Mid-Morning Art Thread

Hotel Lobby
Edward Hopper

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

2 Those chairs look they'll be hard to get out of and stand up.

Yes, I have grown old.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (x7plP)

3 This is a repeat, methinks. I like it, but it's a repeat.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

4 And I'd expect to see this hanging in a hotel lobby.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (sajFE)

5 The Hotel Lobby is always driving legislation to line their pockets.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (eYoxG)

6 Is there a bar/lounge?

Posted by: BignJames at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

7 For Hopper this is a breakthrough. Painting humans. Not bad.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (Hpgos)

8 Nice art! Nice gams on the blonde!

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (4p0Xq)

9 Is that supposed to be a Moran or Bierstadt painting on the wall behind the seated woman?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (9yWhg)

10 You take the blonde
Ill take the one in the turban

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

11 Distinctive style - immediately knew it was likely Hopper.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (RXyKO)

12 Interesting that Hopper put the man's wife and side piece in the same location.

The danger is much of the kink I guess.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (x7plP)

13 $20, same as in Shelbyville.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (MvF+J)

14 Instantly thought that this looked like that Hopper guy. Am I becoming art-educated? It was against my will.

Posted by: t-bird at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (/ZnQ5)

15 Looks like a 1960's doctor's office.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 09:32 AM (TuRLx)

16 Nice art! Nice gams on the blonde!
Posted by: Minnfidel

Agreed.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

17 Hotel Lobby is an oil painting on canvas by Edward Hopper, which is held in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA).

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

18 I like Hopper, he's got that "slightly off" sense that David Lynch has.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2024 09:33 AM (BxvY+)

19 John Bolton meeting old hooker in Hotel Lobby?

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2024 09:33 AM (ViCCR)

20 Very nice. I like the blonde lady's shoes.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (SfhV1)

21 Did we do a Hopper fairly recently? Like a diner scene? I've seen this recently and I wonder if I looked up his other stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (1f506)

22 Boring.

I can hear Muzak playing in the background of this scene.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (7fElN)

23 The older couple are believed to represent Hopper and his wife, themselves in their 60s.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (ENQN6)

24 Comfy chairs.

Posted by: mr tmz at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (rJ48h)

25 First draft of "No Exit," before the cast was rewritten.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (MvF+J)

26 Alternate title: Samantha Pretends to Read a Magazine While She Spies on Darren's Parents

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:34 AM (9yWhg)

27 Would hang. Always thought Hopper was unique and underrated.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (hB1mF)

28 The blonde is waiting for her John.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (Dmh54)

29 I like Hopper, he's got that "slightly off" sense that David Lynch has.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Dennis Hopper - speaking of slightly off.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (x7plP)

30 Those chairs look they'll be hard to get out of and stand up.

Yes, I have grown old.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (x7plP)

As a kid, I had no problem with deep chairs. Now I hate them because I know they will kill my back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (1f506)

31 I like it, but it's a repeat.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

Is it? When was it posted originally?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (gSZYf)

32 Hopper is so depressing.

Posted by: Beverly at February 01, 2024 09:35 AM (Epeb0)

33 The older couple are believed to represent Hopper and his wife, themselves in their 60s.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Whoa! We and our wives don't look that old, do we?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:36 AM (x7plP)

34 Hotel needs more gold stuff,

Not great. Not luxurious.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Donald J. Trump at February 01, 2024 09:36 AM (pjs7m)

35 Interesting. It's not much of a lobby, but it suggests that people in hotels used to actually, you know, interact, rather than huddling in front of their laptops in their rooms.

As art, I find it meh, but as social commentary, it has some value.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 09:36 AM (CsUN+)

36 Waiting for a room due to an abundance of illegal migrants.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 01, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

37 And the dining room is right through the doorway. This is better than a map.

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (Q4KYm)

38 "You're trying to ignore that chick's calves, aren't you?"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (IG4Id)

39 Is it? When was it posted originally?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I've been posting here since the spring of 2021, and I think it's been since then.

I mean, you should know. Maybe Kris posted it?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (9yWhg)

40 Don't mention the war!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

41 "You're trying to ignore that chick's calves, aren't you?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

"What woman, my Dear?"

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:38 AM (x7plP)

42 This painting reminds me of Anton Chigurh and compressed air.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 09:38 AM (Hpgos)

43 Blonde hooker wants you to think she knows how to read.

Posted by: Can't fool me at February 01, 2024 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

44 Needs more staff.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 01, 2024 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

45 They said the room won't be ready for another hour, dear. I told you they wouldn't let us check in early.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 01, 2024 09:38 AM (xVkS/)

46 Man to woman: "So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.”

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (MvF+J)

47 I don't think this particular one was posted Bulgar, but I could be wrong. I think it was another Hopper.

'Hoppper didn't disappear- HE WAS SKINNED ALIVE!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (1f506)

48 Where’s the coffee bar?

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (bWsRe)

49 That lady on the right is looking to get picked up.

Posted by: steevy at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (FQmDC)

50 Blonde hooker wants you to think she knows how to read.
Posted by: Can't fool me

If one zooms in, you'll see the book is upside down.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (x7plP)

51 I mean, you should know. Maybe Kris posted it?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (9yWhg)

I should...shouldn't !

Kris didn't use it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (gSZYf)

52 Nice painting of a time gone bye. The lobby and people reflect what I would imagine a hotel looked like in the 30’s. Kind of calming too. Would hang.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (5J0gB)

53 That lady on the right is looking to get picked up.
Posted by: steevy

That's no lady.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (x7plP)

54 Blonde does not miss calf day at the gym.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 09:40 AM (bWsRe)

55 Is that Walter Cronkite?

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM (KkPXD)

56 Nice painting of a time gone bye. The lobby and people reflect what I would imagine a hotel looked like in the 30’s. Kind of calming too. Would hang.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

It gives off the look of a place where you can smell the wool carpet and draperies.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM (x7plP)

57 White Supremacy much?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM (eFOjr)

58 OK, guess I'm wrong about this being a repeat.

Maybe, for the first time in my life, I'm experiencing deja vu.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

59 Is that Walter Cronkite?
Posted by: Doof

Couldn't be - the man doesn't appear to be lying to us and tearing down traditional America.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:42 AM (x7plP)

60 Jail cell conveniently located behind the check-in counter.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:42 AM (MvF+J)

61 I like this, but would have been nicer had the artist included Manuel and Polly.

Posted by: Flowery Twats at February 01, 2024 09:42 AM (V5BDR)

62 Those are some nice calves on the blonde.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:43 AM (9yWhg)

63 I like this, but would have been nicer had the artist included Manuel and Polly.
Posted by: Flowery Twats

Que?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:43 AM (x7plP)

64 This does look familiar.

My wife and I stayed in a hotel in San Francisco back around 2005 (I think). It was billed as "boutique" and had a lobby like the one illustrated above.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2024 09:43 AM (Q4IgG)

65 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 01, 2024 09:43 AM (wtvvX)

66 Is that Walter Cronkite?
Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM (KkPXD)
---
Does he look that trustworthy? /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 09:44 AM (7fElN)

67 "And so, the culprit is obvious to any astute being of low thought. In this plenum, it's clear. She didn't kill the arch-duke. He killed himself to get away from the $800 a month feed bill."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 09:44 AM (IG4Id)

68 Woman listening to man thinking: "Oh won't you please dry up and blow away?"

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:44 AM (MvF+J)

69 Is that Walter Cronkite?
Posted by: Doof

He's trying to pick up the old broad by bragging about how he got LBJ to give up on the war in Vietnam.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:45 AM (9yWhg)

70 Is that Walter Cronkite?
Posted by: Doof

Couldn't be - the man doesn't appear to be lying to us and tearing down traditional America.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:42 AM (x7plP)

That's a Rather biased comment.
SWIDT??

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2024 09:45 AM (KkPXD)

71 He just farted.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 01, 2024 09:45 AM (Dm8we)

72 Jail cell conveniently located behind the check-in counter.
Posted by: gp Decays To Plage

Hotel is attached to the Philadelphia Eagles stadium?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 09:45 AM (TuRLx)

73 Doof!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:46 AM (9yWhg)

74 Woman reading Anarchists Cookbook, thinking "Soon. So very soon."

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:46 AM (MvF+J)

75 >>Is that Walter Cronkite?

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM

Milton Drysdale.

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2024 09:46 AM (Q4KYm)

76 Leggy!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2024 09:47 AM (grV7K)

77 Edward Hopper Wallpapers-

http://tinyurl.com/xf8d3crv

Posted by: redridinghood at February 01, 2024 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

78 75 >>Is that Walter Cronkite?

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2024 09:41 AM

Milton Drysdale.

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2024 09:46 AM (Q4KYm)

Of the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills??!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 01, 2024 09:47 AM (wtvvX)

79 This non-inclusive colonialist trash has me literally shaking.

Posted by: Adjusts Problem Glasses at February 01, 2024 09:48 AM (I4dEw)

80 Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one man show
Just take a seat they're always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theater that I call my soul
I always play the starring role

So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely

Posted by: Eddie 'Sting' Hopper at February 01, 2024 09:48 AM (43xH1)

81 Is that Walter Cronkite?

Posted by: Doof

Milton Drysdale.
Posted by: huerfano

"Honestly, Margaret. She's from the typing pool!"
Milton

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 09:48 AM (TuRLx)

82 Knew it was a Hopper about a third of the way scrolling down!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 09:49 AM (2yu8s)

83 The pages are blank in the book.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 01, 2024 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

84 "You're trying to ignore that chick's calves, aren't you?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

She has calves ?

Is that BenHad ?

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2024 09:49 AM (T4tVD)

85 Caption:

"Sorry, Mildred. I'm dumping you for the hawt blonde over there.

