning log on the floor. Might want to get that back in the fireplace. Just sayin.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (MGqzM)

228 220

There are elements of the Summa that suffer from circular reasoning, and some axiomatic statements that aren't facially self-evident. All in all, I find it to be a great defense of Christianity, but not so much of the authority of the magisterium.

Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (aCVzN)

229 So a few thousand people die when planes fall out of the sky. Gotta break some eggs to make a DEI omelette.

Posted by: Montec at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (U42yt)

230 I'm trying to find an ancient letter, I think from 200-300AD, that was posted here and discussed a year or two ago, written from someone influential in the church (a bishop or the like, maybe?) to another church or maybe just a philosopher in a convincing manner to a group, pointing out that there were people still alive "to this very day" that had seen/been healed by Jesus.

Sound familiar to anyone?
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:09 AM (k1AR

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S. Paul said that in 1 Corinthians 15:6

Some of the Apostolic Fathers in the first and second centuries attest to miracles still being performed and Jerome in his chronicles of the Church stated that some miracles were still performed.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (++4z6)

231 Ah, guys, there's a burning log on the floor. Might want to get that back in the fireplace. Just sayin.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (MGqzM)

Maybe his torch? Just judging by the shape of the wood.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (R4t5M)

232
"What's going in there, Kramer?"
"Monks and whores, Jerry."

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (CwhoI)

233 Dunno if Nova Local is here, but here's something to give him/her some hope for the Old Dominion.
Youngkin’s surging approval threatens unpopular Biden in Virginia

http://tinyurl.com/mw2jtt2v

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (CsUN+)

234 Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa is perhaps one of the greatest theological treatises ever written. It covers all the reasoning for Christianity's main theological teachings. If you are ever searching for reasoning beyond the Bible's actual text, reference Summa.
Posted by: Marcus T

I want to start reading the Church fathers, starting with Augustine and then Aquinas (that is, chronologically, so as to see how Christian doctrine developed over time).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (9yWhg)

235 Took a better look. Scratch that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (R4t5M)

236 If the woman in the foreground was the prostitute, then he couldn't have been very tempted.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:25 AM (MGqzM)

237 His technique is very Hunga Tonga.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2024 10:25 AM (IG4Id)

238 Richard Gere went solo, and he opened for The Gerbils as rumor has it.
Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:18 AM (krQz2)

I don't have a rodent to grind in the whole Richard Gere thing but I've seen it suggested that that rumor was started because he's been pretty consistent on opposing the CCP takeover of Nepal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (zhLdt)

239 S. Paul said that in 1 Corinthians 15:6

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Yeah, but this was written much later and was said almost casually. It might've even been in some sort of court-related issue. I can't remember. I took a screenshot but can't find it in all of my other screenshots.

I remember that there was speculation that the people who were healed had been affected in other ways to allow them to live longer specifically in order to witness to the miracles.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (k1AR8)

240 good morning, Horde, CBD.

I'm reading the MR report, below. (Got a late start to the day b/c of some insomnia last night...)

Just had to bring this up: Democrat Billionaire Donor Reid Hoffman Cancels Further Haley Donations

Any other proof that Nimerata is a spoiler, and really a dem plant and tool? It is to laugh.

OK, back to art.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (Rbu5d)

241 Inflation is officially 3%. Meanwhile nationally, auto insurance policies are increasing on average 20% at renewal time.

None of the official data is real. It’s all bullshit. A fughaize.

Posted by: Montec at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (U42yt)

242 opposing the CCP takeover of Nepal

Tibet.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (9yWhg)

243 Was Jeff Dewitt one of St.Thomas' descendants?

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (MGqzM)

244 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:27 AM (RHGPo)

245 Nobody believes the BEA numbers anymore. When you continually beat the Street's estimate by that big of a margin, you have to look at the print specifics. Plus, we just went through a year with some of the biggest adjustments on record. They fully adjusted last year to the downside. It's no longer credible. They're trying to creat a political narrative, not publish honest statistics.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 25, 2024 10:27 AM (MJIed)

246 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”
Posted by: SMOD

Why would a strong supporter even need to say that?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (SAX5G)

247 You know who apparently didn't live a very chaste life?

Charles Kuralt! LOLOL
Posted by: Gryph at January 25, 2024

***
Going by looks alone, he was the George Costanza of TV journalists.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

248 Maybe his torch? Just judging by the shape of the wood.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM

Not sure, but it's going to ruin the new linoleum!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (MGqzM)

249 241 Inflation is officially 3%. Meanwhile nationally, auto insurance policies are increasing on average 20% at renewal time.
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I think we can thank Car Jackers in Deep Blue Shitholes for that tax.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (LVNnd)

250 198 I am glad Thomas Aquinas resisted temptation and become a great religious scholar and Saint and not some government flunkey chasing tail.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2024 10:06 AM (Ki//m)

Apparently, he became so fat in later life that they had to make a special deck to accommodate his big belly. Maybe he was compensating for not chasing tail by chasing roast beef.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:15 AM (9yWhg)

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Gluttony is a sin so I guess he didn't chase THAT off with a hot poker.

Of course, I'm sure he said it was just a thyroid condition like 99% of BBW.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (++4z6)

251 244 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:27 AM (RHGPo)

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"Now, pass our secret migrant bill without asking what's in it."
-Mitch's aide added

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

252 Here's that 50-year-old-man story: https://x.com/scarlett4kids/status/1749873302254854192?s=20

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (krQz2)

253 "I want to start reading the Church fathers, starting with Augustine and then Aquinas (that is, chronologically, so as to see how Christian doctrine developed over time).
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (9yWhg)"

That's an endeavor worthy of your time. It brings a lot of peace.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (MJIed)

254 I don't have a rodent to grind in the whole Richard Gere thing but I've seen it suggested that that rumor was started because he's been pretty consistent on opposing the CCP takeover of Nepal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2024

***
His IMDb bio mentions his anti-China stance a couple of times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:29 AM (J2vNu)

255 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:27 AM (RHGPo)
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Ah, but I'm in on the joke this time.

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:29 AM (krQz2)

256 “I think the border portion is dead,” said one Republican senator, who cited McConnell’s remarks to the GOP conference at the Wednesday meeting. The lawmaker said that McConnell told GOP senators “this has gotten to be a lot more politically difficult than he thought it would be.”

.. so now, they will fund Ukraine without any action on the border

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

257 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”
Posted by: SMOD

Why would a strong supporter even need to say that?
Posted by: Tonypete

Asked & answered. They aren't supporters.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:30 AM (6xkzE)

258 “I think the border portion is dead,” said one Republican senator, who cited McConnell’s remarks to the GOP conference at the Wednesday meeting. The lawmaker said that McConnell told GOP senators “this has gotten to be a lot more politically difficult than he thought it would be.”

If that was a surprise to you, you truly are too senile to be Majority leader.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:30 AM (CsUN+)

259 The FAA is letting door plug MAX 9s fly again after inspections has been completed on the plugs. Alaska says it'll start flying them again tomorrow, United on Sunday.

http://tinyurl.com/2rfajd8j
http://tinyurl.com/535r2mz7

(links stolen from airliners.net)

Posted by: spindrift at January 25, 2024 10:30 AM (AA8bA)

260 .. so now, they will fund Ukraine without any action on the border
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Well, the war in Ukraine is all about borders, isn't it?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM (LVNnd)

261 What's the saying, "A cat is always on the wrong side of a closed door."

Kitteh forever pesters me to let her on and off the porch. Today the weather is finally warm enough to justify leaving the door open and she's not the slightest bit interested.

