Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 09:30 AM (T4tVD)

4 Years ago, when they were building the new Prestonwood Baptist Church north of Dallas, I noticed the sheer size of the building and wondered if they were bringing this back to the vernacular.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Weird choice for Valentine's Day, but whatevs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

6 Bet this doesn't end well.

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

7 That’s not Aslan I take it…

Posted by: tubal at February 14, 2024 09:31 AM (PCK5/)

8 This REALLY looks like it was done with Presto Magix

Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (a3s5O)

9 Oh Boy that's.... inspiring .. Where's cupid art ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (Akjoo)

10 The Walters

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904) (Artist)
1863-1883
oil on canvas
(18th and 19th Centuries )

H: 34 5/8 x W: 59 1/8 in. (87.9 x 150.1 cm); Framed H: 55 x W: 79 5/8 x D: 6 3/4 in. (139.7 x 202.25 x 17.15 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

11 Lions and tigers. No bears?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (0gvpA)

12 Recommended movie: "The Sign of the Cross" (1932).

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (MvF+J)

13 Should I hate the Romans?

FYI I love ancient Rome.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (cf/0E)

14 Gerome seens to have made a name for himself for painting scenes from the Near East. The pose of the lion is interesting as if he is acknowledging the nobility and bravery of the soon to be martyrs.

Posted by: Michael K at February 14, 2024 09:32 AM (7fe3o)

15 Godless leftard fever dream.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (pohLc)

16 Is that a Siberian or Bengal Lion?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

17 'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.'

Matthew 10:28a

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

18 Half mile flat track.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (iZb96)

19 16 Is that a Siberian or Bengal Lion?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

Detroit….

Posted by: tubal at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (PCK5/)

20 Well there is no dog, but I see a couple cats. Still art?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (pohLc)

21
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer REVEALED!

"Dear Lord, we ask you for all the implements and fixin's to make big ole load of lion and tiger sammiches for we are powerful hangry.

Oh and Lord, heavy on the mayo and jalapeños, if you please Sir!"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (nFnyb)

22 Nice!

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (JF/W5)

23 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

24 Godless leftard fever dream.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (pohLc)
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Only if the lions and tigers are then allowed to wander the streets of Rome at will devouring any unfortunate Romans that cross their paths.

Let nature take its course!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

25 So the lion is the mane event?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:35 AM (9yWhg)

26 Early version of a football huddle. And there appears to be a Crouching Tiger. Me likey

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 09:35 AM (DgSZ/)

27 Well there is no dog, but I see a couple cats. Still art?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (pohLc)
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There's at least one sniper hiding in the stands...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

28 19 16 Is that a Siberian or Bengal Lion?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

Detroit….
Posted by: tubal at February 14, 2024 09:33 AM (PCK5/)

if that were true, then just as he approached the martyrs he'd give one great roar and all of his teeth would fall out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (S6gqv)

29 Was kind of expecting Cupid today.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

30 Oh and Lord, heavy on the mayo and jalapeños, if you please Sir!"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (nFnyb)
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I found some habanero garlic mayo that tastes pretty good on sammiches...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (7fElN)

31 Gerome seens to have made a name for himself for painting scenes from the Near East.
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Orientalism was big in the late 19th Century.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (0gvpA)

32 Wonder if they had to watch a stupid commercial about Jesus at halftime?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

33 I notice a tragic lack of boobies in this canvas...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at February 14, 2024 09:37 AM (P4mGm)

34 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

35 Was kind of expecting Cupid today.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

It's more ash than heart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

36 29 Was kind of expecting Cupid today.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

If you expect a neddid lardass on an ottoman every day you will never be disappointed.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:37 AM (pohLc)

37 Crucifixion wasn't enough? Had to burn 'em too? Talk about overkill.

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 09:38 AM (AwYPR)

38 Wonder if they had to watch a stupid commercial about Jesus at halftime?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

Find a homo and wash his feet because we're all in this together.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

39 Crucifixion wasn't enough? Had to burn 'em too? Talk about overkill.
Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 09:38 AM (AwYPR)
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Yeah, that was a Nero thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:38 AM (0gvpA)

40 There’s something about the crucified touch martyrs that draws my eyes and imagination

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (URIv5)

41 I like the juxtaposition of the Christians martyrs in the front and the looming pagan temple, maybe the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in the background. There's also a statue of Roma Victoria or Minerva overlooking the scene. If Roma, its a nicely ironic statement of the superiority of Rome and her gods. Notice how the temples are in darkness tho, and storm clouds are gathering. The martyrs are in light.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (OyyDO)

42 Well, so much for Valentine's Day!

Posted by: JTB at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (zudum)

43 Wonder if they had to watch a stupid commercial about Jesus at halftime?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

Yes! It was about how the sinful Christians should wash the feet of the lions and tigers to expunge their nasty Christian martyr privilege.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (nFnyb)

44 The left demonstrates their complete lack of understanding of who Jesus was every time they try to talk about him. Also, because they are really, quite sincerely, stupid as fuk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (pohLc)

45 Very thought-provoking!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (KpWJP)

46 I don't see the JummboTron showing TayTay guzzling a beer. Must be on the other wall of the stadium.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

47 Didn't know some were crucified in the Colosseum.

Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (88xKn)

48 About the Walters

Read an expanded history of the Walters Art Museum and a set of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion goals for the museum.

Next they will have a wall where people can stick their VBS artwork up.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (ENQN6)

49 This reminds me I should watch Cecil B DeMille's The Sign of the Cross again.

http://tinyurl.com/4kx2cycu

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (Q0kLU)

50 Is that a Siberian or Bengal Lion?
Posted by: rhennigantx

Detroit….
Posted by: tubal

Since he didn't have to be in Las Vegas...

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (+6bUL)

51 It's like 21 Christians to 3 big cats...Vic, I'm gonna have to go with the Christians on this one. Those cats are hungry, but I just don't think they'll have the stamina to....wait, what's this!?! A late arrival from the pit, yes....it's a third lion, for four big cats in total! This changes everything, Vic...it's gonna be a massacre.

Posted by: Roman Colliseum Commentator at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

52
Overall, meh.

I do like the background here with its muted red-purple tone. The sky is striking, too.

"Where's Maximus?" roared the crowd.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:41 AM (xG4kz)

53 Lions 35 Christians 0

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:41 AM (2yu8s)

54
Also Ash Wednesday today.

Which is more appropriate to the painting.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 14, 2024 09:41 AM (nFnyb)

55 The off the shoulder look on guys - dunno 'bout that.

Posted by: From about that Time at February 14, 2024 09:41 AM (4780s)

56 Next they will have a wall where people can stick their VBS artwork up.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (ENQN6)

Flannelgraphs.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:41 AM (SfhV1)

57 M'aiq is sure this ended peacefully.

Posted by: M'aiq The Liar at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (vLkBj)

58 Jerome K. Jerome > Jean-Léon Gérôme

Posted by: spindrift at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (MqhXY)

59 Beautiful painting, my eyes were drawn from the lion to the standing supplicant and then to the flames beneath the crucified.
Crucified and being set on fire... now that sucks.
The animals are done well (that goes for the crowds in the stadium as well.)
The soon to be martyrs are really well done.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (Ktk7g)

60 A nice scene . . . but they have a tiger waiting in the wings as well as another lion. Did Ancient Rome trade with areas that were likely to contain tigers? It's possible, I guess, that a trader in India could have transported one westward until it got to the eastern border of the Empire. The first appearance of one at a game would have been a sensation.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

61 I guess the Bengal got traded to the Lions on the off-season.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (9UlRk)

62 20 Well there is no dog, but I see a couple cats. Still art?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:34 AM (pohLc)

Still life.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (KpWJP)

63
Next they will have a wall where people can stick their VBS artwork up.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Their Barilla Wing of Macaroni Art is a huge hit with the kiddos!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:43 AM (xG4kz)

64 Find a homo and wash his feet because we're all in this together.
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You will be made to kneel.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:43 AM (MmTZZ)

65 @PaulSkallas
The Romans would stage interspecies battles in the colosseum. Here are the results as recorded by Martial:

A Tiger always killed a lion

Elephant killed a bull

Rhino killed a bull

Rhino killed a bear

Elephant killed a rhino

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 14, 2024 09:44 AM (IG4Id)

66 Fun Fact: The Colosseum had a retractile roof. Can't let the spectators get sunburn while they watch the slaughter.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 09:44 AM (OyyDO)

67 Weird choice for Valentine's Day, but whatevs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

Look into Saint Valentine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2024 09:44 AM (gSZYf)

68 Wow, COIN is up $14+ a share. Must have had some really good news on profits? (Imma Kidding).

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:45 AM (MmTZZ)

69 41 The martyrs are in light.
Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 09:39 AM (OyyDO)

The better for the lion to find them.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:45 AM (KpWJP)

70 "I notice a tragic lack of boobies in this canvas...
Posted by: Brewingfrog "

Check out his other paintings. There are plenty to be seen.

Posted by: Tuna at February 14, 2024 09:45 AM (oaGWv)

71 A nice scene . . . but they have a tiger waiting in the wings as well as another lion. Did Ancient Rome trade with areas that were likely to contain tigers? It's possible, I guess, that a trader in India could have transported one westward until it got to the eastern border of the Empire. The first appearance of one at a game would have been a sensation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)
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Rome had a healthy trade with India by the time of the Empire. I would think the easiest way to transport a tiger that far would be when it is still a cub.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:45 AM (0gvpA)

72 The tracks in the dirt are a nice touch, but I doubt very much that martyrdoms and chariot races were ever on the same bill. The real Roman action was at the old Campus Martius, ah-mee-ree-tay?

FYI I love ancient Rome. he orated, empirically.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024 09:45 AM (zdLoL)

73 Crucifixion wasn't enough? Had to burn 'em too? Talk about overkill.
Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024

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I hadn't noticed that at first glance. Poor staging; the crucified victims would distract the audience from the slaughter of the martyrs by the big cats, or vice versa.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (J2vNu)

74 A Tiger always killed a lion

Elephant killed a bull

Rhino killed a bull

Rhino killed a bear

Elephant killed a rhino
Posted by: weft cut-loop

As civilization progressed and the game was patched for balance, it eventually settled in the paper-rock-scissor format we're all familiar with today.

Posted by: Modern Game Theory Student at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (JCZqz)

75 A nice scene . . . but they have a tiger waiting in the wings as well as another lion. Did Ancient Rome trade with areas that were likely to contain tigers? It's possible, I guess, that a trader in India could have transported one westward until it got to the eastern border of the Empire. The first appearance of one at a game would have been a sensation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)
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I think they went pretty far afield to find exotic animals to be slaughtered in the arena for their entertainment. The more exotic the better.

You don't hear too much about the great penguin massacres in Rome, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (7fElN)

76 The Romans would stage interspecies battles in the colosseum. Here are the results as recorded by Martial:

A Tiger always killed a lion

Elephant killed a bull

Rhino killed a bull

Rhino killed a bear

Elephant killed a rhino
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 14, 2024 09:44 AM (IG4Id)
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The Roman version of scissors-paper-rock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (0gvpA)

77 Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, he didn't go out and look up any turd tamping sodomites to wash.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (pohLc)

78 I was surprised at the crucifictions and burnings but they were indeed done...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (Akjoo)

79 ...and here's a happy little pyre, and another one, and another one...

Posted by: zombie bob ross at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2waQ7)

80 Recommended movie: "The Sign of the Cross" (1932).

Claudette Colbert's titties in a milk bath FTW!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (CnLzB)

81 5 Weird choice for Valentine's Day, but whatevs.
42 Well, so much for Valentine's Day!
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St Valentine was a martyr. From Britannica online:

St. Valentine (died 3rd century, Rome; feast day February 14) is the name of one or two legendary Christian martyrs whose lives seem to have a historical basis. Although the Roman Catholic Church continues to recognize St. Valentine as a saint of the church, he was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 because of the lack of reliable information about him. He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.

