Mid-Morning Art Thread

A moonlit lane
John Atkinson Grimshaw

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

2 kool

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 23, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

3 Some headless dude on horseback is due any minute now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

4 F'n front page jumping bs. Constantly reloading.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 09:32 AM (5WDkb)

5 I'm not seeing any happy little trees.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 23, 2025 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

6 Where would you hang THAT??

Posted by: tubal at June 23, 2025 09:32 AM (PCK5/)

7 Lot essay
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893)
A Moonlit Lane
signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw 1874' (lower left)
oil on board
21 ½ x 17 1/8 in. (54.6 x 43.5 cm.)

Price realised
USD 396,500
Estimate
USD 250,000 – USD 400,000

Closed:
31 Oct 2017

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

8 It was a dark and stormy night....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (odmkN)

9 Like it, but once I scrolled down to the person with a child it turned a little menacing.

Why aren't you in bed, little one?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (6o/o0)

10 Dark and dreary...

Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

11 I love this!
Definitely would hang.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

12 My phone's background.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

13 I see snipers ...

Posted by: The lad in the painting at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (0sNs1)

14

Nice, but I prefer Priscilla Lane...

"Oh Mortimer!!!!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (x0n13)

15 That's a big effing house they're walking toward.

Posted by: Eeyore at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (od0dV)

16 Creepy, very very creepy.

Posted by: tubal at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (PCK5/)

17 Where would you hang THAT??
Posted by: tubal at June 23, 2025 09:32 AM (PCK5/)

Obligatory: on the side of your windowless van, next to the free candy sign.

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (yC5D1)

18 Kid is making moves on the local street walker. This kid is special.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (FmapG)

19 Whew. We're done with fashion...

Posted by: Person who only wears jeans at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (rqEUB)

20 Where would you hang THAT??
Posted by: tubal at June 23, 2025 09:32 AM (PCK5/)

In a morgue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

21 I like this mainly for the composition. It’s subject focus is balanced so well that it subconsciously presents an aesthetic feel.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (VofaG)

22 Some of his works look like a BW photo with color retouch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

23 Big thing on FB, is asking people is they'd drive down this creepy looking dirt road.

Yeah. Twice a day, minimum.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (5WDkb)

24 It's really good.

Serves no purpose, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Remarkably well done. I can almost hear this painting.

Posted by: Doof at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (B5+rm)

26 And that poor child was never seen again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 23, 2025 09:35 AM (7fElN)

27 Looks a tad creepy but well done. I like it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 23, 2025 09:35 AM (WPL6O)

28 >>John Atkinson Grimshaw

Oh, another one from Grimmy!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (6o/o0)

29 Off in the distance, one can hear rehearsals of "Puttin' on the Ritz."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

30 The trees were angry that night, my friends...

Posted by: George Costanza at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (rqEUB)

31 My house is just a little further, my dear, said the witch…

Posted by: tubal at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (PCK5/)

32 AhhhhhhhhhROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Werewolves of London at June 23, 2025 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

33 Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 23, 2025 09:33 AM (odmkN)
-

I responded to your post on JJ's.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 23, 2025 09:37 AM (NC42u)

34 Very atmospheric painting and I like the clouds and moon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 23, 2025 09:37 AM (2GCMq)

35 "John Atkinson Grimshaw"

Sounds like the first line of a limerick...

Posted by: Hint, hint at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (rqEUB)

36 “And this place, my wee little John, is where you are allowed to bark at the moon.”
-Ozzy Osbourne’s dad, maybe

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (yC5D1)

37 Off in the distance, one can hear rehearsals of "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

All I hear is the sound of thunder.

Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

38 Looks like the setting for a Universal monster movie of the '30s or '40s. (Not an insult; they did a fine job setting atmosphere in films like Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)

39 Reminds me of a good mystery novel.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 23, 2025 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

40 This is pretty good. Lots of moonlight. There's even a house hiding back there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 09:39 AM (6iGXV)

41 Very nice.

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2025 09:40 AM (fV+MH)

42 37 Off in the distance, one can hear rehearsals of "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

All I hear is the sound of thunder.
Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
******
I hear an owl.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 23, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

43 It's alright ... I won't make you listen to Queensrÿche.

Posted by: The adult in the painting at June 23, 2025 09:40 AM (0sNs1)

44 The technique to make the viewer feel the wetness of the street and dampness of the night is fantastic iMO.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:41 AM (VofaG)

45 Now this is a nice painting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 23, 2025 09:41 AM (cVDqY)

46 A moonlit lane
John Atkinson Grimshaw

**********

Emily Litella, art aficionado. - a limerick

A masterfully done moonlit scene
Not midnight nor dawn. In between.
Geimshaw, as you can see
Has a style that seems to be
Delicately hand-etched on baleen

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 09:41 AM (poXs5)

47 There is a short story by one Alfred Noyes called "Midnight Express." This painting reminds me of that story (though the tale does not involve a moonlit lane, but rather a deserted railway platform at night).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:42 AM (omVj0)

48 Grimshaw's got a lot of works like this. Some of his paintings of Glasgow's docks are pretty cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 23, 2025 09:42 AM (Q4IgG)

49 Maybe the little boy got lost while Walking to the graveyard to visit his dead parents. The nun from the church walked out to fetch him from the grave of his mother, where he liked to go when he felt lonely. It’s dark and drippy and they are heading back to the orphanage.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 09:42 AM (mT+6a)

50 Like a whale?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 09:42 AM (6iGXV)

51 Interesting, unusual composition.

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2025 09:43 AM (fV+MH)

52 Kid is making moves on the local street walker. This kid is special.
Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (FmapG)

“Hey lady, how much?”
$20, same as in town
“Do you take Monopoly money?”
*sigh* Yes

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:43 AM (yC5D1)

53 44 The technique to make the viewer feel the wetness of the street and dampness of the night is fantastic iMO.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:41 AM (VofaG)
********
That's exactly what I love about it.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 23, 2025 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

54 Big thing on FB, is asking people is they'd drive down this creepy looking dirt road.

Yeah. Twice a day, minimum.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025

***
There are wagon or carriage tracks in the road here. Since the painting is from 1874, those can't be tire tracks from cars. Maybe bicycle tracks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:45 AM (omVj0)

55 In December or January, this could be at 4:30PM!

Posted by: DST, FTW! at June 23, 2025 09:45 AM (G5+As)

56 Amazing use of light and shadow.

Reminds me of Magritte;s Empire of Light

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 23, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

57
“Hey lady, how much?”
$20, same as in town
“Do you take Monopoly money?”
*sigh* Yes

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:43 AM (yC5D1)

This is about that Neil Diamond song, isn't it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

58 I love it. I would hang it in my house where every could see and be terrorized by it.

Posted by: huerfano at June 23, 2025 09:45 AM (n2swS)

59 Maybe the little boy got lost while Walking to the graveyard to visit his dead parents. The nun from the church walked out to fetch him from the grave of his mother, where he liked to go when he felt lonely. It’s dark and drippy and they are heading back to the orphanage.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025

***
You're right, Nurse, the adult figure does look as if she's wearing a nun's habit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

60 Kind of late to be out with a toddler...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (VE6XX)

61 35 "John Atkinson Grimshaw"

Sounds like the first line of a limerick...
Posted by: Hint, hint at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (rqEUB)

John Atkinson Grimshaw
Tired of pulling a rickshaw,
So he gathered up some whale parts
And practiced at the carving arts,
And instead he's now tired of scrimshaw.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (VoAdT)

62 I'm picturing one of the "What We Do in Shadows" guys coming out of the gate, seeing the people, and saying, "This damn weather makes me not want to eat ANYONE".

Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (t0Rmr)

63 Grimshaw should take advantage of his name for marketing and do some art carving on whale bones.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (VofaG)

64 1874? So, that little child could be Vic?

Posted by: RIP, Vic at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (G5+As)

65 Well the legs are bare.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (6iGXV)

66 The wall along the right looks much as if it's lit from within. Probably it's white stone or even marble, but it seems to be glowing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (omVj0)

67 "Call me Grimshaw, he said while holding a femur."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (mlg/3)

68 1874? So, that little child could be Vic?

Posted by: RIP, Vic at June 23, 2025 09:47 AM (G5+As)

I remember those days......

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at June 23, 2025 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

69 You're right, Nurse, the adult figure does look as if she's wearing a nun's habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

Can't be a Nun.. Dress is too short....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 09:48 AM (VE6XX)

70 This is a very nice painting. The moon breaking the cloud cover is wonderful. Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 23, 2025 09:48 AM (gWfAG)

71 Off in the distance, one can hear rehearsals of "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

I offer this peppy little Moon tune as an alternate

https://youtu.be/XonHIXdA2Zg

Posted by: Doof at June 23, 2025 09:49 AM (B5+rm)

72 Huh.

Embiggening makes it smaller.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Looks like the are both wearing rain coats.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (VofaG)

74 They didn't have streetlights in 1874?

Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

75 Looking at other works by Grimshaw, I see he really did go for the nocturnal and atmospheric. Very much the kind of atmosphere and handling of light that would have gone with a Sherlock Holmes story, or a Poe, or an M.R. James.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (omVj0)

76 72 Huh.

Embiggening makes it smaller.
Posted by: Sponge

That’s what she said?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (mT+6a)

77 The wall along the right looks much as if it's lit from within. Probably it's white stone or even marble, but it seems to be glowing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Orcs nearby.

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (yC5D1)

78 What color are their shoes?

Posted by: davidt at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (i0F8b)

79 🎵Rainy days and Mondays🎵

Posted by: redridinghood at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (NpAcC)

80 There is a creepy house you can barely see through the trees.

2:1 Vampire House
4:1 Werewolf House
8:1: Tentacle Monster House

Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (t0Rmr)

81 As my grandson would say, "Those are scary trees."

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (PMtkd)

82
That’s what she said?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (mT+6a)

Get out of my bedroom!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

83 9 You're right, Nurse, the adult figure does look as if she's wearing a nun's habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025
*
Can't be a Nun.. Dress is too short....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025

***
Good point. But he or she does seem to be wearing a hood of some kind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (omVj0)

84 What color are their shoes?
Posted by: davidt at June 23, 2025 09:50 AM (i0F8b)

"87-GT-H417: Dried Muck"

Posted by: Glidden Paint Chip at June 23, 2025 09:52 AM (VoAdT)

85 Embiggening makes it smaller.
Posted by: Sponge

That’s what she said?

Hey peoples!

Posted by: Pfizer's non-evil famous product at June 23, 2025 09:52 AM (t0Rmr)

86 ***
Good point. But he or she does seem to be wearing a hood of some kind.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (omVj0)

Ghetto fabulous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

87 Good point. But he or she does seem to be wearing a hood of some kind.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:51 AM (omVj0

I'm thinking it's a Man... Most women wouldn't be out at night with a child that late don't think....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 09:52 AM (VE6XX)

88 Really well done darkness. Don't see this much.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 23, 2025 09:53 AM (n4GiU)

89 You're right, Nurse, the adult figure does look as if she's wearing a nun's habit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

She? She????? You’re assuming the gender of a nun? DURING PRIDE MONTH!!!???

Reeeeeeeee!!!!

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 09:53 AM (yC5D1)

90 The branches at the end of that looming limb look like a 3 and now i can't not see it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 09:54 AM (VoAdT)

91 Somewhere in storage I have a piece of baleen with a fairly simple etching of an Alaskan village scene. Scrimshaw is an interesting technique. Seems like the Alaskan equivalent of whittling wood, a way to pass the time on a winter night with a scrap of whatever's laying around.

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 09:54 AM (poXs5)

92 Looks like they are both wearing rain coats.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025

***
The kind of rubberized raincoat called a "mac" or "mackintosh"? Those appeared in 1824, so it could be both are wearing macs. (A lyric in "Penny Lane" mentions a mac: "And the banker never wears a mac / In the pouring rain, very strange.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 23, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)

93 Lot of famous night paintings. I think Van Gogh had the most.

Casper David Friedrich , Monet , Turner had a few they are known for.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:54 AM (VofaG)

94 867-5309.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 09:55 AM (6iGXV)

95 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (cYBz/)

96 This is nice
Could be a raincoat on the adult

Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (+qU29)

97 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (cYBz/)

What about the rest of us?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

98 Van Goghs night scenes are all very bright, somehow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (VoAdT)

99 Crickets

Posted by: Darth Doodah at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (Vu7A1)

100 I'm thinking it's a Man... Most women wouldn't be out at night with a child that late don't think....
Posted by: It's me donna at June

A mother would be carrying her child in the dark and wet. The woman has her hand on the mid back, gently guiding the little one along the way.

And there’s a church in the background. Perhaps the orphanage is in the back.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 09:57 AM (mT+6a)

101 Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 09:54 AM (poXs

I have a collection of older scrimshaw pocket knives .

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:57 AM (VofaG)

102 Could be a raincoat on the adult
Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2025 09:56 AM (+qU29)

Wearing a raincoat prevents leaving DNA during the rape.

Posted by: Democrat Rapist at June 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

103
That is a depressing scene, full of foreboding. One can easily see something horrifying happening to those two. What happened to things more bucolic?

On that note, may all effort from you result in maximal benefit and subsequent heartburn for the leftwit contingent.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 23, 2025 09:57 AM (hKoQL)

104
The light effects in the clouds are nicely rendered
the two figures alone make for creepy vibe
kind of Halloween-y
a bit monochromatic
I rate this as 'meh'

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 09:58 AM (AOsQT)

105 There are wagon or carriage tracks in the road here. Since the painting is from 1874, those can't be tire tracks from cars. Maybe bicycle tracks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Why wasn't a bicycle made for two side by side instead of inline?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (5WDkb)

106 I like to do twilight paintings. Both sunset and sunrise.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (VofaG)

107 My house is cheerful so this wouldn't work.

Posted by: Case at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (ilX37)

108 On that note, may all effort from you result in maximal benefit and subsequent heartburn for the leftwit contingent.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 23, 2025 09:57 AM (hKoQL)

Sounds like the IRGC got their ration of heartburn last night. And ass-burn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (cVDqY)

109 Why wasn't a bicycle made for two side by side instead of inline?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (5WDkb)

Wouldn't that just be a unicycle with a side car?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:00 AM (VoAdT)

110
Temp check:

84 degrees
65% humidity
Feels Like: It's Gross Out

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 23, 2025 10:00 AM (1msgx)

111 Why wasn't a bicycle made for two side by side instead of inline?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 09:59 AM (5WDkb)

Weight distribution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

112 I want to trim that branch

Posted by: H at June 23, 2025 10:00 AM (2gjbv)

113 That the viewer can make up a whole emotional story in their mind about this painting is a painter’s goal.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:01 AM (VofaG)

114 I've seen this movie...

Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2025 10:02 AM (YwEeS)

115 I believe CBD has used other paintings by this artist and I liked them all. This one is gorgeous. Grimshaw's ability to show natural light and illumination is wonderful: convincing, glowing, and evoking an emotional response from the viewer. Although known for his night time works, his day time landscapes are equally effective.