Feh.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM (T+Iwg)

262 256 “I think the border portion is dead,” said one Republican senator, who cited McConnell’s remarks to the GOP conference at the Wednesday meeting. The lawmaker said that McConnell told GOP senators “this has gotten to be a lot more politically difficult than he thought it would be.”

.. so now, they will fund Ukraine without any action on the border
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

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You know, one Republican senator who lived through 2007 AND 2016 would know that open borders is particularly unpopular with the Republican base.

One Republican senator is either a fucking dullard or really dishonest, but to be honest, these things are not mutually exclusive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

263 McConnell referred to [Donald] Trump as “the nominee” and noted the former president wants to run his 2024 campaign centered on immigration. And the GOP leader said, “We don’t want to do anything to undermine him.”

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Still staying quiet on the now-resigned Arizona GOP chairman trying to bribe Lake to quit politics?

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM (k1AR8)

264 I know it's juvenile, but can you imagine going through life with the last name Minicucci? I think the cc is pronounced ch.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 25, 2024 10:21 AM

Well folks here's a story about Minniucci the moocher...Cab Calloway.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:32 AM (MGqzM)

265 ADL Urged Counterterrorism Agency to Target Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Other Alleged "Amplifiers of LGBTQ+ Hate"

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Keeping their eye on the ball.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:32 AM (FVME7)

266 McConnell is a liar, but you knew that. At last weeks senate luncheon he was getting roasted by most of the members. He is pushing (along with his coterie of "leadership" and about 10-12 members) an immigration amnesty bill that contains the Democrats wish list. Democrats want to use that as a cudgel against House leadership during the election season to say that Republicans are delaying action at the border. Why would the republican "leader" do that, vote with a majority of Democrats and his personal attachment of 10-12 RINOS to give Democrats that political ammo?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 25, 2024 10:32 AM (MJIed)

267 after inspections has been completed on the plugs

Finally! Something that I am competent at!
-- Pete Buttigieg

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:32 AM (9yWhg)

268 “I think the border portion is dead,” said one Republican senator, who cited McConnell’s remarks to the GOP conference at the Wednesday meeting.

The lawmaker said that McConnell told GOP senators “this has gotten to be a lot more politically difficult than he thought it would be.”

Translation: "You mean we actually have to do something? WTF?"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (6xkzE)

269 So a few thousand people die when planes fall out of the sky. Gotta break some eggs to make a DEI omelette.

Posted by: Montec at January 25, 2024 10:23 AM (U42yt)
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Real omelets have never even been tried!

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (krQz2)

270 Still staying quiet on the now-resigned Arizona GOP chairman trying to bribe Lake to quit politics?
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM

DeWitt was trying to tempt Lake like St.Thomas' brothers. Some things never change.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (MGqzM)

271 Earlier this month, we learned that Barack Obama advised Joe Biden on how to beef up his reelection campaign. Now, he appears to have given up all hope for Biden's struggling campaign.

The former president and other allies of Biden's have advised him "to quit the 2024 race to save America and the Democratic Party," according to a report from RadarOnline.

"Insiders snitched that tensions between the two presidents recently exploded after irate Obama rushed to a secret meeting and confronted Biden about his fading chances to fend off surging Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming November election," explains the report.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

272 Kuralt did what Tiger Woods did. It just involved much uglier people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (R4t5M)

273 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

274 The broad in the pink is a dude.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

275 Add this to the "Obama's Tan Suit" list of faux outrage. The Left really is trying to make this a thing...

Taylor Swift is driving voter registration, and conservatives are terrified....Swift is likely to have gotten more than 30,000 people to sign up, many of whom will be eligible to vote for the very first time this November...

...Fox News’ second-rate Tucker Carlson clone Jesse Watters implied that Swift’s decision to once again promote voting this past September was some kind psy-op campaign...

...most of the people Swift is inspiring to get involved in our political process are exactly the type of young Americans who conservatives loath.

Swift doesn't tell her fans who to vote for. The single exception is why she would not votr for Second Amendment fetishist Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 25, 2024 10:34 AM (JCZqz)

276 "I Feel So Much Better": Lindsey Graham Reportedly Hugged Fani Willis After Georgia Trump Testimony

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Well, I'm sure neither one of them enjoyed it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:34 AM (FVME7)

277 271 "Insiders snitched that tensions between the two presidents recently exploded after irate Obama rushed to a secret meeting and confronted Biden about his fading chances to fend off surging Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming November election," explains the report.
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

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Obama really wants that patronage and his chosen successor, Kamala Harris, to be president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

278 241 Inflation is officially 3%. Meanwhile nationally, auto insurance policies are increasing on average 20% at renewal time.

Our home Insurance just cancelled us . Never had a claim . Had it for years... California.... Fire ... We are not in a fire zone...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 25, 2024 10:34 AM (n2vyf)

279 so now, they will fund Ukraine without any action on the border
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:29 AM

Natch. So pitchfork time?

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:35 AM (MGqzM)

280 Taylor Swift does not tell her first time voting fans who to vote for except when she tells her young American first time voter fans who to vote for.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:35 AM (k1AR8)

281 The Minicucci thing reminds me of one of the Shane Black jokes from the original Predator.

"Me too. Mines as big as a house."

Posted by: Chaz Bono at January 25, 2024 10:35 AM (hqVaF)

282 Yeah, but this was written much later and was said almost casually. It might've even been in some sort of court-related issue. I can't remember. I took a screenshot but can't find it in all of my other screenshots.

I remember that there was speculation that the people who were healed had been affected in other ways to allow them to live longer specifically in order to witness to the miracles.
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:26 AM (k1AR

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Sure there were claims of miracles in the 2nd and 3rd centuries but I don't recall any about those still alive having seen Jesus in the flesh.

I was incorrect about Jerome. It was Eusebius who wrote the early work on Church History. I believe you are probably referring to his work.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM (++4z6)

283 280 Taylor Swift does not tell her first time voting fans who to vote for except when she tells her young American first time voter fans who to vote for.
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:35 AM (k1AR

Can't stand her

Posted by: It's me donna at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM (n2vyf)

284 Swift doesn't tell her fans who to vote for. The single exception is why she would not votr for Second Amendment fetishist Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmission

I'll bet I know if her security detail is armed or not.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM (6xkzE)

285 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I could be tempted by some bacon and eggs right now.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM (W/lyH)

286 The FAA is letting door plug MAX 9s fly again after inspections has been completed on the plugs. Alaska says it'll start flying them again tomorrow, United on Sunday.

