Mid-Morning Art Thread

Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly
Mary Cassatt

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 ART

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

3 Lydia quietly tweaking .

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

5 nice hat.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

6 Lydia was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 26, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

7 She has an interesting expression on her face.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2026 09:32 AM (bss/y)

8 picking at the tiny freckle. over and over.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

9 It's OK. A little on the crudely rendered side, but not unpleasantly so.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 26, 2026 09:32 AM (DgMqy)

10 pick, pick, pick.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

11 She looks bored.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2026 09:33 AM (jtM2q)

12 "Crocheting in the Garden."
Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

13 She does not look happy!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 26, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

14 Lydia at Marly is pale. Almost like she’s a ghost.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

15 A lot of detail on the sleeves of her dress and her lacy bonnet. I like it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2026 09:34 AM (ix8EF)

16 Don't get on her bad side. She looks crotchety.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2026 09:34 AM (8zz6B)

17 Alternate Title: Lydia Dreams Wistfully of the Day She Will Have a New Sock

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 26, 2026 09:36 AM (+HNx/)

18 She's doing what with her croch?!?!?

Posted by: AoSHQ Art Critic at February 26, 2026 09:36 AM (tj6OY)

19 She's naked under those clothes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 09:36 AM (GBKbO)

20 I watched my mom crochet about a million miles of afghans, but never while wearing gloves.

Posted by: huerfano at February 26, 2026 09:37 AM (98kQX)

21 Hang on. Let me study it some more. I'm sure there's a phallic symbol in here somewhere.

Posted by: Sexually frustrated high school female art teacher at February 26, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Always liked Cassatt. Like this one.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 26, 2026 09:37 AM (HYqoK)

23 It seems this was painted in a transitional period for Cassatt. She just started painting impressionistically, but the composition is quite conventional, not as bold as her mature work.

Sorry I couldn't think of anything funny to say, not even a dumb pun.

I like Cassatt.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 26, 2026 09:37 AM (BHrzb)

24 Irie, mon!

I and I welcome you!

Posted by: Lydia Meets Bob Marley at February 26, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

25 Show us your boobs, Lydia!

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

26 Comprehensive name. Meh picture.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 26, 2026 09:38 AM (sl73Y)

27 How does one get to crochet in the garden all day? Sure beats what I'm doing.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 26, 2026 09:38 AM (/XV1M)

28 Lydia is rolling a fattie

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 26, 2026 09:39 AM (9C/Xw)

29 Something something midget something thigh something something bean.

Posted by: Obligatory lewd comment at February 26, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

30 > 28 Lydia is rolling a fattie
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 26, 2026 09:39 AM (9C/Xw)

Where you tink she got de ganja, mon?

Posted by: Lydia Meets Bob Marley at February 26, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

31 Aunt Lydia looks content.

"Oh sweet Mary, why would you want to paint me? Your lovely nieces are playing near the herb garden. Surely there are better subjects?"

"Well if you must, just let me keep working. I've got to finish this for your cousin's trousseau. . . "

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:40 AM (tj6OY)

32 I don't know enough about crocheting to critique her form. Would hang in my sewing/knitting/crocheting circle's room at church, though.

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to know what the project is at February 26, 2026 09:40 AM (Wt5PA)

33 full sleeve tats.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

34 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at February 26, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Getting old is not all fun and games.

Posted by: Case at February 26, 2026 09:41 AM (Z3Kkg)

36 >> How does one get to crochet in the garden all day? Sure beats what I'm doing.

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:41 AM (tj6OY)

37 Was this before or after Lydia’s sideshow gig as the tattooed lady?

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

38 Other titles in the series:

Lydia Baking a Baguette in the Kitchen

Lydia Changing the Sheets in the Guest Bedroom

Lydia Cleaning the Cat Box in the Garage

Lydia Driving the Automobile to the Cafe

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (+HNx/)

39 chlamidyer, chlamidyer, i just can't get rid o' yer...

