Mid-Morning Art Thread

Julie Le Brun Looking in a Mirror
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 1st?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

4 Sweet

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (Pijte)

5 A young starlet in the making.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Dammit, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

7 Mirror. mirror...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (rOtXe)

8 Mirror mirror in my hand, who's the palest in the land?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Another cute picture

Posted by: Skip at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (zedJg)

10 Yikes!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Why do I get the impression that mirror just stole the little girl's soul?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)

12 Child of the Corn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

13 A 4th wall break, inside a 4th wall....that's like, 16 walls....

Posted by: Deadpool at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

14 The MET

Title: Julie Le Brun (1780–1819) Looking in a Mirror

Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)

Date: 1787

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28 3/4 × 23 3/8 in. (73 × 59.4 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

15 6 Dammit, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Thankls for that, Bulg, it needed to be said!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (rOtXe)

16 Very sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (HXGNm)

17 One of the first selfies. Would hang. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (gXGVH)

18
Thankls for that, Bulg, it needed to be said!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (rOtXe)

Who are you guys, my parents?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

19 The angles don't add up to me

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ftFVW)

20 Enough of the little girl art.

I want grown-up gals with boobs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

21 Campbell soup kid mascot. Or Wonderbread maybe.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (DvCQ+)

22 On further reflection I have decided I like this piece

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (uCfKO)

23 In 1787 she submitted to the French Royal Academy’s Salon three portraits of her daughter, Julie, including this one—a tacit nod to the fact that her ability to create encompassed but was not limited to motherhood.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

24 SNIFFOLICOUS!!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

25 One of the first selfies. Would hang. Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (gXGVH)
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I wouldn't. It has creepy child dripping from both the inner and outer frames...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (7fElN)

26 Cute little girl. I can only draw stick figures

Posted by: jmel at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (RWHIh)

27 Napkins were a necessary fashion accessory back then.

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

28 The money her parents saved on the frame went to paying for a top-grade artist.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (i0CiB)

29 15 "Thanks"
Why does autocorrect never really help you out?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (rOtXe)

30 Enough of the little girl art.

I want grown-up gals with boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

GFY!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

31 There is something amok with the geometry of the composition

Posted by: Don Black at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (/7KEl)

32 The angles don't add up to me
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ftFVW)

Agreed. Seems like the image in the mirror shouldn't be full-face since the mirror is tilted.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (s9EYN)

33 The painter would need to be standing opposite to the girl to see her face in the mirror.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

34 Thankls for that, Bulg, it needed to be said!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (rOtXe)

Who are you guys, my parents?!?
Posted by: Sponge

Your supervisors. Some woman named Karen came to see us about you.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (v6JzV)

35 She has that mirror to prevent Biden from creeping on her.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (ufFY8)

36 Neat trick but the faces don't quite match up IMHO.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (LxER7)

37 19 The angles don't add up to me
Posted by: She Hobbit

I was told there would be no ~~math~~ geometry here.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

38 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.

Posted by: Gref at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (aBgBM)

39 Either the Bruns were very, very well off or Liz was faking it about the quality of the mirror.

Very sweet and technically sound.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (i0CiB)

40 No talent hack.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

41 The angles don't add up to me
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ftFVW)

Agreed. Seems like the image in the mirror shouldn't be full-face since the mirror is tilted.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (s9EYN)
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That's one of the reasons why this painting is a bit creepy to me. The image in the mirror does not seem to be reflecting the little girl at the proper angle.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

42 Morning.

Aawww, she's a cutie. Judging by the way she's looking in the mirror she's gonna grow up to be super vain.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (S9P/M)

43 Awww. Sweet painting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (kgE5c)

44 Agreed. Seems like the image in the mirror shouldn't be full-face since the mirror is tilted.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Exactly. It's really bothering me. Especially since the girl's chin is tilted down and the reflection's is not.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

45 Okay, forgive my impending ignorance folks but I am going to attempt a sincere art critique. I am an art novice (at best), so bear with me. With that disclaimer upfront, my thoughts:

It's nice.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:36 AM (KbCG3)

46 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.
Posted by: Gref at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM

Come on...it's acute painting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2024 09:36 AM (kgE5c)

47 11 Why do I get the impression that mirror just stole the little girl's soul?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirre

This explains the full face in the mirror in spite of the obvious viewing angles required to do this in real life!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (rOtXe)

48 Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

Posted by: Dr. Spin at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (ufFY8)

49 The money her parents saved on the frame went to paying for a top-grade artist.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (i0CiB)

No kiddin'...I had a nice print framed and matted...close to $300!

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (AwYPR)

50 The image in the mirror makes her head appear bigger for some reason.

Posted by: dantesed at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

51 Julie Le Brun (1780-1819)
Looking in a Mirror
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
French 1787

During her lifetime, Vigée Le Brun was France’s most famous woman artist, and she was highly aware of how important her self-presentation was to the Parisian art world. In 1787 she submitted to the French Royal Academy’s Salon three portraits of her daughter, Julie, including this one—a tacit nod to the fact that her ability to create encompassed but was not limited to motherhood. Julie is shown both in profile and straight on through the inclusion of a mirror. The deliberately impossible perspective results in a double image that draws on earlier artists’ allegorical figures of Sight and debates about reality versus illusion in painting.
====
Died young.
R.I.P.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (i0CiB)

52 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.
Posted by: Gref at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM

Come on...it's acute painting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Stop being obtuse.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (v6JzV)

53 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.
Posted by: Gref at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM

Come on...it's acute painting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Don't be obtuse! There's no reason to be needlessly complementary.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

54 8 Mirror mirror in my hand, who's the palest in the land?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

It's Biege White, you little privileged white bitch! It's not about falling in love with a creepy stalker man, but about growing up to be the strong, independent leader she's destined to be!!!

Posted by: Rachel Zegler at August 16, 2024 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

55 It's nice.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Well done, complex yet simple straightforward commentary is what we really need here!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:38 AM (rOtXe)

56 I want grown-up gals with boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

Best I could do.

https://shorturl.at/SD4HZ

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:38 AM (S9P/M)

57 *pinches cheek*

*offers Wether's Original*

Take two sweetheart.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 09:39 AM (JvZF+)

58 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.
Posted by: Gref

You squares. She was obviously ahead of the curve.

Posted by: Pablo Picasso at August 16, 2024 09:39 AM (JCZqz)

59 I was told there would be no math geometry here.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 16, 2024 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

People say that a person is usually good at geometry *or* algebra, but generally not both. I was terrible at both. Every time I would see a formulae my brain would say "Lol, nope" and go on a picnic.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:39 AM (s9EYN)

60 Her reflection has Down's, it's a little slow to turn.

Posted by: Serj Tankian at August 16, 2024 09:39 AM (b9PxA)

61 52 & 53. Horde Mind. Always angling for attention.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (LxER7)

62 Awww.

Bittersweet, says the momma who's baby girl is moving away in a few days, likely never to return.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (JCLJi)

63 56 I want grown-up gals with boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Gross!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

64 That's a cute picture.

My second thought was "Are the angles correct with the reflection?' I'm sure they are. Haven't had coffee yet.

Not putting subjects into sentences....or sentence fragments.

Posted by: Stateless at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (jvJvP)

65 whose*

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (JCLJi)

66 *sniff sniff*

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (Y8lzz)

67 Best I could do.

https://shorturl.at/SD4HZ
Posted by: Robert

She's cute. And looks like she had a decent rack. I'll take it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (v6JzV)

68 55 It's nice.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Well done, complex yet simple straightforward commentary is what we really need here!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:38 AM (rOtXe)

Phew. Was worried about putting myself out there like that. I don't like being that vulnerable. Thank you for your kindness.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (KbCG3)

69
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (1Nxff)

70 Either the Bruns were very, very well off or Liz was faking it about the quality of the mirror.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM (i0CiB)

Yeah, I was surprised by the mirror quality as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:41 AM (s9EYN)

71 Hey good lookin!!! I'll be back to smell ya up later!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden With a Mr. Microphone at August 16, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

72 Odd, egg shaped head she's got there. Early double chin too.

Would not bang in later life.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 09:41 AM (Q4IgG)

73 I really like it. The little girl has a pure innocence about her that is so very rare in current society. She's not been perved on or asked if she really thinks she's a boy, or who she likes to have sex with.

