Mid-Morning Art Thread

Washington Crossing the Delaware
George Caleb Bingham

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Greatness.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Better than a month late but good choice

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2024 09:31 AM (Qb3Rx)

4 No icebergs?

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

5 Never stand up in a boat.

Posted by: Or so I was always told at February 19, 2024 09:32 AM (NBVIP)

6 Isn't he going in the wrong direction? Or am I thinking of a different painting?

Posted by: dantesed at February 19, 2024 09:32 AM (88xKn)

7
Do horses get seasick?

Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2024 09:33 AM (PisyI)

8 WTF is a horse doing on a boat that size.

Posted by: James Arness at February 19, 2024 09:33 AM (h8c/W)

9 I like this kind of poling.

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 19, 2024 09:33 AM (sjdRT)

10 We will cross a frozen river to kill you in your sleep on Christmas Day. FAFO.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (aD39U)

11 We will cross a frozen river, in the dark, in the middle of Winter to kill you in your drunken stupor.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (59/68)

12 The bad news is he wants to go water skiing.

Posted by: Just the punchline at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (NBVIP)

13 jinx

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (aD39U)

14 Presidents Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (ENQN6)

15 You Hessians better wake up.

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (AwYPR)

16 George looks like he's all out of bubble gum...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (JF/W5)

17 G928, that's 2 times in succession.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (59/68)

18 I forgot the markets were closed today. And I guess no mail either.

Fucking slackers.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (aD39U)

19 Washington Crossing the Delaware
George Caleb Bingham
Date: 1856 - 1871
Style: Romanticism, Naïve Art (Primitivism)
Genre: history painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, US

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (ENQN6)

20 George: "This is horseshit"
Guy Kneeling: "No shit"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

21 Mister, we could use a man like Washington again!

Posted by: Hrothgar on iPhone at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (hOUT3)

22 Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Creator: George Caleb Bingham
Creator Lifespan: 1811/1879
Creator Nationality: American
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Kansas City, MO
Creator Birth Place: Augusta County, VA
Date: 1856/1871
Provenance: Collection of the Artist; Artist's estate sale, 1879 (no. 2); Findlay's Art Store, Kansas City, Mo., 1893; Thomas Hoyle Mastin, Kansas City, Mo., and heirs, to Mrs. Thomas E. Keck, Kansas City, Mo.; Butterfield and Butterfield Auctioneers, Seattle, Wash., June 30, 1975 (lot #261); Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1976; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1976; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1983.
Physical Dimensions: 36 5/8 x 57 1/2 in. (93 x 146.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Walter P. Chrysler, Sr.
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (RHGPo)

23
Do horses get seasick?
Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2024 09:33 AM (PisyI)

8 WTF is a horse doing on a boat that size.
Posted by: James Arnes

I'd guess the horse is getting ready to dunk GW.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (59/68)

24 10 We will cross a frozen river to kill you in your sleep on Christmas Day. FAFO.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (aD39U)

11 We will cross a frozen river, in the dark, in the middle of Winter to kill you in your drunken stupor.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 19, 2024 09:34 AM (59/6

Ha they doing that from Mexico now

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

25 America

Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you.
In your sleep.
On Christmas.
Totally not kidding.
We've done it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (GBKbO)

26 Happy Presidents day... Nostalgic to a time when we had an actual President and not a senile puppet

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (Akjoo)

27 Getting in late this morning. We need a General Washington. Continued prayers for JJ. Welcome back! and Happy Birthday!!

Posted by: GoofusMaximus at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (Xqlct)

28 It's no Emanuel Leutze.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (BHrzb)

29 Always liked Leutze painting of this episode. Has turned into a great meme, " don't mess with Americans, we'll cross a frozen river , to kill you, in your sleep , on Christmas eve. We've done it before"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (byGob)

30 How the times have changed. Now democracy dies in Delaware.

Posted by: FJB! at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (NBVIP)

31 Great choice for Presidents' Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

32
You want General Washington
You will settle for General Pinochet
You will get Corporal Punishment

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (aD39U)

33 A horse size Dramamine
My kingdom for a horse size Dramamine

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (ENQN6)

34 30 How the times have changed. Now democracy dies in Delaware.
Posted by: FJB! at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (NBVIP)

If only

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (Akjoo)

35 @25 Horde mind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (byGob)

36 David Hackett Fischer's book "Washington's Crossing" is a superb reference for the event. Analysis, narrative, personal accounts, it is all there.

Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (rj6Yv)

37

Is that a seahorse?

Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (PisyI)

38 28 29 ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (ENQN6)

39 Guy front center is fishing. The NJ game commission is waiting on the other side to check his license.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 19, 2024 09:38 AM (NYzgN)

40 Have you seen my "Washington Crossing the Street"?

Posted by: Gary Larsen at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (Wnv9h)

41 So are they on their way to a mattress sale?

Posted by: Clueless millennial at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

42 32
You want General Washington
You will settle for General Pinochet
You will get Corporal Punishment
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:37 AM (aD39U)

=======

Alternate take:

You want General Tecumseh Sherman.
You'd settle for General Stonewall Jackson.
You'll get General William Hull.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (GBKbO)

43 41 So are they on their way to a mattress sale?
Posted by: Clueless millennial at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (Akjoo)

44 Is this even allowed anymore since Washington owned slaves?!?

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2024 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

45 One of the amazing things about the musical Hamilton, is how they elevate Washington to the status of a G-d/Hero.

He's looking very heroic in this painting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM (XV/Pl)

46 Oddly enough I don't see Joe Biden on that boat. I'm sure he was there.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM (xcrUy)

47 Blueskin was a gray horse ridden by George Washington. He was one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War. The horse was a half-Arabian, sired by the stallion "Ranger", also known as "Lindsay's Arabian", said to have been obtained from the Sultan of Morocco.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM (ENQN6)

48 New to me, but the horse clearly appreciates the ride. Never have seen a horse in boat, IRL, but I imagine the horse wouldn't be so calm. Even though the Delaware isn't particularly wide or deep at the spot the army crossed, the water would sure as hell be cold on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM (lClq/)

49 Washington. Didn't like the British children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Why did Washington cross the Delaware?

