Mid-Morning Art Thread

Elijah fed by Ravens
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino)

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:29 AM (ENQN6)

2 Art Feet!

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (MvF+J)

3 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (ENQN6)

4 What's on the menu?

Posted by: BignJames at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

5 He looks more like Elisha to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (GBKbO)

6 Lighting seems a bit dark. Maybe easier to see things in person or maybe the background is dark because it's irrelevant.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (eYoxG)

7 The ravens are so black I can't see them.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

8 This reminds me - didn't King Ahab get into whaling after messing with Elijah?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:31 AM (WXNFJ)

9 Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Posted by: redridinghood at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

10 UberEats. The early years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (dg+HA)

11 Elijah fed by Ravens

Good thing, too. He was ravenous.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (9yWhg)

12 Are ravens the smart birds? Or is that crows?

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (6On2Z)

13 He looks more like Elisha to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

I thought it was Alec Baldwin

Posted by: JT at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (T4tVD)

14 Nat Gallery London (great place)

Full title Elijah fed by Ravens
Artist Guercino
Artist dates 1591 - 1666
Date made 1620
Medium and support Oil on canvas
Dimensions 195 × 156.5 cm (a little over an acre)

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

15 Birdies!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (i82PB)

16 Good thing, too. He was ravenous.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

B., that's terrible!

(SNORT.)

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (WXNFJ)

17 Elijah's the guy you want on a camping trip. When it comes to starting a campfire, he's tops!

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (MvF+J)

18
I see no ravens
painting is too dark and grim

plus, old man feet- blech

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (/7KEl)

19 I can't make out much in this painting, even when I embiggen it. Why is it so dang dark?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

20 When it came time for the feeding to stop, Elijah asked if they would come back. The raven replied, "Nevermore".

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (OyyDO)

21 Dang, Elijah is in way better shape than I expected. His caloric intake from all the wine on Pesach alone should make him at least a bit tubby, but he's not.

Dude definitely lifts. A lot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

22 Does the raven say “Nevermore” or “Eat My Shorts”?

Posted by: Slayer at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (uTTG7)

23 Seems to be a step up from doordash.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (Y6IkP)

24 Bro's got some janky ass toes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (Ys9p5)

25 Something is wrong with Elijah's toes.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

26 I love Slayer but time for the sock to depart.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (uTTG7)

27 This is one of two paintings Guercino made in 1620 for the papal legate of Ferrara, Cardinal Jacopo Serra, an early and enthusiastic patron of the artist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (ENQN6)

28 Clearly the poor man suffers from arthritic feet/toes.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (WXNFJ)

29
Ravens, but no dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (MoZTd)

30 Why is it so dang dark?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

needs cleaning?

Posted by: BignJames at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (AwYPR)

31 12 All corvids are in the smartass club. Crows, ravens, jays, magpies.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (MvF+J)

32 Dark but well done

Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (mb6GH)

33 Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Posted by: redridinghood at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

Your comment was made in Poe taste

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (gtY/l)

34 This is more in the nature of art that I enjoy.

Could an AI produce "better"? Maybe, someday almost certainly, but it's more impressive that it was produced by a human. I suppose someone could argue that pieces of a more technical nature, such as yesterday's, are impressive but I think that's, at best, only the case for the first time it's done.

Anyway, religious art isn't particularly my preference but... would hang.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (IUd0M)

35 This image is tad brighter.

https://is.gd/CMy2JK

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (ViCCR)

36 Is this supposed to be so dark, or is it dirty?

If it's dirty, it's begging for a restoration. The level of detail and use of color are very good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (HnUIn)

37 21 Dang, Elijah is in way better shape than I expected. His caloric intake from all the wine on Pesach alone should make him at least a bit tubby, but he's not.

Dude definitely lifts. A lot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

=======

See, I always figured Elijah to be a cardio guy and Elisha to be the weight lifter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (GBKbO)

38 Too dark. Even with Klieg lighting.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (Jxvt5)

39 Nothing to crow about.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (vtyCZ)

40 Never more, never more

Posted by: Edgar Allan Poe at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

41 If night you might think owls would be the ones bringing dead mice.

Ok maybe ravens are better, what are they bringing anyway?

Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (mb6GH)

42
Just some bread and meat left outside my chamber door.
Only this, and nothing more.

Posted by: E. A. Poe at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (dg+HA)

43 When it came time for the feeding to stop, Elijah asked if they would come back. The raven replied, "Nevermore".
Posted by: Kris

And Elijah looked at him poe-faced.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (9yWhg)

44 Your comment was made in Poe taste
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:35 AM (gtY/l)

I have this sudden urge to play “Murders In The Rue Morgue” by Iron Maiden.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (uTTG7)

45 Both are large passerine birds in the Corvidae family that belong to the Corvus genus.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:37 AM (ENQN6)

46 9 Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Posted by: redridinghood at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

20 When it came time for the feeding to stop, Elijah asked if they would come back. The raven replied, "Nevermore".
Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (OyyDO)

Missed it by *that* much.

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at April 25, 2024 09:37 AM (OyyDO)

47 The rock caption makes this a verse painting than I thought at first.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:37 AM (vtyCZ)

48 39 Nothing to crow about.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (vtyCZ)

Except perhaps a murder.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:37 AM (uTTG7)

49 10 UberEats. The early years.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Maybe AI delivery drones aren't the answer...a global flock of bioengineered, super intelligent, delivery crow. HyperCorvid! WAY bigger than a swallow, so working in pairs, they could carry things much bigger than coconuts...

Posted by: mElon Musk at April 25, 2024 09:37 AM (JCZqz)

50 Elijah - "I don't know how I'll eat out there. Hmmm, I'll just wing it."

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

51 Alan Parsons liked this one a lot also.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

52 11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (ENQN6)

53 This image is tad brighter.

https://is.gd/CMy2JK
Posted by: olddog

I can see Elijah better, but I still don't see any ravens.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

54 What is the airspeed of an unladen raven?

Posted by: Monty Python at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (dg+HA)

55 I guess my eyes must really be deteriorating. I see - vaguely - a face and beard, an arm and a leg. No ravens at all.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (1bNHn)

56 Cool add-on, CBD, where the blue circle arrow 'icon' gets you back to the comment section in one move.

Is it a smartphone 'app' that also works for laptops/desktops??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (vtyCZ)

57 I've seen this on "Squawk Box"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (Q4IgG)

58 Aziz!

Light!

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2024 09:41 AM (xhfG9)

59 Yo! Raven better not be feeding some old dude.

Posted by: Beastboy at April 25, 2024 09:41 AM (ibTVg)

60 Allegedly

Posted by: Paul banned at April 25, 2024 09:41 AM (TRjZ+)

61 54 What is the airspeed of an unladen raven?
Posted by: Monty Python at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (dg+HA)

Tower or Poe?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (ENQN6)

62 54 What is the airspeed of an unladen raven?
Posted by: Monty Python at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (dg+HA)

African or European?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (276f5)

63 61 54 What is the airspeed of an unladen raven?
Posted by: Monty Python at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (dg+HA)

Tower or Poe?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (ENQN6)

======

Ah, yes, I remember. I had the lasagna raven.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (GBKbO)

64 [insistent slow clap begins]
Mul-DOON
Mul-DOON

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (zdLoL)

65 64 [insistent slow clap begins]
Mul-DOON
Mul-DOON
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 25, 2024 09:42 AM (zdLoL)

=====

I was saying Boo-doon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 09:43 AM (GBKbO)

66
"Don't worry about it. Look at this AlmostMeat wrapper.

These guys are fine with eating crickets."

Posted by: The Ravens at April 25, 2024 09:43 AM (eDfFs)

67 The artist's next painting was titled, "Stop bitching! I can't afford very much white paint! No one makes the cheap titanium oxide stuff yet!"

Posted by: Gref at April 25, 2024 09:43 AM (5fDan)

68 I can see Elijah better, but I still don't see any ravens.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

Click on the picture and hover your curser over it. It embiggens and you can see them "better".

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at April 25, 2024 09:44 AM (OyyDO)

69 Whoops. Sock off.

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 09:44 AM (OyyDO)

70 What is the airspeed of an unladen raven?
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Judean or Sumerian??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:45 AM (vtyCZ)

71 Aren't Ravens supposed to be fairly intelligent? I've seen videos of them playing tic-tac-toe, bringing paper money back to someone, working simple puzzles, etc.

Kind of creepy...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2024 09:46 AM (Q4IgG)

72
"What!?!?! No tip?

C'mon, man. I had to fly all the way out here.

And it's outta my way.

