Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Parting Cheer
Henry Nelson O'Neil

This large-scale painting, both ambitious and complex in conception, is the key mid-19th century image addressing emigration. Rich in interpretative material, it focuses on the reactions of those left behind on shore. The scene is set along the Thames although the artist has deliberately denied a precise geographical location. Groups of figures, in a mix of gender and social class, are shown on the quayside as an emigrant ship departs on the far right. Red and blue shirted sailors are shown cheering from the deck of the ship and from the sides of the rigging. They wave hats and arms or stretch out to maintain the links with shore for as long as possible. Partly in shadow, a group of emigrants look out from the deck below. They are subdued in contrast to the scene around them. Some wave handkerchiefs towards the people on the quay, but are otherwise passive participants of the scene on the shore. A steam-tug guides the emigrant ship away from land; its red funnel spewing out the dark smoke, which spreads over the scene. The increasing expanse of water on the right places a physical separation between the ship and the quay.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Hmmmm. Would hang.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 22, 2024 09:30 AM (WXNFJ)

2 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

3 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

4 Sponge!

Posted by: pawn at November 22, 2024 09:31 AM (QB+5g)

5 Nobody move! I just dropped my contacts!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 22, 2024 09:31 AM (PiwSw)

6 Nice tartan in the foreground.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 09:32 AM (MpEy/)

7 Looks gayer than the Jaguar ad.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 09:32 AM (57wKv)

8 This is "emigration," people voluntarily leaving for new shores. Not "immigration," legal or illegal.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

9 I like the colors.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 22, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

10 So, where are they going?

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

11 It looks lively but not cheery. Lots of unhappy faces on the pier.

Posted by: huerfano at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (DKIGo)

12 The kid in the left hand corner looks dead.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

13 Somebody in there's gotta be doing The Trump Dance.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (MpEy/)

14 No dog? Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (5NDhQ)

15 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

16 "GO GET 'EM BOYS! WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 The women are all crying because the kids won't take "wait til your father get home" as seriously as usual.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

18 The kid in the left hand corner looks dead.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

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Heh. I think the kid in the top middle is holding up a British (or some variation of it) flag.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 09:35 AM (MpEy/)

19 Is that a basket of 'taters? Irishmen headed for NYC?

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 09:35 AM (Yj6Os)

20 O'Neil's Eastward Ho! and Home Again are also very crisp and colorful renderings of their subjects.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 09:36 AM (J2vNu)

21 Morning.

It's pretty busy but it's telling an interesting story.

Would hang.

Posted by: Robert at November 22, 2024 09:37 AM (lGypV)

22 Those people look clean. Painting not historically correct.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 22, 2024 09:37 AM (WXNFJ)

23 Would want to see that in person to take in all the detail!

A musical accompaniment?
https://tinyurl.com/4dckt8pb

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2024 09:37 AM (u1uWe)

24 Is that a basket of 'taters? Irishmen headed for NYC?
Posted by: BignJames

The kid in the background seems to be waving a Union Jack. I doubt many Irishmen would be doing that.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

25 He liked to depict busy scenes, didn't he?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

26 Is that a basket of 'taters? Irishmen headed for NYC?

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 09:35 AM (Yj6Os)

" The scene is set along the Thames"

Guess not.

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 09:39 AM (Yj6Os)

27 The kid in the background seems to be waving a Union Jack. I doubt many Irishmen would be doing that.
Posted by: Bulg

Visited both Northern Ireland and Ireland this summer. It's funny how different things can be depending on what side of the imaginary line you have your feet in.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 22, 2024 09:39 AM (WXNFJ)

28 Looks like a bunch of guys saying “bye bye kids!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 09:40 AM (W6hoT)

29 I do like the expressions on each face.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 22, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

30
Penal Transplants - a limerick

It looks like a dockside bacchanalia
Or a wild seven-day Saturnalia
But what started as cheers
Soon turned into jeers
'Tis a prison ship...bound for Australia!

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

31 I wonder how many of those passengers' tickets were purchased by NGOs?

Posted by: red speck at November 22, 2024 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

32 Yay! We're off to get enlisted in the Union army!

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:41 AM (v6JzV)

33 Ok. Off to work.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 22, 2024 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

34 From 1861. Interesting time to be headed for America.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 09:42 AM (LxER7)

35 Yay! We're off to get enlisted in the Union army!
Posted by: Bulg

Recruiter: "Think of the bright side! We pay you (a little) to shoot other guys!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 22, 2024 09:43 AM (WXNFJ)

36 British farmers sailing to the New World.

Posted by: Scarymary at November 22, 2024 09:43 AM (t8a1K)

37 That ship isn't going anywhere. It's still tied up at the dock.

Posted by: dantesed at November 22, 2024 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

38 From 1861. Interesting time to be headed for America.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

See me at 32.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

39 The chick in purple is hawt!

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 09:44 AM (jFCkp)

40 Lots going on in this with good details

Posted by: Skip at November 22, 2024 09:45 AM (wXdd5)

41 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 09:45 AM (OguvZ)

42
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2024 09:46 AM (BgzeO)

43 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?
Posted by: spindrift

They're looking forward to hooking up with California girls.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

44 But. Were they sending their best?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 22, 2024 09:47 AM (YQBrg)

45 It's an effective painting. The event itself has a strong emotional context and O'Neill makes it vibrant with his use of color and the feel of activity. Each character has its own posture and face and is further distinguished by their varied clothing and social status. I can imagine it would be hugely popular in an exhibit as it is designed to catch the viewers' eyes.

Apparently, O'Neill was part of a group that disliked the Pre-Rapaelite school. That seems odd as many of the techniques of brilliant color and realistic detail. Maybe he wanted the Pre-Rapaelites to take a strong social stand instead of dealing with literary and mythological subjects. That would fit in with the Charles Dickens feel of that time where the current culture 'should' have been more compassionate. Of course, that makes O'Neill a cultural idiot even with all his obvious talent.

Posted by: JTB at November 22, 2024 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

46 And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As the ship pulled away from the key.

Posted by: Sailing For Gallipoli at November 22, 2024 09:48 AM (nS6qG)

47 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?
Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 09:45 AM (OguvZ)

Being surrounded by women all day sounds kinda gay.

Posted by: Robert at November 22, 2024 09:49 AM (M6jvz)

48
I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?
Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 09:45 AM (OguvZ)

________

Peace and quiet.

Actually, it was normal to send for the family later. My grandfather came over first. My grandmother and uncle were set to follow when Italy entered WWI. They didn't make it until 1919.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2024 09:49 AM (BgzeO)

49 Last month I visited a horse ranch owned by a physician I know. We went for a ride, he on a sorrel and me on a brown mare with black mane and tail. As we rode I started singing "Sittin' on the bay of the doc..."

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 09:49 AM (991eG)

50 Anchors Aweigh, my boys, IYKWIMAITYD!

Posted by: Cap'n Ned at November 22, 2024 09:49 AM (a3Q+t)

51 The kid in the left hand corner looks dead.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM

She's only resting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 09:50 AM (Wnv9h)

52 Last month I visited a horse ranch owned by a physician I know. We went for a ride, he on a sorrel and me on a brown mare with black mane and tail. As we rode I started singing "Sittin' on the bay of the doc..."
Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 09:49 AM

Neigh!

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker, John Kerry, and Mr. Ed at November 22, 2024 09:51 AM (a3Q+t)

53 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?
Posted by: spindrift

Some are families of the sailors, I'd guess. Waving goodbye for the time of the crossings, but reasonably expecting their man to come back home.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 22, 2024 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

54 The kid in the left hand corner looks dead.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 22, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

Snuck a Tide Pod while mom wasn't looking ...

