Mid-Morning Art Thread

Vahrn in Tyrol near Brixen
William Stanley Haseltine

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Very nice

Posted by: It's me donna at May 12, 2025 09:30 AM (VE6XX)

3 Ah, very nice. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Springtime in the Alps. Lovely.

Posted by: huerfano at May 12, 2025 09:31 AM (n2swS)

5 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org › art ›
collection › search › 11023

Title: Vahrn in Tyrol near Brixen

Artist: William Stanley Haseltine (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1835–1900 Rome)

Culture: American

Medium: Watercolor and gouache on blue wove paper

Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 22 in. (37.8 x 55.9 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

6 Love.

There's a lot to be said for elegant simplicity created with fantastic expertise.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 12, 2025 09:33 AM (O5Ote)

7 Lovely.

Posted by: Tuna at May 12, 2025 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

8
This is not terrible
the trees are rendered nicely
the wooden gate whatzit at lower left kinda throws it off
Grade: meh

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 09:33 AM (AOsQT)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Very pretty, but what's a "Vahrn"?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 12, 2025 09:34 AM (BHrzb)

11 those trees are effed up enough to be cottonwoods

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

12 "HASELTINE!"

*smashes glass*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

13 I like that tree. That's a really, really hot tree.

I'll be in my bunk

Posted by: Treebeard at May 12, 2025 09:34 AM (t0Rmr)

14 I like this one, a lot. Good spot for an undershot water wheel to bring the family into the industrial age.

Posted by: BifBewalski - close tags for the win at May 12, 2025 09:34 AM (MsrgL)

15 Very pretty, but what's a "Vahrn"?
Posted by: Pete in Texas

It's where you keep your horses in the vahck of the farm.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 12, 2025 09:35 AM (a9Uqu)

16 The Larch.

Posted by: Leaf Me Alone at May 12, 2025 09:35 AM (G5+As)

17 Big tree kind of looks like it was just plunked in there as an afterthought.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 12, 2025 09:35 AM (gYURy)

18 This is nice!

Posted by: redridinghood at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

19 I saw Vahrn in Tyrol open for Mayhem at Trondheim Arena in '09.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

20 Big tree kind of looks like it was just plunked in there as an afterthought.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth)

It looks happy to me, so I'm OK with it.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (JDfx9)

21 It's very pretty.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (WPL6O)

22 Looks peaceful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (omVj0)

23 So, I thought "Tyrol" was from Game of Thrones, but apparently not. Instead, Google helpfully says The South Tyrol region in Italy, known for its many castles, has been compared to the world of Game of Thrones due to its medieval architecture and historical significance...Brixen, also known as Bressanone, is located in the Eisacktal valley in South Tyrol, Italy, and serves as a gateway to the Dolomites. It is not directly in the Dolomites but offers views of the mountains and easy access to them.

Dolomites, eh? Damn, I might need a Rudy Ray Moorathon with the kids this weekend...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (JCZqz)

24 Happy trees!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (ke82b)

25 It's very pretty.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (WPL6O)

Yup. Not great art, but it shows skill.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (6M5My)

26 I can smell the grass from here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

27 The big tree could use some pruning.
I want to take a chainsaw to that lower limb.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

28 Springtime in the Alps. Lovely.
Posted by: huerfano at May 12, 2025

***
"The hills are alive
With the sound of music . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM (omVj0)

29 Very pretty, but what's a "Vahrn"?
Posted by: Pete in Texas

If it's more than $20, you're being taken.

Posted by: t-bird at May 12, 2025 09:38 AM (69i/G)

30 Vahrn is a town -- or, as the Euros call them, a "commune" -- in Italy.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

31 Idyllic scene, then they paved paradise, put up a parking lot.

Posted by: Tree Currently In a Tree Museum at May 12, 2025 09:39 AM (G5+As)

32 "The hills are alive
With the sound of music . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Christopher Plummer hated that flick. Referred to it as "The Sound of Mucus."

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

33 Great tree-fort tree.

Posted by: red speck at May 12, 2025 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

34 Very nice. Looks like the golf course I'm playing right now, including the trees that keep eating my golf balls. Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 12, 2025 09:40 AM (4/Kdf)

35 One of the States of Austria is also known as Tyrol, the capitol is Innsbruck. It's a crossborder region.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 12, 2025 09:40 AM (uWKK8)

36 Nice, only because you can't see the snakes and ticks.

Posted by: Indoors Is Safer at May 12, 2025 09:41 AM (G5+As)

37 Tyrol is one of the most beautiful parts of the world.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 12, 2025 09:41 AM (Dv3i1)

38
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (QnmlO)

39 Very nice. Looks like the golf course I'm playing right now, including the trees that keep eating my golf balls. Would hang
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 12, 2025 09:40 AM (4/Kdf)

Grapevine Golf Course. If you can brave the poison ivy, I'm sure you'll find PLENTY of golf balls with my mark on them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

40 Can't be Italy. Don't see any swarthy, loud, people.

Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (G5+As)

41 Pretty, relaxing art choice this am but , still, everyone knows that access to cheap Chinese trinkets is what makes our world livable.

Posted by: Voter theater. at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (FCPbW)

42 Tyrol is a little odd - Germans and Italians living in the same region.

Posted by: Treebeard at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (t0Rmr)

43 Off to the left looks like a fine place for a bear to take a shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

44 In one of the 1930s novels, we're told that Ellery Queen (the detective character) had a case he called "The Wounded Tyrolean," and that as of 1934 he had been unable to solve it. I wonder if that might have taken place in the actual Tyrol, and if Ellery was right there as the Nazi regime was cranking up. It was still possible for Americans to travel to and from Germany then.

Just a thought inspired by the title here.

That structure on the lower left looks like a small dam of some kind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (omVj0)

45 Love the scene of early spring time and the style. Haseltine was associated with the Hudson River as well as the Luminist schools of art and I enjoy both. The use of light and natural colors to create a mood is wonderful. In this painting the mood is peaceful but the same techniques can be used to portray the power of nature just as effectively. I need to get out my books about both schools.

CBD, thanks for such a nice painting to start the week.

Posted by: JTB at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (yTvNw)

46 This is nice. I like it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2025 09:43 AM (7fElN)

47 Where is Tim the Enchanter?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 09:43 AM (dh0Px)

48 Do not take Vahrn in Tyrol if you are allergic to Vahrn in Tyrol.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2025 09:43 AM (gbOdA)

49 Pastoral Monday, make it so.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 09:43 AM (kibtE)

50 23 >>So, I thought "Tyrol" was from Game of Thrones...

It's the region of the Alps where they grow Tyrolia bindings.

Posted by: red speck at May 12, 2025 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

51 Don't sit under that big old tree
with anyone else but me.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 12, 2025 09:44 AM (Aqu9a)

52 Where is Tim the Enchanter?

Chasing a rascally rabbit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 09:44 AM (kibtE)

53 I went steady with a Tyrolean Temptress for more than four years. Six foot tall, blue-eyed, great athletic physique.

Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee at May 12, 2025 09:45 AM (G5+As)

54 I see a noose!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2025 09:45 AM (g4ZSD)

55 Tyrolian

Lederhosen ja?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 09:45 AM (kibtE)

56 I see a noose!
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2025 09:45 AM (g4ZSD)

*shudders*

*heads to NASCAR trailer*

Posted by: Bubba Wallace at May 12, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

57 "The hills are alive
With the sound of music . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Christopher Plummer hated that flick. Referred to it as "The Sound of Mucus."
Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025

***
Julie Andrews told the story of how she was on a visit to Switzerland after the release of the film. She was hiking, and started singing to herself to build up her wind. Well, she came over a rise, and there was a family of hikers staring in astonishment at her. Julie said, "They must have thought forever after that I really *do* go around singing 'The hills are alive'!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

58 I like it. Seems peaceful... the kind of place you could bury a body and no one would find it for decades.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 12, 2025 09:46 AM (ExV1e)

59 Fairly small painting at 15x22. What you will almost never see is a very large watercolor painting.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 09:46 AM (VofaG)

60 They are going to find a body trapped behind that water gate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 09:47 AM (kibtE)

61 42 Tyrol is a little odd - Germans and Italians living in the same region.
Posted by: Treebeard at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (t0Rmr)

----------

You imagine sexy Italian cars with bulletproof Teutonic engineering.