It's not like I'm UberEats, you jerk!"

Posted by: The Raven at April 25, 2024 09:46 AM (eDfFs)

73 I was reading a story the other day about a woman that was feeding a raven. She accidentally dropped a piece of jewelry down a ravine she couldn't get to and when she next went to feed the raven is had her ring for her.

I don't 100% trust the source of this particular story, but there is evidence of wild animals "returning the favor" to people that feed them.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 09:46 AM (ibTVg)

74 >>> I can see Elijah better, but I still don't see any ravens.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

(earworm)
I can see clearly now the raven's gone.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2024 09:47 AM (Y6IkP)

75 Corvids collect trinkets.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at April 25, 2024 09:47 AM (MvF+J)

76 I was reading a story the other day about a woman that was feeding a raven. She accidentally dropped a piece of jewelry down a ravine she couldn't get to and when she next went to feed the raven is had her ring for her.
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A Café report/link??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:47 AM (vtyCZ)

77 71: back when National Geographic was awesome, they had an outstanding article on ravens. “Ravens: Nature’s Birdbrains”. They are very intelligent birds.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:47 AM (276f5)

78 That's so Raven!

Posted by: Kyle Massey at April 25, 2024 09:48 AM (V5BDR)

79 Elijah fed by Ravens

Good thing, too. He was ravenous.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:32 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

80 Clearly the poor man suffers from arthritic feet/toes.
Posted by: Tonypete

*************

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M20.11 Hallux valgus (acquired) - a limerick

The ravens fed Ellijah fried grunnions
With a side dish of sautéed sliced onions
But his suffering wasn't complete
Without the agony of defeat
brought about by his untreated bunions

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 09:49 AM (l4B/J)

81 This reminds me - didn't King Ahab get into whaling after messing with Elijah?
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, he did build the Whaling Wall.

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

82 An interesting piece. I wonder, though, if we could flip the story a bit. Perhaps, instead of being altruistic, these birds were...homicidal.

Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at April 25, 2024 09:50 AM (QG++7)

83 Did the ravens bring him a poe boy?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (Wnv9h)

84 I was reading a story the other day about a woman that was feeding a raven. She accidentally dropped a piece of jewelry down a ravine she couldn't get to and when she next went to feed the raven is had her ring for her.

I don't 100% trust the source of this particular story, but there is evidence of wild animals "returning the favor" to people that feed them.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 09:46 AM (ibTVg)

There was one neat story out of Yellowstone where a woman gave a grizzly half-of her candy bar.

The next day the grizzly came back and ate her.

But, he did it really fast, so's she didn't suffer too much.

Favor returned!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (eDfFs)

85 Something wrong with the alignment of the toes on the left foot.

Posted by: Tuna at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (oaGWv)

86 "Don't worry about it. Look at this AlmostMeat wrapper.

These guys are fine with eating crickets."

Posted by: The Ravens at April 25, 2024 09:43
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They eat beetles in the dark of night.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (vtyCZ)

87 This reminds me - didn't King Ahab get into whaling after messing with Elijah?
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, he did build the Whaling Wall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:50 AM (9yWhg)
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Sounds fishy to me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (Be/+i)

88 Something wrong with the alignment of the toes on the left foot.
Posted by: Tuna at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM

Muldoon probably has the code for that, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

89 Never thought about it before, but wouldn't meat brought by ravens be, by definition, treif?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (XjtdB)

90 There was one neat story out of Yellowstone where a woman gave a grizzly half-of her candy bar.

The next day the grizzly came back and ate her.

This particular pick-a-nick basket sure screams a lot when I eat it.

Posted by: Yogi Bear at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (ibTVg)

91 There was one neat story out of Yellowstone where a woman gave a grizzly half-of her candy bar.

The next day the grizzly came back and ate her.

But, he did it really fast, so's she didn't suffer too much.

Favor returned!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM (eDfFs)

Does a bear shit tourist in the woods?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (ENQN6)

92 Old truism that is still true: Bears shit in the woods

Old truism that is no longer true: The Pope is catholic

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 09:53 AM (ibTVg)

93 >88 Something wrong with the alignment of the toes on the left foot.
Posted by: Tuna at April 25, 2024 09:51 AM

Muldoon probably has the code for that, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

Dr. Muldoon > Dr. Scholl

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 25, 2024 09:53 AM (Ys9p5)

94 God has a sense of humor. An eagle, a hawk or a large shore bird could carry much more than a raven. But no, let's make it an annoying , dirty raven

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 09:53 AM (gzrLG)

95 I practically invented the modern mystery story, wrote The Gold Bug, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Telltale Heart, and many other classic short stories, and some rockin' poetry like "The Bells" -- but all anyone remembers about me is THAT DAMN RAVEN!!!!!
-- Zombie Edgar Allen Poe

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

96 This particular pick-a-nick basket sure screams a lot when I eat it.
Posted by: Yogi Bear

We all thought Yogi was rather civilized because he sported a tie and a hat.

Somehow, we overlooked the fact that he didn't have any pants on. Once again, Yogi was a Moron in training.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:54 AM (WXNFJ)

97 I have this sudden urge to play “Murders In The Rue Morgue” by Iron Maiden.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM (uTTG7)

ALWAYS a good choice! Wrathchild must be played too!!

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (gtY/l)

98 God has a sense of humor. An eagle, a hawk or a large shore bird could carry much more than a raven. But no, let's make it an annoying , dirty raven
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 09:53 AM (gzrLG)
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Well, at least it isn't African swallows trying to bring him coconuts....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (7fElN)

99 Does a bear shit tourist in the woods?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (ENQN6)
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Grizzly bear scat smells like pepper and contains bells.
-just the punchline

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (Be/+i)

100 Elijah was out begging God for death, and the answer he gets is, “have a snack and a nap.”

Just like a toddler, then everything was alright.

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (62iZI)

101 There are YT videos about crows and ravens leaving gifts for people they like. A lot of times, the person helped them so they attached themselves to that person. The gifts they leave tend to be shiny or colorful. Some have been know to construct complex gifts.

They may also be very protective of their human. I have read stories of a flock attacking other animals they think are threats to their human. It also seems other animals are picking up the behavior too. It's pretty wild.

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (OyyDO)

102 I don't see Ray Lewis in this painting.

Posted by: dantesed at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Oy/m2)

103 The next day the grizzly came back and ate her.
Posted by: naturalfake

Hey this art is about me! Don't bring that Elisha guy into my Art Thread!
-- Elijah

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (9yWhg)

104 I have this sudden urge to play “Murders In The Rue Morgue” by Iron Maiden.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:36 AM

Iron Maiden?! Excellent!!

*air guitar*

Posted by: Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Wnv9h)

105 94 God has a sense of humor. An eagle, a hawk or a large shore bird could carry much more than a raven. But no, let's make it an annoying , dirty raven
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 09:53 AM (gzrLG)

Aeschylus was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (ENQN6)

106 Does a bear shit tourist in the woods?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:52 AM (ENQN6)

It takes a while to work the fanny pack out.

Posted by: Mr. Bear at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (R4t5M)

107 Well, at least it isn't African swallows trying to bring him coconuts....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (7fElN)

Who says they weren’t European?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (276f5)

108 Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM (OyyDO)

Crows are considered to be very intelligent.

Posted by: dantesed at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (Oy/m2)

109 So Harvey Weinstein gets a new NY trial. NY trial courts could f**k up a wet dream , see Donald Trump

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (gzrLG)

110 59 Yo! Raven better not be feeding some old dude.
Posted by: Beastboy

I wouldn't know the reference, except for various memes that pop up all over the place. I don't know if she is exaggerated in the memes, or was drawn this sexy in the original cartoon:

https://tinyurl.com/38dxv6ps

And I don't want to chexk. Gyatt, as the kids say. Or maybe something about cake?

Posted by: Part spelled backwards at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (QG++7)

111 Actual headline from The New Republic

Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week

I didn’t realize it needed saving. But OK, whatever you say.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (6On2Z)

112 Well, at least it isn't African swallows trying to bring him coconuts....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 25, 2024 09:55 AM

It would have been okay if they brought him some limes, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (Wnv9h)

113 There are YT videos about crows and ravens leaving gifts for people they like. A lot of times, the person helped them so they attached themselves to that person. The gifts they leave tend to be shiny or colorful. Some have been know to construct complex gifts.