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 09:51 AM (OguvZ)

55 Party! Party!. A bit chaotic but would nang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 22, 2024 09:51 AM (kx/V9)

56 Too much going on here
pass
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at November 22, 2024 09:52 AM (/7KEl)

57 She's only resting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 09:50 AM (Wnv9h)

Beautiful plumage though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

58 Hang not nang , damn hot dog fingers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 22, 2024 09:52 AM (kx/V9)

59 CBD- I was hoping for this painting after Joe and Mika bent the knee to Trump: https://tinyurl.com/rdp3bfrx

Maybe keep it in mind for the next one, as I'm sure they're coming.

Posted by: Military Moron at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

60 I don't mind a busy painting with lots going on, but this is just crowded. Not my cup of tea.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (ftFVW)

61 They're looking forward to hooking up with California girls.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:46 AM

The West Coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island Dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I've been all around this great big world
And I seen all kind of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world

Posted by: Brian Wilson at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (a3Q+t)

62 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?
Posted by: spindrift

Some are families of the sailors, I'd guess. Waving goodbye for the time of the crossings, but reasonably expecting their man to come back home.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 22, 2024 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

Makes sense. In the bigger image at the link, you can see a couple of ladies on the ship too, so maybe it's just all the boisterous men crowding the railing.

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 09:54 AM (OguvZ)

63 60 I don't mind a busy painting with lots going on, but this is just crowded. Not my cup of tea.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (ftFVW)

With all that hubbub on the dock, you'd think somebody would get knocked into the drink. My bet would be that Matthew Broderick-looking johnny in the brown hat.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 09:56 AM (LxER7)

64 "You motherfucker." - Woman, bottom left

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 22, 2024 09:56 AM (KbCG3)

65 55 Party! Party!. A bit chaotic but would nang
Posted by: Smell the Glove

56 Too much going on here
pass
no hang
Posted by: Don Black

*********

De gustibus non est disputandum

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (991eG)

66 I don't understand - if this is an emigrant ship, why are they leaving all the women behind?

I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously, so he took off for the new world and a new life.

He was not spoken of at parties.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (xCA6C)

67 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously, so he took off for the new world and a new life.

He was not spoken of at parties.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (xCA6C)

Oh, I bet he was spoken of.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024 09:59 AM (ExV1e)

68 De gustibus non est disputandum
Posted by: muldoon

Na vkus i na svyet, tovarishchei net. (On taste and color, there are no comrades.) (i.e., to each his own)

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:59 AM (v6JzV)

69 Ha! Snow flurries here now.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:00 AM (LxER7)

70 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously
Posted by: Archimedes

Wow, that must've been some threesome.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

71 They're looking forward to hooking up with California girls.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 09:46 AM

The West Coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island Dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I've been all around this great big world
And I seen all kind of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world
Posted by: Brian Wilson at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (a3Q+t)

Well, The Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my mind

You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the U.S.S.R

Posted by: Paul & John at November 22, 2024 10:00 AM (Aqu9a)

72 Pouring on the beach.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 22, 2024 10:01 AM (V8VBX)

73 De gustibus non est disputandum
Posted by: muldoon

Na vkus i na svyet, tovarishchei net. (On taste and color, there are no comrades.) (i.e., to each his own)

(modern America)
Thing 1: Your taste sucks.
Thing 2: No, YOUR taste sucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 10:01 AM (xCA6C)

74 O'Neil was also a novelist, though with an axe against the pre-Raphaelite movement. "These included his futuristic fantasy Two Thousand Years Hence (1867), which portrayed Britain in the year 3867 as a frozen wasteland excavated by an archaeologist from New Zealand. The archaeologist uncovers evidence of the decline of British culture in the nineteenth century [.]"

Sounds a tiny bit like John Christopher's novel The Long Winter, about the advance of the next Ice Age in the very near future and its effect on Britain and the world.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

75 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously
Posted by: Archimedes

Wow, that must've been some threesome.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:00 AM

Walk with pride, laddie! Walk with pride!

- Just the punchline

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 10:03 AM (kgE5c)

76 (modern America)
Thing 1: Your taste sucks.
Thing 2: No, YOUR taste sucks.
Posted by: Archimedes

LOL. Sounds like this place.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

77 59 CBD- I was hoping for this painting after Joe and Mika bent the knee to Trump: https://tinyurl.com/rdp3bfrx

Maybe keep it in mind for the next one, as I'm sure they're coming.
Posted by: Military Moron at November 22, 2024 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

I want to see the “Kneel Before Zod!!!” Clip.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 10:03 AM (TAHLa)

78 Pouring on the beach.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 22, 2024 10:01 AM

Still a nice beach, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 10:03 AM (kgE5c)

79 (modern America)
Thing 1: Your taste sucks.
Thing 2: No, YOUR taste sucks.
Posted by: Archimedes

LOL. Sounds like this place.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:03 AM

No, it doesn't!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 10:04 AM (kgE5c)

80 De gustibus non est disputandum

*********

Consulting Muldoon's Eglish/Latin Dictionary this translates as:

When the bus meets gusty headwinds don't spit.

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:04 AM (991eG)

81 Pouring on the beach.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hmmm...I could use that in a song...
-- Irving Berlin

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:05 AM (v6JzV)

82 A steam-tug guides the emigrant ship away from land; its red funnel spewing out the dark smoke, which spreads over the scene.

Where's the stupid with a flare gun?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 22, 2024 10:05 AM (Aqu9a)

83 If only the indians had a concept of illegal alien immigrants.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 22, 2024 10:05 AM (lTGtQ)

84 CBD- I was hoping for this painting after Joe and Mika bent the knee to Trump: https://tinyurl.com/rdp3bfr/i]

Meh, the French guy was sacrificing himself by surrendering tot he Romans to save his people. Intern killing Joe and Homewrecker Mika are trying to ingratiate themselves with someone for personal profit.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 22, 2024 10:05 AM (oZhjI)

85 Hooray art thread. Busy but interesting, wish I could see in person to see all the details.

This X account has a "make architecture art again," and it makes me wonder if they are secretly based. They hate modern art with a passion.

https://x.com/culture_crit?lang=en

Posted by: LizLem, Lord of the Rings and the Reckonings at November 22, 2024 10:06 AM (wcIbG)

86
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright!

( I laugh at the sotto voce "So long, already" phrase in the prolonged exit from the song )

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

87 Good morning, good people from the yet snowless Adirondacks. But we tried.

I have ancestors that sailed to these shores not to make a living, but to actually survive because Ireland was broken. They were able to take advantage of relatives already here, though these things were close run for a long time at any rate,, may all your effort this day result in maximum benefit to you with all the corresponding travail be given to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 22, 2024 10:07 AM (hKoQL)

88 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously
Posted by: Archimedes

***********

"My friend I don't know where you've been
But I see you won first prize!"

/just another punchline

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:08 AM (991eG)

89
** darlin' - wailing **

Aye, me darlin', we're off for the land of hookers and blow!

** darlin' - resumes wailing **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

90
Ah, Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Will ye look at all the bog wogs coming our way!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:10 AM (xG4kz)

91 Aye, me darlin', we're off for the land of hookers and blow!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

You don't have to call me "darlin"....darlin'.

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:10 AM (Yj6Os)

92 Where is the tranny representative!? Diversity is our strength!
- modern lens cancel culture

Posted by: reason at November 22, 2024 10:10 AM (Kry6G)

93 Hooray art thread. Busy but interesting, wish I could see in person to see all the details.

This X account has a "make architecture art again," and it makes me wonder if they are secretly based. They hate modern art with a passion.

The west peaked in the past. You can pick from a few different options from 1913 to 1991 but we've been on a downward slide for decades now.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 22, 2024 10:11 AM (oZhjI)

94 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously

Musta had a million dollars.