By some accounts, St. Valentine was a Roman priest and physician who was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus about 270. He was buried on the Via Flaminia, and Pope Julius I reportedly built a basilica over his grave. Other narratives identify him as the bishop of Terni, Italy, who was martyred, apparently also in Rome, and whose relics were later taken to Terni. It is possible these are different versions of the same original account and refer to only one person.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

82 A nice scene . . . but they have a tiger waiting in the wings as well as another lion. Did Ancient Rome trade with areas that were likely to contain tigers? It's possible, I guess, that a trader in India could have transported one westward until it got to the eastern border of the Empire. The first appearance of one at a game would have been a sensation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

There were actually tigers in Syria in ancient times. But the Romans got critters from everywhere.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (9yWhg)

83 You don't hear too much about the great penguin massacres in Rome, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (7fElN)
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They're like army ants. They'd swarm you.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (0gvpA)

84 60 A nice scene . . . but they have a tiger waiting in the wings as well as another lion. Did Ancient Rome trade with areas that were likely to contain tigers? It's possible, I guess, that a trader in India could have transported one westward until it got to the eastern border of the Empire. The first appearance of one at a game would have been a sensation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

I'm not surprised. The Silk Road was already a thing then and the Chinese and Romans knew about each other.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (OyyDO)

85 Heeeerrrreeeee kitty kitty kitty.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2024 09:48 AM (I9+rJ)

86 The populus knew the empire was in decline when they turned out for the afternoon's bloodbath and were forced to watch Jellyfish vs. Squirrel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 09:48 AM (9UlRk)

87 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 09:48 AM (T4tVD)

88 Well Vin, it's another beautiful day at the coliseum, there's excitement in the air, and wild animals in the arena!

You know it, John! We're expecting quite the spectacle today! The odds very long against the Christians but we can count on an athletic and vigorous performance by the big felines!

Right you are, Vin. The Christians' best strategy is to let the lions get full quick and lose interest in the rest of them. Cats do live a nap after they eat!

Only moments until the action unfolds, John. I just can't wait. Ave Caesar!

Ave Caesar, Vin!

Posted by: Sportscenter Romanus live on SPQR at February 14, 2024 09:49 AM (/IAkV)

89 This reminds me of a moment from a little-known movie about the apostle Paul. (It's available on Netflix or amazon.) There's a scene where Luke is visiting Paul in a Roman jail, and there is a continent of Christians being held before their turn in the Colosseum. They know what is in store for them. They are in a dungeon and there is no one coming to save them. There are children and their parents among them. It's either Paul or Luke who reassures them that "it will only hurt for a moment, and then they'll be in the arms of Christ."

It was one of those depictions that really brings to life what the early Christians went through. The fear. The hope. Sometimes, all they had to hold onto. And in the end, more than sufficient.

Posted by: red speck at February 14, 2024 09:49 AM (0Id0S)

90
Did you notice that whoever was lighting the crucified persons was using a long pole to do so in order to keep his pansy ass up in the stands?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:49 AM (xG4kz)

91 Quo Vadis?

Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:49 AM (88xKn)

92 Such absolute horrific cruelty... Today they merely put infants in the microwave and murder Children one by one as their parents watch...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (Akjoo)

93 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (MmTZZ)

94 78 crucifictions
Posted by: It's me donna at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (Akjoo)

Funny typo!
Also funny hash....

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (KpWJP)

95 As civilization progressed and the game was patched for balance, it eventually settled in the paper-rock-scissor format we're all familiar with today.
Posted by: Modern Game Theory Student

It's ROCHAMBEAU you heathen!
( though Jan Ken Pon is acceptable. )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (IG4Id)

96 Ave Caesar, Vin!
Posted by: Sportscenter Romanus live on SPQR at February 14, 2024 09:49 AM (/IAkV)

Well, thank fuck it isn't Rome-o doing the call today, at least.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (9UlRk)

97 Christian's are still being persecuted today, by Lefty judges and juries.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 14, 2024 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

98 Laaaaaadies and gentlemen let's get ready to ruuuuuuuumble

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (bWsRe)

99 The Roman version of scissors-paper-rock.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:46 AM (0gvpA)

Looks like the elephant always wins, though.

Maybe that's why you walk him and pitch to the rhino.

Posted by: spindrift at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (MqhXY)

100 This reminds me of a moment from a little-known movie about the apostle Paul. (It's available on Netflix or amazon.)

Paul, Apostle of Christ. It's a good movie.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (SfhV1)

101 You don't hear too much about the great penguin massacres in Rome

Seen Untouchables, right?
I expect they'd have been reserved for the Penalty of The Sack.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (zdLoL)

102 He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.

Woo-hoo! Today's my lucky day!
-- Lovelorn epileptic beekeeper

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (9yWhg)

103
I'm not surprised. The Silk Road was already a thing then and the Chinese and Romans knew about each other.
Posted by: Kris

The Romans, for example, knew that they could rely on the Chinese to prepare their eats during the Saturnalia season.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (xG4kz)

104 St. Valentine is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers? When I see the list of people a given saint is tasked with protecting, I sometimes wonder if the committee in charge of such things merely threw a dagger at a wall with various lists, and went with whatever got pierced.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

105 Looks like the elephant always wins, though.
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That's why the amaZulu considered the elephant to be the King of the Beasts.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (0gvpA)

106
Woo-hoo! Today's my lucky day!
-- Lovelorn epileptic beekeeper
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

You lose a lot of product when a fit happens upon you when you're trying to remove a honeycomb, don't you?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

107 81 He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

Bee mine?

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (KpWJP)

108 Looks like the elephant always wins, though.
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That's why the amaZulu considered the elephant to be the King of the Beasts.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (0gvpA)
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Five tons of fun is a compelling argument for victory...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (7fElN)

109 51
Posted by: Roman Colliseum Commentator at February 14, 2024 09:40 AM (JCZqz)
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That would be Hannibal. He was looking after the Colosseum elephants but got promoted after the previous RCC got too close to the lions.

Posted by: Ciampino - Can't criticize the Romans at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (qfLjt)

110 and went with whatever got pierced.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

"Who's the patron Saint of dartboards?"

"They all are. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (9UlRk)

111 Was never much of a cat person, really.

Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (sm6Pk)

112 The Romans, for example, knew that they could rely on the Chinese to prepare their eats during the Saturnalia season.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
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What's this? Vegetables and noodles? No larks or dormice?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (0gvpA)

113 107 81 He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

Bee mine?
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (KpWJP)

Honey, I love you so much that I'm literally shaking.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (KbCG3)

114 Christians, are you ready for what lies ahead? That painting only scratches the surface.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (NxC5+)

115 Aside from the obvious talent, the color and realistic detail (you know, the usual stuff) Gerome has the ability to infuse an emotional element into his scenes. In this case, the juxtaposition of the very detailed and individualistic small group of martyrs, including small, helpless children, with the undistinguished crowds in the stands baying for their blood. Beyond the obvious horror of the scene, the dark, unoccupied temples and ominous sky hints that Rome will lose to this new power and deserves to. The realism adds to the emotional aspect and is a very effective technique.

Having said that, I prefer a number of other Gerome paintings for their more intimate scenes and varied topics. And the man appreciated a woman's figure. Plus some of his sculptures remind me of Rodin pieces. I wonder if Gerome was an influence on the younger Rodin.

Posted by: JTB at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (zudum)

116 Was never much of a cat person, really.
Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (sm6Pk)

Nastassja Kinski, though ...

Posted by: spindrift at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (MqhXY)

117 I sometimes wonder if the committee in charge of such things merely threw a dagger at a wall with various lists, and went with whatever got pierced.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

And the International Brotherhood of Basketweavers and Bartenders makes sense?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (IG4Id)

118 Well Vin, it's another beautiful day at the coliseum, there's excitement in the air, and wild animals in the arena!

You know it, John! We're expecting quite the spectacle today! The odds very long against the Christians but we can count on an athletic and vigorous performance by the big felines!

Right you are, Vin. The Christians' best strategy is to let the lions get full quick and lose interest in the rest of them. Cats do live a nap after they eat!

Only moments until the action unfolds, John. I just can't wait. Ave Caesar!

Ave Caesar, Vin!
Posted by: Sportscenter Romanus live on SPQR at February 14, 2024

***
No doubt televised, as in that famous Trek episode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (J2vNu)

119 "You'll never outrun the lion!"
"I don't have to outrun the lion, I only have to outrun you."

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (KpWJP)

120
Five tons of fun is a compelling argument for victory...

Lizzo has entered the chat

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

121 Too bad the Romans never discovered Monkeys riding Border Collies for entertainment. Things might have turned out differently.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (MmTZZ)

122 114 Christians, are you ready for what lies ahead? That painting only scratches the surface.
Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (NxC5+)

Pretty much. Unlike those Christians, I'm armed to the tits.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:55 AM (pohLc)

123 > He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
__________

DEI has always been here. A most eclectic group, no?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2024 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

124 Jerome K. Jerome > Jean-Léon Gérôme

Three Men In A Boat is a genuinely funny book (its sequel, Three Men On A Bummel is not that great), but Jerome's Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow is an overlooked gem.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (Q0kLU)

125 Fun Fact: The Colosseum had a retractile roof. Can't let the spectators get sunburn while they watch the slaughter.
Posted by: Kris at February 14
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Yeah, I remember the NOVA [probably] about that. A team of Mediterranean sailors was kept on-hand to repair and rig the canvas "dome" that covered the stands but left the arena grounds in sunlight.

Archaeologists were wondering what the heck is this Cretan or Lesbian, or whatever, sailors' campsite doing in the middle of Rome?? Then they figured they were there due to their canvas-handling skills.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (2yu8s)

126 It's Ash Wednesday.

Wikipedia, Context for The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer

Concerning the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, Tacitus wrote:

First, then, the confessed members of the sect were arrested; next, on their disclosures, vast numbers were convicted, not so much on the count of arson as for hatred of the human race. And derision accompanied their end: they were covered with wild beasts' skins and torn to death by dogs; or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed were burned to serve as lamps by night. Nero had offered his Gardens for the spectacle, and gave an exhibition in his Circus, mixing with the crowd in the habit of a charioteer, or mounted on his car. Hence, in spite of a guilt which had earned the most exemplary punishment, there arose a sentiment of pity, due to the impression that they were being sacrificed not for the welfare of the state but to the ferocity of a single man.

— Annals, xv. 44.[3]

Thank you, CBD, for this one in a series of paintings by the artist.

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (GshMh)

127 Didn't the Romans staged sea battles in the Colosseum as well?

Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (88xKn)

128 "Dear Lord, thank you for this food I'm about to receive from thy bounty..."

Posted by: The lion at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (bBWBE)

129 Rome had a healthy trade with India by the time of the Empire. I would think the easiest way to transport a tiger that far would be when it is still a cub.
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Farm team.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (2yu8s)

130 [i"Who's the patron Saint of dartboards?"

**Saint Sebastian has entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 14, 2024 09:57 AM (Q0kLU)

131 Two lions *and* a tiger?

A belt-and-suspenders approach to eliminating the martyrs, I guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 09:57 AM (yjAVs)

132 Five tons of fun is a compelling argument for victory...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Exactly! The only way I could have lost the election is if the Republicans cheated! They're racist!

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (JCZqz)

133 127 Didn't the Romans staged sea battles in the Colosseum as well?
Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (88xKn)

They did, at least once.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (pohLc)

134 Interesting compositional contrast between vertical of the crucified and the giant phalluses.
"Choose this day whom you will serve."

