The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame de Paris, one of the glories of Western culture, burned. Not to the ground, but the devastation was a shock. The magnificent spire, or flèche, was destroyed, as was the wooden supporting structure of the lead roof, which collapsed.

Seeing the destruction soon after the fire was a depressing glimpse at what one could assume was part of the downfall of Western civilization. Construction of this religious and artistic icon took hundreds of years. With the dismal record of our post-modern world, was it any wonder that many people thought that Notre Dame was gone for good, or at least in our lifetimes?

And the clownish French president made it worse, with embarrassing squawking about a new vision for Notre Dame. Was he planning its refurbishment as a mosque?

But the French people gave him a resounding "Non!" Notre Dame was to be rebuilt without modern retouches.

How to do that? The project was immense. Architects and historians and engineers and construction experts and stone masons and carpenters and hundreds of other craftsmen were expected to rebuild this gem with the materials of the 12th century. And on an island in the middle of a huge city! And nobody knew whether the entire structure was stable.

Hundreds of tons of debris had to be removed carefully and cataloged, while ensuring the cathedral wouldn't simply fall into the Seine. Architects had to create plans that duplicated the original. Engineers had to calculate the amazing stresses of a stone building with structural methods not used in centuries. Materials had to be sourced, skilled craftsmen had to be found, the immensely complex task of coordinating all of the thousands of people who worked on the cathedral had to be planned. And how was this to be funded?

10 days after the fire, more than $800,000,000 had been raised from hundreds of thousands of donors! In our sometimes dissolute and decrepit Western world, we saw that Notre Dame was a symbol of much more than the Catholic Church in all of its glory. We saw that it was one of the buttresses of our culture, our moral structure, and the wonderful beauty of three thousand years of Western civilization.

It is also a resounding affirmation of the power of religion: in this case the greatness of the Roman Catholic Church, and the dedication of the Catholics of France and around the world that this wonderful symbol of their church would not fade away.

It is very easy to criticize the Roman Catholic Church, but as a friend who is a devout Catholic has explained, the Church is much more than the Pope and the Vatican and its intrigue and politics. I certainly saw that two days ago!

It is more beautiful than ever, because the reconstruction also included cleaning and refurbishing of the entire cathedral, even the parts that weren't damaged or covered in soot and ash from the fire.

And even better, it was packed! There were many hundreds of people on line to enter the cathedral, even near closing on a hot Paris day. And in the midst of thousands of visitors there was a Diocesan mass* that seemed like it was standing room only.

Is that part of the rumored resurgence of religiosity in France? Is it simply that with tens of thousands of tourists in Paris, there would of course be enough Catholics to fill a mass in the most famous church in the world? Hopefully it is both.

The photograph does not do it justice. It was magnificent. There is a hint that the new stone is simply waiting to get a bit older and fit in with the original, but it is absolutely part of Notre Dame, and there isn't any sense of discordance.

I prefer to see the rebirth of this amazing building to be part of the rebirth of Western culture, and perhaps the death knell of the post-modern malaise that has engulfed us for two generations.

Yes, that sounds amazingly pollyanna-ish, but standing in the midst of this wonderful ode to the West has that effect!

*From this Jew's perspective, it seemed to be a joyful service, and the priest's voice echoing in this magnificent building was both magisterial and strangely personal.

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2025 11:01 AM (+qU29)

2 Have they arrested Frodo for the arson yet?

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2025 11:02 AM (lCppi)

3 Church, children, kitchen.
Also reclining nude.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2025 11:02 AM (8RXzl)

4 burst

Posted by: Big Star at June 24, 2025 11:02 AM (Modkf)

5 I had not heard of any of this. I was wondering what they were going to do. This really makes my day.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at June 24, 2025 11:03 AM (ilHZO)

6 I remember seeing news footage while it was burning. French citizens were standing there, watching it burn, with tears in their eyes. I wondered if that might be a spark (no pun intended) to get people to put the phones down and think about what was really valuable. It may have, but we won't know for awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

7 https://youtu.be/EZJ1IsE7G3E?si=Iym4kSPV1723E1kF

seemed to be a joyful service

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2025 11:05 AM (8RXzl)

8 Wonderful post CBD. Very uplifting, which I appreciate today.

Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 11:05 AM (E7kN+)

9 Willowed, apropos because "You are your own first responder." Christians have to revive the Church and restore Western culture.

***
Good (late) morning, 'rons and 'ettes!

The local news interviewed the church security guard who stopped the shooter in Wayne, Michigan.

https://tinyurl.com/49avvdh2

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2025 11:05 AM (gJoNf)

10 Never thought CBD would become a Pollyanna. Wonders never cease.

Posted by: Mr. Softee at June 24, 2025 11:06 AM (G5+As)

11 Lovely, CBD. I needed something like this & I thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2025 11:06 AM (NFX2v)

12 I've been playing a lot of Roadcraft lately which is a Mud Runner game in which you use heavy equipment to build roads and otherwise help recovery from natural disasters. I guess such construction is cool now. Take Diggerland for example.

https://is.gd/3uszss

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

13 It would have been horrible to modernize this great church!

Posted by: ConstantineXI at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (MDVaQ)

14 My parents said "why do you want to be a stonemason? It's an obsolete craft with no payoff".

Who's laughing now?

Posted by: French stonemason at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

15 That fire was intentionally set. I dont give a shit what the French gov’t says.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (aeiyZ)

16 I am glad for the dedication and enthusiasm of the French who determined and accomplished its rebuilding.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (qgNn3)

17 *thumbs up/like*

Posted by: Everglades Alligators Local 401 at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (36PRH)

18 It's beautiful. Hold it, the French held the fort for Western civilization?!

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (XSDUb)

19 How beautiful!
Thanks for sharing, CBD

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (Splbu)

20 Pollyanna fell from the roof.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (FmapG)

21 /sock off dammit

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (36PRH)

22 It would have been horrible to modernize this great church!

But...but...but so many opportunities were missed. We could have put a George Floyd mural behind the altar!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

23 Wonderful post CBD. Very uplifting, which I appreciate today.

Thanks.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Same here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (XeU6L)

24 They may have used original materials and methods, but I guarantee they used modern equipment. That way it didn't take 200 years to finish.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (pohLc)

25 22 It would have been horrible to modernize this great church!

But...but...but so many opportunities were missed. We could have put a George Floyd mural behind the altar!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

=======

*looks on longingly*
-Hagia Sophia

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (GBKbO)

26 Arrest Frodo? Don’t you mean Mohammad?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (qgNn3)

27 Did the French buy American oak to restore Notre Dame?

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (FmapG)

28 Hubby and I visited many years ago and it was beautiful even with the grime of ages. It looks magnificent today. Hopefully the French realized what they had lost, Notre Dame burnt and their identity with the influx of the muslim hordes and Christianity will bloom again.
Thanks cbd for you in person reporting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 24, 2025 11:10 AM (2NHgQ)

29 Wonderful post, CBD. It almost makes one not totally disagreeable to a trip to Paris.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:10 AM (VB5cq)

30 It is more beautiful than ever, because the reconstruction also included cleaning and refurbishing of the entire cathedral, even the parts that weren't damaged or covered in soot and ash from the fire.

That was one thing, growing up in St. Louis.
There were a lot of churches, and not just Catholic churches that were built in a similar style. Not as big or ornate, but close. They have always held a special place of awe in me.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:10 AM (3xZyM)

31 I've done my part to preserve Western Civilization. Though I don't own a Mercedes, nor have room for a pony, I always invite the Vicar and his lovely wife to my Candlelight Suppers.

Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (G5+As)

32 Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)

33 The Spaniards are also rebuilding (or building) Sagrada Familia. I never liked that style. It felt like I was inside an alien spaceship when I was there.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (aeiyZ)

34 Did the French buy American oak to restore Notre Dame?

I hope so. That let's everyone contribute.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

35 A web search says they used French oak.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (pohLc)

36 32 Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)

======

*weeps bitterly that it wasn't cut down for a solar farm*
-American environmentalists

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (GBKbO)

37 18
‘ Hold it, the French held the fort for Western civilization?!’

Yes. They surely did. In 732.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 11:12 AM (jbnUc)

38 I think there is (are) documentary footage of the craftsmen who were found to restore Notre Dame. They came from all over Europe or even farther, I think.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:12 AM (Splbu)

39 seemed to be a joyful service

The part where they pointed at CBD and said "Oh, Muslim, there is a Jew trying to hide! Ulululululululululu!" was kind of unsettling though.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:12 AM (2ocoG)

40 Great deal on silver maples at SD Bullion, if you're interested. They've been had to find at a decent price, and now the premium's only $1.49.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 24, 2025 11:12 AM (w6EFb)

41 *weeps bitterly that it wasn't cut down for a solar farm*
-American environmentalists
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:12 AM (FmapG)

42 She's looking out for you.

Mayor Karen Bass@MayorOfLA
Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids— but they are.
Now more than ever, they need our support. Shop local and show that we stand with our immigrant communities.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:13 AM (L/fGl)

43
That was one thing, growing up in St. Louis.
There were a lot of churches, and not just Catholic churches that were built in a similar style. Not as big or ornate, but close. They have always held a special place of awe in me.