You'll get ugly German bricks with Italian reliability.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 09:47 AM (dh0Px)

62 Love bucolic landscapes and this is a beautiful one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

63 Red searched here first for the buried box. Realized it was on the opposite side of the field.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 09:48 AM (VofaG)

64 Looks like a great place for a pic-nic, eh Boo Boo?

Posted by: Yogi Bear at May 12, 2025 09:48 AM (Aqu9a)

65 Every proper noun in the title of that painting could be a name of a new drug, introduced by people dancing while the virtues of novel pharmaceutical are extolled by the narrator.

Find out if Vahrn is right for you.
Ask your doctor about Tyrol.
Brixen for a better life.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 12, 2025 09:48 AM (sYVcz)

66 Tough place to bury a body. Too many trees.

Better toss it in the woods and hope the hogs take care of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Anschluss was in '36. The Austrians had their own authoritarian leader in '34, but I don't think he was on particularly bad terms with the Brits or Americans.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 12, 2025 09:49 AM (t0Rmr)

68 The bridge design is, shall we say, whack.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 09:49 AM (dh0Px)

69 Tyrol is a little odd - Germans and Italians living in the same region.
Posted by: Treebeard at May 12, 2025 09:42 AM (t0Rmr)

So, is their version of Ginger or Maryanne "Eva Braun or Clara Petacci?"

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

70 Find out if Vahrn is right for you.
Ask your doctor about Tyrol.
Brixen for a better life.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 12, 2025 09:48 AM (sYVcz)

Better a half gram
Than to give a damn

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2025 09:50 AM (gbOdA)

71 Believe it or not, there was a real-life "Case of the Wounded Tyrolean": https://tinyurl.com/2yp65w4x

But it happened in 1948, fourteen years after the Ellery Queen novel used the phrase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:50 AM (omVj0)

72 saw Vahrn in Tyrol open for Mayhem at Trondheim Arena in '09.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1

This is a filthy lie! I was nowhere near that mess! The reviews were terrible.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 09:50 AM (2J/Lj)

73 Nothing is moving. Never paint a bird in mid flight usually.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 12, 2025 09:51 AM (Dyy84)

74 Please to help me with my rucksack?

Posted by: Inge, from Sveeden at May 12, 2025 09:51 AM (dh0Px)

75 Do not feed the Tyrols

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2025 09:51 AM (gbOdA)

76
This is a filthy lie! I was nowhere near that mess! The reviews were terrible.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 09:50 AM (2J/Lj)

Different Mayhem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_(band)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

77 Dolomite? As in the Napoleon Dolomites?

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 12, 2025 09:52 AM (K+s1B)

78 The bridge design is, shall we say, whack.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 09:49 AM (dh0Px)

Was going to say something similar, but couldn't decide on the phrasing.

Yours works.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

79 There was a big fuss in the 80s when someone put cyanide in the Tyrols.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (2ocoG)

80 Excellent!

Posted by: The Sniper at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (0sNs1)

81 Great tree-fort tree.
Posted by: red speck at May 12, 2025 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

Looks like the tree where The Kids Next Door had their tree house.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)

82 So which way to Brixen? They couldn't put up a sign?

Posted by: Inge, from Sveeden at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (dh0Px)

83
That's a more interesting composition than the usual nature painting.

Still, it's nice dental office waiting room bait.

Too boring otherwise for the home.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 12, 2025 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

84 There was a big fuss in the 80s when someone put cyanide in the Tyrols.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 12, 2025 09:53 AM (2ocoG)

Mom was mad when I threw ours away since we'd had it for several months before that happened.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

85 "NONE shall pass........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Anschluss was in '36. The Austrians had their own authoritarian leader in '34, but I don't think he was on particularly bad terms with the Brits or Americans.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 12, 2025 09:49 AM (t0Rmr)
====

1938

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

87 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Anyone have any Tyrolnall? I've a bit of a headache.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 12, 2025 09:55 AM (W/lyH)

88 That's a more interesting composition than the usual nature painting.

Still, it's nice dental office waiting room bait.

--------

It's great to look at when you finish all the Timbertoes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 09:55 AM (dh0Px)

89 Nice usage of the 'thirds' proportionality of your canvas.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 09:55 AM (0sNs1)

90 Is it still 20 marks, same as in town?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 09:56 AM (0sNs1)

91 The Austrians had their own authoritarian leader in '34, but I don't think he was on particularly bad terms with the Brits or Americans.

I think you mean Dolfuss. He was whacked by the Nazis.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

92 That's a more interesting composition than the usual nature painting.

Still, it's nice dental office waiting room bait.

Too boring otherwise for the home.

Posted by: naturalfake

Art should be judged like women...on the crazy/hot matrix...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 12, 2025 09:57 AM (JCZqz)

93 Art should be judged like women...on the crazy/hot matrix...
Posted by: Moron Analyst

And where would the nekkid ottoman lardass fall?

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

94
There was a large tree on a slope
A place where young lovers would grope
Sue said, "Bob, you're at second base
Why not go the rest of the way?"
Bob said, "Probably shouldn't, I'm the Pope!"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 12, 2025 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

95 Wilram Stevie Vaseline? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at May 12, 2025 09:58 AM (PAPHZ)

96 Is it still 20 marks, same as in town?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It's Weimar, so you'll need a wheelbarrow to transport all the money.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

97
Ballroom Dancing - a limerick

A young man from Tyrol named Rosen
(Whose lifestyle was not one he'd chosen)
Had a high-pitched yodel
That was truly bi-modal
Due to one-size too small lederhosen

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 09:59 AM (HOX+I)

98 And where would the nekkid ottoman lardass fall?
Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 09:58 AM

Clearly you didn't read Kris' outstanding analysis that was posted with Freud's painting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:00 AM (0sNs1)

99 Good job of using the theory of thirds where the main focus is the larger object in the foreground as it leads your eyes to the background mountains which is rendered with excellent atmospheric perspective.

when I was a kid growing up in Louisiana I didn't know why the line was purple mountain majesties. Now I know its atmospheric perspective.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:00 AM (VofaG)

100 love this painting.

reminiscent of a time gone by.

although there are places in fields and forests that even today leave one with the impression we are suspended in time

Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:00 AM (dCxaZ)

101 The art...

The first word that comes to mind when looking at this is peaceful. Peaceful and serene.

I like it. But I agree with others that it looks dentist/doctors office-ish.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:00 AM (2J/Lj)

102 The trees were angry that day my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 12, 2025 10:01 AM (dg+HA)

103 It is deeply concerning that the rape syndicate not only involved Muslim men, but also included women from the same community. This involvement is particularly troubling, given the widely held belief that women, by nature, would empathize with the trauma and suffering endured by other women who are victims of sexual violence. The participation of these women raises serious questions about how Islamic biases override basic human empathy and moral judgment. Authorities have identified two such girls who acted as intermediaries for Muslim men in facilitating friendships with Hindu girls.
=====
Muslim rape gangs in India include muslim women.