Posted by: red speck at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (0Id0S)

135 Didn't the Romans staged sea battles in the Colosseum as well?
Posted by: dantesed

Yes, I believe so. Naumachia.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

136 Archaeologists were wondering what the heck is this Cretan or Lesbian, or whatever, sailors' campsite doing in the middle of Rome?? Then they figured they were there due to their canvas-handling skills.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (2yu8s)
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WE'RE NOT CRETINS!

Posted by: The Canvas Handlers at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (yjAVs)

137 Didn't the Romans staged sea battles in the Colosseum as well?
Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (88xKn)
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So I understand. But I believe the largest staged sea battle they did was on the nearby Fucine Lakes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (0gvpA)

138 (Akjoo)

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (T4tVD)

139 Pitchers and catchers report today. Can't you just smell the spring air?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (SfhV1)

140 It was in the Colosseum that Beau met his tragic end.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (CsUN+)

141 127 Didn't the Romans staged sea battles in the Colosseum as well?
Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (88xKn)

Once, I think, for the inaugural ceremonies. It was such a hassle tho, they never did it again.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (OyyDO)

142 139 Pitchers and catchers report today.

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In San Francisco?

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (bWsRe)

143
Fun Fact: The Colosseum had a retractile roof. Can't let the spectators get sunburn while they watch the slaughter.
Posted by: Kris

"They had giant caldrons of boiling water into which they'd toss the football-sized blue pills to dissolve and then the solution was pum ... what's that? 'Retractile', you say? I coulda sworn you said 'erectile'.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

144 Pitchers and catchers report today. Can't you just smell the spring air?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 14, 2024 09:58 AM (SfhV1)
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Yes, but it has nothing to do with baseball.

It smells of chocolate and roses and filet mignon and, of course, money.

Posted by: Big Date at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (yjAVs)

145 139 Pitchers and catchers report today

Report what, their HIV status?

Posted by: Truvada for PrEP! at February 14, 2024 10:00 AM (/IAkV)

146 Are you not amused?!
🐧

Posted by: Aptenodytes forsteri at February 14, 2024 10:00 AM (2yu8s)

147 I got spared the lions this morning, I guess. The aftermath of nerves of having to do devotions in front of 60+ women plus morning sickness means I'm staying home and sipping on water. I don't think I can even take 7-up right now....

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrecked at February 14, 2024 10:00 AM (dtlDP)

148 126 or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed were burned to serve as lamps by night
Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (GshMh)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:01 AM (KpWJP)

149 Unfortunately it's true. Beau was eaten by lions, not once, but several times. Biden never really got over it.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 10:01 AM (pohLc)

150 In the novel Claudius the God, by Robert Graves (the sequel to I, Claudius), Claudius' triumph following his conquest of Britain has a walrus in it.

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

151 3 cops shot in DC. Non life threatening thankfully.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (1AAb6)

152 124 ... "Three Men In A Boat is a genuinely funny book (its sequel, Three Men On A Bummel is not that great), but Jerome's Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow is an overlooked gem."

MP4,
Absolutely agree. I had to stop reading Three Men in a Boat in the doctor's waiting room. My laughing (never subtle) was alarming the staff. I have these on a Kindle but they are the type of books I make sure I have in paper form in case the electric gremlins strike.

Posted by: JTB at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (zudum)

153 Emperor Bidenius got 10% of the gate receipts.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (bWsRe)

154 I got eaten by a cougar once.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (9UlRk)

155 AKJoo?
What was that novel about Jews being given (banished to) Alaska?

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (NxC5+)

156
In the novel Claudius the God, by Robert Graves (the sequel to I, Claudius), Claudius' triumph following his conquest of Britain has a walrus in it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Coo coo ka joob

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (xG4kz)

157 126 or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed were burned to serve as lamps by night
Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (GshMh)

Yikes.
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:01 AM (KpWJP)
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Human cruelty has no limits.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 14, 2024 10:03 AM (7fElN)

158 In fact, Biden carries around a small gold box with a lion turd in it. The last remains of Beau.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 10:03 AM (pohLc)

159 154 I got eaten by a cougar once.
Posted by: Hunter Biden

Once? Not yellow?

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:03 AM (GshMh)

160 Boy did I ever pick the wrong day to start the beekeeping lessons.

Posted by: Guy Kneeling Behind Valentine at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (vLkBj)

161 VD On The Rise In Europe
teaser image

...gonorrhoea is a particular cause for concern due to signs of increasing resistance to the antibiotics azithromycin and ciprofloxacin...

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (RHGPo)

162 I thought Beau died at Carthage.

Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (88xKn)

163 151 3 cops shot in DC. Non life threatening thankfully.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (1AAb6)

My give a fuck meter is pegged at zero for them. These are the “heroes” of J6 after all. And all Democrat voters. So whatevs. I’m done caring about the well being of people who want me dead.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (bWsRe)

164 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

LOL. Whoops.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (OyyDO)

165 Need to re-read Fox’s Book Of Martyrs.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (NxC5+)

166 113 107 81 He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

Bee mine?
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 09:52 AM (KpWJP)

Honey, I love you so much that I'm literally shaking.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 09:53 AM (KbCG3)
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The love waxes and wanes .....

Posted by: Ciampino - Can't criticize the Romans? at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (qfLjt)

167 162 I thought Beau died at Carthage.

Yeah, he did.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (pohLc)

168 I thought Beau died at Carthage.
Posted by: dantesed at February 14, 2024 10:04 AM (88xKn)
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Lake Trasimene. Killed 31 Carthaginians and Gauls while being encircled.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (0gvpA)

169 Three Men in a Boat (Gutenberg)

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (KpWJP)

170 121 Too bad the Romans never discovered Monkeys riding Border Collies for entertainment. Things might have turned out differently.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (MmTZZ)

My absolute favorite part of seeing our local minor league baseball team! 3rd & 6th innings.
Plus the Go Pro view on the Jumbotron.

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 14, 2024 10:06 AM (CtJ/Z)

171
"Beau's Died Everywhere, Man"

Johnny Cash's marvelous rendition of this woulda, shoulda, coulda been hit has been lost to time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 10:06 AM (xG4kz)

172 A Tiger always killed a lion
Elephant killed a bull
Rhino killed a bull
Rhino killed a bear
Elephant killed a rhino
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It's a little-known fact that the Hippodrome was named after the hippopotamus races held there.

Posted by: cliff clavin, usps (ret.) at February 14, 2024 10:07 AM (2yu8s)

173 I think I see Tay Tay in the Emperor's Box.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2024 10:07 AM (JF/W5)

174 Too bad the Romans never discovered Monkeys riding Border Collies for entertainment. Things might have turned out differently.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 09:54 AM (MmTZZ)
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I've never seen that LOL.

The closest I think I've seen is mutton busting.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:08 AM (yjAVs)

175 With Europe's open borders and 'green globalism' resulting in a massive wave of populism, Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools (see: Justin Trudeau).

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:08 AM (RHGPo)

176 "I think I see Tay Tay in the Emperor's Box.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy "

Chugging her wine.

Posted by: Tuna at February 14, 2024 10:08 AM (oaGWv)

177 Looks like the elephant always wins, though.
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That's why the amaZulu considered the elephant to be the King of the Beasts.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea,

They're huge, and they can be aggressive, violent assholes. There are tons of videos on YouTube of elephants just fighting and killing other animals for the hell of it....and you can see just how huge and powerful they are. And if it's a big male during musth....look out

http://tinyurl.com/43fj55cb
http://tinyurl.com/3jpbpcsh

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (JCZqz)

178 Plus the Go Pro view on the Jumbotron.

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 14, 2024 10:06 AM (CtJ/Z)

Your ml team has a jumbotron? Triple A?

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (AwYPR)

179 I thought Beau died at Carthage.
Posted by: dantesed

I thought Vic saw him at the Battle of Thermopylae?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (+6bUL)

180 175 With Europe's open borders and 'green globalism' resulting in a massive wave of populism, Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools (see: Justin Trudeau).
Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:08 AM (RHGPo)

Oddly enough no mention of tracking Hamas money flowing through Germany.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (bWsRe)

181 Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools

I can see no way this will go wrong in Germany. Best to up the fire insurance on the Reichstag.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (CsUN+)

182 With Europe's open borders and 'green globalism' resulting in a massive wave of populism, Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools (see: Justin Trudeau).
Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:08 AM (RHGPo)
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You Shall Be Tracked.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:10 AM (yjAVs)

183 Beau has been killed more times and in more places than Kenny.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 14, 2024 10:10 AM (pohLc)

184 171 "Beau's Died Everywhere, Man"

Johnny Cash's marvelous rendition of this woulda, shoulda, coulda been hit has been lost to time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 10:06 AM (xG4kz)

We could have a national commemoration! A federal holiday! But, oh, what day....

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:10 AM (KpWJP)

185 That was when the Lions could actually win.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 14, 2024 10:10 AM (lf83v)

186 The closest I think I've seen is mutton busting.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

No donkey basketball?

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

187 We could have a national commemoration! A federal holiday! But, oh, what day....
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:10 AM (KpWJP)
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January 6!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:11 AM (0gvpA)

188 The winner of today's match will go on to play the winner of the Zoroastrians vs. Wild Dogs match in the semifinals.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:11 AM (9UlRk)

189 They're huge, and they can be aggressive, violent assholes. There are tons of videos on YouTube of elephants just fighting and killing other animals for the hell of it....and you can see just how huge and powerful they are. And if it's a big male during musth....look out

http://tinyurl.com/43fj55cb
http://tinyurl.com/3jpbpcsh
Posted by: Moron Analyst

That's why I never understood why the lion is "the king of beasts".

Not when a elephant can walk by, reach out, & turn the lion into a greasy spot.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 10:11 AM (+6bUL)

190 Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools
__________

But nothing about the illegal immigrants flooding the country.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 14, 2024 10:11 AM (lf83v)

191 Three Men In A Boat is a genuinely funny book (its sequel, Three Men On A Bummel is not that great), but Jerome's Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow is an overlooked gem.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 14, 2024 09:56 AM (Q0kLU)

Yeah, Three Men In A Boat is laugh-out-loud funny. I will have to check out Idle Thoughts, I don't think I've read that.

Posted by: spindrift at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (MqhXY)

192 Beau died on December 7, 2001 when Germans bombed the World Trade Center.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (bWsRe)

193 I can see no way this will go wrong in Germany. Best to up the fire insurance on the Reichstag.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (CsUN+)
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No point. Germany is finished. They're in demographic collapse, the tyrants running the joint are banning dissent and opposition parties, the declining native population is being enthusiastically replaced, its energy complex is degrading in real time and its industrial firms are all hedging their bets through massive foreign expansion so they can bug out when the time comes.

The best thing for its neighbors to do is take away any atomic weapons based in Germany. It's only a matter of time - and not very much of it - before they fall into the "wrong hands."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (yjAVs)

194 That's why I never understood why the lion is "the king of beasts".

Not when a elephant can walk by, reach out, & turn the lion into a greasy spot.
Posted by: rickb223

Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

195 147. I don't think I can even take 7-up right now....
Posted by: pookysgirl

Have you tried ginger-ale, ginger tea, saltines?

Healthline, Feb 24, 2020: "As such, drinking ginger tea may help relieve morning sickness during pregnancy. It's generally considered safe to drink up to 4 cups (950 ml) of ginger tea per day while pregnant. However, ginger tea should not be consumed close to labor, as it may increase the risk of bleeding."