We aren't Catholic, but we went to the Basilica for a service when my daughter was at Wash U. It was almost empty, although it was in the middle of the week. The structure is breathtaking, but again, it was empty. How sad.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

44 Exact restoration was also helped by precise measurements and images from everyone from visitors to Ubisoft. A bit for tricky for the French gov't to say "well, we don't know exactly how they did it before, so we'll do our modern interpretation" when you get emailed thousands of high def photos of every bit and angle.

Amazingly, if you have enough people donating enough money to pay for the work, you can in fact get the French gov't to back the eff off. *That* was the miracle in the whole rebuild.

Posted by: bittergeek at June 24, 2025 11:13 AM (NFXcl)

45 My church has an off duty policeman standing by in the foyer, in plainclothes, every Sunday, for both morning and evening services. I have thanked him for his service.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:14 AM (qgNn3)

46 24
‘ but I guarantee they used modern equipment. That way it didn't take 200 years to finish.’

Did you know stamped aluminum attached by drywall screws looks exactly like hand crafted stone carvings when its a hundred feet up?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 11:14 AM (jbnUc)

47 Did the French buy American oak to restore Notre Dame?
Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:09 AM (FmapG)

No.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2025 11:14 AM (g8Ew8)

48 St. John's Co-Cathedral in Malta is the most stunning church I've ever visited...mostly funded through the Knights of Malta's booty from raiding the Ottomans!
https://tinyurl.com/4npv7re7

Not as large as Notre Dame, of course, but the amount of embellishment is impressive.

Posted by: Military Moron at June 24, 2025 11:15 AM (JCZqz)

49 How many muzzies were working construction at Notre Dame when the fire broke out?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at June 24, 2025 11:15 AM (17s+e)

50 Mayor Karen Bass@MayorOfLA
Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids— but they are.
Now more than ever, they need our support. Shop local and show that we stand with our immigrant communities.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You're lucky fedgov isn't taking the businesses via asset forfeiture, sugartits. Knowingly hiring illegals is a crime.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:15 AM (3xZyM)

51 32 Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)

Amazing foresight, not expected from the monarchial line known for, "Après moi, le déluge."

I hope they replanted.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:15 AM (VB5cq)

52 Notre Dame, about the only good thing Ubislop has done in a while.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (r+I/B)

53 Thx CBD, great and hopeful post. A resurgence could blunt the one worlder leftists Muslim invasion. In theory
In any event glad to see that beautiful cathedral back

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (pwtJC)

54 Mayor Karen Bass@MayorOfLA
Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids— but they are.
Now more than ever, they need our support. Shop local and show that we stand with our immigrant communities.

But the "immigrant community" is who's destroying the local small businesses. We need to ban ugly lesbians from holding office.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (2ocoG)

55 Thank you for the nice post.

Posted by: Stateless.. 42% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (jvJvP)

56 Hubby and I visited many years ago and it was beautiful even with the grime of ages. It looks magnificent today. Hopefully the French realized what they had lost, Notre Dame burnt and their identity with the influx of the muslim hordes and Christianity will bloom again.
Thanks cbd for you in person reporting.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 24, 2025 11:10 AM

When I was there, I couldn't speak French but a lovely lady beckoned me (and others) to show the details overhead through her camera. I will always remember the beauty of Notre Dame and the holy silence of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (gJoNf)

57 And to think, Parisians have the well-deserved reputation of only caring about French culture, something they've thrown away over the last 20 years, replacing it with mohammedans. Nice to see the Parisians going old school again.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (FoIOl)

58 Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Given your name, I'm sure you know that King George III was very upset to lose The Colonies, because we had the old growth wood they needed for masts and other naval stores.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

59 That was one thing, growing up in St. Louis.
There were a lot of churches, and not just Catholic churches that were built in a similar style. Not as big or ornate, but close. They have always held a special place of awe in me.

We aren't Catholic, but we went to the Basilica for a service when my daughter was at Wash U. It was almost empty, although it was in the middle of the week. The structure is breathtaking, but again, it was empty. How sad.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
==
Been there many times for weekend mass. Decently populated - it is a big church.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2025 11:17 AM (GZYu7)

60 Amazingly, if you have enough people donating enough money to pay for the work, you can in fact get the French gov't to back the eff off. *That* was the miracle in the whole rebuild.

I'm honestly shocked Macron didn't try to fuck with the permits. That's been the go-to strategy for turning Maui and LA into "5-minute cities".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:17 AM (2ocoG)

61 @42 the best way to show support for LA businesses is for all the people who don't work for a living to get a job.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 24, 2025 11:18 AM (36PRH)

62 Mayor Karen Bass@MayorOfLA
Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids

So, you're saying they were profiting from illegal immigration...

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 11:18 AM (cSMYS)

63 Been there many times for weekend mass. Decently populated - it is a big church.

Posted by: Black JEM

Glad to hear it!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

64 And to think, Parisians have the well-deserved reputation of only caring about French culture, something they've thrown away over the last 20 years, replacing it with mohammedans.

France has had a lot of weird election shenanigans in the last 10-15 years. They probably have a copy of the holy-to-the-WEF Atlanta Toilet installed somewhere.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:19 AM (2ocoG)

65 I visited Notre Dame in 1990.
Very beautiful, and not many tourists.

Pre-'no go zones', but there were rumblings about the African immigrants at the time.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 24, 2025 11:19 AM (ufFY8)

66 Yes, it was beautiful to see the French stop the (sadly predictable) call to "modernize" and "re-visualize" Notre Dame as just another progressive "tolerant" (e.g. secular) building.

Je suis Charlie Hebdo!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (6o/o0)

67 42- I'm just glad she said "shop local" rather than "shoplift local."

Do you know what else is harming local businesses, Karen? Your total disregard of the rampant criminality in your city.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (VB5cq)

68 Given your name, I'm sure you know that King George III was very upset to lose The Colonies, because we had the old growth wood they needed for masts and other naval stores.
Posted by: Archimedes

Had GIII not been a dick, he wouldn't have lost the Colonies.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (3xZyM)

69 Oh the powers that be would love turning Notre Dame into a mosque

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (+qU29)

70 I do think (and pray) that Catholicism in France is getting stronger after being in decline for so long.

In Germany however, they are on the brink of heretical schism.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (Splbu)

71 31 I've done my part to preserve Western Civilization. Though I don't own a Mercedes, nor have room for a pony, I always invite the Vicar and his lovely wife to my Candlelight Suppers.
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket

But nothing can ever compare to a riverside dinner with riparian entertainment.

Posted by: The Vicar of Dibley at June 24, 2025 11:21 AM (NFX2v)

72 Awesome! Now do Hagia Sophia

Posted by: Rando del Ashalle at June 24, 2025 11:21 AM (eCuBP)

73 Hopefully France will summon the will to save itself but it will be difficult. National Rally (Le Pen, Bardella) was making an effort but the party is too much in favor of open borders to save the culture. Reconquest (Éric Zemmour and Sarah Knafo (it's gross and disgusting, but it's France)) is more Trumpian regarding immigration.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 24, 2025 11:21 AM (MMp6W)

74 >>Mayor Karen Bass@MayorOfLA
Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids

No: Our local small businesses shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the ~~Trump Administration’s reckless immigration raids~~ California's policy of encouraging and rewarding illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (6o/o0)

75 I know math is generally frowned on here but Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

https://is.gd/6t7b8b

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (L/fGl)

76 One of the most striking churches I’ve been in is La Compania in Quito. The entire interior is covered in gold leaf. It looks like a movie set from an Indiana Jones movie. They do not allow photography of any kind. I did not obey.

https://tinyurl.com/mrat36nn

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (aeiyZ)

77 One of my bucket items reads see the great cathedrals. Not because they are religious buildings but because they embody in physical form something greater than any individual which in a circular argument arrangement gets at the heart why these have could only be monuments to a Supreme Creator. When Notre Dame caught fire even I who have never been there felt a profound sense of loss; such is the power of sacred places be they natural or made by man's hand. That it was restored using its timeless techniques preserved its soul.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (NXz8h)

78 Also, happy feast of St John the Baptist to all!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (Splbu)

79 Had GIII not been a dick, he wouldn't have lost the Colonies.

I think it was inevitable, though. Communication was too slow, and British kings knew nothing of the American experience. Sooner or later, but not that much later, a rupture was going to happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

80 The push to "modernize" the Cathedral reminds me of when Soros and his demonic minions pushed to build a "History of Freedom Museum" at Ground Zero. The very instant they were told that they would have to build it somewhere else, they lost interest.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (NR6c1)

81 In Germany however, they are on the brink of heretical schism.

Aren't they always?