They may also be very protective of their human. I have read stories of a flock attacking other animals they think are threats to their human. It also seems other animals are picking up the behavior too. It's pretty wild.
Posted by: Kris

Just like democrats. Someone takes care of their basic needs, (feeding), they tend to favor them.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 09:58 AM (Jxvt5)

114 Aeschylus was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him.
Posted by: rhennigantx

When Aeschylus heard "Duck!", he straightened up to look for the duck. Bad move.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 09:58 AM (WXNFJ)

115 109 So Harvey Weinstein gets a new NY trial. NY trial courts could f**k up a wet dream , see Donald Trump
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (gzrLG)

=======

The same court system that is letting Weinstein off for rape is prosecuting Trump for a non-crime.

The left will treat the NY system as both corrupt and incorruptible in the same breath.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

116 I practically invented the modern mystery story, wrote The Gold Bug, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Telltale Heart, and many other classic short stories, and some rockin' poetry like "The Bells" -- but all anyone remembers about me is THAT DAMN RAVEN!!!!!
-- Zombie Edgar Allen Poe
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

The Bells -- great example of onomatopoeia.

Todd Rundgren - Onomatopoeia
https://youtu.be/pN-pnU8hGSw

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (gtY/l)

117 Why do so many renaissance paintings have figures is contorted positions?

Maybe it is supposed to indicate movement?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (di6C2)

118 Dow plummeting.
How will Biden and his court jesters spin this?

META down 14.2% ... Oh poor Mark Zuckerigger
MSFT down 4.58% ... Oh poor Bill Gates
IBM sown 9.34%
DIS down 2.67%
AMZN down 3.44%

Posted by: SMOD at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (RHGPo)

119 Actual headline from The New Republic

Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week

I didn’t realize it needed saving. But OK, whatever you say.
Posted by: Montec

People have been pushing for an official 32 hr work week.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (Jxvt5)

120 We all thought Yogi was rather civilized because he sported a tie and a hat.

Somehow, we overlooked the fact that he didn't have any pants on. Once again, Yogi was a Moron in training.
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It's a little-known fact that the common bear's genitals, Ursus knobus, are effectively covered by their shaggy, hollow fur unlike your rat genitals for e.g. Mickey Mouse.

Posted by: cliff clavin, usps (ret.) at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (vtyCZ)

121 Aeschylus was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM

*the Great God Om has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (Wnv9h)

122 I'm all up for Elisha summonong bears onto certain specified college campuses.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (Be/+i)

123 Weinstein still has to serve the california conviction. So he’s not getting out of prison.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (6On2Z)

124
The Bells -- great example of onomatopoeia.

Todd Rundgren - Onomatopoeia
https://youtu.be/pN-pnU8hGSw
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (gtY/l)

Dude use “onomatopoeia” in a sentence!

Not as good as using “exeligmos” in a sentence, but almost. : o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (276f5)

125 I wouldn't know the reference, except for various memes that pop up all over the place. I don't know if she is exaggerated in the memes, or was drawn this sexy in the original cartoon:

Not clicking your link Mr Bar...

Anyway in the cartoons Raven is in shape woman who wears basically a one piece bathing suit though under a cloak and is beastboy's love interest but as will many things on the internet people have decided to go with a rather lurid take on her.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (ibTVg)

126 Boo-Boo should have been prosecuted as an accessory to serial grand theft, but he turned state's evidence and ratted out Yogi to Ranger Smith and was joined by Cindy Bear in denouncing Yogi's crimes. Ranger Smith turned out to be the very last non-lesbian forest ranger, BTW.

Posted by: I'm Your Huckleberry at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (V5BDR)

127 So he wipes his ass with the rabbit.

Posted by: just the punchline at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (vtyCZ)

128 FFS Dow is not plummeting. It’s down 1.5%.
It’s not 1987, 500 point swing doesn’t mean much.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (6On2Z)

129 127 So he wipes his ass with the rabbit.
Posted by: just the punchline at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (vtyCZ)

========

"Eh...what's up, doc?"
-Famous Last Words

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

130 great example of onomatopoeia.
Posted by: Doof

Look, Doof, I won't talk about my sex life if you don't talk about yours.

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

131 Actual headline from The New Republic

Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week

If government would stop taking more then half of people's salaries they'd only need a 20 hour work week...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (ibTVg)

132 I'm all up for Elisha summonong bears onto certain specified college campuses.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM

We're ahead of the curve!

Posted by: UCLA at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (Wnv9h)

133 14
Dimensions 195 × 156.5 cm (a little over an acre)

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)
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Remind me not to ever buy land from you.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #116 at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (qfLjt)

134
This election, if you are polled, be sure to tell the pollster Trump, if that's who you prefer. The pollsters are engaging in shenanigans I'm sure.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (RKVpM)

135 Anyway in the cartoons Raven is in shape woman who wears basically a one piece bathing suit though under a cloak and is beastboy's love interest but as will many things on the internet people have decided to go with a rather lurid take on her.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (ibTVg)

We're.... we're dudes. If someone is sexy, we imagine she would be even sexier with bigger boobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (di6C2)

136 "I said go to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stay there and get a job"...not layabout and wait for me to feed your big ass. Some people just do not listen.
De Lawd

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (cDEsv)

137 Is the painting supposed to be that dark or does it need a good cleaning?

Posted by: Tuna at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (oaGWv)

138 Posted by: Part spelled backwards at April 25, 2024 09:57 AM (QG++7)
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Not gonna look. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (Be/+i)

139 Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week
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You know, from your 3.5 part-time jobs.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM (vtyCZ)

140 126 Boo-Boo should have been prosecuted as an accessory to serial grand theft, but he turned state's evidence and ratted out Yogi to Ranger Smith and was joined by Cindy Bear in denouncing Yogi's crimes. Ranger Smith turned out to be the very last non-lesbian forest ranger, BTW.
Posted by: I'm Your Huckleberry at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (V5BDR)

So somebody did not teach Boo-Boo about omertà.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM (276f5)

141 Muldoon probably has the code for that, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

********

It's right there in the title @80

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM (l4B/J)

142 Meta is down 14% after being up 100% the past year. Indeed poor Zuck. lol.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM (6On2Z)

143 Don't take exeligmos if you are allergic to exeligmos.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (9yWhg)

144 It's right there in the title @80
Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM

Now we're supposed to read the whole comment?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (Wnv9h)

145 Sure, the ravens get all the credit, but you never hear a thing about the Keebler elves who actually made the bread.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (bo7UB)

146 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M20.11 Hallux valgus (acquired) - a limerick
The ravens fed Ellijah fried grunnions
With a side dish of sautéed sliced onions
But his suffering wasn't complete
Without the agony of defeat
brought about by his untreated bunions
Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 09:49 AM (l4B/J)

Tied it all up in a neat little bow there. Love it.

Though I'll admit the title is... Greek to me.

Did any of you ever see the nature show with the crow that recognized, harassed and always warned his homies about the bad man with the weird mask, even after bad man had been absent for (like) a couple of years?

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (JCLJi)

147 So somebody did not teach Boo-Boo about omertà.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Heh. When I was a teenager, I bought my grandparents a novelty sign for the house that stated: "Protected by the Black Hand".

Nonno made me take it down. Nothing to be made fun about apparently.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (WXNFJ)

148 124
The Bells -- great example of onomatopoeia.

Todd Rundgren - Onomatopoeia
https://youtu.be/pN-pnU8hGSw
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (gtY/l)

Dude use “onomatopoeia” in a sentence!

Not as good as using “exeligmos” in a sentence, but almost. : o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:00 AM (276f5)
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Look, just stochastically picking abstruse and archaic verbiage from a dictionary doesn't make you erudite.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #117 at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (qfLjt)

149 We're.... we're dudes. If someone is sexy, we imagine she would be even sexier with bigger boobs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:02 AM (di6C2)

Some of us.

I was watching a YT recap of Smokey and the Bandit the other night and was reminded of just how well Sally Field filled out her jeans back in the day. Her hips, *** and thighs were perfect.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (276f5)

150 Combine ingredients with drums, bass and vibes, and cook for 92 minutes:
youtube.com/watch?v=NjFfu7HKOro

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (MvF+J)

151 Report: The Biden Junta is Behind an ICC Plan to Arrest Senior Israeli Officials

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International Cricket Council?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (FVME7)

152 Is the painting supposed to be that dark or does it need a good cleaning?
Posted by: Tuna

ISWYDT, might not look quite the same after 'cleaning'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (A5kvx)

153 Interesting morning... AZ indicted everyone who ever knew Trump and the market is plummeting . Biden's America

Posted by: It's me donna at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (Akjoo)

154 "Protected by the Black Hand".