And, Healthline, June 29, 2020 - Any kind of crackers will do, such as Triscuts, Saltines, whole grain, whole wheat, or flax crackers. Saltines are great for nausea, but they won't keep you feeling full for long. Cheese is a great source of calcium, phosphorus, and zinc, and its high protein and fat content will help keep you satiated between meals.

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (GshMh)

196 I thought Beau died at Carthage.
Posted by: dantesed

I thought Vic saw him at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 10:09 AM (+6bUL)

I tossed that bastards dead body out of Heaven personally after the war.

Posted by: Saint Michael at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (89Sog)

197
The Lions' and Tiger's Prayer Said During The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer REVEALED!

Dear Lord,

Please in Your Infinite Kindness enlighten our Roman Masters' Hearts and Souls and please have them send us no more Christian martyrs for we are powerful tired of stringy old men and women and even the children which should be nice and succulent and juicy are scrawny and undernourished. I mean, it would be one thing if the fed them honeyed larks tongues and fried dolphin sammiches for a few weeks to fatten them up. But, Lord, they do not!

It's been Christian martyrs day in, day out for years. Really, this is just too much, too big a sacrifice.

Please in Your Mercy send us some cattle or even, nice fat pigs and piglets. Yum-yum. Lord, I'm drooling just thinking about it. Or-

Or a zebu. I could eat a zebu! Heck, I eat the hell out of a zebu!!!

This we ask in Your name because really look over there. That guy's got leprosy!

Amen."

Posted by: naturalfake at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (nFnyb)

198 175 With Europe's open borders and 'green globalism' resulting in a massive wave of populism, Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools (see: Justin Trudeau).
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Yep. Its getting ugly in Germany these days. Hopefully, there will be rivers of blood. That's the only way things get better. Our Global Elites mandate their execution.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (6PUpl)

199 200

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (KpWJP)

200 VD On The Rise In Europe
teaser image [andy: ironically enough]

... gonorrhea is a particular cause for concern due to signs of increasing resistance to the antibiotics azithromycin and ciprofloxacin...
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||Rates of syphilis during pregnancy have risen a whopping 2,345 percent in Ontario in just four years, according to recently released government data.

Cases of congenital syphilis—where the disease is passed to a baby during pregnancy or at birth—have increased substantially across Canada, rising 599 percent between 2018 and 2022, the last year for which figures are available.||

Unrelated to drugs and uncontrolled immigration, I'm sure.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (2yu8s)

201 The Israeli military released a video that purportedly shows the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar inside a tunnel below the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, with his wife, children and his brother Ibrahim Sinwar.

Unveiling the video at his daily press conference, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said the footage had been captured on a Hamas CCTV camera on October 10 and obtained by the IDF in recent days.

Sinwar has been described as Israel’s most-wanted man in Gaza. The Israeli military has declared him a “dead man walking,” nicknaming him in one profile as “the Butcher from Khan Younis” for his alleged role in planning the October 7 attack.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (RHGPo)

202 200!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (KpWJP)

203 Nicely done
Roman's were cruel bastards

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2024 10:14 AM (fwDg9)

204 Detroit Lions vs Detroit Tigers...for king of the city.

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:14 AM (AwYPR)

205 ... Cases of congenital syphilis—where the disease is passed to a baby during pregnancy or at birth—have increased substantially across Canada, rising 599 percent between 2018 and 2022, the last year for which figures are available.||

Unrelated to drugs and uncontrolled immigration, I'm sure.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (2yu8s)
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It's a damn mystery, ain't it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:14 AM (yjAVs)

206 Detroit Lions vs Detroit Tigers...for king of the city.
Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:14 AM (AwYPR)

And somehow the Red Wings will still find a way to lose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:15 AM (9UlRk)

207 I thought Beau died at Carthage.
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He died years later of cancer caused by being a salted there. It hurt a Lot.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:15 AM (2yu8s)

208 Okay.
Minitron.

Either way, the sheep don't stand a chance.

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 14, 2024 10:15 AM (CtJ/Z)

209 ||Rates of syphilis during pregnancy have risen a whopping 2,345 percent in Ontario in just four years, according to recently released government data.

Cases of congenital syphilis—where the disease is passed to a baby during pregnancy or at birth—have increased substantially across Canada, rising 599 percent between 2018 and 2022, the last year for which figures are available.||

Unrelated to drugs and uncontrolled immigration, I'm sure.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (2yu8s)
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What are the actual raw numbers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:15 AM (0gvpA)

210 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.

The lions are pack (pride) hunters, as opposed to tigers, which are solitary. This gives them a big leg up.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:16 AM (CsUN+)

211 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.

The lions are pack (pride) hunters, as opposed to tigers, which are solitary. This gives them a big leg up.

But yeah, tigers are cooler.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:16 AM (CsUN+)

212 "And, Healthline, June 29, 2020 - Any kind of crackers will do, such as Triscuts, Saltines, whole grain, whole wheat, or flax crackers. Saltines are great for nausea, but they won't keep you feeling full for long. Cheese is a great source of calcium, phosphorus, and zinc, and its high protein and fat content will help keep you satiated between meals."

Saltines and 7up were my go-tos when I had morning sickness.

Posted by: Tuna at February 14, 2024 10:16 AM (oaGWv)

213 What are the actual raw numbers?
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Who is gonna count that many genital warts?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 10:16 AM (6PUpl)

214 169 Three Men in a Boat (Gutenberg)

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:05 AM (KpWJP)

I started laughing out loud while reading the fifth paragraph.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:17 AM (KpWJP)

215 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.

The lions are pack (pride) hunters, as opposed to tigers, which are solitary. This gives them a big leg up.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:16 AM (CsUN+)
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See "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger," short story by Saki.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:17 AM (0gvpA)

216 211 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.
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But, Honolulu Blue and Silver. Can't beat that.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 10:17 AM (6PUpl)

217 NY-3 election to replace Santos. Dem wins by 7.
Le sigh.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (bWsRe)

218 When "The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer" was delivered in 1883, Jean-Léon Gérôme wrote an accompanying letter to W. T. Walters, the man who commissioned in 1863 the work.

It contains gems like this, "As they were religious enthusiasts, to die was a joy, and they cared little tor the animals, their only thought being to remain firm to the last. And rarely indeed was there found a case of apostasy."

Those 19th century French painters...my oh my.

http://tinyurl.com/kksemmdf

Posted by: lost in space at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (0hx4U)

219 I see from the sidebar that Tucker Carlson has decided to become nothing more than an irrelevant crank. I did watch watch the Putin interview and will not. I don't think we have any actual national interest at stake in Ukraine nor and moral or political duty to defend it from the Russians. But anyone who thought that an interview with Putin would be anything but a propaganda-fest is not particularly bright or honest. Dumb move. Israel has every right and an actual responsibilty to absolutely destroy Hamas. Again, no particular affinity for Israel, but if there ever was just cause for total war, then 10/7 was it. Carlson has spun rapidly into pathetic obscurity.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (OtoNj)

220 A researcher has sent one of Apple's AirTags to a mysterious "federal authority" in Germany to locate its true offices — and to help prove that it's really part of an intelligence agency.

Initially she wrote how she "accidentally stumbled upon a federal authority that does not exist."

Wittmann worked to track down the mysterious Bundesservice Telekommunikation, or Federal Telecommunications Service.

She establishes multiple reasons to believe it is part of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), and ultimately concludes that there are actually two "camouflage" authorities. Both are allegedly a secret part of an intelligence agency named the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

221 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

Cheetahs are the coolest, though.

Posted by: Chester Cheetah, in a loose mood at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (MqhXY)

222 Did NOT watch Putin agit-prop fest.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:19 AM (OtoNj)

223 She Must Be High: Rep. Barbara Lee Wants the Minimum Wage HOW HIGH?

$50 / hour. Sure, why not?

http://tinyurl.com/ycny62uv

Posted by: Archimedes at February 14, 2024 10:19 AM (CsUN+)

224 Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Memphis Tigers, Missouri Tigers, LSU Tigers, Princeton Tigers...

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:20 AM (AwYPR)

225 Yeah, never got the lion thing. Tigers are way cooler.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

Cheetahs are the coolest, though.
Posted by: Chester Cheetah, in a loose mood at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (MqhXY)
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No love for jagulars?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:20 AM (0gvpA)

226 189 They're huge, and they can be aggressive, violent assholes. There are tons of videos on YouTube of elephants just fighting and killing other animals for the hell of it....and you can see just how huge and powerful they are. And if it's a big male during musth....look out

http://tinyurl.com/43fj55cb
http://tinyurl.com/3jpbpcsh
Posted by: Moron Analyst

That's why I never understood why the lion is "the king of beasts".

Not when a elephant can walk by, reach out, & turn the lion into a greasy spot.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 10:11 AM (+6bUL)

In the wild, elephants are the king of beasts.

In politics, elephants are nothing more than the other side of the glory hole for anyone with $5.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 10:20 AM (KbCG3)

227 "Three Men In A Boat is a genuinely funny book (its sequel, Three Men On A Bummel is not that great), but Jerome's Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow is an overlooked gem."

MP4,
Absolutely agree. I had to stop reading Three Men in a Boat in the doctor's waiting room. My laughing (never subtle) was alarming the staff. I have these on a Kindle but they are the type of books I make sure I have in paper form in case the electric gremlins strike.
Posted by: JTB
______

One of my favorite lines:

"...they cursed us--not with a common cursory curse, but with long, carefully-thought-out, comprehensive curses, that embraced the whole of our career, and went away into the distant future, and included all of our relations, and covered everything connected with us--good, substantial curses."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 14, 2024 10:20 AM (Dm8we)

228 Cheetahs are the coolest, though.
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Jag E Wires!

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 10:21 AM (6PUpl)

229 In The Jungle Book stories, it was Hathi the elephant who ruled the jungle. Even Shere Khan didn't mess with him.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:21 AM (9yWhg)

230 219 I see from the sidebar that Tucker Carlson has decided to become nothing more than an irrelevant crank. I did watch watch the Putin interview and will not. I don't think we have any actual national interest at stake in Ukraine nor and moral or political duty to defend it from the Russians. But anyone who thought that an interview with Putin would be anything but a propaganda-fest is not particularly bright or honest. Dumb move. Israel has every right and an actual responsibilty to absolutely destroy Hamas. Again, no particular affinity for Israel, but if there ever was just cause for total war, then 10/7 was it. Carlson has spun rapidly into pathetic obscurity.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (OtoNj)

Some commenters who watched the video said, earlier this morning, that Tucker did NOT say what he's characterized as saying in the sidebar.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:21 AM (KpWJP)

231 Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (GshMh)

I've been doing the crackers thing, but ginger ale has a weird aftertaste for me. I hadn't thrown up until this morning, when the nerves and accompanying lack of sleep caught up to me.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs rest at February 14, 2024 10:22 AM (dtlDP)

232 No love for jagulars?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:20 AM (0gvpA)

Always go for the jagular.

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:22 AM (AwYPR)

233 A researcher has sent one of Apple's AirTags to a mysterious "federal authority" in Germany to locate its true offices — and to help prove that it's really part of an intelligence agency.

The number of these cut outs for intelligence agencies is likely massive. And...they aren't really targeting external groups they are their to spy on the domestic population.

We "won" the Cold War but then our elites basically adopted the ideology and methodology of our "defeated" enemies.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:22 AM (ibTVg)

234 In truth, the US IC asked the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance to surveil Trump’s associates and share the intelligence they acquired with US agencies, say sources close to a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HSPCI) investigation. The Five Eyes nations are the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

After Public and Racket had been told that President Barack Obama’s CIA Director, John Brennan, had identified 26 Trump associates for the Five Eyes to target, a source confirmed that the IC had “identified [them] as people to ‘bump,’ or make contact with or manipulate. They were targets of our own IC and law enforcement — targets for collection and misinformation.”