Why? Well, finally Mildred, dear, i've found someone who will handcuff me to the bed, and throw marshmallows at my bunghole while singing "Melancholy Baby" and not complain about it.!

Good day, madam!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2024 09:49 AM (nFnyb)

86 Interesting but a bit boring

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (JwDh3)

87 Mrs Howell's high-end hooker days post-rescue.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (2yu8s)

88 Woman listening to man thinking: "Oh won't you please dry up and blow away?"
Posted by: gp Decays To Plage"

No, she's thinking, "I'd kiss you but I just washed my hair."

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (43xH1)

89 A better art critic than I would probably point out the way the columns and the line on the floor combine with the leaning picture and roof beams to frame the standing man as the focal point of the work. It works, that definitely drew my eyes first. From there, you naturally notice his wife seated next to him, and then only afterwards you notice the stranger across the room blending into the scenery in the way strangers in public places do (although the clever use of color here helps the effect, blue dress on the blue chair).

From there the details are interesting, like the darkened dining room or what I'm guessing is an old-style elevator on the back wall. That white carpet must be a b*tch and a half to keep clean.

Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (5pTzF)

90 It is a painting that insists upon itself.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (lf83v)

91 That looks like Joe coming in for some sniffing.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (Gf82x)

92

Around the World? That costs extra. But ya, she can watch.

Posted by: Blondie at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (zB8to)

93 Hotel California. The early days.

Posted by: Don Henley at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (NBVIP)

94 Presence of skylight implies one-story hotel building? It's a motel lobby, Edward!

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (MvF+J)

95 24 hour strike? lol. So taking a day off from work. So bold, so brave.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (bWsRe)

96 The pages are blank in the book.
Posted by: redridinghood

There's a smudge at the top of the right page. Plus the canvas' fibers implies lines of text.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (IG4Id)

97 There is no clerk at the desk. Perhaps the young man drowned in a shallow pool of water while walking to work?

Posted by: GEORGE OBAMA at February 01, 2024 09:51 AM (MSxPN)

98 Is that Walter Cronkite?
_________

Alfred, getting a little time away from Wayne Manor and his psycho boss.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 01, 2024 09:51 AM (lf83v)

99 "Sorry, Mildred. I'm dumping you for the hawt blonde over there. Why? Well, finally Mildred, dear, i've found someone who will handcuff me to the bed, and throw marshmallows at my bunghole while singing "Melancholy Baby" and not complain about it.!
Good day, madam!!!"
Posted by: naturalfake'

"And afterwards, I'll treat you to a deluxe cinema excursion of Walt Disney's 'Peg O' My Heart!'"

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:52 AM (43xH1)

100 "You're trying to ignore that chick's calves, aren't you?"

I like the way her knees bend sideways. Could be handy in some situations.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 09:52 AM (MvF+J)

101 I mean, you should know. Maybe Kris posted it?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:37 AM (9yWhg)

Not me.

Posted by: Kris at February 01, 2024 09:52 AM (OyyDO)

102 That white carpet must be a b*tch and a half to keep clean.
Posted by: Ham Biscuits'

I guarantee it smelled like chicken grease for its entire working life.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:52 AM (43xH1)

103 I can just FEEL the patriarchy oozing from this painting!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 01, 2024 09:53 AM (wtvvX)

104 There's a smudge at the top of the right page. Plus the canvas' fibers implies lines of text.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (IG4Id)
*****
I guess I'll have to use my imagination then.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 01, 2024 09:53 AM (NpAcC)

105 "You're trying to ignore that chick's calves, aren't you?"
_______

Leg Day was yesterday.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 01, 2024 09:53 AM (lf83v)

106 From there, you naturally notice his wife seated next to him, and then only afterwards you notice the stranger across the room blending into the scenery in the way strangers in public places do (although the clever use of color here helps the effect, blue dress on the blue chair).

You dislike Paulina Porizkova, don't you.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 09:54 AM (CsUN+)

107 Pattern carpet is best for hotels. Somewhat hides the piss and vomit stains.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 09:54 AM (R4t5M)

108 I LOVE this Hopper painting! New to me.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 09:54 AM (weK7N)

109 I like the black, strappy shoes on the blonde.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2024 09:54 AM (eFOjr)

110 It’s always bugged me that the 30s are portrayed as nothing but misery in popular culture. Like the Great Depression meant every single person was starving. And while there was plenty of misery, it wasn’t everyone. The majority of people hd work and led middle class type lives. Paintings like this show the other side of the 1930s that is widely ignored. So thumbs up.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 09:54 AM (bWsRe)

111 Hah! Just remembered, I think he was Milburn Drysdale, not Milton?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 01, 2024 09:56 AM (wtvvX)

112 Seriously, I like Hopper as working nights and being a literal working 'Night Owl' for decades, you get used to desolate cityscapes and after a while they start seeming like deserts, with their own kind of beauty.
The shapes of buildings, odd spots of light, angular darkness and everything is subdued and in earth tones and/or grayish. The comforting feel of a Colt's Revolver in your pocket.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:56 AM (43xH1)

113 Why? Well, finally Mildred, dear, i've found someone who will handcuff me to the bed, and throw marshmallows at my bunghole while singing "Melancholy Baby" and not complain about it.!

Posted by: naturalfake

Oddly specific but - Go on. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:56 AM (x7plP)

114 It’s always bugged me that the 30s are portrayed as nothing but misery in popular culture. Like the Great Depression meant every single person was starving. And while there was plenty of misery, it wasn’t everyone. The majority of people hd work and led middle class type lives. Paintings like this show the other side of the 1930s that is widely ignored. So thumbs up.

Yeah, I imagine that if you had money, and managed not to lose it in the crash, you could do very well. Hired help would have been dirt cheap.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 09:56 AM (CsUN+)

115 Oddly specific but - Go on. . . .

I'd say we try not to judge, but who would I be kidding.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 09:57 AM (CsUN+)

116 Nice artwork, typically enjoy Hopper.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 01, 2024 09:57 AM (2NHgQ)

117 Nice art! Nice gams on the blonde!
-----------
She had gams that stared in Idaho and went all the way to Toledo!

Posted by: Sam Diamond at February 01, 2024 09:58 AM (2yu8s)

118 The hotel lobby in this painting reminds me a lot of the side lobby in the Alcoholics Anonymous movie "My Name is Bill W." where James Woods makes a phone call seeking help early on in the movie.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 09:58 AM (weK7N)

119 It’s always bugged me that the 30s are portrayed as nothing but misery in popular culture. Like the Great Depression meant every single person was starving.

But FDR needed to stoke the fear so that he could ramp up the deep state.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

120 It’s always bugged me that the 30s are portrayed as nothing but misery in popular culture. Like the Great Depression meant every single person was starving. And while there was plenty of misery, it wasn’t everyone. The majority of people hd work and led middle class type lives. Paintings like this show the other side of the 1930s that is widely ignored. So thumbs up.
Posted by: Montec

My mom was born in '31. She said that her family was only barely aware of the Depression. They all lived rather simply on a farm and their lives didn't change much during that period.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:58 AM (x7plP)

121 If the striking newspaper staff are lucky, they'll have jobs to go back to. Could be that strike is just managements way of deciding: "You've all been replaced by a chat AI, which works much cheaper, and turns out lying drivel even better than you do."

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 01, 2024 09:59 AM (CecP5)

122 Yeah, I imagine that if you had money, and managed not to lose it in the crash, you could do very well. Hired help would have been dirt cheap.
Posted by: Archimedes'

Charles W. Nash.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:59 AM (43xH1)

123 I think he was Milburn Drysdale, not Milton?
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February

I think you're stoned. You should see a doc.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

124 It’s always bugged me that the 30s are portrayed as nothing but misery in popular culture. Like the Great Depression meant every single person was starving. And while there was plenty of misery, it wasn’t everyone. The majority of people hd work and led middle class type lives. Paintings like this show the other side of the 1930s that is widely ignored. So thumbs up.
Posted by: Montec

Another thing to remember is the adults alive then had already lived through two 'depressions'; one in the 1890's and another in the 1920's that Coolidge wisely ignored.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 10:00 AM (IG4Id)

125 To me, there's always something "off" about Hopper. Even in a crowded hotel lobby, there's still a sense of alienation. I feel removed. Notice how we're not in the same room, really, as the others. We're just outside a doorway or room divider. The two elderly people are talking in low tones and they look like they're waiting for something. The blonde is just there -- off to the side, almost cropped off. There's no sign of any staff -- no desk attendant and the dining room is dark and empty. I read once that Hopper's work tried to evoke a sense of individual separation and loneliness in modern society. It's easier to see in his famous "Nighthawks", but I think there's a bit of it here too.

Posted by: Kris at February 01, 2024 10:00 AM (OyyDO)

126 I’ve read that houses built in the 1930s are the best quality homes. A lot of labor available so builders could be choosy and only hire the best. And workers didn’t fuck around since they knew there was a line of people happy to replace them. Which meant overall the quality was very good.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:00 AM (bWsRe)

127 The Waltons seemed to be doing pretty well.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:00 AM (9yWhg)

128
"I hear there's a good diner around here. It's open late."

Posted by: comradearthur at February 01, 2024 10:01 AM (bUnPj)

129 My mom and dad were in their early teens in the 30s. Mom said she and her family were very aware of the Depression, but her family was OK as they ran a grocery store.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 01, 2024 10:01 AM (wtvvX)

130 2 Those chairs look they'll be hard to get out of and stand up.