Nonno made me take it down. Nothing to be made fun about apparently.
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, it was still too soon after the assassination of the Archduke.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

155 Look, Doof, I won't talk about my sex life if you don't talk about yours.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:01 AM (9yWhg)

First rule of --- ah, nevermind

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (gtY/l)

156 Tech stocks have big short term swings both ways. Look at a TSLA yoy chart. It’s a roller coaster. One day swings are blips.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (6On2Z)

157 stochastically picking abstruse and archaic verbiage from my nose

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (i82PB)

158 Report: The Biden Junta is Behind an ICC Plan to Arrest Senior Israeli Officials

-
International Cricket Council?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM

How many divisions does the ICC have?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (Wnv9h)

159 Look, just stochastically picking abstruse and archaic verbiage from a dictionary doesn't make you erudite.
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #117 at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (qfLjt)

So you are cognizant of, and object to, superfluous polysyllabic verbiage?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:07 AM (276f5)

160 147 So somebody did not teach Boo-Boo about omertà.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Heh. When I was a teenager, I bought my grandparents a novelty sign for the house that stated: "Protected by the Black Hand".

Nonno made me take it down. Nothing to be made fun about apparently.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (WXNFJ)
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As an Italian speaker I LOLed.
How about a sign " MAFIA-ADJACENT" ?

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #118 at April 25, 2024 10:08 AM (qfLjt)

161 Look, Doof, I won't talk about my sex life if you don't talk about yours.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

If those circles of the Venn Diagram overlap greater than 75%, no one here wants to hear about it either!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:08 AM (WXNFJ)

162 117 Why do so many renaissance paintings have figures is contorted positions?

Maybe it is supposed to indicate movement?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 09:59 AM (di6C2)

The short answer? They're showing off. The longer answer involves classicism.

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (OyyDO)

163 Look, just stochastically picking abstruse and archaic verbiage from a dictionary doesn't make you erudite.
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #117 at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (qfLjt)

Say that to Muldoon's face. I dare ya!!

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (gtY/l)

164 142 Meta is down 14% after being up 100% the past year. Indeed poor Zuck. lol.

Posted by: Montec at April 25, 2024 10:03 AM (6On2Z)

Fuck Zuck.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (276f5)

165 I want Elijah to visit and mock the idolaters. Mock them mercilessly.

Posted by: Emmie at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (Sf2cq)

166 True fact: I made Sally blow Dom DeLouise in his Captain Chaos costume.

Posted by: Zombie Burt Reynolds at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (R4t5M)

167 Look, just stochastically picking abstruse and archaic verbiage from a dictionary doesn't make you erudite.
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #117 at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (qfLjt)
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Well, we can't have archaic and eat it, too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (Be/+i)

168 Well, it was still too soon after the assassination of the Archduke.
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[Early?] Sicilian Mafia not the Serb terrorists.

https://tinyurl.com/4pankhx5
Wiki

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:10 AM (vtyCZ)

169 o somebody did not teach Boo-Boo about omertà.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Heh. When I was a teenager, I bought my grandparents a novelty sign for the house that stated: "Protected by the Black Hand".

Nonno made me take it down. Nothing to be made fun about apparently.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:05 AM (WXNFJ)
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As an Italian speaker I LOLed.
How about a sign " MAFIA-ADJACENT" ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #118 at April 25, 2024 10:08 AM

When I was on Naxos a few years ago, I noticed a restaurant called Omerta. I just shook my head and kept walking.

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

170 Those are cromulent words

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 25, 2024 10:10 AM (PXvVL)

171 Is the painting supposed to be that dark or does it need a good cleaning?
Posted by: Tuna

ISWYDT, might not look quite the same after 'cleaning'.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Quick, somebody call Cecilia Gimenez!

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

172 Well, we can't have archaic and eat it, too.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM

You could if it's last year's fruit cake.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 10:11 AM (Wnv9h)

173 Now I'm listening to Iron Maiden's KILLERS album with high quality, over the ear headphones. What an incredible album! Criminally wrong that they are STILL not in the R&R HOF!

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (gtY/l)

174 Well, we can't have archaic and eat it, too.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

You could if it's last year's fruit cake.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Not if it was left out in the rain.
-- Zombie Richard Harris

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (WXNFJ)

175 CW? I think did a live action take on the Teen Titans. Much like the Scarlet Witch they took Raven out of her one piece and put her into normal-ish modern clothes.

The part that was odd though is they cast Starfire, a humanoid alien with slightly coppery skin (think Trump) and red hair as a black woman to play.

Cartoons: https://tinyurl.com/2bxbsaz7

Live action: https://tinyurl.com/33nv672r

Not as bad as Cleopatra but...still stupid.

Note, one of the other major characters, Cyborg, is canonically black.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (ibTVg)

176 Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned. The American Judicial system proceeds apace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (FVME7)

177 Rock and Roll HOF is a fucking joke. Fitting it is located by the Mistake on the Lake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 25, 2024 10:13 AM (R4t5M)

178 Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned. The American Judicial system proceeds apace.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM

*steeples fingers*

Eeeexcellent.

Posted by: George Soros at April 25, 2024 10:14 AM (Wnv9h)

179 FFS Dow is not plummeting. It’s down 1.5%.
It’s not 1987, 500 point swing doesn’t mean much.

Posted by: Montec

In 2008--2009 we had daily swings of what? 8% ?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2024 10:14 AM (IG4Id)

180 Rock and Roll HOF is a fucking joke. Fitting it is located by the Mistake on the Lake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 25, 2024 10:13 AM (R4t5M)
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Lake Havasu?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 25, 2024 10:15 AM (Be/+i)

181 Rock and Roll HOF is a fucking joke. Fitting it is located by the Mistake on the Lake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

If one gets up there, spare yourself the Rn'R HOF and go tour the USS Cod instead - a Gato class submarine just a bit away on the water.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 25, 2024 10:15 AM (WXNFJ)

182 Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned. The American Judicial system proceeds apace.

Not only are there a bunch of other Weinstein's in Hollywood, but a larger number of the current big named actors got to where they are via the casting couch.

Rose McGowan deserves some credit for pushing this but every power broker in Hollywood, and every Dem officeholder, is going to do as much as they can to make this go away.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:15 AM (ibTVg)

183 173 Now I'm listening to Iron Maiden's KILLERS album with high quality, over the ear headphones. What an incredible album! Criminally wrong that they are STILL not in the R&R HOF!
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (gtY/l)

Yeah, but remember, if the R&RHoF was worth a damn Rush would have been inducted IMMEDIATELY in 1999 as soon as they were eligible.

Dream Theater has been eligible since 2013.

So injustices to Iron Maiden Are sadly expected.

Side note, EVERY HS English department in the Anglosphere needs to build a monument to Iron Maiden in recognition of their making English lit and history appealing to teenage boys. Well, I was into both but Iron Maiden made it that much better.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (276f5)

184 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

The kittens are out and very energetic.
There's another more extensive photo update #250 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

https://is.gd/WQ5JcT OR http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

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Posted by: Ciampino - Cata Cats everywhere at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (qfLjt)

185 Buy Tesla on the dip, and buy NVIDIA before it goes to 3K.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (JIdXK)

186 >>> Interesting morning... AZ indicted everyone who ever knew Trump and the market is plummeting . Biden's America
Posted by: It's me donna

The latest multi-state coordinated attack is indicting 'alternate electors" and listing Trump as unidicted co-conspirator in some sort of election fraud.
Alternate Electors have always been used in challenged elections becuase if a challenge is successful there must be electors ready to go to the Electoral College or that State gest no votes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (cOq4q)

187 FFS Dow is not plummeting. It’s down 1.5%.
It’s not 1987, 500 point swing doesn’t mean much.

Posted by: Montec

In 2008--2009 we had daily swings of what? 8% ?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

It wasn't held up by hot air only then.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (Jxvt5)

188 173 Now I'm listening to Iron Maiden's KILLERS album with high quality, over the ear headphones. What an incredible album! Criminally wrong that they are STILL not in the R&R HOF!
Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (gtY/l)

Not a fan of Iron Maiden, but I thought their album covers were cool back in the day. My favorite was Powerslave.

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (OyyDO)

189 179 FFS Dow is not plummeting. It’s down 1.5%.
It’s not 1987, 500 point swing doesn’t mean much.

Okay... It still isn't good

Posted by: It's me donna at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (Akjoo)

190 "Don’t think our enemies haven’t noticed our civilizational failure of nerve."

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They see Joe "Stonewall" Biden for what he is.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:17 AM (FVME7)

191 Powerslave:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4xr38x

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:18 AM (vtyCZ)

192 Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned. The American Judicial system proceeds apace.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (FVME7)

In fairness, if the appeals court found that the trial court had been prejudicial, this was the correct result regardless of his guilt.