Might wanna keep that seatbelt fastened.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM (MGqzM)

287 Our home Insurance just cancelled us . Never had a claim . Had it for years... California.... Fire ... We are not in a fire zone...
Posted by: It's me donna

That's awful, Donna. What company? Did they give a reason?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:37 AM (9yWhg)

288 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

There a Far Side cartoon in there somewhere.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2024 09:57 AM

"Angus McDowell is credited with the discovery that the noise is safer to produce and control when the bladder has been removed from the sheep first."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 10:37 AM (Wnv9h)

289 What's the saying, "A cat is always on the wrong side of a closed door.". . .

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024

***
I can testify to this. In the case of the Killer Kittens, it's a closet door. They both love to dive into a closet, and it's hard as hell to get them out. They usually trot out on their own after a time. Sometimes, though, they wind up locked in said closet for quite a while. They must think it's a game I'm playing with them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

290 Can't stand her
Posted by: It's me donna at January 25, 2024 10:36 AM

Join the club. She has a small amount of talent. She was marketed well though. Looks wise she is mousey. But I'll give her marketers credit. They found a literal gold mine of people happy to pay for mediocre music.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:38 AM (MGqzM)

291 I was incorrect about Jerome. It was Eusebius who wrote the early work on Church History. I believe you are probably referring to his work.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

That's another one I want to read.

I think Eusebius also mentions that there were still descendants of Jude, the brother of Jesus and author of the NT book, alive at the time of Constantine.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:39 AM (9yWhg)

292 274 The broad in the pink is a dude.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Lol...I just so happen to have a picture of a "lady*" in a pink dress pulled up. From a San Diego Times opinion piece titled "Being a tall, Black, nonbinary, transgender femme drag queen makes me a target for violence"

http://tinyurl.com/mup7k3zk

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 25, 2024 10:39 AM (JCZqz)

293 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Been there done that

Posted by: P Bootyjuice at January 25, 2024 10:39 AM (MGqzM)

294 It would be semi-interesting to see a list of current version of Madonna through the decades.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:39 AM (k1AR8)

295 McConnell, translated; "Dammit, Abbott has completely screwed up our chances to give amnesty to everyone, so let's just drop that for now."

As to Ukraine, IDGAF anymore. We're going bankrupt no matter what, it's past saving, so who cares if there's a one tenth of one percent increase on the $100 trillion default that's coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2024 10:39 AM (bNASa)

296 It's a trap!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (R4t5M)

297 ADL Urged Counterterrorism Agency to Target Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Other Alleged "Amplifiers of LGBTQ+ Hate"

I know every institution drifts away from their actual purpose and towards Marxism, but what the heck does that have to do with Jews? It's like they're trying to prove Stormfront's "The Jooooos invented being gay" word-vomit.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (2ocoG)

298 OT-
Trudeau Government Used Faked Intelligence To Illegally Frame Protesting Truckers As Violent Extremists
Canadian government used disinformation to invoke the “Emergencies Act” in 2022, and then shared it with other “Five Eyes” nations

Substack link -
http://tinyurl.com/27c3f5bn

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (fs1hN)

299 AAA and round about blame for fire danger... Was hard to decipher their gobbly gook

Posted by: It's me donna at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (n2vyf)

300 Rasmussen:
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"Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days?"

YES-
DEM: 63%
IND: 72%
GOP: 77%
All Voters: 70%
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Now you think with numbers like that the Dems better do something OR it shows you how unworried DC is about what voters think is vital.

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (krQz2)

301 297 ADL Urged Counterterrorism Agency to Target Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Other Alleged "Amplifiers of LGBTQ+ Hate"

I know every institution drifts away from their actual purpose and towards Marxism, but what the heck does that have to do with Jews? It's like they're trying to prove Stormfront's "The Jooooos invented being gay" word-vomit.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (2ocoG)

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Why do union bosses take positions on social issues?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

302 I'd like to see the logic behind UPS estimated delivery times. I have two parcels arriving today, finally. Both parcels have the same local origin (same sort) and are on the same truck (only one truck comes through my part of town per day unless you have the expensive critical delivery service for AM delivery).

UPS tells me one of the packages will arrive between 2:00 and 5:30. They say the other one will arrive between 1:30 and 4:30.
They are on the same truck.

I have long suspected that the UPS delivery window system has pseudo-random variables as a part of it, but I am leaning even harder in that direction after seeing this. The delivery estimates should be the same because all of the input conditions are identical. Yet, they're not the same, which means something is causing the variance and it's probably just injection of a pseudo-random parameter to make it look better.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM (mwCIn)

303
"Angus McDowell is credited with the discovery that the noise is safer to produce and control when the bladder has been removed from the sheep first."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 10:37 AM

And he got his first song stolen by the Rolling Stones,
"Hey McCloud get off of my ewe."

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM (MGqzM)

304 Bagpipes are mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Making noise by blowing through a sheep's bladder is a pretty ancient concept.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus"

You know, that's relevant to the singing of both Taylor Swift and Madonna.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM (bNASa)

305 300 Now you think with numbers like that the Dems better do something OR it shows you how unworried DC is about what voters think is vital.
Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (krQz2)

========

Biden adopting all of Trump's policies to quiet the border while calling Trump's policies racist would be hilarious.

Let it be done.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

306
Join the club. She has a small amount of talent. She was marketed well though. Looks wise she is mousey. But I'll give her marketers credit. They found a literal gold mine of people happy to pay for mediocre music.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024

***
Mousy? Taylor Swift? If her looks could be bottled, there would be lines ten deep at the cosmetic counters, and husbands and boyfriends everywhere would be pleased as hell.

Her first couple of singles were quite good. Then she left country and I lost track of whatever she's created now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

307 Lindsey Graham Reportedly Hugged Fani Willis After Georgia Trump Testimony

So he might be bi and taking her on a cruise?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

308 You know, that's relevant to the singing of both Taylor Swift and Madonna.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I thought Madonna had a good voice back in the day, despite the shameful uses to which she put it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

309 It's a trap!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM

When camping I always yell. It's a TARP! My kids don't get it.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (MGqzM)

310 I know every institution drifts away from their actual purpose and towards Marxism, but what the heck does that have to do with Jews? It's like they're trying to prove Stormfront's "The Jooooos invented being gay" word-vomit.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:40 AM (2ocoG)
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And you know how fond the God of Israel is of LGBTQ+...

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (krQz2)

311 "Insiders snitched that tensions between the two presidents recently exploded after irate Obama rushed to a secret meeting and confronted Biden about his fading chances to fend off surging Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming November election," explains the report.
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

Obama really wants that patronage and his chosen successor, Kamala Harris, to be president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

Doubtful. Cummala isn't anybody's chosen anything, and she'd lose bigger than Alzheimer Joe.

I also don't believe whoever is reporting Bobama "stormed" into a secret meeting to confront Alzheimer Joe.

Alzheimer Joe is tucked away, eating ice cream, wearing his diaper and nothing else, when the "adults" are talking.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (dGCAG)

312 My insurer sent me an apology letter last year with the yuge and luxurious rate increase. I expect another this year. I've already shopped it, so I know what a competitive bid will be when they send it. I suspect it will be competitive. My insurer isn't screwing me, it just is what it is. The government is screwing me, not my insurance company.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (mwCIn)

313 And he got his first song stolen by the Rolling Stones,
"Hey McCloud get off of my ewe."
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024

***
There y' go!

Posted by: Marshal Sam McCloud of Taos and NYC at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (J2vNu)

314 Our home Insurance just cancelled us . Never had a claim . Had it for years... California.... Fire ... We are not in a fire zone...
Posted by: It's me donna

.. I know State Farm is pulling out of the state. Has already fired most of their employees in California.
The Governor and Legislature have created a "civil tinderbox" that could explode at any moment.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (RHGPo)

315 Arizona GOP Chair Resigns After Audio Appears to Show Him Bribing Kari Lake Not to Run for Senate

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Didja see this?