Yes, I have grown old.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:31 AM (x7plP)

I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:02 AM (weK7N)

131 The Waltons seemed to be doing pretty well.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Except for Grandpa Walton. He had to sleep with Gramma W. and that was way outside his wheelhouse.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:02 AM (x7plP)

132 Batman's butler Alfred looking for love

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2024 10:02 AM (hB1mF)

133 Hotel Lobby
Edward Hopper

Second Thoughts - a limerick'

I've come here for my last few vacations
But now they failed to meet expectations
The sneering hotel clerk
Was a condescending jerk
You can see why I had my reservations

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

134 Granpa Walton was giddy to go to town to see the strapping young men.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 10:03 AM (R4t5M)

135 The word depression used to mean what we now call a recession. Just means an economic downturn. Post ww2 the powers that be decided depression sounded too depressing I guess? So the word recession was used instead. But really the two mean the same thing.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:03 AM (bWsRe)

136 The comforting feel of a Colt's Revolver in your pocket.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 09:56 AM (43xH1)

Is that a revolver in your pocket, or are you just looking forward to the full GFE?

Posted by: blonde in the hotel lobby at February 01, 2024 10:03 AM (MqhXY)

137 To me, there's always something "off" about Hopper. Even in a crowded hotel lobby, there's still a sense of alienation. I feel removed. Notice how we're not in the same room, really, as the others. We're just outside a doorway or room divider. The two elderly people are talking in low tones and they look like they're waiting for something. The blonde is just there -- off to the side, almost cropped off. There's no sign of any staff -- no desk attendant and the dining room is dark and empty. I read once that Hopper's work tried to evoke a sense of individual separation and loneliness in modern society. It's easier to see in his famous "Nighthawks", but I think there's a bit of it here too.
Posted by: Kris

I think Hopper was kind of a misanthrope. One of the reasons I like his stuff.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:03 AM (9yWhg)

138 126 I’ve read that houses built in the 1930s are the best quality homes.
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Meh. Their plumbing was always a disaster and then the electricals were dicey. Probably the early 1960s houses had most things correct and were built with top grade materials.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:04 AM (Hpgos)

139 Ha, empty hotels. When I got quarantined in XCountry for a month after testing dirty for Rona the rules were the only sit-down restaurants were in hotels, and only for guests; of which there weren't any. I have insane photos of me, all alone in the vast lobby of a famous historical 5-star hotel, after being served breakfast by the entire staff as they kept coming to work and had nothing else to do. I took to wearing the suit and tie I brought with me, just for the meals.
A British IT guy got stranded, and did a deal with the hotel to simply live there and was the only guest for 5 months; with a complete 5-star staff, it was like his personal castle.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:04 AM (43xH1)

140 The word depression used to mean what we now call a recession. Just means an economic downturn. Post ww2 the powers that be decided depression sounded too depressing I guess? So the word recession was used instead. But really the two mean the same thing.
Posted by: Montec

I think the word "panic" was used for "depression" before the Great Depression came along.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:04 AM (9yWhg)

141 Man to woman: "My dear lady, I represent the Radicure company. We sell a line of scientifically proven radium poultices, plasters, and philtres, which bring complete relief to sufferers of catarrh, fatigue, dandruff, and irregularity. If you'd care to see, I have a complete set of samples in my room, which I would be delighted to demonstrate for you now, or at any time convenient."

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 10:04 AM (MvF+J)

142
138 126 I’ve read that houses built in the 1930s are the best quality homes.
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Meh. Their plumbing was always a disaster and then the electricals were dicey. Probably the early 1960s houses had most things correct and were built with top grade materials.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:04 AM (Hpgos)

Are you saying something I read online isn’t true? Da fuq outta here with your lies.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:05 AM (bWsRe)

143 I read once that Hopper's work tried to evoke a sense of individual separation and loneliness in modern society. It's easier to see in his famous "Nighthawks", but I think there's a bit of it here too.
Posted by: Kris at February 01, 2024 10:00 AM (OyyDO)

So did this inspire the Tom Waits song, “Nighthawks at the Diner”. Not snarking, just wondering.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2024 10:05 AM (5J0gB)

144 Wife: "I don't understand, dear. The nice man on the radio assured me they would leave the light on!"

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:06 AM (991eG)

145

Meh...

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at February 01, 2024 10:06 AM (X4yCj)

146 What's the name of that modern-day silent movie that's just footage of a hotel that's about to be torn down?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

147 @143 according to Wikipedia (take it for what it's worth) the answer is yes.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (hB1mF)

148 Is that a revolver in your pocket, or are you just looking forward to the full GFE?
Posted by: blonde in the hotel lobby'

No, I want you to sit primly while I read my poetry and cry.

Posted by: J.D. Salinger at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (43xH1)

149 140 The word depression used to mean what we now call a recession. Just means an economic downturn. Post ww2 the powers that be decided depression sounded too depressing I guess? So the word recession was used instead. But really the two mean the same thing.
Posted by: Montec
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The difference is the modifier 'Deflation' and 'Inflation.' Deflation, much like the 'petite mort' means a cessation of intercourse.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (Hpgos)

150 Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime. Source: Associated Press The statue was brought to the Capitol by the Satanic Temple of Iowa under state rules allowing religious displays in the building during the holidays. On Dec. 14, the figure depicting the horned deity Baphomet was “destroyed beyond repair,” according to the group.

Polk County prosecutors have charged Cassidy with felony third-degree criminal mischief. It alleges the act was committed “in violation of individual rights” under Iowa’s hate crime statute.

File that under "what's good for the goose is good for the gander." A perfect example why NO religious symbols should appear on public sites and the separation of church and state should be strictly maintained.

Isn't that the whole intent of the monument anyway? I see it managed to "tempt" someone to reveal their true self!

While I'm sure there are some Satan worshippers out there, these displays are made ironically by non religious people, [i[or just people who believe in religious freedom. The Feds are looking at charges, too.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (F6eqU)

151 Polls today:

National: 44/44, DailyKos
National: 45/44 Trump, Emerson
Minnesota: Biden + 3, local TV station

So Biden is barely holding on to MN but also winning by 6 nationally according to Quinnipiac. That Quinnipiac poll is total bullshit. But of course it’s what everyone is focusing on.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:07 AM (bWsRe)

152 86 Interesting but a bit boring
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (JwDh3)

But we're bringing the stories to the painting. It invites us to do that.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:09 AM (weK7N)

153 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:09 AM (bWsRe)

154 While I'm sure there are some Satan worshippers out there, these displays are made ironically by non religious people

By atheist wankers who want to destroy Christianity.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:09 AM (9yWhg)

155 Interesting but a bit boring
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (JwDh3)

But we're bringing the stories to the painting. It invites us to do that.
Posted by: m

And to ogle the blonde's legs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

156 151 I didn't even know Emerson was in the race! This changes everything.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 10:10 AM (MvF+J)

157 By atheist wankers who want to destroy Christianity.
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They are Legion.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:10 AM (Hpgos)

158 By atheist wankers who want to destroy Christianity.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The atheists should leave that to the professionals - some of the clergy.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:10 AM (x7plP)

159 Who the hell is Emerson?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

160 Who the hell is Emerson?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Emerson Biguns.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:11 AM (x7plP)

161 The atheists should leave that to the professionals - some of the clergy.
Posted by: Tonypete

Good point.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:11 AM (9yWhg)

162 Emerson Biguns.
Posted by: Tonypete

I'd vote for her!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

163 Emerson College, who did the poll.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (bWsRe)

164 89 A better art critic than I would probably point out the way the columns and the line on the floor combine with the leaning picture and roof beams to frame the standing man as the focal point of the work. It works, that definitely drew my eyes first. From there, you naturally notice his wife seated next to him, and then only afterwards you notice the stranger across the room blending into the scenery in the way strangers in public places do (although the clever use of color here helps the effect, blue dress on the blue chair).

From there the details are interesting, like the darkened dining room or what I'm guessing is an old-style elevator on the back wall. That white carpet must be a b*tch and a half to keep clean.
Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (5pTzF)

Bravo on all that!
I'm not sure it's carpet.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (weK7N)

165 From a time when people did not dress like hobo's and hookers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (XeU6L)

166 Excellent choice! Can't go wrong with Hopper.

Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (V13WU)

167 Emerson Biguns.
Posted by: Tonypete

A classic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (R4t5M)

168 Alternate title:

"Clarice glanced up from her magazine. She could hardly believe her luck. It was Hannibal Lector! Old age had certainly not been kind to him. With his combover and orangish nicotine stained mustache and the half gallon of Old Spice he must've thrown on to hide the fact that his wrinkled suit hadn't been washed in weeks. Oh! And how his dentures clacked when he talked! She'd heard that Lector had lost all his teeth due to gum disease. If only he'd flossed! Flossing was really important. Clarice always reminded the agents who worked with her to floss their teeth daily. But not Lector's denture clacking grew more frenzied. He was just about to strike! Any second now, he'd spit out his dentures and gum the living daylight out of the poor old lady. The Clarice would arrest him. Finally!!! Or maybe just whack Lector on the head repeatedly with her magazine until he skulked away"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2024 10:12 AM (nFnyb)

169 Emerson College, who did the poll.
Posted by: Montec

Ah, thanks.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:13 AM (9yWhg)

170 Hopper is so excellent at capturing a moment in time.

Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 10:13 AM (V13WU)

171 You dislike Paulina Porizkova, don't you.

Posted by: Archimedes

I've always preferred Mara Corday, I admit.

Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 10:13 AM (5pTzF)

172 Hotel Moskva, Belgrade, Serbia. Oddly, now that Belgrade is filled to bursting with obnoxious, boorish Russians, none of them will stay there as the rooms are too small and they have a strict no-hookers policy.
That IT Brit, I've wanted to find out his whole story for a few years now:

'The Prince Of Hotel Moskva'.

Posted by: J.D. Salinger at February 01, 2024 10:13 AM (43xH1)

173 Who the hell is Emerson?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

He was the keyboard player. Lake was on bass, and Palmer on drums.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (wVwUW)

174 Interesting but a bit boring
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (JwDh3)

It ain't a bowling alley !