The only sad thing is that appellate courts seem to miss these points if the convicted isn't a member of a favored class - like rich Democrat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 25, 2024 10:18 AM (IUd0M)

193 They see Joe "Stonewall" Biden for what he is.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:17 AM (FVME7)

All you need to know:

AMLO is openly disrespectful of him. But, when Trump was in office, AMLO was Trump’s bitch.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:19 AM (276f5)

194 Argentina celebrates first quarterly budget surplus in 16 years:

https://tinyurl.com/mw5ffdsu

I don't suppose we have time enough for a constitutional amendment that makes this guy Milei eligible to run in the United States?

Posted by: Woulez Boulez (was Rodrigo Borgia) at April 25, 2024 10:19 AM (W5ArC)

195 ...a larger number of the current big named actors got to where they are via the casting couch.

I'm guessing every single one who ever tweeted #metoo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 25, 2024 10:20 AM (IUd0M)

196 Not a fan of Iron Maiden, but I thought their album covers were cool back in the day. My favorite was Powerslave.
Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (OyyDO)

That came out of left field.

+1

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 25, 2024 10:20 AM (R4t5M)

197 Though I'll admit the title is... Greek to me.

**********

Actually Romann but yeah.

Hallux - great toe

Valgus - deviated 'away' from the midline ( as opposed to varus - toward the midline)

e.b. genu varus (bowlegged) vs. genu valgus (knock knneed)

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:20 AM (l4B/J)

198 Hate to say this but the NYS Court of Appeals was correct on Weinstein. The trial court screwed up allowing women to testify about Harvey's past similar acts when they never brought charges or sued Harvey previously. Under NY law you usually have to have a prior conviction or court case to introduce such evidence and that wasn't the case here. The trial court screwed up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (gzrLG)

199 hallux tosis - stinky toe

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (l4B/J)

200 Not a fan of Iron Maiden, but I thought their album covers were cool back in the day. My favorite was Powerslave.
Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (OyyDO)

“Aces High” with Eddie in the Battle of Britain
“Somewhere In Time” with the futuristic Eddie
“Seventh…” open up the album, and check out the wicked prophet Eddie; a candle burns and the smoke forms a Grim Reaper in the background.

I do dig the Powerslave cover.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (276f5)

201 Yeah, but remember, if the R&RHoF was worth a damn Rush would have been inducted IMMEDIATELY in 1999 as soon as they were eligible.

Dream Theater has been eligible since 2013.

So injustices to Iron Maiden Are sadly expected.

Side note, EVERY HS English department in the Anglosphere needs to build a monument to Iron Maiden in recognition of their making English lit and history appealing to teenage boys. Well, I was into both but Iron Maiden made it that much better.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:16 AM (276f5)

Lots of truth there, brother!!

Alex Lifeson's RRHOF speech was awesome. "Blah blah. Blah blah blah. Blah. Blah. Blah"

Posted by: Doof at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (gtY/l)

202 198 Hate to say this but the NYS Court of Appeals was correct on Weinstein. The trial court screwed up allowing women to testify about Harvey's past similar acts when they never brought charges or sued Harvey previously. Under NY law you usually have to have a prior conviction or court case to introduce such evidence and that wasn't the case here. The trial court screwed up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (gzrLG)

==

"The NY state court system is completely fucked up and can't be trusted!"

"I can't wait for the NY state court system to bring down Trump!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 10:21 AM (GBKbO)

203 The short answer? They're showing off. The longer answer involves classicism.
Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:09 AM (OyyDO)

Imitating show-offs from days of yore?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 25, 2024 10:22 AM (GkFGh)

204 Dont fuck with an old man that can call bears from the woods to come eat you.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 10:22 AM (ENQN6)

205 DC judge points out pervasive hypocrisy hell that’s permeating every corner of the federal government

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Old and busted: We're from the government and we're here to help.

New and cool: We're from the government and Hell's coming with us.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:22 AM (FVME7)

206 Posted by: Muldoon

Do you know what "oxter" means? Someone used it here yesterday.

(It's not a formal medical term, but it does refer to a part of anatomy.)

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:23 AM (9yWhg)

207 I don't suppose we have time enough for a constitutional amendment that makes this guy Milei eligible to run in the United States?
Posted by: Woulez Boulez (was Rodrigo Borgia) at April 25, 2024 10:19 AM (W5ArC)
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No, but it also doesn't matter.

When the fiscal meltdown happens, it will *really* be Calvinball and the Constitution won't even be a hypothetical thing people pretend to care about to keep up appearances.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (HnUIn)

208 Red State story: American tourist on vacation with family in Turks and Caicos was found to have 4 deer hunting cartridges in a zip lock bag in his luggage he forgot about. He is facing 12 years in prison. Three other Americans have been detained are are being held for the same thing and the State Department can’t do much about it. New bulletin from the State Department yesterday warning Americans to check their luggage carefully before traveling to T&C.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (FrWOI)

209 Democrat Harvey Weinstein not guilty. Verdict overturned. Republican Donald Trump guilty on phony charges.

See how that works ?

Posted by: NY Kangaroo Courts at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (q3ANs)

210 If the great toe (hallux) is deviated away from, the midline, the joint at the base of the toe protrudes inward, forming what is commonly known as a bunion.

Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (l4B/J)

211 Expect a shit-ton more of this:

JAN 17
@Phil_Lewis_
Baltimore County Public Schools is investigating the principal at Pikesville High for alleged derogatory remarks about students and staff

A voice believed to be the principal can be heard ranting about Black students and Jewish families

APR 25
@peterjhasson
Update: The audio in this viral tweet was a hate crime hoax using AI, according to local authorities. The school’s former AD, Dazhon Darien, is facing charges.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (IG4Id)

212
Quick, somebody call Cecilia Gimenez!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:10 AM

Can't trust a girl with that name. One time I got out of bed to wash my face and when I came back again someone had taken my place.

Posted by: Paul Simon at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (RKVpM)

213 Oxter thermidor -- Roman oxtail soup.

Posted by: cliff clavin, usps (ret.) at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (vtyCZ)

214 Oops.

GDP came in at 1.6%, down from 3.4%, reported in Q4.
PCE went from 2.0% to 3.7%

Oops. The economy is flailing while inflation is taking off. When does the deep state threaten the fed into cutting rates to make things worse?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (MNPEW)

215 The point of blue state "justice" systems has nothing to do with justice and everything with protecting and empowering blue state politicians.

So letting their friend Weinstein go? Advances their interests.

Through the book at Trump for a non-crime? Also advances their interests.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (ibTVg)

216 Many of the communists in the NY Legislature come from the Caribbean. Why would anyone travel to any of those islands?

Posted by: NY Kangaroo Courts at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (q3ANs)

217 208 Red State story: American tourist on vacation with family in Turks and Caicos was found to have 4 deer hunting cartridges in a zip lock bag in his luggage he forgot about. He is facing 12 years in prison. Three other Americans have been detained are are being held for the same thing and the State Department can’t do much about it. New bulletin from the State Department yesterday warning Americans to check their luggage carefully before traveling to T&C.
Posted by: Jen the original at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (FrWOI)

Heard about this via Dana Loesch yesterday. Definitely pack separate bags if traveling internationally. Separate from what you use for the range or hunting, that is.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (276f5)

218 Can't trust a girl with that name. One time I got out of bed to wash my face and when I came back again someone had taken my place.
Posted by: Paul Simon at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (RKVpM)

How long were you washing your face? I mean, I get the feeling that you were missing some red flags somewhere here, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (di6C2)

219 When the fiscal meltdown happens, it will *really* be Calvinball and the Constitution won't even be a hypothetical thing people pretend to care about to keep up appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (HnUIn)

How many days were there between the IMF saying that the US needs to stop spending so much fucking money and Congress saying, "Wheee... billions for Ukraine! You get a blonde, and you get a blonde..."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (IUd0M)

220 Oops. The economy is flailing while inflation is taking off. When does the deep state threaten the fed into cutting rates to make things worse?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (MNPEW)

Time for more Trump indictments

Posted by: It's me donna at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (Akjoo)

221 My name, Cecilia Gimenez.

Posted by: Cecilia Gimenez at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (vtyCZ)

222 Valgus - deviated 'away' from the midline ( as opposed to varus - toward the midline)

e.b. genu varus (bowlegged) vs. genu valgus (knock knneed)

I'm confused. And tempting the barrel with excess tags.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (/y8xj)

223 If the great toe (hallux) is deviated away from, the midline, the joint at the base of the toe protrudes inward, forming what is commonly known as a bunion.