Posted by: Lawrence from Office Space at November 22, 2024 10:11 AM (oZhjI)

95 Pouring on the beach.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Cocktail hour with otters?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:12 AM (5NDhQ)

96 The poor cook, he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took, and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home?
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

Posted by: Emigrant passenger in painting, 5 days later at November 22, 2024 10:12 AM (Aqu9a)

97 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously, so he took off for the new world and a new life.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (xCA6C)

My rhymes are so potent
That in this small segment
I made all of the ladies in the area pregnant

Posted by: The Hiphopopotamus at November 22, 2024 10:13 AM (OguvZ)

98
It's a regular Fyre Festival, except it's in 1843

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:14 AM (xG4kz)

99 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously
Posted by: Archimedes

Huh. Didn't realize that Paolo is a Scottish name.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:14 AM (v6JzV)

100 >>Pouring on the beach.

Huh? I just looked out the window. No, it's not. It's CAVU with gentle, aquamarine-colored swells.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 22, 2024 10:14 AM (Y1sOo)

101 The Parting Cheer

As the 10th annual AoSHQ Texas MoMe draws to a close...

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:14 AM (ATiYV)

102 Hooray art thread. Busy but interesting, wish I could see in person to see all the details.

This X account has a "make architecture art again," and it makes me wonder if they are secretly based. They hate modern art with a passion.

https://x.com/culture_crit?lang=en

That link is great! Thanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 10:14 AM (xCA6C)

103 "I see my wife standing on the quay
The tears do start as she waves to me.

I'll tell you the truth and I'll tell you no lie;
If I don't love that girl I hope I may die.

And now I'm bound for a foreign strand,
With a bottle of whisky in my hand.

I'll drink a glass to the foreign shore
And one to the girl that I adore."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:15 AM (LxER7)

104 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously

Musta had a million dollars.
Posted by: Lawrence from Office Space at November 22, 2024 10:11 AM (oZhjI)

A Scot?....have you heard how the grand canyon was formed?....A Scot dropped a nickel down a gopher hole.

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:15 AM (Yj6Os)

105 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously, so he took off for the new world and a new life.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (xCA6C)

Father of the Year nominee in that village?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 22, 2024 10:15 AM (Aqu9a)

106 The west peaked in the past. You can pick from a few different options from 1913 to 1991 but we've been on a downward slide for decades now.

Posted by: 18-1

-

Someone here recently pointed out streetlights being brutal and horrible instead of elegant and even slightly designed and now I can't not see it everywhere I go.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:15 AM (Tzbdw)

107
I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously
Posted by: Archimedes

I know this one! Cut the baby in half!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (xG4kz)

108 Look up Daoiri Farrell on YT singing the folk song Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, about emigrating. This painting reminded me of it. He plays the bouzouki instead of guitar.

Posted by: skywch at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (uqhmb)

109 Posted by: Bulg

Happy belated birthday?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (ATiYV)

110 One think that infuriates lefties though is if you point out that if Floyd had gotten real prison time when he engaged in armed robbery he would still be alive today
Posted by: 18-1 at November 22, 2024 10:01 AM (oZhjI)

The great thing for them is they don't actually give a fuck about George Floyd.

Posted by: ... at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (lbAks)

111 This X account has a "make architecture art again," and it makes me wonder if they are secretly based. They hate modern art with a passion.

I remember back in the 80s when Prince Tampon was criticizing modern architecture. I wonder if he still feels that way.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (v6JzV)

112 Holy shit. Not only did Jaguar go full woke, it also went full EV. I had no idea about the second part. Starting with 2026 models they will be 100% EV.

Talk about lighting a match to a brand and burning it all down.

I thought Indians had more sense than this. Or maybe they wanted to kill the brand all along, and this is a more fun way of doing it than just a press release.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (l/Kmi)

113 108 Look up Daoiri Farrell on YT singing the folk song Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, about emigrating. This painting reminded me of it. He plays the bouzouki instead of guitar.
Posted by: skywch at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (uqhmb)

SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!!

Posted by: Cheese Shop Customer at November 22, 2024 10:17 AM (LxER7)

114 Still a nice beach, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Thank you. I'm so pleased
You and mom got to share a gorgeous day with me. It really isn't a shithole. I love it.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 22, 2024 10:17 AM (LScCZ)

115 Don’t like busy paintings but the color palette in this one makes up for it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:17 AM (D6PGr)

116 "I see my wife standing on the quay
The tears do start as she waves to me.

🎵 Standing on the dock of the quay
Watching the tide roll in🎵

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:17 AM (ATiYV)

117 Look up Daoiri Farrell on YT singing the folk song Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, about emigrating. This painting reminded me of it. He plays the bouzouki instead of guitar.
Posted by: skywch at November 22, 2024 10:16 AM (uqhmb)

*glares*

Posted by: Ye Olde Cheese Shoppe Emporium patron at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (Aqu9a)

118 @113, lol, had forgotten that!

Posted by: skywch at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (uqhmb)

119 The men in this painting are repugnant for they are leaving behind their women, all of whom are pregnant. Combined, the scene is rather poignant.

(P.S. Nice use of pigment )

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)

120 My BiL posited an interesting theory about Gaetz.

Gaetz resigned from the current Congress. But he was elected to serve in the next Congress.

Is it really that simple? He knew he was working with a net and would just walk right back to his seat?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (KbCG3)

121 Doesn’t Jaguar own Land Rover?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (D6PGr)

122 Off, Cleese-sock!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (LxER7)

123 Holy shit. Not only did Jaguar go full woke, it also went full EV. I had no idea about the second part. Starting with 2026 models they will be 100% EV.

Talk about lighting a match to a brand and burning it all down.

--

Gay white men typically have quite a few resources since no kids or wives or need to leave a legacy, and up until now Tesla has controlled all of that market. Jaguar wants to see if they can pull some of them away.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (Tzbdw)

124 Thank you. I'm so pleased
You and mom got to share a gorgeous day with me. It really isn't a shithole. I love it.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 22, 2024 10:17 AM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (kgE5c)

125 Posted by: Bulg

Happy belated birthday?
Posted by: rickb223

Yes, thank you. Usually on my birthday I take a day trip to some historic site. Yesterday I went to Charles Town, Maryland and saw the court room where John Brown's trial took place. Also saw the place where he was hanged.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

126 I had a Scottish relative who got two women pregnant simultaneously, so he took off for the new world and a new life.

He was not spoken of at parties.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 09:57 AM (xCA6C)
*
Oh, I bet he was spoken of.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024

***
Among the men with, no doubt, the Scots equivalent of "Dude!!! Bro, you are my HERO! You Da Man!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:20 AM (J2vNu)

127 My BiL posited an interesting theory about Gaetz.

Gaetz resigned from the current Congress. But he was elected to serve in the next Congress.

Is it really that simple? He knew he was working with a net and would just walk right back to his seat?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Yes. But he GAVE the dems a free scalp and now they smell blood in the water and are emboldened and they are taking another scalp. Trump's pick for FBI won't make it. And the beat goes on.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:20 AM (ATiYV)

128 Gay white men typically have quite a few resources since no kids or wives or need to leave a legacy, and up until now Tesla has controlled all of that market. Jaguar wants to see if they can pull some of them away.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (Tzbdw)

Jaguar, for men who want to get rogered by several dozen men they don't know... tonight.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

129 Solid confirmation of good news:

@DanScavino
Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it a thought.” Not happening.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 22, 2024 10:21 AM (3ImbR)

130 Re: Insty on the guy who shot Ashli Babbit

'And a referral for firing his weapon at a stolen vehicle fleeing his neighborhood.'