Vaughn Hillyard
@VaughnHillyard
Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (FVME7)

316 The problem with a ghey former president is gay guys never know when to get off the stage. Maybe Trump could suggest Obama retire to one of his mansions and create an Obama Global Initiative all his own?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (AE/RG)

317 Mousy? Taylor Swift? If her looks could be bottled, there would be lines ten deep at the cosmetic counters, and husbands and boyfriends everywhere would be pleased as hell.

Her first couple of singles were quite good. Then she left country and I lost track of whatever she's created now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM

I honestly don't think she's that good looking. Average at best. She's not ugly, but meh.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (MGqzM)

318 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (mwCIn

Before they cancelled us they raised it by almost double... Ca.

Posted by: It's me donna at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (n2vyf)

319 307 Lindsey Graham Reportedly Hugged Fani Willis After Georgia Trump Testimony

So he might be bi and taking her on a cruise?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

Poor Kamala only got a fist bump.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (KbCG3)

320 Vaughn Hillyard
@VaughnHillyard
Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

-

NO, NO, HAVEN'T SEEN A THING
- GOP

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (k1AR8)

321 Lindsey Graham Reportedly Hugged Fani Willis After Georgia Trump Testimony
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So he might be bi and taking her on a cruise?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

Of course not. He wants her boyfriend's phone number.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (dGCAG)

322 What's the saying, "A cat is always on the wrong side of a closed door."

Kitteh forever pesters me to let her on and off the porch. Today the weather is finally warm enough to justify leaving the door open and she's not the slightest bit interested.

Feh.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 10:31 AM (T+Iwg)

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Kitties are masters of the PsyOp.

Posted by: ShainS -- I did not come here to guide lambs, I came here to awaken lions at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (2yWhw)

323 The Governor and Legislature have created a "civil tinderbox" that could explode at any moment.
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Could they time it to coincide with Chicago? Imma have to buy moar popcorn.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:44 AM (AE/RG)

324 Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM

V.S him actually bribing her for gain. Makes sense Jeff.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (MGqzM)

325 Taylor Swift:

They'll have your fittings done in a flash!

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (krQz2)

326 311 Doubtful. Cummala isn't anybody's chosen anything, and she'd lose bigger than Alzheimer Joe.

I also don't believe whoever is reporting Bobama "stormed" into a secret meeting to confront Alzheimer Joe.

Alzheimer Joe is tucked away, eating ice cream, wearing his diaper and nothing else, when the "adults" are talking.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM (dGCAG)

=======

Kamala is Obama's chosen successor. That's why the NYT gave her that glowing profile in 2019.

I seriously doubt Obama's changed his mind. He probably still thinks Kamala is some kind of brilliant legal scholar and mind. Does Obama feel like the kind of guy who would know Kamala, back her, and then watch her flail in public and change his opinion about her?

To admit that she's terrible and stupid is to admit that his own privately arrived at conclusions that he spent time and money supporting publicly would be wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

327 Good brush strokes?

The "angel" in pinkish blush has a masculine face & looks as if he/she/it might enjoy a tad of voyeurism. The more feminine appearing angel in the back room looks to be caught off guard.

Thanks but I'd pass hanging this particular painting.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (GshMh)

328 AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
____

Who are the folks out East, Jeff?

Release the rest anyway, Kari. Sunlight is best disinfectant.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (fs1hN)

329 You know ... if Gavin Newsom was POTUS, there would be no immigration problem as the entire country would be fucked and people would be heading for the doors.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (RHGPo)

330 315 Didja see this?

Vaughn Hillyard
@VaughnHillyard
Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (FVME7)

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I hope she has more than him on tape. One rat doesn't sink a ship.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

331 Didja see this?

Vaughn Hillyard
@VaughnHillyard
Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (FVME

How DARE she expose the abject corruption of politicians!

Who does she think she is.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (dGCAG)

332 @VaughnHillyard
Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (FVME7)
++++
Two things.
1. I'll repeat what I said yesterday: I hope Lake releases it anyway. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Make the details of the backroom deals known. Let the public see how the sausage is made.

2. So the person using a private meeting to broker bribes between the central powers in Washington and a disliked upstart politician in the provinces is *not* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain," but the person who makes it known that this happened *is* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain?" Nice to know the rules, I guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (mwCIn)

333 317 Mousy? Taylor Swift? If her looks could be bottled, there would be lines ten deep at the cosmetic counters, and husbands and boyfriends everywhere would be pleased as hell.

Her first couple of singles were quite good. Then she left country and I lost track of whatever she's created now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:42 AM

I honestly don't think she's that good looking. Average at best. She's not ugly, but meh.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM (MGqzM)

She has the body of a drinking straw.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (KbCG3)

334

How i wish HQ morons and ettes ran our country.

We would get shit done.

Posted by: four seasons at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (PisyI)

335 Join the club. She has a small amount of talent. She was marketed well though. Looks wise she is mousey. But I'll give her marketers credit. They found a literal gold mine of people happy to pay for mediocre music.

Mediocre stands out in today's top 40. The Weeknd had a huge hit right as covid started with a very obvious homage to "Take On Me", including the same drums and synths. I heard a top 10 song the other day that sounds pretty much like it's straight from one of John Lennon's solo records, so between that and Lizzo's 70s funk song from last year I guess the 70s really are coming back.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (2ocoG)

336 >>Just now —> AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns, saying Kari Lake’s team threatened to release a “new, more damaging recording” if he didn’t. DeWit asserts that the secret recording “confirms a disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain.”

That there is the definition of chutzpah.
HE's the victim in all of this?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (NKqpy)

337 332 2. So the person using a private meeting to broker bribes between the central powers in Washington and a disliked upstart politician in the provinces is *not* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain," but the person who makes it known that this happened *is* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain?" Nice to know the rules, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (mwCIn)

=======

When the corruption is the system, not being corrupt becomes a bad thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

338 My insurer sent me an apology letter last year with the yuge and luxurious rate increase. I expect another this year. I've already shopped it, so I know what a competitive bid will be when they send it. I suspect it will be competitive. My insurer isn't screwing me, it just is what it is. The government is screwing me, not my insurance company.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:43 AM

The states added a shit ton of regulation. Shock, it made things worse.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (MGqzM)

339 During the year he was imprisoned, he memorized the Bible.

Alternate temptation: large amounts of herring (his favorite fish).

Posted by: Eeyore at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (1bNHn)

340 Our home Insurance just cancelled us . Never had a claim . Had it for years... California.... Fire ... We are not in a fire zone...
Posted by: It's me donna

That's awful, Donna. What company? Did they give a reason?"