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:22 AM (RHGPo)

235 219 I see from the sidebar that Tucker Carlson has decided to become nothing more than an irrelevant crank. I did watch watch the Putin interview and will not. I don't think we have any actual national interest at stake in Ukraine nor and moral or political duty to defend it from the Russians. But anyone who thought that an interview with Putin would be anything but a propaganda-fest is not particularly bright or honest. Dumb move. Israel has every right and an actual responsibilty to absolutely destroy Hamas. Again, no particular affinity for Israel, but if there ever was just cause for total war, then 10/7 was it. Carlson has spun rapidly into pathetic obscurity.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:18 AM (OtoNj)

____

Ahh yes the fine conservative tradition of throwing anyone you disagree with under the bus. Tucker doesn't believe 100% of what I believe, therefore he's dead to me.

This is why the left always wins the long battles. They'll happily take a 55-45 situation. We whine at a 90-10 situation. Because they understand you will never bet 100-0, but winning a lot of 55-45 battles eventually leads to big wins.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:23 AM (bWsRe)

236 No love for jagulars?
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Trust me, you don't want that love.

Posted by: Epstein at February 14, 2024 10:23 AM (IG4Id)

237 >> see from the sidebar that Tucker Carlson has decided to become nothing more than an irrelevant crank. I did watch watch the Putin interview and will not.

Nonsense. The interview with Putin was an excellent opportunity to hear the perspective of why the war in Ukraine started from the other side. Putin is no less honest than the bullshit that has been coming from DC since day 1 of the invasion. The war started long before that.

You don't have to agree with everything Putin says nor do you have to agree with all of Tucker's opinions but more information is always better than less and the American public has been fed a diet of steady lies from DC about Ukraine and until this interview we heard nothing from Russian's point of view. Ukraine is a corrupt dump that was at the heart of the Russia collusion hoax. There's a reason the establishment is hell bent on bankrupting the US to keep this war going.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:23 AM (LkLld)

238 173 I think I see Tay Tay in the Emperor's Box.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

And I'm gonna be in her box later tonight, IYKWIM.

Posted by: The Emperor at February 14, 2024 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

239 What a bitch. $50 an hour? Only $50 an hour?

Why so stingy? Is she in thrall to her corporate MAGA paymasters or something?

You can't live on $50 an hour. Make it $1,000. A minute.

Anything less is literally Hitler.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:25 AM (9UlRk)

240 199 200
Posted by: m

202 200!
Posted by: m

"Just shoot up in here amongst us. One of us has got to have some relief!"

Posted by: 200 at February 14, 2024 10:26 AM (sNc8Y)

241 "I've been doing the crackers thing, but ginger ale has a weird aftertaste for me. I hadn't thrown up until this morning, when the nerves and accompanying lack of sleep caught up to me.
Posted by: pookysgirl "

We fellow moms feel your pain.. Hope you feel better as the day goes on.

Posted by: Tuna at February 14, 2024 10:26 AM (oaGWv)

242 It's the Democrat Holy Trinity.

The Joe, The Hunter, and The Holy Beau.

Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 10:27 AM (sm6Pk)

243 You don't have to agree with everything Putin says nor do you have to agree with all of Tucker's opinions but more information is always better than less and the American public has been fed a diet of steady lies from DC about Ukraine and until this interview we heard nothing from Russian's point of view. Ukraine is a corrupt dump that was at the heart of the Russia collusion hoax. There's a reason the establishment is hell bent on bankrupting the US to keep this war going.

As another part of this in every other conflict in recent memory from the Cold War to 'Stan to Gaza the FNM tells us endlessly we need to listen to what the other side is saying. In Ukraine though? Nope, listening to Vlad or the Russians is treason or something.

And keep in mind these same people ran what they KNEW was propaganda for Saddam Hussein. Saddam was about the worst despot the world has seen since Pol Pot.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:27 AM (ibTVg)

244 In the wild, elephants are the king of beasts.

In politics, elephants are nothing more than the other side of the glory hole for anyone with $5.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Watched a vid on Facebook where a crocodile grabbed a baby elephant's trunk. Mama elephant stomped the literal shit out of it.

When she was done, all the other mamas in that herd stomped it's ass.

Ruined a good pair of boots. There wasn't much left of the croc.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024 10:28 AM (+6bUL)

245 After Public and Racket had been told that President Barack Obama’s CIA Director, John Brennan, had identified 26 Trump associates for the Five Eyes to target...

I think I saw Public and Racket open for Twisted Sister in '83. Think it was at The Truman in Kansas City.

Posted by: Moron at February 14, 2024 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

246 212. Saltines and 7up were my go-tos when I had morning sickness.
Posted by: Tuna

Me, too, kid #1. But then couldn't drink coffee, have a red sauce (marinara) on anything, eat tomatoes - all favorites - after morning sickness passed & up to the very end. So odd.

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:28 AM (GshMh)

247 151 3 cops shot in DC. Non life threatening thankfully.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 14, 2024 10:02 AM (1AAb6)

Oh no. Anyways...

Posted by: DC cops? Zero fucks given at February 14, 2024 10:28 AM (/IAkV)

248 When asked what they thought about Biden, the voters didn't hold back in their blunt assessments.

"He’s a little bit senile, and I do think if you can’t do the job, it’s time to step down," Natalie, 22, remarked.

"I think he’s unfit for the presidency. A president should be the commander in chief. And he does not appear to be a capable commander in chief," Richard, 36, said.

North Carolina counselor Kim, 43, called Biden a "puppet."

Despite these reservations, 11 of the 13 voters said they'd vote for Trump over Biden if the election were held today.

"Donald Trump did a better job. Joe Biden, I mean, I feel like I don’t have a president," Yalena said. She credited the former president with "starting a conversation" on immigration.

"Sure, it was divisive, and sure, it really wasn’t the most productive, but it really highlighted problems and the divisiveness that was already hidden inside of our country," she continued.

Some voters in the focus group weren't convinced there was anything Biden could do to win their vote.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

249 Hey, at least the Romans didn't keep them from making movies. That would have been a humanitarian tragedy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9UlRk)

250 What did Tucker say?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

251 And another line from Three Men in a Boat:

"It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaky my heart."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (Dm8we)

252 There are only three ends to the Gaza/Israel conflict

1) The Muslims kill all the Jews in Israel

2) The Jews kill at the Muslims in Israel

3) The Muslims are removed from Israel

So there is no point to a ceasefire. Of course I suspect Bibi doesn't have the guts for #3 and he certainly isn't allow #1 or #2

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:30 AM (ibTVg)

253 192 Beau died on December 7, 2001 when Germans bombed the World Trade Center.

Posted by: Montec at February 14, 2024 10:12 AM (bWsRe)
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Was it bombed? I thought it was sunk by a U-Boat's torpedoes ......

Posted by: Ciampino - Crash dive and all that at February 14, 2024 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

254 "Me, too, kid #1. But then couldn't drink coffee, have a red sauce (marinara) on anything, eat tomatoes - all favorites - after morning sickness passed & up to the very end. So odd."

Oranges any any kind of tea for me.

Posted by: Tuna at February 14, 2024 10:30 AM (oaGWv)

255 Posted by: Paul banned

You can always trust numbers from this fucking retard. His hilarious lowball estimate of invading shitbirds went from 2 million to 3 million in a single week.

Posted by: spindrift at February 14, 2024 10:30 AM (MqhXY)

256 They're huge, and they can be aggressive, violent assholes.

And right back to DC cops again.

Posted by: Seriously let's find another subject at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (/IAkV)

257 Nonesense right back at you. I don't need Vlad to tell me what is already perfectly obvious. The relevant "other side" is an American one, opposed to the continuance and participation in another fucking military fiasco that gets a lot of people killed, a handful very rich, and the US further in debt to no benefit to Americans.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (OtoNj)

258 A child custody exchange in Colorado turned deadly on Sunday when the father of a 4-year-old was fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé, authorities said. According to a news release from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffrey Church, 26, of Colorado Springs, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (RHGPo)

259 Ligers are the coolest.

And they have mad ninja skills.

Posted by: Napoleon Dynamite at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (lf83v)

260 The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer

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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOT A PRAYER.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (FVME7)

261 That Walmart parking lot shooting? I had to go to X to find a picture of the bitch that shot the granddad. Black of course.

http://tinyurl.com/mrzye685

I thought handguns were banned in KKKalifornia?

Posted by: Ciampino - Bet she wasn't insured at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (qfLjt)

262 If they knew what they were giving Christians they'd stop killing us.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (ytSiK)

263 2) The Jews kill at the Muslims in Israel

Actually, a lot of Muslim Arabs who are Israeli citizens have been helping the Israelis fight HamAss. It's the Gazans who must be eliminated, not all of the Muslims in Israel.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (9yWhg)

264 251 What did Tucker say?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

"I like big butts and I cannot lie, you other brothas can't deny, when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get sprung..."

Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (sm6Pk)

265 What are the actual raw numbers?
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Yes, I was wondering too. For Canada 'just' 117 [31.7 per 100,000 live births -- but the article said there are stillbirths that result too so I don't know if they're included in that figure]; so not alot but still up 599% from 2018.

"Dr. Ari Bitnun, an infectious disease physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, told The Toronto Star that congenital syphilis was all but unheard of before 2018 with doctors rarely seeing an actual case."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (2yu8s)

266 Tucker has replaced boob talk?

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (GshMh)

267
199 200
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (KpWJP)

202 200!
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:13 AM (KpWJP)

Never gets old.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (IXZGh)

268 262 That Walmart parking lot shooting? I had to go to X to find a picture of the bitch that shot the granddad. Black of course.

http://tinyurl.com/mrzye685

I thought handguns were banned in KKKalifornia?
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Was this Oakland or LA?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (6PUpl)

269 What did Tucker say?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

America needs to call for a cease fire in Israel/Gaza.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (IXZGh)

270 "Okay, first off: a lion, swimming in the ocean. Lions don't like water. If you placed it near a river or some sort of fresh water source, that make sense."

"But you find yourself in the ocean, 20 foot wave, I'm assuming off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full grown 800 pound tuna with his 20 or 30 friends, you lose that battle, you lose that battle nine times out of ten."

Posted by: The Other Guys at February 14, 2024 10:34 AM (lf83v)

271 #266 Infectious syphilis up too:
Infectious syphilis is also becoming more common, according to Health Canada. There were 13,953 cases in Canada in 2022, with a rate of 36.1 per 100,000 population.

The 2022 national rate of infectious syphilis was 11 percent higher than in 2021 and 109 percent higher than in 2018. [...]

Once in decline in much of North America, cases of syphilis are now soaring in the United States as well. Data released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed there were more than 207,000 diagnosed syphilis cases in 2022, the highest number on record since the 1950s.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:34 AM (2yu8s)

272 259 A child custody exchange in Colorado turned deadly on Sunday when the father of a 4-year-old was fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé, authorities said. According to a news release from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffrey Church, 26, of Colorado Springs, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:31 AM (RHGPo)
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Rather extreme way to resolve a child custody dispute.

Posted by: Ciampino - Macho Macho Man at February 14, 2024 10:34 AM (qfLjt)

273 Nonesense right back at you. I don't need Vlad to tell me what is already perfectly obvious. The relevant "other side" is an American one, opposed to the continuance and participation in another fucking military fiasco that gets a lot of people killed, a handful very rich, and the US further in debt to no benefit to Americans.
Posted by: Erik In Texas

Agreed, but how is interviewing Putin inconsistent with that?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:34 AM (9yWhg)

274 @253

>>So there is no point to a ceasefire. Of course I suspect Bibi doesn't have the guts for #3 and he certainly isn't allow #1 or #2

Yes, but removing ALL MUSLIMS from Israel is the only way Israel will ever know peace.