Thus endeth the lesson.
Posted by: Muldoon

I hear dogs and cats can get those on their feet. Paw bunions.

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

224 That came out of left field.

+1
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 25, 2024 10:20 AM (R4t5M)

I know, right? You'd never know it. My brother was a metalhead. I used to sneak into his room and look at the albums. I thought Eddie was cool and I liked that one the best.

Posted by: Kris at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (OyyDO)

225 Update: The audio in this viral tweet was a hate crime hoax using AI, according to local authorities. The school’s former AD, Dazhon Darien, is facing charges.

I expect we'll get at least once Deepfake of Trump saying something racist this october.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:26 AM (ibTVg)

226 >>> Aeschylus was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 09:56 AM (ENQN6)

Oh great, us bald guys have to worry about ballistic turtles now.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2024 10:27 AM (Y6IkP)

227 Red State story: American tourist on vacation with family in Turks and Caicos was found to have 4 deer hunting cartridges in a zip lock bag in his luggage he forgot about. He is facing 12 years in prison. Three other Americans have been detained are are being held for the same thing and the State Department can’t do much about it. New bulletin from the State Department yesterday warning Americans to check their luggage carefully before traveling to T&C.
Posted by: Jen the original at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (FrWOI)

With Mudpants and his flunkies running the State Dept., he's going to be there a while. They'll make an example of him because of the ammo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 25, 2024 10:27 AM (R4t5M)

228 Scientists Sign Declaration Proclaiming Fish, Lobsters, Octopi, and Insects Have “Consciousness”

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Octopi are peopli too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:27 AM (FVME7)

229 Do you know what "oxter" means? Someone used it here yesterday.

(It's not a formal medical term, but it does refer to a part of anatomy.)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

********

Not familiar with it

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:28 AM (l4B/J)

230 CW? I think did a live action take on the Teen Titans. Much like the Scarlet Witch they took Raven out of her one piece and put her into normal-ish modern clothes.

The part that was odd though is they cast Starfire, a humanoid alien with slightly coppery skin (think Trump) and red hair as a black woman to play.
Cartoons: https://tinyurl.com/2bxbsaz7
Live action: https://tinyurl.com/33nv672r
Not as bad as Cleopatra but...still stupid.
Note, one of the other major characters, Cyborg, is canonically black.
Posted by: 18-1
=================

That live action Starfire doesn't even try to match the toons.

IIRC - The original Teen Titans animation was in a very simple style (like Bugs Bunny) and had a follow-on series with more detailed animation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 25, 2024 10:28 AM (cOq4q)

231 Democrat Harvey Weinstein not guilty. Verdict overturned.
Posted by: NY Kangaroo Courts at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (q3ANs)

The second point, while true, does not make the first also true. Now, if they choose to not re-try the case, since their judicial budget is being entire used up my that criminal mastermind Trump... then he's "officially" not guilty (in NY, but still guilty in Cali).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 25, 2024 10:29 AM (IUd0M)

232 Scientists Sign Declaration Proclaiming Fish, Lobsters, Octopi, and Insects Have “Consciousness”

Actually, octopi are pretty intelligent. Not sure if that equates to "consciousness," though.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

233 Red State story: American tourist on vacation with family in Turks and Caicos was found to have 4 deer hunting cartridges in a zip lock bag in his luggage he forgot about. He is facing 12 years in prison. ...
Posted by: Jen the original at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (FrWOI)
++++
I know someone who went through this. A coworker went on a business trip to India and had a single cartridge in his bag that he had missed. It got discovered going through Indian airport security on his way home. He didn't pay the bribes (he said he didn't even realize he was being solicited for bribes until after the fact) and landed in Indian jail. He called his boss and explained what happened, and the company - thankfully - went to bat for him.

It took the company's lawyers and reps in India three *months* to spring him and get him home. I shudder to think of what it cost, because I learned that apparently that company actually follows the law and doesn't have a local spook contracted to pay bribes and whatnot. Took forever, and he had to rot in Indian jail the entire time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 25, 2024 10:29 AM (HnUIn)

234 I do believe that this is "Towel Day" in celebration of that thing you should always have with you when going galactic hitchhiking.

God bless you Douglas Adams.

Posted by: Steven Tyler at April 25, 2024 10:29 AM (QB+5g)

235 Do you know what "oxter" means? Someone used it here yesterday.

(It's not a formal medical term, but it does refer to a part of anatomy.)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

********

Not familiar with it
Posted by: Muldoon

It's an old dialectal term for the armpit.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

236 Off, 10 inch sock!

Posted by: pawn at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (QB+5g)

237 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Elijah wonders if there is dessert? Never more quoth the raven.
Yeah. That's all I got this morning. Modes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (W/lyH)

238 Actually, octopuses -- Ancient Greek for 'rubber chickens of the sea'.

Posted by: cliff clavin, usps (ret.) at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (vtyCZ)

239 Actually, octopi are pretty intelligent. Not sure if that equates to "consciousness," though.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

/pedant
Octopuses -> Greek words are pluralized with 's,' 'es.'
/pedant

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (IG4Id)

240 I hear dogs and cats can get those on their feet. Paw bunions.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

********

...and his great blue Oxter!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (l4B/J)

241 IIRC - The original Teen Titans animation was in a very simple style (like Bugs Bunny) and had a follow-on series with more detailed animation.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
============
Correction

Teen Titans, 2003
Teen Titans Go, 2013 with simplier animation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (cOq4q)

242 151 Report: The Biden Junta is Behind an ICC Plan to Arrest Senior Israeli Officials

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International Cricket Council?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:06 AM (FVME7)
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It's not cricket, Chaps. I will refer it to the MCC.
(Marylebone Cricket Club)

Posted by: Ciampino - Cats Cats everywhere at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (qfLjt)

243 Or 'octopodes'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (IG4Id)

244
Now, if they choose to not re-try the case, since their judicial budget is being entire used up my that criminal mastermind Trump...

LOL.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (RKVpM)

245 Off, 10 inch sock!
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The Paolo no needs, how you say, the sock.

Posted by: paolo at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (vtyCZ)

246 I do believe that this is "Towel Day" in celebration of that thing you should always have with you when going galactic hitchhiking

That movie got me to start carrying one in my car and honestly it comes in handy.

Spill something? Covered
Have to touch something hot/cold? Covered
Raining? Covered
Have to protect something fragile while driving? Covered
and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (ibTVg)

247 I was told there would be no astronomy on the blog.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM (ENQN6)

248 The original teen titans was YA level serious

Teen Titans Go was not at all serious and...hilarious.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:32 AM (ibTVg)

249 /pedant
Octopuses -> Greek words are pluralized with 's,' 'es.'
/pedant
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2024 10:30 AM (IG4Id)

Maud was a double Bond girl.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 10:33 AM (ENQN6)

250 /pedant
Octopuses -> Greek words are pluralized with 's,' 'es.'
/pedant
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I know, but for once I was trying to avoid pedantry. But since you brought it up...
The actual Greek plural should be "octopodes," according to H.W. Fowler.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:33 AM (9yWhg)

251
I was told there would be no astronomy on the blog.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 25, 2024 10:31 AM

I don't think it's a universal rule.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 25, 2024 10:33 AM (RKVpM)

252 Here in FL, I use a towel in the car to cover the steering wheel. It really is very useful to have around.

Posted by: pawn at April 25, 2024 10:33 AM (QB+5g)

253 >>> Red State story: American tourist on vacation with family in Turks and Caicos was found to have 4 deer hunting cartridges in a zip lock bag in his luggage he forgot about. He is facing 12 years in prison. Three other Americans have been detained are are being held for the same thing and the State Department can’t do much about it. New bulletin from the State Department yesterday warning Americans to check their luggage carefully before traveling to T&C.
Posted by: Jen the original at April 25, 2024 10:24 AM (FrWOI)

Here's to hoping there are a lot of sharp coat hooks in the guard rooms.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 25, 2024 10:34 AM (Y6IkP)

254 250 As I see you noted above.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:34 AM (9yWhg)

255 Been watching some pieces by Arch on ewetub. I like this guy- even though he is a filthy scandi.

https://tinyurl.com/mtzca5fv

Warning: Stellar Blade controversy. Stellar Blade is a souls like hack and slash, but decided to put an (horror of horrors) attractive woman as the protagonist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:34 AM (di6C2)

256 247 I was told there would be no astronomy on the blog.
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Did it startle you??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:34 AM (vtyCZ)