Guy thinks he's Joe Mannix.

You look at the boobs, guy- not BE one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 22, 2024 10:21 AM (JQfE3)

131 drive-by comment to wish Bulg a happy belated birthday!

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 22, 2024 10:22 AM (JIkaw)

132 Well, at least Volvo understood the assignment! Made a EV car ad that appeals to families and there are no party city wigs in sight. EX90.

"Designed to be the safest Volvo car ever made," the ad says. "For life."

Posted by: LizLem, Lord of the Rings and the Reckonings at November 22, 2024 10:22 AM (wcIbG)

133 121 Doesn’t Jaguar own Land Rover?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (D6PGr)

both brands are owned by Tata.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 22, 2024 10:22 AM (l/Kmi)

134 Yesterday I went to Charles Town, Maryland and saw the court room where John Brown's trial took place. Also saw the place where he was hanged.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

Still moldering in his grave?

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:22 AM (Yj6Os)

135 drive-by comment to wish Bulg a happy belated birthday!
Posted by: screaming in digital

Thank you, SiD!

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (v6JzV)

136 Gay white men typically have quite a few resources since no kids or wives or need to leave a legacy,

The left will tell you white people oppress black people because whites have a higher average income - that's prima facie proof.

If you point out gay men have a higher average income then straight men though and make the same argument they'll tell you that's different.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (oZhjI)

137 Was it Serpico who was always shooting at fleeing cars? They all kind of blend together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (JQfE3)

138 The 1967 Jaguar XKE 12cylinder used to be my all time favorite car when I was a teen.

May still be.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (D6PGr)

139 134 Yesterday I went to Charles Town, Maryland and saw the court room where John Brown's trial took place. Also saw the place where he was hanged.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

Still moldering in his grave?
Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:22 AM (Yj6Os)

I read somewhere that John Wilkes Booth likely attended the hanging.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (LxER7)

140 Volvo isn’t really Volvo anymore. Owned by a Chinese company. All these Euro car brands are bought and sold every few years.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (l/Kmi)

141 Gutfeld had a clip of Jaguar's head of strategy and it is amazing. Go to 6:45.

https://is.gd/V4xNPs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

142 I think I've pinpointed the location of this painting.

"Quay, down upon the Swanee River, far, far away..."

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (991eG)

143 Indeedsk. The Fartin' Pier, a tradiskional strakstegy to launch 'er afore they raisk the sails.

Yuk uk uk uk uk uk!

Posted by: Popeye at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (u2zCM)

144 Still moldering in his grave?
Posted by: BignJames

So, apparently Brown's jailer treated him well and became friends with him. As he was being led to the scaffold, Brown kissed the jailer's young son.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (v6JzV)

145 I've always maintained George Floyd wasn't murdered, he suicided by means of countless bad decisions he made in his life. He's been replicated countless times as a result of LBJ and his merry band of ambulatory dysentery who foisted the Great Society on the public, long may they fry in hell.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (hKoQL)

146 streetlights being brutal and horrible

LED street lights suck.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (5NDhQ)

147 Gay white men typically have quite a few resources since no kids or wives or need to leave a legacy, and up until now Tesla has controlled all of that market. Jaguar wants to see if they can pull some of them away.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

Jaguar, for men who want to get rogered by several dozen men they don't know... tonight.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Might as well while they are waiting to get the car started.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (ATiYV)

148 They’re were pieces of shit mechanically but Jags of the 70s and 80s were beautiful cars. In an era where everything else was pretty Fugly.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 22, 2024 10:25 AM (l/Kmi)

149 138 The 1967 Jaguar XKE 12cylinder used to be my all time favorite car when I was a teen.

May still be.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (D6PGr)

McQueens XKSS

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 22, 2024 10:25 AM (JQfE3)

150 I've always maintained George Floyd wasn't murdered, he suicided by means of countless bad decisions he made in his life. He's been replicated countless times as a result of LBJ and his merry band of ambulatory dysentery who foisted the Great Society on the public, long may they fry in hell.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

-

Yep, and he happens daily in big cities all around the country.

But Floyd was useful for the color revolution to attempt to overthrow the nation in 2020, and so they used him accordingly.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:26 AM (Tzbdw)

151 I read somewhere that John Wilkes Booth likely attended the hanging.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Yes, he was there, as were Stonewall Jackson and Edmund Ruffin.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

152 Volvo isn’t really Volvo anymore. Owned by a Chinese company. All these Euro car brands are bought and sold every few years.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (l/Kmi)

I thought GM bought Volvo?...my 2005 Chevy has a Volvo engine.

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:27 AM (Yj6Os)

153 This video contains content from FOX News Network, who has blocked it on copyright grounds

So much for faguar wog.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:27 AM (5NDhQ)

154
Who wants to watch a very satisfying collection of "Trump Can't Win" clips?

https://is.gd/bHN6y9

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:27 AM (zed7Z)

155 The 1967 Jaguar XKE 12cylinder used to be my all time favorite car when I was a teen.

May still be.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024

***
The styling of the E-type was iconic. In the early and mid-Sixties, every young executive type wanted one -- and they were relatively inexpensive compared to the Mercedes SLs of the time.

I still would like one of the saloons, the Mk II S-Type, that the recent S-Type was supposed to be like.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

156 Was it Serpico who was always shooting at fleeing cars? They all kind of blend together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 22, 2024 10:23 AM (JQfE3)

I used similar examples in movies when discussing police actions today compared to 70-90 years ago.

Every crime noir movie had a cop chasing a criminal running away and the cop yelling ‘ STOP OR I’LL SHOOT !! Bam bam bam bam’.

No viewer blinked an eye .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:28 AM (D6PGr)

157 Someone here recently pointed out streetlights being brutal and horrible instead of elegant and even slightly designed and now I can't not see it everywhere I go.

I remember going into DC with my mother as a kid, and seeing the beautiful streetlights of cast iron and beautiful frosted glass globes. Ever since, they've been one of the things I most value in an urban setting. The lights on the bridges in Paris are hard to beat, of course.

https://is.gd/SBanOo

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 10:28 AM (xCA6C)

158 Genuinely snowing now although it's not sticking.

What did Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes say? "Getting an inch of snow is like winning ten cents in the lottery."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:29 AM (LxER7)

159 (P.S. Nice use of pigment )
Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)

That's what she said.

Posted by: ... at November 22, 2024 10:29 AM (lbAks)

160 There's no point living in the past. I'm going to preemptively wish Bulg an early Happy
Birthday for next year.

Posted by: muldoon at November 22, 2024 10:29 AM (991eG)

161 Every crime noir movie had a cop chasing a criminal running away and the cop yelling ‘ STOP OR I’LL SHOOT !! Bam bam bam bam’.

-

I think part of it was that crime was still so unusual that people *wanted* it stopped and had an expectation of the good guys doing whatever they could to stop it.

Society was eventually conditioned to accept that crime is normal, and that criminals shouldn't even be put in jail.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:29 AM (Tzbdw)

162 Well, at least Volvo understood the assignment! Made a EV car ad that appeals to families and there are no party city wigs in sight. EX90.

About 10 years ago, Volvo trucks did an absolutely stellar ad starring Jean Claude van Damme and Enya as the soundtrack. I remember it, and Volvo trucks, to this day, even though I have no need for a semi.

