Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Game of Chess
Lucas van Leyden

Posted by: CBD at 09:35 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

2 Whatta bunch of mugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

3 Everybody jumps on the queen!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2025 09:36 AM (7fElN)

4 Must be big money on someone.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 09:36 AM (Yj6Os)

5 "There might be bugs
On some o' you mugs,
But there ain't no bugs on me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 09:36 AM (J2vNu)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 07, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

7 You played with her chest?

Posted by: Arthur Fonzarelli at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (aD39U)

8 Art was late. CBD must've tried running in flip flops again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

9 The Ugly People's Convention is so much fun!

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

10 What's Christopher Walken doing there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

11 Definite tranny on the left.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (Sgq8y)

12 Nicely done,
I think tjete is some cheating and coaching going on

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (fwDg9)

13 Still missing Oregon Muse.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

14 King me!

Posted by: reason at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (JsNuc)

15 The man is playing chess while completely baked.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (T5b0+)

16 What's with the eyes?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (cFx13)

17 What, everyone gets a piece to move?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Very nice!

Posted by: runner at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (g47mK)

19 Just like in movies, the board displays an impossible position. At least the board is oriented correctly.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (u01/w)

20 That black guy looks like he's about to grab the board.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (aD39U)

21 I knew without looking at the name that the painter was Dutch. I'm getting quite the education on European ethnotypes here on the art thread.

Posted by: huerfano at February 07, 2025 09:38 AM (n2swS)

22 I can smell the Body Odor from here.

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (G5+As)

23 Lot's o' square heads in those days.

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (Yj6Os)

24 Ladies playing chess? Well, I NEVER!

Posted by: The_Hoser at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (3qNLt)

25 rather homey looking folks..

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (EmT/E)

26 17 Kibitzers. They used to have a bowl under the table to store their severed heads.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (u01/w)

27 What's with the 8-heads on the women? Damn, that's unattractive.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

28 This scene is like a modern movie: dark and claustrophobic.

This Dutch painter was a contemporary of Henry VII and VIII. I can imagine the smell of closed-up rooms in the winter, steamy rooms in summer, and the heavy clothing on people who didn't bathe as often as we do. Having them so close to you would make it hard to concentrate on the chess game.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

29 Pretty sure the dude on the left has an earpiece in and is receiving his moves from offsite. Or maybe one of those anal buzzers.

Posted by: The_Hoser at February 07, 2025 09:40 AM (3qNLt)

30 The chess board has too many squares.

Posted by: dantesed at February 07, 2025 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

31 White has more pieces than normal. Must've brought out the expansion set.

Posted by: Kris at February 07, 2025 09:40 AM (EwaUh)

32 I apologize for this, but the behind the man playing chess seems to be, uh, relieving his stress.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025 09:40 AM (T5b0+)

33
The visual perspective of the chessboard seems off
everybody in the picture looks kinda creepy
dark
chess baffles me

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at February 07, 2025 09:40 AM (AOsQT)

34 Royal Ugly Dudes Chess Club.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (VwHCD)

35 Must wymyns have a receding hairline to play chess?

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (ftFVW)

36 The man is playing chess while completely baked.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025

***
The fellow on the left with the incredibly square jaw? Yeah, he looks as though he hardly cares about the game.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

37 Honey hand.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (4780s)

38 The guy on the left looks like a Lego.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

39 It's interesting enough. I'd like to see it brighter though.

Why are the only two women so important? One is playing and the other is eerily white, the brightest object on the canvas.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (2jJtO)

40 Boney.I give up.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 09:42 AM (4780s)

41 Chess thread, complete with chess babe!

OM would be proud.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at February 07, 2025 09:42 AM (Sf2cq)

42 I would imagine being on the spectrum could enhance one’s chess game…

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 09:42 AM (PCK5/)

43 Whole lotta five heads goin' on...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 09:42 AM (GTqXr)

44 It's interesting enough. I'd like to see it brighter though.

Why are the only two women so important? One is playing and the other is eerily white, the brightest object on the canvas.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (2jJtO)

She's playing to preserve her virtue.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (VwHCD)

45 Why are the only two women so important? One is playing and the other is eerily white, the brightest object on the canvas.

Posted by: nurse ratched

I'm guessing that the standing woman is the mother of the girl playing chess.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

46 Dogs Playing Poker >> Dutch People Playing Chess

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (Aqu9a)

47 Very diverse group

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (KQk9m)

48 Glad that someone taught the little girl to play chess.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (4hg8f)

49 @30 - they're playing Landscape Mode chess.

Posted by: reason at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (JsNuc)

50 Probably throwing down guilders on who wins…

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (PCK5/)

51
The Game of Chess
c. 1508
Oil on oak, 27 x 35 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (gbOdA)

52 >46 Dogs Playing Poker >> Dutch People Playing Chess

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 09:43 AM (Aqu9a)

Shoulda painted it on black velvet.

Posted by: LV Leyden at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (GTqXr)

53 Thx CBD, this guy had a strange way with faces.
Would hang, but definitely an ugly bunch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (EUtBO)

54 Seems like all women back then had Eightheads.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (VwHCD)

55 Is this a game of the forbidden 'Strip Chess' ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (ayRl+)

56 Pawn jumps queen. Bishop jumps queen. Knight jumps queen. Aw hell, we all jump the queen.
Posted by: Mel Brooks

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (fUDLX)

57 Is this a game of the forbidden 'Strip Chess' ... ?
Posted by: Dr_No at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM

Each person wearing 126 pieces of clothing makes for a long game.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM (aD39U)

58 Where's OM's cute Korean chick?

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM (4780s)

59 Shoulda painted it on black velvet.
Posted by: LV Leyden at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (GTqXr)

Does black oak work?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM (gbOdA)

60 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM (TK1I0)

61 Is that Bobby Fischer in the background?

Posted by: dantesed at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

62 Is this a game of the forbidden 'Strip Chess' ... ?
Posted by: Dr_No

Well, picklechess hadn't been invented yet.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

63 There's a transaction being negotiated in the upper right corner.

Posted by: And we all know it at February 07, 2025 09:46 AM (dg+HA)

64 What's Christopher Walken doing there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 07, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Needs more Cowbell!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 07, 2025 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

65 Shoulda painted it on black velvet.
Posted by: LV Leyden at February 07, 2025 09:44 AM (GTqXr)

Does black oak work?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:45 AM

Only in Arkansas.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 09:46 AM (aD39U)

66 60 Yikes! Sorry CBD, meant ot post that in the other thread. Feel free to delete.

On the painting it is interesting this shows a woman playing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 09:47 AM (TK1I0)

67 Is that Bobby Fischer in the background?
Posted by: dantesed

Keith Richards.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 09:47 AM (fUDLX)

68 36 The fellow on the left with the incredibly square jaw? Yeah, he looks as though he hardly cares about the game.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

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Well, he IS playing a GIRL.

(ducks)

Posted by: The_Hoser at February 07, 2025 09:47 AM (3qNLt)

69 Guy on reft has robster craw hand.

— Takashi from Revenge of the Nerds

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (JRP2U)

70 Board seems designed for the famous knight end around play.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (4780s)

71 This Dutch painter was a contemporary of Henry VII and VIII. I can imagine the smell of closed-up rooms in the winter, steamy rooms in summer, and the heavy clothing on people who didn't bathe as often as we do. Having them so close to you would make it hard to concentrate on the chess game.
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You discount the smoke. Not just from tobacco but also the heating and cooking fires.
I honestly don't think people stunk as bad as we imagine.
Just ... more like wild animals or dogs.
Not strong or offensive but yeah, a smell.

And, the average summer highs in Amsterdam is 64.5 degrees F in July.
That's called cold in Texas. Like put on a sweater and cook chili cold. In summer?!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (cFx13)

72 Ugly people should be outlawed and executed.

Posted by: XTC at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (sm6Pk)

73 On the painting it is interesting this shows a woman playing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Seems like the man standing over her (her father?) is coaching her. So she's still learning the game. That's why the guy she's playing against seems so uninterested, maybe.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

74 Meh

Posted by: Lizzy at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (Cki93)

75 "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures ... and the Dutch."

Posted by: Nigel Powers at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (3qNLt)

76 32 I apologize for this, but the behind the man playing chess seems to be, uh, relieving his stress.
Posted by: Oglebay

Toobin?

Posted by: The ficus is nervous at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (dg+HA)

77 >>Why are the only two women so important? One is playing and the other is eerily white, the brightest object on the canvas.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM

The woman standing is handling the money from the betting.

Posted by: huerfano at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (n2swS)

78 8 x 12? i guess the game has evolved.

Posted by: cmeat at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (6+aIJ)

79 That lady's middle finger would have been proof that she's a witch in any reasonable society.

Also hands have always been hard to draw.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (z/ifB)

80 71 And, the average summer highs in Amsterdam is 64.5 degrees F in July.
That's called cold in Texas. Like put on a sweater and cook chili cold. In summer?!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (cFx13)

I would love if it never got hotter than 65, ever.

Posted by: XTC at February 07, 2025 09:49 AM (sm6Pk)

81 I would love if it never got hotter than 65, ever.
Posted by: XTC

*fist bump*

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

82 One Night in Bankok.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:50 AM (ctrM5)

83 Is that the bad bishop on the left?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 07, 2025 09:50 AM (Cki93)

84 Chess be rayciss yo!

Whitey always be movin first.

Posted by: Ashley Allison at February 07, 2025 09:50 AM (y7KuV)

85 I have read that people slopped on lots of scent back in the day… I imagine that odors were often masked by smoke from cooking and heating, the sewage that was prevalent in cities, and the smell of horseshit that pervaded everything…

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (PCK5/)

86 I often don't care for this period of painting because the faces are rather wooden. Then I looked closer. Each person's eyes are distinctive and expressive and there is more variety in their expressions. I also like the crowded tavern feel of the scene. You can almost hear the background noise of the voices in the crowded room. (A tavern?) The more I looked, the more interesting the painting became.