257 256 247 I was told there would be no astronomy on the blog.
------
Did it startle you??
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:34 AM (vtyCZ)

=======

Don't blind me with science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

258 Scientists Sign Declaration Proclaiming Fish, Lobsters, Octopi, and Insects Have “Consciousness”

**********

Don't they have anything better to octopi their time with?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:35 AM (l4B/J)

259 Is Stellar Blade the game where feminists complained the female protagonist was too good looking to be real and then the game designers pointed to the real woman they based her on?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:36 AM (ibTVg)

260 I was told there would be no astronomy on the blog.

Don't be so saturnine about it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:36 AM (9yWhg)

261 Don't blind me with science.
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Sure, terra me a new one.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 25, 2024 10:36 AM (vtyCZ)

262 Pro-Palestinian students set up ‘liberation zone’ encampment in Harvard Yard.

... "Big Dig" in danger ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 25, 2024 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

263 Would hang

Posted by: A.Hitchcock at April 25, 2024 10:37 AM (Gfz8S)

264 259 Is Stellar Blade the game where feminists complained the female protagonist was too good looking to be real and then the game designers pointed to the real woman they based her on?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:36 AM (ibTVg)

Yes. 'Unrealistic body'. Body scan of real woman.

https://tinyurl.com/4t9pn6p5

That's... probably NSFW. Just saying. Not nude but... damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:38 AM (di6C2)

265 Plural for octopus =>

"That octopus and those others also. "

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:38 AM (l4B/J)

266 "Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001)."

Crap, off by a month.

Posted by: pawn at April 25, 2024 10:38 AM (QB+5g)

267 magnificent art today.

thanks CBD

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2024 10:39 AM (74s8k)

268 I hear dogs and cats can get those on their feet. Paw bunions.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Male dogs & cats.
Female dogs and cats get maw bunions.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 10:40 AM (Jxvt5)

269 Alex Lifeson's RRHOF speech was awesome. "Blah blah. Blah blah blah. Blah. Blah. Blah"
Posted by: Doof

The funny part of his speech was I felt I could understand the meaning of very blah.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 25, 2024 10:40 AM (A5kvx)

270 Plural for octopus =>

"That octopus and those others also. "
Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:38 AM (l4B/J)

calamari

Posted by: BignJames at April 25, 2024 10:41 AM (AwYPR)

271 the worst possible combo of economic news this morning, slow growth and higher inflation = "Stagflation"

Welcome back to Jimmah Carter days again.

Biden is toast. At least we have that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 25, 2024 10:41 AM (74s8k)

272 Male dogs & cats.
Female dogs and cats get maw bunions.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 10:40 AM (Jxvt5)

... ouch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 10:41 AM (di6C2)

273 Susan "Sieg Heil" Sarandon says 10/7 is a myth.

Marina Medvin 🇺🇸
@MarinaMedvin
Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.
While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:41 AM (FVME7)

274 213 Oxter thermidor -- Roman oxtail soup.

Posted by: cliff clavin, usps (ret.) at April 25, 2024 10:25 AM (vtyCZ)
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Funny place to keep your tail or did you have too many face-lifts? Do you now raise your arm to pee?

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #117 at April 25, 2024 10:42 AM (qfLjt)

275 maw bunions

bunions in the mouth?

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

276 Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned. The American Judicial system proceeds apace.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:12 AM (FVME7)

Can't rape the willing.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at April 25, 2024 10:42 AM (cDEsv)

277 I have a little awning outside of my office window. Occasionally a squirrel or robin will pop up there and entertain me for a few minutes.

One day a crow popped up there and looked in the window. I remember seeing him and saying out loud, "What're you doing here?"

About an hour later, got a call that my uncle died. Haven't had a crow visit me since.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 25, 2024 10:43 AM (KbCG3)

278 A bit OT:

We had a touch of Apocalypse Now last night as elements of the 160th SOAR from Ft. Campbell left Knox after training. About 2 dozen Blackhawks flew over our place around 10PM.

It was surreal. And loud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2024 10:43 AM (Q4IgG)

279 ISS:
Roscosmos - Russian ISS Spacewalk 62 - International Space Station - Space Affairs Live
Spacewalk is expected to begin approx. 11 a.m. EDT and last 7 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/live/jP2rrWsGAz8

In about 15 minutes.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #118 at April 25, 2024 10:44 AM (qfLjt)

280 273 Susan "Sieg Heil" Sarandon says 10/7 is a myth.

Marina Medvin 🇺🇸
@MarinaMedvin
Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.
While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:41 AM (FVME7)

=======

Anything negative said about an oppressed population is false.

Anything positive said about an oppressor population is false.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 25, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

281 >>Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.
While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.

If I was running the Israeli government I would broadcast the tapes of October 7th endlessly. Make the terrorist supporters defend them.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2024 10:44 AM (LkLld)

282 One day a crow popped up there and looked in the window. I remember seeing him and saying out loud, "What're you doing here?"

About an hour later, got a call that my uncle died. Haven't had a crow visit me since.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Wow. That's...kinda spooky.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:44 AM (9yWhg)

283 While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.

Believe All Women. Except, you know, those Jewish ones.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 25, 2024 10:45 AM (/y8xj)

284 WSJ:

Some Anti-Israel Protesters Are Paid
Rockefeller and Soros grants are subsidizing those who disrupt college campuses.

Posted by: SMOD at April 25, 2024 10:46 AM (RHGPo)

285 A bit OT:

We had a touch of Apocalypse Now last night as elements of the 160th SOAR from Ft. Campbell left Knox after training. About 2 dozen Blackhawks flew over our place around 10PM.

It was surreal. And loud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Anyone who runs is a citizen.
Anyone who stands still, is a well disciplined citizen.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 25, 2024 10:46 AM (Jxvt5)

286 I'm confused. And tempting the barrel with excess tags.
Posted by: Oddbob

*******

The valgus term in genu valgus refers to the extremity distal to the knee joint deviating away from the midline. This causes the appearance of the knees coming together. Similarly, in hallux valgus the toe distal to the metatarsal-phalangeal (MP) joint deviate away from the midline, causing the bunion to deviate inward.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:46 AM (l4B/J)

287 When we were visiting the Dauphin aquarium in Alabama they had the octopus in a tank with the lock on the outside because it would unlock the inside lock and get out. There was a note on it explaining why it was locked. They are supposed to be intelligent creatures.

Posted by: Megthered at April 25, 2024 10:47 AM (4acn+)

288 If I was running the Israeli government I would broadcast the tapes of October 7th endlessly. Make the terrorist supporters defend them.

Hamas looks on this with pride.

And their defenders in the US and Europe do not care.

The left has been clear on this "oppressed" people are literally allowed to do ANYTHING to their oppressors. Who determines who is oppressed and who is not? The left of course

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:47 AM (ibTVg)

289 The valgus term in genu valgus refers to the extremity distal to the knee joint deviating away from the midline. This causes the appearance of the knees coming together. Similarly, in hallux valgus the toe distal to the metatarsal-phalangeal (MP) joint deviate away from the midline, causing the bunion to deviate inward.
Posted by: Muldoon

That's not one of your better limericks, Muldoon.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:47 AM (9yWhg)

290 The Trump presidential immunity arguments seem to be going well for OrangeManBad.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2024 10:48 AM (LkLld)

291 248 The original teen titans was YA level serious

Teen Titans Go was not at all serious and...hilarious.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:32 AM (ibTVg)

TTG did some incredibly funny stuff. Amazing World of Gumball was also awesome but in a more insane context. A lot of fun to watch when my kids were real little and were simply entertained by colors.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 25, 2024 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

292 >>Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.
While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.

IT'S FUNNY* BECAUSE HAMAS VIDEOED AND DISTRIBUTED THE ATROCITIES THEMSELVES VIA GO PRO AND PHONE CAMERAS.

*NOT FUNNY, HORRIFYING

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 25, 2024 10:48 AM (cCVOS)

293 Poll Shows the Democrat Base Is Unmarried Women

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Unmarried women, rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 10:49 AM (FVME7)

294 TTG did some incredibly funny stuff. Amazing World of Gumball was also awesome but in a more insane context. A lot of fun to watch when my kids were real little and were simply entertained by colors.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Wow, that brings back memories. My son watched most of that stuff. Also Adventure Time and Regular Show.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

295 The valgus term in genu valgus refers to the extremity distal to the knee joint deviating away from the midline

So the point of reference is the foot/ankle, not the knee. Got it. Sometimes I learn stuff. Might win me a beer some day.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 25, 2024 10:50 AM (/y8xj)

296 292 >>Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.
While some stories that emerged from social media may have come from untrustworthy sources, everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.