And what have we learned?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

104 PSA: Today is the last day of National Nurse's Week.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:01 AM (0sNs1)

105 there's a little spot a few miles away where we can go and sit by a babbling brook, shielded from the road.

it's in an area that used to be rural, now solidly suburban/aspirational.

but sitting by the creek, there's no inclination whatsoever that we are placed smack dab in the middle of the East Coast megalopolis.

Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:02 AM (dCxaZ)

106 Tree climbing trees are the best.

Neighbor had two ginormous pecan trees when o was growing up. He and I would climb as high as we could and wait for his mom to come out and yell at us to get down.

Climbing trees is a rite of passage. My boys loved it too.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2025 10:02 AM (fBPYp)

107 Art for the house is dependent on the architectural style and decorating style. But mainly what your wife wants.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (VofaG)

108 Is Day Vahrn: vyery nice.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (s8j++)

109 I like it. But I agree with others that it looks dentist/doctors office-ish.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:00 AM

You can tell that Madame Mayhem has attended the TxMoMe.

How? She's seen some stuff that a woman ain't s'pose to see.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (0sNs1)

110 A House Democrat is seeking an investigation into reports that the Trump administration plans to accept a jet worth roughly $400 million from Qatar

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (AOsQT)

111 And what have we learned?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

we've learned over the ages that weaker individuals tend to mimic and follow the stronger hand, whether it's a male or a female

anyone who still believes there is a thing called female solidarity is sadly mistaken

Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

112 It should be noted that the US paying higher drug prices than Canada and the EU helps prop up their socialist health care systems.

It's not the third world that will have to pay more--and should pay more--it's the welfare leaches of the world with their "free" health care.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 12, 2025 10:04 AM (sYVcz)

113 although there are places in fields and forests that even today leave one with the impression we are suspended in time
Posted by: kallisto

The woods behind my house. A walk to the little waterfall is the same now as it would have been centuries ago. No cell phone signal either. Its a hike but I should go there more often.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:04 AM (2J/Lj)

114 You imagine sexy Italian cars with bulletproof Teutonic engineering.

You'll get ugly German bricks with Italian reliability.
Posted by: Cicero

Thankfully, the ladies of the region bring the BEST of both nations together: https://tinyurl.com/mwtuf25k

They aren't Swedes, but they'll do.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (JCZqz)

115 Thankfully, the ladies of the region bring the BEST of both nations together: https://tinyurl.com/mwtuf25k

They aren't Swedes, but they'll do.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Whew. Almost clicked. Another narrow escape.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

116 The woods behind my house. A walk to the little waterfall is the same now as it would have been centuries ago. No cell phone signal either. Its a hike but I should go there more often.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:04 AM (2J/Lj)

I get a sense of serenity just reading about it!

Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (dCxaZ)

117 This is not terrible
the trees are rendered nicely
the wooden gate whatzit at lower left kinda throws it off
Grade: meh

The bridge design is, shall we say, whack.

You have no idea why it's there.

Posted by: G.K. Chesterton at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (s8j++)

118 Muslim women are incapable of and uninterested in protecting non-Muslim women.

What kind of women are they?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

119
Whew. Almost clicked. Another narrow escape.
Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

I clicked, curiosity, but web browser blocked it so SAVED!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Thankfully, the ladies of the region bring the BEST of both nations together: https://tinyurl.com/mwtuf25k

They aren't Swedes, but they'll do.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025

***
Looks like an Austrian Ozempic/Wegovy ad

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (omVj0)

121 The woods behind my house. A walk to the little waterfall is the same now as it would have been centuries ago. No cell phone signal either. Its a hike but I should go there more often.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

How close are you to Brown County State Park? That's a beautiful place.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

122 "Hey Vahrn, It's Forrest!"

[with apologies to Vern and Ernest]

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (TZcsC)

123 Thankfully, the ladies of the region bring the BEST of both nations together: https://tinyurl.com/mwtuf25k

They aren't Swedes, but they'll do.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM

They are offering free hugs.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

124 Remember that illegal night club full of illegals in Colorado?

Story gets wilder. SSG Orona-Rodriguez stationed at Ft. Carson was the head of security and had recruited others from the base to act as security. He has been charged with selling 1.5oz of cocaine to an undercover officer.

During the raid, 104 illegals were detained. Cocaine, Tusi, Meth, and 12 firearms were also seized.

It turns out the LLC that rented out the space is registered to his mother-in-law. The judge has ruled there is enough evidence to keep him locked up, but his defense is trying to portray him as a 'family man.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (kibtE)

125 Vahrn is a town -- or, as the Euros call them, a "commune" -- in Italy.
Posted by: Bulg

**********

That doesn't seem right in context. There is no town in this painting.

I wonder if a Vahrn could be a regional term for 'weir', defined as "

"A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, as for a millrace, or to regulate or measure the flow."

This would explain the structure at the lower left.

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (HOX+I)

126 Is Day Vahrn: vyery nice.

NEXT up: SVIM Vahrn!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

127 I'm right next to Sam Houston State Park but I haven't seen any babbling brooks or waterfalls yet.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:08 AM (VofaG)

128 You can tell that Madame Mayhem has attended the TxMoMe.

How? She's seen some stuff that a woman ain't s'pose to see.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Okay... First... Stop that, you fiend! That song is awful!
Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:08 AM (2J/Lj)

129 Okay... First... Stop that, you fiend! That song is awful!
Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:08 AM (2J/Lj)

*has a sad*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

130 The woods behind my house. A walk to the little waterfall is the same now as it would have been centuries ago. No cell phone signal either. Its a hike but I should go there more often.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:04 AM (2J/Lj)

I get a sense of serenity just reading about it!

I did a boundary walk on my church's property here in Fairfax Co. a couple of days ago. It's heavily wooded, including some trees that are >100 years old. I doubt you can find another plot of undeveloped land in FC that big anymore.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:09 AM (s8j++)

131 This guy is good.

Posted by: javems at May 12, 2025 10:09 AM (8I4hW)

132 weir in German is given as 'Wehr'

Not too far off from vahtn

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:09 AM (HOX+I)

133 Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Well, you've never even been to you.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

134 Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (HOX+I)

I think you are right.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (VofaG)

135 Muslim rape gangs include women? Color me shockeded. It’s not uncommon for even non-Muslim whorehouses and sex trafficking operations to be supervised by very abusive women (usually former prostitutes). Add in the Muslim death cult religion, and women so subservient they almost willingly submit to rape and abuse in the name of their filthy god, and you have a perfect storm.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (aeiyZ)

136 Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:08 AM (2J/Lj)

=====
But uppity wenches get in free!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (RIvkX)

137 Muslim rape gangs in India include muslim women.

And what have we learned?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Animals have no morals.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (4dDXL)

138 Okay... First... Stop that, you fiend! That song is awful!
Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:08 AM

First, okay, sorry, I must have been temporarily influenced by Big Penguin.

Second, you should put the TxMoMe on your bucket list. You'd fit right in effortlessly.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:11 AM (0sNs1)

139 Nice painting but it would be better without the fence and whatever that thing is.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 12, 2025 10:12 AM (aeiyZ)

140 I did a boundary walk on my church's property here in Fairfax Co. a couple of days ago. It's heavily wooded, including some trees that are >100 years old. I doubt you can find another plot of undeveloped land in FC that big anymore.
Posted by: Archimedes

Fairfax still has some decently forested areas. The rich folks in the mansions like all those big trees to shield their domains from the gaze of the riffraff.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

141 Second... I have not been to a MoMe. And I probably never will.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

One day I hope to make one.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 12, 2025 10:12 AM (4dDXL)

142 59 Fairly small painting at 15x22. What you will almost never see is a very large watercolor painting.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 09:46 AM (VofaG)

Well duh, you don’t want to drown out the subject.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 12, 2025 10:12 AM (K+s1B)

143
The site in that painting was used for a special facility from 1936-1945. But that's been cleared away now, and all is as it was before. The restoration was so effective, that the locals say they don't know about any special facility ever existing.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM (hf+Z7)

144 Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 12, 2025 10:10 AM (aeiyZ)

Reminded me of the movies thread where I recommended Moll Flanders. Perfect example of what you posted.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM (VofaG)

145 Nice painting but it would be better without the fence and whatever that thing is.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 12, 2025

***
The fence and weir/dam mean that civilization is nearby. If you were lost, you'd be glad to see them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM (omVj0)

146 I think you are right.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

**********

That would be a notable deviation from my norm.