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

40 30 Where you tink she got de ganja, mon?

Posted by: Lydia Meets Bob Marley at February 26, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

Bumboclaat, bwica bwica.

Posted by: XTC at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (6Uni8)

41 She looks like Anne Heche.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (pZ64F)

42 38 Other titles in the series:

Lydia Baking a Baguette in the Kitchen

Lydia Changing the Sheets in the Guest Bedroom

Lydia Cleaning the Cat Box in the Garage

Lydia Driving the Automobile to the Cafe

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (+HNx/)

=====

Jumped the shark with Lydia Scissor Kicking Aliens like a Badass, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (GBKbO)

43 "How does one get to crochet in the garden all day? Sure beats what I'm doing."
+++

Her leisurely lifestyle is underwritten by income from the Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: Nick Shirley at February 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

44 38 Lydia Baking a Baguette in the Kitchen

Lydia Changing the Sheets in the Guest Bedroom

Lydia Cleaning the Cat Box in the Garage

Lydia Driving the Automobile to the Cafe

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 26, 2026 09:43 AM (+HNx/)

Lydia having a Grand Mal Seizure

Posted by: XTC at February 26, 2026 09:45 AM (6Uni8)

45 Mary Cassatt is an interesting artist. Her portraits, especially the faces, are more realistic than the backgrounds and landscapes. Her still life of lilacs is quite Impressionistic but still conveys the essence so strongly you can almost smell the bouquet in the vase. In today's example the woman's figure and face are realistic but the clothing, plants and reflections of color in the glass could have been done by Monet. It's a pleasant combination. After the sharp lines and dull colors of yesterday's art, this is lively and enjoyable.

Posted by: JTB at February 26, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

46 >>Other titles in the series:

Lydia Baking a Baguette in the Kitchen

Lydia Changing the Sheets in the Guest Bedroom

Lydia Cleaning the Cat Box in the Garage

Lydia Driving the Automobile to the Cafe
- - - -

Lydia reading by the fireside

Lydia cradling her granddaughter

Lydia gathering herbs from the garden

Lydia sipping tea at the cafe by the museum

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:45 AM (tj6OY)

47 39 chlamidyer, chlamidyer, i just can't get rid o' yer...
Posted by: cmeat

A shot of rocephin and a gram of azithromyacin.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2026 09:46 AM (A5RD0)

48 How does one get to crochet in the garden all day? Sure beats what I'm doing.

Really? Talk about boring.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

49 Beautiful painting.

And if you want to watch how something like this is made…

Here is a video of James Gurney painting a garden.

https://tinyurl.com/3yysfvmk

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 09:46 AM (ah1Rv)

50 Granny Guthrie...prostitute in the park.

Posted by: Cross Eyed Mary at February 26, 2026 09:47 AM (hXJe5)

51 Lydia lurking on AoSHQ

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

52 full sleeve tats.

Groucho sings:
Lydia, oh Lydia, oh have you met Lydia?
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady!
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso, even moreso!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 26, 2026 09:47 AM (BHrzb)

53 Hobby thread!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 26, 2026 09:47 AM (vfth7)

54 Makes me think I've got eye googies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

55 I assume this is her most famous painting, only because I've seen it before.

https://tinyurl.com/4c79euzx

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (XvL8K)

56 Two days, two woman artists whose production could not be more different. I caught the juxtaposition, CBD. Vastly different views of the world, and life.

Posted by: tubal at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (pDt9x)

57 Oddly, she isn't wearing stretch pants.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (pZ64F)

58 Lydia: "I can't find my hat."
Martha: "Just tie this lampshade on your head. you'll be fine."

Posted by: red speck at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

59 Lydia drinking a martini
Lydia blowing her nose
Lydia scratching where it itches

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (A5RD0)

60 She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso, even moreso!
Posted by: Pete in Texas

Wait, I was told only yesterday that nothing rhymes with "torso."

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

61
Lydia getting treated for the clap at the free clinic.

Posted by: A painting you'll never see at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Vitamin D3 deficient for sure.