To get to the other side and kill the enemy.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (SYTee)

51 Didn't know until a couple of years ago that the guy holding the flag in Leutze painting was James Monroe .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (byGob)

52 George looks like he's all out of bubble gum...

Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 19, 2024 09:35 AM (JF/W5)

Washington's password for the night spelled it out succinctly:

"Victory or Death"

Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (rj6Yv)

53 It really is quite a story if you read about it. Washington was on the run, his troops hadn't been paid, some had already deserted. In a truly desperate maneuver he commandeered whatever boats he could find to cross the river, silently. Stealth was everything. He had no artillery. He divided his troops in order to attack from 2 directions. And even when the battle was joined it was close, all until that cannon was captured and turned on the Hessians.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (MeG8a)

54 The guy on the right is cute. Looks like a Ken doll.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

55 Oddly enough I don't see Joe Biden on that boat. I'm sure he was there.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM

That was when Beau slipped from his grasp and drowned in the icy Delaware.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (Wnv9h)

56 Beau Biden died crossing the Delaware. In a Corvette.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (NBVIP)

57 Washington lost most battles of his battles in the WoI. Yet won the war. He basically used the Navy tactic of Fleet in Being. Lose but never let your army be completely destroyed while winning when you can and wearing the enemy out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (aD39U)

58 Little Known Muldoon Factoid #272-

Many starving artists of the 18th Century augmented their meager incomes by producing clothing based on their art. One such was Eugène Delacroix the French painter. - a limerick

The strangest thing that I ever saw
While fishing with my brother and my Pa
Right there on that boat
In a fabulous coat
George Washington wearing the Delacroix!

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (991eG)

59 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 09:43 AM (RHGPo)

60 53 And even when the battle was joined it was close, all until that cannon was captured and turned on the Hessians.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (MeG8a)

=======

And one Hessian with pointy teeth made his way all the way up to the outskirts of a small New York village (mainly Dutch) called Sleepy Hollow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:43 AM (GBKbO)

61 Colonizers!

Posted by: red speck at February 19, 2024 09:43 AM (0Id0S)

62 Beau Biden is the man to the right of the horse's head. Being first off the boat when it reached the enemy shore, he was the first Irishman killed in the Revolutionary War.

Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (5fDan)

63 I don't like the faces on the models in most Bingham paintings. They seem somewhat generic even when varied. But I like the scenes he paints which are lively and, as far as I can tell, historically accurate for landscapes and clothing. I especially like his paintings about river men.

This painting, despite the historic importance, feels staged, a tableau, not real. It's silly perhaps but the part I like most is the guy crouched in the middle of the raft trying not to freeze. That seems genuine. The other elements, dramatic sky and Washington on his horse standing out against that sky belongs in a melodrama or diorama.

Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (zudum)

64 62 Beau Biden is the man to the right of the horse's head. Being first off the boat when it reached the enemy shore, he was the first Irishman killed in the Revolutionary War.
Posted by: Gref at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (5fDan)

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You can already see the effects of the cancer in his long gaze.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (GBKbO)

65 Doesn't look like George was hitting his diversity targets.

Posted by: DEI scold from HR at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

66 65 Doesn't look like George was hitting his diversity targets.
Posted by: DEI scold from HR at February 19, 2024 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

=======

Nonsense.

There were Scotch-Irish, English, AND Welshmen with him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:47 AM (GBKbO)

67
Old Busted: "Would hang."
New Hotness: "MOAR hangings please!"

Happy Washington's Birthday, horde!

Enjoy it before it's replaced by Febteenth or No Mas Mayo ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 09:47 AM (+qDeX)

68 This is how you know Washington was a Lyle Lovett fan.

And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
I said me upon my pony on my boat

http://tinyurl.com/bdehz8ms

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 09:47 AM (CsUN+)

69 It took 15 years to paint that?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 19, 2024 09:48 AM (sJHOI)

70 It really is quite a story if you read about it. Washington was on the run, his troops hadn't been paid, some had already deserted. In a truly desperate maneuver he commandeered whatever boats he could find to cross the river, silently. Stealth was everything. He had no artillery. He divided his troops in order to attack from 2 directions. And even when the battle was joined it was close, all until that cannon was captured and turned on the Hessians.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM

One of my favorite quotes about Trenton comes from A.J. Langguth's Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution:

"Theirs had been a brilliant stroke, but Cadwalader and Ewing were still across the river, the enemy was strong both below Trenton and above it, the weather remained severe, and the American army was drunk."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2024 09:48 AM (Wnv9h)

71 Beau Biden died in the icy Delaware River during Washington's crossing to make room in the boat for Kate Winslet's tits.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2024 09:48 AM (SYTee)

72 65 >>>Doesn't look like George was hitting his diversity targets.

Netflix will fix this in a series about how women, slaves, and neurodivergents were the real heroes of the Revolution.

Posted by: red speck at February 19, 2024 09:48 AM (0Id0S)

73 The guy in the middle is seasick.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2024 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

74 The winter in Valley Forge was a cakewalk compared to the winter encampment at Morristown, which was record cold temps of -20-30. The soldiers in tents envied the Generals slaves who slept in the house. Soldiers suffered frostbite, amputation and death from exposure.