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM (HOX+I)

147 I did a boundary walk on my church's property here in Fairfax Co. a couple of days ago. It's heavily wooded, including some trees that are >100 years old. I doubt you can find another plot of undeveloped land in FC that big anymore.
Posted by: Archimedes

Fairfax still has some decently forested areas. The rich folks in the mansions like all those big trees to shield their domains from the gaze of the riffraff.

The plot is 40 acres. It's pretty sizable for FC.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM (s8j++)

148 rickb223, I hope very much that it will be this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (NVNRw)

149 I think you are right.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

**********

That would be a notable deviation from my norm.
Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:13 AM

If you take away right, what's left?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

150 Springtime in the Alps. Lovely.
Posted by: huerfano at May 12, 2025

***
"The hills are alive
With the sound of music . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 09:37 AM

It's Springtime, for Tyrol,
And Germany....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (FAGAJ)

151 The site in that painting was used for a special facility from 1936-1945. But that's been cleared away now, and all is as it was before. The restoration was so effective, that the locals say they don't know about any special facility ever existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

That's what they said about Auschwitz too.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (4dDXL)

152 That's using your head!

https://shorturl.at/WvMMC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (L/fGl)

153 Archimedes, what is the denomination of your church?

And does it have a choir?

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

154 If you take away right, what's left?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

Right down the middle?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (6M5My)

155 Very nice. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (WPoEb)

156 Fairfax still has some decently forested areas. The rich folks in the mansions like all those big trees to shield their domains from the gaze of the riffraff.

The plot is 40 acres. It's pretty sizable for FC.

I just remembered Lee District Park and Burke Lake, so I guess my statement was a bit too much. However, those are government owned, not private.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (s8j++)

157 I don’t trust a fucking thing China says. Part of the deal better be 1000 US inspectors deployed to China to verify compliance.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (e4LaW)

158 Good morning

What a treat for me to be able to participate in the art thread. And a lovely painting! Very peaceful - encouraging one to get out into nature. Thanks for the art threads CBD

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (PcTds)

159
It's Springtime, for Tyrol,
And Germany....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (FAGAJ)

And it's Bedtime for Bonzo!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

160 I just remembered Lee District Park and Burke Lake, so I guess my statement was a bit too much. However, those are government owned, not private.
Posted by: Archimedes

Also, Eleonor Lawrence Park.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

161 Archimedes, what is the denomination of your church?

And does it have a choir?

Episcopalian, and yes, a very good one. Pohick Church.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:16 AM (s8j++)

162 How close are you to Brown County State Park? That's a beautiful place.
Posted by: Bulg

I can drive there in about 45 minutes. Unless it's peak leaf looking season when it takes much longer because of the traffic.
I'm in Greene County. It's not as populated but it's got some truly beautiful areas. I sometimes wish I could post pics of the sunrise or sunset we get to see from our hill. Or the bald eagle that comes around. Or my little waterfall.. Or the sunlight streaming thru the tulip poplar grove...

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:16 AM (2J/Lj)

163 That's what they said about Auschwitz too.

I'll take guys who didn't get the joke for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (s8j++)

164 Would not hang. Would hang there.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (EXyHK)

165 If you take away right, what's left?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

Right down the middle?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (6M5My)

East side meets west side, downtown.

*quoted from something OTHER than Queensrÿche*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

166 And the socialist health care systems in Australia, Sweden, and the UK will de facto restrict access to cancer drugs by limiting access to oncologists.

Unless you're a refugee.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (qwx/I)

167 Hitler's first meeting with Mussolini concerned the status of South Tyrol. Early in their relationship Mussolini was clearly the senior partner and Hitler arrived as a supplicant begging for German sovereignty over the region, which Mussolini granted. Over the next two years the relationship evolved as Hitler encountered success after success, and Hitler became the senior leader.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (RIvkX)

168 I'm an hour closer to the TXMoMe since I moved.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:18 AM (VofaG)

169 It turns out the LLC that rented out the space is registered to his mother-in-law. The judge has ruled there is enough evidence to keep him locked up, but his defense is trying to portray him as a 'family man.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (kibtE)

So having a family is a get out of jail card?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 12, 2025 10:18 AM (e4LaW)

170 And the socialist health care systems in Australia, Sweden, and the UK will de facto restrict access to cancer drugs by limiting access to oncologists.

Unless you're a refugee.

You know, you don't have to live like a refugee.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:19 AM (s8j++)

171 9 It turns out the LLC that rented out the space is registered to his mother-in-law. The judge has ruled there is enough evidence to keep him locked up, but his defense is trying to portray him as a 'family man.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:07 AM (kibtE)

So having a family is a get out of jail card?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 12, 2025 10:18 AM (e4LaW)
———

[grins]

— That Kilmar Cocksucker

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 12, 2025 10:19 AM (aeiyZ)

172 I'm an hour closer to the TXMoMe since I moved.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:18 AM (VofaG)

Get with Ben Had and make it happen.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Muslim women participate in and perform clitorectomies on other Muslim young girls. How much more depraved can you get?

Posted by: Shit Moon god at May 12, 2025 10:19 AM (G5+As)

174 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (RIvkX)

I don't think Mussolini ever liked Hitler while Hitler thought he was his best friend.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:20 AM (VofaG)

175 A 100 acre woods vibe.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 12, 2025 10:20 AM (Vh9CX)

176 If you take away right, what's left?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 12, 2025 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

Hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:20 AM (2J/Lj)

177 Hitler's first meeting with Mussolini concerned the status of South Tyrol. Early in their relationship Mussolini was clearly the senior partner and Hitler arrived as a supplicant begging for German sovereignty over the region, which Mussolini granted. Over the next two years the relationship evolved as Hitler encountered success after success, and Hitler became the senior leader.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Plus, Mussolini alienated the UK and France, with whom he had previously had decent relations, with his conquest of Ethiopia. Without them, Hitler's Germany was really the only other country he could turn to.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

178 Lovely. A very nice way to begin the week with a painting by William Stanley Haseltine.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 12, 2025 10:20 AM (NFX2v)

179 It is the Leftists' latest strawman argument to support Evil.

"He's a family man! Caw caw caw!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:21 AM (kibtE)

180 Charles Manson had a "family" and he never got out of jail.

Posted by: Gas Chamber Is What He Needed at May 12, 2025 10:21 AM (G5+As)

181 And the socialist health care systems in Australia, Sweden, and the UK will de facto restrict access to cancer drugs by limiting access to oncologists.

Unless you're a refugee.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 12, 2025 10:17 AM (qwx/I)

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

BTW, identify yourself as an Organ Donor at your own risk.

There are horror stories out there concerning the incentivization for medical workers letting -- or making sure -- you die prematurely to get immediate access to your healthy organs ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 12, 2025 10:21 AM (09ZlC)

182 I clicked, curiosity, but web browser blocked it so SAVED!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

What!?!?! Is your web browser transphobic?!?!? Love is love...and mutilating children!