Posted by: Archimedes, Lutheran at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

82 44 Exact restoration was also helped by precise measurements and images from everyone from visitors to Ubisoft. A bit for tricky for the French gov't to say "well, we don't know exactly how they did it before, so we'll do our modern interpretation" when you get emailed thousands of high def photos of every bit and angle.

Posted by: bittergeek at June 24, 2025 11:13 AM (NFXcl)

I had forgotten about Ubisoft's contribution. They had basically scanned the entire structure to digitize it in one of their games, correct?

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:23 AM (VB5cq)

83 Here is someone who needs a miracle.

Brazilian Juliana Marins has vanished while hiking near the lake of an active volcano in Indonesia. She has been trapped for three days. It appears she is 1,600ft down the crater.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:23 AM (r+I/B)

84
Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 11:24 AM (GEhCH)

85 Aren't they always?
Posted by: Archimedes, Lutheran

There seems to be some kinda generational curse on that country if you ask me. Probably needs a national exorcism.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:24 AM (Splbu)

86 Given your name, I'm sure you know that King George III was very upset to lose The Colonies, because we had the old growth wood they needed for masts and other naval stores.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

And some 80 years later, the Brits were building iron ships.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2025 11:25 AM (u9yM+)

87 I will admit, I would have been tempted to updating some of the gargoyles.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:25 AM (VB5cq)

88 I know math is generally frowned on here but Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I'm sorry, what? I don't care how many capsule hotels you build, you can't fit that many people on those islands.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:26 AM (2ocoG)

89 I’m one who believes having beautiful structures and maintaining historical ones are worth the money for cultural sake and don’t accept the luddites argument that the 800 million could feed a lot of poor people.

Of course there is a reasonable middle ground.
800 million seems excessive to rebuild. What did they do with the left over cash?

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:26 AM (VofaG)

90 >>Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.

An old church here in Denver was set on fire by a homeless couple who had been living in the church's bushes and menacing the preschool students (they were mad the church asked them nicely to stop it). Not all of it burned down.

Amazingly, the British company that had made the stained glass windows for the church 150+ years earlier had a policy of saving glass from each project so that they could fix the damaged windows to match what was destroyed.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:26 AM (6o/o0)

91 Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 11:24 AM

*glares*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2025 11:27 AM (kgE5c)

92 75 I know math is generally frowned on here but Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

https://is.gd/6t7b8b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (L/fGl)

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Hilarious! Even funnier than Juan Williams's claim that ambulatory care means care provided in ambulances.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 24, 2025 11:27 AM (MMp6W)

93 One of the most striking churches I’ve been in is La Compania in Quito. The entire interior is covered in gold leaf. It looks like a movie set from an Indiana Jones movie. They do not allow photography of any kind. I did not obey.

For me, the single most breathtaking church is Sainte Chapelle, the chapel used by the French kings. The walls are almost entirely stained glass.

https://is.gd/GxPUPt

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

94 Had GIII not been a dick, he wouldn't have lost the Colonies.

I think it was inevitable, though. Communication was too slow, and British kings knew nothing of the American experience. Sooner or later, but not that much later, a rupture was going to happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
==
America had developed a different character by then. Britain was never going to understand. They learned from their mistake with the commonwealth they created. But as we have seen, that still had its issues.

Even today, the elite DC scum have British monarch tendencies and we are in the process of trying throw that off as well.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2025 11:27 AM (GZYu7)

95 56 When I was there, I couldn't speak French but a lovely lady beckoned me (and others) to show the details overhead through her camera. I will always remember the beauty of Notre Dame and the holy silence of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2025 11:16 AM (gJoNf)

Maybe I should start carrying binoculars when I go touring, even to indoor venues.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (VB5cq)

96 72 Awesome! Now do Hagia Sophia

heartbreaking to see that now

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (Pv3Rg)

97 One of the most striking churches I’ve been in is La Compania in Quito. The entire interior is covered in gold leaf.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

Pretty impressive. Also, like St. John's I mentioned earlier, it has a fairly plain looking exterior which makes the interior seem even more amazing.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8yrwpz

Posted by: Military Moron at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (JCZqz)

98 And I guess CNN and Cornell West are using those numbers to claim what horrible people we as a nation are?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (NR6c1)

99 Nice, thoughtful write up, CBD. Honors and does justice to this remarkable piece of history and the effort to rebuild/restore it.

Posted by: scampydog at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (2bFN5)

100 I've never been to Notre Dame Cathedral but I have been to Salisbury Cathedral, Yorkminster, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and I've seen Westminster Cathedral.
I've also toured the Salt Cathedral in Colombia.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (kTd/k)

101 I recommend sidestepping this kind of article - one which tries to secularize a religious matter. As C S Lewis pointed out, praise of Christianity because it least to Western culture will fail, and ultimately, will offend.

But who cares if Catholics don't like it, I guess?

Posted by: Eeyore at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (od0dV)

102 https://is.gd/GxPUPt

omg St Chapelle is astounding!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (Pv3Rg)

103 More plain English from Sir Donald the Dragonslayer.

https://is.gd/ERxnj5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (L/fGl)

104 Cornell West needs to stop sticking a finger in the lock socket.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (r+I/B)

105 75
‘ Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.’

The fact that this “Dr.” isn’t laughed off every stage he gets on is a stain on our education system.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (jbnUc)

106 The push to "modernize" the Cathedral reminds me of when Soros and his demonic minions pushed to build a "History of Freedom Museum" at Ground Zero. The very instant they were told that they would have to build it somewhere else, they lost interest.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:22 AM (NR6c1

They were going to put a mosque nearby too. Someone suggested putting a gay bar next to the mosque and aos had a naming contest.

My entry was Tossed Saladin

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (VofaG)

107 er light socket

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (r+I/B)

108 33 The Spaniards are also rebuilding (or building) Sagrada Familia. I never liked that style. It felt like I was inside an alien spaceship when I was there.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (aeiyZ)

Too Gaudi for me...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (PiwSw)

109 I will admit, I would have been tempted to updating some of the gargoyles.

And here, messieurs et mesdames, we see the Hillary and Rose DeLauro gargoyles. For some reason, they are frequently hit by lightning.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

110 In Germany however, they are on the brink of heretical schism.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM (Splbu)

Germany has always been on that brink. It's part of their bloodline.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (g8Ew8)

111 104 Cornell West needs to stop sticking a finger in the lock socket.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (r+I/B)

Cornell West, Elie Mystal, and Don King walk into a bar....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (PiwSw)

112 >>Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.

*retches*

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (6o/o0)

113 The only chance they have to survive the tide of Islam is the Gospel of Christ.

Posted by: SkylerKet at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (SXIn9)

114 800 million seems excessive to rebuild. What did they do with the left over cash?

Given the logistics of moving the debris out of the area, having to bring in tradesmen with the skills needed to do this work as well as whatever permits needed to be paid for, that's a reasonable amount.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (NR6c1)

115 My entry was Tossed Saladin
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:29 AM (VofaG)

The Scandal Bag?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (BjH5D)

116 Al Gore said the earth’s core was a million plus degrees. I think it was a guest appearance on one of the talk shows.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (VofaG)

117 My wife and I visited ND about 15 years ago--dark, dirty & dreary place. We visted again early this May. It was stunning in its beauty. Go visit if you can.

Posted by: Bob Bailey at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (RuM/k)

118 >>Cornell West, Elie Mystal, and Don King walk into a bar....

. . . and find it oppressive!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (6o/o0)

119 They were going to put a mosque nearby too. Someone suggested putting a gay bar next to the mosque and aos had a naming contest.

My entry was Tossed Saladin
Posted by: polynikes

That would have won.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:31 AM (3xZyM)

120 Selim the Slut!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:32 AM (BjH5D)

121
we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

Posted by: sound awake at June 24, 2025 11:32 AM (XLKc7)

122 But who cares if Catholics don't like it, I guess?

Posted by: Eeyore at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (od0dV)

Are you offended?

If so, I suggest heading over to Hotair.com's vibrant comments sections.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2025 11:32 AM (L5An7)

123 "My entry was Tossed Saladin"

I'd forgotten about the gay bar near a mosque idea. Your name would have been a good choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (NR6c1)

124 >>They were going to put a mosque nearby too. Someone suggested putting a gay bar next to the mosque and aos had a naming contest.

Gutfeld's suggestion, IIRC?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (6o/o0)

125 Aladdin?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (BjH5D)

126 If Mayor Karen wants to help Los Angeles small businesses she should make sure they all have rooftop Koreans

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (pwtJC)

127 Rats leaving the sinking ship.

Report: Bloomberg, other billionaires are distancing themselves from the DNC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (L/fGl)

128 They were going to put a mosque nearby too. Someone suggested putting a gay bar next to the mosque and aos had a naming contest.