Posted by: Put Another Log On The Fire at February 19, 2024 09:49 AM (V5BDR)

75 And if I had a pony...

https://youtu.be/U4NjRLqSc2Q

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at February 19, 2024 09:50 AM (NBVIP)

76 It took 15 years to paint that?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Paint dried slower in them days.

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2024 09:50 AM (T4tVD)

77 I've visited the Washington's Crossing area more than once and, yes, I'd hang this painting.

For our Presidents Day, thanks, CBD.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 19, 2024 09:51 AM (GshMh)

78 Don't drag us into this.

Posted by: Kate Winslet's tits at February 19, 2024 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

79 Michael rowed the boat ashore.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2024 09:52 AM (63Dwl)

80 America

Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you.
In your sleep.
On Christmas.
Totally not kidding.
We've done it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:36 AM (GBKbO)

So the trick is to get the Rio Grande to freeze?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 19, 2024 09:53 AM (nC+QA)

81 @79 and got eaten

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 09:54 AM (byGob)

82 Oddly enough I don't see Joe Biden on that boat. I'm sure he was there.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM

That was when Beau slipped from his grasp and drowned in the icy Delaware.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (Wnv9h)

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

They made a thinly disguised biopic about that incident with Timothy Hutton playing the role of Hunter and Mary Tyler Moore as Dr. Jill.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 09:55 AM (CM6iJ)

83 Washington Crossing the Delaware
George Caleb Bingham

Now do MS-13 Pablo crossing the Rio Grande.

Posted by: lost in space at February 19, 2024 09:55 AM (Fm4kk)

84 When I saw the picture I thought of the " Rum, Sodomy and the Lash" album cover.... I need an adjustment...

Posted by: tubal at February 19, 2024 09:55 AM (By+gX)

85 Never stand up in a boat.

He's sitting on a horse. Totally different!

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2024 09:57 AM (dNbzX)

86 After the battle critics accused Gen. Washington of barging in recklessly.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 09:59 AM (991eG)

87 Washington Crossing the Delaware

They'll let anybody in to New Jersey, but if he wants to come back, he has to pay a toll.

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2024 10:00 AM (dNbzX)

88 Riding a horse on a row boat.........

Seems like a TikTok challenge.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Washington had such a distinct profile he is instantly recognizable even in paintings.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 19, 2024 10:00 AM (pohLc)

90 I'm old enough to remember when Washington's birthday and Lincoln's were celebrated as separate holidays. I wonder if they combined the two when MLK's day was added.

Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (zudum)

91 Cherry trees everywhere are shitting Joe Biden's pants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Washington lost most battles of his battles in the WoI. Yet won the war. He basically used the Navy tactic of Fleet in Being. Lose but never let your army be completely destroyed while winning when you can and wearing the enemy out.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 09:42 AM (aD39U)

Washington won the battles that mattered. When he crossed the Delaware, the Howes had nearly completed their mission to restore NJ to the Crown. Trenton, followed by Princeton, put a dent in Britain's plans. After the Continental Army moved to winter quarters, the people of NJ were subjected to pillaging and looting by the Hessian and British garrisons, and heavy-handed quartering of the troops was an onerous burden. NJ rose up and guerilla activities broke out. Washington sent in troops for support in what became the Winter Campaign of 1777. Together, they drove the British and their allies into the coastal towns. and recovered nearly all of NJ to the Patriot Cause.

Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (rj6Yv)

93 George Washington: The OG Caped Crusader (as well as Indispensable Man).

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (UWO/I)

94 Michael rowed the boat ashore...

*********

HALLELUJAH

On Noah's Ark (according to lore)
They hit a reef like never before
While Noah and his wife
Both swam for their life
His son Michael rode the goat ashore!!

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:02 AM (991eG)

95 This is what men with chests look like. There are none left in America today.

Posted by: Gryph at February 19, 2024 10:02 AM (aCVzN)

96 I'm old enough to remember when Washington's birthday and Lincoln's were celebrated as separate holidays. I wonder if they combined the two when MLK's day was added.
Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (zudum)

I am as well. Used to get those days off of school. Then, MLK Day came along, the two days were combined into President's Day and we no longer got that day off, but MLK Day was a holiday.

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

97 Cherry trees everywhere are shitting Joe Biden's pants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

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This should be written in the form of a haiku.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 10:03 AM (UWO/I)

98 GW: Balls, Heart, Honor.

Our first POTUS was our best POTUS.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at February 19, 2024 10:04 AM (U10q1)

99 President's Day: Mattress sale.
MLK Day: White sale.

Posted by: Go figure at February 19, 2024 10:07 AM (NBVIP)

100 Didn't know until a couple of years ago that the guy holding the flag in Leutze painting was James Monroe .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 09:41 AM (byGob)
*******
Myth- James Monroe crossed with George Washington. Monroe actually crossed with a different commander: William Washington of the Third Virginia Regiment.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2024 10:07 AM (NpAcC)

101 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Feel sorry for the poor bastard having to sit behind the horse.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:07 AM (W/lyH)

102
YEA!! HAPPY ME DAY!!11!1!!

LET'S DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65TIszcnFnY

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at February 19, 2024 10:08 AM (X4yCj)

103 Didn't know until a couple of years ago that the guy holding the flag in Leutze painting was James Monroe .

********

THE James Monroe?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:08 AM (991eG)

104 Oh, come now. Let's not bicker and argue about 'oo crossed with 'oo..

Posted by: Monty Python at February 19, 2024 10:08 AM (NBVIP)

105 Cherry trees across the land
Shaking and trembling from fear
Fill Biden's pants with shit

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

106 After the battle critics accused Gen. Washington of barging in recklessly.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 09:59 AM (991eG)

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And failing to win the hearts and minds of the enemy.

Gave new meaning to the phrase "Rules of Engagement."

"Discipline is the soul of an army." -- George Washington, 1757
"High heels are the sole of an army." -- F. Joe Biden, 2021

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 19, 2024 10:09 AM (UWO/I)

107 George Washington wearing the Delacroix!

*******

I crack me up.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:09 AM (991eG)

108 The originator of the Washington and the Cherry Tree fable was Mason Locke Weems, a traveling minister, who styled himself as rector at my church, Pohick Church.

Dumfries is not far from Pohick Church, part of Truro Parish, in Lorton, Virginia, where both George Washington and his father Augustine had worshiped in pre-Revolutionary days. Weems occasionally preached at Pohick Church, but later inflated this Washington connection and promoted himself as the former "rector of Mount-Vernon parish".