If you get a chance, check out van Leyden's etchings. Wonderfully detailed and even more expressive than his paintings.

Maybe they are all passing time until the Superbowl broadcast begins.

Posted by: JTB at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

87 An 8 x 2 chess board would make the games much faster

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (gbOdA)

88 The Game of Chess

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Do you swipe right to check?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (a3Q+t)

89 Holland is same level as Newfoundland, and Great Britain blocks the gulf stream. Chilly.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (4780s)

90 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: TexasDan at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (z/ifB)

91 I think white is winning because he has a passed pawn, but the board is 12 squares wide.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at February 07, 2025 09:51 AM (lY/NM)

92 I would love if it never got hotter than 65, ever.
Posted by: XTC
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Part of that is living next to the North Sea which means a lot of cloud cover when it isn't raining. If you like that kind of weather, Seattle is an example in the US.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (ctrM5)

93 It's been so long since I've played chess, I'd probably have to re-learn the rules if I were to play now.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

94 Seems implausible for the back row of the guy on the left is entirely empty.

Is that a subtle political statement by the artist?

Posted by: muldoon at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (/iMjX)

95 Not AI?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

96 This would look great on the cover of a cardboard cigar box...

Posted by: Dutch Masters CEO at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (JCZqz)

97 the other is eerily white, the brightest object on the canvas.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 07, 2025 09:41 AM

Yet Another Example Of White Privilege (YAEOWP).

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

98 The chess player on the left is definitely Trump

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 07, 2025 09:53 AM (U81Si)

99 93 It's been so long since I've played chess, I'd probably have to re-learn the rules if I were to play now.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

I played back when, but it wasn’t interesting enough for me to keep at it… kind of boring, actually.

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (PCK5/)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

101 Van Leyden was really good. It's unfortunate that he didn't have more attractive people to draw and paint.

Posted by: huerfano at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (n2swS)

102 98 The chess player on the left is definitely Trump
Posted by: vmom
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He does kinda look like him.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (ctrM5)

103 I would love if it never got hotter than 65, ever.
Posted by: XTC

*fist bump*
Posted by: Bulg

As long as it never got colder than 64.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (fUDLX)

104 Who had CNN saying Big Balls?

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/
1887719487853510997

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

105 I've heard bad things about happen in those shady chess dens.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM (dDmld)

106 100 100
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM

Like First!, you only get one shot. Well Done.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2025 09:55 AM (a3Q+t)

107 The National Lampoon warned us fifty years ago of the threat posed by the Dutch:

https://tinyurl.com/3jrvncen

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 09:55 AM (OhqqI)

108 ~~"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"~~

Never play chess against a woman with an alien forehead when nookie is on the line.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 07, 2025 09:55 AM (JCZqz)

109 It's been so long since I've played chess, I'd probably have to re-learn the rules if I were to play now.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

I never played, never learned. I didn't think there were actual rules. I thought you and another player just sit and stare at the board motionless for hours until one has to pee.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (VwHCD)

110 I would love if it never got hotter than 65, ever.
Posted by: XTC

I wouldn't mind a range of 74-79... unless I want to go to the pool, then it needs to be warm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

111 Chess dude has an earbud.

Posted by: Eromero at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (jgmnb)

112 Van Leyden was really good. It's unfortunate that he didn't have more attractive people to draw and paint.
Posted by: huerfano

The number of ugly people in his work is jarring.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

113 So the Bad Orangeman is attending the Soup and Bread Bowl? 🤣🤣

Swiftie heads must be exploding all over.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (A1UYC)

114 As long as it never got colder than 64.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 09:54 AM

You have something against mammiformic temperature indicators?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

115 Chess is kind of boobs adjacent.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (Y6IkP)

116 I have a filling Lucas was self taught.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (IOGah)

117 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (RHGPo)

118 Guy on reft has robster craw hand.

— Takashi from Revenge of the Nerds

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 07, 2025 09:48 AM (JRP2U)

Not craw! Craw!

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (Yj6Os)

119 ?82 One Night in Bankok.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:50 AM (ctrM5)

I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine.

Posted by: M. Head at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (GTqXr)

120 feeling = Filling

wtf

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (IOGah)

121 Trump has put a picture of Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

122 117 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (RHGPo)

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David Hogg appeals to donors and puts Pete Buttigieg's name in the headlines in preparation for Pete Buttigieg's run for Senate in Michigan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (GBKbO)

123 I never played, never learned. I didn't think there were actual rules. I thought you and another player just sit and stare at the board motionless for hours until one has to pee.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 09:56 AM (VwHCD)

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Don't forget about hitting the chess clock when you finish your move. That's the fun part,

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (dDmld)

124 Thomas Crown Affair?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (1bNHn)

125 Not craw! Craw!
Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM

Y'all craw-craw.

Posted by: A. Crow at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (a3Q+t)

126 One Night in Bangkok… strange song. Really like it.

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (PCK5/)

127 99 93 It's been so long since I've played chess, I'd probably have to re-learn the rules if I were to play now.
Posted by: Bulg

I played back when, but it wasn’t interesting enough for me to keep at it… kind of boring, actually.
Posted by: tubal
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High level chess is kind of like high level poker--assuming no cheating, the moves ultimately depend more of playing the other person's mind because at that level each of the players are capable of doing the analytical analysis of odds.

That is why Bobby Fishcher was so successful, he mindf*cked his opponents with what were considered outrageous moves and that rattled them into making suboptimal moves in response.

Kinda reminds a person of someone in current public life.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (ctrM5)

128 Some of the boys that I grew up with expressed an interest in chess after watching Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen play in the Thomas Crown Affair.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2025 09:59 AM (Sgq8y)

129 I have the feeling that Oregon Muse (RIP) would be commenting on the history of chess and try to work out how the game is going.

Posted by: JTB at February 07, 2025 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

130 But this time may be different. I've read that there are literally hundreds of whistleblowers who are outing the moles in every branch of government. That helps a lot.
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The initial hysteria over Project 2025 was that they were collecting names of those folks.
Not just that had outed themselves before but also from whistleblowers and informants inside the Biden Admin.
Which they were cross-checking with donation and social media history.
That was the first time I saw an article attacking P25.

They quickly dropped that as it was obviously selling folks on Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 09:59 AM (cFx13)

131 I didn't think the Left could prove their insanity any more than they already have.

Just another confirmation of the saying ' Never say never'.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (IOGah)

132 127 That is why Bobby Fishcher was so successful, he mindf*cked his opponents with what were considered outrageous moves and that rattled them into making suboptimal moves in response.

Kinda reminds a person of someone in current public life.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (ctrM5)

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Pawn Sacrifice was a movie made a few years ago about Fisher that showed that well.

It's a good movie!

It's on Hoopla and Kanopy for free (if you've tied your library card to one of the systems).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

133 126 One Night in Bangkok… strange song. Really like it.
Posted by: tubal
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Murray Head is an actor and a singer--plus British. He was affecting a New York accent in One Night in Bangkok.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (ctrM5)

134 There are no less than *ten* people in this painting! It doesn't seem like that many at first glance, as the standing woman, the girl player, the guy in the center, and the squareheaded player take up your attention. But the others around the periphery become noticeable after a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (J2vNu)

135 David Hogg appeals to donors and puts Pete Buttigieg's name in the headlines in preparation for Pete Buttigieg's run for Senate in Michigan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM

So, your theory is that David Hogg, Harvard graduate, is making that statement for purely political purposes, and is not an honest reflection of his deeply thought-out worldview?

You seem a tad youngish to be so cynical.

Posted by: A. Crow at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (a3Q+t)

136 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg

The Federal government would be much improved if it never hired McKinsey again, or anyone who ever worked for McKinsey.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (OhqqI)

137 >>David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg

1. What makes you think you're in charge? We didn't vote for you, David.

2. Why Pete? There's something there -- is Pete who they're grooming for 2028?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (Cki93)

138 Was a often discussion on OM's chess thread pictures if the board could be a actual game, seems to me mostly turned out not.

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (fwDg9)

139 130 Which they were cross-checking with donation and social media history.
That was the first time I saw an article attacking P25.

They quickly dropped that as it was obviously selling folks on Trump.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 09:59 AM (cFx13)

=======

"Trump's doing some things in Project 2025! That means he's doing all the things in Project 2025!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

140 In Search of Bobby Fischer was a great movie even if you knew nothin g about chess.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (IOGah)

141 Not craw! Craw!
Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM

Y'all craw-craw.
Posted by: A. Crow at February 07, 2025 09:58 AM (a3Q+t)

https://tinyurl.com/53cv8986

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (Yj6Os)

142 122 117 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 09:57 AM (RHGPo)

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Elon may be smart but Mayor Pete can spray from both nipples at once. Dude's a human fountain.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (dDmld)

143 126 One Night in Bangkok… strange song. Really like it.
Posted by: tubal
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Murray Head is an actor and a singer--plus British. He was affecting a New York accent in One Night in Bangkok.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025

***
He's the brother of Anthony Stewart Head, "Giles" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

144 117 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: SMOD

Hearing the impotent cries of rage from liberal girlie-boys is the SECOND best thing in life.

Posted by: Conan at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

145 The Jesuit Refugee Service is being, well, Jesuit:

On Friday, January 24, the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on all foreign assistance. This freeze also meant a total work stop, where funding to ensure even basic operational expenses, overhead, and staffing could not be paid.

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JRS currently supports life-saving work among refugee and displaced person populations in nine countries across the globe with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (DOS-PRM). They are some of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. JRS’ PRM-funded global projects for fiscal year 2025 total over $18 million dollars in assistance for critical, life-sustaining services in Chad, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, South Africa, South Sudan, Thailand, and Uganda.

Curiously, they don't mention the role of JRS in bringing "refugees" into the United States and Ireland.