Posted by: Gaystapo at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

183 Beautiful picture. Thanks CBD

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (2NHgQ)

184 Thanks for the art threads CBD

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:15 AM (PcTds)

My pleasure! Although you might not say that after Thursday's piece.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (6M5My)

185 Remember the banjo player from Mumford and sons who got kicked out of the band for tweeting about an Andy NGO book?

He was on Bill Maher’s podcast. Talked about the Muslim rape gangs in the UK and how the entire establishment shrugged. Also mentioned a poll from UK muzzies that said 75% of them thought October 7th was not a crime.

But to be fair I doubt that 75% would be much different here. Probably close to 75% of Democrats feel that way.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (e4LaW)

186 You're only a Family Man if you have the exact right number of children.

Any more than 2 and you're a suspicious weirdo, unless you have the Brown Person perk. Then you can have up to but no more than 6.

There are rules to these things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (VoAdT)

187 My pleasure! Although you might not say that after Thursday's piece.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (6M5My)

But, we haven't done anything to deserve it on Wednesday yet!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

188 Good thing we have journalistic professionals:

“Not trying to create hysteria,” one worried mom sent out to the others, according to a Sunday report in the Washington Post. "They are in Forest Hills right now in full tactical gear and children are being left behind."

The story continued: "As concern grew, neighbors lined the block. An elected official jetted to the Forest Hills playground. Immigration attorneys handed out know-your-rights cards in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole to any nannies they could find."

It isn't until after four solid paragraphs of teeth gnashing and hand-wringing that the paper admits that no such thing happened. There were no ICE agents, in or out of full tactical gear. No nannies were targeted. No child was left behind.

Wait, wut?

Yes, the fifth paragraph consists of a single line negating everything that came before it, "ICE officials later told WaPo that agents had not targeted nannies at that playground nor any other in the District this week...

WaPo finally gets around to admitting in the eighth paragraph, "The Post could not independently verify any confrontations between immigration agents and child-care work"

https://is.gd/cFLUj5

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:23 AM (s8j++)

189 weir in German is given as 'Wehr'

Not too far off from vahtn

***********

Along the SW border regions of Germany, including Alsace (Germany-France) and places like Interlaken (Germany-Switzerland) you can hear some weird scrambled blends of multiple languages (regional dialects) that are incomprehensible, so this is at least plausible.

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:23 AM (HOX+I)

190 My pleasure! Although you might not say that after Thursday's piece.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

Uh oh. I may have to move up the date for my root canal.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

191 ShainS

Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

Talk about ghouls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (kibtE)

192 Julie Andrews told the story of how she was on a visit to Switzerland after the release of the film. She was hiking, and started singing to herself to build up her wind. Well, she came over a rise, and there was a family of hikers staring in astonishment at her. Julie said, "They must have thought forever after that I really *do* go around singing 'The hills are alive'!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aureliu

Great story - thanks for sharing

Cynicism is a concept with which I am well aware and often share. However, it saddens me when that cynicism belittles beauty, peace, and joy.

Two of my daughter's joys were Sound of Music and Barney the Dinosaur. Both were ridiculed and I don't think that I defended them well because of my own cynicism. I'm and our culture/society have not defended innocence well.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (PcTds)

193
Along the SW border regions of Germany, including Alsace (Germany-France) and places like Interlaken (Germany-Switzerland) you can hear some weird scrambled blends of multiple languages (regional dialects) that are incomprehensible, so this is at least plausible.
Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:23 AM (HOX+I)

Fahrvergnügen!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

194 My pleasure! Although you might not say that after Thursday's piece.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:22 AM (6M5My)
====

*Stubs out Gaulois in half eaten croissant*
*pours out grinds left in bottom of espresso cup*
*dons Continental look of superiority*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (RIvkX)

195 But, we haven't done anything to deserve it on Wednesday yet!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Yes you will!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (6M5My)

196 Muslim women participate in and perform clitorectomies on other Muslim young girls. How much more depraved can you get?

Posted by: Shit Moon god at May 12, 2025 10:19 AM (G5+As)

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

Giving hormone blockers to and mutating ALL sexual organs -- including the brains & minds -- of children?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (09ZlC)

197 Mussolini was basically dictator beginning in 1922. Hitler followed his rise from the beginning and Mussolini was his hero.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (VofaG)

198 Any more than 2 and you're a suspicious weirdo, unless you have the Brown Person perk. Then you can have up to but no more than 6.

There are rules to these things.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

But not with the same woman.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (4dDXL)

199 Yeah, having that one kid attached to US citizenship is an ace in the hole, as it has been for several decades.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

200 Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

Talk about ghouls.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (kibtE)

This NEVER leads to a delay in life saving procedures, causing death and the harvesting of organs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

201 Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

That gal is amazing! She should run for president!

Posted by: No one ever at May 12, 2025 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

202 >Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead.
----

merely dead, or really most sincerely dead?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)

203 This painting reminds me of my boyhood when we moved from Baltimore to a farmhouse near Westminster, Maryland. I was about 8 or 9. We rented the house and had the barn but the fields were still farmed by the owners. My brothers and I were all over the place on that land.

Some funny stories like the time we bought some chickens and opened the boxes to let them out and they just took off running into the woods. We were told later that we were supposed to open them up on the coop. LOL. City slickers.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 12, 2025 10:26 AM (Vh9CX)

204 The family man SSG Orona-Rodriguez, he had only recently married and got two step kids in the deal.

So the 'family man' argument is even sketchier.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:27 AM (kibtE)

205 I like the painting. Outdoors, the trees. Nice. But what's with the fence? It's kinda ratty looking. Doesn't look like it could keep anything in or out. A good sneeze would cause the thing to fall apart.

Posted by: Case at May 12, 2025 10:27 AM (Qdqx6)

206
Yes you will!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:25 AM (6M5My)

I'm getting such a Minority Report vibe right now.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

207 So the 'family man' argument is even sketchier.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:27 AM (kibtE)
====

Hey, we'll say anything if it works.
-state media organs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:28 AM (RIvkX)

208 Whenever Hitler would go to Italy to meet with Mussolini, it always pissed him off that his and Mussolini's car had to be second to King Victor Emmanuel's in the official motorcade.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

209 I guess I missed the "Family Man" Amendment to the Constitution:

"No illegal alien or minority shall be charged with or detained for any crime if said person has fathered or mothered a child."

The families of J6ers can piss right off, yeah?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 12, 2025 10:28 AM (sYVcz)

210 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (JCZqz)

You almost got me. Nicely done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:28 AM (6M5My)

211 I call this 12th Paragraph Syndrome.

If you want to know the truth in any article it will be found either around the 12th paragraph or nowhere. Ignore headlines. And definitely ignore or vehemently disbelieve the first five or six paragraphs of any "story".

Posted by: ... at May 12, 2025 10:30 AM (M/gGe)

212 Hunter Biden will be on a new TV show.
Paint'n wit Stoopid.

featuring this new innovation

https://tinyurl.com/j6mdxyfb

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 12, 2025 10:30 AM (ey6uh)

213 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (JCZqz)

Where or where has Mannix gone?
Long time passing...

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

214 If you take away right, what's left?

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

upright >> leftover

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:31 AM (HOX+I)

215 Speaking of a 'family man.'

I give you a thug named Youngblood from Houston. He decided to provide his daughter Jade and her female friend booze and drugs. While Jade was dying of Fentanyl Youngblood assaulted her friend.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:31 AM (kibtE)

216 This painting reminded me of a place I like to go. Two others mentioned a similar response. So another reason this painting is "art" is that it inspires remembrance of good things.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:31 AM (PcTds)

217 I call this 12th Paragraph Syndrome.

If you want to know the truth in any article it will be found either around the 12th paragraph or nowhere. Ignore headlines. And definitely ignore or vehemently disbelieve the first five or six paragraphs of any "story".