He seems to have had a rather loose relationship with the truth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Locke_Weems

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:09 AM (CsUN+)

109 @100 I'm aware of that but I'm not sure Leutze was. He also allegedly had Generals Greene and Hand

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 19, 2024 10:10 AM (byGob)

110 Fuck Joe Biden

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 19, 2024 10:11 AM (R4t5M)

111 Armchair generals think about strategy.
Real generals think about logistics.

Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at February 19, 2024 10:11 AM (NBVIP)

112 111 Armchair generals think about strategy.
Real generals think about logistics.
Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at February 19, 2024 10:11 AM (NBVIP)

========

"Armchair generals thing about conflicts. Real generals thing about white supremacy while wearing a dress and the snazziest of high heels."
-New Pentagon saying

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

113 I'm old enough to remember when Washington's birthday and Lincoln's were celebrated as separate holidays.

Yep, Feb 12, 1809 and Feb 22, 1732 we all knew as schoolkids.

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (PNNME)

114 It would behoove Biden to remember that President Trump’s has an American heart.

Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (NxC5+)

115 111 Armchair generals think about strategy.
Real generals think about logistics.
Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at February 19, 2024 10:11 AM (NBVIP)

Modern generals think about privates.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (VoAdT)

116 OT: CPAC scores bigly.

Both Bukele and Milei will speak at CPAC this year. Other speakers include Trump, Ramaswamy, and Nigel Farage. I'm almost tempted to buy a ticket.

http://tinyurl.com/2uzmmp8s

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (CsUN+)

117 111 Armchair generals think about strategy.
Real generals think about logistics.
Posted by: Old Pentagon saying
____

Real generals think about pronouns.
-New Pentagon saying

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (fs1hN)

118 116 OT: CPAC scores bigly.

Both Bukele and Milei will speak at CPAC this year. Other speakers include Trump, Ramaswamy, and Nigel Farage. I'm almost tempted to buy a ticket.

http://tinyurl.com/2uzmmp8s
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (CsUN+)

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"For the rape, right?"
-Stephen Glass

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

119 Both Bukele and Milei will speak at CPAC this year.

I imagine the ovation will raise the roof at National Harbor.

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

120 A private who loses a rifle gets in more trouble than a general who loses a war.

Posted by: As any school child can tell you at February 19, 2024 10:14 AM (NBVIP)

121 His son Michael rode the goat ashore!!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:02 AM (991eG)

Dang.
Not the earworm I need this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:14 AM (W/lyH)

122 I'm old enough to remember when Washington's birthday and Lincoln's were celebrated as separate holidays. I wonder if they combined the two when MLK's day was added.
Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (zudum)

I am as well. Used to get those days off of school. Then, MLK Day came along, the two days were combined into President's Day and we no longer got that day off, but MLK Day was a holiday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

You're going to love Asylum Day. Or Month.

Posted by: lost in space at February 19, 2024 10:15 AM (Fm4kk)

123 There were Scotch-Irish, English, AND Welshmen with him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 09:47 AM

No Dutch? Racist!

Posted by: Some Dude in Jersey at February 19, 2024 10:15 AM (HWIAW)

124 His son Michael rode the goat ashore!!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:02 AM (991eG)

That's hot.

Posted by: Allah Durka Dim Dur at February 19, 2024 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

125 GW: Balls, Heart, Honor.

Our first POTUS was our best POTUS.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at February 19, 2024 10:04 AM (U10q1)

Six foot, eight, weighs a fucking ton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2hj5rLN48

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2024 10:16 AM (1Z8zZ)

126 That artwork is pretty wimpy compared to Admiral Joe crossing the street in his bike helmet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 19, 2024 10:16 AM (BVrf9)

127 Dang.
Not the earworm I need this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:14 AM (W/lyH)

hallelujah

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (AwYPR)

128 He's coming, he's coming, he's coming

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (aD39U)

129 Amazing.

The government couldn't find my old man's WWII Army records - years of battles in Africa & Italy - before his death when he could've used assistance from the VA - but for the 1973 fire at St. Louis repository - they alleged).

But, suddenly, the court martial records, reported by WAPO today, detailing the trial of Moses J. Robinette from fighting a with a fellow Union Army civilian employee and later receiving a pardon by President Lincoln were in the National Archives.

IMHO, maybe that's just the kind of almost magical stuff that can happen when there are still 1,800+ boxes of records out there.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (GshMh)

130 126 That artwork is pretty wimpy compared to Admiral Joe crossing the street in his bike helmet.
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Why did Joe cross the road?

To chat up the tweens and maybe get a sniff of their hair.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (fs1hN)

131 Why did Joe cross the road?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (fs1hN)

Because his handlers told him to.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:19 AM (6tRK7)

132 Why did Joe cross the road?

Because Cornpop was after him.

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

133 Why did Joe cross the road?

He thought he saw Beau on the other side.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:20 AM (CsUN+)

134 Why did Joe cross the road?

To fuck the chicken

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2024 10:21 AM (Q4IgG)

135 Why did Joe cross the road?

His dick was stuck in the chicken's ass.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2024 10:22 AM (SYTee)

136 George Washington, icon and American hero.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (zgZzy)

137 Working on my family tree, I have a distant grandfather who crossed the Delaware with Gen. Washington. He was mortally wounded, making it back to CT before he died.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (UcAQV)

138 Israeli Unity Cabinet Unanimously Rejects “International Dictates” To Impose Palestinian State As Reward For October 7 Massacre

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Oh, won't you give me two states, gimme two states, mister
Gimme two states by the shore?
Gimme two states, gimme two states, mister
And you'll never see me no more
For sure

Posted by: Islamic Terrorism at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (FVME7)

139 I'd pluck me. I'd pluck me hard.

Posted by: Buffalo Chicken at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (aD39U)

140 Re; sidebar

sucks for that lady who did something silly on the beach one time and then gets shamed all over the media and social media and winds up killing herself. media is awful

Posted by: brak at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (25k9m)

141 122 I'm old enough to remember when Washington's birthday and Lincoln's were celebrated as separate holidays. I wonder if they combined the two when MLK's day was added.
Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 10:01 AM (zudum)

I'm old enough to remember when Juneteenth was a Regional event...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (Akjoo)

142 "Armchair generals thing about conflicts. Real generals thing about white supremacy while wearing a dress and the snazziest of high heels."
-New Pentagon saying
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

Real Generals think about how to get on the board of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:25 AM (5BSKN)

143 But, suddenly, the court martial records, reported by WAPO today, detailing the trial of Moses J. Robinette from fighting a with a fellow Union Army civilian employee and later receiving a pardon by President Lincoln were in the National Archives.