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (T4tVD)

175 Emerson discovered Lake Palmer.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (2yu8s)

176 . . . you notice the stranger across the room blending into the scenery in the way strangers in public places do . . .
Posted by: Ham Biscuits

. . . I'm not sure it's carpet.
Posted by: m

You can tell it's hardwood from here?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (x7plP)

177 So did this inspire the Tom Waits song, “Nighthawks at the Diner”. Not snarking, just wondering.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2024 10:05 AM (5J0gB)

Couldn't tell you. I have not heard of that song.

Posted by: Kris at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (OyyDO)

178 I've always preferred Mara Corday, I admit.
Posted by: Ham Biscuits

Mmmm, nice. Kinda a brunette Kim Novak.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (9yWhg)

179 Mom Aspirin Factory had an Emerson receiver complete with 8-track deck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 10:15 AM (R4t5M)

180 Morning, Artistes,

I knew this was a Hopper as soon as I saw it. (Well, partly because I've seen it before elsewhere. But his style is very recognizable.) The quality of the light suggests there is a skylight up above, and that this is close to noon local time. Did 1940s hotels go in for skylights? I'd think in the days before widespread A/C use, they wouldn't want much sunlight beaming in to heat the place up in summer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

181 Horde mind.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:15 AM (2yu8s)

182 This place sure as hell isn't a Hampton Inn.

No adults wearing pajamas at breakfast. And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (x7plP)

183 And turntable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (R4t5M)

184 Mom Aspirin Factory had an Emerson receiver complete with 8-track deck.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin

8 tracks are going to make a comeback, just you wait.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (wVwUW)

185 179 Mom Aspirin Factory had an Emerson receiver complete with 8-track deck.
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The regression of 8-track to cassette to CD is a depressing thing.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (Hpgos)

186 You dislike Paulina Porizkova, don't you.
Posted by: Archimedes
I've always preferred Mara Corday, I admit.
Posted by: Ham Biscuits'

If one watches closely one can see Jean Harlow's boobies in 'The Red-Headed Woman', a pre-Code confection of giddy amorality.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (43xH1)

187 Except for Grandpa Walton. He had to sleep with Gramma W. and that was way outside his wheelhouse.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:02 AM (x7plP)

And even worse...he was a f*cking commie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2024 10:17 AM (gSZYf)

188 8 tracks are going to make a comeback, just you wait.
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ka chink...

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:17 AM (Hpgos)

189 This is from 1943, I see.

The old gentleman is talking to his wife, but no doubt his eyes are straying to check out the blonde's legs and feet. Nice indeed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:17 AM (J2vNu)

190 128 "I hear there's a good diner around here. It's open late."
Posted by: comradearthur at February 01, 2024 10:01 AM (bUnPj)

hahahahaha
Nice.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:17 AM (weK7N)

191 "If one watches closely one can see Jean Harlow's boobies in 'The Red-Headed Woman', a pre-Code confection of giddy amorality."

"Bombshell" (1933).

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 10:18 AM (MvF+J)

192 From a time when people did not dress like hobo's and hookers.
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I watched a Columbo from '72 or '73 last week set in a football stadium. All the men are wearing collared shirts [although short-sleeved -- it's CA after all] and a good half are also wearing ties.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:18 AM (2yu8s)

193 the blonde's legs and feet.

Well, we're awaiting your assessment of the latter.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:18 AM (9yWhg)

194 8 tracks are going to make a comeback, just you wait.
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ka chink...
Posted by: Pudinhead'

I have been misrepresented.

Posted by: Ka-CHUNK at February 01, 2024 10:18 AM (43xH1)

195 Well, we're awaiting your assessment of the latter.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:18 AM (9yWhg)

What ladder ?

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2024 10:20 AM (T4tVD)

196 I think you're stoned. You should see a doc.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

********

ISWYDT

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:20 AM (991eG)

197 Mmmm, nice. Kinda a brunette Kim Novak.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Every time I watch Foxfire, I realize I was born too late.

Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 10:20 AM (5pTzF)

198 Erin was the prettiest Walton girl.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:20 AM (9yWhg)

199 "I hear there's a good diner around here. It's open late."
Posted by: comradearthur at February 01, 2024 10:01 AM (bUnPj)
hahahahaha
Nice.
Posted by: m'

"Come on in, join the crowd!"

Posted by: The Nite Owl Coffee Shop at February 01, 2024 10:20 AM (43xH1)

200 Does that lady have what used to be called "a matronly bosom"?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:21 AM (991eG)

201 And even worse...he was a f*cking commie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Senator McCarthy was right, about the State Dept. at least. And the Hollywood Blacklist had it's good points.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (x7plP)

202 Hotel Moskva, Belgrade, Serbia. Oddly, now that Belgrade is filled to bursting with obnoxious, boorish Russians, none of them will stay there as the rooms are too small and they have a strict no-hookers policy.
That IT Brit, I've wanted to find out his whole story for a few years now:

'The Prince Of Hotel Moskva'.
Posted by: J.D. Salinger at February 01, 2024

***
How uncivilized can you get?!

Posted by: Hunter Biden, BJ Clinton, et al. at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

203 No, no, Jean. The T is silent as in Harlow.

Posted by: zombie margot asquith at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (2yu8s)

204 Kinda like Hopper. I use a screen grab of 'Nighthawks' as the wallpaper on my monitor. In that painting and some of his others even the people who are with other people seem like they're alone; for some reason that just does it for me.

If it's not too book thread a comment for the art thread: Lawrence Block edited an anthology of stories suggested by Hopper paintings. It's called In Sunlight or in Shadow, and there's some nice stuff in there, both the stories and the Hopper paintings that inspired them.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (a/4+U)

205 I watched a Columbo from '72 or '73 last week set in a football stadium. All the men are wearing collared shirts [although short-sleeved -- it's CA after all] and a good half are also wearing ties.
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It was quite normal that people attended NFL games wearing coats and ties and dresses in the 60s. They had just come from church.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (Hpgos)

206 This place sure as hell isn't a Hampton Inn.

No adults wearing pajamas at breakfast. And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

And certainly no dungarees.

Posted by: George Will at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (CsUN+)

207 Somebody did a spoof of that diner painting in which the patrons sitting inside were Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, James Dean, and Bogie.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

208 Does that lady have what used to be called "a matronly bosom"?
Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024

***
And a matronly face to match

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:23 AM (J2vNu)

209 "I don't know if he's going to make it to dinner. He was spazzing out upstairs. Maybe we should go on without him."

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:23 AM (weK7N)

210 Erin was the prettiest Walton girl.

*******

John Boy would have edged her out if not for that mole.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:24 AM (991eG)

211 My mom and dad were in their early teens in the 30s. Mom said she and her family were very aware of the Depression, but her family was OK as they ran a grocery store.
Posted by: Tex Lovera
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My mother's family were dirt-poor farmers in SC. My mother said that the depression was indistinguishable from ordinary life for them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:24 AM (XeU6L)

212 John Boy would have edged her out if not for that mole.
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Yep. The Walton's was a support system for Jimmy Carter. I can't watch it these days. Too much corn pone.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 10:25 AM (Hpgos)

213 And a matronly face to match
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

She kinda reminds me of Darren Stevens' mother, as played by Mabel Albertson (Jack's sister).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:25 AM (9yWhg)

214 It was quite normal that people attended NFL games wearing coats and ties and dresses in the 60s. They had just come from church.
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NHL games too back in the six-team days.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:25 AM (2yu8s)

215 Actually the Hotel Moskva does not have a strict no-hookers policy, rather if you bring in a hooker they watch with an eagle eye and charge your account for another person. One Russian I talked to was absolutely outraged by this policy.

"It's not a person, it's a hooker!"

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:25 AM (43xH1)

216 Erin was the prettiest Walton girl.

Mary Ellen (Judy Norton) posed for Playboy iirc.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:25 AM (x7plP)

217 I once stayed at an old school hotel in NYC. Can’t remember the name but it was in the financial district. Ridiculous prices, but my client was paying so who cares. Anyway I roll out at 6:30 and come down for breakfast in shorts, flip flops and a t shirt. I’m surrounded by dudes in suits. I was THAT guy, lol.

Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:26 AM (bWsRe)

218 89 ... the columns and the line on the floor combine with the leaning picture and roof beams to frame the standing man as the focal point of the work. It works, that definitely drew my eyes first. From there, you naturally notice his wife seated next to him, and then only afterwards you notice the stranger across the room blending into the scenery in the way strangers in public places do (although the clever use of color here helps the effect, blue dress on the blue chair).
Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (5pTzF)

And all that EVEN THOUGH the matron's dress is red.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:26 AM (weK7N)

219 And certainly no dungarees.
Posted by: George Will at February 01, 2024 10:22 AM (CsUN+)

I am often wearing dungarees.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 01, 2024 10:27 AM (7hNYp)

220 Mary Ellen (Judy Norton) posed for Playboy iirc.
Posted by: Tonypete

Really? She musta really put out for Hef for him to agree to that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:27 AM (9yWhg)

221 Does that lady have what used to be called "a matronly bosom"?
Posted by: Muldoon'

HAHAHA! Last time I saw that phrase was in a PKD short story. That guy could not let a single female character escape without a description of her boobs.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:27 AM (43xH1)

222 Hm, corn pone is a real thing, like potato pancakes except corn. Hell, I'd try it.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (MvF+J)

223 On a completely unrelated noted, I've started to get videos of show made about Spartacus - one of these "historical dramas" that makes up a lot of the plot to flesh it out.

The part that amuses me though is apparently the success of this show was mostly around having hot naked people in it. And...a lot of the background actresses are wearing dresses that leave one breast exposed and...the "auto nudity filter" often fails to catch this...I guess its expecting a woman to be either topless or not...not halfsies.