IT'S FUNNY* BECAUSE HAMAS VIDEOED AND DISTRIBUTED THE ATROCITIES THEMSELVES VIA GO PRO AND PHONE CAMERAS.

*NOT FUNNY, HORRIFYING
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 25, 2024 10:48 AM (cCVOS)

Somewhere, some terrorist in a cave is hearing people like Sarandon and wanting to cut off her face for denying his victory.

May he get his wish.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 25, 2024 10:50 AM (KbCG3)

297 You and Johnny got drunk after the big party and you regret having sex with him now: RAPE

Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed shot you and while you were wounded and bleeding forced himself upon you: Not Rape

Posted by: Western feminists at April 25, 2024 10:50 AM (ibTVg)

298 >>Hamas looks on this with pride.

>>And their defenders in the US and Europe do not care.

>>The left has been clear on this "oppressed" people are literally allowed to do ANYTHING to their oppressors. Who determines who is oppressed and who is not? The left of course

Exactly, but there are millions of people who aren't on the left. Put the evidence out for everyone to see and make the terrorist supporters defend them instead of pretending October 7th didn't happen or wasn't a bid deal.

Being on offense is generally better than being on defense when trying to win support.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2024 10:51 AM (LkLld)

299 Susan Sarandon says October 7 atrocities and rapes are a myth.

Turns out Ike knew something about human nature.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at April 25, 2024 10:51 AM (+x87d)

300 Poll Shows the Democrat Base Is Unmarried Women

They aren't unmarried really - they are married to Uncle Sugar. Either getting welfare checks from their man, or winning at his "business" in some paper pushing government office.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:51 AM (ibTVg)

301 294 TTG did some incredibly funny stuff. Amazing World of Gumball was also awesome but in a more insane context. A lot of fun to watch when my kids were real little and were simply entertained by colors.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Wow, that brings back memories. My son watched most of that stuff. Also Adventure Time and Regular Show.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

Amazing World of Gumball made me question what mental state I really needed to be in to get the full effect of the show.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 25, 2024 10:52 AM (KbCG3)

302 273 , everything reported by Israeli media was substantiated. The rapes have certainly been proven real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through

I was thinking about that little 4 year old Biden met with- there were speculations photos with her family were released but not of the Biden meeting because Biden was acting foolish. Maybe. My guess is even more cynical. I bet that poor tiny thing is so traumatized it would show in the pictures removing any question of who the Palestinians are as a people. I am praying for her. I hope she recovers and doesn’t spend her life fighting mental demons.

Posted by: Piper at April 25, 2024 10:52 AM (ZdaMQ)

303 Oh, Susan? *points wildly*

Photo of Hamas terrorists parading Shani Louk’s body wins top award, sparking outrage

A sickening image of Hamas terrorists parading a slain woman’s near-naked body through the streets of Gaza has been awarded a prestigious photo-of-the-year prize — sparking fierce outrage from those who slammed the win as “an outrageous desecration of Jewish life.”

The grim photo featuring Shani Louk’s body was among a collection of 20 images that helped the Associated Press secure first place in one of the Pictures of the Year International award categories earlier this month. . .
Louk, a 23-year-old German Israeli tattoo artist, was among the scores of innocent music festival-goers taken hostage when Hamas terrorists carried out its deadly Oct. 7 onslaught.

She quickly became one of the faces of the war after the shocking images of her lifeless body on the back of pickup truck started going viral. Israeli authorities later confirmed the young woman had tragically been beheaded by her captors.

That's a "myth?"?!?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 25, 2024 10:52 AM (cCVOS)

304 That's a "myth?"?!?!?

Its not rape rape.

Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at April 25, 2024 10:54 AM (ibTVg)

305 Susan Sarandon couldn't hold a candle to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 25, 2024 10:54 AM (l4B/J)

306 Old and Busted: BELIEVE ALL WOMEN #MEETOO

New Hotness: Those Israeli b#tches made it all up, and also, shouldn't have asked for it by being on Palestinian land.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 25, 2024 10:54 AM (cCVOS)

307 Susan Sarandon couldn't hold a candle to Gwyneth Paltrow.

And I have to say those candles really DO smell like her hoohaw

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at April 25, 2024 10:54 AM (ibTVg)

308 @290

>>The Trump presidential immunity arguments seem to be going well for OrangeManBad.

I predict 7-2 for Trump with Jumanji and The Wise Latina in the minority.

Otherwise, SCOAMF, Meat Puppet, The Shrub and a host of future Presidents will be in the dock for acts they committed as President.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 25, 2024 10:55 AM (9MpwF)

309 New Hotness: Those Israeli b#tches made it all up, and also, shouldn't have asked for it by being on Palestinian land.

Can you imagine if some Texas rancher took an illegal prisoner and raped her and broadcast it to the internet with pride?

Not only would he get a lifetime in prison but we'd get laws giving police protection to every illegal crossing the border...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:56 AM (ibTVg)

310 They aren't unmarried really - they are married to Uncle Sugar. Either getting welfare checks from their man, or winning at his "business" in some paper pushing government office.
Posted by: 18-1

"Bureaugamy" is the term I've seen to describe this.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:56 AM (9yWhg)

311 "Bureaugamy" is the term I've seen to describe this.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:56 AM

Stealing that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2024 10:57 AM (Wnv9h)

312 "Bureaugamy" is the term I've seen to describe this.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:56 AM

Stealing that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Fine with me. I didn't come up with it. But it is an apt term.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 10:58 AM (9yWhg)

313 Not to belabor this, but it boggles the mind that the same people who got ~~near~~ sooooo hysterical over Bret Kavanaugh allegedly"sexually assaulting" a fellow teen with an unwelcome kiss are now shrugging off barbaric rape, torture, and murder of Israeli women as a "myth."

You have no values except power, and the only women you value are your fellow rich, elitist white American woman, babe. You disgust me.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 25, 2024 10:59 AM (cCVOS)

314 Speaking of the NY judiciary, this NY judge says the second amendment doesn't exist in NY.

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Judge Abena Darkeh, suggesting that the Second Amendment doesn't apply anywhere she doesn't approve? What other rights don't exist in New York under Judge Darkeh's paradigm? Do defendants not have the right to representation? Is free speech non-existent?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 25, 2024 11:01 AM (FVME7)

315 U nas yest' shimpanze. NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 25, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

316
Saw some young woman on X complaining about the cost of rent, the cost of food... basically everything. She then went on to say if she has no where to live the government will give her a place to live and give her money for food.

I was lucky during the Carter years, but it was a similar sense of hopelessness back then.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 25, 2024 11:02 AM (RKVpM)

317 Saw some young woman on X complaining about the cost of rent, the cost of food... basically everything.

In my blue state I see a lot of people complaining this way...but then they quickly caveat "but it isn't inflation!!!"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 11:04 AM (ibTVg)

318 >>The Trump presidential immunity arguments seem to be going well for OrangeManBad.

I predict 7-2 for Trump with Jumanji and The Wise Latina in the minority.

Otherwise, SCOAMF, Meat Puppet, The Shrub and a host of future Presidents will be in the dock for acts they committed as President.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

El Presidenta has absolute immunity while in office as he is the actual Federal Government (Executive Branch). He can for shits and giggles and the only recourse is impeachment. Perceived accounting errors are trivial, but that's all they gots.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 25, 2024 11:04 AM (cOq4q)

319 Morning, hourde. America still exists, it moved to Wyoming.

Posted by: Auspex at April 25, 2024 11:12 AM (gbdAc)

320 Not only would he get a lifetime in prison but we'd get laws giving police protection to every illegal crossing the border...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 10:56 AM (ibTVg)

You mean they don’t already have that?

If General Bill McManus, San Antonio Police Department, Commanding had his way - he already has said that the police can and should pick and choose the laws it wants to enforce (in different words) - the illegal aliens would be a protected class, because he is concerned they will not turn to the police for help if those poor SWEETHEARTS are in fear of the law.

(This is one reason why if you have your Pom poms out for the cops, you are a blithering idiot.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 11:49 AM (e0dkU)

321
In my blue state I see a lot of people complaining this way...but then they quickly caveat "but it isn't inflation!!!"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2024 11:04 AM (ibTVg)

A lot of my friends are convinced inflation isn’t a thing but it’s an excuse to commit “price gouging”. Whenever that phrase comes out, you know economic illiteracy is afoot.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 25, 2024 11:50 AM (e0dkU)

322 The first Meal delivered by Air Krrrrraaaawwww

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