Anything less is simply jerking off and will simply lead back to the status quo that has obtained for the last 75 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (rc3Z7)

275 What did Tucker say?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

A bunch of racist, anti-American, Putin-loving, traitorous garbage. No, don't go watch it yourself...that makes you literally Hitler. We watched and processed it for you. You're welcome.

Posted by: MSM at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (JCZqz)

276 240 199 200
Posted by: m

202 200!
Posted by: m

"Just shoot up in here amongst us. One of us has got to have some relief!"
Posted by: 200 at February 14, 2024 10:26 AM (sNc8Y)

Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (KpWJP)

277 Beau's died everywhere, man
Beau's died everywhere, man
Heat stroke in the deserts bare, man
Hypoxia in the mountain air, man
Cause of death he's a-had his share, man
Beau's died everywhere

Posted by: Anywhere, anytime, anyhow! at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (/IAkV)

278 What did Tucker say?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

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See the sidebar on the home page.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (ckWwx)

279
Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (KpWJP)

I believe the style guide says "PEW PEW" is the proper gun sounder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (IXZGh)

280 Once in decline in much of North America, cases of syphilis are now soaring in the United States as well.

When Fauci was asked why he wasn't clot shotting the illegals streaming across the border he said that was because they had rights and Americans did not.

Now the clot shot isn't a vaccine, but that applies to actual vaccines as well.

As much as the FNM wants to pretend Johnny Red State isn't getting a standard childhood vaccine for his kid, its our new Guatemalan "friends" that Biden is shuttling all over the country

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (ibTVg)

281 Happy first day of Lent painting selection. . .?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (RXyKO)

282 A child custody exchange in Colorado turned deadly on Sunday when the father of a 4-year-old was fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé, authorities said.
_________

Yes. It was tragic. He was crazy.

Now, give up YOUR gun to make us safe.

Posted by: The Authorities at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (lf83v)

283 253 There are only three ends to the Gaza/Israel conflict

The Biden Administration is purely showing it's "whiteness"

According to the NATIONAL MUSEUM of AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE "Aspects & Assumptions of WHITENESS & White Culture in the United States:

Must always "do something" about a situation

... is a sign of whiteness

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

284 >>As another part of this in every other conflict in recent memory from the Cold War to 'Stan to Gaza the FNM tells us endlessly we need to listen to what the other side is saying. In Ukraine though? Nope, listening to Vlad or the Russians is treason or something.

Do you remember who was the first victim in the Russia collusion bullshit? Paul Manafort. Do you remember where the crap information came from that was used to take him out? Ukraine.

When Trump started asking questions about Ukraine corruption that's when the impeachment happened.

When you take on the intel community they have 6 ways from Sunday of getting back at you.

- Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (LkLld)

285 Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (KpWJP)

I believe the style guide says "PEW PEW" is the proper gun sounder.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (IXZGh)
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He's clearly using a larger caliber.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (0gvpA)

286 yeah ok that painting is nice but it kinda just pisses me off...

Posted by: CZ - FNG, Free Republic of Florida at February 14, 2024 10:37 AM (MkuC5)

287 Rather extreme way to resolve a child custody dispute.

Depending on the circumstances, deadly force to prevent a kidnapping might well be justified.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2024 10:37 AM (sNc8Y)

288 >>As much as the FNM wants to pretend Johnny Red State isn't getting a standard childhood vaccine for his kid, its our new Guatemalan "friends" that Biden is shuttling all over the country

Measles outbreak in 9 states (dare we describe it as "unexpected?") and something called "Alaskapox."

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:37 AM (RXyKO)

289 A child custody exchange in Colorado turned deadly on Sunday when the father of a 4-year-old was fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé, authorities said.

Shoot the kid. No more custody issues.

Posted by: Tongue firmly in cheek at February 14, 2024 10:37 AM (/IAkV)

290 "Donald Trump did a better job. Joe Biden, I mean, I feel like I don’t have a president," Yalena said. She credited the former president with "starting a conversation" on immigration.

"Sure, it was divisive, and sure, it really wasn’t the most productive, but it really highlighted problems and the divisiveness that was already hidden inside of our country," she continued.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

Trump says, "This is a problem that needs to be solved."

DC melts down in response.

"Boy, that Trump sure is a master of chaos, eh?"

F'ing people...

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 10:38 AM (KbCG3)

291 "Pew-Pew' = 9mm

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (AwYPR)

292 >>Measles outbreak in 9 states (dare we describe it as "unexpected?") and something called "Alaskapox."

Cover your pipelines, people.

Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (zOR5N)

293 Trump says, "This is a problem that needs to be solved."

DC melts down in response.

"Boy, that Trump sure is a master of chaos, eh?"

F'ing people...
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 10:38 AM (KbCG3)
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Sigh. You're not supposed to notice the obvious, prole.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (yjAVs)

294 289 Shoot the kid. No more custody issues.
Posted by: Tongue firmly in cheek at February 14, 2024 10:37 AM (/IAkV)

It may be the only way to keep his mom from trooning him.

Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (sm6Pk)

295 Cover your pipelines, people.
Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (zOR5N)
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Some kind of euphemism?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (0gvpA)

296 Measles outbreak in 9 states (dare we describe it as "unexpected?") and something called "Alaskapox."
Posted by: Lizzy

I thought it was racist to name viruses after the place where they were first discovered.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (9yWhg)

297 Cover your pipelines, people.
Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (zOR5N)
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Is that like, "get a vest for your jimmy in the city of sex?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (yjAVs)

298 The Tiger looks like it is from a box of Animal Crackers.

Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (zOR5N)

299 I remember looking into missing children at one point and one of the most common causes of child abduction is a parent who lost custody abducting the child.

Its likely a better outcome in most cases though then when your local Child Protections Services "loses" them. And...they lose them a lot more then you would expect.

In my state there was recently a mini-scandal where the CPS was losing more then an acceptable number of children so...some minor investigations and they forced the head of CPS to retire which is...quite a slap on the wrist.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (ibTVg)

300 Stolen from morning thread...

... MEDIA! Maybe talk about how egregious this was. How the Republicans impeached based on nothing under Mayorkas' control. That Republicans refuse to fix the immigration system. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 14, 2024 09:07 AM (JCZqz)
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Ahhh, the power of message control.

How many know that Biden Junta stood down / disolved an Army Division that was actively reinforcing the southern border?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (cOq4q)

301 Measles outbreak in 9 states (dare we describe it as "unexpected?") and something called "Alaskapox."
Posted by: Lizzy

I thought it was racist to name viruses after the place where they were first discovered.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (9yWhg)
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Eh. They're just snowbillies up there. No huhu.

Posted by: The MSM at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (0gvpA)

302 Ocasio-Cortez: There Will Be ‘Grave Impacts’

.. that user sounds like a threat to ransack cemeteries.

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (RHGPo)

303 Cover your pipelines, people.
Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:39 AM (zOR5N)
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Endorsed. We don't relish being an object lesson, but hopefully we are at least an effective one.

Posted by: Nordstream at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (yjAVs)

304 Trump says, "This is a problem that needs to be solved."
DC melts down in response.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 14, 2024 10:38 AM

We're the ones who define what problems need to be solved!

Posted by: Mika Brzezinski & the Deep Staters at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (a3Q+t)

305 Because...you should have figured out for yourself that Ukraine is a fiasco. Did you need Putin to tell you that? Putin is not a good guy, and the history of Russia over the last hundred years or so is filled to the brim with badness. Finland, the non-Aggression Pact, dividing Poland, selling out the Polish Resistance, etc. Can we oppose war in Ukraine and still recognize Putin as not a good character from whom we need lectures? Yep.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (OtoNj)

306 Tucker has replaced boob talk?

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (GshMh)

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He's having an affair with Taylor Swift.

/I denounce myself ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (ckWwx)

307 The Tiger looks like it is from a box of Animal Crackers.
Posted by: garrett

Harrumph~!

Posted by: P.T. Barnum at February 14, 2024 10:42 AM (IG4Id)

308 What did Tucker say?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)
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Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (ckWwx)

I am going to point out, at the risk of being accused of horrible things, that the link in the sidebar goes to an analysis piece on jewishinsider.com. I do not have a subscription to that site so I do not know if they include the video or just their analysis.

I do know that trying to find a video of his comment, uncut, is very difficult and, when the MSM makes it hard for me to find source material, I have questions. Particularly when the source material would seem to reinforce what TPTB are all saying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:42 AM (GYIa4)

309 SHOULDN'T THE LION BE PRAYING FOR THE FOOD IT IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE?

Posted by: TONY ROMO'S SMOOTH BRAIN at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (ZV+pB)

310 Has this been posted yet?
Rocket barrages target northern Israel including town of Tzfat (Safed), home to IDF Northern Command HQ; several impacts reported, at least 5 injured. via
@ynetalerts

Israel Radar
@IsraelRadar_com
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8h
Huge explosion reported in main Iranian gas pipeline near Borujen; Tehran says blast caused by sabotage; fire can be seen 60 km away from site according to eyewitnesses. via
@N12News

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (t/2Uw)

311 How come people here never talk about my boobs anymore?

Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (a3Q+t)

312 Tucker has replaced boob talk?

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:33 AM (GshMh)
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Tucker is rich.
Rich people have big boats.
Big boats have motors.
Boats with motors are motorboats.
"Motorboating" is a colloquialism for a sexual act involving breasts.

Given an adequate change of intermediate conclusions, "Tucker Talk" *is* "Boob Talk."

Posted by: It's just logical at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (yjAVs)

313 >>According to the NATIONAL MUSEUM of AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE "Aspects & Assumptions of WHITENESS & White Culture in the United States:

Translations: STFU and take it, Eloi!

While I agree that it is arrogant for Biden, or any AMerican president, to think it's their job to barge into this conflict and think they can resolve it.

On the other hand, the same people scoffing at this ugly display of "whiteness" are the ones protesting in the streets, on college campuses, blocking bridges, swarming the DC Capitol and WH, defacing the Lincoln memorial, etc. demanding US leaders make what the Palestinians want happen, and NOW, or they will continue to disrupt every holiday, event, and thing we enjoy here in the US.

Are we allowed to use a racial slur to describe that obnoxious behavior, one wonders. . . There is no pleasing people who have already decided they hate you and want you to not exist.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (RXyKO)

314 I've been doing the crackers thing, but ginger ale has a weird aftertaste for me. I hadn't thrown up until this morning, when the nerves and accompanying lack of sleep caught up to me.
Posted by: pookysgirl "
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Wife had long unremitting morning sickness for all three kids. The is a pressure point on your hands, below base of index finger in webbing between thumb and index. If you press it firmly, it caused a dull local pain, and the felling of nausea is completely relieved. But only while you are pressing down. Google it. Nausea relief pressure point

Posted by: Best to you at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (vQ+E7)

315 Getting spotty on Israel's northern border. Hezbollah launching rockets which killed at least one Israeli and injuring others. Israel increasing air strikes. Our administration bitching at Israel. Fun times

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (DgSZ/)

316 Can we oppose war in Ukraine and still recognize Putin as not a good character from whom we need lectures? Yep.

On the one hand this is certainly true. Putin is a gangster and while he is nothing like the old Soviets, he is the standard sort of paternal autocrat that has plagued the world for most of its recorded history.

But...while Heritage America had quite the moral high ground to damn a man like Putin I don't think Soviet America does.