They seem to understand how to make an ad.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 10:30 AM (xCA6C)

163
You People had better start wishcasting your next SecDef because I'm telling you right now Pete Hesgeth is Not even going to make it to next week, let alone the confirmation hearings.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:31 AM (zed7Z)

164 I remember going into DC with my mother as a kid, and seeing the beautiful streetlights of cast iron and beautiful frosted glass globes. Ever since, they've been one of the things I most value in an urban setting. The lights on the bridges in Paris are hard to beat, of course.

https://is.gd/SBanOo
Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024

***
There are some handsome streetlights in the French Quarter and in the old part of Algiers on the other side of the Miss. River.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:31 AM (J2vNu)

165 I remember going into DC with my mother as a kid, and seeing the beautiful streetlights of cast iron and beautiful frosted glass globes. Ever since, they've been one of the things I most value in an urban setting. The lights on the bridges in Paris are hard to beat, of course.

https://is.gd/SBanOo

Posted by: Archimedes

-

I'm a realist and don't expect every light on every street corner to be a handmade work of art, but it's gloomy in a very soviet way to go to cities and see there's no noticeable difference between the streetlights there and the security lights at my hunting property out in the middle of Podunk, Nowheresville.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:32 AM (Tzbdw)

166 old part of Algiers

Still $20 like in town.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:32 AM (5NDhQ)

167 @DanScavino
Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it a thought.” Not happening.
Posted by: IrishEi at November 22, 2024 10:21 AM (3ImbR)

hell yeah, good news, without the anonymous source bullshit

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 22, 2024 10:33 AM (V6W16)

168 About 10 years ago, Volvo trucks did an absolutely stellar ad starring Jean Claude van Damme and Enya as the soundtrack. I remember it, and Volvo trucks, to this day, even though I have no need for a semi.

They seem to understand how to make an ad.

The ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

Posted by: Archimedes at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (xCA6C)

169 Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:31 AM (zed7Z)

You People

Who are you? Bill Clinton?

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (Yj6Os)

170 Every crime noir movie had a cop chasing a criminal running away and the cop yelling ‘ STOP OR I’LL SHOOT !! Bam bam bam bam’.

No viewer blinked an eye.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:28 AM (D6PGr)

Ha. So damn true. There was no crime petty enough to save yourself. All crime was a matter of life and death.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (KbCG3)

171 TV car ad with rescue dog

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fYqV/subaru-shelter-dog-t1

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (5NDhQ)

172 148 They’re were pieces of shit mechanically but Jags of the 70s and 80s were beautiful cars. In an era where everything else was pretty Fugly.
------------------
Rubber bumper age. Everything looked weird.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (jFCkp)

173 The wealthy sections of urban centers have designed public architecture of everything. The other sections have builder grade design and material.

Just the way it is. Capitalism ain’t fair.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:34 AM (D6PGr)

174 I forget to add. Capitalism ain’t fair but it’s better than the alternatives.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (D6PGr)

175 I thought GM bought Volvo?...my 2005 Chevy has a Volvo engine.
Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:27 AM (Yj6Os)

Ford owned Volvo for a while. GM owned Saab.

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (OguvZ)

176 @DanScavino
Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it a thought.” Not happening.
Posted by: IrishEi at November 22, 2024 10:21 AM (3ImbR)

I wonder if Trump put Mike Rogers' name out there to see who would leak to Kaitlin Collins.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (V6W16)

177 107

I know this one! Cut the baby in half!
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-------------------------

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Posted by: Planned Parenthood at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (QdGJh)

178 The wealthy sections of urban centers have designed public architecture of everything. The other sections have builder grade design and material.

Just the way it is. Capitalism ain’t fair.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

--

That's the point, though. Even the wealthy sections of urban areas - the library and museum areas - usually have nothing more than security lights from Lowes.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (Tzbdw)

179 old part of Algiers
*
Still $20 like in town.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024

***
Not any more. When I lived over there in '88-'89, I had a nice two-bedroom place near the ferry with hardwood floors, high ceilings, and two window A/C units for $300/month. I'll bet such a place now would ask seven to ten times that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

180
Daniel Penny would've been a good nominee for SecDef.

Really.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:38 AM (gdjFe)

181 Nice painting, but seems somewhat overwrought.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 10:38 AM (2seql)

182 Still moldering in his grave?
Posted by: BignJames

According to Mark Steyn, that wasn't a reference to the abolitionist, but to one of the soldiers in the Massachusetts regiment that sang the song, as a goof on the guy.

That John Brown did in fact die in the war not long after.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:39 AM (v6JzV)

183 I still would like one of the saloons, the Mk II S-Type, that the recent S-Type was supposed to be like.
-----------------
I was offered a free Mk II S-Type by my landlord in NJ. I had to waive it off because I didn't have a garage. He also offered me a free sailboat from the 1930s. Looking back the best way to own an S-type is to replace the engine and drive train with a hot Japanese engine tranny and tune the suspension to balance the ride. This way you could count on getting to work in the morning.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:39 AM (jFCkp)

184 Also back then if a guy was raping a child or person, you could stop them. Real permanent like.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 22, 2024 10:40 AM (KzxSg)

185 Nice painting, but seems somewhat overwrought.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 10:38 AM (2seql)

Has anything ever been appropriately wrought?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:40 AM (kTd/k)

186 Then, beneath a bridge
He comes to a giant car
A shroud of snow upon the roof
A Mark Ten Jaguar

Posted by: Mark Knopfler at November 22, 2024 10:40 AM (OguvZ)

187 That's the point, though. Even the wealthy sections of urban areas - the library and museum areas - usually have nothing more than security lights from Lowes.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:36 AM (Tzbdw)

I haven’t traveled in a while but I did notice differences when I did travel to most of all the large urban centers.

Miracle Mile in Chicago, Park Ave ,NYC , Post Oak Blvd, Houston, etc.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (D6PGr)

188 Solid confirmation of good news:

@DanScavino
Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it a thought.” Not happening.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 22, 2024 10:21 AM (3ImbR)

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

Good. After that Pam Bondi announcement yesterday, I think Sundance over at CTH was on suicide watch ... and Rogers at FBI likely would have sent him over the edge.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (MpEy/)

189 184 Also back then if a guy was raping a child or person, you could stop them. Real permanent like.
---------------
You still can but need to ensure there are no witnesses. Witnesses might cost more rounds.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (jFCkp)

190 You People had better start wishcasting your next SecDef because I'm telling you right now Pete Hesgeth is Not even going to make it to next week, let alone the confirmation hearings.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Emboldened by taking out Gaetz, the dems and GOPe are on the hunt for more scalps and will not let Trump have his picks.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (ATiYV)

191 I have a Craigslist ad from ten or so years ago where a guy was selling an XJ-6. I kept it as a reminder not to do stupid stuff. He tells all the things he's done to it, has a box of receipts, how much money he's put into it, etc., and wants something like $2000 for it and you'll need a tow truck to get it home.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (Tzbdw)

192 About 10 years ago, Volvo trucks did an absolutely stellar ad starring Jean Claude van Damme and Enya as the soundtrack. I remember it, and Volvo trucks, to this day, even though I have no need for a semi.

They seem to understand how to make an ad.

Posted by: Archimedes

Volvo just released a new ad. A young couple expecting, she is shopping and crossing the street. A driver in a Volvo is headed her direction but distracted, but due to the excellent brakes, two lives are saved. Pretty good, especially compared to the Jaguar abomination.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (lTGtQ)

193 From 1861. Interesting time to be headed for America.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 09:42 AM (LxER7)

They could be going to Canada, or Australia, or New Zealand. Possibly South Africa, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (2seql)

194 Biden Admin moves to forgive $4.7 BILLION of loans to Ukraine.

Of course he does.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:42 AM (ATiYV)

195 Man, if Trump appoints Bongino as Director of The Secret Cervix -- the Deep State & RINO exploding heads will be glorious ... although I'll miss his radio show.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:42 AM (MpEy/)

196 Has anything ever been appropriately wrought?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:40 AM (kTd/k)

Got some wrought iron railing that's pretty well done.