I wonder why.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (OhqqI)

146 Does Mayor Pete even know what a computer is?
Sure he know bridges and hiways are racist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (gbOdA)

147 >Pawn Sacrifice was a movie made a few years ago about Fisher that showed that well.

It's a good movie!

It's on Hoopla and Kanopy for free (if you've tied your library card to one of the systems).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

I really enjoyed 'Queen's Gambit'. Not sure if it's still available on Netflix.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:02 AM (GTqXr)

148 135 So, your theory is that David Hogg, Harvard graduate, is making that statement for purely political purposes, and is not an honest reflection of his deeply thought-out worldview?

You seem a tad youngish to be so cynical.
Posted by: A. Crow at February 07, 2025 10:00 AM (a3Q+t)

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Well, the idea that the vice chair of the DNC can dictate hiring decisions to the president of the United States, who is of the opposition party, in the executive branch is so stupid that one must assume that he's not making it genuinely, yes?

Unless he is that stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:02 AM (GBKbO)

149 Mate Check - a limerick

Never play chess with your wife
It can only cause marital strife
You simply cannot beat her
'Cause she'll call you a cheater
And you'll find you're just a pawn in game of life!

Posted by: Mongo at February 07, 2025 10:02 AM (/iMjX)

150 You have something against mammiformic temperature indicators?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Negative. Just been in Texas too long. Can't do cold.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 10:03 AM (fUDLX)

151 I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine.
Posted by: M. Head at February 07, 2025

***
"I'd let you watch; I would invite you;
But the queens *we* use would not excite you!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:03 AM (J2vNu)

152 That board is a mess.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (ufFY8)

153 Who didn't see Hogg coming and know he was too big for his britches?
STFU kid, you know nothing but your Cultural Marxists philosophy

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (fwDg9)

154 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: SMOD

Hearing the impotent cries of rage from liberal girlie-boys is the SECOND best thing in life.

Posted by: Conan at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

Throwing them into a volcano is first thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (VwHCD)

155 Only 294 USAID personnel have been deemed essential for all American staff worldwide from 14000.

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (gbOdA)

156 149 comments before Mongo's first appearance.

Who are you people, and what have you done with the Horde?

Posted by: muldoon at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (/iMjX)

157 News you can use for your next dinner party discussion:

According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)

158 Pawn Sacrifice was a movie made a few years ago about Fisher that showed that well.

It's a good movie!

It's on Hoopla and Kanopy for free (if you've tied your library card to one of the systems).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Quite a few YT analytical videos also of Bobby Fischer's chess games.

I think it is possible that the Deep State messed with Bobby's mind ending his career which is often the case (see Ted Kaczynski who by all accounts was a brilliant mathematician at Harvard before they dosed him with LSD).

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (ctrM5)

159 David "Spaghetti Arms" Hogg reaffirms his relevancy in politics by saying something asinine and getting people to respond to it.

Kid's a walking sales pitch for brass knuckles.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 07, 2025 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)

160 And you'll find you're just a pawn in game of life!
Posted by: Mongo at February 07, 2025 10:02 AM (/iMjX)

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

161 The left’s protests this week were so retarded even late night “comedians” had no choice but to mock them. When you’ve lost Jimmy Kimmel….

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:05 AM (A1UYC)

162 155 Only 294 USAID personnel have been deemed essential for all American staff worldwide from 14000.

ha
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (gbOdA)

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That seems like more than enough to monitor the purchase of rice and delivery to starving people in other countries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

163 According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.
Posted by: one hour

A useless factoid expressed in metric units is still a useless factoid.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

164 Pete Buttigeig is deep state.
Amidst his military service and McKinsey work he was in DC working for former Sec of Defense Cohen's defense consulting group. Pretty sure he only returned to Indiana to run for office.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 07, 2025 10:06 AM (Cki93)

165 News you can use for your next dinner party discussion:

According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)

Let me guess, more USAID spending.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2025 10:06 AM (VwHCD)

166 It's been so long since I've played chess, I'd probably have to re-learn the rules if I were to play now.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025

***
Same here. I had a beginner's set in the '70s. Each piece had a diagram on it of the moves it could make -- black arrows on the white pieces, and vice versa. Very helpful

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

167 Woman is about to make a bad move. Guy next to her instinctively tries to stop her. Guy on the other side is telling him No! Let her do it!

This is the story of young me trying to learn how to tie my shoes. Dad was telling me what to do after showing me how. Older brother, Thing One, was sitting next to me. Thing One was "helping" the way only an older brother under the age of 8 can. I missed a step, Thing One reached out to stop me, Dad stopped him saying No. Let her do it.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (4XwPj)

168 159 David "Spaghetti Arms" Hogg reaffirms his relevancy in politics by saying something asinine and getting people to respond to it.

Kid's a walking sales pitch for brass knuckles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 07, 2025 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)

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The only point was to get Pete Buttigieg's name in the headlines again.

I don't think he's showing that he's bad at this job so far. I mean, he can't change the issues, the candidates, or the overall climate of the country, but he can find ways to give attention to candidates who are probably already fundraising.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (GBKbO)

169 155 Only 294 USAID personnel have been deemed essential for all American staff worldwide from 14000.

ha
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (gbOdA)

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Still seems like a lot of people just to mop the floors and lock up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (dDmld)

170 PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott, a Player Director on the PGA Tour's Policy Board, met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday in the White House, the PGA Tour announced.

Monahan, Scott and Tiger Woods released a joint statement discussing the meeting, as the trio discussed the future of professional golf and asked Trump to get involved for the good of the game and try to get a unification of professional golf closer to the finish line.

This is bigger than Gaza deal.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (gbOdA)

171 Bobby Fischer didn't have a computer or a smart phone to calculate moves for him. He actually worked out the moves on a chess board while preparing for opponents in a tournament and such.

Posted by: dantesed at February 07, 2025 10:08 AM (Oy/m2)

172 News you can use for your next dinner party discussion:

According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025

***
It will probably also be your *last* dinner party discussion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

173 Oh, TJM, dunno if you have seen these but anyone that wants to see Star Wars as a musical set to the music of Sgt. Peppers,

Try the Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans by paletteswapninja dot com. You can also search YT for the Princess Leia's title and the rest should come up.

They expertly edited Star Wars (the first one) to the music of Sgt Peppers with new lyrics.

Brilliant pastiche.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:08 AM (ctrM5)

174 Same here. I had a beginner's set in the '70s. Each piece had a diagram on it of the moves it could make -- black arrows on the white pieces, and vice versa. Very helpful
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

I had a sex ed book like that

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:08 AM (gbOdA)

175 129 I have the feeling that Oregon Muse (RIP) would be commenting on the history of chess and try to work out how the game is going.
Posted by: JTB

Yes, and Courier Chest dot com has 'Lucas van Leyden's Painting "The Chess Players" 1508, A Detailed Analysis' online. (Home, The Pieces, The Painting, The History, Links, Contact Us)

In March, 2009, an article appeared in The Chess Collector — the official magazine of Chess Collector International, discussing courier chess in detail, and referring to this new re-creation. You can download the full illustrated article (in PDF form)

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 07, 2025 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

176 Bobby Fischer didn't have a computer or a smart phone to calculate moves for him.

—

What do you mean?
- anyone under 30

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:09 AM (A1UYC)

177 I guess all the cool kids shaved their foreheads back then.

Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2025 10:09 AM (wKqZM)

178 It will probably also be your *last* dinner party discussion.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It would certainly earn you an invitation to MY next event!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at February 07, 2025 10:09 AM (JCZqz)

179 News you can use for your next dinner party discussion:

According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM (Y1sOo)

I can't blast 45!

Posted by: Sammy Hagar at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (Aqu9a)

180 Whoa! AOC is packing on the pounds!

Don't bother watching the whole video for obvious reasons but do scroll to around the :30 mark to get the full picture.

https://tinyurl.com/2s6vm6mr

I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)

181 From Road & Track:

"You can't fault Ford for trying, but it seems that its decision to kick off its electric vehicle plans with the likes of the F-150 Lightning is taking its financial toll on the Dearborn-based automaker. On Wednesday, Ford CEO Jim Farley took to the proverbial stage during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call to say in no uncertain terms that the current stage of EV manufacturing wasn't sustainable."

You can't fault them for trying? Ford lights $5 billion on fire and they can't be faulted? And Farley is getting ink for saying the market isn't there for electric pickups and SUVs. Wow, very helpful Mr. CEO. Aren't the shareholders paying you to suss out where the the market is going? We don't need help seeing where the market is.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (MMp6W)

182 171 Bobby Fischer didn't have a computer or a smart phone to calculate moves for him. He actually worked out the moves on a chess board while preparing for opponents in a tournament and such.
Posted by: dantesed
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He did that but so did the other top chess players. What made Bobby special is that he figured out rather than worrying about making a mistake and losing, he would concentrate on disruption of the other chess player's game by preying on their minds. Offensive strategy rather than defensive.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (ctrM5)

183 >>A useless factoid expressed in metric units is still a useless factoid.

I'm still bring it up at the next dinner party, just to see the look on that bitch Becky's face.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (Y1sOo)

184 174 Same here. I had a beginner's set in the '70s. Each piece had a diagram on it of the moves it could make -- black arrows on the white pieces, and vice versa. Very helpful
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

I had a sex ed book like that
Posted by: rhennigantx

We do, too, but it's not just the binary of black and white, but a rainbow of arrows into every orifice!

Posted by: San Francisco Kindergarten Library at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

185 I am watching idiot (D)s trying to get into Dept of MisEd

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (gbOdA)

186 The only point was to get Pete Buttigieg's name in the headlines again.

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I hope Buttglug's name is in the headlines every day for the next four years. It will remind voters of the freakish collection of crooks, perverts, punchlines and utter incompetents that larded the Biden "Administration."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (dDmld)

187 I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.

I thought she was preggo but someone said here she denied it .