I can't be the only one who thinks this is what Kinkade was trying to achieve.

Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

116 Would hang

Posted by: Gref at June 23, 2025 10:03 AM (aBgBM)

117 looks like it's nice and C-O-O-L there

not like here

Posted by: kallisto at June 23, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

118 113 That the viewer can make up a whole emotional story in their mind about this painting is a painter’s goal.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:01 AM (VofaG)

This is true

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 10:03 AM (VE6XX)

119 looks like it's nice and C-O-O-L there

not like here
Posted by: kallisto at June 23, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

Well, spoiler alert, it's about to get muggy there!

Posted by: A mugger hiding behind a tree at June 23, 2025 10:04 AM (VoAdT)

120 Caption:

DCI Vera Stanhope escorts a child witness back to the crime scene to see if it will jog her memory.

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:04 AM (poXs5)

121 98 Van Goghs night scenes are all very bright, somehow.

I did a puzzle based on his Cafe at Moonlight painting, and it was so interesting the bright sea green he used to depict the effect of the gas lighting fixtures.

Posted by: kallisto at June 23, 2025 10:04 AM (dCxaZ)

122 100 comment rule

Who thinks Elon missed when he named it RoboTaxi instead of RoboCab

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (AOsQT)

123 I can't be the only one who thinks this is what Kinkade was trying to achieve.
Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

Kinkade gets a bad rap imo. Isn’t it ironic that the more commercial success an artist has the more he’s criticized by the art critics /art world.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (VofaG)

124 dog in lap, so no caps. for everyone complaining about the hot temps, 45 currently and going to 69. beautiful snow capped mountains in view. yes, it's cold and snowy in montana during the winter, but worth it to live here.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (2NHgQ)

125

You think you're scared?
I have to walk back alone!

Posted by: Ed Gein at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (HRQvT)

126 I'm getting more videos of other WNBA teams beating the shit out of Caitlyn Clark, but she apparently has a team mate, Sophie Cunningham, who has been giving them a little back.

And...she actually looks like a woman too...a rather tall one...but quite fetching https://tinyurl.com/4cmw7nuk

Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 10:06 AM (t0Rmr)

127 Something like that is starting in Austin.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:06 AM (6iGXV)

128 looks like it's nice and C-O-O-L there

not like here
Posted by: kallisto at June 23, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

Beautiful morning here. After all the rain, grass is likely going to grow like mad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 23, 2025 10:06 AM (cVDqY)

129 Kinkade gets a bad rap imo. Isn’t it ironic that the more commercial success an artist has the more he’s criticized by the art critics /art world.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (VofaG)

Success brings repetition
Repetition brings familiarity
Familiarity brings contempt

... and Cash brings not giving a crap about some neckbeard's contempt.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:07 AM (VoAdT)

130 100 comment rule

Who thinks Elon missed when he named it RoboTaxi instead of RoboCab
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (AOsQT)

What was it named in Total Recall ?

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:07 AM (VofaG)

131 What "Christie's art auction has to saw about his work- along the lines of what JTB said so well:

https://tinyurl.com/yfkvkmnw

And I'm one of those gauche people who rather likes the work of Kincaide and no, I don't see his stuff very often, don't have it hanging in my house and probably wouldn't buy it, and yes I think Grimshaw was a much better painter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 23, 2025 10:07 AM (2GCMq)

132 >>Somewhere in storage I have a piece of baleen with a fairly simple etching of an Alaskan village scene. Scrimshaw is an interesting technique. Seems like the Alaskan equivalent of whittling wood, a way to pass the time on a winter night with a scrap of whatever's laying around.

There's a scrimshaw store over in Newport. The owner also gives classes to anyone who wants to learn how to do it.

Nantucket used to have one of the best collections of scrimshaw. Sailors spent a lot of time on those whaling ships and they didn't the interwebs or even a game of cornhole.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2025 10:09 AM (viF8m)

133 in Total Recall it was JohnnyCab, so, no

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:09 AM (AOsQT)

134
Hmmmm. I'll allow it

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at June 23, 2025 10:10 AM (5hfjS)

135
"You're scared? I gotta walk back out alone!"

Posted by: Auspex at June 23, 2025 10:10 AM (j4U/Z)

136 Why wasn't a bicycle made for two side by side instead of inline?
Posted by: rickb223

If constructed side by side there'd be no opportunity for backseat driving orders.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 10:10 AM (cYBz/)

137 I'm not sure which malevolent force in the universe is responsible for there not being some major scandal involving Musk so we can all call it ElonGate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:10 AM (VoAdT)

138 The way the wagon tracks disappear indicate the storm has caused the lake level yo rise so that part of the road is underwater. I hope they have their Wellies on.

Galoshes for those of us in the Colonies.

How many different regional names are there for rubber mud/rain boots?

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (poXs5)

139 >>>>Sailors spent a lot of time on those whaling ships and they didn't the interwebs or even a game of cornhole.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2025 10:09 AM (viF8m)
*********
Chumming the pun waters, eh?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (gWfAG)

140 Overshoes

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (poXs5)

141 I can't be the only one who thinks this is what Kinkade was trying to achieve.
Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

Kinkade gets a bad rap imo. Isn’t it ironic that the more commercial success an artist has the more he’s criticized by the art critics /art world.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (VofaG)

I was thinking Margaret Keane.*

*Obscure art joke that nobody gets.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

142 Peter Lorre in the movie "M"?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (xzxTU)

143 in Total Recall it was JohnnyCab, so, no
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:09 AM (AOsQT)

I thought he would just name it XCab

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (VofaG)

144 Mukluks?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (VoAdT)

145 Wouldn't you need two chains?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:12 AM (6iGXV)

146 >>Chumming the pun waters, eh?

Every now and then you have to feed the sharks.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2025 10:12 AM (viF8m)

147 The art!

I like it. Moody, A bit creepy, and just lovely work.
The title checks out!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 23, 2025 10:12 AM (2J/Lj)

148 >How many different regional names are there for rubber mud/rain boots?

Posted by: muldoon
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"Wellies"

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:12 AM (AOsQT)

149 Clodhoppers?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:13 AM (VoAdT)

150 *Obscure art joke that nobody gets.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

Her ex husband got the joke.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:13 AM (VofaG)

151 I have a couple of scrimshaw tie tacks/clips.

I do not, however, have any ties.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 23, 2025 10:13 AM (Q4IgG)

152 Big Panda wants his oil.

@Osint613
·
1h
BREAKING 🔴

China issues warning to Iran after threats to close the Strait of Hormuz:
“The Persian Gulf and nearby waters are vital trade corridors. They must be kept stable and free from disruption.”

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (viF8m)

153 ...or even a game of cornhole.
Posted by: JackStraw

*********

At least that's what they told their wives and girlfriends when they returned from sea.

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (poXs5)

154 I'm getting more videos of other WNBA teams beating the shit out of Caitlyn Clark, but she apparently has a team mate, Sophie Cunningham, who has been giving them a little back.