My entry was Tossed Saladin
Posted by: polynikes

The Iman Hole?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 24, 2025 11:33 AM (JCZqz)

129 Norte Dame in Paris is beautiful as I have seen multiple times (although not since the restoration). But the Rose Window at Chartres has anything at Norte Dame beat! Don’t tell the Mohammedans!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:34 AM (qgNn3)

130 Very impressive restoration.

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2025 11:34 AM (g47mK)

131 Norte Dame in Paris is beautiful as I have seen multiple times (although not since the restoration). But the Rose Window at Chartres has anything at Norte Dame beat!

Agreed.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

132 The only chance they have to survive the tide of Islam is the Gospel of Christ.

Posted by: SkylerKet at June 24, 2025 11:30 AM (SXIn9)

Based on recent events, it seems the Old Testament is doing just fine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2025 11:34 AM (L5An7)

133 "Tilted Arc" the lovely modern sculpture removed from NYC a couple decades ago, would look lovely in a plaza right in front of Notre Dame. Raising funds for it's installation.

Posted by: Rustoleum Ralph at June 24, 2025 11:35 AM (G5+As)

134 we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

Ditto. Who knew the French were less surrender-y about prominent buildings than us?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 11:35 AM (2ocoG)

135 sound awake -

we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

Agreed.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:35 AM (qgNn3)

136 128
‘ My entry was Tossed Saladin
Posted by: polynikes

The Iman Hole?’

The Butting Goat.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (jbnUc)

137 Notre Dame has centuries of history and of surviving.

The Twin Towers? King Kong.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (r+I/B)

138 The Freedom Tower itself ( not the surrounding property etc) cost about 3 billion.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (VofaG)

139 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Counting the Dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Aug 4, 2020

🤷‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (NFX2v)

140 96 72 Awesome! Now do Hagia Sophia

heartbreaking to see that now

sophia's haggis > hagia sophia

Posted by: mcleod at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (sGtp+)

141 ‘ Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.’

The fact that this “Dr.” isn’t laughed off every stage he gets on is a stain on our education system.

It looked to me like even the other panel members were thinking "Shut up. Please shut up. You sound like an idiot, and you're demolishing our credibility."

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

142 Norte Dame in Paris is beautiful as I have seen multiple times (although not since the restoration). But the Rose Window at Chartres has anything at Norte Dame beat!

==

but..Location, Location, Location! One is in Paris...the other in (looks at map) Loire.

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2025 11:37 AM (g47mK)

143 The Hole-iest Site In Islam

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:37 AM (BjH5D)

144 I know math is generally frowned on here but Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I've met math, I know math. This story, sir, is not math.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 11:37 AM (4lDi5)

145 we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

Ditto. Who knew the French were less surrender-y about prominent buildings than us?

Eh, I get the sentiment, but let's face it. The WTC was a couple of ugly boxes. There's no comparison to ND.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

146 Was Cornell West one of the original Little Rascals?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM (gm9Sb)

147 "How many people died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"

"Enough."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM (BjH5D)

148 >> If Mayor Karen wants to help Los Angeles small businesses she should make sure they all have rooftop Koreans

Is Karen complaining that small businesses are losing customers because they are hiding from ICE, or that illegals who've been allowed to run small businesses without fear of regulations, etc. being enforced (see VDH's Two Californias columns from years ago) are now hurting?

Probably both, but knowing her, she's probably more distressed about illegal-owned small businesses being hurt by this.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM (6o/o0)

149 141
‘ other panel members were thinking "Shut up. Please shut up. You sound like an idiot’

Thinking but not saying.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM (jbnUc)

150 I visited Notre Dame with my late husband on our last trip to Paris. We went to Mass for the Feast of Christ the King.
I am over 29 and in my Catholic school I attended Mass six days a week, in Latin for the first two years of my education.
...and decades later, in a foreign land, I was able to follow the Mass perfectly because it was in Latin. The only thing I didn't understand was the sermon. it was a beautiful thing.

The bonus was, thanks to my high school French at Holy Cross Academy High School, that I was able to say the rosary with a large group of Carmelite nuns.
"Je vous salue, Marie..."

Posted by: vivi at June 24, 2025 11:39 AM (cpunl)

151 >>we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

I seem to recall suggesting this, but even taller.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2025 11:39 AM (6o/o0)

152 Norte Dame in Paris is beautiful as I have seen multiple times (although not since the restoration). But the Rose Window at Chartres has anything at Norte Dame beat!

Agreed.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
==
I've been to the cathedral in Milan. A gothic stone church in the middle of a country with mostly roman wooden style churches is a striking contrast. Quite impressive.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2025 11:39 AM (GZYu7)

153 The mayor of Tokyo has told the mayor of Hiroshima to shut up over the death toll, more died in LeMay's firebombing of Tokyo in April than at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:39 AM (r+I/B)

154 In Germany however, they are on the brink of heretical schism.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2025 11:20 AM

That's so sad. It's shocking since the German pope wrote so many good books with sound theology.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2025 11:39 AM (gJoNf)

155 83 Here is someone who needs a miracle.

Brazilian Juliana Marins has vanished while hiking near the lake of an active volcano in Indonesia. She has been trapped for three days. It appears she is 1,600ft down the crater.
--------------------
How in the fuck did she do that?

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:40 AM (FmapG)

156 My entry was Tossed Saladin
Posted by: polynikes

The Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 11:40 AM (4lDi5)

157 Well, it is almost the Fourth of July.

Catch Up@CatchUpFeed
A fuel tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel overturned and caught fire in Columbus, producing a massive column of black smoke

https://is.gd/JgQ0Wo

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)

158 I saw a very interesting illustration recently that showed Notre Dame and Timbuktu. Both were built in the 13th century and the difference is very significant. It shows the difference between Europe and Africa using architecture, and the distance is very wide.

Posted by: Ron at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (KDtr3)

159 Brazilian Juliana Marins has vanished while hiking near the lake of an active volcano in Indonesia. She has been trapped for three days. It appears she is 1,600ft down the crater.
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How in the f*** did she do that?

If it's active, that means she's been breathing sulfur fumes for 3 days. I'm astonished she's still alive.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

160 ‘ Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.’

Population of Japan in 1945 was 72million.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (pohLc)

161 The mayor of Tokyo has told the mayor of Hiroshima to shut up over the death toll, more died in LeMay's firebombing of Tokyo in April than at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Mayor of Nagasaki: "What was that?"

Posted by: Just the Punchline

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (3xZyM)

162 147 "How many people died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"

"Enough."
--------------------------
Much less than the alternative of fire bombing.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (FmapG)

163 160 ‘ Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.’

Population of Japan in 1945 was 72million.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (pohLc)

=====

But just think of the untold millions who died years afterwards!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

164 The Public Affairs Officer of the 509th Bomb Group just released a message apologizing for not dropping glitter bombs during Pride Month. The use of the GBU57 (The "Tough shit, FAFO") will continue.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 24, 2025 11:42 AM (gm9Sb)

165 Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an idiot.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

166 Yes, I know King Kong climbed the Twin Towers in one of the remakes (which one?). But for me King Kong will always climbing the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in hand. It was Beauty killed the Beast!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (qgNn3)

167 I liked St Patricks a lot but the attached gift shop just ruined it for me.

Does Notre Dame do anything similar since it is one of the biggest tourist sites in the world?

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (VofaG)

168 160 ‘ Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.’

Math checks out.

Posted by: Gaza Ministry of Health at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (PiwSw)

169 166 Yes, I know King Kong climbed the Twin Towers in one of the remakes (which one?). But for me King Kong will always climbing the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in hand. It was Beauty killed the Beast!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (qgNn3)

=======

1976.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (GBKbO)

170 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

171 Idiots like West completely miss the point about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It wasn't the death toll that was horrendous. It was the fact that the US now could obliterate a city with just ONE bomber.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (r+I/B)

172 Interesting fact: several hundred years ago, the French king ordered the planting of a forest for the eventual replacement of the roof beams, and that forest was harvested for the huge lumber needed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)

Amazing foresight, not expected from the monarchial line known for, "Après moi, le déluge."

I hope they replanted.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2025 11:15 AM (VB5cq)

Not sure about Notre Dame, but the planning for most cathedrals and universities back in the day included planting trees for the future. Same holds true in England; in fact, I think the last time Oxford needed a beam for the dining hall or something, one of the gardeners quipped that it was about time someone asked for a tree. I think some of the English plantings were used in the restoration of Notre Dame.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2025 11:44 AM (Vvh2V)

173 Was Cornell West one of the original Little Rascals?
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door

No, no. Buckwheat could count.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:44 AM (L/fGl)

174 Around 4 or 5 years before the fire, a digital interior mapping was done of the entire cathedral as a project. It provided precise measurements of nearly every stone and beam.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:44 AM (lTGtQ)

175 Those two bombs saved the Japanese race as a people. Had we invaded, we would have had to kill virtually all of them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:45 AM (pohLc)

176
ow-ow-OW!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at June 24, 2025 11:45 AM (5hfjS)

177 15 That fire was intentionally set. I dont give a shit what the French gov’t says.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 24, 2025 11:07 AM (aeiyZ)

This. There was never a good explanation of how the fire started in the first place. If it was an error by a contractor, we never heard anything about indictments or a lawsuit against them.