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (KQk9m)

188 My dog and cat would jockey for position next to a heating vent. Then today the dog discovered - hey whoa there other vents in this room!!! And both the cat and dog now have this smug look on their faces like yeah I don’t have to fight that asshole anymore for the best.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (A1UYC)

189 We do, too, but it's not just the binary of black and white, but a rainbow of arrows into every orifice!
Posted by: San Francisco Kindergarten Library at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

Tentacles of Love.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2025 10:12 AM (ExV1e)

190 180 Whoa! AOC is packing on the pounds!

Don't bother watching the whole video for obvious reasons but do scroll to around the :30 mark to get the full picture.

https://tinyurl.com/2s6vm6mr

I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)

I think she looks kind of cute saying stupid things.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at February 07, 2025 10:12 AM (kTd/k)

191 He's the brother of Anthony Stewart Head, "Giles" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Now you mention it, I can see the family resemblance.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:12 AM (ctrM5)

192 I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)

Her boobs look bigger.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

193 117 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: SMOD

Retarded, but brat-tastic to what remains of Democrats.

Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (j4U/Z)

194 Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)
All that USAID money going to Door Dash

Posted by: kallisto at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (jhBMc)

195 They expertly edited Star Wars (the first one) to the music of Sgt Peppers with new lyrics.

Brilliant pastiche.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:08 AM (ctrM5)

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That's pretty funny.

I hadn't seen it before.

Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

196 Ford learned a $10B lesson that anyone here could have prevented with a15 minute phone call.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (A1UYC)

197 There's Mad Maxine Waters, acting the fool.

If her constituents actually voted for this buffoon, they would probably be embarrassed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (XV/Pl)

198 Brrrr. 31 here on the beach. Mountains are out though and shining white with new snow.

Have a lovely
Friday,
Morons!!! Work work work!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (jRrN8)

199 AOC's jowls are starting to say and obscure the bone structure of her face. It looks lumpy like a sack of seashells.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (MMp6W)

200 >>>I think she looks kind of cute saying stupid things.
~~~~~

That's her forte.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (3ImbR)

201 136 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg

The Federal government would be much improved if it never hired McKinsey again, or anyone who ever worked for McKinsey.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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True of business as well. Consultant class is one of the pillars of the Deep State operatives. Parasitism.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (ctrM5)

202 >190 180 Whoa! AOC is packing on the pounds!

Don't bother watching the whole video for obvious reasons but do scroll to around the :30 mark to get the full picture.

https://tinyurl.com/2s6vm6mr

I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)

I think she looks kind of cute saying stupid things.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at February 07, 2025 10:12 AM (kTd/k)

I remain...undefeated.

Posted by: The Wall at February 07, 2025 10:15 AM (GTqXr)

203 Oh,that's so cute. Hogg demands. hahahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at February 07, 2025 10:16 AM (mB6WH)

204 All that USAID money going to Door Dash
Posted by: kallisto at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (jhBMc)
~~~~~

Hah!

Speaking of $$$, I'd really love to find out if she really is worth millions now. She denies it vehemently, but she does drive a Tesla and lives in a tony DC apartment (with a garbage disposal!)

Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:16 AM (3ImbR)

205 I hope Buttglug's name is in the headlines every day for the next four years. It will remind voters of the freakish collection of crooks, perverts, punchlines and utter incompetents that larded the Biden "Administration."

My favorite is when he went on an unannounced "paternity leave" for a couple off months, and nobody noticed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 10:16 AM (OhqqI)

206 That's pretty funny.

I hadn't seen it before.

Thanks!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I never cared much for the Beatles' Fixin a Hole but the codeswapninja's version is hilarious.

For anyone that cares, the entire sequence is safe for work.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:16 AM (ctrM5)

207 Cracker Barrel Wages War With Woke Waffle House

And to think we are worried about Indian vs. Pakistan

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:17 AM (gbOdA)

208 There’s that old saying nobody got fired for hiring IBM. It’s still true today. But instead of IBM it’s McKinsey or Bain or any of the other big name consulting companies.

Nobody believes they provide any real value. But executives can blame them when shit goes wrong. Hey man, I was only doing what the “experts” advised me to do.

I’ve been in several initiatives led by McKinsey. It’s kind of wild to witness.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:17 AM (A1UYC)

209 Re: AOC

At least her rack is bigger.

But yeah, she is starting to hit the wall.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 07, 2025 10:17 AM (ufFY8)

210 . She denies it vehemently, but she does drive a Tesla and lives in a tony DC apartment

Yeah - all the people I know with just $50,000 in assets (her claim) drive a Tesla.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 10:17 AM (OhqqI)

211 Has anyone found some of the fake addresses used in USAID. I see comments but no real data.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (gbOdA)

212 Mrs928 says that there is some kind of Dem hissy fit going on at the DoEducation. Live on NewsMax.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (aD39U)

213 The Fisher-Spasky showdown sparked a huge chess trend at my middle school, I recall. Fot some reason, yo-yos were wildly popular, too. That's what a social contagion looked like in the early 1970s.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (j8aAi)

214 Maxine Waters protesting outside locked Education department. She's babbling like an idiot as usual . Maxine, Mitch, Nancy, Bernie, Maisie, geriatric political lifers go away

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (EUtBO)

215 Same here. I had a beginner's set in the '70s. Each piece had a diagram on it of the moves it could make -- black arrows on the white pieces, and vice versa. Very helpful
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025
*
I had a sex ed book like that
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025

***
I had to settle for a copy of the book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask. No diagrams in that one, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (J2vNu)

216 If AOC is, in fact, pregnant I expect she's planning a high profile abortion.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (kTd/k)

217 I'm still bring it up at the next dinner party, just to see the look on that bitch Becky's face.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:11 AM (Y1sOo)

After you Boom! Headshot! her at 45 km/hr?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 10:19 AM (Aqu9a)

218 >Yeah - all the people I know with just $50,000 in assets (her claim) drive a Tesla.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 07, 2025 10:17 AM (OhqqI)

If true, it exposes her gross lack of judgement and stupidity.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:19 AM (GTqXr)

219 192, 202, 209

Horde Mind.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 07, 2025 10:19 AM (ufFY8)

220
"The Fivehead Family Reunion"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (xG4kz)

221 President Trump Fires Far-left Federal Election Commissioner Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub

Her 6 year appointment is in its 23rd year

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (gbOdA)

222
Rainbow flag

The civil war has started with progressive restaurant virtue signalling down on Wealthy street; no sane people casualties expected.

Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (j4U/Z)

223 EPA Settles Suit by Utah over Massive Gold King Mine Waste Spill

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (RHGPo)

224 I had to settle for a copy of the book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask. No diagrams in that one, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My Mom would give my siblings books that used grasshoppers and rabbits to explain the facts of life. One of my brothers later remarked that he couldn't see how grasshopper and rabbit biology applied to humans.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

225 192 I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.
Posted by: IrishEi at February 07, 2025 10:10 AM (3ImbR)

Her boobs look bigger.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

She is metamorphosing into a giant overcooked empanada… with bullshit filling.

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 10:21 AM (PCK5/)

226 For some mysterious reason US AID was giving money to Burisma.

https://tinyurl.com/me2veaxx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 10:21 AM (GkNgH)

227 From Road & Track:

"You can't fault Ford for trying...

Sure, Jan. How many $12,000 subscriptions are we going to find? (To say nothing of gov't fleets of Lightnings)

Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2025 10:22 AM (KtPtl)

228 In the name of cultural diversity, when do the Aztec priests sacrifice Doll Eyes Alex for four more years of Democrat rule?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025 10:22 AM (azCAX)

229
I would say it's possible she's pregnant, but the upper arms and thighs are pretty thick too.
Posted by: IrishEi

Who put the pin hole in the condom -- her or "Riley"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:22 AM (xG4kz)

230 Speaking of dinner parties:

Went to a dinner party tonight attended by mostly Gen Zers - Enlightening for all the WRONG reasons...all solid Dems with strong educations and good careers.

I was astounded to hear one after the other fresh face espouse some variation of "Well, we grew up with Trump. So, we know what to expect and aren't worried about him." Another recurring theme was "Everything's already so fucked up that we may as well shake things up even more."

When asked whether Gaza was a deciding factor in their voting decision, both men and women said "Not at all. The economy mattered far more." The opinion of these mid to late 20 year olds was that Gaza only mattered to kids still in college. The economy was also deemed more important than either womens' rights or LGBTQ rights.

When the question of who leads the Democratic Party went around, nobody could agree. When AOC was offered as a future Presidential candidate, the suggestion was met with laughter. "Why do you think Pelosi and AOC dislike each other so much? It's because they're so similar. Two women who, in their own districts are unbeatable, but who would be wiped out if they ever tried to run for President.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

231 Ford learned a $10B lesson that anyone here could have prevented with a15 minute phone call.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:14 AM (A1UYC)
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I see an advertisement in that:

"A 15-minute call with the Moron Horde could save you billions of dollars in your industry."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (7fElN)

232 Looked to me like they were trying to storm the Department of Education building.

One does - or did - need to be vetted to enter a Federal building or annex but they had their camera rolling and looked like fools.

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

233 Gavin Newsom to Victims of California Fires: ‘You Can’t Rebuild the Same, Have to Rebuild With Climate Reality in Mind’

gooderer and harderer

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (gbOdA)

234 No dogs. Not art.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at February 07, 2025 10:24 AM (1FWWQ)

235
She is metamorphosing into a giant overcooked empanada… with bullshit filling.

Posted by: tubal

We rate this comment as "manifestly true"!

-- NOT a USAID-supported fact checking site

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:24 AM (xG4kz)

236 David Hogg Demands Elon Musk Be Fired and Replaced by Pete Buttigieg

Who is this person who speaks to me as though I needed his advice?