And...was this an actual thing in the Roman Republican era?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (ibTVg)

224 The matron has an unfortunately pointy wicked-witch hatchet chin. Or there's a spot of white on the tip of her chin from a flaw in the painting.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (weK7N)

225 In addition to an ongoing cataclysmic implosion in its real estate market, China is experiencing large losses in its stock market. I'm sure this also includes art.

http://tinyurl.com/4rk89xnn

Over the past three years, about $6 trillion — equivalent to roughly twice Britain’s annual economic output — has been wiped off the value of Chinese and Hong Kong stocks.

The Hang Seng index has crashed 10% so far this year alone, while the Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen Component indexes are down 7% and 10% respectively.

The world’s second largest economy is plagued by a myriad of problems. They include a record downturn in real estate, deflation, debt, a falling birthrate and shrinking work force, as well as a shift towards ideology-driven policies that has rattled the private sector and scared away foreign firms.

The stock meltdown has made Chinese markets the world’s worst performers so far this year. All this is playing out against the backdrop of a global stock market rally, led by Wall Street’s record-setting run, and by Japan in Asia.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (CsUN+)

226 I am often wearing dungarees.
Posted by: Joe Biden

Well, they've got dung in them, anyway.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (9yWhg)

227 Mary Ellen (Judy Norton) posed for Playboy iirc.
Posted by: Tonypete'

Pamela Sue Martin, when she was Nancy Drew on TV.

Yummy.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (43xH1)

228 No adults wearing pajamas at breakfast. And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

-

Been to an airport lately?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (wVwUW)

229 I approve of this art.

Posted by: Hercule Poirot at February 01, 2024 10:29 AM (tT6L1)

230 I think the last hotel I was at was a Drury Inn. Kinda' meh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2024 10:30 AM (Q4IgG)

231 Posted by: 18-1 at February 01, 2024 10:28 AM (ibTVg)

I like the dresses that the Minoan women wore exposing their breasts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:30 AM (9yWhg)

232 My mother's family were dirt-poor farmers in SC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:24 AM (XeU6L)

My mom's were too...Pickens/Oconee county.

Posted by: BignJames at February 01, 2024 10:30 AM (AwYPR)

233 Oh, Pamela Sue Martin. Very nice.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:31 AM (9yWhg)

234 176 That white carpet must be a b*tch and a half to keep clean.
Posted by: Ham Biscuits at February 01, 2024 09:50 AM (5pTzF)

. . . I'm not sure it's carpet.
Posted by: m

You can tell it's hardwood from here?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:14 AM (x7plP)

No, ha ha, but I mean the flooring could be tile.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:31 AM (weK7N)

235 And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?
Posted by: Tonypete

Hey, I have an ugly balding dome, ok? No one wants to see it, right? It's like Toxic Avenger up here.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2024 10:31 AM (IG4Id)

236 I like the dresses that the Minoan women wore exposing their breasts.

There was a reason the three hour tours were so popular.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 10:32 AM (CsUN+)

237 Oh and Lucy Lawless is in the Spartacus show...and at least as far as I can tell she does NOT play Xena but just a normal-ish Roman noblewoman

Posted by: 18-1 at February 01, 2024 10:32 AM (ibTVg)

238 Hey, I have an ugly balding dome, ok? No one wants to see it, right? It's like Toxic Avenger up here.

In the old days you had "dress" hates like fedoras. But...I guess those are way out of style nowadays

Posted by: 18-1 at February 01, 2024 10:32 AM (ibTVg)

239 There is nobody at the reception desk, it seems.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:33 AM (weK7N)

240 once stayed at an old school hotel in NYC. Can’t remember the name but it was in the financial district. Ridiculous prices, but my client was paying so who cares. Anyway I roll out at 6:30 and come down for breakfast in shorts, flip flops and a t shirt. I’m surrounded by dudes in suits. I was THAT guy, lol.
Posted by: Montec'

Similar stories. Depending on airline baggage policy I bring either a very nice kit or Walmart crap. I've walked into sit-downs with embassy cultural attaches wearing dirty T-shirts, $12 pants, and Chinese knockoff sneakers.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:33 AM (43xH1)

241 153 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.
Posted by: Montec

It will be a funny "uno reverso" moment if he's convicted, and then the Governor pardons him. Or, if juries fail to convict. I'm good with either. If they won't prosecute and charge their criminal friends in Blue metro areas, let's not bother convicting our conservative friends in Red States. They'll howl and cry when selective law enforcement doesn't go their way.

And the Bulwark and Conservative Inc's "that's not who we are" whining will be most delicious of all.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 01, 2024 10:33 AM (F6eqU)

242 The women don't have purses in view.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:34 AM (weK7N)

243 "Eunice, I was NOT looking at the legs of the beautiful blonde over there."

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at February 01, 2024 10:34 AM (Rbu5d)

244 There is nobody at the reception desk, it seems.
Posted by: m

It is the opposite of Hotel California

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:35 AM (wVwUW)

245 'The Prince Of Hotel Moskva'.
Posted by: J.D. Salinger
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I have a copy of Hotel Berlin '43, Baum, 1943. She also wrote 'Grand Hotel'. Not the book thread, but I'll hazard a bit of the jacket blurb, "To the hotel comes General Arnim von Dahnwitz, called back from the crumbling Russian front..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:35 AM (XeU6L)

246 The matron might be micced up.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (weK7N)

247 Emerson College, who did the poll.
Posted by: Montec

******

Okay. So what's your point?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (991eG)

248 The women don't have purses in view.
Posted by: m'

Interesting point! You're right!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (43xH1)

249 你已經在這裡四個小時了。請現在就走。

Posted by: Kwai Chang Caine at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (I4dEw)

250 Blond got gams.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (tT6L1)

251 I don't get it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 01, 2024 10:36 AM (aD39U)

252 The guy who decapitated that Satanic statue reminds me of the guy who stole that pagan goddess statue that Pope Frankie was displaying and threw it into the Tiber.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (9yWhg)

253 My mother-in-law's dad was in the Mafia during the Depression. They lived comfortably. Father-in-law was on a gun boat in China during that time. Also had plenty to eat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (L8hCM)

254 the blonde's legs and feet.
*
Well, we're awaiting your assessment of the latter.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024

***
When did I get to be the Tarantino of AoSHQ? (Never mind, don't answer that.) Can't really tell, there isn't enough clear detail. She seems to have a nice inner arch, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

255 The gentleman seems to have an overcoat...camel hair?,and his wife? is wearing a fur.

Posted by: BignJames at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (AwYPR)

256 The women don't have purses in view.
Posted by: m

They must be robots.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (wVwUW)

257 244 There is nobody at the reception desk, it seems.
Posted by: m

It is the opposite of Hotel California
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2024 10:35 AM (wVwUW)

It's the ainrofilaC letoH!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:37 AM (weK7N)

258 The women don't have purses in view.
Posted by: m

*******

Oh, purses! At first glance I read that differently...

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (991eG)

259 The women don't have purses in view.
Posted by: m'

Interesting point! You're right!
Posted by: LenNeal

Skid Row hotel. Tough neighborhood.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (TuRLx)

260 "Eunice, I was NOT looking at the legs of the beautiful blonde over there."
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker

If you embiggen it, you'll see that she's a butterface.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (9yWhg)

261 and Chinese knockoff sneakers
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Tennis Hsu's???

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (2yu8s)

262 The women don't have purses in view.
Posted by: m'
*
Interesting point! You're right!
Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024

***
The older lady might have a bag tucked down between her coat and the chair arm. The blonde, though, seems to be purse-free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

263 m brings up a fascinating point (not a book thread but the painting is interesting that way!): when men write female characters they almost ALWAYS forget, 'The Bag'. I can't recall any situation in which I have seen a woman go anywhere at all without some satchel or purse or bag or backpack.

It's a dead giveaway for a male writer.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (43xH1)

264 And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (x7plP)

I was in a restaurant in Florida last month...eating at the bar. Some guy walked up to order drinks, and the bartender said no...not until you take off your hat. He didn't believe her, but she was 100% serious.

Yes, I tipped her very well.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (gSZYf)

265 262 The blonde, though, seems to be purse-free.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

... and overcoat-free.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:39 AM (weK7N)

266 "Eunice, I was NOT looking at the legs of the beautiful blonde over there."
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker
*
If you embiggen it, you'll see that she's a butterface.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 1

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She seems to have a strong face, one you might call "handsome" rather than "pretty" -- like Anjelica Huston.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:40 AM (J2vNu)

267 m brings up a fascinating point (not a book thread but the painting is interesting that way!): when men write female characters they almost ALWAYS forget, 'The Bag'. I can't recall any situation in which I have seen a woman go anywhere at all without some satchel or purse or bag or backpack.

It's a dead giveaway for a male writer.
Posted by: LenNeal

That was a plot point in Rear Window.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:40 AM (9yWhg)

268 CarlyYouga
@Kali__Yuga__
In this study of transgender patients, the frequency of personality disorders was 81.4%. The most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%).

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Whoa! Did not see that coming!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:40 AM (FVME7)

269 I have a copy of Hotel Berlin '43, Baum, 1943. She also wrote 'Grand Hotel'. Not the book thread, but I'll hazard a bit of the jacket blurb, "To the hotel comes General Arnim von Dahnwitz, called back from the crumbling Russian front..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.'

Hotels during wars are really an experience. The good ones are like a bizarre oasis from reality. It's surreal.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (43xH1)

270 No adults wearing pajamas at breakfast. And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

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Just tell the AI to update the painting to modern clothing and styles.

Old man in jeans and tee shirt, old lady wearing jeans and tee shirt looking at her phone, young woman wearing yoga pants and reading an iPad.

Change the dining room in the back to a breakfast buffet.