The French government knew that if Islamists were shown to have done it, it would have launched a holy war - which was probably the intention behind the act.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 24, 2025 11:45 AM (31jlb)

178 Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an idiot.
Posted by: Archimedes

How many is that in metric units?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 11:46 AM (3xZyM)

179 Does Notre Dame do anything similar since it is one of the biggest tourist sites in the world?

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (VofaG)

One can buy candles to.light. but I didn't see any other commerce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2025 11:46 AM (L5An7)

180 It'd be nice to se the Germans restore/clean the cathedral in Cologne. That place is amazing in it's own right.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (luW68)

181 I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an idiot.
Posted by: Archimedes

How many is that in metric units?

100 metric f***tons.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

182 "How many people died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"

"Enough."
--------------------------
Much less than the alternative of fire bombing.
Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (FmapG)

Fewer Japanese died as a result of the bombing than would have been the case had we needed to invade. More importantly, from an American perspective, fewer Americans died as well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

183 saw a very interesting illustration recently that showed Notre Dame and Timbuktu. Both were built in the 13th century and the difference is very significant. It shows the difference between Europe and Africa using architecture, and the distance is very wide.
Posted by: Ron at June 24, 2025 11:41 AM (KDtr3

The religious structures in Southeast Asia are beautiful in their own ways. I need to put the dates in perspective. I think Angkor Wat was built around the same time as Notre Dame.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)

184 I love touring these magnificent buildings dedicated to promoting the goodness in people. It is just awe inspiring. One can't help but admire the human ability to create such incredible artistry.
Synagogues on the other hand are completely opposite. Almost plain, devoid of decoration . It is an interesting contrast between Judaism and Christianity, yet we hold to,the same moral vslues.
Deep thoughts for a Tuesday morning.😉

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 24, 2025 11:48 AM (t/2Uw)

185 Thank you CBD for this gracious post

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 11:48 AM (fnPiD)

186
Around 4 or 5 years before the fire, a digital interior mapping was done of the entire cathedral as a project. It provided precise measurements of nearly every stone and beam.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 24, 2025 11:44 AM (lTGtQ)

_________

So they burned it down for the insurance money. 800 mill, after the deductible?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM (GEhCH)

187 One can buy candles to.light. but I didn't see any other commerce.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2025 11:46 AM (L5An7)

Good to know.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM (VofaG)

188 The French government knew that if Islamists were shown to have done it, it would have launched a holy war - which was probably the intention behind the act.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 24, 2025 11:45 AM (31jlb)

It's craven. And also pretty arrogant.

Burning a massively significant cathedral doesn't start a holy war. Just us pointing it out does. Poor dears didn't mean to start a holy war, they were just expressing themselves. Right?

Or maybe, i don't know, you could instead say "well Ok, Holy War it is then" and go beat their asses into fucking mush.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM (BjH5D)

189 Sharon: look up old photos of the great synagogue of Vilnius

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM (fnPiD)

190 It'd be nice to se the Germans restore/clean the cathedral in Cologne. That place is amazing in it's own right.

I saw that one during a Viking cruise a few years ago. It was impressive, but not on the level of the French cathedrals.

The tour guide was talking about the fact that we leveled 90% of the buildings in Cologne, and I asked him how many bombs hit the cathedral. He said about 30, but the structure, robust as it was, survived. It was damaged, but it survived.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

191 More plain English, this time directed at CNN.

President Trump stares into CNN’s camera and calls them a bunch of “gutless losers” for not respecting the B-2 pilots. Amazing.
“You're real losers.”
“I say that to CNN because I watch it. I have no choice. I got to watch that garbage.
It's all garbage. It's all fake news.”
“CNN is a gutless group of people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (L/fGl)

192 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

Notre Dame was built by Wakandans. -- Dr. Chollo M'bazanda, Professor of Wakandan History at the University of Bellevue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (ExV1e)

193 The cathedral in Cologne, the backdrop to one of the most iconic tank battles of World War II.

When a new American Pershing tank got the draw on a Germany Panther.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (r+I/B)

194 I think Angkor Wat was built around the same time as Notre Dame.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)

1166.

I know that because that was my number at my club once upon a time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (BjH5D)

195 194 I think Angkor Wat was built around the same time as Notre Dame.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)

1166.

I know that because that was my number at my club once upon a time.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (BjH5D)

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Coincidence?

There are no coincidences!

Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

196 West meant 250,000 people, which is at the high end of the estimates of the number of dead. More easily, and correctly, expressed as a quarter million. This number should not be confused with the immediate dead which is estimated at about 70,000, but rather includes lingering deaths from radiation poisoning, burns, injuries, etc. However you do the accounting, it was a horrible destruction, from which both cities have rebuilt. Modern fusion bombs would potentially be many times worse.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 11:51 AM (qgNn3)

197 Trump also called CNN and MSDNC scum. I can find no fault in that characterization.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:51 AM (pohLc)

198 192 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)
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Never underestimate the power of mayonnaise.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:52 AM (FmapG)

199 President Trump stares into CNN’s camera and calls them a bunch of “gutless losers” for not respecting the B-2 pilots. Amazing.
“You're real losers.”
“I say that to CNN because I watch it. I have no choice. I got to watch that garbage.
It's all garbage. It's all fake news.”
“CNN is a gutless group of people.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:50 AM (L/fGl)

Beautiful. An f bomb in there would have ruined it.

Though fucking losers would be appropriate though not necessary.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:52 AM (VofaG)

200 St. Paul's in Munster was also heavily hit in the Allied bombing. Took them like a decade to repair it, it still looks beautiful on the inside, but much was lost in the bombings that was not restored.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:52 AM (r+I/B)

201 liked St Patricks a lot but the attached gift shop just ruined it for me.

Does Notre Dame do anything similar since it is one of the biggest tourist sites in the world?
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM

When I was nine years ago, there was a small vending machine for purchasing a commemorative coin.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2025 11:53 AM (gJoNf)

202 Thais for this CBD! A lovely moment of inspiration and optimism for the future. I'm really glad they did a full restoration, and didn't try to "reinterpret" what a catholic cathedral could be in the modern era with such a gem.

The worst part of rewatching Van Helsing for me is when they destroy the rose window in Notre Dame. It's silly but it horrifies me every time.

Posted by: LizLem at June 24, 2025 11:54 AM (gWBY1)

203 I was in that big Viking cathedral in Reykjavik. It's a little too metal to be "beautiful", but it seems to be 100% tourist and 0% cathedral today.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:54 AM (BjH5D)

204 178 Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an idiot.
Posted by: Archimedes

How many is that in metric units?

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at June 24, 2025 11:55 AM (sGtp+)

205 Jazzy, Jazzy, Jazzy.

End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Crockett on Trump's Iran moves: "I the one who meant to make these fckin decisions"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:55 AM (L/fGl)

206 CBD,
Thanks for the thread and the photos. The first one is both breathtaking and heartbreaking. The others are breathtaking and inspiring. Your write up is wonderful and, I really hope, on the mark.

Posted by: JTB at June 24, 2025 11:56 AM (yTvNw)

207 Always be sure to add that obnoxious hacking/hocking "chhhhh-rrr" sound when saying "Notre".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 24, 2025 11:56 AM (w9Wax)

208 Crockett on Trump's Iran moves: "I the one who meant to make these fckin decisions"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 11:55 AM (L/fGl)

Is you now?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 11:57 AM (BjH5D)

209 CBD's post has inspired my 1,000 posted image on Tensor. Link in nic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:57 AM (r+I/B)

210 The worst part of rewatching Van Helsing for me is when they destroy the rose window in Notre Dame. It's silly but it horrifies me every time.

*fistbump*

I was in that big Viking cathedral in Reykjavik. It's a little too metal to be "beautiful", but it seems to be 100% tourist and 0% cathedral today.

Yup. Been there too, and it was like going to an Ikea.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

211 I think they should make Crockett the head of her party. Every time she opens her tardhole, she converts non retarded people to Republican.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:58 AM (pohLc)

212 194 I think Angkor Wat was built around the same time as Notre Dame.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)

1166.

I know that because that was my number at my club once upon a time.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

The centennial anniversary of my victory? Fitting.

Posted by: William the Conquerer at June 24, 2025 11:58 AM (JCZqz)

213 Much less than the alternative of
GASSSSSSSSS

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2025 11:58 AM (HBDp2)

214 Reminded me again that the Taliban blew up the 1500 year old Buddhist statues.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)

215 I think they should make Crockett the head of her party. Every time she opens her tardhole, she converts non retarded people to Republican.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 11:58 AM (pohLc)

Completely agree.

She has anti-charisma, and all the leadership and strategic thinking skills of a half stepped on worm.