I prefer to save time and ignore WaPo altogether.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:32 AM (s8j++)

218 Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

Talk about ghouls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:24 AM (kibtE)

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Was unaware of that -- thanks Anna.

A Death Cult, if you can keep it ..

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 12, 2025 10:33 AM (sf3p7)

219 >> Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

How many livers does that woman need?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 12, 2025 10:33 AM (l3YAf)

220 Am I the only one who deliberately checks the links Akbar posts?

I always have to see what nonsense he's going on about. And it's hilarious.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:33 AM (2J/Lj)

221 Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:31 AM (kibtE)

This is my core conflict. I don't know if it's totally fair that hell exists. Nor do I really love the concept of demons, etc.

But it has to exist. I need it to.

Posted by: ... at May 12, 2025 10:33 AM (M/gGe)

222 111 And what have we learned?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

we've learned over the ages that weaker individuals tend to mimic and follow the stronger hand, whether it's a male or a female

anyone who still believes there is a thing called female solidarity is sadly mistaken
Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

Once a culture fully embraces rape culture, even the victims become co-conspirators-- see FGM.

Posted by: Polka will never die at May 12, 2025 10:34 AM (5xvZ1)

223 Am I the only one who deliberately checks the links Akbar posts?

I always have to see what nonsense he's going on about. And it's hilarious.

As do I. Knowing what's coming robs it of its impact.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:34 AM (s8j++)

224 I'm in Greene County. It's not as populated but it's got some truly beautiful areas. I sometimes wish I could post pics of the sunrise or sunset we get to see from our hill. Or the bald eagle that comes around. Or my little waterfall.. Or the sunlight streaming thru the tulip poplar grove...

I would love to see those pictures

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:34 AM (PcTds)

225 Speaking of a 'family man.'

I give you a thug named Youngblood from Houston. He decided to provide his daughter Jade and her female friend booze and drugs. While Jade was dying of Fentanyl Youngblood assaulted her friend.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2025 10:31 AM (kibtE)

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If his last name was Biden, he'd get away with it ... and would have received a pardon to boot

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 12, 2025 10:35 AM (sf3p7)

226 anyone who still believes there is a thing called female solidarity is sadly mistaken
Posted by: kallisto at May 12, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

The not very well kept secret is that women hate women way more than any man hates women.

Posted by: ... at May 12, 2025 10:35 AM (M/gGe)

227 Nice. But what's with the fence? It's kinda ratty looking. Doesn't look like it could keep anything in or out. A good sneeze would cause the thing to fall apart.

********

All the Swiss cows I've ever seen have been quite content to stay right where they are. Probably an allegory about the difference between European socialism and American individualism.

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:35 AM (HOX+I)

228 "Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then."

That will come to a screeching halt when grieving families rip the organs out of the people making that demand.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 12, 2025 10:35 AM (+4yJ5)

229 Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

Talk about ghouls.

Posted by: Anna Puma

-

The time to remove the "organ donor" option from your drivers license was yesterday.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 12, 2025 10:36 AM (SHl2J)

230 All the Swiss cows I've ever seen have been quite content to stay right where they are.

**********

As long as they are milked twice a day.

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:36 AM (HOX+I)

231 There was a weird genre of softcore movies in the 70s involving Swedish girls summering in the Alps. One is named in English "Six Swedish Girls In The Alps". A strange amalgam of Boobs, beautiful Alpen scenery, guys in lederhosen and hats with feathers doing the weird slap dances they do. There's another one with the girls running an Alp service station. Weird, but rather harmless, and like I said great scenery.

Posted by: Alpenporn at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (G5+As)

232 Along the SW border regions of Germany, including Alsace (Germany-France) and places like Interlaken (Germany-Switzerland) you can hear some weird scrambled blends of multiple languages (regional dialects) that are incomprehensible, so this is at least plausible.
Posted by: muldoon

You know, like in Walmart.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

233 >Am I the only one who deliberately checks the links Akbar posts?
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what are the 3 words most associated with Admiral Ackbar?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (AOsQT)

234 That will come to a screeching halt when grieving families rip the organs out of the people making that demand.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 12, 2025 10:35 AM (+4yJ5)

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They should start with the throat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (dh0Px)

235 I would prefer a picture of a Swiss Milkmaid milking. That's just me.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (n17eQ)

236 The not very well kept secret is that women hate women way more than any man hates women.
Posted by: ...

Except me. I hate everyone equally.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (2J/Lj)

237 There was a weird genre of softcore movies in the 70s involving Swedish girls summering in the Alps. One is named in English "Six Swedish Girls In The Alps". A strange amalgam of Boobs, beautiful Alpen scenery, guys in lederhosen and hats with feathers doing the weird slap dances they do. There's another one with the girls running an Alp service station. Weird, but rather harmless, and like I said great scenery.
Posted by: Alpenporn

--

Isn't that roughly where the Muppet Show's "Mana Mana" song came from?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 12, 2025 10:38 AM (SHl2J)

238 Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead

“Hello? Suicide hotline? Yes, I’d like to place an order” - Hillary Clinton, allegedly

Posted by: Ian S. at May 12, 2025 10:38 AM (8g6bK)

239 I saw Vahrn in Tyrol near Brixen in 1901.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2025 10:39 AM (CQE5S)

240 Except me. I hate everyone equally.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (2J/Lj)
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That's what dad always replied whenever I accused him of being a racist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

241 This painting reminds me of my boyhood when we moved from Baltimore to a farmhouse near Westminster, Maryland. I was about 8 or 9. We rented the house and had the barn but the fields were still farmed by the owners. My brothers and I were all over the place on that land.

"all over the place on that land" on land like this sounds like the ideal childhood to me.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:39 AM (PcTds)

242 19 I saw Vahrn in Tyrol open for Mayhem at Trondheim Arena in '09.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

239 I saw Vahrn in Tyrol near Brixen in 1901.
Posted by: m at May 12, 2025 10:39 AM (CQE5S)

I got beaten by a mile on that one.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2025 10:42 AM (CQE5S)

243 a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

**********

There's not really anything new about that. It was standard practice 25 or more years ago in situations where withdrawal of life support was being considered to broach the question "Have you considered organ donation?" with the family.

Am I missing something here?

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:42 AM (HOX+I)

244 Damn Chinese!

Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
HOLY SMOKES: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just revealed that the Chinese said during their closed-door talks that they IGNORED their trade commitments under Biden because they knew he was weak.
"The Chinese delegation basically told us that once President Biden came into office, they just ignored their obligations."
"We had an excellent trade agreement with China and the Biden administration chose not to enforce it."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 12, 2025 10:42 AM (L/fGl)

245 But what's with the fence? It's kinda ratty looking. Doesn't look like it could keep anything in or out. A good sneeze would cause the thing to fall apart

It adds to the realism of the painting

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:42 AM (PcTds)

246 >>Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then.

Talk about ghouls.
- - - -

Yes.
About 10 years ago, when I renewed my drivers license, they flipped my organ donor status. I caught it during the review, as they had also managed to mess up my new address. So the clerk corrected it. Well, the address. The organ donor status remained wrong. I had to reject it again to get them to change it back to what it had been before. I was left with the suspicion that they were doing this to a lot of people - it was such an odd thing to be changed, without any discussion, much less permission. And then the refusal to change it back without a lot of pushback from me (and it made the process twice as long as usual).

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 10:43 AM (ke82b)

247 The time to remove the "organ donor" option from your drivers license was yesterday.

By all means, let's destroy an extremely valuable program based on rumors, or at worst, a few really horrible examples that need to be severely punished.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 12, 2025 10:43 AM (s8j++)

248 It should be noted that the US paying higher drug prices than Canada and the EU helps prop up their socialist health care systems.

==

and US politicians!