Posted by: Orangeman Longshanks at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (Aqu9a)

237 I know a guy with a Ford Lightning truck… it is not very useful where we live… he is a stupid person, but to be fair I think his Proggie wife put him up to it…

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (PCK5/)

238 "A 15-minute call with the Moron Horde could save you billions of dollars in your industry."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (7fElN)

I dont have a truck because I haul a 3 ton trailer daily, but I do love knowing I can

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (gbOdA)

239 230 When the question of who leads the Democratic Party went around, nobody could agree. When AOC was offered as a future Presidential candidate, the suggestion was met with laughter. "Why do you think Pelosi and AOC dislike each other so much? It's because they're so similar. Two women who, in their own districts are unbeatable, but who would be wiped out if they ever tried to run for President.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

========

The ravages of being run by a Politboro and squashing anything like independent thought from prominent members of the public facing part of the party.

They're all the same. It becomes a fight over which figurehead appears best on TV.

And, a hint of there needing to be agreement in the power structure before the voters even get to have anything like a say.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

240 Maxine Waters protesting outside locked Education department.

I'm being too mean, but she gives the impression of someone who has always been locked out of the Education department. I'm glad that she wants to learn to spell.

Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (1ilEC)

241 221 President Trump Fires Far-left Federal Election Commissioner Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub

Her 6 year appointment is in its 23rd year
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Her tenure in office was patently illegal after her appointment expired and she has engaged in misconduct in office during that time in several FEC cases. I think Trump could even fire her for cause if she tries to challenge it. But it is pretty clear that squatting in an office where your appointment has expired is not legal regardless of what agency regulations purportedly allow it.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (ctrM5)

242 In a bombshell revelation that could shake the foundations of American healthcare, Elon Musk, leading the charge under President Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has uncovered what he describes as a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

243 234 No dogs. Not art.
Posted by: Life of Wryly at February 07, 2025 10:24 AM (1FWWQ)

there a shepherd type doge under the table

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (gbOdA)

244 Maxine Waters?

A Far Side cartoon is missing an idiot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (azCAX)

245 >"A 15-minute call with the Moron Horde could save you billions of dollars in your industry."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (7fElN)

We could be the Anti-McKinsey. However, I require an additional 15 minutes to berate the C-suite. I'll even through in a PowerPoint deck for free.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (GTqXr)

246 My Mom would give my siblings books that used grasshoppers and rabbits to explain the facts of life. One of my brothers later remarked that he couldn't see how grasshopper and rabbit biology applied to humans.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025

***
Actually, my first knowledge of how all that worked came from another book, The Home and Family Medical Encyclopedia. I just stumbled across the section on "Sexuality and the Good Marriage" one evening while my mother was taking a nap, and I tell ya, you couldn't have pulled that book out of my hands.

No diagrams, but it had rather poetic language, while still being clear and specific. I bought a copy on eBay a few years ago and have it still.

Years later I asked Mom why she never told my brother and me "the facts of life." She said, "Oh, I figured you'd pick it up at school."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

247 230 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)
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Very good to read. Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 10:27 AM (GkNgH)

248 Edith Head>>Murray Head>>Anthony Stewart Head

Posted by: Head Games at February 07, 2025 10:27 AM (G5+As)

249 >242 In a bombshell revelation that could shake the foundations of American healthcare, Elon Musk, leading the charge under President Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has uncovered what he describes as a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

This is my shocked face...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:27 AM (GTqXr)

250 Her tenure in office was patently illegal after her appointment expired and she has engaged in misconduct in office during that time in several FEC cases. I think Trump could even fire her for cause if she tries to challenge it. But it is pretty clear that squatting in an office where your appointment has expired is not legal regardless of what agency regulations purportedly allow it.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (ctrM5)

For the PDT Russiagate she fined Hilldog $10k or so

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:27 AM (gbOdA)

251
I never played, never learned. I didn't think there were actual rules. I thought you and another player just sit and stare at the board motionless for hours until one has to pee.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

You got it right and you never had to give over a slot on your bucket list for it -- congratulations!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:27 AM (xG4kz)

252 My Mom would give my siblings books that used grasshoppers and rabbits to explain the facts of life. One of my brothers later remarked that he couldn't see how grasshopper and rabbit biology applied to humans.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

Be thankful those books did not use Praying Mantis. Give certain girls the wrong idea.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (Aqu9a)

253 One night in Bangkok with Edith Head?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (azCAX)

254
Bobby Fischer didn't have a computer or a smart phone to calculate moves for him.

—

What do you mean?
- anyone under 30
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 07, 2025 10:09 AM (A1UYC)

What's funny is those Charlie Kirk campus videos where all the smart kids come up to the mic with their smartphone held up so they can read the response their professors are typing back to them. Which is inevitably stupid.

"If Kirk smiles at your argument, say "fuck you" and savor your victory"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (FoIOl)

255 Growing up on the farm the facts of life were everywhere… could not avoid them, really, just walking around the farmyard…

Posted by: tubal at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (PCK5/)

256 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

thanks DU

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (gbOdA)

257 For some mysterious reason US AID was giving money to Burisma.

https://tinyurl.com/me2veaxx
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 10:21 AM (GkNgH)

you are doing it all wrong

‼️BREAKING

Burisma on Us AI D Payroll

Posted by: runner at February 07, 2025 10:28 AM (g47mK)

258 $100B of taxpayer money asymptotically approaches zero while moving from NGO to NGO, each transaction producing a 10% rake-off for the the Dems. This is not carelessness.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (MMp6W)

259 I guess it's too late to start my NGO "Pathway to a More Betterer Future" with the Mission Statement of "Bringing Democracy to dumb shits in the backwoods of America," huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

260 (DOGE), has uncovered what he describes as a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

And that may be just the current fiscal year.

Posted by: t-bird at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (1ilEC)

261 One night in Bangkok with Edith Head?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025

***
Wasn't Edna "No Capes!" Mode in The Incredibles based at least partly on Edith Head?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (J2vNu)

262 Better question is:

Who wasn't on the USAID payoff scheme?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (azCAX)

263 262 Better question is:

Who wasn't on the USAID payoff scheme?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 07, 2025 10:29 AM (azCAX)

======

I think I'm the only one!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

264 Her tenure in office was patently illegal after her appointment expired and she has engaged in misconduct in office during that time in several FEC cases. I think Trump could even fire her for cause if she tries to challenge it. But it is pretty clear that squatting in an office where your appointment has expired is not legal regardless of what agency regulations purportedly allow it.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:25 AM (ctrM5)

Wtf? How does this even happen?

The whole FedGov needs a disinfectant high colonic.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (l3YAf)

265 247 230 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)
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Very good to read. Thanks for posting.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

It's interesting to see a (presumably older) Democrat horrified by the views of late 20 something professionals....and then how they view nonsense like Gaza as a topic for "young" morons in college.

I don't think we have quite the same stratification of priorities or views on the right, by age?

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (JCZqz)

266 Musk and Doge cooking with gas at CMS

https://tinyurl.com/4jh2y7mh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (8zVoY)

267 The ravages of being run by a Politboro and squashing anything like independent thought from prominent members of the public facing part of the party.

They're all the same. It becomes a fight over which figurehead appears best on TV.

And, a hint of there needing to be agreement in the power structure before the voters even get to have anything like a say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The move of the Democrat party from agrarian populists in 1900 to the urban machine politics applied to the national party apparatus is an interesting history.

Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized political party, I'm a Democrat". No one would really say that today.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:31 AM (ctrM5)

268 In its lawsuit against Tides, BLM claims that "during the time Tides served as its fiscal sponsor, Tides 'refused to honor its promises and continues to commandeer BLM GNF’s donation' rather than following through on the charity’s expectations that Tides would direct donations based on BLM GNF’s requests."

Soros and BL (really dont) M

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:32 AM (gbOdA)

269 267 Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized political party, I'm a Democrat". No one would really say that today.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:31 AM (ctrM5)

=======

Thought exercise:

Go back to 1950. Force Illinois out of the Union, back to territory status.

Is America better or worse in 2025?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

270 Morn' all... I see they are doxxing Musk's investigative team now...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:32 AM (VE6XX)

271 Musk and Doge cooking with gas

GASSSSSSS

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (0frSS)

272 doxxing will continue until there are public hangings

Posted by: runner at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (g47mK)

273 246 I asked Mom why she never told my brother and me "the facts of life." She said, "Oh, I figured you'd pick it up at school."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Playground sex-ed was based, knowledgeable and not taxpayer funded. I can't imagine trying to work out LBGTQ+ in 1963.

Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (j4U/Z)

274 221 President Trump Fires Far-left Federal Election Commissioner Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub

Come sit by me, Ellen.

Posted by: Brenda Snipes at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (Aqu9a)

275 Wtf? How does this even happen?

The whole FedGov needs a disinfectant high colonic.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (l3YAf)

USAID is $50B
HHS is >$2 T
My guess is $500 B of that FRAUD

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (gbOdA)

276 Do we have an approximate tally of how much tax payer money has been wasted/grifted in the past... let's say 4 years? Or perhaps 20 years?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (4XwPj)

277 I could see the Church of Global Warming making fire victims have to follow their rules

Posted by: Skip at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (fwDg9)

278 a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

---
And now you know why they were demanding "Medicare for all."

Imagine the amount of embezzlement they could achieve with 100% of health care funding flowing through their hands first.

Why do you think the "conservatives" in England were a mere token opposition?
And why none of the leaders care what the people think?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (cFx13)

279 >> In a bombshell revelation that could shake the foundations of American healthcare, Elon Musk, leading the charge under President Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has uncovered what he describes as a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The bombshell is that it’s only $100B. Medicaid/care are rife with abuse and fraud.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

280
What's funny is those Charlie Kirk campus videos where all the smart kids come up to the mic with their smartphone held up so they can read the response their professors are typing back to them.