We should be praying for opposition like this.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:00 PM (BjH5D)

216 Sharon: look up old photos of the great synagogue of Vilnius
Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 11:49 AM

Thanks, I will look it up. I did see a beautiful synagogue in Budapest. The ceiling was blue with stars. I toured whst was the Jewish quarter with a Jewish guide. It was interesting because they do not believe in Aliyah, return to Israel.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 24, 2025 12:00 PM (t/2Uw)

217 warai-otoko

What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (r+I/B)

218 I was overjoyed to get a tiny plastic bottle for Holy Water at Knock Shrine many years ago. I still have it. I'm not Catholic.

Sometimes, let it be. 😊

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

219 Crockett is her slave name. Surprised she hasn’t changed it. But less surprised than I was with Shelia Jackson Lee.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (VofaG)

220 217 warai-otoko

What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (r+I/B)

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There's a higher chance of that happening than of Shapiro making it to SC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

221 Kamala May Be Planning Her Comeback

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And I'm planning on banging Kate Upton.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)

222 Everyone see the video clip of the road buckling from the heat, and launching a car? Pretty interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx45xmd3

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 24, 2025 12:02 PM (JCZqz)

223 221 Kamala May Be Planning Her Comeback

-
And I'm planning on banging Kate Upton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)
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The only way she becomes CA's governor is if the Democrat machine clears the deck in the jungle primary.

I don't think they will, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

224 What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (r+I/B)

Holy camoly they would literally get -35% of the black male vote.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:02 PM (BjH5D)

225 >>> Norte Dame in Paris is beautiful as I have seen multiple times (although not since the restoration). But the Rose Window at Chartres has anything at Norte Dame beat!

When I took art history, my professor taught us (and it was on the test) that the three most important cathedrals in France, architecturally, could be remembered by "ARC":

Amiens
Reims
Chartres

Notre Dame is gorgeous, and easy for tourists to see because it's in the heart of Paris. But those three were more important and impressive architecturally.

Honestly, in the days after Notre Dame burned, I kept waiting anxiously to hear if one of those three cathedrals had also been set aflame.

Posted by: LizLem at June 24, 2025 12:03 PM (gWBY1)

226 Sporadic reminder that Crockett is pretty much an upper middle class prep school kid who didn't start speaking yaas gurl ratchet until she needed votes. She is about as legit as Vanilla Ice

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 12:03 PM (fnPiD)

227 221 Kamala May Be Planning Her Comeback

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And I'm planning on banging Kate Upton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)

Kidnapping is a bold strategy, Cotten. Let’s see how it works out for him. ;-)

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 24, 2025 12:03 PM (Mxf84)

228 Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
===
I remember old Scollay Square, and witnessed the building of I.M.Pie's "masterpiece".
In the fifty years since I've developed a sneaky admiration for that abominable building, lauded throughout the.land for being the complete antithesis of what a.public building should be.
If you're gonna screw up, make it memorable.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 24, 2025 12:03 PM (n4GiU)

229 Sheila Jackson Lee was legit however. A truly honest retard.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (fnPiD)

230 Kamala May Be Planning Her Comeback

Cue Mel Gibson...

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (tJ2Kx)

231 I agree that using the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved millions of lives, both American and Japanese. Before the bombings the Japanese military planned to arm families with sharpened bamboo spears and have them fight the landing marines and soldiers. Can you picture it? Twenty children, armed with bamboo spears, against one GI with a BAR? I can easily see twenty dead Japanese children and one gutted GI. The GI would have his place taken by the next guy and more children would close with him. Eventually we have millions dead or wounded on our side and tens of millions of dead on theirs. There wouldn’t have been enough Japanese left to be Japanese. Japan would still exist geographically, but not culturally. In sum, the atomic bomb saved Japan!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (qgNn3)

232 224 What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (r+I/B)

Holy camoly they would literally get -35% of the black male vote.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:02 PM (BjH5D)

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But the AWFLs and black women who make up a very sizeable block of the Democrat Party's primary electorate love the pair.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

233 In the fifty years since I've developed a sneaky admiration for that abominable building, lauded throughout the.land for being the complete antithesis of what a.public building should be.
If you're gonna screw up, make it memorable.

Damn, that is one ugly building.

Posted by: FBI DC headquarters at June 24, 2025 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

234 Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
===

Cliff Clavin trivia

Hawaii’s Capitol Building was built to resemble a volcano.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:05 PM (VofaG)

235 Comeback, comechest, comemouth...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 12:05 PM (fnPiD)

236 In sum, the atomic bomb saved Japan!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (qgNn3)

It did and so did the occupation afterwards.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 24, 2025 12:06 PM (xcxpd)

237
Sad to say, I've never been in any cathedral. Only my own parish, which is a chapel that seats 200. And Novus Ordo churches, of which architecture the less said the better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 12:06 PM (GEhCH)

238 I've been to Notre Dame de Paris twice, in the five trips we've made to France. A magnificient cathedral, and simply seeing the architecture left me amazed. Craftmanship not seen today. Not busy either time. Beautiful and holy ground...and I am a conservative PCA Presbyterian of Huguenot stock. I lit candles to two Catholic in-laws I loved.

Westminster Abbey has the same serene feeling of history, and I think I have been there four times as there is always something more to see. Simply to see the authors of English literature buried there had my mind reeling...my first trip was an English lit college tour.

During the fire of Notre Dame a lone moose limb was photographed on the roof, never to be discussed again.

I am thankful that Macron's (I think?) idea of a new, modern, cathedral was squashed down like the bug he is. We rebuild Christian cathedrals as Christians.

A pity islam does not stay in their barbarian lane.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2025 12:06 PM (6PCLE)

239 By the way, why is CNN crying about Hiroshima and Nagasaki right now? August hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 12:07 PM (NR6c1)

240 Born in a mountain top in Saint Louiee,
Crappiest state in the land of the free.
Raised in the hood so's she knew every flea,
Killed her an elephant when she was only three.

Jasmine, Jasmine Crockett, Queen of the Looney-bin Frontier

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 24, 2025 12:07 PM (w9Wax)

241 Sheila Jackson Lee was legit however. A truly honest retard.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (fnPiD)

Always made me laugh that she had the name of the Confederacy’s two most well known Generals.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:07 PM (VofaG)

242 One can buy candles to.light. but I didn't see any other commerce.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

They missed the swag boat.
Mouse pads, berets, posters, candles, playing cards, pens & pencils.

Ooooh. We should do that and have CBD ship worldwide from Paris so it gets a French postmark.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:07 PM (3xZyM)

243 "My God, it looks like a prison. A soul crushing, inhuman prison. "

"Awwwww, thanks!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (BjH5D)

244 226 Sporadic reminder that Crockett is pretty much an upper middle class prep school kid who didn't start speaking yaas gurl ratchet until she needed votes. She is about as legit as Vanilla Ice
Posted by: gKWVE
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The urban hip hop and rap culture that explicates poor urban dwellers has become a commercialized to the extent that fakers use it to provide 'street cred' at the expense of their own dignity.

Posted by: whig at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (ctrM5)

245 220 217 warai-otoko

What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (r+I/B)

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There's a higher chance of that happening than of Shapiro making it to SC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

Fucking Ben Shapiro...don't get me started on him

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (xcxpd)

246 Sporadic reminder that Crockett is pretty much an upper middle class prep school kid who didn't start speaking yaas gurl ratchet until she needed votes. She is about as legit as Vanilla Ice

I'd say less legit. Ice at least knew and talked to actual lower-class black people. Crockett likely is imitating things she saw in a movie or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

247 239 By the way, why is CNN crying about Hiroshima and Nagasaki right now? August hasn't happened yet.
Posted by: NR Pax

ESPECIALLY DURING PRIDE MONTH!!!!

Posted by: Gaystapo at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (JCZqz)

248 241 Sheila Jackson Lee was legit however. A truly honest retard.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2025 12:04 PM (fnPiD)

Always made me laugh that she had the name of the Confederacy’s two most well known Generals.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:07 PM (VofaG)

========

*nods sagaciously*

Sanderson Sheila and Frankie Jackson.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (GBKbO)

249 They missed the swag boat.
Mouse pads, berets, posters, candles, playing cards, pens & pencils.

==

hoodies, t-shirts, monk's robes....

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (g47mK)

250 One can buy candles to.light. but I didn't see any other commerce.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

They missed the swag boat.
Mouse pads, berets, posters, candles, playing cards, pens & pencils.

Ooooh. We should do that and have CBD ship worldwide from Paris so it gets a French postmark.

*cough*

Posted by: Berets and Gauloises at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

251 Here is the link to the synagogue I mentioned.

https://g.co/kgs/EjFMyzb

Thee is a far more elaborate one that almost looks Greek Orthodox but I liked this one much more. These are the exceptions though. Synagogues are designed to be plain.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (t/2Uw)

252 atomic bomb saved Japan!

Used to have stamps with a mushroom cloud "a proud reminder, atom bomb ends war, saves many lives ".