And...she actually looks like a woman too...a rather tall one...but quite fetching https://tinyurl.com/4cmw7nuk
Posted by: 18-1

She's 6-1.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (5WDkb)

155 How many different regional names are there for rubber mud/rain boots?

Posted by: muldoon
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"Wellies"
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:12 AM (AOsQT)

Galoshes.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (VofaG)

156 >I thought he would just name it XCab

Posted by: polynikes
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he does like the letter X

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (AOsQT)

157
And...she actually looks like a woman too...a rather tall one...but quite fetching https://tinyurl.com/4cmw7nuk
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 10:06 AM (t0Rmr)

She's also a black belt in some karate variant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Regenfußenoberschuhensplashensbootsen!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (VoAdT)

159 Twitter Taxi.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:15 AM (6iGXV)

160 Aw, Fenalon
You’re not gauche because you like Kincaide.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 10:15 AM (5KFR9)

161 Clodhoppers?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Aka, boondockers. Shoes. Roughout suede.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 10:15 AM (5WDkb)

162 152 Big Panda wants his oil.

@Osint613
·
1h
BREAKING 🔴

China issues warning to Iran after threats to close the Strait of Hormuz:
“The Persian Gulf and nearby waters are vital trade corridors. They must be kept stable and free from disruption.”
Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (viF8m)

=======

"A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of oil left inside. Oh bother."
-Winnie the Pooh

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

163 Rainboots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:16 AM (6iGXV)

164 123 ... "Kinkade gets a bad rap imo. Isn’t it ironic that the more commercial success an artist has the more he’s criticized by the art critics /art world."

Agreed. I like Kinkade's popular paintings and to hell with the critics. I've seen some of his earlier works and I like them even more.

Your previous comment "That the viewer can make up a whole emotional story in their mind about this painting is a painter’s goal." That really hits home. That added dimension of deeper connection with the audience is what makes a painting, prose or poem ever more artistic and effective.

Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

165 The level of detail that Kincade could cram into a painting is staggering, the issue I have with Kincade is that the lighting in most Kincade paintings is flat and uniform, which tended to make his paintings, ultimately, uninteresting after the initial viewing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 23, 2025 10:16 AM (XV/Pl)

166 It's a woman and child

Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2025 10:16 AM (+qU29)

167 Kinkade gets a bad rap imo. Isn’t it ironic that the more commercial success an artist has the more he’s criticized by the art critics /art world.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:05 AM (VofaG)

Same with music. Band barely survives in obscurity they’re raw and hip man!! They get a hit and make money and become popular? They sold out man and lost their souls!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:16 AM (/CkK4)

168 "Any Democrat who supports this war with Iran needs to be primaried" - David Hogg

Fetterman just did. 🙄 “As I’ve long maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS,” Fetterman wrote in a post on X

Seems like too many Democratic office-holders are just trying to keep their mouths shut and escape notice

Divisive rhetoric and eating or own always helps the GOP. how convenient that he is raising cash to fund his own PAC to support his views.

This know it all kid sure thinks highly of himself. Maybe he should run for office. Anyone who identifies as a Democrat should SUPPORT DEMOCRATS! And quit trying to constantly undermine and criticize and threaten Dems in congress.

The know it all kid has the support of this retired 63 year old. I am done being nice! we need to support EFFECTIVE Democrats, not just people who cannot let go of power

How about Mr Hogg focus on defeating republicans, not Democrats.

we realize republicans are worthless POS. But also, lame ass Dems need to be smacked down, embarrassed, and cut the hell off.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (JCZqz)

169 It's a hundred billion degrees out, and a touch humid, so probably going to hang out and do little today.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (n4GiU)

170 Off in the distance, one can hear rehearsals of "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

All I hear is the sound of thunder.
Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

How far off?

Posted by: Bob Seeger, humming a song from 1962 at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (wVcYX)

171 She's also a black belt in some karate variant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Taekwondo. She got her black belt at six so I don’t know how legit her skill is if she didn’t continue her training.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (VofaG)

172 Overshoes
Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:11 AM (poXs5)

You trying to turn it into a fashion thread again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

173 DCI Vera Stanhope

ITKYK

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:18 AM (poXs5)

174 The hated of Kincade stems from the accessibility. Anyone can just go out and buy one.

Real art requires you to wait for a gallery event and dress up like a dweeb and talk nonsense with weirdos and eventually grow to question your own sexuality and snack food preferences before setting up a third mortgage to be able to buy a turd smeared on a sheet of OSB.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (VoAdT)

175
Kid is making moves on the local street walker. This kid is special.
Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 09:34 AM (FmapG)

Ya ever get a midnight hammer, lady?

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (yC5D1)

176 6'1 is pretty damn tall for a normal woman. I see she's a guard in the WNBA...the internets says that makes her taller then 99% of women...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (t0Rmr)

177 168 This know it all kid sure thinks highly of himself. Maybe he should run for office. Anyone who identifies as a Democrat should SUPPORT DEMOCRATS! And quit trying to constantly undermine and criticize and threaten Dems in congress.

The know it all kid has the support of this retired 63 year old. I am done being nice! we need to support EFFECTIVE Democrats, not just people who cannot let go of power

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (JCZqz)

=======

No talk about the importance of the issue, just straight partisan politics.

Partisanship makes you stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

178 The Queen in her Wellies

https://tinyurl.com/38fcp8yd

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (AOsQT)

179 Did anyone tell CBD about the attempted maple syrup coup in his absence from yesterday's food thread?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (ITkJX)

180 Why not Midnight Rambler?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:19 AM (6iGXV)

181 Rubbers.

Posted by: Reforger at June 23, 2025 10:20 AM (LgDgc)

182 Ya ever get a midnight hammer, lady?
Posted by: haffhowershower

Have I got some tips for you!!

Posted by: David Wayne DePape at June 23, 2025 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

183 She's also a black belt in some karate variant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Taekwondo. She got her black belt at six so I don’t know how legit her skill is if she didn’t continue her training.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:17 AM (VofaG)

She has perfect balance in the shits vs fucks realm -- takes none of the former and gives none of the latter.

Posted by: Doof at June 23, 2025 10:22 AM (B5+rm)

184 I dropped by an artist's store in a resort town I was in because they were having an exhibit oh and they had AC and I was tired.

The work was competent and interesting but...hundreds to thousands of dollars for art to put on your wall? I'm amazed people spend that much.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2025 10:22 AM (t0Rmr)

185 148 >How many different regional names are there for rubber mud/rain boots?

Posted by: muldoon
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"Wellies"
Posted by: Don Black

Doesn’t LL Bean call them “Ducks?”

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 10:22 AM (0wzNL)

186 "Wellies"
Posted by: Don Black

Doesn’t LL Bean call them “Ducks?”
Posted by: nurse ratched

Shitkickers?