Most national insurance companies have announced they are leaving California because of New laws and regs that the State has put in place. They are doing this by not writing any new policies and canceling old policies as they come up for renewal. The only option for homeowners is to obtain coverage with smaller, local provider, which will be much more expensive with worse coverage and generally very poor customer service.
Say Thank You to the State of California for that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (bNASa)

341 Mousy? Taylor Swift? If her looks could be bottled, there would be lines ten deep at the cosmetic counters, and husbands and boyfriends everywhere would be pleased as hell.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Like most female superstars, you always have to wonder how much of their physical beauty is natural, ans how much is professional makeup, shape wear, hair etc. Swift has a great body, but the recent pictures of her unhappy at jokes during the Golden Globes were a little rough. I can see a granny there in her face lol

http://tinyurl.com/5x4nchnz

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

342 Kamala is Obama's chosen successor. That's why the NYT gave her that glowing profile in 2019.

I seriously doubt Obama's changed his mind. He probably still thinks Kamala is some kind of brilliant legal scholar and mind. Does Obama feel like the kind of guy who would know Kamala, back her, and then watch her flail in public and change his opinion about her?

To admit that she's terrible and stupid is to admit that his own privately arrived at conclusions that he spent time and money supporting publicly would be wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

I think your mistake is assuming Bobama makes any decisions.

He's not in charge either.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)

343 Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, will air a "Stand Up to Jewish Hate" ad during the Super Bowl.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (RHGPo)

344 She has the body of a drinking straw.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (KbCG3)
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That exactly.

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (krQz2)

345 Taylor Swift? If her looks could be bottled, there would be lines ten deep at the cosmetic counters, and husbands and boyfriends everywhere would be pleased as hell.

Seriously? She almost crosses the repulsive line with me.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (SfhV1)

346 When the corruption is the system, not being corrupt becomes a bad thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (GBKbO)
++++
Yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (mwCIn)

347 For second day in a row, protesters block aid reaching Gaza from Israel

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (RHGPo)

348 342 I think your mistake is assuming Bobama makes any decisions.

He's not in charge either.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)

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There's a middle ground between supreme puppet master and do nothing.

Obama's in there somewhere. He obviously has some influence over a faction within the Democrat Party, and he wants to flex it, especially considering his self-regard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

349 337 332 2. So the person using a private meeting to broker bribes between the central powers in Washington and a disliked upstart politician in the provinces is *not* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain," but the person who makes it known that this happened *is* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain?" Nice to know the rules, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:45 AM (mwCIn)

=======

When the corruption is the system, not being corrupt becomes a bad thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

Thankfully we have journalists to hold these politicians accountable so that this kind of corruption is rooted out and made public in the rare instances it occurs.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

350
I agree grammie.

Posted by: four seasons at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (PisyI)

351 Thankfully we have journalists to hold these politicians accountable so that this kind of corruption is rooted out and made public in the rare instances it occurs.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (KbCG3)
++++
Yup. Thank heavens that they speak truth to power!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (mwCIn)

352 Earlier this month, we learned that Barack Obama advised Joe Biden on how to beef up his reelection campaign. Now, he appears to have given up all hope for Biden's struggling campaign.

The former president and other allies of Biden's have advised him "to quit the 2024 race to save America and the Democratic Party," according to a report from RadarOnline.

"Insiders snitched that tensions between the two presidents recently exploded after irate Obama rushed to a secret meeting and confronted Biden about his fading chances to fend off surging Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming November election," explains the report.
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

Don't do it, Joe!!!!

You know that little passant Obama's just jealous of a great and successful President like yourself.

Why, he's just trying to bully you! And put you down, man.

Just like Corn Pop did! That Corn Pop was a bad dude. And so is Obama!!!! In fact, Obama's worse than Corn Pop!!! That's right, worse than Corn Pop!

You need to go get yourself a chain and next time Obama tries to bully you and threaten you....

Joe! You chase him right outta right out of the White House.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (nFnyb)

353 UPS tells me one of the packages will arrive between 2:00 and 5:30. They say the other one will arrive between 1:30 and 4:30.
They are on the same truck.

I have long suspected that the UPS delivery window system has pseudo-random variables as a part of it, but I am leaning even harder in that direction after seeing this. The delivery estimates should be the same because all of the input conditions are identical. Yet, they're not the same, which means something is causing the variance and it's probably just injection of a pseudo-random parameter to make it look better.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Their shit is weak and retarded. Last week, package showed on truck about 5 miles away. Tem minutes later it showed the truck in Durant, Oklahoma. About 30 miles away. Five minutes later I get the delivery notification.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (6xkzE)

354 Like most female superstars, you always have to wonder how much of their physical beauty is natural, ans how much is professional makeup, shape wear, hair etc. Swift has a great body, but the recent pictures of her unhappy at jokes during the Golden Globes were a little rough. I can see a granny there in her face lol

http://tinyurl.com/5x4nchnz
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

I recall, when Anna Nicole Smith was still being photographed, all dolled up, it was said she had infections from her breast work, where her nipples were essentially taped on, and oozing pus. Which is why she got addicted to painkillers.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (dGCAG)

355 And he got his first song stolen by the Rolling Stones,
"Hey McCloud get off of my ewe."

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM (MGqzM)

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

Heh.

* golf clap *

Posted by: ShainS -- I did not come here to guide lambs, I came here to awaken lions at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (2yWhw)

356 349 Thankfully we have journalists to hold these politicians accountable so that this kind of corruption is rooted out and made public in the rare instances it occurs.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

=======

All journalists think they are Woodford and Bernstein.

All politicians think they are Jefferson Smith.

They are all wrong. They are all pieces of shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

357 >>2. So the person using a private meeting to broker bribes between the central powers in Washington and a disliked upstart politician in the provinces is *not* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain," but the person who makes it known that this happened *is* "exploiting private interactions for personal gain?" Nice to know the rules, I guess.

Can't imagine I am the first one here to speculate that this may have been an FBI entrapment op? I mean, get another conviction of an effective Trump ally in addition to removing her from AZ politics - that would be a double win for them.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (NKqpy)

358 I think your mistake is assuming Bobama makes any decisions.

He's not in charge either.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)

He's the face... not the brain.
This is obvious whenever he's off prompter.
I mean, think about it, guy hasn't had a tough interview in his life unless you count Joe the Plumber in the greeting line on the hot mic.

Posted by: Inogame at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (53oGX)

359
[Taylor Swift] has the body of a drinking straw.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024

***
Compared to the battleship-like proportions of so many Americans, even among performers, I'd take that drinking straw. Taylor would only be "average"-looking if she were in the middle of a bevy of pre-2000 Victoria's Secret models.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (J2vNu)

360 Politico:

In a recent appearance before Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, Willis barely addressed the substance of the allegations — more on those shortly — but chose instead to frame them largely as a racially motivated attack. The judge overseeing the case recently directed Willis to respond to the allegations in a court filing by Feb. 2, with a hearing scheduled on the matter for Feb. 15. Meanwhile, many of Willis’ once-very-vocal legal and political supporters appear to be going easy on her — largely staying quiet, keeping their heads down as the silence grows increasingly awkward.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

361 Kamala is Obama's chosen successor. That's why the NYT gave her that glowing profile in 2019.

I seriously doubt Obama's changed his mind. He probably still thinks Kamala is some kind of brilliant legal scholar and mind. Does Obama feel like the kind of guy who would know Kamala, back her, and then watch her flail in public and change his opinion about her?