Sure we should hate Putin for jailing his politicial opposition and controlling the economy and media of Russia but...so does the Biden junta.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (ibTVg)

317 In my state there was recently a mini-scandal where the CPS was losing more then an acceptable number of children so...some minor investigations and they forced the head of CPS to retire which is...quite a slap on the wrist.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:40 AM (ibTVg)

Did anyone ask why the acceptable number of lost children is greater than zero?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:45 AM (GYIa4)

318 Heavy Israeli response. Lebanon heating up maybe because they are very close to getting Sinwar in Rafah.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 14, 2024 10:45 AM (t/2Uw)

319 How come people here never talk about my boobs anymore?
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (a3Q+t)

Anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:45 AM (IXZGh)

320 Because...you should have figured out for yourself that Ukraine is a fiasco. Did you need Putin to tell you that? Putin is not a good guy, and the history of Russia over the last hundred years or so is filled to the brim with badness. Finland, the non-Aggression Pact, dividing Poland, selling out the Polish Resistance, etc. Can we oppose war in Ukraine and still recognize Putin as not a good character from whom we need lectures? Yep.
Posted by: Erik In Texas

Dude. He's the head of state of the largest country on earth. Whether he's a "good character" or not is irrelevant here. We need to know how he thinks, and the best way to do that is to interview him.

And it's not like Ukraine's leaders have been as pure as the driven snow.

Take your irrational Russophobia and shove it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:45 AM (9yWhg)

321 So, the lion is Trump and the people represent the people that Trump is going to maul if reelected?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (cOq4q)

322 Getting spotty on Israel's northern border. Hezbollah launching rockets which killed at least one Israeli and injuring others. Israel increasing air strikes. Our administration bitching at Israel. Fun times
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (DgSZ/)
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One of many things that feels a lot like something that will be described by historians as "the opening stages of a distributed global conflict" or somesuch.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (yjAVs)

323 Reports from Lebanon: Casualties in wide-scale Israeli airstrikes. Reports from Gaza: At least 3 killed in strike on vehicle in Gaza City. via
@ynetalerts
Quote

Israel Radar
@IsraelRadar_com
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3h
IDF launches extensive wave of strikes in Lebanon after deadly barrage earlier; blasts reported in several sites, army to provide more info

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (t/2Uw)

324 >>Because...you should have figured out for yourself that Ukraine is a fiasco. Did you need Putin to tell you that?

Not the point. The point is why did the war really start and what was the US doing in the years prior to the start of the war in Ukraine? Why did we run a color revolution there in 2014? Why was Ukraine the source of much of the dirt that was used to build the Russia collusion hoax? Why is the establishment hell bent on sending billions and billions of dollars we don't have to keep a losing war going? Why was further eastward expansion of NATO such a priority when we knew it would lead to Putin striking back just as we did for decades when the Soviets tried to exert their influence in Latin and Central America?

There is a hell of a lot more going on with this war than just a territorial dispute and you can't fix something you don't understand.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (LkLld)

325 >Sure we should hate Putin for jailing his politicial opposition and controlling the economy and media of Russia but...so does the Biden junta.

Hillary has a higher body count.

Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 10:47 AM (zOR5N)

326 This California wildfire tragedy hits home for me. My son Beau died in the Chicago fire of 1871, caused by Mrs. O'Leary's cow. We know how irresponsible some of these Polack women can be with their pets, so I'm calling for common sense cow control. Im asking Congress to immediately pass the Beau Biden Bovine Butter...Bet...Betterment Bill, which requires American farmers to set fire to their cattle herds no later than January 1 2025.

Posted by: Well...you...anyway at February 14, 2024 10:47 AM (/IAkV)

327 Sure we should hate Putin for jailing his politicial opposition and controlling the economy and media of Russia but...so does the Biden junta.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:44 AM (ibTVg)
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So does the Great and Brave Ukraine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:47 AM (yjAVs)

328 Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (KpWJP)

I believe the style guide says "PEW PEW" is the proper gun sounder.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Depends on whether there was a suppressor.

Speaking of boom sticks, here's a new trick.

http://tinyurl.com/kdrrcn4x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 14, 2024 10:47 AM (FVME7)

329 One of many things that feels a lot like something that will be described by historians as "the opening stages of a distributed global conflict" or somesuch.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (yjAVs)
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The plain of Megiddo is where, now?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:47 AM (0gvpA)

330 The three phallic columns represent the enormous girthy pride of the 'Lion People' when their leader emerges from his lair.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (cOq4q)

331 There is a hell of a lot more going on with this war than just a territorial dispute and you can't fix something you don't understand.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (LkLld)

Yep.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (j++Y7)

332 Russia Blows.

Ukraine Blows.

They are at war with each other with the US funding one side for war via proxy to cover up the massive corruption the US has been taking part in for decades.

There is no one to root for here. No one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (IXZGh)

333 @322 Joe Mannix , the only question we don't know the answer to is "who is Franz Ferdinand?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (DgSZ/)

334 CPS can take your child because They Are Better Than You.

CPS can straight up lose some finite number of children with no repercussions, while you would go directly to jail for losing one even for a moment, because They Are Better Than You.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (9UlRk)

335
And it's not like Ukraine's leaders have been as pure as the driven snow.

The first thing Lil Z did was to try to arrest his predecessor who fled the country.

The first thing his predecessor did was try to arrest HIS predecessor who fled the country.

The first thing HIS predecessor did was arrest his predecessor who made the mistake of not fleeing the country and was in jail for years.

Why....its like there is a pattern here and why I expect Lil Z to flee Ukraine when the country finally makes peace with Russia...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (ibTVg)

336 And all this hand-wringing over Putin is nonsense. He's behaving just like every Russian ruler before him, with a few exceptions, has behaved. Russia has always been a de facto autocracy, and probably always will be.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (9yWhg)

337 I thought Beau died at Carthage.
Posted by: dantesed
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I thought Vic saw him at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2024

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Could have been. Thermo was a while earlier.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

338 Putin is not a good guy, and the history of Russia over the last hundred years or so is filled to the brim with badness.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 14, 2024 10:41 AM (OtoNj)

Putin hasn't been in charge in Russia for the last hundred years. In fact, Russia has been two completely different countries over the last hundred years. So that point is irrelevant.

Putin may be a really terrible person. I'll go one step further and say that, given that he's a national leader in the 21st century, he's almost certainly a really terrible person. The word of western media, however, who have lied to me about everything for decades that he is a terrible person is no longer sufficient for me to accept.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:49 AM (GYIa4)

339 Did anyone ask why the acceptable number of lost children is greater than zero?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:45 AM

Algebraic inequality equations make our heads hurt. Plus adrenochrome. But mostly adrenochrome.

Posted by: Your Global Elite, a wholly-owned subsidary of G. Soros Enterprises, Inc. at February 14, 2024 10:49 AM (a3Q+t)

340 Measles outbreak in 9 states (dare we describe it as "unexpected?") and something called "Alaskapox."

*checks calendar*
An election year. They've arrived on schedule. Along with plague from a house cat, RSV, and the German airline passenger who died mid-flight gushing liters of blood.

And we're not even halfway thru February!

Posted by: t-bird at February 14, 2024 10:49 AM (XCbjz)

341 "who is Franz Ferdinand?"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (DgSZ/)

He's my son.

Posted by: Franz Ferdinand's Mom at February 14, 2024 10:49 AM (IXZGh)

342 Tigers are much bigger than lions. And where a lion will swipe with his claw, a tiger will pounce.

~some Roman observing while eating a turkey leg

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 14, 2024 10:50 AM (cf/0E)

343 Fuck Russia AND Ukraine. I hope they both lose

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 14, 2024 10:50 AM (ZV+pB)

344 ... and something called "Alaskapox."

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Blame Canada.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 14, 2024 10:50 AM (PHnoB)

345 334 CPS can take your child because They Are Better Than You.

CPS can straight up lose some finite number of children with no repercussions, while you would go directly to jail for losing one even for a moment, because They Are Better Than You.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 10:48 AM (9UlRk)

They work for the state and can therefore do no wrong.

Posted by: Divine right and all that at February 14, 2024 10:50 AM (/IAkV)

346 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

347 >>Why....its like there is a pattern here and why I expect Lil Z to flee Ukraine when the country finally makes peace with Russia...

IIRC, Z is rumored to own a big-a$$ house in Florida.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (RXyKO)

348 346 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

Referee?

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (5fDan)

349 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)
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Looks like he's operating the door to the menagerie.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (0gvpA)

350 "Motorboating" is a colloquialism for a sexual act involving breasts.

Posted by: It's just logical at February 14, 2024 10:43 AM (yjAVs)

Why limit it to a sex act?

I think it should be an accepted form of salutation!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (gSZYf)

351 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

dessert

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (AwYPR)

352 Oh, as a minor point I was considering, pretty much everyone considered Lil Z's predecessor, Poroshenko, (the one we installed in a coup) to be a clown.

They replaced him with a clown in the form of Lil Z. And here I'm not actually disparaging the man - being a comedian is a more noble profession then being a corrupt plutocrat, but replacing a clown with a literal clown? Way to go CIA....

Posted by: 18-1 at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (ibTVg)

353 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The bullfighter. He's up next.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (9yWhg)

354 Yes, I was wondering too. For Canada 'just' 117 [31.7 per 100,000 live births -- but the article said there are stillbirths that result too so I don't know if they're included in that figure]; so not alot but still up 599% from 2018.

"Dr. Ari Bitnun, an infectious disease physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, told The Toronto Star that congenital syphilis was all but unheard of before 2018 with doctors rarely seeing an actual case."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 10:32 AM (2yu8s)

And is this confined to one particular locality, or widespread? And are the victims mainly of one ethnicity. One wonders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (tkR6S)

355 Who is the fellow wrapped in a red robe over to the left, behind the wall separating him from the beasts?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

Siegfriedicus

Posted by: Pre-Vegas of course at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (/IAkV)

356 Alaskapox virus is a species of the Orthopoxvirus genus first documented in 2015 in Alaska, United States. As of February 2024, there are seven reported cases of illness and one death caused by the virus, six of which occurred in Fairbanks North Star Borough and one in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Wikipedia

USA Today (yesterday) In part, "Closely related to monkeypox, Alaskapox is mostly carried by small mammals including red-backed voles. Since 2015, at least seven confirmed cases of the virus have been reported to the state's epidemiology section.

None of the people who contracted the virus had recently traveled out of the U.S., health experts said, and no cases had been identified outside of Alaska as of the bulletin's release."

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (GshMh)

357 IIRC, Z is rumored to own a big-a$$ house in Florida.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (RXyKO)

He is rumored to own several very large, very expensive pieces of property around the world.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (GYIa4)

358
Why limit it to a sex act?

I think it should be an accepted form of salutation!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (gSZYf)

Introduce yourself to me!

Posted by: Trigglypuff at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (IXZGh)

359 An election year. They've arrived on schedule. Along with plague from a house cat, RSV, and the German airline passenger who died mid-flight gushing liters of blood.

And we're not even halfway thru February!
Posted by: t-bird at February 14, 2024

***
I hope the cat made it through!

(Now I have something new to charge Stirling and Dagny with. "Plague! It's YOUR fault!")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (J2vNu)

360 How do you solve a problem like the Trumpster?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

- The Sound of MAGA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (FVME7)

361 Why limit it to a sex act?

I think it should be an accepted form of salutation!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (gSZYf)

***

Finally...

Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 14, 2024 10:54 AM (ZV+pB)

362 Lion needs to be paying more attention to that tiger. Those Christians can wait.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2024 10:54 AM (dGCAG)

363 Putin is not a good guy, and the history of Russia over the last hundred years or so is filled to the brim with badness.

There was Soviet Russia, an Oligarchical Russia interregnum, and now "Russia First" Russia. One of those, the one we're going to work with, is being attacked by the Deep State.