Those things are fooking crutches for the young'uns. I've been to ceremonies where the participants who have speaking parts are standing there, "smart" device in hand and reading -- poorly and without emphasis -- their part in the script.

Give me pre-K kids singing Christmas songs any day over that crap -- at least they are cute and really, really sincere about getting it as right as they are capable of judging it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

281 Growing up on the farm the facts of life were everywhere… could not avoid them, really, just walking around the farmyard…
Posted by: tubal

A lady in my church in my hometown had a funny story about her family driving past a cow pasture when a bull was mounting a cow. Her young son piped up and said "Look, Mom, they're playing hike!"

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

282
The bombshell is that it’s only $100B. Medicaid/care are rife with abuse and fraud.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

100 billion so far

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (VE6XX)

283 273 246 I asked Mom why she never told my brother and me "the facts of life." She said, "Oh, I figured you'd pick it up at school."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Playground sex-ed was based, knowledgeable and not taxpayer funded. I can't imagine trying to work out LBGTQ+ in 1963.
Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (j4U/Z)

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (gbOdA)

284 That lack of interest didn't change with the arrival of the second email. However, this email did manage to insult all of them mightily by describing their current positions as
"low productivity jobs." According to that email, by resigning from their government jobs, they can move on to high productivity" jobs in private industry. Apart from this ignorant message totally mischaracterizing their work, no one, whether a Ph.D economist or a janitor in an obscure Federal office building, deserves such disgraceful condescension and disrespect.

… I do think these folks should grow up and realize that those words do apply to those they want to take the fork

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

285 @276

>> Do we have an approximate tally of how much tax payer money has been wasted/grifted in the past... let's say 4 years? Or perhaps 20 years?

I would say at a minimum, 25pct of any annual budgeting whether from actual passed budgets or CR's is pure graft.

So we're look at around 20T over the last 20 years, minimum.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 07, 2025 10:37 AM (XV/Pl)

286 I don't think we have quite the same stratification of priorities or views on the right, by age?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:30 AM (JCZqz)
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No idea but one thing I thought was fairly certain is that the tribal lefties make almost zero effort to understand the viewpoints on the right. But your post calls that into question, at least for younger people (with whom Trump did well in the election iirc). Maybe the older lefties are still close-minded.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 07, 2025 10:37 AM (cYaHM)

287 284 That lack of interest didn't change with the arrival of the second email. However, this email did manage to insult all of them mightily by describing their current positions as
"low productivity jobs." According to that email, by resigning from their government jobs, they can move on to high productivity" jobs in private industry. Apart from this ignorant message totally mischaracterizing their work, no one, whether a Ph.D economist or a janitor in an obscure Federal office building, deserves such disgraceful condescension and disrespect.

… I do think these folks should grow up and realize that those words do apply to those they want to take the fork
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

=======

I think these people need to realize that the government is only a consumer of value, not a producer, and it's a base economic assumption being wrought in rhetoric.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

288 I don't think we have quite the same stratification of priorities or views on the right, by age?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

I would say that there is a similar stratification based on age, not wholly in existence here at AOS anymore, but in broader terms. The fight between the waning establishment wing and the rising populist wing carried on here from the latter GWB term into today. Bush Republicans have basically been run out of AOS and they trend to older voters pining for Reagan and (somewhat the Bushes).

It was Gen X where Trump crushed it; Boomers and the few Silents still around were split about evenly. I think part of that is a longing for the seemingly ordered politics of days past which simply do not apply to the reality of today's issues.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:37 AM (ctrM5)

289 They're all the same. It becomes a fight over which figurehead appears best on TV.

And, a hint of there needing to be agreement in the power structure before the voters even get to have anything like a say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That's what made Obama successful. A non-threatening, fairly young black guy that could deliver a speech that hit all the right "feels" for normies, while saying nothing concrete, so they could project their policy beliefs onto him.

Trump, similarly, does well as an outsider with a unique charisma. It's why I'm a little worried when I see Dems talk about drafting Jon Stewart to run in 2028...he's comfortable on TV and has a sense of humor. That's a huge chunk of what's needed to be successful, sadly. A lot, just like 2024, will depend on how successful the current administration gets the economy going.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:38 AM (JCZqz)

290 I was once laid off without the words “laid off” or “terminated” being used.
It seems I “did not fit into the ‘profit plan’”

Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:38 AM (RHGPo)

291 IMPEDE FOATEE SEVN

Posted by: Maxine 'Muddy' Waters at February 07, 2025 10:39 AM (1FWWQ)

292 Do we have an approximate tally of how much tax payer money has been wasted/grifted in the past... let's say 4 years? Or perhaps 20 years?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (4XwPj)

All of it. One of the few things the Federal government is authorized to do is control immigration. They took our tax money, didn’t stop illegal immigration, and instead spent our money bringing illegals here so they’d have more welfare donkeys to steal more of our money.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:40 AM (l3YAf)

293 The bombshell is that it’s only $100B. Medicaid/care are rife with abuse and fraud.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

100 billion so far
Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (VE6XX

Over what period of time. 1 year? 10 years? Since it's inception? How long did it take them to rack up that much waste, fraud, and abuse?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:40 AM (4XwPj)

294 In a bombshell revelation that could shake the foundations of American healthcare, Elon Musk, leading the charge under President Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has uncovered what he describes as a staggering “$100B of taxpayer money” wasted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

$100B. Frankly, I was expecting at least twice that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2025 10:40 AM (ExV1e)

295 289 Trump, similarly, does well as an outsider with a unique charisma. It's why I'm a little worried when I see Dems talk about drafting Jon Stewart to run in 2028...he's comfortable on TV and has a sense of humor. That's a huge chunk of what's needed to be successful, sadly. A lot, just like 2024, will depend on how successful the current administration gets the economy going.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 07, 2025 10:38 AM (JCZqz)

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Stewart would be interesting.

I struggle to see how the establishment lets him in, giving him the oxygen through their media organs for him to build a decent campaign.

But, if the establishment is in freefall, it could open a window for him.

However, he's shown himself to be prone to message of the day demands (why his AppleTV show disappeared so quickly), which would just make him another voice saying the same things as everyone else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

296 The January jobs report is out.

Apparently, Trump's economic plan is a failure because not enough jobs were added during the eleven days he was president.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)

297 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (4780s)

298 223 EPA Settles Suit by Utah over Massive Gold King Mine Waste Spill
Posted by: SMOD

"Utah, EPA reach settlement worth at least $220 million over Gold King Mine spill"

An AI Overview, in part: Following the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, where EPA workers accidentally released a large volume of contaminated water into the Animas River, no EPA employees were publicly reported to have been fired due to the incident...

So a decade ago and those involved might now be looking forward to the administration's buyout offer.
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Allegheny Front dot org: Scientist questions EPA’s handling of East Palestine cleanup: ‘They should have tested correctly’ Reid Frazier, January 26, 2024

Years from now, a much larger settlement shall be needed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

299 290 I was once laid off without the words “laid off” or “terminated” being used.
It seems I “did not fit into the ‘profit plan’”
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:38 AM (RHGPo)

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"Regrettably, you're not a good match for our vision of staying in business."

Ouch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (hY4dx)

300 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Chess. I will be teaching my grandson this game soon. The l'il smartass thinks he can beat me. Ha!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 07, 2025 10:42 AM (W/lyH)

301 Every Hawaiian Judge is warming up right now...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:42 AM (VE6XX)

302 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?
Posted by: From about That Time

"Two scoops of raisins my ass!"

(MST3K line)

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

303 I know the rules of chess but don't play.
My brother ✝️ was an excellent player; used to play for walking around money.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (U81Si)

304 Remember the dirty little secret of Medicaid is the state has to cover everything left after the Medicaid grant.
So when they say Medicaid cost $1 T you really need to at least DOUBLE that number.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (gbOdA)

305 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (DZ03a)

306 In its lawsuit against Tides, BLM claims that "during the time Tides served as its fiscal sponsor, Tides 'refused to honor its promises and continues to commandeer BLM GNF’s donation' rather than following through on the charity’s expectations that Tides would direct donations based on BLM GNF’s requests."
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Oh how delicious.

As the federal funding that was propping up so many charities dries up, they are going to turn on each other with a viciousness never before seen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (cFx13)

307 302 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?
Posted by: From about That Time

Got raisins ? Add them

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (VE6XX)

308 Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized political party, I'm a Democrat". No one would really say that today.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:31 AM (ctrM5)

Wasn’t that more of a self-deprecating joke about the Democrats being disorganized? Seems like it would apply today.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (l3YAf)

309 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Watching pron and shitting in the hallways.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (fUDLX)

310 I once quit a consulting job by saying ADIOS and leaving.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (gbOdA)

311 309 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Watching pron and shitting in the hallways.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (fUDLX)

Taking kick backs

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (VE6XX)

312 Edith Head had nine Academy Awards on her desk. That's kinda awesome.

Posted by: Woman Of The Cloth at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (G5+As)

313 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?
Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM

All of my Alphabits are Os.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (aD39U)

314 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Hey, those pron videos ain't gonna watch themselves, y'know.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

315 No idea but one thing I thought was fairly certain is that the tribal lefties make almost zero effort to understand the viewpoints on the right. But your post calls that into question, at least for younger people (with whom Trump did well in the election iirc). Maybe the older lefties are still close-minded.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I think starting the the Baby Boomers in the Dem party, they saw politics in Manichean religious terms because of Vietnam and desegregation. I would guess that the DU universe, for example, are mostly over 60, resemble the MSNBC and CNN demographics, and are skewed to government and non profit employment or the less productive departments of corporations like HR.

They are of the left, not liberals as the waning Silents and Greatest generation were. For the New Dealers, politics was transactional more than religious---tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect (a mangled quote by James Farley--FDR's patronage chief).

So the Boomers split in half with half becoming leftists viewing politics as a struggle between right and wrong, and the right which remained in the older transactional politics mode.