Posted by: runner at May 12, 2025 10:43 AM (g47mK)

249 YES!! Thank you for displaying something that relates to the real world instead of showing a chaotic melange of garbage.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 12, 2025 10:43 AM (hKoQL)

250 That's what dad always replied whenever I accused him of being a racist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May

When I was in college (it was the 80's) it was a thing to wear small badges that had some kind of slogan on it. I had one that read "I'm not prejudiced, I hate everyone" I still have that button. Had another one that had a picture of Judy Garland as Dorothy that read... "Auntie Em, hate you, hate Kansas, took the dog."

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:44 AM (2J/Lj)

251 With all of my health issues, I don't think anybody's gonna want my organs when I kick.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

252 Am I the only one who deliberately checks the links Akbar posts?
I always have to see what nonsense he's going on about. And it's hilarious.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: BifBewalski - close tags for the win at May 12, 2025 10:44 AM (MsrgL)

253
I got beaten by a mile on that one.
Posted by: m at May 12, 2025 10:42 AM (CQE5S)

It's ok.

No one reads my comments anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

254 You know, like in Walmart.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

*********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:45 AM (HOX+I)

255 How many livers does that woman need?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 12, 2025 10:33 AM (l3YAf)

Let's see, 365 days in a year, add 10% for a factor of safety, carry the one....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2025 10:45 AM (VoAdT)

256 >>"The Chinese delegation basically told us that once President Biden came into office, they just ignored their obligations."
"We had an excellent trade agreement with China and the Biden administration chose not to enforce it."

Translation: Negotiate all you want, Trump, we'll just ignore it at the earliest opportunity our Democrat friends give us.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 10:45 AM (ke82b)

257 Sponge, not true. I always read your comments.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (NVNRw)

258 Thankfully, the ladies of the region bring the BEST of both nations together: https://tinyurl.com/mwtuf25k

They aren't Swedes, but they'll do.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 12, 2025 10:05 AM (JCZqz)

One on the right is a cutter. Does it for attention, or else she’d hide those scars.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (l3YAf)

259 The time to remove the "organ donor" option from your drivers license was yesterday.

By all means, let's destroy an extremely valuable program based on rumors, or at worst, a few really horrible examples that need to be severely punished.
Posted by: Archimedes

-

You nailed it.

Valuable.

If it's valuable, they will pay for the organs.

See also: $1200+ units of blood that were given to them for free by people who still believe we live in Heritage America.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (SHl2J)

260 I still have all my campaign and commie buttons.
From Jimmy in '76 through Clinton in '96.
I voted for Gore in 2000 even though I hated him and couldn't stand Lieberman z"l. What a whiner!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

261
Translation: Negotiate all you want, Trump, we'll just ignore it at the earliest opportunity our Democrat friends give us.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 10:45 AM (ke82b)

Dems are already threatening other countries that are negotiating with Trump for when they come back to power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)

262 Tish James is sneaky!

Letitia James Hides From Trump DOJ By Painting Herself Bronze And Standing Very, Very Still In Times Square

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

263 >>How many livers does that woman need?

I'm guessing it's that she wants to exploit all avenues of commodifying US citizens - even in death, there's a way to squeeze more money out of them!
See also: ghouls at PP commodifying the heck out of abortion.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 10:47 AM (ke82b)

264 Where or where has Mannix gone?
Long time passing...
Posted by: Bulg

New job intrusion, iirc.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 12, 2025 10:47 AM (4dDXL)

265 Sponge, not true. I always read your comments.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (NVNRw)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

266
There's not really anything new about that. It was standard practice 25 or more years ago in situations where withdrawal of life support was being considered to broach the question "Have you considered organ donation?" with the family.

Am I missing something here?

***
Um...is "Am I missing something here?" intentional? As this comment is coming from Muldoon, there is a strong possibility.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:47 AM (PcTds)

267 A good sneeze would cause the thing to fall apart

***********

Riiiiii...colaaaa

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:48 AM (HOX+I)

268 Sponge, not true. I always read your comments.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (NVNRw)

*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
====
I skim.

What do I get?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

269 I skim.

What do I get?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

270 I would prefer a picture of a Swiss Milkmaid milking.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (n17eQ)

My recommendation is that you do not do an internet search.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:49 AM (6M5My)

271 One thing good about getting old is that there's so much mileage and wear on your organs that nobody would want them. Nobody transplants a leaky, 300,000 mile carbonized engine into their vehicle.

Posted by: U-Pull-It at May 12, 2025 10:49 AM (G5+As)

272 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2025 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

I have a Carter button that is holographic. My grandma was a Democrat. Carter caused that woman to vote for Reagan. I got the button when she died. My cousin got her still unopened can of Billy Beer!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:49 AM (2J/Lj)

273 If you squint real hard and cross your eyes, you can decode the secret message in the leaves of the big tree.

Don’t forget to pay your Haseltine.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 12, 2025 10:50 AM (K+s1B)

274 A good sneeze would cause the thing to fall apart

Just heard from a bud that he now has a rippin' hernia due to a sneeze.

He is a weight lifter, so I'm sure it was a long time in the making and the sneeze just beat weights to it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)

275 "You can't take it with you" they always say about accumulating things in life.

But I can take my blood and organs with me.

Take that, you vampires, sawbones, and organ harvesters!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 12, 2025 10:50 AM (sYVcz)

276 Um...is "Am I missing something here?" intentional? As this comment is coming from Muldoon, there is a strong possibility.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

*********

Oh, you mean "like a kidney?"

(Funny, but that was not my intent)

Posted by: muldoon at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (HOX+I)

277 Madame Mayhem, it sounds like your place would be a lovely site for a MoMe itself.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

278 enery, guys in lederhosen and hats with feathers

Festive little hats!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (C24zm)

279 I skim.

What do I get?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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A slap and a tickle?!?!?

Posted by: lin-duh at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (zzdnM)

280 "We want Iran to be happy and wealthy and great..."

Why does the US president want major sponsor of terror in the world - from Yemen to Argentina and Venezuela, to be wealthy and great ? Who the fk is doing the Iran policy ??

Posted by: runner at May 12, 2025 10:52 AM (g47mK)

281 And to top things off, the water is turned off till 5 PM due to construction.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

282 280 "We want Iran to be happy and wealthy and great..."

Why does the US president want major sponsor of terror in the world - from Yemen to Argentina and Venezuela, to be wealthy and great ? Who the fk is doing the Iran policy ??
Posted by: runner at May 12, 2025 10:52 AM (g47mK)

Pretty sure he means the people not the Mullahs...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 12, 2025 10:52 AM (VE6XX)

283
Pretty sure he means the people not the Mullahs...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 12, 2025 10:52 AM (VE6XX)

"But, my hair is already on fire......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 12, 2025 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

284 From the Bee.

***
National Treasure
and
adjacent to the
Restoration of Free Speech Project - purchase of x by Musk.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:53 AM (PcTds)

285 I would prefer a picture of a Swiss Milkmaid milking.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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My recommendation is that you do not do an internet search.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Is safe for hmoe, but not work. The Admiral would approve.

Link goes to shutter stock.
https://is.gd/NT5jvc

Posted by: BifBewalski - close tags for the win at May 12, 2025 10:54 AM (MsrgL)

286 Speaking of Iran, there was an interesting article in the Morning Report talking about how the Shah's son is now kissing up to the IRGC.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

287 >Why does the US president want major sponsor of terror in the world - from Yemen to Argentina and Venezuela, to be wealthy and great ?