Posted by: BignJames at November 22, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

197 a hot Japanese engine tranny

HOT JAP TRANNY?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:43 AM (5NDhQ)

198 170 Every crime noir movie had a cop chasing a criminal running away and the cop yelling ‘ STOP OR I’LL SHOOT !! Bam bam bam bam’.

No viewer blinked an eye.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:28 AM (D6PGr)

Ha. So damn true. There was no crime petty enough to save yourself. All crime was a matter of life and death.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Common law fleeing felon rule--Ended by Scotus in the 80's by Tennessee v Garner. Only applies to violent fleeing felons or those threatening the lives of others (see idiots fleeing police at 100 mph +)

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:43 AM (ctrM5)

199 Hmm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjtTI4yKJZ4

This occurred in California. I wonder if this is how a certifiable idiot like Kamala passed the California bar exam.

Posted by: Farquad at November 22, 2024 10:43 AM (CFMhl)

200 Jaguar, for men who want to get rogered by several dozen men they don't know... tonight.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

As transportation secretary AND a gay man, I approve this message. Jaguar...let the world know you're gay.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at November 22, 2024 10:43 AM (JCZqz)

201 Has anything ever been appropriately wrought?

Didn't Marconi ask that?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (5NDhQ)

202 195 Man, if Trump appoints Bongino as Director of The Secret Cervix -- the Deep State & RINO exploding heads will be glorious ... although I'll miss his radio show.
Posted by: ShainS
======
More likely Trump's Secret Service team chief.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (ctrM5)

203 Common law fleeing felon rule--Ended by Scotus in the 80's by Tennessee v Garner. Only applies to violent fleeing felons or those threatening the lives of others (see idiots fleeing police at 100 mph +)

Posted by: whig

-

I love having this guy here.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (Tzbdw)

204 Subdued, eh? They’re headed to Australia.

Posted by: Eromero at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (jgmnb)

205 Hmm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjtTI4yKJZ4

This occurred in California. I wonder if this is how a certifiable idiot like Kamala passed the California bar exam.
Posted by: Farquad

It's not what you know, it's who you blow.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (ATiYV)

206 About 10 years ago, Volvo trucks did an absolutely stellar ad starring Jean Claude van Damme and Enya as the soundtrack. I remember it, and Volvo trucks, to this day, even though I have no need for a semi.

They seem to understand how to make an ad.

Posted by: Archimedes

Volvo just released a new ad. A young couple expecting, she is shopping and crossing the street. A driver in a Volvo is headed her direction but distracted, but due to the excellent brakes, two lives are saved. Pretty good, especially compared to the Jaguar abomination.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (lTGtQ)
______

Volvo has been pounding the safety angle for decades. I question whether it worked even then, let alone now. Volvos were slow sellers until they found a nice design style that looked a bit different than the competition, and they finally started building reliable vehicles. So basically, they started being successful when they started selling cars that looked desirable and worked well. Shocker!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (iFTx/)

207 190 You People had better start wishcasting your next SecDef because I'm telling you right now Pete Hesgeth is Not even going to make it to next week, let alone the confirmation hearings.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Emboldened by taking out Gaetz, the dems and GOPe are on the hunt for more scalps and will not let Trump have his picks.
Posted by: rickb223
========
Ehh, facts not in evidence. In fact, four appellate court judgeships will not be filled by Biden but by Trump now.

Politics is more like football running game than the passing game.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (ctrM5)

208 If they don't like Trump's picks is not a problem. Trump will just assign his cabinet members to run the departments while he converses with Deep State Senators.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (jFCkp)

209 Seriously the painting is a touch too busy.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (kTd/k)

210 "Groups of figures, in a mix of gender and social class, are shown on the quayside as an emigrant ship departs on the far right."

Whew! For a moment I was concerned that CBD's art post failed to include proper REH-PREE-ZEN-TAY-SHEE-ON!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (LPS7w)

211 @209 Just a smidge.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (LPS7w)

212 Politics is more like football running game than the passing game.
----------------
So, rugby, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (jFCkp)

213
Megyn Kelly covered Pete's baggage. It's not good. And she tried her damndest to spin for him, but it's a lost cause.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (gdjFe)

214 Let me get this in the name field

Posted by: Boron Cobbie, Pharisee Onager at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (Tzbdw)

215 Biden Admin moves to forgive $4.7 BILLION of loans to Ukraine.

Of course he does.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:42 AM (ATiYV)

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

So he gets to keep his 470 MILLION cut, amirite?

/BTW, watched a recent two-hour interview with Javier Milei by Lex Fridman (really interesting & entertaining -- you can tell the dude was an Economics Professor & Philosopher) -- and I got the biggest kick out of him occasionally ending rants with "Am I right?" HONORARY HORDE MEMBER IF NOT LURKER!!!

youtube.com/watch?v=8NLzc9kobDk

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (MpEy/)

216 Seriously the painting is a touch too busy.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (kTd/k)

Agreed, but it reminded me of that scene in Amadeus, where the Jeffrey Jones character, I forget his title, listened to Mozart production, and his only criticism: Too many notes.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)

217 What did you do, missy?
‘Copped a sausage, I did. They calls it moral turpitude. What’s it mean?’
‘

Posted by: Eromero at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (jgmnb)

218 Volvo just released a new ad. A young couple expecting, she is shopping and crossing the street. A driver in a Volvo is headed her direction but distracted, but due to the excellent brakes, two lives are saved. Pretty good, especially compared to the Jaguar abomination.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (lTGtQ)

Volvo, for shitty drivers who don't want to kill someone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

219 My first new car I bought was a Saab 900 when I lived in NY. The girls dug it and it had a seat warmer.

I totaled it after a year and a half when I flipped it into a ditch when I spun out on an ice patch. Escaped with only severely bruised ribs.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (D6PGr)

220

remember SAAB?

They looked like bandaids.

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (gdjFe)

221 Volvo just released a new ad. A young couple expecting, she is shopping and crossing the street. A driver in a Volvo is headed her direction but distracted, but due to the excellent brakes, two lives are saved. Pretty good, especially compared to the Jaguar abomination.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 22, 2024

***
I miss the days when they advertised cars for their styling and for the driving experience, not just for safety and connectivity. The 2011 Buick LaCrosse brochure emphasized the car's power and handling; the one for my '16 has only one page on that, but three or more on the optional safety systems and telling you how your car and phone could talk to each other.

Still, the Volvo ad you mention is better than the recent Buick ads with the little old lady saying, "That's not a Buick!!" or with twentysomethings going "I don't see a Buick" when it's right in front of them (because, we are supposed to conclude, of their preconceptions of what a "Buick" looks like).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

222 217 What did you do, missy?
‘Copped a sausage, I did. They calls it moral turpitude. What’s it mean?’
------------
A bit salty?

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM (jFCkp)

223 Californomics.

https://is.gd/HMJsps

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 22, 2024 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

224 Agreed, but it reminded me of that scene in Amadeus, where the Jeffrey Jones character, I forget his title, listened to Mozart production, and his only criticism: Too many notes.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)

The Emperor, Franz Joseph. That actually happened (as much in the movie did not).

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:49 AM (LxER7)

225 again

Posted by: Boron Cobbie, pharisee onager for rejecting abortion and child sex slavery at November 22, 2024 10:49 AM (Tzbdw)

226 Seriously the painting is a touch too busy.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (kTd/k)

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

Similar to yesterday's?

/My mind is nothing if not a pattern-detecting machine!