She's sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (HXGNm)

74 You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (gbOdA)

75 Now, that I'm reading the comments, I guess my second thought was thought by others.

Posted by: Stateless at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (jvJvP)

76 She's cute. And looks like she had a decent rack. I'll take it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

You mean decent hat, right?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (ftFVW)

77 #51 Doh! The daughter's years were 1780-1819 and not the painter, Elisabeth who was 1755-1842.

Jeanne-Julie-Louise Le Brun[1] (married name Julie Nigris; 12 February 1780 - 8 December 1819), nicknamed "Brunette", was the daughter of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and was the model of many of her paintings.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842),[1] also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply as Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (i0CiB)

78 No kiddin'...I had a nice print framed and matted...close to $300!
Posted by: BignJames

Yes, undertand that perfectly!
I bought a really great watercolor at a consignment shop for $10. Had it professionally framed because I liked it so much.
Bill was $135, but it was worth it, because I still enjoy it every time I see it!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (rOtXe)

79 Morons going off on a tangent

Posted by: one hour sober at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (Y1sOo)

80 Back when I had Netflix, I watched a rather good docu drama about Elisabeth Vigee Le Braun's life. Well worth the time if it's still available. Poor Julie had a bad ending in life.

Posted by: Tuna at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (oaGWv)

81 Julie the Brown? Downtown Julie Brown as a child?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 09:43 AM (J2vNu)

82 When you want to stare at someone without making it obvious.

Posted by: red speck at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

83 Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo

Sad to say nurse, but you are spot on!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (rOtXe)

84 Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back;
if you smile, it returns the greeting.
-WMT

Posted by: redridinghood at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

85 Dawned on me one day how weird it would be if there were no reflective surfaces.

Imagine never having any idea of what you looked like.

*Insert Stevie Wonder joke

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (KbCG3)

86 Young Gal Gadot, before Rachel Zegler was born.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (jdHxK)

87 Here's the same girl but older and jamming out Ace Of Spades.

https://shorturl.at/223uz

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:45 AM (S9P/M)

88 82 When you want to stare at someone without making it obvious.

Posted by: red speck at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

Co-signed, Every Dude in a Gym With a Hot Chick

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:45 AM (KbCG3)

89 test

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 16, 2024 09:45 AM (rOtXe)

90 A beautiful and creative portrait of the artist's little girl. The non-descript background makes the girl and the mirror really stand out. The colors are gentle, the skin tones seem appropriate for a young child, and the brushwork is smooth and subtly blended. It is entirely charming. Even the decorations on the mirror frame speak of 'little girl'. But the off center placement of the mirror and the girl's full face reflection which looks right at the viewer is what grabs the viewer's attention. It is not discordant but emphasizes the face, which is what the girl sees, instead of her figure.

Effective and creative and has the feel of being spontaneous. It's easy to see why the artist was hugely popular as a portraitist.

Posted by: JTB at August 16, 2024 09:45 AM (zudum)

91 Thank Heaven for little girls.

- Leader of the Free World Biden

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (L/fGl)

92 Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (i0CiB)

So the angles are *supposed* to be wrong. Good to know.

Sad about the daughter only living to 19. Wonder how old she was when she got married.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (s9EYN)

93 Dawned on me one day how weird it would be if there were no reflective surfaces.

Imagine never having any idea of what you looked like.

*Insert Stevie Wonder joke
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Now I'm curious... surely someone in the horde knows when some culture or other started making shiny surfaces for the express purpose of seeing one's reflection.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (ftFVW)

94 When you want to stare at someone without making it obvious.

Posted by: red speck at August 16, 2024 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

Reflections in the windows of DC Metro cars.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

95 The most devious thing going through her mind would be,
"How do I get dad to buy me a pony?"

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (HXGNm)

96 The little girl has a pure innocence about her that is so very rare in current society. She's not been perved on or asked if she really thinks she's a boy, or who she likes to have sex with.
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 09:42 AM (HXGNm)

Life growing up in Seattle.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (S9P/M)

97 When you want to stare at someone without making it obvious.

Posted by: red speck

Also to check whether they're vampires.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:47 AM (L/fGl)

98 Obvious reflection trigonometry error; would not hang.
Posted by: Gref at August 16, 2024 09:35 AM

It's art, not science.

Posted by: Roy at August 16, 2024 09:47 AM (z+ik4)

99 Reflections in the windows of DC Metro cars.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (LxER7)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

101 Happy Friday, btw.

6 hours, 12 minutes and counting.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (JCLJi)

102 Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:40 AM (JCLJi)
===

That must be very distressing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (JvZF+)

103 The FBI secretly released would be Trump assas*in Thomas Crooks' body to be cremated before Rep. Clay Higgins could examine it.

NOTHIN TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

104 Sad about the daughter only living to 19. Wonder how old she was when she got married.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:46 AM (s9EYN)

She made it to 39. According to Wikidingdong she got married and then they separated.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (S9P/M)

105 The most devious thing going through her mind would be,
"How do I get dad to buy me a pony?"
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo

I expect Kamala's economic policy statement this afternoon to include everybody gets a free pony.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:49 AM (L/fGl)

106 She made it to 39. According to Wikidingdong she got married and then they separated.
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (S9P/M)

Did I mention already that I'm really bad at math?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (s9EYN)

107 Distressing? Nah.

Bummer? Y'betcha.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (JCLJi)

108 rhennigantx great job!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (s3qiR)

109 103 The FBI secretly released would be Trump assas*in Thomas Crooks' body to be cremated before Rep. Clay Higgins could examine it.

NOTHIN TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

Pretend I'm a dummy.

What would the body have shown?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

110 This painting of Julie is Joe Biden approved.

https://shorturl.at/ZVUGn

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (S9P/M)

111 21 Campbell soup kid mascot. Or Wonderbread maybe.
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 16, 2024 09:32 AM

Have her replace Aunt Jemima....
Rub some faces in it....

Thanks andycanuck for the angles explanation.

Posted by: Stateless at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (jvJvP)

112 The Met link with a few more of her portraits...
https://tinyurl.com/4z7b9z3d

Her WikiArt page:

https://tinyurl.com/8szn8txs

I recognize one of her two portraits shown of Marie Antoinette.

One crapload of famous people. So she probably DID own a mirror that good.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (i0CiB)

113 I expect Kamala's economic policy statement this afternoon to include everybody gets a free pony.

----------

In my country every child had a pony!

Posted by: Classic Seinfeld Reference at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (jdHxK)

114 Did I mention already that I'm really bad at math?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Call us, we're hiring!
-- Bureau of Labor Statistics

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (v6JzV)

115 105 The most devious thing going through her mind would be,
"How do I get dad to buy me a pony?"
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo

I expect Kamala's economic policy statement this afternoon to include everybody gets a free pony.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:49 AM (L/fGl)

Well, she's just lost the Seinfeld vote.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (KbCG3)

116 Did I mention already that I'm really bad at math?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (s9EYN)

I feel ya.

Numbers BAAAAD!

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:51 AM (S9P/M)

117 WaPo has been invaded by the body snatchers!

Byron York
@ByronYork
From WP: 'When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls? It’s hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris’s price-gouging proposal is.' This is not a pro-Trump columnist...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (L/fGl)

118 What would the body have shown?

tranny probably

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (s3qiR)

119 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

Stray voltage? It's as if they *want* people to assume there's a cover-up.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (s9EYN)

120 Quick comment and back to JJ.
The painting of the little girl is beautiful. The mirror spoils it for me. The girl looks real. The picture I'm the mirror looks like a doll.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (t/2Uw)

121 Artist: "Would you prefer the portrait be head-on or in side-view?"
Model's mother: "Can we do both?"

Posted by: red speck at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (0Id0S)

122 Pretend I'm a dummy.

What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

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Legs genetically altered for optimization on a sloped roof?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (jdHxK)

123 No math!

It's an AoSHQ perk.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (JCLJi)

124 Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

Destroy all trolls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

125 What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

If there was gunpowder residue on his hands from recently firing a weapon.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (acik9)

126 She was beautiful, she was young, she was innocent. She was the greatest piece of ass I ever had, and I had 'em all over the world.

https://tinyurl.com/46x3zmx3

Posted by: zombie lord horatio nelson at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (i0CiB)

127 Framing art...

I have 2 old Japanese lithographs that, if hung side by side, make one scene. I had them individually framed and they are hung thusly.