I rate all of this "correct". Obama is perpetually stuck in what Rumsfeld called "unknown unknowns". He doesn't know what he doesn't know.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (2ocoG)

362 351 Thankfully we have journalists to hold these politicians accountable so that this kind of corruption is rooted out and made public in the rare instances it occurs.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

++++

Yup. Thank heavens that they speak truth to power!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (mwCIn)

Imagine what things would look like if they didn't!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:50 AM (KbCG3)

363 Two things.
1. I'll repeat what I said yesterday: I hope Lake releases it anyway. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Make the details of the backroom deals known. Let the public see how the sausage is made.

-

Someone posted a link last night to James O'Keefe interviewing a hardcore leftist (D) that works for an (R) in Congress and says he doesn't think the (R) has any idea even though the guy has photos of Pelosi on his desk and does all kinds of commie stuff.

He confirmed how representatives are blackmailed with sex and drug parties and says something like "That Cawthorn guy wasn't lying."

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:50 AM (k1AR8)

364 Like most female superstars, you always have to wonder how much of their physical beauty is natural, ans how much is professional makeup, shape wear, hair etc. Swift has a great body, but the recent pictures of her unhappy at jokes during the Golden Globes were a little rough. I can see a granny there in her face lol

http://tinyurl.com/5x4nchnz
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024

***
She's 34. Naturally a little age is going to show.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

365 Central Powers in WWI >>>>> central powers in Washington

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (9yWhg)

366 I thought Madonna had a good voice back in the day, despite the shameful uses to which she put it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

If you think she put her voice to shameful activity, don't look into what the mouth did!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

367 363 Someone posted a link last night to James O'Keefe interviewing a hardcore leftist (D) that works for an (R) in Congress and says he doesn't think the (R) has any idea even though the guy has photos of Pelosi on his desk and does all kinds of commie stuff.

He confirmed how representatives are blackmailed with sex and drug parties and says something like "That Cawthorn guy wasn't lying."
Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:50 AM (k1AR

=======

Making it illegal for anyone in Congress to have any staff, paid or unpaid, would fix some things in DC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

368 Obama's in there somewhere. He obviously has some influence over a faction within the Democrat Party, and he wants to flex it, especially considering his self-regard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

No, he's not. He's brought into the mix, to be a public face, just as he was for 8 years.

He does what he's told. He's more sentient than Alzheimer Joe, but he doesn't decide anything, and when the adults are talking, he shuts up and takes orders.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

369 Obama's in there somewhere. He obviously has some influence over a faction within the Democrat Party, and he wants to flex it, especially considering his self-regard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 25, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

Yeah, he's a power broker/power conduit. Either way he's got some influence even though he's not the person in charge.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (2ocoG)

370 359
[Taylor Swift] has the body of a drinking straw.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024

***
Compared to the battleship-like proportions of so many Americans, even among performers, I'd take that drinking straw. Taylor would only be "average"-looking if she were in the middle of a bevy of pre-2000 Victoria's Secret models.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (J2vNu)

Meh. If she walked into the room and you didn't know who she was, you'd think she was cute and then go on thinking about anything else.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (KbCG3)

371 She has the body of a drinking straw.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:46 AM (KbCG3)

Swift has a great body
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

Heh. Something something eye of the beholder.

Posted by: spindrift at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (AA8bA)

372 343 Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, will air a "Stand Up to Jewish Hate" ad during the Super Bowl.
___

It wouldn't surprise me if the ad implies that the source of the hate is coming from people who also look like they are the media caricatures of Trump supporters. I hope not though, that would be a slander.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (fs1hN)

373 Swift has a great body, but the recent pictures of her unhappy at jokes during the Golden Globes were a little rough. I can see a granny there in her face lol

She's approaching The Wall, but she's not there yet.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

374 I think your mistake is assuming Bobama makes any decisions.

He's not in charge either.
----------------
This. Try some guys in Manhattan and SF.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (AE/RG)

375
Let's dance!

http://tinyurl.com/3eycznp7

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (X4yCj)

376 >> Like most female superstars, you always have to wonder how much of their physical beauty is natural, ans how much is professional makeup, shape wear, hair etc.

. . . and personality/charm/charisma. That goes for both women and men. Someone who is average in looks but absolutely sparkles on film/in action is often lauded as a beauty.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (NKqpy)

377 Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, will air a "Stand Up to Jewish Hate" ad during the Super Bowl.

Coming from him I'm surprised it's not a "Get Up From Asian Massages" ad.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (2ocoG)

378 Compared to the battleship-like proportions of so many Americans, even among performers...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (JCZqz)

379 How i wish HQ morons and ettes ran our country.

We would get shit done.
Posted by: four seasons

The body count for not double their jobs would be tremendous.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (6xkzE)

380 Taylor Swift or AOC?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (9yWhg)

381 He does what he's told. He's more sentient than Alzheimer Joe, but he doesn't decide anything, and when the adults are talking, he shuts up and takes orders.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

Exactly. ValJar is his handler. She gets orders from someone else.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (R4t5M)

382 “Look at the fact that the city is home to more billionaires per capita than probably any other jurisdiction in the world. Look at the fact that the city’s made a hard turn to the right in the last couple of years. Look at the fact that the politicians that have come out of San Francisco on the national stage are anything but progressive: they’re mainstream centrist Democrats, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, etc.”

In the usual socialist fashion, ousted Soros DA Chesa Boudin whines about billionaires despite the fact that he drew the support of a working-class guy named George Soros.

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (RHGPo)

383 Can't imagine I am the first one here to speculate that this may have been an FBI entrapment op? I mean, get another conviction of an effective Trump ally in addition to removing her from AZ politics - that would be a double win for them.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (NKqpy)
++++
You are not the first to speculate in that direction. I think it's unlikely, but by no means outside the realm of possibility.

Whether the IC sent a stooge to entrap an enemy politician so she could be snipped out in the future or the Party sent a stooge to buy out an enemy politician so she could be snipped out in the present are not all that dissimilar. The former is a bit worse than the latter, but it's only a matter of degrees. Either way, the "democratic process" is manipulated and controlled by the power centers.

The only thing that would be surprise me would be to learn that it's all a lie and was entirely a setup in which both Lake and DeWit structured the entire affair to discredit the national GOP and help to promote a loss of control by the Party.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (mwCIn)

384 He's the face... not the brain.
This is obvious whenever he's off prompter.
I mean, think about it, guy hasn't had a tough interview in his life unless you count Joe the Plumber in the greeting line on the hot mic.
Posted by: Inogame at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (53oGX)

I mentioned this the other day, some homo was interviewing him, and asking about his end of the year lists, which I'd never heard of.

The guy challenged Pinhead Obama, giving gentle pushback on the music he listened to, and the books he supposedly read. He asked him to summarize one of the books for him. Bobama couldn't do it. It was pathetic.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (dGCAG)

385 This. Try some guys in Manhattan and SF.

--

Ahem.

"Powerful people back east" is how I believe the folks in the know put it.