IMHO, maybe that's just the kind of almost magical stuff that can happen when there are still 1,800+ boxes of records out there.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 19, 2024 10:17 AM (GshMh)

Records probably kept in the garage with all the other interesting records that benefitted Biden, Inc.

Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2024 10:25 AM (rj6Yv)

144 Let me lay it on the line he had two on the vine.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 19, 2024 10:26 AM (3nvl5)

145 New Hotness: Joe Biden crossing Chesapeake Bay in helicopter after his 4 day weekend at the beach.

Courage defined.

Posted by: lost in space at February 19, 2024 10:26 AM (Fm4kk)

146
sucks for that lady who did something silly on the beach one time and then gets shamed all over the media and social media and winds up killing herself. media is awful

Posted by: brak at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (25k9m)

Tragic, however, I think there's a LOT more in play here that lead to her final solution for everything........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

147 Genesse Moreno appears to have been genuinely mentally ill. This should not, however, prevent authorities from acknowledging that she also thought of herself as an Islamic jihadi. The two categories are not mutually exclusive.

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In fact, it's damn near mandatory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:28 AM (FVME7)

148 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:29 AM (CsUN+)

149 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56
Posted by: Archimedes

"Drink your Ovaltine."

Posted by: lost in space at February 19, 2024 10:30 AM (Fm4kk)

150 148 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:29 AM (CsUN+)

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If you think science is cool, then you are required to vote for Joe Biden. Otherwise, you ain't science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

151 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (ous9O)

152 [Genesse Moreno] appears to have been genuinely mentally ill. This should not, however, prevent [authorities] from acknowledging that she also thought of herself as an [Islamic jihadi]. The two categories are not mutually exclusive.

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In fact, it's damn near mandatory.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:28 AM (FVME7)

So many ways one could plug that formula in.

Let's replace the above with: Nikki Haley, voters, and whore for defense contractors.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (5BSKN)

153 What did Washington name his horse?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (rJ7Hd)

154 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (u82oZ)

155 Beau Biden died at Pompeii.

Posted by: Not a joke at February 19, 2024 10:32 AM (NBVIP)

156 Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (ous9O)

What's so morning about it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:33 AM (5BSKN)

157 148 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:29 AM (CsUN+)

Yeah, my coworker has UK as an account and helped with this

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2024 10:33 AM (3CVIc)

158 One does not desert or rally others to desert in Washington’s army.

Patton ain’t got nothing on Washington.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:33 AM (MNhXM)

159 William Henry Harrison > George Washington

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

160 What did Washington name his horse?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (rJ7Hd)

Sir Shitsinboat

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:34 AM (5BSKN)

161 William Henry Harrison > George Washington
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

William Henry Harrison saves British children. Just sayin'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2024 10:35 AM (1Z8zZ)

162 Time to take Woodrow Wilson's name off that bridge.

Posted by: Speaking of legacies at February 19, 2024 10:35 AM (NBVIP)

163 One of the amazing things about the musical Hamilton, is how they elevate Washington to the status of a G-d/Hero.

He's looking very heroic in this painting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2024 09:40 AM (XV/Pl)

In as much as there is a fresco entitled, The Apotheosis of Washington, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building, yes -- George Washington was viewed as approaching Godhead after his death. Now we have Lefties and assorted trash unworthy to polish his boots denigrating his memory.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 19, 2024 10:35 AM (pJWtt)

164 Ah, George Washington.

One of the greatest of men. For not going dictator, and returning to his farm.
He set America on the right path. To glory, human progress, and beyond.

His holiday has been replaced by the most ignored man in our pantheon. He is lumped with all the mediocrities and lesser men, like pbho. Sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:35 AM (u82oZ)

165 Almost all mass shooters are mentally ill ( except gang bangers who account for most of the mass shootings) .

When targeted shooting starts to take place you will know the sane have joined the race.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:36 AM (MNhXM)

166 Okay. This is funny.

LINK: http://tinyurl.com/mpdd7aru

Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2024 10:37 AM (rj6Yv)

167 His holiday has been replaced by the most ignored man in our pantheon. He is lumped with all the mediocrities and lesser men, like pbho. Sad.

Who is pbho? PBOH?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:37 AM (CsUN+)

168 What did Washington name his horse?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM (rJ7Hd)

Sir Shitsinboat
Posted by: BurtTC

That's what the guy who had to clean the boat out called him.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2024 10:37 AM (ous9O)

169 Westerners Pessimistic About Security

China and India were the only countries surveyed that had a majority of people report that they were optimistic

Of course, these are the two biggest countries that pretty much ignore climate change domestically, except as an export opportunity

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

170 "Tragedy: Two Minnesota Police Officers and a Paramedic Killed While Responding to Domestic Violence Call"

My only question is:

1. George Floyd or
2. Ilin Omar or
C. Pete Buttgig/RuPaul

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (5BSKN)

171 "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden

"We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction"

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

172 200 (Clueless) Economists Demand The EU Incorporate Climate In Economic Models

It’s increasingly difficult for Biden and the EU to hide the true costs of net zero mandates...

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

173 Re; sidebar

sucks for that lady who did something silly on the beach one time and then gets shamed all over the media and social media and winds up killing herself. media is awful

Posted by: brak at February 19, 2024 10:23 AM (25k9m)

I had the same thought. I will pray for her soul.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (pJWtt)

174 Crew Abandons Cargo Ship After Houthi Attack
US MQ-9 Reaper Downed By Rebels

Busy night in the southern Red Sea.