Posted by: Iowa Farmer at June 23, 2025 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

187 She's also a black belt in some karate variant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Taekwondo. She got her black belt at six so I don’t know how legit her skill is if she didn’t continue her training.
Posted by: polynikes

That Maui Thai grip she used on her most famous defense of Clarke? Everyone says guy whose ever pulled a chick's head into his lap knows that grip. And that's what it looked like when she used it.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 10:23 AM (5WDkb)

188 After midnight, we gonna let it all hang out.

Posted by: Eldridge Cleaver and his pants at June 23, 2025 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

189 More childhood fond memories destroyed.

The Netflix goober who reimagined Castlevania and Devil May Cry has gotten their sticky fingered mittens on Duke Nukem.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:23 AM (sZI8v)

190 I like the name Sophie. I would have named our girl spawn Sophie but our neighbors had a really stupid dog named Sophie. The dog came over to visit every day and got lost in my yard every day.
I had a trellis over the end of our walkway that had a vintage door instead of a gate. There wasn't any fence next to it so most people (including us) walked around this goofy trellis. The bees loved the roses on the trellis, so walking thru was a crapshoot. That idiot dog would stand in the trellis and whine for someone to open that door. Instead of walking around it. Just sit there forever whining until she finally went home, getting lost in my backyard along the way.
We got rid of the trellis, the neighbors and their dog moved, and I couldn't bring myself to name our girl spawn Sophie. But I still like that name.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 23, 2025 10:24 AM (2J/Lj)

191 Rubbers.
Posted by: Reforger at June 23, 2025 10:20 AM (LgDgc)

Gumboots.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 23, 2025 10:24 AM (cVDqY)

192 Doesn’t LL Bean call them “Ducks?”
Posted by: nurse ratched

Bean calls them Gumshoes, Bean Boots or Maine hunting shoes.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 23, 2025 10:25 AM (5WDkb)

193 Harris Has Her Eyes on the California Governor's Race

I wonder if she would do anything differently than Newsom

Posted by: SMOD at June 23, 2025 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

194 @184

>>The work was competent and interesting but...hundreds to thousands of dollars for art to put on your wall? I'm amazed people spend that much.

The most I've spent on art is 1k for a Mark Chigall reproduction.

It's 4'x2', the frame is absolutely gorgeous, and much like the rug, it pulls my den together nicely.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 23, 2025 10:26 AM (XV/Pl)

195 BREAKING 🔴

China issues warning to Iran after threats to close the Strait of Hormuz:
“The Persian Gulf and nearby waters are vital trade corridors. They must be kept stable and free from disruption.”

.. 50% of China's oil comes thru the Strait (only 5% to US)

Posted by: SMOD at June 23, 2025 10:27 AM (RHGPo)

196 Kinkade is horrible art for people who have aspirations that exceed velvet Elvises and dogs playing poker but lack the taste to actually do better.

Posted by: notgood at June 23, 2025 10:27 AM (LNUo/)

197 > 91 Somewhere in storage I have a piece of baleen with a fairly simple etching of an Alaskan village scene.

Unless you have solid documentation that it was carved by an Alaska Native and/or an official government determination that it predates 1972, you probably want to keep that out of sight.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:28 AM (qpyNK)

198 I wonder if she would do anything differently than Newsom
Posted by: SMOD at June 23, 2025 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

Work up a graph of a running average of fellations per hour and see what the alpha is. Anything else is just guesswork.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:28 AM (VoAdT)

199 The talk about scrimshaw makes me think of the impulse to create something decorative from scrap materials at hand and simple tools. Whalers on long voyages, chip carving and simple whittling during long Nordic winters, inscribing names or scenes on powder horns, even making quilts or needlework from scraps. It seems to be a very human response to make life more enjoyable.

Is it a big step from that impulse to the more involved art, like today's? Or does it all come from the same source?

Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:28 AM (yTvNw)

200 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful picture. Soothing. Reflective. Subtle. Just like a good scotch!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 23, 2025 10:29 AM (W/lyH)

201 Kamala could not do worse than Gavin.

Could she?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:29 AM (sZI8v)

202 The Netflix goober who reimagined Castlevania and Devil May Cry has gotten their sticky fingered mittens on Duke Nukem.
Posted by: Anna Puma

So it will take purt near 15 years to be released?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 10:29 AM (cYBz/)

203 My house is cheerful so this wouldn't work.
--------------
Yes, that's one of the deciding factors in the hang/wouldn't hang equations.

Posted by: Crusader at June 23, 2025 10:30 AM (TN0g+)

204 So it will take purt near 15 years to be released?

Maybe Netflix will be dead by then

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:30 AM (sZI8v)

205 A moonlit lane
John Atkinson Grimshaw

Now this is art. Beautifully done.

Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 10:30 AM (BIMpQ)

206 The know it all kid has the support of this retired 63 year old. I am done being nice! we need to support EFFECTIVE Democrats, not just people who cannot let go of power

How in the world with all their burning down cities, blocking working people from going to their jobs, mutating children, screaming and yelling at anyone who disagrees, inability to lose an election with grace, hateful speech, banishing people for disagreement, attempts at assassinating members of the other party,

How in the hell do these lame-asses think that they're "nice" put-upon people?

It's just sad.

They all need to self-deport to Zanzibar, where they'll be happy.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2025 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

207 > Is it a big step from that impulse to the more involved art, like today's? Or does it all come from the same source?
Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:28 AM (yTvNw)

Some say that the first art was created by an early hominid squatting in the designated latrine area of the cave -- an outgrowth of the ancient instinct for marking your territory by bodily excretions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:31 AM (qpyNK)

208 I wonder if she would do anything differently than Newsom
Posted by: SMOD

They both do it the same, except he bites just a little.

Posted by: Big Willie B at June 23, 2025 10:31 AM (yC5D1)

209 Kinkade is horrible art for people who have aspirations that exceed velvet Elvises and dogs playing poker but lack the taste to actually do better.
-----------
Ditto for Ansel Adams.

Posted by: Crusader at June 23, 2025 10:31 AM (TN0g+)

210 Zanzibar is too nice for them.

Zimbabwe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:31 AM (sZI8v)

211 Like this one , very moody. Would hang.
Grimshaw sounds like a horror movie name
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 23, 2025 10:32 AM (IG2sK)

212 Scrimshaw Grimshaw.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:34 AM (6iGXV)

213 Winter is coming.

Posted by: toby928 at June 23, 2025 10:34 AM (jc0TO)

214 Ditto for Ansel Adams.
Posted by: Crusader

Oooooo. Gotta disagree with you on that one. Ansel Adams has some beautiful work.

Kinkaide is a hack. Paint by numbers kinda hack.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 10:34 AM (BApYz)

215 Kinkade is horrible art for people who have aspirations that exceed velvet Elvises and dogs playing poker but lack the taste to actually do better.
Posted by: notgood at June 23, 2025 10:27 AM (LNUo/)

I bet you like Kline and Motherwell.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:34 AM (VofaG)

216 I'm not aware if Grimshaw did any book illustrations but I would love to see what he could have done with George MacDonald's "Phantastes" or "A Midsummer Night's Dream". His ability to show a mood or atmosphere would fit in so well with stories like those.

Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:35 AM (yTvNw)

217 190 I like the name Sophie. I would have named our girl spawn Sophie but our neighbors had a really stupid dog named Sophie. The dog came over to visit every day and got lost in my yard every day
____

Sophia means "wisdom". Dog was misnamed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 23, 2025 10:35 AM (Dv3i1)

218 Some have claimed that today's art market is largely driven by money laundering.

You buy a J. Random Fuckwit "painting" done in his own feces for, say, $100, then sell it at auction to an "anonymous bidder" (actually you, through a cutout) for $100,000.

Boom. That $100,000 in drug money now has a seemingly legitimate provenance.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:35 AM (qpyNK)

219 The wagon tracks are from the "Bring out your Dead" wagon. This was painted during London's last cholera epidemic. The sewage lagoon pumps on the Thames were just about to commence, which made the city much more livable.