Posted by: M. Robbie needs help finding letter from 300AD or so about healed people living to this very day at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (k1AR8)

386 FJB delivers remarks on Investing in America and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Duluth, Minnesota today

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (GshMh)

387 Taylor Swift or AOC?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM

AOC. Has curves. As long as she doesn't talk.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (MGqzM)

388 I think Augustine had the most honest advice about celibacy. If I recall correctly, he said something like (paraphrased) "Now all you young men don't do like I did when I was young , when I drank and partied and ran around with women constantly, because, umm, I really had to repent HARD when I got older! "

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (bNASa)

389 380 Taylor Swift or AOC?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:53 AM (9yWhg)

Going to steal and paraphrase a Dave Attell joke here:

I have this fantasy of having a three-way with Taylor Swift and AOC. In it, Taylor holds down AOC so I can kick her in the neck.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (KbCG3)

390 In the usual socialist fashion, ousted Soros DA Chesa Boudin whines about billionaires despite the fact that he drew the support of a working-class guy named George Soros.

The Left enjoyed decades of being able to openly lie without any media calling them on it. Cracks in the dam are appearing and getting bigger, and they don't know how to handle it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

391 If that's the "temptation" fleeing in the background, I don't see where it would have been much of a struggle.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 25, 2024 09:36 AM (T+Iwg)

If the hooker had only dressed more like Jill Biden, she would have succeeded. Ka-Ching! No Sale!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (tkR6S)

392 Compared to the battleship-like proportions of so many Americans, even among performers...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024

***
I'm not sure. What's your Naval Construction Contract number?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

393 ValJar is our Rasputin.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (9yWhg)

394 FJB delivers remarks on Investing in America and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Duluth, Minnesota today
Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM

Not a long drive for me. But I have to clean the lint trap on the dryer and then sweep the garage.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:55 AM (MGqzM)

395 Compared to the battleship-like proportions of so many Americans, even among performers...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Lizzo

He said "battleship like", not dam buster.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2024 10:55 AM (6xkzE)

396 >>>> He does what he's told. He's more sentient than Alzheimer Joe, but he doesn't decide anything, and when the adults are talking, he shuts up and takes orders.

Posted by: BurtTC
----------------------

He's the bagman for the committee but also personally invested in the deal.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (Lf+TO)

397 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024

***
I'm not sure. What's your Naval Construction Contract number?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

1701, naturally.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (2ocoG)

398 AOC. Has curves. As long as she doesn't talk.
Posted by: Minnfidel

Agreed.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (9yWhg)

399 NJ Transit proposes massive 15% fare hikes

.. inflation ? .. what inflation ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

400 384 He's the face... not the brain.
This is obvious whenever he's off prompter.
I mean, think about it, guy hasn't had a tough interview in his life unless you count Joe the Plumber in the greeting line on the hot mic.
Posted by: Inogame at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (53oGX)

I mentioned this the other day, some homo was interviewing him, and asking about his end of the year lists, which I'd never heard of.

The guy challenged Pinhead Obama, giving gentle pushback on the music he listened to, and the books he supposedly read. He asked him to summarize one of the books for him. Bobama couldn't do it. It was pathetic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (dGCAG)

Oh man, I missed that.
Bet the Barry security detail will visit after that.
No one ask about what happened to the other well known Gay men at Obama's church in Chicago...

Posted by: Inogame at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (53oGX)

401 I mean, think about it, guy hasn't had a tough interview in his life unless you count Joe the Plumber in the greeting line on the hot mic.
Posted by: Inogame at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (53oGX)

Joe the Plumber wasn't in a greeting line. He was playing football with his kid in his front yard when O decided to do a "Man of the People" shtick with cameras in tow.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (nC+QA)

402 This. Try some guys in Manhattan and SF.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (AE/RG)

Yep, the guys back east. And west.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (dGCAG)

403 380 Taylor Swift or AOC?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Lol...they are about the same age, aren't they? Looks alone, Swift is hotter. Plus, she's more physically active and probably has better genetics to keep her better looks as she ages.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

404 >>Taylor Swift or AOC?

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BOTH WOULD EAT YOUR SOUL AND THEN CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN USED BY AN OPPRESSOR WHITE DUDE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (NKqpy)

405 "Powerful people back east" is how I believe the folks in the know put it.

Rich men north of Richmond?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

406 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024

***
I'm not sure. What's your Naval Construction Contract number?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)
*
1701, naturally.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024

***
In gross tonnage, sure, but the Enterprise and her sister ships are *graceful-looking*!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

407 Lol...they are about the same age, aren't they? Looks alone, Swift is hotter. Plus, she's more physically active and probably has better ~~genetics~~ money to keep her better looks as she ages.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (JCZqz)
++++
Edited for accuracy, I suspect. The genetics are a factor, but the other one is probably bigger...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (mwCIn)

408 Microsoft To Fire 1,900 Workers Across Gaming As Its Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion

Some are wondering if MSFT bought Activision Blizzard just to lay off most of its staff (spoiler alert: yes).

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (RHGPo)

409 Lol...they are about the same age, aren't they? Looks alone, Swift is hotter. Plus, she's more physically active and probably has better genetics to keep her better looks as she ages.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM

Oh, you are talking something long term? Huh.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (MGqzM)

410 Can't imagine I am the first one here to speculate that this may have been an FBI entrapment op? I mean, get another conviction of an effective Trump ally in addition to removing her from AZ politics - that would be a double win for them.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:49 AM (NKqpy)
---
But is that kind of bribe illegal?

Somebody doesn't want you do to something and they'll pay you megabucks not to do it. How is that illegal if you are not in an official capacity?

People get legally paid off all the time.

Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:58 AM (krQz2)

411 He's the bagman for the committee but also personally invested in the deal.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 25, 2024 10:56 AM (Lf+TO)

He's an errand boy for grocery clerks, coming to collect a bill.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2024 10:58 AM (dGCAG)

412 Jim,
Prayers for you and family today.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 25, 2024 10:58 AM (W/lyH)

413 397 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024
***
I'm not sure. What's your Naval Construction Contract number?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024

I feel like there's room for some kind of berth day joke here.

Posted by: Lizzo at January 25, 2024 10:58 AM (JCZqz)

414 "1701, naturally."

1701-B. Lizzo needs a transwarp drive to move that much mass.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 25, 2024 10:58 AM (CwhoI)

415 After Joe crushed Obama in votes received, I don't understand why Biden should care what a less popular ex-president thinks.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 10:59 AM (aD39U)

416 >>In the usual socialist fashion, ousted Soros DA Chesa Boudin whines about billionaires despite the fact that he drew the support of a working-class guy named George Soros.

Wasn't he raised by Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, both children of great wealth and likely, cushy inheritance?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 10:59 AM (NKqpy)

417 Some are wondering if MSFT bought Activision Blizzard just to lay off most of its staff (spoiler alert: yes).
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 10:57 AM (RHGPo)
++++
How many Blizzard staff were useless? Musk fired more than half of the Twitter employees, IIRC, and things have been fine. If anything, features roll out faster and faster with their "skeleton crew."

Blizzard has valuable IP and if it was completely overweight with useless positions, that helps make it ripe for a takeover. Buy the company, fire the useless staff, increase margins and take the money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 10:59 AM (mwCIn)

418 394. Not a long drive for me. But I have to clean the lint trap on the dryer and then sweep the garage.
Posted by: Minnfidel

No doubt, the better choices.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 25, 2024 10:59 AM (GshMh)

419 And he got his first song stolen by the Rolling Stones,
"Hey McCloud get off of my ewe."
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 25, 2024 10:41 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 10:59 AM (Wnv9h)

420 Microsoft To Fire 1,900 Workers Across Gaming As Its Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion

Some are wondering if MSFT bought Activision Blizzard just to lay off most of its staff (spoiler alert: yes).