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

175 Seriously though Washington’s name of his horse is kind of funny. Like he named him Mr Ed.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:40 AM (MNhXM)

176 Who is pbho? PBOH?

I think he meant the SCoaMF, Prezzy BHO

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2024 10:40 AM (c8w39)

177 "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden

"We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction"
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

Unless they're attacking Israel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

178 The Looming Threat of Directed Energy Weapons

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Mmmmmm. Death rays.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (FVME7)

179 170 "Tragedy: Two Minnesota Police Officers and a Paramedic Killed While Responding to Domestic Violence Call"

My only question is:

1. George Floyd or
2. Ilin Omar or
C. Pete Buttgig/RuPaul
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (5BSKN)

# 1

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (Akjoo)

180 The Looming Threat of Directed Energy Weapons

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Mmmmmm. Death rays.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (FVME7)

The quest for the "Brown Note Delivery System."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

181 Whut?

Disney+ now going to show Korean dramas?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (mI8wL)

182 177 "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden

"We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction"
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

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I can't wait for her to endorse Biden because Trump, who started no new conflicts, hates the gays.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

183 "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden

"We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction"
Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

Odds that she'd support wars and bombs and destruction in Ukraine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (1Z8zZ)

184 Almost all mass shooters are mentally ill ( except gang bangers who account for most of the mass shootings) .

When targeted shooting starts to take place you will know the sane have joined the race.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:36 AM (MNhXM)

Gang bangers are a different kind of mentally ill.

Sociopaths and narcissists.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (5BSKN)

185 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:29 AM (CsUN+)

the copyrights on the recovered texts should reimburse the million fronted by the prize people.

I am interested in wha tthe text will be

Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (D7oie)

186 Who is pbho? PBOH?

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It's a Vietnamese soup. You know, a commie chowder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (FVME7)

187 Death Rays?

Mittels Rombley is running for President again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (mI8wL)

188 > "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden
_________

Among the radical left there's absolutely zero room for dissention. None. More her compatriots will join her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (Q4IgG)

189 Who is pbho? PBOH?

I think he meant the SCoaMF, Prezzy BHO

Ah, I thought it was either Allah or lead hydroxide.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:42 AM (CsUN+)

190 181 Whut?

Disney+ now going to show Korean dramas?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (mI8wL)

========

They lost a million subscribers last quarter, and Netflix's biggest stuff last year was Korean (namely Squid Game).

Makes sense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

191 Dang, science is cool.

New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

http://tinyurl.com/4xz76b56
Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:29 AM (CsUN+)

the copyrights on the recovered texts should reimburse the million fronted by the prize people.

I am interested in wha tthe text will be
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024
***

THE EMPEROR IS A FINK!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (W/lyH)

192 """Every time I look at the news, there's another commitment to help foreign countries. We probably helped Ukraine, probably $100 billion or so, and we can't get debt relief for American citizens in this country," John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association""

get a student loan

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (AwYPR)

193 The Nazis were actually working on a death ray /directed weapon. They were going to send up a mirror in one of their rockets to reflect the sun’s rays back onto a target.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (MNhXM)

194 191 I am interested in wha tthe text will be
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024
***

THE EMPEROR IS A FINK!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (W/lyH)

========

"Beware of Keyser Soze."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

195 What did Washington name his horse?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2024 10:31 AM

Horse.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (Wnv9h)

196 # 1
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (Akjoo)

Do you know this, or is that your guess?

I could see either of the other two, for obvious reasons.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (5BSKN)

197 I am interested in wha tthe text will be
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024
***

THE EMPEROR IS A FINK!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (W/lyH)

========

"Beware of Keyser Soze."

"I miss Beau."

Posted by: Archimedes at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (CsUN+)

198 "Drink more Ovaltine."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (mI8wL)

199 SMOD

We are going to need every missile to defend Taiwan.

This is another own goal for the USN.

Call in the Air Force, and drop every remaining 500-200 pound bomb on them. Without fancy guidance.

solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
The Romans were on to something here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (u82oZ)

200 New combo of x-rays and AI enables reading of carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii.

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Hmmmm. "There once was a man from Nantucket . . .". Apparently, one of Muldoon's ancestors lived in Pompeii.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (FVME7)

201 Unless they're attacking Israel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

Imagine the profound sense of inferiority that the Arab world must feel. Israel has been around for 75 years in spite of their best efforts to obliterate it and the rest of the Jews on the planet.

What pathetic failures! Two billion Muslims and 15 million Jews...and they are still getting their asses kicked.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (gSZYf)

202 Crew Abandons Cargo Ship After Houthi Attack
US MQ-9 Reaper Downed By Rebels

Busy night in the southern Red Sea.
Posted by: SMOD

I wonder if the ship owners and insurance companies still feel it costs less to pay the Danegeld?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2024 10:45 AM (ous9O)

203 169 Westerners Pessimistic About Security

China and India were the only countries surveyed that had a majority of people report that they were optimistic

Of course, these are the two biggest countries that pretty much ignore climate change domestically, except as an export opportunity
_______

Do these countries not propagandize their citizens multiple different times and ways in a day that the Earth is Literally Boiling and we're all going to die unless we go back to living in caves?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 19, 2024 10:45 AM (fs1hN)

204 Amphibious assault, General Washington leads the way. I wonder if Teddy Roosevelt Jr. had that in mind on D-Day?

Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2024 10:45 AM (NxC5+)

205 """Every time I look at the news, there's another commitment to help foreign countries. We probably helped Ukraine, probably $100 billion or so, and we can't get debt relief for American citizens in this country," John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association""

get a student loan
Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2024 10:43 AM (AwYPR)

I object to the use of the words "help" and "helped."

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:45 AM (5BSKN)

206 My favorite president is Taylor. I mean Tyler. Wait. No. Taylor. Definitely Pierce.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (VoAdT)

207 196 # 1
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 10:41 AM (Akjoo)

Do you know this, or is that your guess?

I could see either of the other two, for obvious reasons.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (5BSKN)

Saw a photo of the alleged perp... Will try and verify

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (Akjoo)

208 What pathetic failures! Two billion Muslims and 15 million Jews...and they are still getting their asses kicked.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (gSZYf)

We're working on that......