Posted by: Tide Is High, Holdin' On.... at June 23, 2025 10:35 AM (G5+As)

220 201 Kamala could not do worse than Gavin.

Could she?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:29 AM (sZI8v)
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Hmm, I'd have to think about that. Newsom has vetoed a few bill relating to illegal aliens benefits mainly because he has POTUS aspirations. Kamala does not.

Posted by: WisRich at June 23, 2025 10:36 AM (G0vdT)

221 Harris Has Her Eyes on the California Governor's Race

Sure- she's got her eyes on my 'race'.

Posted by: Gavin Newscum at June 23, 2025 10:36 AM (n9MHj)

222 @190
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 23, 2025 10:24 AM (2J/Lj)

That’s hilarious! I think there was a video very similar to this in the cafe fairly recently.

Posted by: haffhowershower at June 23, 2025 10:36 AM (yC5D1)

223 Supreme Court Rules Fuel Producers Can Contest California’s Emissions Regulations

The 7-2 ruling emphasized that it was not considering the substance of the dispute itself, but solely whether the producers had the legal standing to bring the lawsuit.

The justices in a 7-2 ruling overturned a lower court’s decision to throw out the lawsuit by a Valero Energy (VLO.N) subsidiary and fuel industry groups. The lower court had concluded that the plaintiffs lacked the required legal standing to challenge a 2022 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to let California set its own regulations.

“The government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected bystanders,” conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority.

Posted by: SMOD at June 23, 2025 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

224
hahaha!

"Xanadu" is coming out in 4k.

Get your roller skates on and get ready to dance!

Or not.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2025 10:37 AM (iJfKG)

225 I dated a Swedish tennis player named Sophie. The one time I wasn’t mad they gave sports scholarships to foreigners at my college.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:37 AM (VofaG)

226 Is that Roller Derby?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:38 AM (6iGXV)

227 Roller skates?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0X2cBWq0lA

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:39 AM (sZI8v)

228 @224

>>"Xanadu" is coming out in 4k.

Olivia Newton John will always be Sandy and Michael Beck will always be Swan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 23, 2025 10:39 AM (XV/Pl)

229 Is that Roller Derby?
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 23, 2025 10:38 AM (6iGXV)

Sponsored by the Evelyn Woodhead Sped Reading Course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

230 Or does it all come from the same source?
Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:28 AM (yTvNw)
++++++++
Some say that the first art was created by an early hominid squatting in the designated latrine area of the cave -- an outgrowth of the ancient instinct for marking your territory by bodily excretions.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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I've seen similar speculation that some southwestern petroglyphs (cave art) was the handiwork of ancient native teenagers doing the equivalent of drawing dick pics on a boys' room stall with a Sharpie.

Hence the exaggerated genitals depicted on the fertility imp Kokopelli.

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:39 AM (poXs5)

231 Weight distribution.

And one hand each on a handlebar.

Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (4I7kI)

232 Those du comments are very similar to discussions here. Vote gop no matter what vs primary all the RINOs even if it means Dems win.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (/CkK4)

233 Kinkaide is a hack. Paint by numbers kinda hack.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 23, 2025 10:34 AM (BApYz)

One of my favorite MST3K host segments was when Joel showed his paint-by-number Rothko.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (PiwSw)

234 And much like Michael Bean, Michael Beck should of had a bigger career.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (XV/Pl)

235 209 ... "Ditto for Ansel Adams."

Have to disagree. Adams not only captured impressive scenes, he was a marvel in his developing and printing. His techniques for making a film image was in the same artistic vein as any painter with his paints and brushes. And there was no Photoshop back then.

Posted by: JTB at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (yTvNw)

236 >>"Any Democrat who supports this war with Iran needs to be primaried" - David Hogg

Can someone explain why the war in Ukraine was an absolute necessity to Save Our Democracy(tm) but war with Iran is considered traitorous to the Democrats?

*I can relate to conservatives who don't want to get ensnared in yet another forever war, particularly in the ME.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:41 AM (6o/o0)

237 Hence the exaggerated genitals depicted on the fertility imp Kokopelli.
Posted by: muldoon

See, drawing Biggus Dickus was funny even 3000 years ago.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 10:41 AM (cYBz/)

238 This place.
Love the limericks!

Posted by: Hint, hint at June 23, 2025 10:41 AM (rqEUB)

239 236 Can someone explain why the war in Ukraine was an absolute necessity to Save Our Democracy(tm) but war with Iran is considered traitorous to the Democrats?

*I can relate to conservatives who don't want to get ensnared in yet another forever war, particularly in the ME.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:41 AM (6o/o0)

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It is treason to support Russia in its conflict with Ukraine because Ukraine is almost, sort of, kind of in NATO.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

240 This place.
Love the limericks!
Posted by: Hint, hint at June 23, 2025 10:41 AM (rqEUB)

When you start your own blog........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Hence the exaggerated genitals depicted on the fertility imp Kokopelli.

Except for the fertility goddess figures that have been dug up from Europe to the Middle East with exaggerated breasts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:42 AM (sZI8v)

242 236 >>"Any Democrat who supports this war with Iran needs to be primaried" - David Hogg

Can someone explain why the war in Ukraine was an absolute necessity to Save Our Democracy(tm) but war with Iran is considered traitorous to the Democrats?
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"Follow the money" is always a good rule to start with.

Posted by: WisRich at June 23, 2025 10:42 AM (G0vdT)

243 >>hahaha!
"Xanadu" is coming out in 4k.
Get your roller skates on and get ready to dance!

Heh, we were just reminiscing about 1979. . .

How a-musing!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (6o/o0)

244 "Any Democrat who supports this war with Iran needs to be primaried"
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Neighbor has pennants in their back yard, visible to sidewalk passers-by, with all the countries they perceive are with them in the fight against Trump; Canada, Mexico, EU. Now they have one for the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are nice people, obviously terribly misguided. I'm debating whether to let them know that having the Iranian flag up is no different than flying the flag from Nazi Germany.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (Dv3i1)

245 I shouldn't be up daily until Ace shows up.

Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (+qU29)

246 242 "Follow the money" is always a good rule to start with.
Posted by: WisRich at June 23, 2025 10:42 AM (G0vdT)

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"Trump did a thing, therefore it is bad."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

247 So I went to my nephew's wedding.
Three hour drive to get there... Ugh.
My brother officiating.. Nice!
They wrote their own vows and did rock, paper, scissors to decide who went first... Cute plus ugh.
Our table was right in front of the DJ... Ugh. Very loud ugh.
It was unbearably hot in the venue... Ugh
I nearly passed out changing my grand son's diaper. Not because of the diaper. Because of heat exhaustion combined with sinus issues.... Ginormous UGH!!
My son and my younger brother were almost carrying me out of there to the car. Hubbymayhem fetched the car. We were almost two hours into the trip home before I could stand to turn the A/C fan down. Scared the bejeezus out of Hubbymayhem and the two spawn.