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (MpEy/)

227 Jaguar...let the world know you're gay.

Circa 1970s didn't Volvo unfortunately adopt the gay "lambda" symbol?
The lambda symbol (λ

is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

Them old Greek homos!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (5NDhQ)

228 203 Common law fleeing felon rule--Ended by Scotus in the 80's by Tennessee v Garner. Only applies to violent fleeing felons or those threatening the lives of others (see idiots fleeing police at 100 mph +)

Posted by: whig

-

I love having this guy here.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:44 AM (Tzbdw)

It's like, "Oh, c'mon, we're just having fun."

Then you get done reading and think, "I'm so glad I now know this."

whig, you can come to my birthday party!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (KbCG3)

229 Agreed, but it reminded me of that scene in Amadeus, where the Jeffrey Jones character, I forget his title, listened to Mozart production, and his only criticism: Too many notes.
Posted by: BurtTC

Yeah, and then Mozart asked him which notes he would recommend be removed.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (v6JzV)

230 Emboldened by taking out Gaetz, the dems and GOPe are on the hunt for more scalps and will not let Trump have his picks.
Posted by: rickb223
========
Ehh, facts not in evidence. In fact, four appellate court judgeships will not be filled by Biden but by Trump now.

Politics is more like football running game than the passing game.
Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:46 AM (ctrM5)
_______

True, but the deal for the 4 appellate seats was to give Biden a dozen district court seats, which will now be filled with insane leftist refuse. I don't know why the GOP didn't just gum up the whole works for another few weeks. Trump could have had all those seats.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (iFTx/)

231 216

Agreed, but it reminded me of that scene in Amadeus, where the Jeffrey Jones character, I forget his title, listened to Mozart production, and his only criticism: Too many notes.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (dGCAG)
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It wasn't Jeffrey Jones' character who said that; it was the guy on the left here, https://i.yt___.com/vi/-3ShYtt3i3k/maxresdefault.jpg.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (LPS7w)

232 . So basically, they started being successful when they started selling cars that looked desirable and worked well. Shocker!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 22, 2024

***
I liked the boxy Volvos of the '80s, including the station wagons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

233 remember SAAB?

They looked like bandaids.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at November 22, 2024 10:48 AM

I miss the old Jag XJ6 sedans of the 80s...before Ford took over.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2024 10:51 AM (kgE5c)

234 >>More likely Trump's Secret Service team chief.

The guy who didn't get Trump off the X and didn't get him horizontal and off the stage regardless of Trump's demand that he stand for the iconic photo?

That guy?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 22, 2024 10:51 AM (Y1sOo)

235 The Emperor, Franz Joseph. That actually happened (as much in the movie did not).
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

No, not Franz Joseph. Too early. Joseph II, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:51 AM (v6JzV)

236 @231 This link works, https://i.yt___.com/vi/-3ShYtt3i3k/maxresdefault.jpg

Sorry.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:51 AM (LPS7w)

237 Yes, Joseph II. Moar covfefe!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 10:52 AM (LxER7)

238 Californomics.

https://is.gd/HMJsps

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 22, 2024 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

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

AKA Venezuelomics.

[per The Wifey:] Elon Musk got out just in time ...

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:52 AM (MpEy/)

239 remember SAAB?

Overheating two stroke zeppelins.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:52 AM (5NDhQ)

240 Similar to yesterday's?

/My mind is nothing if not a pattern-detecting machine!
Posted by: ShainS

I think you mean Wednesday's art, the sack of Troy.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:52 AM (v6JzV)

241 It's like, "Oh, c'mon, we're just having fun."

Then you get done reading and think, "I'm so glad I now know this."

whig, you can come to my birthday party!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
====
I tend to spoil conversations at parties.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

242 Hmm pixy is replacing the "___" part with "___".

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (LPS7w)

243 I much prefer our deep political analysis around here when we are the winners rather than the losers… it is like bickering over the division of the spoils rather than growling and snapping over a carcass..

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (PCK5/)

244 Might as well while they are waiting to get the car started.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 10:24 AM (ATiYV)

If no one has mentioned it, there's the episode of Mad Men when the English ad man, who's embezzled from the firm, tries to off himself using the promo Jaguar he was given. It won't start.
So, he hangs himself in his office.

Posted by: sal at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (f+FmA)

245 The I-M-G part sans the hyphens. sheesh

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (LPS7w)

246
Did Saab make aircraft engines?

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (QSsNn)

247 It's like, "Oh, c'mon, we're just having fun."

Then you get done reading and think, "I'm so glad I now know this.

-

The part I'm always amazed at is how intuitive so many things are. "I bet it had something to do with society and rule of law breaking down" was sort of a throwaway hypothesis, and then whig lays down exactly that very thing and the moment it was codified into lay by the unelected SCOTUS.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie was called a pharisee onager for rejecting abortion and child sex slavery at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (Tzbdw)

248 https://i.yt___.com/vi/-3ShYtt3i3k/maxresdefault.jpg

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Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (5NDhQ)

249 241 It's like, "Oh, c'mon, we're just having fun."

Then you get done reading and think, "I'm so glad I now know this."

whig, you can come to my birthday party!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
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I tend to spoil conversations at parties.
Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

You just go to the wrong parties.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (KbCG3)

250 Jaguars have never been on my list of dream cars. They never will be.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (kTd/k)

251 Megyn Kelly covered Pete's baggage. It's not good. And she tried her damndest to spin for him, but it's a lost cause.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (gdjFe)

Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 10:55 AM (wyMQY)

252 I tend to spoil conversations at parties.
Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

You just go to the wrong parties.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

So is Whig that Scottish guy who knocked up two women at once?

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:55 AM (v6JzV)

253 *horn intro*

I was cruisin' in my Stingray late one night
When an XKE pulled up on the right
He rolled down the window of his shiny new Jag
And challenged me then and there to a drag
I said, "You're on, buddy, my mill's runnin' fine
Let's come off the line now, at Sunset and Vine
But I'll throw you one better if you've got the nerve
Let's race all the way to Dead Man's Curve"

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 22, 2024 10:56 AM (Aqu9a)

254 I liked the boxy Volvos of the '80s, including the station wagons.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

Apparently Paul Newman liked them too. He had one 740 wagon that he swapped the engine from a Buick Grand National into, and another Volvo wagon with a Mustang V8.

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (OguvZ)

255 Did Saab make aircraft engines?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at November 22, 2024

***
I think Saab was connected in its early days with the aircraft industry, yes. Certainly Rolls-Royce made aircraft engines like the Merlin that went into the RAF Spitfire and the U.S. P-51 Mustang.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

256 Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (v6JzV)

257 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (5NDhQ)

ytimg

Posted by: ... at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (lbAks)

258 True, but the deal for the 4 appellate seats was to give Biden a dozen district court seats, which will now be filled with insane leftist refuse. I don't know why the GOP didn't just gum up the whole works for another few weeks. Trump could have had all those seats.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 22, 2024 10:50 AM (iFTx/)

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

How many hundreds of F. Joe's appointments did most if not all of the Senate R's vote to confirm ... but they're now going to deny Trump all of his?

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (MpEy/)

259 Volvos used to promote how safe they were.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (kTd/k)

260 251 Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 10:55 AM (wyMQY)

The way the right lets the Left bully them on the "BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SEXUAL PRUDES! NOW LIVE UP TO IT OR ELSE!!!" front is embrrassing.