Also add a large crowd of "immigrants" and several cameras in the lobby to spy on people.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (xSX/p)

271 There is nobody at the reception desk, it seems.
Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:33 AM (weK7N)
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You have to ring the bell first.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (7fElN)

272 She "stuck a feather in her cap and called it macaroni."

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (weK7N)

273 Rubber bullets and water cannons were deployed against hundreds of European farmers protesting outside the EU Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday. The farmers threw eggs, set off fireworks, and started fires near the building while demanding that European leaders stop punishing them with more taxes and rising costs imposed to finance a so-called 'green agenda.'

Posted by: SMOD at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (UOsdv)

274 153 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.
Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:09 AM (bWsRe)

The money changers in the temple were just trolling. Jesus was dumb for taking the bait.

Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (MNhXM)

275 The gentleman seems to have an overcoat...camel hair?,and his wife? is wearing a fur.
Posted by: BignJames at February 01, 2024

***
Could be lamb, but you're right. Which suggests that this is a time of year when you feel the cold. The blonde is coat-free, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

276 She seems to have a strong face, one you might call "handsome" rather than "pretty" -- like Anjelica Huston.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere'

Lucky bitch.

Posted by: Christina Onassis at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (43xH1)

277 I love the breakfasts at Hampton Inn.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

278 A week of sun and temps in the forties forecast for N IL. I'll gladly take it.

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (MvF+J)

279 My maternal grandfather took the family to live on his brother's farm. This was in Oklahoma and they managed to survive it. My grandmother spent the rest of her life making damn sure she didn't have to live on a farm again.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (L8hCM)

280 I have a fedora, it's a good one made by Stetson. A true dress hat to be worn with a suit and tie.
I love wearing it and when I do I've never seen another person wearing one.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (MeG8a)

281 There is nobody at the reception desk, it seems.
Posted by: m

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You have to ring the bell first.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Loudly. Basil is in the kitchen.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (TuRLx)

282 153 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.
Posted by: Montec at February 01, 2024 10:09 AM (bWsRe)

Something something evil to prevail something something good men to do nothing.

Let the Wookie win, it sounds like. This is the overbearing state making its preference known and who will pay the price. I get it, he could have avoided this charge. I didn't travel to Iowa to knock that thing over. But he did. You suggest he's dumb, I suggest he is brave.

Posted by: blaster at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (xhfG9)

283 And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 10:16 AM (x7plP)

Oh, man. Wearing baseball caps backwards is the latest and greatest!!!

You look totally hip and awesome. It's only been around since-

*checks notes*

1981.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (nFnyb)

284 Rubber bullets and water cannons were deployed against hundreds of European farmers protesting outside the EU Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday. The farmers threw eggs, set off fireworks, and started fires near the building while demanding that European leaders stop punishing them with more taxes and rising costs imposed to finance a so-called 'green agenda.'
Posted by: SMOD at February 01, 2024 10:41 AM (UOsdv)
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Both planting time and harvest time are going to be interesting in Europe this year...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (7fElN)

285 263 when men write female characters they almost ALWAYS forget, 'The Bag'. I can't recall any situation in which I have seen a woman go anywhere at all without some satchel or purse or bag or backpack.

It's a dead giveaway for a male writer.
Posted by: LenNeal

You transphobic bigot! Real women can carry their sack between their legs, just like male-assigned-at-birth people do!

Posted by: Trans Activist at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (F6eqU)

286 Acid Attack In London Multiple Victims
An eyewitness, who asked to stay anonymous, told Sky News: “There was a man in a white car with two children. It looked like he tried to run over a woman. They had been fighting.

“One girl in the back had her hand on the window – you can see the mark on the car.
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Police have warned the public not to approach a man being hunted over a chemical attack on a woman and two girls in south London.

The suspect, named as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, from Newcastle, has significant injuries to the right side of his face, according to police.
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Sky News @SkyNews
Police have warned the public not to approach a man being hunted over a chemical attack in south London.

The suspect, named as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, from Newcastle, has significant injuries to the right side of his face, according to police 🔗 https://trib.al/3NJ022Z

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (2yu8s)

287 153 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.
Posted by: Montec

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Sure it was a troll, but it still needed to be destroyed.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (xSX/p)

288 Unmistakenly Hopper.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (dGCAG)

289 BTW, "Newcastle man",

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (2yu8s)

290 Oh, man. Wearing baseball caps backwards is the latest and greatest!!!
You look totally hip and awesome. It's only been around since-
*checks notes*
1981.
Posted by: naturalfake

"Yeah, but I made it COOL!"

Posted by: Spuds McKenzie at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (43xH1)

291 That's not a pair of blue jeans. THIS is a pair of blue jeans.!!

Posted by: /Crocodille Dungaree at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (991eG)

292 The most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%).
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I suspect that the number is similar for Democrats in general, so perhaps the correlation isn't what it seems.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (XeU6L)

293 Reminds me a bit of Omni William Penn, a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2010, dates back to 1916.

I like the paintings of Americana a great deal but that's probably age-related rather than an eye for good art.

I'd hang as a grouping with other Edward Hopper paintings.
Thank you.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (GshMh)

294 Let the Wookie win, it sounds like. This is the overbearing state making its preference known and who will pay the price. I get it, he could have avoided this charge. I didn't travel to Iowa to knock that thing over. But he did. You suggest he's dumb, I suggest he is brave.
Posted by: blaster

When you put it that way, it sounds very similar to the story of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (F6eqU)

295 I have a fedora, it's a good one made by Stetson. A true dress hat to be worn with a suit and tie.
I love wearing it and when I do I've never seen another person wearing one.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

A fedora with a suit and tie reminds me of Jack Abramhoff. A fedora is only meant to be worn when you'r rifling tombs for artifacts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (9yWhg)

296 The suspect, named as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, from Newcastle, has significant injuries to the right side of his face, according to police 🔗 https://trib.al/3NJ022Z
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (2yu8s)
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I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this man was not born in Newcastle...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (7fElN)

297 The suspect, named as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, from Newcastle, has significant injuries to the right side of his face, according to police.

I didn't know there were Amish in Newcastle.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (CsUN+)

298 You transphobic bigot! Real women can carry their sack between their legs, just like male-assigned-at-birth people do!
Posted by: Trans Activist'

We did have a woman try to steal a frozen chicken by carrying it out of the store clamped between her Rubenesque inner thighs.

Posted by: Retail Worker at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (43xH1)

299 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art today but ultimately boring.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (W/lyH)

300 The satanic thing was a troll and that guy was a dumbass for taking the bait.
Posted by: Montec

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Sure it was a troll, but it still needed to be destroyed.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Like the guy who got sentenced to 14 years for tearing up the gay flag. It's gotta be done.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (9yWhg)

301 Ayanna "Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog" Pressley's latest hit!

Ayanna Pressley
@AyannaPressley
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury, Mattapan & Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.
They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

302 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (991eG)

303 Drug deserts!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 01, 2024 10:47 AM (R4t5M)

304 Oh, good! Diogenes is here for the day shift. I can clock out.

Have fun storming the castle.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:47 AM (991eG)

305 Oh yeah, Edward Hopper.
Yes, actually I like his work but would not hang it in my house. It's too much like my midnight reality to really be interesting to me. Hopper's work has a desolate, desert-like quality I very much... what... groove to, it fits a lot of what I do but hang it in my house, no.

I do have several monographs, they're great Art Books.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:47 AM (43xH1)

306 And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

Posted by: Tonypete
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A friend of mine usually comments, 'Apparently the hat did not come with instructions'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

307 >>>have a fedora, it's a good one made by Stetson. A true dress hat to be worn with a suit and tie.
I love wearing it and when I do I've never seen another person wearing one.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 01, 2024 10:42 AM (MeG8a)

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When I was a kid our church had the metal clippy things on the back of the pews. It wasn't until I was older I found out they were there to hold gentlemen's hats.

Posted by: Turn 2 at February 01, 2024 10:48 AM (JfxgE)

308 Hat infrastructure hasn't kept up. If I wear it, no one has a hat rack or especially not hat cubby holes like you used to see. I also have a long wool overcoat and if I wear that with the hat I look like I could be cast in The Untouchables.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 01, 2024 10:48 AM (MeG8a)

309 Ayanna Pressley
@AyannaPressley
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury, Mattapan & Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.
They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

I guess Presley doesn’t know Valerie Jarrettis on the board and they had a black female CEO until just recently ( the reason they have to do a lot of cost cutting now)

Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (MNhXM)

310 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her province will not permit medical transitioning or puberty blockers for children as part of newly announced policies.

“For minors aged 17 and under, top and bottom gender reassignment surgeries will not be permitted,” Ms. Smith said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Jan. 31.

She also said that those under 15 years of age will not be allowed to take puberty blockers or hormone therapies as part of gender reassignment therapy.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (2yu8s)

311 We did have a woman try to steal a frozen chicken by carrying it out of the store clamped between her Rubenesque inner thighs.

Posted by: Retail Worker at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (43xH1)

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Chicken Catchacootchie?

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (1HRWd)

312 @AyannaPressley
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury, Mattapan & Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.
They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?'

HAHAHA! That's bullshit, they all go to the ER for their drugs. And also sell prescription pills all over the place, actual drugstores are an afterthought and only for the very few remaining oldsters with any sense of decency.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (43xH1)

313 273 Rubber bullets and water cannons were deployed against hundreds of European farmers protesting outside the EU Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday. The farmers threw eggs, set off fireworks, and started fires near the building while demanding that European leaders stop punishing them with more taxes and rising costs imposed to finance a so-called 'green agenda.'

Posted by: SMOD
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French farmers welded the gates shut on an administrative building in Paris.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (SpZxj)

314 When you put it that way, it sounds very similar to the story of Kyle Rittenhouse.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 01, 2024 10:44 AM (F6eqU)

Kinda. I always think of Daniel in these situations. Not putting Rittenhouse on that same level but its the same story. Daniel might have avoided the lion's den by just going along with the king's edict.

Posted by: blaster at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (xhfG9)

315 Looks like there might be some carvings in relief on the front side of the reception desk. At left: Human figures? Greeting each other? And in second position, a circle?