Cost a small fortune to get a proper frame for each.

Would have been triple the cost to have them mounted side by side under one piece of glass though. And probably require extensive hanging hardware.

But, yea... it's worth it for the final results.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)

128 Vigee Le Brun was one of Marie Antoinette's preferred portraitists. She did very well although she left France for Russia during the Revolution. Years and years ago I remember what a big deal it was when the Columbus art Museum got one of the artist's Russian portraits. I was lucky to see it many times.

Posted by: Tuna at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (oaGWv)

129 What would the body have shown?
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tranny probably
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 16, 2024

***
One of those Ceta Alpha Five mindworms

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (J2vNu)

130 I think many parents of daughters will recognize this look.

https://shorturl.at/UjuhQ

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (S9P/M)

131 NO BEARDS

Posted by: Elizabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun at August 16, 2024 09:54 AM (jdHxK)

132 Something about the rendering (maybe the eyes?) makes it look like a stylized Chinese painting of a caucasian subject -- almost like a propaganda poster.

Posted by: red speck at August 16, 2024 09:54 AM (0Id0S)

133 Ceti Alpha Five

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 09:54 AM (J2vNu)

134 This is sweet. Would paint on the side of my free candy van.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 16, 2024 09:55 AM (aD39U)

135 What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Disguised lizard person?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 09:55 AM (ftFVW)

136 122 Pretend I'm a dummy.

What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

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Legs genetically altered for optimization on a sloped roof?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2024 09:52 AM (jdHxK)

Ha!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:56 AM (KbCG3)

137 Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 09:53 AM (S9P/M)

Has a "bad title" error.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (s9EYN)

138 Julie Le Brun Looking in a Mirror

*********

What's in the Box, Daddy?

A young girl named Julie LeBrun
Thought birthdays were all kinds of fun
As she lifted up the lid
Her father quipped, "Hey Kid!
You know, two heads are better than one!"

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (uCfKO)

139 What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
*
Disguised lizard person?
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024

***
I shall be merciful and quick!

Posted by: Gorn Captain at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (J2vNu)

140 Going out of business clearance sale!

RFK Jr. Allegedly Eyes a Deal with Trump or Harris, Neither of Whom Are Interested

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (L/fGl)

141 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (gbOdA)

142 > RFK Jr. Allegedly Eyes a Deal with Trump or Harris, Neither of Whom Are Interested
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Someone struggling to remain relevant.

Sad, sort of. (not really)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 09:59 AM (Q4IgG)

143 Pretend I'm a dummy.

What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

I think that part of congress wanted their own autopsy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:59 AM (gbOdA)

144 143 Pretend I'm a dummy.

What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

Drugs?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:00 AM (IyPmt)

145 6 hours, 12 minutes and counting.
Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 09:48 AM (JCLJi

Ahhhh #metoo

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:00 AM (JrF6z)

146 Julie Le Brun Looking in a Mirror
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Fancy ass mug shot. That's all I got.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (LrWnf)

147 The feds seem to be big on immediate cremation. Crooks, Ashleigh Babbit...

Nothing sus about that at all.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (v6JzV)

148 What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

That he was really the guy?

Or worse, something we don't know?

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (JrF6z)

149 No CCP trolls yet

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (JvZF+)

150 I would have put RFK Jr in charge of the Trump assassination investigation.

He'd have a personal reason to uncover all the worms.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (acik9)

151 Will the Morbidly Rich Ever Go Back to Being Good American Citizens? Thom Hartmann: 'With the election of 1980, Americans — most unknowingly — chose great wealth over democracy, oligarchy over a middle class, billionaires over working people.'

I lived through it. This question assumes that the rich ever were 'good citizens', or just the ones that got the societal model to accept the concept that being rich basically makes you a 'good citizen'.

There is no incentive for them to ever be anything other than what they are right now. Greedy and narcissistic. It's all about them. No one else matters.

Nope. Their wealth needs to be wiped out. They need to be held accountable for the damage that they perpetrated.

When they have to pay their fair share, they will wander off to Monaco, Saudi, wherever else that will pamper them in exchange for their spending. Many are buying up New Zealand for unknown reasons.

"Morbidly Rich" is a phrase that deserves to be disseminated widely. I remember Reagan praising the money-changes as if they were the ones who created wealth, when all they really do is move money in circles, taking a little off the top.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

152 t the point of incidence where the ray strikes the mirror, a line can be drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror. This line is known as a normal line. The normal line divides the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray into two equal angles.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (gbOdA)

153 Two days in a row. Big eye Keane Kids. Boring

Posted by: Harsh Kritik at August 16, 2024 10:02 AM (CV8a5)

154 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Give us your email address so that we have your email address.

Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2024 10:02 AM (HYrf+)

155 I like this. Therefore, it must be art.

Posted by: Self-Unaware at August 16, 2024 10:03 AM (un9MU)

156 the point of incidence where the ray strikes the mirror, a line can be drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror. This line is known as a normal line. The normal line divides the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray into two equal angles.
Posted by: rhennigantx

If I understand you correctly you are saying Kamala's economic ideas are straight up communism. Amiright?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (LrWnf)

157 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Posted by: rhennigantx

Says I've been owned 13 times.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (L/fGl)

158 141 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (gbOdA)

Is that a safe place ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (IyPmt)

159 Will the Morbidly Rich Ever Go Back to Being Good American Citizens? Thom Hartmann: 'With the election of 1980, Americans — most unknowingly — chose great wealth over democracy, oligarchy over a middle class, billionaires over working people.'

In 1986, the top marginal income tax rate was 50 percent, and the top 1 percent paid 25.8 percent of all income taxes; thirty years later (2016), the top marginal income tax rate had fallen to 39.6 percent, but the top 1 percent’s share of income taxes had risen to 37.3 percent. In 2022 the tip 1% paid almost 45% of all taxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (gbOdA)

160 "Cost a small fortune to get a proper frame for each."

Framing anything is horribly expensive.

Posted by: Tuna at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (oaGWv)

161 That's one of the reasons why this painting is a bit creepy to me. The image in the mirror does not seem to be reflecting the little girl at the proper angle.
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First impression -- granddaughter did a hack job on her hair similar to this kidlet.

Second impression -- trying to figure out why it is so wrong when I should like it.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (WCgT6)

162 Great nips. Ass so firm you could bounce a golden sovereign off of it. That's how I really lost my eye.

https://tinyurl.com/3p4n3vek

Posted by: zombie lord horatio nelson at August 16, 2024 10:05 AM (i0CiB)

163 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

Allow me to save you some time. Yes, yes you were.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 16, 2024 10:05 AM (/y8xj)

164 If I understand you correctly you are saying Kamala's economic ideas are straight up communism. Amiright?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (LrWnf)

My physics lecture somehow turned to Keynesian Eco 101.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:06 AM (gbOdA)

165 How about the Morbidly Leftist?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:06 AM (v6JzV)

166 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 16, 2024 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

Are they competing to be the purest Maoist?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2024 10:06 AM (d9fT1)

167 Is that a safe place ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (IyPmt)

Recommended by CNET

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:06 AM (gbOdA)

168
I lived through it. This question assumes that the rich ever were 'good citizens', or just the ones that got the societal model to accept the concept that being rich basically makes you a 'good citizen'.
====

"I will decide who is a Good Citizen!"
-Hermann Goering

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 10:06 AM (JvZF+)

169 DNC Kicks Off Today in Leftist Hellhole Chicago

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Leftist Hellhole?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:07 AM (L/fGl)

170 I remember Reagan praising the money-changers
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LOL and who exactly does DU mean by "money changers" 🤔😉

I swear we were just talking about this.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:07 AM (JrF6z)

171 I guess no one has told the DUmmies that the more money you make, the more likely you are to be a Dim.

Middle-class -- GOP; very rich, very poor -- Dims.