---

I think his idea of Iran is, the mullahs' bodies hanging upside down in public, the people free, and the Iranian royal family returned

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 10:55 AM (AOsQT)

288 Ugh... I just drove my mom into downtown Houston.... I hate Houston. I'm from Austin so that's saying something!

Posted by: lin-duh at May 12, 2025 10:55 AM (UNzql)

289
Oh, you mean "like a kidney?"

(Funny, but that was not my intent)
***

Yes 😊

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (PcTds)

290 If you want to know the truth in any article it will be found either around the 12th paragraph or nowhere. Ignore headlines. And definitely ignore or vehemently disbelieve the first five or six paragraphs of any "story".
Posted by: ... at May 12, 2025 10:30 AM (M/gGe)

I read legacy media stories last paragraph first. Usually makes the beginning of the story make no sense.
A career DOD employee taught me to do it when I was about 10 y.o. folding newspapers for my paper route some 45 years ago.
That was a pivitol moment in my life.

Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (xcIvR)

291 Red Cross is enroute to pick up Edan Alexander

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (NVNRw)

292 I toured the Art Galary in Old Town this weekend and ran into a painter/collage guy that I found remarkably amusing. His 'Waking up from Anesthesia' paintings made me laugh out loud. His name is Peter Seligman. Check it out at theartleague.org.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (n17eQ)

293 Except me. I hate everyone equally.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:37 AM (2J/Lj)

Indeed.

Posted by: ... at May 12, 2025 10:57 AM (M/gGe)

294 Woohoo!!!
French Toast for breakfast.
With blueberries!!!
Back later.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 12, 2025 10:57 AM (W/lyH)

295 I just read the review of P. K. Dick’s “Ubik” from Sunday’s book thread (I was in church). The insight hit me…UBIK is a form of the Tetragrammaton. It even has 4 letters. I am going to have to re-read “UBIK” (It is always all caps in the covers - such as a spray can of UBIK spraying a fine red mist - oh my, there’s another insight right there). Now if you don’t know what the Tetragrammaton is, never mind: read the book. If you do know what it is, never mind: read the book. I am going to re-read the book.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 12, 2025 10:57 AM (/HoPU)

296 Red Cross is enroute to pick up Edan Alexander

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (NVNRw)

Are you sure they weren't holding him the entire time?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 12, 2025 10:57 AM (6M5My)

297 Madame Mayhem, it sounds like your place would be a lovely site for a MoMe itself.
Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA. Oh damn, that's funny!

But seriously though, what part of "I hate everyone" did you miss?
I used to host a big family reunion here every year or two. I hated it. When my dad died, I quit hosting it.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 12, 2025 10:58 AM (2J/Lj)

298 After this I get to drive to San Antonio to drop her off to stay with her friend.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 12, 2025 10:58 AM (Qocrl)

299 Woohoo!!!
French Toast for breakfast.
With blueberries!!!
Back later.
Posted by: Diogenes

What, no maple syrup? If CBD's gonna punish us on Thursday anyway, might as well do something to deserve it.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

300 CBD, I put nothing past that fucking group.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:59 AM (NVNRw)

301
"all over the place on that land" on land like this sounds like the ideal childhood to me.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 10:39 AM (PcTds)

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

As a kid it was great. We were only there for about a year and half. One time my brothers and I played hooky from school on Valentine's day and hid out in the barn eating the candy we were supposed to take to school.

Unfortunately the house was old and uninsulated and had a rickety old furnace that started smoking and ended up putting my mom in the hospital for a month from breathing in the fumes.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 12, 2025 10:59 AM (Vh9CX)

302 294 Woohoo!!!
French Toast for breakfast.
With blueberries!!!
Back later.
Posted by: Diogenes

A life of privilege, that is. Nothing but yesterday's coffee and toaster leavin's here.

Posted by: Poor, But Proud at May 12, 2025 10:59 AM (G5+As)

303 Red Cross is enroute to pick up Edan Alexander

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2025 10:56 AM (NVNRw)

Are you sure they weren't holding him the entire time?
***
High quality snark right here.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 11:00 AM (PcTds)

304 Senator Hillary and the push for “recent” organ donations:

“I’m not dead yet…”
“Never mind, get on the cart!”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 12, 2025 11:01 AM (/HoPU)

305 >>Now if you don’t know what the Tetragrammaton is, never mind: read the book. If you do know what it is, never mind: read the book. I am going to re-read the book.

Not a happy book.
It felt kinda like Shutter Island - confusing until the end, and then UGH.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 11:01 AM (ke82b)

306 alright
1 800 GOT JUNK is on the way

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 12, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)

307 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

308 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2025 11:01 AM (omVj0)

309 285 Is safe for hmoe, but not work.

what about hlarry and hcurley?

Posted by: anachronda at May 12, 2025 11:04 AM (sGtp+)

310 Madame Mayhem, it sounds like your place would be a lovely site for a MoMe itself.
Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA. Oh damn, that's funny!

But seriously though, what part of "I hate everyone" did you miss?
I used to host a big family reunion here every year or two. I hated it. When my dad died, I quit hosting it.
***
This is so good! I think he was referring to the physical locations you mentioned.

The reason I love it is because both statements are true yet contradictory. Shows the quality of life.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 11:04 AM (PcTds)

311 Habemus Noodam.

Posted by: Bulg at May 12, 2025 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

312 Duality not quality!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 12, 2025 11:06 AM (PcTds)

313 >>Senator Hillary and the push for “recent” organ donations:

“I’m not dead yet…”
“Never mind, get on the cart!”
- - - -

It's a wonderful and necessary thing, but how could it not be as corrupted as every other healthcare service when you hear Hillary is involved?

Back in the early 90's we had an elderly family member awaiting an organ, He waited patiently with a pager. Then he was hospitalized and some ugly truths came out, including that they had no intention of giving him the transplant. It was a farce to keep him optimistic while they hoped he would just die already.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 12, 2025 11:06 AM (ke82b)

314 I looked up the name and see that Knights of Voitsberg called it Von Vahrn when they acquired the local castle in 1277. What I found interesting is that a small percentage of the citizens speak Ladin as a first language, which is a "mountain language" that came from Latin. There were Italian immigrants that spoke that in the UP.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 12, 2025 11:12 AM (fxCK2)

315 Lizzie -

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus—humility, happiness, and holiness.

- C. H. Spurgeon, from “Morning and Evening: Daily Reading - excerpt from Morning Reading for May 12.

UBIK being the Teragrammaton changes the meaning of the book entirely: it’s not sad; it is humbling, happy, and holy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 12, 2025 11:13 AM (/HoPU)

316 191 ShainS

Senator Hillary Clinton and NYC did a pilot study for 'encouraging' organ donations from the very recently dead. Yes they were going to hit up families right there and then. Talk about ghouls.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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>CHIP - First Lady Hillary Clinton's brainchild in the aftermath of the failing of passage of her healthcare reform work, this Legislation to create CHIP was co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. (Wikipedia)

Forever, Hillary Clinton seems to have more than a passing interest in controlling people's' bodies, minds and lives.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 12, 2025 11:14 AM (NFX2v)

317 Sorry, autocucumber changed Lizzy to Lizzie, and I didn’t catch it. See you in the next thread: God bless you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 12, 2025 11:15 AM (/HoPU)

318 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 12, 2025 11:13 AM (/HoPU)

Thanks. I have liked very much the Spurgeon which I have read.

How are you doing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2025 11:25 AM (42Vb+)

319 I really like this painting for some reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2025 11:31 AM (bss/y)

320 I see Vahrn is in South Tyrol, in Italy, not far south of the famous Brenner Pass. Not to be confused with Tyrol, which is the Austrian part of Tyrol, which borders South Tyrol on the north.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 12, 2025 03:24 PM (hOOi9)

321 If a Eco-Freak fell out of a tree and landed on his head would anybody notice?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 12, 2025 04:41 PM (wGqjj)

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