I'm gonna have to modify my theory of all of MSFT's gaming buyouts. I thought they were just gonna buy the entire industry, lock all the games behind Xbox Gamepass, and then raise the price of Gamepass to the moon. Now I'm not so sure.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

421 McConnell, translated; "Dammit, Abbott has completely screwed up our chances to give amnesty to everyone, so let's just drop that for now."

As to Ukraine, IDGAF anymore. We're going bankrupt no matter what, it's past saving, so who cares if there's a one tenth of one percent increase on the $100 trillion default that's coming.
Posted by: Tom
****
Grilled by Sen.Kennedy, Yellen was bragging that the junta was keeping the debt from going to over$51 trillion. Like that's a good thing.
She said without the junta's tax
increases it will go past $51
trillion. Like that's a bad thing.

In other econmic news I went and bought some cool ancient English motorcycle parts. Fiddle while it burns I guess.

Posted by: torabora at January 25, 2024 11:00 AM (OUiUM)

422 >>Microsoft To Fire 1,900 Workers Across Gaming As Its Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion

How many of them are US citizens vs. H1bs?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 11:00 AM (NKqpy)

423 Kuralt did what Tiger Woods did. It just involved much uglier people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2024 10:33 AM (R4t5M)

....and much less money.

Posted by: BignJames at January 25, 2024 11:01 AM (AwYPR)

424 NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

425 Swift has a great body, but the recent pictures of her unhappy at jokes during the Golden Globes were a little rough. I can see a granny there in her face lol

She's approaching The Wall, but she's not there yet.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

She's girl next door cute/pretty. 99% of all guys would be happy and proud to have her as a gal(looks-wise).

Buuuuuuuut, there's a reason most starlets start to fade in their 30's and it's often over by the time they're 40.

The camera reveals all and make-up/surgery can only do so much.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2024 11:01 AM (nFnyb)

426 Microsoft To Fire 1,900 Workers Across Gaming As Its Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion
____

This is going to be tough on the newly unemployed journalists who are just now learning how to code.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fs1hN)

427 How many Blizzard staff were useless? Musk fired more than half of the Twitter employees, IIRC, and things have been fine. If anything, features roll out faster and faster with their "skeleton crew."

Game developers generally have avoided the "pretty girl on Tiktok who doesn't actually do work" thing that Silicon Valley was full of until recently.

That said, Blizzard's decision making hasn't been great. The guy who designed the original World of Warcraft and later left the company has been vocal on Twitter about their missteps.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2024 11:02 AM (2ocoG)

428
NJ Transit proposes massive 15% fare hikes

.. inflation ? .. what inflation ?
Posted by: SMOD

Might as well jump.
Go ahead and jump.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2024 11:02 AM (63Dwl)

429 253 "I want to start reading the Church fathers, starting with Augustine and then Aquinas (that is, chronologically, so as to see how Christian doctrine developed over time).
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 25, 2024 10:24 AM (9yWhg)"

That's an endeavor worthy of your time. It brings a lot of peace.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 25, 2024 10:28 AM (MJIed)

Start with St Polycarp. He was taught by St John the Theologian (called "the Divine" in the West).

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 25, 2024 11:02 AM (Rbu5d)

430 >>But is that kind of bribe illegal?

Somebody doesn't want you do to something and they'll pay you megabucks not to do it. How is that illegal if you are not in an official capacity?

People get legally paid off all the time.

Hmm, no idea. I was thinking of Blogoevitch (sp?) but he was on the selling side.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2024 11:02 AM (NKqpy)

431 She's girl next door cute/pretty. 99% of all guys would be happy and proud to have her as a gal(looks-wise).

Buuuuuuuut, there's a reason most starlets start to fade in their 30's and it's often over by the time they're 40.

The camera reveals all and make-up/surgery can only do so much.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2024

***
Agreed . . . but she's lasted fifteen years at the top already, which is remarkable, and has aged hardly at all. Clearly her youth has not been "misspent."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2024 11:03 AM (J2vNu)

432 Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, will air a "Stand Up to Jewish Hate" ad during the Super Bowl.

Is he for or agin it?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 11:03 AM (aD39U)

433 He was passed on to Ayres and Dorn during or right after his college years. He's been a project since he set on Davis' knee.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 25, 2024 11:04 AM (Lf+TO)

434 Say Thank You to the State of California for that.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Don't overlook the exorbitant fines and damages the Ins companies have to pay after any fire.
The people are suing the Ins companies and they pass the pain back to the people.
Sacramento just twists the knife a bit more...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 25, 2024 11:04 AM (DGu1s)

435 The camera reveals all and make-up/surgery can only do so much.
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Well, settling down with a punch drunk former pro Tight End makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 11:04 AM (AE/RG)

436 ----
She survived the end of the silent movie era, she'll survive this.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 25, 2024 09:45 AM (aD39U)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 25, 2024 09:56 AM (mwCIn)

Hah!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2024 11:05 AM (tkR6S)

437 HOAX: ‘Black feminist theory’ PhD student raised $40K on false assault claim, police say

.. you don't say

Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2024 11:06 AM (RHGPo)

438 The camera reveals all and make-up/surgery can only do so much. Well, settling down with a punch drunk former pro Tight End makes a lot of sense. Posted by: Pudinhead at January 25, 2024 11:04 AM (AE/RG)

I watched her movie. She knows that she's way past her "sell by" date, working on borrowed time. She did a very ballsy thing in pulling her music from Spotify until they paid her big. Although of course the movie was edited to show her in the best possible light, she seems to have a couple of songwriting collaborators/producers she's worked with for a long time who are good partners.

I once saw a quote by Kenny Chesney, I believe it was, that every time he gets on stage he is well aware that 300 people depend on him for their livelihoods. It's a business, and it seems that Tay-Tay understands that pretty well.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 25, 2024 11:17 AM (7B5FA)

439 Rebel News reports that a 50-year-old biological male who identifies as a 15-year-old girl is on the all-girls swim team.
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Posted by: Axeman at January 25, 2024 10:17 AM (krQz2)

Stock the pool with candiru.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2024 11:18 AM (tkR6S)

440 7 The Others have been summoned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 25, 2024 09:32 AM (Wnv9h)

And what about the Otters?

Posted by: m at January 25, 2024 11:26 AM (KpWJP)

441 27 Is that the whore in the door frame that was sent by the noble family to tempt him?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 25, 2024 09:37 AM (ynpvh)

elf on a shelf
whore in the door

Posted by: m at January 25, 2024 11:31 AM (KpWJP)

442 the nood thread =
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
—CBD
Posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

Posted by: m at January 25, 2024 11:33 AM (KpWJP)

443 Have you hugged a Angel today?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 25, 2024 04:43 PM (wGqjj)

444 Evening.

I'm late but I'm assuming the temptation is the ten year old girl in the background, right?

Jeez, Tom! What the fuck?!?

Posted by: Robert at January 25, 2024 11:10 PM (iDfz8)

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