That is my read on it anyway.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:45 AM (ctrM5)

316 303 I know the rules of chess but don't play.
My brother ✝️ was an excellent player; used to play for walking around money.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 07, 2025 10:43 AM (U81Si)

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I remember the chess hustlers, always hanging out near the junior high school in their short-sleeved white dress shirts and their chess clocks and their taped eyeglasses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:45 AM (hY4dx)

317
I was once laid off without the words “laid off” or “terminated” being used.
It seems I “did not fit into the ‘profit plan’”
Posted by: SMOD

We looked into our Opportunity 8-Ball for you and it came back with, "You will find greater opportunities somewhere else"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:45 AM (xG4kz)

318 A fine example of the tradition of nonsense chess positions in art.

Also, WHITE SQUARE IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER!

Posted by: comradearthur at February 07, 2025 10:45 AM (/KLhg)

319 https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/
1887886607044186355

Maxine is fucking nutz

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:45 AM (gbOdA)

320 The bombshell is that it’s only $100B. Medicaid/care are rife with abuse and fraud.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

100 billion so far
Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:35 AM (VE6XX

Over what period of time. 1 year? 10 years? Since it's inception? How long did it take them to rack up that much waste, fraud, and abuse?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

A week.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 07, 2025 10:46 AM (fUDLX)

321 If AOC is, in fact, pregnant I expect she's planning a high profile abortion.
Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at February 07, 2025 10:18 AM (kTd/k)

She could dead-stream it on Bluesky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2025 10:46 AM (8zz6B)

322 All of my Alphabits are Os.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 07, 2025 10:44 AM (aD39U)

Thats called CherriOs

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:46 AM (gbOdA)

323
"Four spades"
"Pass"
"Pass"
"Pass"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 07, 2025 10:46 AM (dxSpM)

324 I think part of that is a longing for the seemingly ordered politics of days past which simply do not apply to the reality of today's issues.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:37 AM (ctrM5)

It didn't apply to yesterday's issues either. The lack of competing voices just made it easier to pretend.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

325 Edith Head had nine Academy Awards on her desk. That's kinda awesome.
Posted by: Woman Of The Cloth at February 07, 2025

***
She might be the only movie costume designer whose name is known to the average movie buff. Not the big-time trivia people, but your movie buff who pays attention to directors and writers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (J2vNu)

326 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?
Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (4780s)

Raisins suck. Bran flakes are awesome.

America is being made great again. Nature is healing.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (l3YAf)

327 So I guess one of Elon's whiz kids goes by the nickname "Big balls" and the media is going crazy over it

Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (VE6XX)

328 The raisins were needed for the oatmeal cookies.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 10:48 AM (Aqu9a)

329
Raisins suck. Bran flakes are awesome.

America is being made great again. Nature is healing.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 07, 2025

***
Raisins look like little dead wingless flies. I'd prefer the bran flakes in milk myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:49 AM (J2vNu)

330 The raisins were needed for the oatmeal cookies.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 10:48 AM (Aqu9a)

No. Just....no.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:49 AM (4XwPj)

331 We had joy, we had fun, we had raisins in the sun.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

332 I was getting really pissed at no raisins in my raisin bran this morning. Opened a new box.
Just checked, it's bran flakes. No raisin.WTF?
This is really a thing?
Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:41 AM (4780s)

My submarine would get those individual boxes of cereal. The sugary stuff would get eaten first, obviously. Guys told me that the deployment before I came onboard was extended and for the last four days there was no food but bran flakes and instant milk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

333 You liked us when we were grapes.

Posted by: The raisins at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (DobEs)

334 333 You liked us when we were grapes.
Posted by: The raisins at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (DobEs)

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Raisins > grapes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

335 However, he's shown himself to be prone to message of the day demands (why his AppleTV show disappeared so quickly), which would just make him another voice saying the same things as everyone else.
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I don't know.
Stewart today is not the Stewart of the Daily Show fame.

He was funny then, by a happiness of the tailwinds of winning pushing him.

Now, he comes off as more bitter, the anger of being on the losing team--that he's powerless to change--leaking through.
Oh, and his schtick was new, now it's old and tired.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (cFx13)

336 https://x.com/KenGardner11/status/
1887762370816086431

Is everyone at WaPo retarded?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (gbOdA)

337 Is somebody cheating?

Posted by: tankdemon at February 07, 2025 10:51 AM (KbzAQ)

338 The raisins were needed for the oatmeal cookies.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 07, 2025 10:48 AM (Aqu9a)

***

In much the same way that all of my carrots went in to making a marvelous Chili.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at February 07, 2025 10:51 AM (1FWWQ)

339 I haven't had a bowl of cereal in a long time. Certainly nothing sugary like Frosted Flakes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

340 Proud member of the raisin defense league. In cookies, bread pudding, raisin bran, rum raisin ice cream and scones.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 07, 2025 10:51 AM (mB6WH)

341 So I guess one of Elon's whiz kids goes by the nickname "Big balls" and the media is going crazy over it
Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (VE6XX)
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[Rushes to call copyright lawyers]

-- AC/DC

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 07, 2025 10:51 AM (iFTx/)

342 Wasn’t that more of a self-deprecating joke about the Democrats being disorganized? Seems like it would apply today.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Starting about 1980 or so, the parties became more homogeneous. Southern Democrats disappeared and the remaining residual agrarian types disappeared. That left urban machines run the rump Democrat party and we saw the Democrats become more and more united in ideology. The GOP, however, dithered between the GOPe wing and the conservative wing which ironically was the Democrat's prior problems.

You can see this on national maps of politics by county maps or even congressional district maps.

So the last several Dems nominated for President reflect those urban machines rather than a more open process. Meanwhile the old GOP procession of nominating past losers (but vetted) of elections past imploded. Nixon lost in 60, became nominated in 68, Reagan lost in 76, became nominee in 1980. GHWB lost in 80, became VP and won in 1988, Bob Dole lost in 1988 and was nominee in 1996. Dems did not use that system.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (ctrM5)

343 327 So I guess one of Elon's whiz kids goes by the nickname "Big balls" and the media is going crazy over it
Posted by: It's me donna at February 07, 2025 10:47 AM (VE6XX)

I have posted links of CNN actually saying Big Balls

it is tff

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (gbOdA)

344 >336 https://x.com/KenGardner11/status/
1887762370816086431

Is everyone at WaPo retarded?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (gbOdA)

*shakes Magic 8 Ball*
Signs point to yes

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (GTqXr)

345 216 If AOC is, in fact, pregnant I expect she's planning a high profile abortion.
Posted by: Shy lurker

At 9 months one day, while she's in labor.

Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (j4U/Z)

346 335 Now, he comes off as more bitter, the anger of being on the losing team--that he's powerless to change--leaking through.
Oh, and his schtick was new, now it's old and tired.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (cFx13)

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He's got name recognition, which is not nothing. He makes lefties feel warm and fuzzy for those lost times when they could safely make fun of W while knowing they were masters of the universe.

In a shitty race that's actually wide open, he could have some pull and traction.

I doubt he does it. Media personalities very rarely make that actual jump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

347 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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This. Every grant over a fairly small amount has audit requirements. That reach down to the sub-grantee.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (4780s)

348 You liked us when we were grapes.
Posted by: The raisins at February 07, 2025

***
Not really. As grapes, you always seemed to me like little green eyeballs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (J2vNu)

349 Numerous disappointments are the result of people mistaking an oatmeal raisin cookie for chocolate chip.

Numerous disappointments.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (KbzAQ)

350
The Washington Post.
It looks like a newspaper. But it's not.

Posted by: As any school child can tell you at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (DobEs)

351 347 So what have the thousands of government auditors been doing for decades?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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This. Every grant over a fairly small amount has audit requirements. That reach down to the sub-grantee.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (4780s)

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And now everything's getting audited.

I really think a lot of government employees are going to be going to jail.

Well, it's more of a hope, but Trump 2.0 seems to be not playing games.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

352 You liked us when we were grapes.
Posted by: The raisins at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (DobEs

Yes I did. And when you were clay animated singing Motown hits. But you do not belong anywhere near a cookie. And yes! I will cut a dehydrated bitch over this.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (4XwPj)

353 Not really. As grapes, you always seemed to me like little green eyeballs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (J2vNu)

Better than little green footballs.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (KbzAQ)

354 The Kaboom cereal class sometimes got Raisin Bran from a bag.

Raisins dried into the moisture content of jerky; little chewy rocks that once were fruit.

Quite a treat.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (cFx13)

355
AOC's run for the roses is nearly over. One morning soon she'll wake up and be sporting a moustache that Zapata himself would envy and be wearing crossed belts of ammo.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (xG4kz)

356 345 216 If AOC is, in fact, pregnant I expect she's planning a high profile abortion.
Posted by: Shy lurker

At 9 months one day, while she's in labor.
Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (j4U/Z)

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She could kill her baby on live TV. That kind of thing would really boost the stock of a Democrat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (hY4dx)

357 I was LOL at Senator Kennedy. He’s all “look at this ridiculous spending”. Not realizing how useless he looks.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (Vh9CX)

358 357 I was LOL at Senator Kennedy. He’s all “look at this ridiculous spending”. Not realizing how useless he looks.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (Vh9CX)

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How many CRs has he voted in favor of?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

359 I don't know.
Stewart today is not the Stewart of the Daily Show fame.

He was funny then, by a happiness of the tailwinds of winning pushing him.

Now, he comes off as more bitter, the anger of being on the losing team--that he's powerless to change--leaking through.
Oh, and his schtick was new, now it's old and tired.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Same trajectory as Letterman. Except Letterman actually moved back to Indiana and seems to recognize what he became as a premier late night talent as a dreadful person. He blamed it in part on his own insecurities based on chasing Johnny Carson's legacy and in part on who his handlers were. Interesting view of a person struggling to recognize what he did in the past and where he went wrong.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (ctrM5)

360 23 and 24 payroll was almost 600j inflated

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (gbOdA)

361 >At 9 months one day, while she's in labor.

Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (j4U/Z)

At one time I would consider this cynically comical...now it wouldn't surprise me if this actually happens. The evil in these people is real.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (GTqXr)

362
And now everything's getting audited.

I really think a lot of government employees are going to be going to jail.

Well, it's more of a hope, but Trump 2.0 seems to be not playing games.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

"If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about." - Liberals two years ago

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (dxSpM)

363 Now, he comes off as more bitter, the anger of being on the losing team--that he's powerless to change--leaking through.
Oh, and his schtick was new, now it's old and tired.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:50 AM (cFx13)

=======

He's got name recognition, which is not nothing. He makes lefties feel warm and fuzzy for those lost times when they could safely make fun of W while knowing they were masters of the universe.

In a shitty race that's actually wide open, he could have some pull and traction.

I doubt he does it. Media personalities very rarely make that actual jump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (GBKbO)
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More chance of Kayne's nekkid robot fuck doll running than Stewart. He's probably got more skeletons in his closet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (iFTx/)

364 363 More chance of Kayne's nekkid robot fuck doll running than Stewart. He's probably got more skeletons in his closet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (iFTx/)

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MAGA GOP isn't afraid of punching back.

Having an entire elite based on mutual self-destruction from blackmail doesn't work quite as well in that environment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

365 354 The Kaboom cereal class sometimes got Raisin Bran from a bag.

Raisins dried into the moisture content of jerky; little chewy rocks that once were fruit.

Quite a treat.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:53 AM (cFx13)

Bag of cereal gives me sadz

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:56 AM (gbOdA)

366 Bran flakes are the sweepin's collected off the lumber mill's floor. As big a scam as adding "toaster leavin's" to processed foods.

Posted by: Aha! MAHA! at February 07, 2025 10:56 AM (G5+As)

367 600K not j

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 07, 2025 10:56 AM (gbOdA)

368 223 EPA Settles Suit by Utah over Massive Gold King Mine Waste Spill
Posted by: SMOD at February 07, 2025 10:20 AM (RHGPo

That's the mine in Colorado where the EPA comes by every ten years and pokes a hole to cause another toxic waste spill so they can keep the mine closed for another ten years, right? Last time, the mine owner wrote a letter to the editor to warn people there was about to be another spill because the EPA was coming to visit.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at February 07, 2025 10:57 AM (Sf2cq)

369 Don't forget that Stewart is Jewish. I doubt the Dems would run him for that reason alone.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

370 Hearing the impotent cries of rage from liberal girlie-boys is the SECOND best thing in life.
Posted by: Conan at February 07, 2025 10:01 AM

Technically, doesn't that fall under the lamentations of their women?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 07, 2025 10:57 AM (a3Q+t)

371 Same trajectory as Letterman. Except Letterman actually moved back to Indiana and seems to recognize what he became as a premier late night talent as a dreadful person. He blamed it in part on his own insecurities based on chasing Johnny Carson's legacy and in part on who his handlers were. Interesting view of a person struggling to recognize what he did in the past and where he went wrong.
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Letterman on late night was often not very funny, mean; not a person I'd want to have a beer with.

Lettermen with a beard, e.g. on Norm MacDonald's podcast, seemed much more decent.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 07, 2025 10:58 AM (cFx13)

372 @347

>>This. Every grant over a fairly small amount has audit requirements. That reach down to the sub-grantee.

To be fair, we've never really had an ideological audit of the money trough's with the express purpose reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal leviathan with a imprimatur to make things run more efficiently.

The auditors were doing "auditing" as the Uniparty required, the uniparty is no longer in control.

So the results are going to be different.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 07, 2025 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

373 369 Don't forget that Stewart is Jewish. I doubt the Dems would run him for that reason alone.
Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

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Democrats had to cheat an old, white Jew out of the nomination...twice over the past 8 years.

The actual voting base of the Democrat Party has a whole less of an issue with Jews than the other power centers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

374 He's got name recognition, which is not nothing. He makes lefties feel warm and fuzzy for those lost times when they could safely make fun of W while knowing they were masters of the universe.

In a shitty race that's actually wide open, he could have some pull and traction.

I doubt he does it. Media personalities very rarely make that actual jump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:52 AM (GBKbO)
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But screamin' a smith is polling at 2%

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 07, 2025 10:59 AM (MGB5H)

375 I don't know.
Stewart today is not the Stewart of the Daily Show fame.

He was funny then, by a happiness of the tailwinds of winning pushing him.

Now, he comes off as more bitter, the anger of being on the losing team--that he's powerless to change--leaking through.
Oh, and his schtick was new, now it's old and tired.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Same trajectory as Letterman. Except Letterman actually moved back to Indiana and seems to recognize what he became as a premier late night talent as a dreadful person. He blamed it in part on his own insecurities based on chasing Johnny Carson's legacy and in part on who his handlers were. Interesting view of a person struggling to recognize what he did in the past and where he went wrong.
Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 10:55 AM (ctrM5)
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I liked Letterman back in the day. Maybe I was just young and dumb, but he was new and different and funny. But as the years went on, the show ran out of steam and he personally became older, more unhappy, and more bitter. The show went from fun and irreverent to whiny and toxic. Much like Chris Rock evolved. Ditto George Carlin to a lesser extent.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 07, 2025 11:00 AM (iFTx/)

376 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 07, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

377 Democrats had to cheat an old, white Jew out of the nomination...twice over the past 8 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

Jackie Mason?.. errr... Bernie?

Posted by: BignJames at February 07, 2025 11:01 AM (Yj6Os)

378 I was LOL at Senator Kennedy. He’s all “look at this ridiculous spending”. Not realizing how useless he looks.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (Vh9CX)

“I’ve been in Washington for 73 years, and I’m just scandalized by the waste, fraud and abuse I’ve been voting for this entire time!”

Posted by: Senator Rino McCuckerson, tweeting from the country club at February 07, 2025 11:01 AM (l3YAf)

379 It didn't apply to yesterday's issues either. The lack of competing voices just made it easier to pretend.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The older transactional nature of politics, and nostrums like politics do not extend past the water's edge, we are all in this together, and other such universalisms were appealing to people of that era. The US, for example, was largely homogeneous in population (about 90 percent white, and 10 percent black with a smattering of Hispanics (often calling themselves white). And to be honest, winning WWII, the dominance of American culture and economy, the Moonshot, the myth about FDR's New Dealers ending the Depression, and other such heroic mythos are potent political stuff. The LBJ era reflected that issue but then began to pivot to the much worse era of today where the Left began viewing everything in light of right and wrong and the Right kept cruising on with transactional politics--tinkering about the edges of government spending and instead focusing on keeping the Commies abroad at bay (while ignoring those in the US).

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 11:02 AM (ctrM5)

380 I liked Letterman back in the day. Maybe I was just young and dumb, but he was new and different and funny. But as the years went on, the show ran out of steam and he personally became older, more unhappy, and more bitter. The show went from fun and irreverent to whiny and toxic. Much like Chris Rock evolved. Ditto George Carlin to a lesser extent.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 07, 2025 11:00 AM (iFTx/)

I loved letterman when I was younger for the same reasons. And being from Indiana he was a local legend. I tried to give his Netflix show a spin just for nostalgia reasons. I couldn't even get through 10min he was so insufferable.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 07, 2025 11:02 AM (MGB5H)

381 380 I loved letterman when I was younger for the same reasons. And being from Indiana he was a local legend. I tried to give his Netflix show a spin just for nostalgia reasons. I couldn't even get through 10min he was so insufferable.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 07, 2025 11:02 AM (MGB5H)

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I ever tell you that I went to high school in Fort Wayne?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 07, 2025 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

382 According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 07, 2025 10:04 AM

To correctly calculate that, you would also need the volume and density (from which you could calculate the mass), numbers which are not supplied.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 07, 2025 11:02 AM (a3Q+t)

383 I liked Letterman back in the day. Maybe I was just young and dumb, but he was new and different and funny. But as the years went on, the show ran out of steam and he personally became older, more unhappy, and more bitter. The show went from fun and irreverent to whiny and toxic. Much like Chris Rock evolved. Ditto George Carlin to a lesser extent.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Many, if not most comedians have serious trauma and personal demons behind the comic mask.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 11:03 AM (ctrM5)

384 382 According to Daily Mail, two Australian scientists say the average speed of male ejaculate is 45km/hr and an average-sized (70 kilos) astronaut "blasting off in space" would propel him backward at a speed of two meters per hour -- about the pace of the average garden snail.
Posted by: one hour sober
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Laden or unladen balls? Youth or old?

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 11:04 AM (ctrM5)

385 378 I was LOL at Senator Kennedy. He’s all “look at this ridiculous spending”. Not realizing how useless he looks.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 07, 2025 10:54 AM (Vh9CX)

“I’ve been in Washington for 73 years, and I’m just scandalized by the waste, fraud and abuse I’ve been voting for this entire time!”
Posted by: Senator Rino McCuckerson
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Better a hypocrite like Kennedy that has seen the light instead of a person like Mitch arguing that it is a good thing to be wasting this much money on grifters and foreign adventures while the nation is imploding financially.

Posted by: whig at February 07, 2025 11:06 AM (ctrM5)

386 In space, no one can tell if you're coming or going.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 07, 2025 11:11 AM (VoAdT)

387 Playground sex-ed was based, knowledgeable and not taxpayer funded. I can't imagine trying to work out LBGTQ+ in 1963.
Posted by: Auspex at February 07, 2025 10:33 AM (j4U/Z)

Try 1957 or so.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 07, 2025 11:35 AM (iODuv)

388 CHECKMATE You Lose Turkey

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 07, 2025 04:58 PM (wGqjj)

389 test

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