Posted by: XTC at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (UnA8+)

261 251 Megyn Kelly covered Pete's baggage. It's not good. And she tried her damndest to spin for him, but it's a lost cause.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (gdjFe)

Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 10:55 AM (wyMQY)

Is this some moral outragey thing being tossed at a Republican… oh please, that’s old rope-a-dope Dem playbook shit. Anyone who buys it is just stupid.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (PCK5/)

262 251 Megyn Kelly covered Pete's baggage. It's not good. And she tried her damndest to spin for him, but it's a lost cause.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 22, 2024 10:47 AM (gdjFe)

Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 10:55 AM (wyMQY)
----
The real baggage is all those horrifyingly Christian tattoos!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (LPS7w)

263 I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (DobEs)

264 What kind of heretical blasphemy is this?!!!

Wokies are mad that Netflix cast a Jewish woman to play Mary, the Jewish mother of Jesus (also a Jew)

https://is.gd/TbcEu2

-
Everybody knows that part should have gone to a tranny of color!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

265 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. No mushroom clouds this morning. A good day then!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (W/lyH)

266 I tend to spoil conversations at parties.
Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

#winning

Posted by: ... at November 22, 2024 10:58 AM (lbAks)

267 Is Jinx the Cat here? I drove through his town yesterday.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:59 AM (v6JzV)

268 The guy who didn't get Trump off the X and didn't get him horizontal and off the stage regardless of Trump's demand that he stand for the iconic photo?

That guy?
Posted by: one hour sober
========
Dunno. I think there was a different crew at that Butler rally but do not know if that guy was bodyman for Trump there.

Trump's call, don't literally care as he has more motivation than we do to ensure he gets a functional agency. He literally has skin, guts, and life on the line while the peanut gallery has none.

Too much of Conservative Media as well as the MSM is simply promoting individual agendas rather than anything resembling factual evidence.

That includes the story about Mike Rogers being considered for FBI chief.

We shall have to simply wait and see and as I said, Trump and his family's life, liberty, and property rests on making the right calls. So he has a lot more at risk from bad ones than we do.

For myself, I am simply glad that Kamala nor Biden will continue their rampage of destruction for a time.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:59 AM (ctrM5)

269 Apparently Paul Newman liked [the boxy Volvos] too. He had one 740 wagon that he swapped the engine from a Buick Grand National into, and another Volvo wagon with a Mustang V8.
Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024

***
Power plus hauling capacity. Smart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

270 I have a Craigslist ad from ten or so years ago where a guy was selling an XJ-6. I kept it as a reminder not to do stupid stuff. He tells all the things he's done to it, has a box of receipts, how much money he's put into it, etc., and wants something like $2000 for it and you'll need a tow truck to get it home.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 22, 2024 10:41 AM (Tzbdw)

Heh. I remember, a few years ago, attending the Mitch Silver car auction at Ft. McDowell Casino near Scottsdale. They ran through a '70's-something Jaguar with a bad transmission; went for $700. The auctioneer said, "Sold! As long as you promise to never bring that car here again". the crowd all laughed. Buyer probably parted it out, and sold the rear end to a hot rod shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 10:59 AM (czBBs)

271 Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.

-

Oh no, there might be a potential loss of access to my husband's resources!

I should destroy this other unknown man's life until I'm ready to take advantage of my husband using no fault divorce on my terms!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie was called a pharisee onager for rejecting abortion and child sex slavery at November 22, 2024 11:00 AM (Tzbdw)

272 What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (v6JzV)

and police investigated *immediately* at husbands insistence, and found hallway security cam videos that backed up Hegseth's story completely - she followed him to his room. And today, she now says she was too drunk to really remember anything that night. It's kinda tawdry, but also a big so what.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 11:00 AM (wyMQY)

273 Volvos used to promote how safe they were.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 22, 2024

***
There's a line from one of Michael Keaton's comedy films, where an ad man (maybe MK's character) promotes Volvos with, "We're Boxy -- But We're Safe!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

274 Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.
Posted by: Bulg

She said she was drunk and doesn't remember.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 11:01 AM (ATiYV)

275 The guy who didn't get Trump off the X and didn't get him horizontal and off the stage regardless of Trump's demand that he stand for the iconic photo?

-

It would be interesting to see the alternate universe where that photo wasn't taken and instead Trump was mewing and cowering on the floor under fat women.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie was called a pharisee onager for rejecting abortion and child sex slavery at November 22, 2024 11:02 AM (Tzbdw)

276 Nood rant.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 22, 2024 11:02 AM (LxER7)

277 Poor li'l fella.

MSNBC really published this grotesque story claiming Laken Riley's killer "never stood a chance"

https://is.gd/vgqBGV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (L/fGl)

278 Apparently Paul Newman liked them too. He had one 740 wagon that he swapped the engine from a Buick Grand National into, and another Volvo wagon with a Mustang V8.

Posted by: spindrift at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (OguvZ)

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Newman's posthumous autobiography (his kids found earlier buried writings after he died and edited/published them) was very interesting -- a very bright guy who never quite got over the suicide (drug & alcohol overdose) of his eldest child Scott (for which he blamed himself).

"The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir."

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (MpEy/)

279 266 I tend to spoil conversations at parties.
Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

#winning
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Eh, I am increasingly like Vinegar Joe Stillwell in temperament. Probably a chronic illness has something to do with it and getting close to 29.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (ctrM5)

280 What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.
Posted by: Bulg
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She said she was drunk and doesn't remember.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024

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Ain't that convenient. A man in that situation would not get away with that answer. Point that out the next time somebody says, "Women are discriminated against in America and men have all the privilege."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (J2vNu)

281 274

She said she was drunk and doesn't remember.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 11:01 AM (ATiYV)
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Pepperidge Farm Remembers.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (LPS7w)

282 There's a line from one of Michael Keaton's comedy films, where an ad man (maybe MK's character) promotes Volvos with, "We're Boxy -- But We're Safe!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I thought that was Dudley Moore in that crazy people movie.

Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (v6JzV)

283 Bullshit, a consensual hookup at a convention? Big deal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.
Posted by: Bulg

She said she was drunk and doesn't remember.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 22, 2024 11:01 AM (ATiYV)

So barmaid bring a pitcher,
another round of brew . . .

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at November 22, 2024 11:03 AM (Aqu9a)

284 Airline noodity.

Posted by: Upstairs at November 22, 2024 11:04 AM (DobEs)

285 272 What I heard was that the woman was pursuing him, got caught in Hegseth's room by her husband, and then lied about it being non-consensual to try to save herself.
Posted by: Bulg at November 22, 2024 10:57 AM (v6JzV)

and police investigated *immediately* at husbands insistence, and found hallway security cam videos that backed up Hegseth's story completely - she followed him to his room. And today, she now says she was too drunk to really remember anything that night. It's kinda tawdry, but also a big so what.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Pretty much a normal weekday for Congress critters and bureaucrats in DC. DC gives the defunct cities of Sodom and Gomorrah competition in bad behavior.

Posted by: whig at November 22, 2024 11:05 AM (ctrM5)

286 Did Saab make aircraft engines?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at November 22, 2024 10:54 AM (QSsNn)

They built jet fighters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 11:05 AM (czBBs)

287 253

He rolled down the window of his shiny new Jag
And challenged me then and there to a drag

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 22, 2024 10:56 AM (Aqu9a)
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The lyric will be updated to "And challenged me then and there to wear drag" in order to appeal to Modern Audiences.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 22, 2024 11:06 AM (QdGJh)

288 and police investigated *immediately* at husbands insistence, and found hallway security cam videos that backed up Hegseth's story completely - she followed him to his room. And today, she now says she was too drunk to really remember anything that night. It's kinda tawdry, but also a big so what.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 22, 2024 11:00 AM (wyMQY)

Was she wearing her wedding ring?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2024 11:09 AM (czBBs)

289 I notice the bringers of optimism are popping up relevant to Gaetz and Hegseth.

Seriously, would it hurt to cast just a bit of optimism for our success in these matters? Trust me, the constant drumbeat of despair is becoming a self fulfilling prophesy.
Always does.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 22, 2024 11:22 AM (hKoQL)

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