I'm also guessing that no one commenting at the DU is starving.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 10:08 AM (i0CiB)

172 So I seem to be the only one who saw a box instead of a mirror frame..

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:08 AM (uCfKO)

173 In 1986, the top marginal income tax rate was 50 percent, and the top 1 percent paid 25.8 percent of all income taxes; thirty years later (2016), the top marginal income tax rate had fallen to 39.6 percent, but the top 1 percent’s share of income taxes had risen to 37.3 percent. In 2022 the tip 1% paid almost 45% of all taxes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (gbOdA)
===

And all of it put to it's best and highest use. Swearsies.
-Uniparty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 10:09 AM (JvZF+)

174 Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Posted by: rhennigantx

Says I've been owned 13 times.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (L/fGl)

I used an alt email and it gave me the same result. Said it was involved in breaches at sites I've never used that email at.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:09 AM (S9P/M)

175 Is that a safe place ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:04 AM (IyPmt)

Good question and yes.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:10 AM (JrF6z)

176 That's one of the reasons why this painting is a bit creepy to me. The image in the mirror does not seem to be reflecting the little girl at the proper angle.

Portrait was painted in R'lyeh. Once you account for the noneucledian geometry it all checks our.

Posted by: Tentacles Are Your Friend at August 16, 2024 10:10 AM (un9MU)

177
Julie's Head in a Box- a limerick

Julie woke this morning, filled with dread
She was slowly disappearing in her bed
First her legs, and then her torso
Arms and shoulders? Even more so
She should have quit while she was still a head

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:10 AM (uCfKO)

178 But of course.

Controversial Influencer Who Told Children To Disrespect Their Parents Invited To Democratic National Convention

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:11 AM (L/fGl)

179 Sorry about that one, Grandma!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:11 AM (uCfKO)

180 I thought the DNC didn't start until Monday?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:11 AM (v6JzV)

181 So I seem to be the only one who saw a box instead of a mirror frame..
Posted by: Muldoon

I think we've well established that your mind works in different -- wonderfully different -- ways.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 16, 2024 10:12 AM (/y8xj)

182 > Search to see if your were in the billion records data breach:
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They'd have been better off listing the sites that weren't hacked.

The list of those that suffered a breach is.... extensive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:13 AM (Q4IgG)

183 Mirror, mirror in my hand?
Who's the fairest in the land?

Posted by: Disney minus at August 16, 2024 10:13 AM (DobEs)

184 Julie's Head in a Box- a limerick

Julie woke this morning, filled with dread
She was slowly disappearing in her bed
First her legs, and then her torso
Arms and shoulders? Even more so
She should have quit while she was still a head
Posted by: Muldoon

I saw this in the Brad Pitt /Morgan Freeman movie Se7en.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:14 AM (L/fGl)

185 Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

186 Mirrors don't work that way.

Posted by: look whats not at August 16, 2024 10:16 AM (nakGR)

187 Not only is Crook’s body GONE – cremated, poof, no longer exists

It turns out the FBI cleaned up biological evidence from the crime scene.

no coverup here

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:16 AM (gbOdA)

188 the point of incidence where the ray strikes the mirror, a line can be drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror. This line is known as a normal line. The normal line divides the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray into two equal angles.

Posted by: rhennigantx

Lemme' see...angle of incidence = angle of reflection?

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 10:17 AM (AwYPR)

189 Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

So you're the guy who voices the monster truck rally ads on TV.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:17 AM (v6JzV)

190 Well, I don't need a second opinion.

Comedian And Actor Rob Schneider Trashes Kamala Harris and "Lockdown-Riot Allowing" Tim Walz As "Cancer On Our Nation"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:17 AM (L/fGl)

191 Casting Gal Gadot as the evil queen, jealous of another woman's looks, is certainly a move.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:18 AM (JrF6z)

192 But of course part deux.

Insider Reveals Walt Disney Company Funds Sex Changes For Kids

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

193 Four more days until trash day eve. The anticipation is reaching Sears Christmas Wish Book levels on or about December 20th.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:18 AM (LrWnf)

194 Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

So you're the guy who voices the monster truck rally ads on TV.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:17 AM

Well, he's definitely not Rebecca Black.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (kgE5c)

195 196 But of course part deux.

Insider Reveals Walt Disney Company Funds Sex Changes For Kids
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

=======

It doesn't happen, and it's good that it does.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reminiscing about lost times with Orson Welles at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

196 LMAO Snow White is facing an anti-Israel boycott due to the casting of Gadot.

Sweet sweet irony. Keep eating that bacon Disney.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (JrF6z)

197 And all of it put to it's best and highest use. Swearsies.
-Uniparty
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 16, 2024 10:09 AM (JvZF+)

We have a country were close to 45% pay no income taxes yet get to vote on how OPM is spent.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

198 Got to 538 and it’s all there.

Sure. Meet you there. Stay there 'til I get there, k?

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (JCLJi)

199 Lemme' see...angle of incidence = angle of reflection?
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 1

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They frist sprang this on me in General Science class in ninth grade. I'm going, "Whaaa?" Until I realized that it was not "angle of incidents," but "incidence."

I'm surprised Ellery Queen never used that principle, or a mirror in general, in one of their mysteries. John Dickson Carr did at least once, but it was not a cheat of the reader.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:20 AM (J2vNu)

200 Everyone is good of trump. That’s why are he’s having tantrums🤣

i’ll said that the of old mans, he’s don't nearly to deluded to he is a voters. Himself knows what’s upon. Himself also knows himself lose on 2020 and always know. Prevent himself put in that more than shown the of trailer parked crowd

Posted by: MAGA is weird (But I like to eat my own shit) at August 16, 2024 10:20 AM (GfUIO)

201 LMAO Snow White is facing an anti-Israel boycott due to the casting of Gadot.

Sweet sweet irony. Keep eating that bacon Disney.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:19 AM (JrF6z)

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They really don't need to worry. No one is going to see that movie anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 16, 2024 10:20 AM (2UnvF)

202 Come on man this isn’t hard.

They make a little blue pill that can fix that for ya.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:21 AM (S9P/M)

203 Whoever came up with the terms for mirror reflection (Newton, maybe?) could have used "angle of approach" just as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

204 166 How about the Morbidly Leftist?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Uh....if you insist. https://tinyurl.com/ywuxj5ac

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

205 So you're the guy who voices the monster truck rally ads on TV.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:17 AM (v6JzV)

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LOL, you have those, too?

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (16NmB)

206 Legendary Singer Frankie Valli Leaves Fans Concerned After “Struggles” At Latest Concert

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Yeah? Well, big girls don't cry.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (L/fGl)

207 Posted by: MAGA is weird

Weird is so last week. The new word is creepy. You need to update your NPC programming before you get deactivated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (R+4G8)

208 Nothing funnier than this halfwit troll trying to make sense of numbers.

You can almost see the golden retriever head-tilt on the poor dumb bastard.

Posted by: spindrift at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (OguvZ)

209 197 Four more days until trash day eve. The anticipation is reaching Sears Christmas Wish Book levels on or about December 20th.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

I'm so jealous! What a wild, interesting life you lead!