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2025 12:09 PM (HBDp2)

253 245 There's a higher chance of that happening than of Shapiro making it to SC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

Fucking Ben Shapiro...don't get me started on him
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (xcxpd)

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Somehow worse than Josh Shapiro who went from having his official residence burned down by a crazy immigrant to supporting rioting in favor of crazy immigrants!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

254 222 Everyone see the video clip of the road buckling from the heat, and launching a car? Pretty interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx45xmd3
Posted by: Moron Analyst

95% chance driver was on his phone.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (Dv3i1)

255
It's 1948 and Japan has finally been subdued after a quarter of a million American deaths and 20 million Japanese.

A newspaper reports that we had a weapon tested in 1945 that, had it been used, might have ended the war in days. But we chose not to use it on humanitarian grounds.

What would be the reaction of the American people?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (GEhCH)

256 >>Dr. Cornell West and CNN explain that 250 million people were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an upjumped idiot who owes his credentials to his skin color.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (MmNOR)

257 Fucking Ben Shapiro

Kars 4 Kids!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (HBDp2)

258 Crockett likely is imitating things she saw in a movie or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

She has, or has had, a voice coach to teach her how to talk like that. This voice coach is not of African decent.

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (BjH5D)

259 Total Allied casualties from Downfall was estimated at one million dead, wounded, or missing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (r+I/B)

260 Somehow worse than Josh Shapiro who went from having his official residence burned down by a crazy immigrant to supporting rioting in favor of crazy immigrants!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

Liberals being mugged doesn’t work anymore.

They are now defending the muggers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (VofaG)

261 I am thankful that the bombs allows me to watch super cute Japanese women in bikinis do camping vids on Ewe-toob

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (pohLc)

262 Meh. It's no Boston City Hall.

Wow. I was looking thru a 2018 boston.com article on the place. They were definitely on the lookout for ugly. The seven other design finalists were also spectacular, in a bad way.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (6keFU)

263 François-Henri Pinault (married to Salma Hayek) is the chairman/CEO of Kering, a multinational luxury group. They own Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, etc. He is also the chairman of Groupe Artémis.

After the fire ravaged Notre-Dame, his family pledged 100 million euros to reconstruction efforts.
Their donations were a huge private chunk of the restoration financing. He and Salma Hayek attended the reopening.

(He's not perfect; he was dating Linda Evangelista around the time he dated Salma and got Linda pregnant. He asked her to abort and she refused, bless her. They had a nasty child support battle. But her son graduated high school not that long ago, and Salma as stepmom shot vid of the two of them together hugging.)

Posted by: LizLem at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (gWBY1)

264 249 They missed the swag boat.
Mouse pads, berets, posters, candles, playing cards, pens & pencils.

==

hoodies, t-shirts, monk's robes....
Posted by: runner at June 24, 2025 12:08 PM (g47mK)

“Moichendize!”

~ Yogurt, as played by Mel Brooks

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (Mxf84)

265 254 222 Everyone see the video clip of the road buckling from the heat, and launching a car? Pretty interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx45xmd3
Posted by: Moron Analyst

95% chance driver was on his phone.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Maybe, but to be fair, who plans for the road surface to spring up into a ramp?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (JCZqz)

266 260 Somehow worse than Josh Shapiro who went from having his official residence burned down by a crazy immigrant to supporting rioting in favor of crazy immigrants!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

Liberals being mugged doesn’t work anymore.

They are now defending the muggers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (VofaG)

=======

Josh Shapiro is a special case because he really wants to be president in a party that is dominated by donors who want him to suffer personally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 24, 2025 12:12 PM (GBKbO)

267 Brazilian Juliana Marins has vanished while hiking near the lake of an active volcano in Indonesia. She has been trapped for three days. It appears she is 1,600ft down the crater.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2025 11:23 AM (r+I/B)

That woman has had a close shave.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:12 PM (wZXGx)

268 Everyone see the video clip of the road buckling from the heat, and launching a car? Pretty interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx45xmd3
Posted by: Moron Analyst

95% chance driver was on his phone.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

I saw the clip. I don't think the driver even had time to register and process that the road had buckled. You can actually see it do it just as he gets there.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:12 PM (3xZyM)

269 Don't worry about Crockett. Last evening, Tyrus was chuckling about her inability to keep her "street language" in proper context. She's a distraction, an annoyance.

Worry about Pete Buttigieg and whatever other clown they put forth in 2028.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2025 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

270 Posted by: LizLem at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (gWBY1)

I bet he has a mistress now. It’s the French way.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:12 PM (VofaG)

271 we should have done the same thing with the twin towers

Ditto. Who knew the French were less surrender-y about prominent buildings than us?

Eh, I get the sentiment, but let's face it. The WTC was a couple of ugly boxes. There's no comparison to ND.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 11:38 AM

If it had been up to me, I would have built a single tower covering the footprint of the two towers, 20 stories taller, with the airspace of the first two towers empty inside like two giant cathedrals.

Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:13 PM (jc0TO)

272 She has, or has had, a voice coach to teach her how to talk like that. This voice coach is not of African decent.

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

I wouldn't be surprised. Fake blaccents are a standard feature of Dem electoral politics now, ever since Hillary was in no ways tard.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 12:13 PM (2ocoG)

273 Liberals being mugged doesn’t work anymore.

They are now defending the muggers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (VofaG)

It still works on liberals, just not on commies.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:13 PM (wZXGx)

274 241
‘ Always made me laugh that she had the name of the Confederacy’s two most well known Generals.’

Maybe she’s related . Did anyone ever trace her lineage?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 12:13 PM (jbnUc)

275 Liberals being mugged doesn’t work anymore.

They are now defending the muggers.
Posted by: polynikes

It's how you show you AWFL street-cred. When Ana Kaperin complained about homeless men sexually assaulting her, she was in the wrong, because they're more oppressed than her.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (JCZqz)

276 James Gunn Claims New “Superman” Film Is About “Kindness,” and It Shows “Who Superman Is as a Person”

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Lois: I told you to take the trash out!

Clark: Damn it, Lois! I spend all day busting up Earth destroying asteroids, catching falling airliners, and shit and I can't have five minutes to relax when I get home!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (L/fGl)

277 I always thought the Twin Towers were beautiful. I do not accept criticism on its face despite the squareness.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (wZXGx)

278 What a winning Presidential ticket in 2028: Harris/Crockett.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Tubbs and Crockett 2028!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (6bxmr)

279 I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. Also, he's an upjumped idiot who owes his credentials to his skin color.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2025 12:10 PM (MmNOR)

It's funny, because the actual number clearly is irrelevant to his statement, which means that his statement is indistinguishable from the proposition that "A Bunch of people died at H&N," which is quite possibly the most trite and useless thing it is possible to state.

A bunch of people died from two nuclear weapons.

Deep stuff, there, buckwheat. Real grist for the ol' mill. You hacktastic assclown.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (BjH5D)

280 If it had been up to me, I would have built a single tower covering the footprint of the two towers, 20 stories taller, with the airspace of the] first two towers empty inside like two giant cathedrals.

There was a great meme at the time of 5 smaller towers arranged by height as fingers, with the middle one much taller.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

281 The capitol complex in Albany is also an eyesore.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:14 PM (VofaG)

282 St Martin’s? That’s still standing. It’s in Victory Square, alongside the picture gallery. A building with a kind of a triangular porch and pillars in front, and a big flight of steps.

Winston knew the place well. It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds, scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like.

Posted by: 1984 at June 24, 2025 12:15 PM (HgFW6)

283 192 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)
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Sunburning
Freckling
Triscuits and Cheese
Andy Griffith reruns
Fourth of July parades
Jello molds
Grilled Cheese sandwiches

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2025 12:15 PM (lCppi)

284 I always thought the Twin Towers were beautiful. I do not accept criticism on its face despite the squareness.

With architecture, like with women (or men), de gustibus non disputandum.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

285 Josh Shapiro is a worthless ass just like all the others who've preceded him as PA Governor for decades, Republican or Democrat.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2025 12:16 PM (NFX2v)

286 Thank you, CBD!

Resurgence of Western Civ? I sure hope so!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 24, 2025 12:17 PM (Z5NUn)

287 256
‘ I think he got wound up and misspoke, using the wrong units. ’

No one, including himself corrected him. That tells me all I need to know about academia and the role race plays in it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 12:17 PM (jbnUc)

288 During the fire of Notre Dame a lone moose limb was photographed on the roof, never to be discussed again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
======
IIRC, there was some confusion as just exactly the roofing contractor was doing at the time of the fire. Investigators put it down to a cigarette or electrical short probably caused by roofing contractor employees as no other authorized personnel were up there. But a minority hold that the fire started in two places which would make intentional arson more likely.

From what I remember, the roofing company hired the usual cheap menial labor which means Muslims as far as Paris goes. For a time, I think speculation centered on one of them as the perp but the whole thing has been airbrushed just as the PTB do on a routine basis when confronted with embarrassing facts that invade the world and invite the world does not work.