This did nothing to diminish my hatred of weddings. Ugh.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (2J/Lj)

248 Senator Lumpy Fuckerman has gone on record as supporting Trump bombing the Iranian nuclear sites.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:44 AM (qpyNK)

249 Lizzy

Might as well ask then to explain Planck's Constant

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:44 AM (sZI8v)

250 All I hear is the sound of thunder.
Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
******
I hear an owl.
Posted by: redridinghood

The howl of a wolf.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 23, 2025 10:44 AM (j2xV5)

251 Those du comments are very similar to discussions here. Vote gop no matter what vs primary all the RINOs even if it means Dems win.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:40 AM (/CkK4)

Yes and not unexpected. Betrayal is a strong emotion . But I do think the other point of voting for the party is more about pragmatism on our part whereas the left are just an insane borg.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2025 10:44 AM (VofaG)

252 > "Trump did a thing, therefore it is bad."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

Yes. These fuckwits would rather get nuked than admit Trump did something right.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:45 AM (qpyNK)

253 Great pic, great technique. But too spooky to hang in a home.

Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:45 AM (iFTx/)

254 All I hear is the sound of thunder.
Posted by: dantesed at June 23, 2025 09:38 AM

How far off, I sat and wondered.

Posted by: toby928 at June 23, 2025 10:45 AM (jc0TO)

255 The 7-2 ruling emphasized that it was not considering the substance of the dispute itself, but solely whether the producers had the legal standing to bring the lawsuit.
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2 justices reject the silly notion of the right to petition the government.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 23, 2025 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)

256 “Neighbor has pennants in their back yard, visible to sidewalk passers-by, with all the countries they perceive are with them in the fight against Trump; Canada, Mexico, EU. ”

I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine? 🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:46 AM (/CkK4)

257 I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine? 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:46 AM (/CkK4)

And of course no American flag because we [Trump] are the bad guys...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 10:48 AM (VE6XX)

258 >>"Follow the money" is always a good rule to start with.

Yeah, I guess.

It's just funny that Ukraine's conflict with Russia is a local issue, as they've been squabbling over land for years, and this is OUR problem, yet the country that's been chanting "Death to America!" since 1979, and has been using regional proxies to murder Americans since then is somehow off limits.

But yes, a lot of Western oligarchs and politicians are doing shady business in Ukraine, so we must protect that -- and the Democrats are so beholden to the CAIR/Pali wing of their party, and hostile to Israel, that it is inexplicably unthinkable to take out their nukes before they're used on us.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:48 AM (6o/o0)

259
I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine? 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:46 AM (/CkK4)

The video of the Amazon driver chasing the guy flying Trump flags tells you all you need to know about how broken the left is. There's no coming back from that. They're completely deranged.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

260 We had galoshes (they had buckles), rubbers (sort of like rubber gloves for your sneakers), and "barka boots". I don't know if that was from a Boston accent for "Barker".

Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 10:49 AM (1q8GR)

261 Thunder only happens when it's raining.

Posted by: Stevie Nicks at June 23, 2025 10:49 AM (rqEUB)

262 Fundamental truths about human beings, and all human civilizations:

Dick and fart jokes will always be funny.
Images of chicks with big tits are cool.
Fermented beverages rock.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:50 AM (qpyNK)

263 Nicely done. Would hang.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 23, 2025 10:50 AM (w6EFb)

264 Some have claimed that today's art market is largely driven by money laundering.

You buy a J. Random Fuckwit "painting" done in his own feces for, say, $100, then sell it at auction to an "anonymous bidder" (actually you, through a cutout) for $100,000.

Boom. That $100,000 in drug money now has a seemingly legitimate provenance.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:35 AM (qpyNK)
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I'm convinced that ALL high-end markets -- art, classic and exotic cars, wines, etc -- are money laundering and market manipulation.

Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:50 AM (iFTx/)

265 We would also have accepted 'waders'

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:50 AM (poXs5)

266 261 Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Posted by: Stevie Nicks at June 23, 2025 10:49 AM (rqEUB)

Aahhkcthcualy that is false. There is dry lightning that happens without rain.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:51 AM (/CkK4)

267 There is a bit of truth about art = money laundering.

A stolen $10 million painting by an old master can be traded for $1 million in weapons.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2025 10:51 AM (sZI8v)

268 252 > "Trump did a thing, therefore it is bad."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

Yes. These fuckwits would rather get nuked than admit Trump did something right.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 23, 2025 10:45 AM (qpyNK)

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I still don't know what to think of the move.

Did it work? Will there be consequences?

I think it's legal. The 2001 AUMF is still in effect, and Iran obviously fits as a germane target under that language.

I suspect Iran is something of a paper tiger, especially after the last few years where it's promised huge consequences to Israel and delivered almost nothing since 10/7. It's inability to respond well to Israel's first phase of the attack for a week, it's promise of a century's worth of memory for an event that never happened, and even China now telling Iran to not shut down the Strait all shows Iran to be weak.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

269 > Ansel Adams has some beautiful work.
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There was a gallery in Pebble Beach that had a number of his works, and a bunch of repros of just about all of them. Some really striking stuff.

Also expensive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 23, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

270 Modern art blows and is only there to launder money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

271 >>I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine?

Heh, they're going to have to come up with a new yard sign to cram in all their foreign allegiances similar to the "In this house we believe science is real, no person is illegal blah blah blah."

And they make fun of US for wearing a simple US flag pin, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:52 AM (6o/o0)

272 This place.
Love the limericks!

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Ah! My work here is done for today. Bye kids! Have fun storming the castle!

Endeavor to. persevere!

Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:53 AM (poXs5)

273 Ah! My work here is done for today. Bye kids! Have fun storming the castle!

Endeavor to. persevere!
Posted by: muldoon at June 23, 2025 10:53 AM (poXs5)

This sounds very insurrectiony.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

274 They are nice people, obviously terribly misguided. . . . . .
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Sounds like one of my SILs. A pediatric physician.

Very much pro clot shot STILL. Pro Iran, illegal immigration, gay, vegan, etc., etc.

Her daughters are both involved in their learn nothing Master's social work programs. Both have 'boyfriends de jure' of color, and are pole 'dancers'. One has been assaulted by one of her clients. Both had no understanding of any aspect of sex ed when they started college.

It's going to end badly for the girls and SIL, and BIL for that matter. They are going to wonder why it all went to hell.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (cYBz/)

275 I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine? 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:46 AM (/CkK4)
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What's the Mexican flag for? Anti-ICE? I guess this retard doesn't know that the vast majority of these illegals being rounded up aren't Mexican. They're from Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, etc.

Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)

276 What did the doe say when she came out of the woods?

Last time I'll do that for two bucks!

Posted by: Tip your waitress at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (rqEUB)

277 What's the Mexican flag for? Anti-ICE? I guess this retard doesn't know that the vast majority of these illegals being rounded up aren't Mexican. They're from Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, etc.
Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)

It's cute you expect them to actually pay attention to what's going on around them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

278 277 It's cute you expect them to actually pay attention to what's going on around them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

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I want stories of Mexicans who were forced out of their houses after the US bought California and sent south of the Rio Grande.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

279 I saw a house this weekend with a Canadian Mexican and Iranian flag flying. I was thinking where’s Ukraine?

And "ISIL"? Probably available on barackobama.com for Father's Day.

Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 10:56 AM (yzPgp)

280 277 What's the Mexican flag for? Anti-ICE? I guess this retard doesn't know that the vast majority of these illegals being rounded up aren't Mexican. They're from Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, etc.
Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)

Well.. Mexico should be lauded.. After all they did let millions from these Countries cross their border to invade, I mean immigrate to the Us.. They deserve a flag in gratitude....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 10:57 AM (VE6XX)

281 I'm waiting until they all finally say the Confederate flag is cool again.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 23, 2025 10:57 AM (bvE4C)

282
And "ISIL"? Probably available on barackobama.com for Father's Day.
Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 10:56 AM (yzPgp)

"DAESH!!!"