Posted by: In Awe at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (CV8a5)

210 Robert, is your colonoscopy today?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (v6JzV)

211 Frankie Valli is still alive?

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:23 AM (S9P/M)

212 "There is FU rich and then there is I am so rich I pay people to shoot me up with drugs rich." - Matthew Perry, noted rehab expert and close friend of Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:24 AM (LrWnf)

213 Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
So you're the guy who voices the monster truck rally ads on TV.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024

***
Yes, just a victim of "Truck and Tractor Pull Announcer's Disease." Won't you help?

I haven't seen one of those ads, or heard one on radio, in years. Do they still hold monster truck rallies and/or funny car exhibitions?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:24 AM (J2vNu)

214 In 1787 she submitted to the French Royal Academy’s Salon three portraits of her daughter, Julie, including this one—a tacit nod to the fact that her ability to create encompassed but was not limited to motherhood.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

The painting of her daughter during conception is renowned for the rendering of the complexities and nuances of the situation. Alas, it is rumoured to be in a private collection, unavailable to the public. The whispers in the art world are that there are several variations of this event, each with the artist captured in various positions.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 16, 2024 10:24 AM (NMT5x)

215 Frankie Valli is still alive?
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:23 AM (S9P/M)

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Yeah but I think he's in his 90s. Give the guy a break.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:24 AM (16NmB)

216 The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ added more than 80,000 new IRS agents to the agency to track tipped workers and $600 Venmo payments.

“On this vote, the yay’s are 50, the nay’s are 50. The Senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed,” Harris said.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 10:24 AM (gbOdA)

217 is your colonoscopy today?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:22 AM (v6JzV)

I'm here at the place. Waiting.

There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (S9P/M)

218 And all of it put to it's best and highest use. Swearsies.
-Uniparty
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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We have a country were close to 45% pay no income taxes yet get to vote on how OPM is spent.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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If Bif were Dictator for a day, ^^^^THAT^^^^ is what I would fix as my highest priority. No skin in the game, means jo vote in the game. Do not pass go, fuck right off in the direction of down yonder, under the bridge where beejers cost $20, same as downtown.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (MsrgL)

219 Four more days until trash day eve. The anticipation is reaching Sears Christmas Wish Book levels on or about December 20th.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

***
At home as a kid, December 20th was the day I started behaving myself.

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

220 I thought the DNC didn't start until Monday?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Hookers and John's are gonna hook and John.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (JkCto)

221 Hey, fuckwit, what communications breakdown occurred yesterday, when you screamed in spittle-flecked anger for us to shut up and inflation was over, only to have Harris float price controls to try and control inflation?

You should really ask your programmers to try and keep you up to date.

Probably difficult for a floundering campaign throwing shit against a wall to see what sticks.

Posted by: spindrift at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (OguvZ)

222 Frankie Valli is still alive?
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy!

That was my thought exactly.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (ftFVW)

223 For example, in the 1950s, when the top marginal income tax rate reached 92 percent, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid an effective rate of only 16.9 percent. You may now continue.

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (aD39U)

224 is your colonoscopy today?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024
*
I'm here at the place. Waiting.

There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024

***
Don't tell her. Her co-workers may be offended.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

225 Frankie Valli is 90. What would fans expect?

Posted by: First Ward at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (CV8a5)

226 The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ added more than 80,000 new IRS agents to the agency to track tipped workers and $600 Venmo payments
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Wonder if Trump knew about this when he proposed No Taxes on Tips six months ago?

I'm sure he didn't and he was taken completely by surprise by running against Harris. Stupid dope Trump gets lucky again!

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (JrF6z)

227 I haven't seen one of those ads, or heard one on radio, in years. Do they still hold monster truck rallies and/or funny car exhibitions?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Don't know. Probably.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

228 Frankie Valli is still alive?

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:23 AM (S9P/M)

...and Frankie Avalon....and Frank Sinatra Jr.

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (AwYPR)

229 There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy!

But you know what that ass was doing last night...

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 10:27 AM (ftFVW)

230 Taliban Turns Nation into a Repressive, Dangerous Place for Women

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You know, like the Olympics.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

231 For example, in the 1950s, when the top marginal income tax rate reached 92 percent, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid an effective rate of only 16.9 percent. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (aD39U)

They think that if the gub'mint taxes income at 90% they're going to get all that money. This is false.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (S9P/M)

232 If you miss this you'd better be dead or in jaaaaail. And if you're in jail... BREAAAK OOOUT.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (JrF6z)

233 Stop engaging with the trolls.

Why is this complicated?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (d9fT1)

234 Don't tell her. Her co-workers may be offended.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

Lol.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (JCLJi)

235 234 Stop engaging with the trolls.

Why is this complicated?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (d9fT1)

=======

This is why no one talks to me anymore.

*weeps bitterly but manfully*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reminiscing about lost times with Orson Welles at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

236 Hope all goes well, Robert.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (v6JzV)

237 But you know what that ass was doing last night...
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 16, 2024 10:27 AM (ftFVW)

Sitting in a comfortable chair, playing Call Of Duty?

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (S9P/M)

238 Sinatra Jr. died in 2016.

Posted by: Frankly Speaking at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (CV8a5)

239 227 The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ added more than 80,000 new IRS agents to the agency to track tipped workers and $600 Venmo payments

Want to win an election? Promise to turn the 80,000 auditors loose on the federal gov, agency by agency to the line item, in an effort to reduce waste and fraud.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (pIfcn)

240 Come on man this isn’t hard.

They make a little blue pill that can fix that for ya.

**********

Polls vs Poles - a limerick

There's an image that your comment evinces
That appeals to all of our senses
A hard-on is appealing
So enjoy the pleasant feeling
But remember: Erections hace consequences

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (uCfKO)

241 Inflation is a thing of the past. The only people still complaining are white trash Trumpers . I guess fentanyl is still expensive.

Posted by: MAGA is weird at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (h2WzM)

242 Juvenile grey whale in the bay. Delayed our departure from the dock. Gonna be late for work.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RPaRn)

243 This art thread needs that pic of the widdle puppy in the rain with oversized sad eyes.

Posted by: look whats not at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (nakGR)

244 239 227 The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ added more than 80,000 new IRS agents to the agency to track tipped workers and $600 Venmo payments

Want to win an election? Promise to turn the 80,000 auditors loose on the federal gov, agency by agency to the line item, in an effort to reduce waste and fraud.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (pIfcn)

========

Hollywood. Direct it at Hollywood.

That'd be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reminiscing about lost times with Orson Welles at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

245 If you miss this you'd better be dead or in jaaaaail. And if you're in jail... BREAAAK OOOUT.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024

***
Shakedown,
Breakdown,
You're busted!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

246 Hope all goes well, Robert.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (v6JzV)

Thanks!

*Watches as two nurses wheel an industrial sized barrel of lube thru the lobby*

*Gulp*

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:30 AM (S9P/M)

247 Sinatra Jr. died in 2016.

Posted by: Frankly Speaking at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (CV8a5)

huh...missed that

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 10:30 AM (AwYPR)

248 Get ready for a GREAT nap!

Posted by: The Assman at August 16, 2024 10:30 AM (DobEs)

249 Stop engaging with the trolls.

But Dum-Dum is so easy to kick around.

/sadface

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (aD39U)

250 >There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy!

---

make your move, man
romance is in the air

Posted by: Don Black at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (/7KEl)

251 I'm here at the place. Waiting.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (S9P/M)

=====

Good luck, Robert! Prayers that all turns out well. I have to call today to schedule mine. Bleh.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (16NmB)

252 There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:25 AM (S9P/M)

Maybe one of the nurses will be a cutie!

That is always a pleasure!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (d9fT1)

253 Watch as Foreigners Take Over British Streets … to Celebrate Independence from Britain

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Damn Bostonians!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

254 236 Hope all goes well, Robert.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:28 AM (v6JzV)

Hope everything comes out okay in the end

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (IyPmt)

255 I haven't seen one of those ads, or heard one on radio, in years. Do they still hold monster truck rallies and/or funny car exhibitions?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Went to the demolition derby on the 4th this year. It was awesome. Seems you have to search this stuff out now though. Not much room anymore in advertising for fun, non-woke stuff I guess.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 10:32 AM (JCLJi)

256 Stop engaging with the trolls.

Why is this complicated?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo1

=======

This is why no one talks to me anymore.