Posted by: t-bird at February 14, 2024 10:54 AM (t7wVu)

364 @218 So according to the artist, the scene is not the Colosseum, but the Circus Maximus.

And here we have been going on about the Colosseum for an hour or two. Does not redound to the quality of our scholarship.

It's not a very good representation of the Circus, though.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

365 I think it should be an accepted form of salutation!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2024 10:52 AM (gSZYf)
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Introduce yourself to me!
Posted by: Trigglypuff at February 14, 2024 10:53 AM (IXZGh)
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Finally...
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 14, 2024 10:54 AM (ZV+pB)
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You shoulda seen this one coming, CBD

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (yjAVs)

366 Re: Lions, King of the Beasts.

A lot of Western symbolism comes from the Bible which understandably absorbs the imagery of Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamia, Asiatic lions were the most fierce land animals. This is why Assyrian kings, for example, covered their palace walls with reliefs of lion hunts. It showed the fearlessness and power of the king. The Hebrews adopted that imagery for their metaphors and God used imagery the Hebrews were familiar with for the Bible. When Europe becomes Christian, they naturally use Biblical symbols. Lion = King of the Beasts.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (OyyDO)

367 >>They replaced him with a clown in the form of Lil Z. And here I'm not actually disparaging the man - being a comedian is a more noble profession then being a corrupt plutocrat, but replacing a clown with a literal clown? Way to go CIA....

And who was his political godfather? Ihor Kolomoyskyi.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (LkLld)

368 Cue envirofreaks to begin yelling "Alaskapox comes from melting permafrost, in 3,2,1"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (DgSZ/)

369 A lot of Western symbolism comes from the Bible which understandably absorbs the imagery of Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamia, Asiatic lions were the most fierce land animals. This is why Assyrian kings, for example, covered their palace walls with reliefs of lion hunts. It showed the fearlessness and power of the king. The Hebrews adopted that imagery for their metaphors and God used imagery the Hebrews were familiar with for the Bible. When Europe becomes Christian, they naturally use Biblical symbols. Lion = King of the Beasts.
Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (OyyDO)
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Given the history of conflict, it oughta be called "Mess o' Potamia."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (yjAVs)

370 Can you "motorboat" rear ends?

Posted by: Brie Larsen at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (ZV+pB)

371
[snip]

There is a hell of a lot more going on with this war than just a territorial dispute and you can't fix something you don't understand.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 10:46 AM (LkLld)

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Well-said, Jack.

Root Cause Analysis FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (PHnoB)

372 Can you "motorboat" rear ends?
Posted by: Brie Larsen at February 14, 2024 10:56 AM (ZV+pB)
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Not yours.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (yjAVs)

373 Speaking in a candidate's debate Monday night, Barbara Lee defended her previous call for a California minimum wage of no less than $50. "In the Bay Area, I believe it was the United Way [that] came out with a report that very recently $127,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by,' Lee said. 'Another survey very recently $104,000 for a family of one, barely enough to get by."

.. and while you're at it, make it the minimum wage for illegals, too

Posted by: SMOD at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (RHGPo)

374 So according to the artist, the scene is not the Colosseum, but the Circus Maximus.

And here we have been going on about the Colosseum for an hour or two. Does not redound to the quality of our scholarship.

It's not a very good representation of the Circus, though.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)
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Interesting. I was just looking at a map of the Flavian Amphitheater and environs, and the view we see is the correct alignment (with the Capitoline Hill in the background) with the viewpoint in the northeast end of the FA.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (0gvpA)

375 279
Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam! Blam!
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 10:35 AM (KpWJP)

I believe the style guide says "PEW PEW" is the proper gun sounder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (IXZGh)
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Well it's "PHEW PHEW" if you have a speech impediment (lisp for simple Morons) or are using a Hollywood silencer.

Posted by: Ciampino - Macho Macho Man! at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (qfLjt)

376 Given the history of conflict, it oughta be called "Mess o' Potamia."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Wasn't that what Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (9yWhg)

377 Lion = King of the Beasts.

Posted by: Kris at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (OyyDO)

Yeah...in the old days....now, it's Godzilla.

Posted by: BignJames at February 14, 2024 10:58 AM (AwYPR)

378 338 Putin may be a really terrible person. I'll go one step further and say that, given that he's a national leader in the 21st century, he's almost certainly a really terrible person. The word of western media, however, who have lied to me about everything for decades that he is a terrible person is no longer sufficient for me to accept.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 10:49 AM (GYIa4)

Besides, no other European leader will stand up for its native culture and against globohomo.

It's only Putin.

Posted by: XTC at February 14, 2024 10:58 AM (sm6Pk)

379 Coming soon to a sports ball complex near you!

Come for the sports, stay for the crucifixions and executions.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 14, 2024 10:58 AM (++4z6)

380 Why....its like there is a pattern here and why I expect Lil Z to flee Ukraine when the country finally makes peace with Russia...
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IIRC, Z is rumored to own a big-a$$ house in Florida.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:51 AM (RXyKO)

I heard a discussion yesterday, someone said Z man is a "tough guy," which is why everyone in DC coos over him.

He's not a tough guy. He's an actor. Playing a part. Getting rich doing so, the best gig in the world right now... since Hollowood doesn't do movie stars anymore.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2024 10:58 AM (dGCAG)

381 Rome went through various periods of Christian presecution.
There was one period, between spams of 'kill all Christians', where they only killed the Roman converts and left Jewish converts alone.
Why? Because for a while it was considered just a Jewish sect and as long as the Jews kept it to themselves, meh, whatever.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 14, 2024 10:58 AM (cOq4q)

382 The return of the Domino Theory now with Russia, Russia.

History dot com: The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos. In Southeast Asia, the U.S. government used the now-discredited domino theory to justify its involvement in the Vietnam War and its support for a non-communist dictator in South Vietnam. In fact, the American failure to prevent a communist victory in Vietnam had much less of an impact than had been assumed by proponents of the domino theory. With the exception of Laos and Cambodia, communism failed to spread throughout Southeast Asia.

Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 14, 2024 10:59 AM (GshMh)

383 To me, the most interesting thing about the Coliseum was the tunnels, rooms underneath the floor. Whole different perspective.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 14, 2024 10:59 AM (t/2Uw)

384 To me, the most interesting thing about the Coliseum was the tunnels, rooms underneath the floor. Whole different perspective.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 14, 2024 10:59 AM (t/2Uw)
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See Also: Disney World. The amount of stuff underground there is amazing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 14, 2024 10:59 AM (yjAVs)

385 So according to the artist, the scene is not the Colosseum, but the Circus Maximus.

And here we have been going on about the Colosseum for an hour or two. Does not redound to the quality of our scholarship.

It's not a very good representation of the Circus, though.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024

***
Well, the Colosseum is pretty famous. However, we have to remember that it was started under the Flavians, Vespasian, and not finished for some years. His son Domitian might have seen it completed. So in Nero's time, for instance, the Colosseum didn't exist.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

386 >>To me, the most interesting thing about the Coliseum was the tunnels

They had access to Jews.

And you can't keep a Jew from Tunneling. It's what we do.

Posted by: garrett at February 14, 2024 11:00 AM (zOR5N)

387 nood

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 11:00 AM (2yu8s)

388 >>Cue envirofreaks to begin yelling "Alaskapox comes from melting permafrost, in 3,2,1"

The article I read about the measles outbreak (which I would not be surprised to learn was written by AI it was so disjointed and repetitive) went on and on about measles and the one sentence that ended with "because of global warming" like it was so obvious no more discussion or investigation needed.

Unbelievable. Not just incredibly sh#tty clickbait online "journalism" but they really expect everyone to just accept the blanket "global warming causes everything bad" BS and move on. STFU Eloi, just go about your business and hope you don't encounter a Morlock.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 11:00 AM (RXyKO)

389 Peter Schweitzer has another book coming out. Good for him.

He's got to be on the top of the wet works list.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 14, 2024 11:00 AM (R4t5M)

390 For those playing along at home Kolomoisky was the owner of both Burisma and PrivatBank at one time. That time being when Hunter Biden was working for Burisma and having his money laundered to him through PrivatBank.

Joe made a last minute visit to Ukraine just before Trump was inaugurated to "urge" that Ukraine takeover PrivatBank to control any investigation of what was essentially they money laundering bank in Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2024 11:01 AM (LkLld)

391 "Hillary has a higher body count.
Posted by: garrett"

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary's Screaming Liver at February 14, 2024 11:01 AM (/Td2i)

392 Well it's "PHEW PHEW" if you have a speech impediment (lisp for simple Morons) or are using a Hollywood silencer.
Posted by: Ciampino - Macho Macho Man! at February 14, 2024

***
"Blap" was the sound effect used for the U.N.C.L.E. guns.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

393 Tigers are much bigger than lions. And where a lion will swipe with his claw, a tiger will pounce.

~some Roman observing while eating a turkey leg
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 14, 2024 10:50 AM

So tigers are Republicans?

Posted by: Roman sitting next to the Roman eating a turkey leg at February 14, 2024 11:02 AM (a3Q+t)

394 VIET NAM

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=W5LKJid28xA

Posted by: MINUTEMEN at February 14, 2024 11:02 AM (zOR5N)

395 374 So according to the artist, the scene is not the Colosseum, but the Circus Maximus.

And here we have been going on about the Colosseum for an hour or two. Does not redound to the quality of our scholarship.

It's not a very good representation of the Circus, though.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 14, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)
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Interesting. I was just looking at a map of the Flavian Amphitheater and environs, and the view we see is the correct alignment (with the Capitoline Hill in the background) with the viewpoint in the northeast end of the FA.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 14, 2024 10:57 AM (0gvpA)
_________

I don't know if the Circus Maximus had the kind of trap doors for animals and whatever to come out of that are depicted in the painting. The Colosseum definitely did.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 14, 2024 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

396 281 Happy first day of Lent painting selection. . .?!?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2024 10:36 AM (RXyKO)

81 St Valentine was a martyr. From Britannica online:

St. Valentine (died 3rd century, Rome; feast day February 14) is the name of one or two legendary Christian martyrs whose lives seem to have a historical basis. Although the Roman Catholic Church continues to recognize St. Valentine as a saint of the church, he was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 because of the lack of reliable information about him. He is the patron saint of lovers, people with epilepsy, and beekeepers.
By some accounts, St. Valentine was a Roman priest and physician who was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus about 270. He was buried on the Via Flaminia, and Pope Julius I reportedly built a basilica over his grave. Other narratives identify him as the bishop of Terni, Italy, who was martyred, apparently also in Rome, and whose relics were later taken to Terni. It is possible these are different versions of the same original account and refer to only one person.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 11:12 AM (KpWJP)

397 Why are there lions and tigers mixed together? Not the best idea, I'd say. (like that's the biggest problem here, lolz)

Posted by: 5Cats at February 14, 2024 12:03 PM (hv5ip)

398 Not a crucifixion. That is damnatio ad flammas. You were dressed in a tunic soaked in oil and then set on fire and slowly immolated.

The people praying are about to suffer damnatio ad bestia, which was much rarer.

Posted by: TedTorgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at February 14, 2024 12:56 PM (wGerL)

399 ...the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Posted by: Dan at February 14, 2024 04:32 PM (3Zhyn)

400 The torture of either crucifiying or tying them to a post then spreading pitch, oil, and wax on them to be ignited is where we get the term "Roman Candle" as they would execute Christians this way so as to illuminate lavish parties at the various palaces so as to insult the vicimts even more. The Guests would mock them in their agony.

Posted by: Donovan Nuera at February 14, 2024 07:33 PM (LKMDZ)

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