Posted by: The Democrats at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)

209 Taylor Swift is President?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (mI8wL)

210 The more I've learned about George Washington (not the crap taught in schools) the more impressed I am. I'm as interested in what he did with Mount Vernon as his military service, maybe more. A conversation between Washington and Jefferson on agriculture would have been fascinating.

Posted by: JTB at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (zudum)

211 I am interested in wha tthe text will be
Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024

——————

“John has a long mustache “

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2024 10:46 AM (u73oe)

212 Warai-otoko

Coolidge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:47 AM (u82oZ)

213 Call in the Air Force, and drop every remaining 500-200 pound bomb on them. Without fancy guidance.

solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
The Romans were on to something here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:44 AM (u82oZ)

This is exactly what I have advocated.

A-10s, F-16s, and C-130 gunships on permanent station over Yemen. Anything that looks military gets destroyed. No missiles...just guns and bombs.

Using a million dollar missile to shoot down a $50,000 drone is the height of stupidity.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:47 AM (gSZYf)

214
Using a million dollar missile to shoot down a $50,000 drone is the height of stupidity.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:47 AM (gSZYf)

I disagree.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Washington critics always point to the Whiskey Rebellion .

Only one man on earth has been perfect.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (MNhXM)

216 get a student loan
Posted by: BignJames

The market can only support so much watermelon and collard greens.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (GkbAI)

217 I am interested in wha tthe text will be
Posted by: Kindltot

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How do you keep a Pompeiian busy all day? Over.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (991eG)

218 "Enough Is Enough": 'Squad' Member Tlaib Comes Out Against Biden

"We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction"

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I guess they were right. If only women ruled the world, we'd all live in peace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (FVME7)

219 Have a great day.

May the day of great presidents not end with Reagan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (u82oZ)

220 Past 200 comments - Pickleball thread!!!!!!

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (991eG)

221 You don't use a million dollar missile to destroy a $50k drone.

You use a million dollar missile to make sure you destroy a $50k drone that is about to cause several million dollars in headaches.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (VoAdT)

222
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I guess they were right. If only women ruled the world, we'd all live in peace.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:49 AM (FVME7)

*Insert video of woman destroying McDonald's because they're out of nuggets here*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)

223 That there boat looks overloaded!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

224 220 Past 200 comments - Pickleball thread!!!!!!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (991eG)

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That's unfair to the pending Taylor Swift thread.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

225 Past 200 comments - Pickleball thread!!!!!!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (991eG)

SHHHH!!!!!!!

You'll wake up Doof.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

226 George also looks as if he's suffering from a hernia.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

227 George also looks as if he's suffering from a hernia.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 19, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

He got that pushing the British schoolhouse off the cliff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

228 The KC shooting sure got out of the news in a hurry, huh?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2024 10:52 AM (u73oe)

229 CBD @ 213-
It’s almost like we want to lose every fight going forward. Leaving all that material inAfghanistan really inspired our American-hating government.

Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2024 10:52 AM (NxC5+)

230 "For a good time, chisel DCCCLXVII-VCCCIX'

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 19, 2024 10:53 AM (/6GbT)

231 "Go Woke, Go Broke: Nike Plans to Lay Off 2% of Its Global Workforce"

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How does that make any sense. Their "workforce" are slave children in Chi Nah. That must save them... what, about $55 a week in labor costs?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:53 AM (5BSKN)

232 You use a million dollar missile to make sure you destroy a $50k drone that is about to cause several million dollars in headaches.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2024 10:50 AM (VoAdT)

I disagree. We are shooting down the drones after they are launched because we are unwilling to conduct military operations correctly. Destroy the source and there will be no more launches. But we are unwilling to do anything other than theater.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:53 AM (gSZYf)

233 The KC shooting sure got out of the news in a hurry, huh?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2024 10:52 AM (u73oe)

Taytay paid the family 100K. All is right with the world.

Now shut your mouth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

234 This is exactly what I have advocated.

A-10s, F-16s, and C-130 gunships on permanent station over Yemen. Anything that looks military gets destroyed. No missiles...just guns and bombs.

Using a million dollar missile to shoot down a $50,000 drone is the height of stupidity.
Posted by: Cha

aircraft have a finite amout of hours, wasting those hours over yemen is nonsense. nobody is going to stop the houthis without ground troops, that is just the reality of this.

nobody has ever won a war without ground troops.

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 10:54 AM (RjBju)

235 Shoot the archer, not the arrows

Posted by: Something Suz Tzu probably said at February 19, 2024 10:55 AM (/6GbT)

236 It’s almost like we want to lose every fight going forward. Leaving all that material inAfghanistan really inspired our American-hating government.
Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2024 10:52 AM (NxC5+)

Cocaine Mitch called and said weapons left behind in third world shitholes means more jobs for American weapons companies!

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:55 AM (5BSKN)

237 Cocaine Mitch called and said weapons left behind in third world shitholes means more jobs for American weapons companies!
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:55 AM (5BSKN)

I heard his family is deeply involved in amphibious vehicle research.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (VoAdT)

238 THE EMPEROR IS A FINK!
Posted by: Diogenes

**********

A week without a Wizard of Id reference is like a day without sunshine.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (991eG)

239 235 Shoot the archer, not the arrows
Posted by: Something Suz Tzu probably said at February 19, 2024 10:55 AM (/6GbT)

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"But Emperor, we spent millions of aureus researching how to target arrows out of the sky. Do you wish to just waste that investment?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

240 aircraft have a finite amout of hours, wasting those hours over yemen is nonsense. nobody is going to stop the houthis without ground troops, that is just the reality of this.

nobody has ever won a war without ground troops.