*weeps bitterly but manfully*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

-----

*hands TJM a beer*
*pats couch*

I'm gonna watch Prometheus. Have a seat.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 16, 2024 10:32 AM (MsrgL)

257 Juvenile grey whale in the bay. Delayed our departure from the dock. Gonna be late for work.
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RPaRn)

Make whale noises until he swims off. Like Dory in Finding Nemo.

"FuUuUUcK OoOoOoOoOfFfFfF!!!!!"

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:32 AM (S9P/M)

258 242 Juvenile grey whale in the bay. Delayed our departure from the dock. Gonna be late for work.
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RPaRn)

Uh-huh, right.

Posted by: Nurse's Boss, Looking at Watch at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (LxER7)

259 DU can complain about the rich all they want.

It's the powerful that need to be taken down a peg or two.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (KbCG3)

260 Mirror Universe Hummel Figurine

Posted by: BurtTC at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (GtZ7X)

261 256 *hands TJM a beer*
*pats couch*

I'm gonna watch Prometheus. Have a seat.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 16, 2024 10:32 AM (MsrgL)

=======

*stops sniffling in manful manner*
*attempts smile*
*settles in*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reminiscing about lost times with Orson Welles at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

262 Robert, make sure they don't mix up the Astroglide with the Capsaicin creme!

Posted by: Hunka Burnin' Love at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (CV8a5)

263 Why are the trolls here such worthless and supernaturally stupid garbage?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (FfSAJ)

264 Hope all goes well, Robert.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024
*
Hope everything comes out okay in the end
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024

***
In similar news, that annoying talking box from the Cologuard ads showed up at my front door yesterday. Guess I'll send it back on Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (J2vNu)

265 Great painter; Glad she didn't get killed off during the French Revolution.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (dTTBf)

266 Frankie Valli is 90. What would fans expect?

*********

Then: Frankie's hip!

Now: Frankie's hip replacement!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (uCfKO)

267 make your move, man
romance is in the air
Posted by: Don Black at August 16, 2024 10:31 AM (/7KEl)

"Hey, baby, come here often?"

Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (S9P/M)

268 *Watches as two nurses wheel an industrial sized barrel of lube thru the lobby*

*Gulp*
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy! at August 16, 2024 10:30 AM (S9P

Dude. Wrong end.

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (eCnv0)

269 Everything old is new again.

Russia Is Building Trenches in Kursk to Defend Against Ukrainian Advances

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

270 263 Why are the trolls here such worthless and supernaturally stupid garbage?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (FfSAJ)

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Trolls drop in. Say some stuff that's designed to rile up the regulars. Walk away for a bit. Laugh.

There's no point in engaging with them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reminiscing about lost times with Orson Welles at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

271 Why are the trolls here such worthless and supernaturally stupid garbage?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 16, 2024

***
That's like asking why a cat is independent or a dog barks. It's the nature of the beast. If the trolls were not such garbage as you describe, they wouldn't be trolls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (J2vNu)

272 Some great spin from a radio "news" program. Auto insurance saw a decline as it was only up 18% in July year over year, vs 23% in June. So you see, inflation is decreasing you rubes.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 16, 2024 10:35 AM (MTucz)

273 269 Everything old is new again.

Russia Is Building Trenches in Kursk to Defend Against Ukrainian Advances
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

You'd think they would bomb them into oblivion Must not be able to

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2024 10:35 AM (IyPmt)

274 DU can complain about the rich all they want.

It's the powerful that need to be taken down a peg or two.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (KbCG3)

Some of them don't know they work for the rich and powerful. Some know they do, and are tasked to act like they don't.

I'm not sure which is worse.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 16, 2024 10:35 AM (GtZ7X)

275 Make whale noises until he swims off. Like Dory in Finding Nemo.

"FuUuUUcK OoOoOoOoOfFfFfF!!!!!"
Posted by: Robert, Shits Ahoy!

Hate Ellen Degenerate as much as you want. She was brilliant in that role

Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:36 AM (eCnv0)

276 Dude. Wrong end.
Posted by: nurse ratched, certified weirdo at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (eCnv0)

=====

*snort*

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:36 AM (16NmB)

277 Everything old is new again.

Russia Is Building Trenches in Kursk to Defend Against Ukrainian Advances
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

Are they? Where'd you hear that? It's possible what they're doing is digging obstacles so the tanks and other vehicles the Ukes brought in, can't get out.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 16, 2024 10:37 AM (GtZ7X)

278 >There's a woman here in the waiting room that has a great ass. And really amazing hair.
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Hopefully not in that order.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:37 AM (JrF6z)

279 Went to the demolition derby on the 4th this year. It was awesome. Seems you have to search this stuff out now though. Not much room anymore in advertising for fun, non-woke stuff I guess.
Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024

***
A girl I dated in about 1990 was fond of such things, and took me to a "nitro-burning funny cars" show. You could smell the burning fuel no matter where you sat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

280 You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Emmett Kelly Sad Clown at August 16, 2024 10:37 AM (Aqu9a)

281 Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%. They are blaming it on offshore wind farms.

Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? at August 16, 2024 10:37 AM (CV8a5)

282 >>Some of them don't know they work for the rich and powerful. Some know they do, and are tasked to act like they don't.

A lot are rich, spoiled brats, the offspring of the rich and powerful, playing dress-up Socialist, believing they know better what the common man wants and needs.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:38 AM (Pijte)

283 Hmm, I can't get Daily Mail to load.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:39 AM (16NmB)

284 >>Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%. They are blaming it on offshore wind farms.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE "SAVE THE WHALES" HAS BECOME "SAVE US FROM THE WHALES" OVERNIGHT.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 16, 2024 10:39 AM (Pijte)

285 Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%. They are blaming it on offshore wind farms.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? at August 16, 2024

***
And a tragic lack of midnight basketball

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

286 > Went to the demolition derby on the 4th this year.
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Figure 8's are where it's at.

School buses, beaters hauling clapped out trailers.

Yea... that's entertainment.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (Q4IgG)

287 Legendary Singer Frankie Valli Leaves Fans Concerned After “Struggles” At Latest Concert

Dude is 90 years old (born May 1934) and still performing live. Mick Jagger has something to aspire to.

Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (9SBJU)

288 To the Seattle hostages - I see that Dave Ross is still on the air and that Dori Monson still working on his comeback.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (LrWnf)

289 Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Do they go on krilling sprees?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:41 AM (v6JzV)

290 In similar news, that annoying talking box from the Cologuard ads showed up at my front door yesterday. Guess I'll send it back on Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:33 AM (J2vNu)

Remember to precisely calibrate your Norden MK XV Bombsight.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 16, 2024 10:41 AM (Aqu9a)

291 Weird is so last week. The new word is creepy. You need to update your NPC programming before you get deactivated.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Dude...try to keep up.

'"Weird" worked great. "Creepy" is good, too. Next: Skeevy.

You forgot, Stinky/ Smelly shitsinpants.

The point of "weird" and "creepy" is they are not vulgar, which is a turn-off to many. Imagine if Stephen Miller were in your high school class, and you wanted to describe your skin-crawling distaste for him without being sent to the principal’s office.

"Weird" works because it describes them so well and people know exactly what it means when applied to these sick f**ks. It should be repeated as often as possible for maximum effectiveness. If you constantly change the branding then you end up with a meaningless, ineffective mess.

Rachel Maddow periodically uses the word, & it's very expressive! It conveys a lot of ick-ew without being vulgar.

I love skeevy! Creepy is good, but lots of things can be creepy. A spider. A deserted alleyway. Your neighbor looking in your window. But skeevy is a male who behaves in a certain way. Every female alive knows exactly what it means.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 16, 2024 10:41 AM (JCZqz)

292 Willowed from EMT:

Many Repubs and conservatives can't grok that leftists intensely hate them, and want them dead.
Posted by: callsign claymore

From yesterday:
Joe Biden Instructs Audience to “Beat the Hell” Out of Republicans – A Month After the Assassination Attempt Against President Trump

Biden the bully instructed the audience to “beat the hell” out of Republicans just weeks after an attempted assassination against President Trump.