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (weK7N)

316 It was that bastard JFK, with his full head of hair, who killed men's wearing hats.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

317 Have fun storming the castle.
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We're asking for volunteers.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (2yu8s)

318 The part that amuses me though is apparently the success of this show was mostly around having hot naked people in it. And...a lot of the background actresses are wearing dresses that leave one breast exposed and...the "auto nudity filter" often fails to catch this...I guess its expecting a woman to be either topless or not...not halfsies.

And...was this an actual thing in the Roman Republican era?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 01, 2024

***
By Spartacus' and Crassus' time, ca. 70 BC, the Roman Republic was pretty much an empire already with lots of overseas possessions. They'd defeated Carthage the second time about 125 years before, and finished them off in the 130s BC (I think). So they scooped up a lot of other kingdoms and sent tons of treasure back to Rome. The latifundia, the big ranches, had bought out the small farmers. And Roman politics was rife with open corruption. (Sounds familiar . . .)

So, yes, their moral standards had slipped a lot from the days of Cincinnatus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

319 Yes, actually I like his work but would not hang it in my house. It's too much like my midnight reality to really be interesting to me. Hopper's work has a desolate, desert-like quality I very much... what... groove to, it fits a lot of what I do but hang it in my house, no.

I do have several monographs, they're great Art Books.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:47 AM (43xH1)

Good point, so much to admire, but the vibe is always dark, even if there's nothing particularly dark about the subject matter.

I can love his work... but from a distance, please.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 01, 2024 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

320 I guess Presley doesn’t know Valerie Jarrettis on the board and they had a black female CEO until just recently ( the reason they have to do a lot of cost cutting now)
Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (MNhXM)

Yeah but society made them white supremacists. They can't help it.

Posted by: blaster at February 01, 2024 10:51 AM (xhfG9)

321 Ben Shapiro has the last word on the queer Senate Hearing Room sodomy.

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
Why would they charge anyone? It's longstanding policy for members of the government to f*** Americans

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:51 AM (FVME7)

322 The left decided that blacks could do whatever they want, whenever they want, without consequences. Now people don't want to be around them. And those people are racists.

Posted by: cause and effect is white supremacy at February 01, 2024 10:51 AM (pjs7m)

323 We did have a woman try to steal a frozen chicken by carrying it out of the store clamped between her Rubenesque inner thighs.

Posted by: Retail Worker at February 01, 2024 10:45 AM (43xH1)

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Chicken Catchacootchie?
Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo

Sorry, all new vagina-related slang now has to be run by Ace first to ensure that it meets his exacting standards.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:52 AM (9yWhg)

324 Hat infrastructure hasn't kept up. If I wear it, no one has a hat rack or especially not hat cubby holes like you used to see. I also have a long wool overcoat and if I wear that with the hat I look like I could be cast in The Untouchables.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 01, 2024

***
Same here. Black topcoat, pale gray hat: I call that my "1925 Cleveland mobster" look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:52 AM (J2vNu)

325 Ayanna Pressley
@AyannaPressley
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury, Mattapan & Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.
They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

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

Consequences culture, good & hard ...

"Isn't it time to nationalize all industries and businesses ... what could go wrong?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:52 AM (1HRWd)

326 She also said that those under 15 years of age will not be allowed to take puberty blockers or hormone therapies as part of gender reassignment therapy.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:49 AM (2yu8s)

In Canada???

Is Castreau seizing her bank accounts as we speak?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 01, 2024 10:53 AM (dGCAG)

327
And 40 yr old men with ball caps on backwards. WTF?

Posted by: Tonypete
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A friend of mine usually comments, 'Apparently the hat did not come with instructions'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2024 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

In one episode of The Wire, Herk calls one of the drug-selling corner boys over and asks where they get the hats with the sideways brim. He keeps going to the store and only sees hats with the brim in front. The kid doesn't get the joke so he seriously tells Herk that it's the same hat, you just turn it sideways.

A small, throwaway joke, but funny nonetheless.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2024 10:53 AM (n+4am)

328 The blondes shoes look risque for the time period.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2024 10:53 AM (SpZxj)

329 It was that bastard JFK, with his full head of hair, who killed men's wearing hats.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

It was LBJ's inflation that made sure that everyone decided they had other things to spend their devaluating dollars on

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (D7oie)

330 Sorry, all new vagina-related slang now has to be run by Ace first to ensure that it meets his exacting standards.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:52 AM (9yWhg)

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Heh. I fully admit that I am nowhere near Ace's league when it comes to genitalia slang.

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (Zbtpw)

331 You guys remember that staffer who filmed himself getting rogered in the Senate hearing room ? No criminal charges. Got away with it. No J6-ing him!

Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (V13WU)

332 Consequences culture, good & hard ...

"Isn't it time to nationalize all industries and businesses ... what could go wrong?"
Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:52 AM (1HRWd)

It's the only way.

How dare you deny people the right to steal cough medicine and hair extenders.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (dGCAG)

333 Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
Why would they charge anyone? It's longstanding policy for members of the government to f*** Americans
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You want AOC.
You'd accept Tulsi Gabbard.
You'll get Sam Brinton.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (F6eqU)

334 I always think of Daniel in these situations. Not putting Rittenhouse on that same level but its the same story. Daniel might have avoided the lion's den by just going along with the king's edict.
Posted by: blaster'

Rittenhouse's case is to me interesting being in the same state, and honestly he's lucky not to be in prison for the remainder of his natural life. He did a bunch of morally correct but legally unjustifiable acts, and won because he was genuinely trying to defend himself while retreating from a deadly threat. I've studied that case VERY hard as whatever happened there can happen to me as well (WI). I mean, not being the child molesting Antifa felon illegally possessing a gun, not that part.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (43xH1)

335 >>Heh. I fully admit that I am nowhere near Ace's league when it comes to genitalia slang.

Right?
Remember that year he decided to make ~~"fetch"~~ "snizz" happen? Good times!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (RXyKO)

336 It was that bastard JFK, with his full head of hair, who killed men's wearing hats.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

It was LBJ's inflation that made sure that everyone decided they had other things to spend their devaluating dollars on
Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (D7oie)

Nixon put unreasonable EPA restrictions on the felt industry!!

Posted by: BurtTC at February 01, 2024 10:56 AM (dGCAG)

337 You want AOC.
You'd accept Tulsi Gabbard.
You'll get Sam Brinton.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (F6eqU)

wow

Posted by: blaster at February 01, 2024 10:56 AM (xhfG9)

338 Floozys in the lobby like the way I smell.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 01, 2024 10:56 AM (vFG9F)

339 You guys remember that staffer who filmed himself getting rogered in the Senate hearing room ? No criminal charges. Got away with it. No J6-ing him!
Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (V13WU)

But just walking around the capitol building during a protest will get you years in the slammer.

Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 10:56 AM (MNhXM)

340 It was that bastard JFK, with his full head of hair, who killed men's wearing hats.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

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* Jackie has entered the chat *

Make Pillbox Hats Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:56 AM (Zbtpw)

341 The blonde's shoes look risqué for the time period.
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And a dress cut above the knees [even if it is riding up a bit from sitting].

Clearly a ho!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (2yu8s)

342 I have a fedora, it's a good one made by Stetson. A true dress hat to be worn with a suit and tie.
I love wearing it and when I do I've never seen another person wearing one.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

***
I have several fedoras, a lot of vintage ones by Stetson, Resistol, Knox, and others. My two Stetson Temples were bought new in the mid-'90s. They don't make those colors anymore, so I'm hanging on to them.

I don't often wear a suit and tie, but I often don a sport coat. And a dressy button-down oxford shirt and good slacks can look fine with the right fedora -- or Open Road-style hat (the style LBJ wore, but he was a Resistol man).

When I'm out I might see the occasional fedora, but rarely the vintage type -- and never another Open Road.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

343
Like the guy who got sentenced to 14 years for tearing up the gay flag. It's gotta be done.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM (9yWhg)

What! I was told by my betters that a flag is just a piece of cloth and destroying one is an expression of free speech.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (MoZTd)

344 If one zooms in, you'll see the book is upside down.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2024 09:39 AM (x7plP)

Funny. She doesn't look anything like LeBron James.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (tkR6S)

345
Speaking of Spuds Mackenzie....

Bud Light will be introducing a new "humorous" "character" in their Super Bowl commercials to "save" the brand.

So you can look forward to something like

Bruford McWitefucker Bumbles
or
Mary Sue McSmarterthan EveryoneElse von Takingon the Patriarchy
or
Coolio McObamaclone Superfly

Place your bets now!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (nFnyb)

346 Ayanna "Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog" Pressley's latest hit!

Ayanna Pressley
@AyannaPressley
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury, Mattapan & Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.
They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:46 AM

She was hated on the Boston City Council, too. Which explains a lot.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (Wnv9h)

347 You guys remember that staffer who filmed himself getting rogered in the Senate hearing room ? No criminal charges. Got away with it. No J6-ing him!

Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 10:54 AM (V13WU)

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If that wasn't "parading" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (Zbtpw)

348
Oh, for the record, it has been verified that AOC did not call for a nationwide boycott of Texas Roadhouse.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (D7oie)

349 Lol! The blonde's holding the book upside-down!

Posted by: red speck at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (0Id0S)

350 335 he decided to make "snizz" happen
Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (RXyKO)

Gesundheit!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (weK7N)

351 Seth MacFarlane explains the problem with the Jewish Question.

Real Time with Bill Maher
@RealTimers
To the young voters gravitating to Donald Trump over Israel-Palestine: "You’re giving up on everything that supposedly is important to you and putting it all on the line for this one issue."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (FVME7)

352 >>You guys remember that staffer who filmed himself getting rogered in the Senate hearing room ? No criminal charges. Got away with it. No J6-ing him!