- - - - - John "Reporting For Doody" Kerry

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 23, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

283 His techniques for making a film image was in the same artistic vein as any painter with his paints and brushes. And there was no Photoshop back then.
Posted by: JTB

Not to be That Guy™, but there was. People played around with prints all the time. From 'colorized' prints to double exposure. Sure, that's not what you meant, but still....

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 23, 2025 10:57 AM (mlg/3)

284 What's the Mexican flag for? Anti-ICE? I guess this retard doesn't know that the vast majority of these illegals being rounded up aren't Mexican. They're from Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, etc.
Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)

I assumed it was Tarriffs, same as Canada.
Who knows. These people are mentally ill. It doesn’t have to make any sense.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 10:57 AM (/CkK4)

285 The very same people who are deathly afraid of a ( non-existent ) Christian theocracy have no problem supporting a very real Islamic theocracy.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 23, 2025 10:58 AM (PiwSw)

286 No doubt Hogg loves this dude:

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani slams US bombing of Iran nuclear sites: ‘Dark new chapter’

“Today’s unconstitutional military action represents a dark, new chapter in his endless betrayals that now threaten to plunge the world deeper into chaos,” said Mamdani, who has been closing the gap with frontrunner candidate Andrew Cuomo in recent polls. “In a city as global as ours, the impacts of war are felt deeply here at home.”

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:58 AM (6o/o0)

287 It's going to end badly for the girls and SIL, and BIL for that matter. They are going to wonder why it all went to hell.
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My neighbors youngest daughter has decided she is gay and is headed to University of Alabama. My guess is she will have to adapt to new surroundings. My estimate is she is going full LUGZ and will come around. Her older daughter is shacked up with her black boyfriend. She has real issues. Crazy Quakers can fuck up a lot of minds.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 10:58 AM (FmapG)

288 Our table was right in front of the DJ... Ugh. Very loud ugh.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 23, 2025 10:43 AM (2J/Lj)
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I carry packs of disposable earplugs in the car's arm rest box just for such occasions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 23, 2025 10:59 AM (NC42u)

289 286 No doubt Hogg loves this dude:

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani slams US bombing of Iran nuclear sites: ‘Dark new chapter’

“Today’s unconstitutional military action represents a dark, new chapter in his endless betrayals that now threaten to plunge the world deeper into chaos,” said Mamdani, who has been closing the gap with frontrunner candidate Andrew Cuomo in recent polls. “In a city as global as ours, the impacts of war are felt deeply here at home.”

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 10:58 AM (6o/o0)

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I'd vote for him if I could.

Because NYC deserves a more radical Bill DeBlasio.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 23, 2025 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

290 The very same people who are deathly afraid of a ( non-existent ) Christian theocracy have no problem supporting a very real Islamic theocracy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 23, 2025 10:58 AM (PiwSw)

They don’t even think in those terms.

It’s lizard brain shit. Trump does X, we support the opposite of X. It could be Iran, child molesting illegals, doesn’t matter what it is. If Trump is against it they re for it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 23, 2025 11:00 AM (/CkK4)

291 281 I'm waiting until they all finally say the Confederate flag is cool again.
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You would think this is a natural given their big commitment to running slaves for the monied class.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 11:00 AM (FmapG)

292 >>Because NYC deserves a more radical Bill DeBlasio.

Become London 2.0

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 11:00 AM (6o/o0)

293 >I think it's legal. The 2001 AUMF is still in effect
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Should be one of the perks of being Preznit, you get to bomb the shit out of stuff

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)

294 We in WW3 yet?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 23, 2025 11:01 AM (B9Prs)

295 Can someone explain why the war in Ukraine was an absolute necessity to Save Our Democracy(tm) but war with Iran is considered traitorous to the Democrats?
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They had money in the right places for Ukraine, and in the wrong places for Iran.

Posted by: Crusader at June 23, 2025 11:01 AM (TN0g+)

296 *looks at NYC*

Soon.

Posted by: Snake Plissken at June 23, 2025 11:02 AM (PiwSw)

297 >Become London 2.0

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 11:00 AM (6o/o0)

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I know right
24 years from 9/11, NYC is gonna elect a muslim mayor

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 11:03 AM (AOsQT)

298 I saw a quote from a lefty think tank that insists “Death to America” is just a figure of speech. Riiiiight.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 23, 2025 11:03 AM (3cXfB)

299 NOOD

Posted by: It's me donna at June 23, 2025 11:03 AM (VE6XX)

300 >We in WW3 yet?
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gotta have the quagmire first

Posted by: Don Black. Message: dress that line, soldier at June 23, 2025 11:04 AM (AOsQT)

301 295 Can someone explain why the war in Ukraine was an absolute necessity to Save Our Democracy(tm) but war with Iran is considered traitorous to the Democrats?
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Cuz Lord Obama deemed Iran should be the Hegemon of the Middle East. Or, more correctly, Val Jar told him to deem that as the objective.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 23, 2025 11:04 AM (FmapG)

302 I think it's legal. The 2001 AUMF is still in effect

Nothing's legal until you get a 714-0 vote from the Federal district judges.

Posted by: t-bird at June 23, 2025 11:04 AM (1q8GR)

303 Xanadu left a lot open for further movies. What did the other muses do while the whirlwind romance between the mains happened? Maybe one wasn't a roller disco fan and went and found some keg party in the sticks, fell in love with a biker and became a tattooed biker bitch. They could used skynard as the soundtrack.
One went to a subdivision where she fell in love with a hippy half way to yuppie and help him complete his transition by trading in his VW van for a BMW, getting a hair cut, taking a shower and finding a job at an upstart tech company. Afterwards she gives birth to a daughter named Jennifer. Robert Plant will be the soundtrack.

Posted by: Reforger at June 23, 2025 11:05 AM (LgDgc)

304 I assumed it was Tarriffs, same as Canada.
Who knows. These people are mentally ill. It doesn’t have to make any sense.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

If that's the case, and it's very plausible, something deep in the recesses of their brain decided it was better to not show their support for the Chinese by putting up the flag of the CCP.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 23, 2025 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)

305 Dear Beth Hall Davis,

What have you done to stop the slow-motion genocide of the Uyghurs happening in China right now? What have you done about the slavery in Qatar, where over 1000 perished building the spiffy new World Cup stadium? And more close to home, where is your concern for the children who've been trafficked over our open Southern border for years, with apparently 300k unaccounted for/missing?

If you really cared about current day Holocausts, you'd think this would have crossed your radar.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 23, 2025 11:06 AM (6o/o0)

306
I'm convinced that ALL high-end markets -- art, classic and exotic cars, wines, etc -- are money laundering and market manipulation.

Posted by: (There Can Be Only One) Elric Blade at June 23, 2025 10:50 AM

mattress stores

I can't imagine there's enough market demand for free-standing mattress stores

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 23, 2025 11:08 AM (tljrc)

307
throck buckmorton nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 23, 2025 11:09 AM (tljrc)

308 Dark, spooky.
Would not hang unless I had a dungeon.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 23, 2025 11:44 AM (t/2Uw)

309 Give a round of Bad moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at June 23, 2025 06:15 PM (wGqjj)

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