I grok it. To the point I'm ready for gunplay at any moment outside my home. And it's going to come to that.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:42 AM (Mud1j)

293 Figure 8's are where it's at.
School buses, beaters hauling clapped out trailers.
Yea... that's entertainment.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (Q4IgG)

They had a mattress race (driver has to hold onto a single size mattress for the entire race). Crazy fun.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 10:42 AM (JCLJi)

294 In similar news, that annoying talking box from the Cologuard ads showed up at my front door yesterday. Guess I'll send it back on Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:42 AM (v6JzV)

295 >>Some great spin from a radio "news" program. Auto insurance saw a decline as it was only up 18% in July year over year, vs 23% in June.

Basic economics is hard, apparently? Wow, you can smell the flop sweat from here!

Just like when a GOP president has good statistics, they report it as a failure to meet "expectations." See, unemployment is down, but those nameless, clueless economists expected it to be down by a half of a percent more!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:43 AM (Pijte)

296 Weird is so last week. The new word is creepy. You need to update your NPC programming before you get deactivated.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Dude...try to keep up.

'"Weird" worked great. "Creepy" is good, too. Next: Skeevy.

Next:
Moist.
Bint.
Moistened bint.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:43 AM (Mud1j)

297 SNL - Cologuard

https://ytube.io/3zuc

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 16, 2024 10:44 AM (aD39U)

298 My second thought was "Are the angles correct with the reflection?' I'm sure they are. Haven't had coffee yet.

Fucking ~~magnets~~ mirrors, how do they work?

Posted by: Insane Clown Posse at August 16, 2024 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

299 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 16, 2024 10:41 AM (JCZqz)

racist/sexist not working any more?

Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2024 10:44 AM (AwYPR)

300
On May 26, 2018, Brandon Straka shared a video about why he was walking away from the Democrat Party. That video went viral and launched the #WalkAway Campaign, a movement that led to hundreds of thousands of people sharing their own stories and videos of walking away from liberalism and the political left.

Now, 6 years later, Brandon follows up his original video with the first ever "sequel" to it. In this new video, Brandon states in rapid fire succession all that the left has done to erode and destroy our culture, our country, our values, and our freedom.

https://t.ly/PF4S_

/ share with others

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 16, 2024 10:44 AM (RKVpM)

301
I give this painting 5 Sniffs plus a Nipple Pinch Cluster.

Posted by: Joe Biden, Art Critic-President at August 16, 2024 10:44 AM (eDfFs)

302 Recently watched a figure 8 school bus race on Youtube where a bus was hit broadsides, flipped over, right near the intersection. Driver refuses to get out, they bring a huge forklift over, flip it back upright, bus continues and finishes the race. Pretty awesome.

Posted by: Don't Give Up! at August 16, 2024 10:45 AM (CV8a5)

303 > The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.
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IKR... just run over and drop a flaming bag on the neighbors porch. No need to mail it in...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:45 AM (Q4IgG)

304 In similar news, that annoying talking box from the Cologuard ads showed up at my front door yesterday. Guess I'll send it back on Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Send in a schmear of your dog's poop.

"Um, sir? You need to cut down on chicken by-products and up your vegetable intake".

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:45 AM (Mud1j)

305 Quit yer blubbering!

Posted by: Juvenile whale's grandparent at August 16, 2024 10:46 AM (uCfKO)

306 The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:42 AM (v6JzV)

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Right? Like how many boxes of poop are working their way through the postal system at any given time? And how much of it is touching my mail?

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 16, 2024 10:46 AM (16NmB)

307 I had a Cologuard s j ow up from my insurance company. I called the insurance and asked if this came from my doctor. He said no they send it to everyone of a certain age. I told him to call me when he becomes a doctor and can legally order tests. I threw ut away and haven't heard from them since.

Posted by: Megthered at August 16, 2024 10:46 AM (rwiQP)

308 >>Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

>>Do they go on krilling sprees?

Yes, but the activist keep baleen them out to kill more!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:46 AM (Pijte)

309 I will never understand why a troll will brag about a poll without, y'know, linking it. It's almost like the poll isn't real... because that's almost certainly exactly what the case is, of course. Idiots.

Posted by: American Hawkman at August 16, 2024 10:47 AM (skAOD)

310 Figure 8's are where it's at.
School buses, beaters hauling clapped out trailers.
Yea... that's entertainment.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (Q4IgG)

They had a mattress race (driver has to hold onto a single size mattress for the entire race). Crazy fun.
Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question

I have always viewed this class of entertainment as proof that America is blessed with divine approval.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:47 AM (LrWnf)

311 Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

>>Do they go on krilling sprees?

Yes, but the activist keep baleen them out to kill more!
Posted by: Lizzy

You went there just for the halibut, huh?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:48 AM (Mud1j)

312 I had a Cologuard s j ow up from my insurance company. I called the insurance and asked if this came from my doctor. He said no they send it to everyone of a certain age. I told him to call me when he becomes a doctor and can legally order tests. I threw ut away and haven't heard from them since.
Posted by: Megthered at August 16, 2024

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My doctor ordered this one for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

313 Legendary Singer Frankie Valli Leaves Fans Concerned After “Struggles” At Latest Concert

Dude is 90 years old (born May 1934) and still performing live. Mick Jagger has something to aspire to.
Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2024 10:40 AM (9SBJU)

*sings*

I can't get...no.....the Thing!!! You know, the thing, man!

Posted by: 90 Year Old Mick Jagger Still Rockin' at August 16, 2024 10:48 AM (eDfFs)

314 racist/sexist not working any more?
Posted by: BignJames

Those will always be there, along with homophobe/transphobe/bigot, etc. I'm not sure why "weird" is such a big push, when obviously the Left, and all the Queer-Madness, is the weirdest thing in the planet. Sam Brinton should be the face of the Dem party in every republican ad, accompanied by the San Francisco Gay Men's Choir banger "We're Coming For Your Children".

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 16, 2024 10:49 AM (JCZqz)

315 Q: What do Willie Brown and Captain Ahab have in common?

A: They have both been heard to say "Thar she blows!"

Posted by: Tasteless Moron Jokes, Vol 2. at August 16, 2024 10:49 AM (PiwSw)

316 Has the name of USSS Agent Lactate been, um, leaked yet?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 16, 2024 10:49 AM (Y1sOo)

317 The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.

Nah. It's a power move, like asspennies.

Posted by: UCB References No One Gets at August 16, 2024 10:49 AM (un9MU)

318 Legendary Singer Frankie Valli Leaves Fans Concerned After “Struggles” At Latest Concert

Dude is 90 years old (born May 1934) and still performing live. Mick Jagger has something to aspire to.
Posted by: t-bird

Keith Richards was at the hospital for Frankie Valli's birth.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:50 AM (Mud1j)

319 Figure 8's are where it's at.

It's easy money in the bank.
-- Rapid Roy that stock car boy

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:50 AM (v6JzV)

320 Has the name of USSS Agent Lactate been, um, leaked yet?

Posted by: one hour sober

No. Agent Kanna Holsterit is covering for her.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:51 AM (Mud1j)

321 Legendary Singer Frankie Valli Leaves Fans Concerned After “Struggles” At Latest Concert

Dude is 90 years old (born May 1934) and still performing live. . . .
Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2024

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Grease is STILL the word

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

322 Juvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

>>Do they go on krilling sprees?

>>Yes, but the activist keep baleen them out to kill more!
Posted by: Lizzy

>>You went there just for the halibut, huh?

Oil take every opportunity for a pun!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:51 AM (Pijte)

323

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

324 Figure 8's are where it's at.

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Dude, it ain't compensated! NO MATH!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

325 323
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Well said.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (LrWnf)

326 Oil take every opportunity for a pun!
Posted by: Lizzy

Golf clap.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (Mud1j)

327 >>
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

'Nuff said!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (Pijte)

328 The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

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If you are interested in how this procedure got its start you should read Darwin's treatise On the Origin of Feces

Posted by: Juvenile whale's grandparent at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (uCfKO)

329 Keith Richards was at the hospital for Frankie Valli's birth.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024 10:50 AM (Mud1j)

I was there to get my tonsils out.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (PiwSw)

330 Keith Richards was at the hospital for Frankie Valli's birth.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 16, 2024

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He was at the Royal Palace for Queen Elizabeth's birth.