"Well, yeah, we couldn't charge him. . ."
-- All the other Congressional staffers and Congressmen who rogered that guy and now assume there's video of it, too

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (RXyKO)

353 It was that bastard JFK, with his full head of hair, who killed men's wearing hats.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024

***
That's the legend, but hat buying and wearing had been declining since WWII. The lowering of car rooflines, so that you were likely to knock your hat off as you got into or out of your car, I think had as much to do with the decline as JFK did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

354 348
Oh, for the record, it has been verified that AOC did not call for a nationwide boycott of Texas Roadhouse.

Posted by: Kindltot

What about road head?

Posted by: True Moron at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (F6eqU)

355 Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (43xH1)

What was legally unjustifiable?

Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (MNhXM)

356 I've studied that case VERY hard as whatever happened there can happen to me as well (WI). I mean, not being the child molesting Antifa felon illegally possessing a gun, not that part.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 10:55 AM (43xH1)

The legally correct part doesn't matter when the state has you in its sights. Things were stacked against Rittenhouse.

I often say that courts don't work the way we see them dramatized. I am sure the lawyers in here will affirm that "actual innocence" is probably the worst defense. Rittenhouse benefitted from the prosecutor being an ass and his attorney being warm and personable.

Posted by: blaster at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (xhfG9)

357 >>> "The latifundia"
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is a whole nuther thing in common Spanish.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (SpZxj)

358 I feel weird if I go outside without a hat, like I'm not fully dressed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 01, 2024 11:00 AM (7fElN)

359 That's the legend, but hat buying and wearing had been declining since WWII. The lowering of car rooflines, so that you were likely to knock your hat off as you got into or out of your car, I think had as much to do with the decline as JFK did.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

what was JFK's excuse, then? He rode in a convertable!

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2024 11:00 AM (D7oie)

360 The lowering of car rooflines, so that you were likely to knock your hat off as you got into or out of your car, I think had as much to do with the decline as JFK did.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Hmmm, interesting. But I'll still blame JFK.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 01, 2024 11:00 AM (9yWhg)

361 Apparently there is a convoy coming through CenTex today. I have a friend asking if my going to the rally for the stop here. 🤔🤔

Posted by: lin-duh at February 01, 2024 11:00 AM (J7r/Q)

362 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (TuRLx)

363 Lloyd Austin says "We will respond when we choose".

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (vFG9F)

364 I feel weird if I go outside without a hat, like I'm not fully dressed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I feel the same when I forget my pants.

Posted by: True Moron at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (F6eqU)

365 Seth MacFarlane explains the problem with the Jewish Question.

Real Time with Bill Maher
@RealTimers
To the young voters gravitating to Donald Trump over Israel-Palestine: "You’re giving up on everything that supposedly is important to you and putting it all on the line for this one issue."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:58 AM (FVME7)

McFarlane is a closeted homo.

Posted by: Cobalt Blue at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (MNhXM)

366
To the young voters gravitating to Donald Trump over Israel-Palestine: "You’re giving up on everything that supposedly is important to you and putting it all on the line for this one issue."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

As we know, the one issue you're supposed to be putting it all on the line for is abortion without any restrictions whatsoever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (MoZTd)

367 What! I was told by my betters that a flag is just a piece of cloth and destroying one is an expression of free speech.
---------
Not that it makes it any less BS but I think they got him on it because the flag was stolen from a building or the like although even if he was burning his own and had the receipt still, I'm sure they still would have gone after him.

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

368 345
Speaking of Spuds Mackenzie....

Bud Light will be introducing a new "humorous" "character" in their Super Bowl commercials to "save" the brand.

So you can look forward to something like

Bruford McWitefucker Bumbles
or
Mary Sue McSmarterthan EveryoneElse von Takingon the Patriarchy
or
Coolio McObamaclone Superfly

Place your bets now!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2024 10:57 AM (nFnyb

E. Jean Carroll

Posted by: drinking Bud Light is like involuntary mouth sex, and that's sexy at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (pjs7m)

369 Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (weK7N)

370 Well, yeah, we couldn't charge him. . ."
-- All the other Congressional staffers and Congressmen who rogered that guy and now assume there's video of it, too
Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (RXyKO)

LOL !! wait..that sounds very plausible !

Posted by: runner at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM (V13WU)

371 >>Seth MacFarlane explains the problem with the Jewish Question.

Make a Mad Libs of it:
To the young voters gravitating to __________ over _________: "You’re giving up on everything that supposedly is important to you and putting it all on the line for this one issue."

A. Biden / abortion
B. Kamala / race
C. Hillary / being first woman president

Seriously, the Dems do nothing but ask voters to throw aside their values because their guy/gal is good on one key issue.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 11:02 AM (RXyKO)

372 352 >>You guys remember that staffer who filmed himself getting rogered in the Senate hearing room ? No criminal charges. Got away with it. No J6-ing him!

"Well, yeah, we couldn't charge him. . ."
-- All the other Congressional staffers and Congressmen who rogered that guy and now assume there's video of it, too
Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2024 10:59 AM (RXyKO)

Oh, no!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2024 11:02 AM (weK7N)

373 They are disruptive, life-threatening acts of racial & economic discrimination.
As a multi-billion-dollar corporation, they must stop divesting from Black & brown communities.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 01, 2024 10:46

Hey Jada. How about you tell black and brown people to stop looting these stores. How about I come into your house and steal stuff repeatedly after you replace it? Then when I keep doing so I get released from jail time after time. When you've had enough I can call you rayciss! For moving instead of coming after me.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 01, 2024 11:03 AM (4p0Xq)

374 Yay, a Hopper, and one I'm unfamiliar with.

I love his snapshots capturing everyday life in mid-conversation. And there's that classic Hopper combo of clean whites and dark bilious night colors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 01, 2024 11:03 AM (+RQPJ)

375 That's the legend, but hat buying and wearing had been declining since WWII. The lowering of car rooflines, so that you were likely to knock your hat off as you got into or out of your car, I think had as much to do with the decline as JFK did.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024
*
what was JFK's excuse, then? He rode in a convertable!
Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2024

***
I've seen pics of him in a top hat going to his inauguration, and wearing and carrying a stingy-brim fedora. But I'll bet his campaign advisors encouraged him to play up his youth and not to dress like that "old guy" Ike or that "sleazy Republican" Nixon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 11:03 AM (J2vNu)

376 E. Jean Carroll
Posted by: drinking Bud Light is like involuntary mouth sex, and that's sexy at February 01, 2024 11:01 AM

Golf clap.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 01, 2024 11:04 AM (4p0Xq)

377 If that wasn't "parading" ...
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I think they refer to it as polling.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 01, 2024 11:06 AM (Hpgos)

378 You're right Seth. It has nothing to do with being able to afford a house, losing your job or life to an illegal let alone the price a bag of groceries. It's just that one darn issue.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 01, 2024 11:06 AM (4p0Xq)

379 Oh, good! Diogenes is here for the day shift. I can clock out.

Have fun storming the castle.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 01, 2024 10:47 AM (991eG)

Yep.
No problem.
Got ya covered.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2024 11:06 AM (W/lyH)

380 Blonde is taller than the older lady.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2024 11:06 AM (SpZxj)

381 I've seen pics of him in a top hat going to his inauguration, and wearing and carrying a stingy-brim fedora. But I'll bet his campaign advisors encouraged him to play up his youth and not to dress like that "old guy" Ike or that "sleazy Republican" Nixon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2024 11:03 AM

IF Trump wins, he should do the top hat with a monocle!

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 01, 2024 11:08 AM (4p0Xq)

382 What was legally unjustifiable?
Posted by: Cobalt Blue'

Now I'm sorry I brought it up. I've been meaning to do a kind of essay about it; in practical legal terms, not moral terms. KR did this in Kenosha, a long time 'Hardhat Democrat' city that is sorta figuring out that maybe Dems aren't pro-labor anymore, it's split. He traveled from out of state (Illinois!!???) to defend property that wasn't his.
In effect, there was a prosecution argument that he was retreating from a fight that he himself started. KR was legally saved by his effort to retreat and the felons following him and trying to kill him.
He totally morally did the right thing, but in a WI court his behavior, in initial perception, was kind of hard to defend.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 11:10 AM (43xH1)

383 One guy asked me (in person, not here) what I would do as a judge in the Rittenhouse case. I responded I'd convict everyone involved with Disorderly Conduct With Enhancer, with a sunset of, suspended if they can stay out of trouble for, oh, 3 years.

Rittenhouse would have no trouble with that stipulation, the other fools, no way. That's what I would have done. Rittenhouse was an ambitious and not-smart kid who went to WI from IL to play Army and got attacked: his attackers were and are complete, total filth.
You know a Kenosha City Council Member has been trying for years to place a remembrance plaque in a public park for the shitbirds KR killed.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 01, 2024 11:17 AM (43xH1)

384 The suspect, named as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, from Newcastle, has significant injuries to the right side of his face, according to police 🔗 https://trib.al/3NJ022Z
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 01, 2024 10:43 AM (2yu8s)

Imma go out on a limb here, and suggest that he is not really "from" Newcastle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2024 11:22 AM (tkR6S)

385 "In a rare move of solidarity, other prominent figures like Justin Timberlake, Wynona Ryder, and Gloria Estefan have also declined the opportunity [to present lifetime achievement award to Whoopti]. The search for alternative presenters continues,..."

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2024 12:00 PM (SpZxj)

386 Where's the Bellhop?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 01, 2024 06:53 PM (wGqjj)

387 Evening.

Very late to this.

Edward fucking Hopper, maaaaan! Who knew I'd like the guy's work so much?

That old man and his busty old lady are clearly discussing whether or not to proposition the young blonde thing over in the corner for a little menage a trois action.

Would hang.

Posted by: Robert at February 01, 2024 07:23 PM (ycN+B)

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