Posted by: whig at June 24, 2025 12:17 PM (ctrM5)

289 With architecture, like with women (or men), de gustibus non disputandum.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

De gustibus, they missed the bus, we missed the bus.

When's the next bus?

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (wZXGx)

290
No one, including himself corrected him. That tells me all I need to know about academia and the role race plays in it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 12:17 PM (jbnUc)

_________

"Experts"!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (GEhCH)

291 He's not perfect; he was dating Linda Evangelista around the time he dated Salma and got Linda pregnant. He asked her to abort and she refused, bless her. They had a nasty child support battle. But her son graduated high school not that long ago, and Salma as stepmom shot vid of the two of them together hugging.)
Posted by: LizLem at June 24, 2025 12:11 PM (gWBY1)

I deposed him in Paris (I played a very small role) several years ago around that same time. He and his father are very handsome and charismatic, even without the bazillions.

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (lCppi)

292 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)
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Sunburning
Freckling
Triscuits and Cheese
Andy Griffith reruns
Fourth of July parades
Jello molds
Grilled Cheese sandwiches

Posted by: LASue

The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (3xZyM)

293 I understand misspeaking but not being able to correct yourself indicates you may not have misspoke after all.

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM (VofaG)

294 The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (3xZyM)

Brain surgery, electricity, indoor plumbing. Dumb boring shit.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM (wZXGx)

295 The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (3xZyM)

Brain surgery, electricity, indoor plumbing. Dumb boring shit.
Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM

Bronze.

Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

296 The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (3xZyM)

Brain surgery, electricity, indoor plumbing. Dumb boring shit.
Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM

Bronze.
Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

Corn dogs !

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (VofaG)

297 Perfectly mowed lawns
Peg boards with outlines for appropriate tools

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (KXore)

298 292 And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)
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Sunburning
Freckling
Triscuits and Cheese
Andy Griffith reruns
Fourth of July parades
Jello molds
Grilled Cheese sandwiches

Posted by: LASue

The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.

Yacht rock

Posted by: Oglebay at June 24, 2025 12:21 PM (MMp6W)

299 I understand misspeaking but not being able to correct yourself indicates you may not have misspoke after all.

Eh, that's the thing about misspeaking. You don't usually notice it when you do it.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2025 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

300 I saw the clip. I don't think the driver even had time to register and process that the road had buckled. You can actually see it do it just as he gets there.
Posted by: rickb223

Ah I see it now. Mea culpa to the driver. Hopefully his suspension held out. Try explaining that to the insurance company.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 24, 2025 12:22 PM (Dv3i1)

301 296 The wheel. Huts taller than two stories. Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (3xZyM)

Brain surgery, electricity, indoor plumbing. Dumb boring shit.
Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM

Bronze.
Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

Corn dogs !
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (VofaG)

semi-automatic handguns
bikinis
the internet

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 24, 2025 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

302
Bronze.
Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

Corn dogs !
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (VofaG)

_________

Pizza
Air conditioning
The DC-3

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 12:22 PM (GEhCH)

303 You know who else misspoke?

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:22 PM (wZXGx)

304 292
‘ Opera. Classical music. The Renaissance.’
Internal Combustion Engine, Physics, Calculus, Space Travel

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (jbnUc)

305
And I guess CNN and Cornell West are using those numbers to claim what horrible people we as a nation are?
Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 11:28 AM (NR6c1)

250 million dead Imperial Japanese? That's all?

Oppenheimer et al seriously underdelivered.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (y9nCu)

306 and thank you for that link, NaughtyPine!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (Z5NUn)

307 Try explaining that to the insurance company.

Given it's on video (and one of the most famous videos in the world right now) I think they'll be fine.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (2ocoG)

308 Bronze.
Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

Corn dogs !
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (VofaG)

Pizza
Air conditioning
The DC-3
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

MST-3000

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (w9Wax)

309

There is absolutely nothing like a (NOTRE) Dame . . .

Sadly, demgraphics and politics show that Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and even the Vatican may yet become the next Hagia Sophia within the next 50 years or so.

Unless something radical is done.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (x0n13)

310 Thank you for posting these pictures. There are some things that you see and it just touches your soul in ways that are hard to describe. I haven’t been to Notre Dame since the fire, but I have before it a few times. It is definitely a place you feel God. I don’t know how else to describe it. It’s not just the magnificence of the Cathedral- which it truly is- it’s more, and it should be experienced.

Posted by: Piper at June 24, 2025 12:24 PM (pZEOD)

311 Bronze.
Posted by: toby928 at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

Corn dogs !
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:20 PM (VofaG)

Pizza
Air conditioning
The DC-3
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

MST-3000
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 24, 2025 12:23 PM (w9Wax)

The internet telling you how to make corn dogs!

Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:24 PM (VofaG)

312 I understand misspeaking but not being able to correct yourself indicates you may not have misspoke after all.
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:19 PM (VofaG)

Or he was reading from a script (or a rehearsed speech), and did not know he had mis-spoken, because it was all simply a recitation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2025 12:24 PM (u9yM+)

313 New thread up above.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 12:25 PM (NR6c1)

314 >And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread.

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socks with sandals
Bingo
vacations in Branson MO and Dollywood

Posted by: Don Black at June 24, 2025 12:25 PM (AOsQT)

315 No one, including himself corrected him. That tells me all I need to know about academia and the role race plays in it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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In fairness, innumeracy, apple and orange comparisons, a puffed up desire to use obfuscating language, and a paucity of results IS modern academia. Random 'facts' are employed simply to confirm the prejudices of the audience instead of describing reality. You can actually see via charting ideological preferences of professors exhibiting how academia rolled hard left and died in the last decade.

As far as professors, conservatives have disappeared, moderates are endangered, and hard leftists have captured it as the older generations of academics retire or quit.

Posted by: whig at June 24, 2025 12:26 PM (ctrM5)

316 The internet telling you how to make corn dogs!
Posted by: polynikes at June 24, 2025 12:24 PM (VofaG)

Boat shoes

Botton down Oxford

Khakis

Posted by: Oglebay at June 24, 2025 12:27 PM (MMp6W)

317 *looks on longingly*
-Hagia Sophia

Wait for it.

Posted by: Non-Blasphemous Jesus Sock at June 24, 2025 12:27 PM (FhXTo)

318 20 Pollyanna fell from the roof.
Posted by: pudinhead at June 24, 2025 11:08 AM (FmapG)

Yup. Broke her back. Paralyzed probably for life, which will be significantly shortened in her care due to ongoing physical degeneration. When cheery naive optimism collides with the real world.

Posted by: Optimism just gets you broken at June 24, 2025 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

319 Nood.

Posted by: Gaza Ministry of Health at June 24, 2025 12:31 PM (PiwSw)

320 Trump's AOC rant is hilarious!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
I strongly advise reading the entire rant until the end. It keeps getting better

https://tinyurl.com/bdeercn9

Posted by: redridinghood at June 24, 2025 12:31 PM (NpAcC)

321 Wonderful post. God bless and keep you CBD.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 24, 2025 12:44 PM (aCkLa)

322 De gustibus, they missed the bus, we missed the bus.

When's the next bus?
Posted by: ... at June 24, 2025 12:18 PM (wZXGx)

Love that movie. LOL!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 24, 2025 12:54 PM (5xuJ/)

323 Thank you for the lovely words about Our Lady of Paris, Notre Dame! Catholics all over the world wept the day she burned......and they have done a remarkable job reconstructing her!

Posted by: Monica at June 24, 2025 12:55 PM (kfQcw)

324 Yes, it is a glory of western civilization. Something that sets the wet apart from all the rest.. but did have the metal commemorating when they killed all the protestants on Saint Bartholomew’s Day?

Posted by: TG Sam at June 24, 2025 01:00 PM (ud9p9)

325 West and medal pace

Posted by: TG Sam at June 24, 2025 01:10 PM (ud9p9)

326 I was in NYC in November and we decided to go into ST Patrick's. Mass is held EVERY hour. The line for Communion was long, and there were multiple ministers of communion. About 300-350 people. The Organ played How Great Thou Art as the exiting Hymn. Voices from the crowd sang. This was on a random Tuesday in November. Then another round of 300-500 people entered and they started Mass again. This is every day.

Posted by: tina848 at June 24, 2025 01:14 PM (LiqRN)

327 Many churches burned in France in 2019.

Posted by: front toward enemy at June 24, 2025 01:38 PM (TIizU)

328 "And we're told that white people have no culture, other than eating mayonnaise on white bread."

Rembrandt's "The Prodigal Son"
Newton's "Principia"
Bach's Mass in B Minor
Notre Dame
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "King Lear"
and on and on and on.

Posted by: Nemo at June 24, 2025 01:40 PM (4RPgu)

329 Quasimodo is still Homeless and Islamic Scum Suckers want a Mausq

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at June 24, 2025 06:29 PM (wGqjj)

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