The first one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (J2vNu)

331 >>
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

'Nuff said!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:52 AM (Pijte)

Clap for the Wolf man!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 16, 2024 10:53 AM (Aqu9a)

332 /that sock was just a fluke

Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2024 10:53 AM (uCfKO)

333
These whale puns are giving me the Blues.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 16, 2024 10:53 AM (eDfFs)

334 "Enduro Racing" is also great fun. 65-80 junkyard quality cars start the race. They water the curves to make them slick, add big barrels of dish soap to the course, and it's mayhem all the way. Cars that break, wreck are mostly left on the course, they just get the driver out. Last one I watched had 66 start the race, 10 finished.

Posted by: Auto Hijinks at August 16, 2024 10:53 AM (CV8a5)

335 Classification: Paintings
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

Boy! They really went out on a limb with that!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2024 10:54 AM (/lvBc)

336 >>uvenile delinquency among whales is up 60%.
Posted by: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

>>Do they go on krilling sprees?

Not on porpoise. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:54 AM (Pijte)

337 I would suggest that those of you who are so snidely criticizing the child's portrait grab yourself brushes and oils then do a better job of portrayal.

If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 16, 2024 10:55 AM (hKoQL)

338 333 These whale puns are giving me the Blues.

Oh, stop harping oon them, then.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:55 AM (v6JzV)

339 The "weird" thing is akin to their bullying crap.

They introduce something like chopping off a kid's dick, then call you weird for focusing on it.

They punch you in the face, then whine when you punch back.

They're scum. Let's make that thing.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 10:56 AM (KbCG3)

340 > I would suggest that those of you who are so snidely criticizing the child's portrait grab yourself brushes and oils then do a better job of portrayal.

If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

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first time at the Art Thread?

Posted by: Don Black at August 16, 2024 10:56 AM (/7KEl)

341 >>These whale puns are giving me the Blues.

>>Oh, stop harping oon them, then.

Quit yer blubbering!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2024 10:57 AM (Pijte)

342 337 I would suggest that those of you who are so snidely criticizing the child's portrait grab yourself brushes and oils then do a better job of portrayal.

If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 16, 2024 10:55 AM (hKoQL)

He's talking to the rest of you. I said it was nice (45).

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 10:57 AM (KbCG3)

343 Enduro racing is called "Bangers"in UK. They have some epic, destructive races there, which kinda surprised me. Guess there are some real men left there.

Posted by: Auto Autist at August 16, 2024 10:58 AM (CV8a5)

344 I would suggest that those of you who are so snidely criticizing the child's portrait grab yourself brushes and oils then do a better job of portrayal.

If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

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first time at the Art Thread?
Posted by: Don Black

Has to be and yes: For the Win! reply.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 16, 2024 10:58 AM (LrWnf)

345 337 I would suggest that those of you who are so snidely criticizing the child's portrait grab yourself brushes and oils then do a better job of portrayal.

If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Exactly! And if you're bitchin' about Joe Biden’s performance as president, but aren't running in 2024 yourself, kindly keep your mouth shut!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 16, 2024 10:58 AM (JCZqz)

346 The "LeMons" series of racing is also good fun. Couple notches up from demos and figure 8's. But insanely fun to watch.

24hoursoflemons dot com

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:58 AM (Q4IgG)

347 >>> The whole sending-poop-through-the-mail thing grosses me out. Disgusting.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 10:42 AM (v6JzV)

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Agreed. When my doc asked if I send it back in I told him that we should just schedule the colonoscopy.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 16, 2024 10:59 AM (MTucz)

348 They're scum. Let's make that thing.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

TRUMP IS SCUM! LYING, RUSSIAN SCUM!!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 16, 2024 10:59 AM (JCZqz)

349 What would the body have shown?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2024 09:50 AM (KbCG3)

Tats, reading "Property of The FBI?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2024 11:00 AM (/lvBc)

350 I love skeevy! Creepy is good, but lots of things can be creepy. A spider. A deserted alleyway. Your neighbor looking in your window. But skeevy is a male who behaves in a certain way. Every female alive knows exactly what it means.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison a

So calling kamala a skank is on the board? I mean we all know what it means and it not to coarse?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 16, 2024 11:00 AM (uBBbP)

351 Sorry all, I forgot to buy prune juice at the market the other day.

Posted by: IRONGRAMMA at August 16, 2024 11:00 AM (mxSHM)

352 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2024 11:01 AM (v6JzV)

353 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 16, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

354 If you can't, then kindly shut the fuck up with the caviling.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 16, 2024 10:55 AM (hKoQL)

Gee whiz, What fun would the Art Thread be without mindless babble and criticism?

Posted by: It's My Thang! at August 16, 2024 11:02 AM (CV8a5)

355 24hoursoflemons dot com
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 16, 2024 10:58 AM (Q4IgG)

Thank you for that. *tucks in pocket for later*

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at August 16, 2024 11:02 AM (JCLJi)

356 RFK Jr. Allegedly Eyes a Deal with Trump or Harris, Neither of Whom Are Interested
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at August 16, 2024 09:57 AM (L/fGl)

Maybe Vermin Supreme is hiring?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2024 11:03 AM (/lvBc)

357 191 Casting Gal Gadot as the evil queen, jealous of another woman's looks, is certainly a move.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 10:18 AM (JrF6z)

Having the seven dwarves clean their house cause its too dirty for her while sitting on her pasty white ass eating their food and enjoying their dry warm house is totally embracing her female power. Shit she makes them sing whistle while you work while she cracks a flagon of brewski.

#bombs hard.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 16, 2024 11:05 AM (uBBbP)

358 Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 16, 2024 11:05 AM (uBBbP)

The Left always dream of themselves as the slaveholders. Be funny when they run into Uncle Allah.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2024 11:15 AM (JrF6z)

359 An Introduction to Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun | National Gallery
The National Gallery, You Tube, Mar 8, 2019

Painting royalty, fleeing revolution. At just 15-years-old, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was painting the aristocracy. In her 20s she was the favoured painter of Marie Antoinette, And by her 30s she was fleeing the French Revolution.

Learn more about this 18th-century portrait painter with curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper.

There are only 21 paintings in our collection by women. During Women's History Month, discover the women in our collection: the artists, the patrons, the muses...

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As nurse wrote above, the painting is sweet.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too. at August 16, 2024 11:27 AM (NFX2v)

360 Thank you for the responses, it's good a nerve got touched. As for those wondering, I've been here since Michelle Malkin mentioned y'all, back when she had the original Hot Air, with Bryan Preston, mostly lurking, infrequently posting.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 16, 2024 11:32 AM (hKoQL)

361 Back to the young lady--I look at this from the viewpoint of a father stumbling on the post, using my reaction to people I consider to be slamming my kid. Judge what I posted by that criteria.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 16, 2024 11:36 AM (hKoQL)

362 Looks like she is looking at a painting of herself to me. Admiringly.

Posted by: Faux News at August 16, 2024 01:19 PM (nvKZ7)

363 Maybe she's not really looking into a mirror, but at a photo of herself.

Posted by: m at August 16, 2024 04:20 PM (64Zez)

364 362 Looks like she is looking at a painting of herself to me. Admiringly.
Posted by: Faux News at August 16, 2024 01:19 PM (nvKZ7)

363 Maybe she's not really looking into a mirror, but at a photo of herself.
Posted by: m at August 16, 2024 04:20 PM (64Zez)

Like you said!

Posted by: m at August 16, 2024 04:20 PM (64Zez)

365 51 Julie is shown both in profile and straight on through the inclusion of a mirror. The deliberately impossible perspective results in a double image that draws on earlier artists’ allegorical figures of Sight and debates about reality versus illusion in painting.
Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 16, 2024 09:37 AM (i0CiB)

Aha!

Posted by: m at August 16, 2024 04:23 PM (64Zez)

366 Mirror Mirror, on thee wall

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 16, 2024 04:36 PM (wGqjj)

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