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 10:54 AM (RjBju)

Nonsense. We need to degrade their offensive capability. We don't need their territory. Let them kill each other at will. Destroy their tech, which can be done effectively from the air.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (gSZYf)

241
Nonsense. We need to degrade their offensive capability. We don't need their territory. Let them kill each other at will. Destroy their tech, which can be done effectively from the air.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (gSZYf)

Launch EMP. Wait 3 hours. Repeat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

242 aircraft have a finite amout of hours, wasting those hours over yemen is nonsense. nobody is going to stop the houthis without ground troops, that is just the reality of this.

nobody has ever won a war without ground troops.

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 10:54 AM (RjBju)

Sure is gonna get drafty in here.

We have a young relative who got married recently, after getting his butter bar and Ranger tab.

His young widow will look good in black.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:57 AM (5BSKN)

243 236 Cocaine Mitch called and said weapons left behind in third world shitholes means more jobs for American weapons companies!
Posted by: BurtTC at February 19, 2024 10:55 AM (5BSKN)

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My sister now works in the local office of a KY congressional Democrat.

She went to Frankfurt for some kind of Congressional meeting with the National Guard. She interacted extensively with Rand Paul's representative there (my sister kind of got a girl crush on her, it seems).

As they were talking, the Rand Paul representative pointed out the Mitch McConnell representative and said, "Watch. She won't even acknowledge anyone here."

She was right, it seems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

244 228 The KC shooting sure got out of the news in a hurry, huh?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Passé now. There was one, recent newsworthy case.

Now, no discussions about parenting, charges for the parents of juveniles running amok and with weaponry.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 19, 2024 10:58 AM (GshMh)

245 Nonsense. We need to degrade their offensive capability. We don't need their territory. Let them kill each other at will. Destroy their tech, which can be done effectively from the air.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (gSZYf)

The history of that is inconclusive at best.
someone claimed that could be done, or his name was Meier.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 19, 2024 10:59 AM (D7oie)

246 No solution but One We all know it.

Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2024 10:59 AM (NxC5+)

247 THE EMPEROR IS A FINK!
Posted by: Diogenes

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A week without a Wizard of Id reference is like a day without sunshine.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM
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I know, right?!

The Wizard. Great American thinker, philosopher, teacher, and all around good guy.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2024 10:59 AM (W/lyH)

248 Whitney Cummings Got Busted By HR for Saying One Simple Phrase

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Interesting 30 minute video about a congressional investigation into Hollywood anti-Nazi movies in 1940-41 in which Jewish studios were accused of trying to propagandize us into WWII.

http://tinyurl.com/d92fvwu5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 19, 2024 10:59 AM (FVME7)

249 I have no problem with routine, more-or-less constant reprisal bombings of various problems countries. That would work, if they're comprehensive and highly destructive.

The problem is, it's always a prelude to ground troops.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2024 11:00 AM (0FoWg)

250 Nonsense. We need to degrade their offensive capability. We don't need their territory. Let them kill each other at will. Destroy their tech, which can be done effectively from the air.
Posted by: Cha

now do the serbs. or the germans. the germans were sending v1 and v2 rockets nearly until the surrender.

the infrastructure for the drones they are sending is non existant it is a truck and a rail, for the high end .

if it were easy we would be done by now.

they are easy to hide and easy to replace.

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 11:00 AM (RjBju)

251 Definitely racist art. Obviously

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 19, 2024 11:00 AM (ytSiK)

252 The Europeans are doing their own thing in the Red Sea now.

Created by the European Union, Operation Aspides (Greek for shield) will be commanded by Italy and headquartered in Greece.
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Because the US policy with regards to commercial shipping and basic maritime security is pathetic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 19, 2024 11:00 AM (Q4IgG)

253 "But Emperor, we spent millions of aureus researching how to target arrows out of the sky. Do you wish to just waste that investment?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 19, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

Millions, hah!

What is this, an Austin Powers movie?

Posted by: Military Industrial Complex at February 19, 2024 11:00 AM (5BSKN)

254 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 19, 2024 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

255 nobody has ever won a war without ground troops.

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 10:54 AM (RjBju)

Win!!!???
Bwahahaha!!!!

Oh. You're serious?

Posted by: US Gov at February 19, 2024 11:02 AM (W/lyH)

256
Because the US policy with regards to commercial shipping and basic maritime security is pathetic.
Posted by: Mar

they are doing this now because they did not have the ability to do it earlier

Posted by: N at February 19, 2024 11:05 AM (RjBju)

257
The KC shooting sure got out of the news in a hurry, huh?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Mellencamp is still talking about it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2024 11:07 AM (63Dwl)

258 Doesn't look like George was hitting his diversity targets.

JOCKO
GRAVES

He's in the Leutze painting.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 19, 2024 11:22 AM (zdLoL)

259 "Is it a bad thing my trigger finger is calloused?"

Posted by: Ray Mota at February 19, 2024 11:28 AM (sw3xv)

260 That challenger/Washington commercial with a little muzak added, is that really Robin Williams playing Washington? It is certainly Heath Ledger as the "Scout" and Rene Abejen-whatever, as one of the Soldiers.(reprising roles/costumes sommat from the "Patriot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYyrbrQmy_s

Posted by: birdog at February 19, 2024 11:34 AM (SFGDK)

261 This painting is more historically accurate than Leutze's in that it shows Washington's horse.

Washington upon that horse would play major roles in the subsequent American victories at Assunpink Creek and Princeton.

You might like the painting by John Trumbull, General George Washington and his horse at Trenton.

http://tinyurl.com/ycxmyazb

And this one by William Tylee Ranney of Washington at Princeton

http://tinyurl.com/mujfz8ar

Another informative painting shows Washington being ferried across the Delaware by Col. John Glover's men with one of the eighteen cannons that turned the tide of the Battle of Trenton.

http://tinyurl.com/y3fpj2u2

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at February 19, 2024 12:40 PM (avPX7)

262 We used to go on wildflower walks at Washington Crossing State Park. (PA side)

Posted by: kalllisto at February 19, 2024 12:40 PM (dCxaZ)

263 So far the Climate Change nutbars haven't to mess it up like those two jerks with the Constitution and I would like two give the idiots Rebellion by sending both of them to the Alaska Wilderness with just the Cloths on their backs this time of the year

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