Posted by: Knit Picker at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)

63 Lydia about to rip an earthshaking fart

Posted by: XTC at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (6Uni8)

64 Lydia reminisces about the raging affair she had with her niece's art instructor before she was married. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:49 AM (tj6OY)

65 That outfit is SPF 25,000.

Posted by: red speck at February 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)

66 Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly
Mary Cassatt

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

A young girl named Lydia, from Marley
Had gluten intolerance, quite gnarly
She just could not eat
Pumpernickel, rye, or wheat
Only one grain she could stand...but just barley

Posted by: muldoon at February 26, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)

67 9 It's OK. A little on the crudely rendered side, but not unpleasantly so.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Give it time to fully download and render!!!

Posted by: Online porn experience circa 1999 on dial-up modem at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (JCZqz)

68 Gregory Corso
Called her a whore so

Posted by: Lydia Meets Bob Marley at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (IG3/x)

69 >>Wait, I was told only yesterday that nothing rhymes with "torso."

Not true -- or so we've been told

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (tj6OY)

70 Day 26 of Granny Guthrie disappearance. And all this time, she's been crocheting in the garden.

Posted by: Good Work, Coppers! at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

71 Why is she outside crocheting with her gloves on?

Posted by: dantesed at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

72 I thought you played crochet by knocking balls through hoops with a mallet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (FXNzP)

73 MET

Title: Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly
Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
Date: 1880
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 13/16 x 36 7/16 in. (65.6 x 92.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, 1965
Object Number: 65.184

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:51 AM (gbOdA)

74 57 Oddly, she isn't wearing stretch pants.
Posted by: pudinhead

She could be wearing anything under that dress...or nothing at all...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 26, 2026 09:51 AM (JCZqz)

75 71 Why is she outside crocheting with her gloves on?

Posted by: dantesed at February 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

To hide her man-hands, and that she used to be Carl.

Posted by: XTC at February 26, 2026 09:51 AM (6Uni8)

76 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at February 26, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

77 It one of those toilet paper holder thingys you see at the Great Aunts house.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (gbOdA)

78 57 Oddly, she isn't wearing stretch pants.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 26, 2026 09:48 AM (pZ64F)

You know, it is interesting. When this was painted, the ladies would have been better flattered by yoga pants than today. They also would have been far less likely to wear them in public.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

79 Totally focused, yet relaxed. You can tell that backpack leafblowers have not been invented yet.

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (w4PfG)

80 This reminds me of the great 2001 French romantic comedy film Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) which we need to re-watch.

[The Wifey and I have different senses of humor, so it's a delight when we both really enjoy a movie like that.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (sTbTe)

81 71 >>>Why is she outside crocheting with her gloves on?

There's only one explanation: Lydia's a vampire.

Posted by: red speck at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

82 How does Lydia butter her toast?

Posted by: Topic Of The Day at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)

83 Look at that human torso
being dragged by that Kane corso...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2026 09:53 AM (bss/y)

84 77 It one of those toilet paper holder thingys you see at the Great Aunts house.
Posted by: r hennigantx

If Lena Dunham is your Aunt, can you revert to German and call her your Groß Aunt?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 26, 2026 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

85 There are 2 scans of this at the MET.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

86 lydia, tickling a bean.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

87 Trying to crochet would drive me nuts. My big man hands and fingers would make a dog's breakfast out of it.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

88 80 This reminds me of the great 2001 French romantic comedy film Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) which we need to re-watch.

[The Wifey and I have different senses of humor, so it's a delight when we both really enjoy a movie like that.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (sTbTe)

======

Jean Pierre Jeunet's follow up, The Very Long Engagement, is not quite as outright funny but is the same kind of film with a more deeply felt emotional core.

I actually prefer it over Amelie. Audrey Tautou also stars but this time as a crippled woman looking for her lover reported dead in WWI.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (GBKbO)

89 First I'll crochet a cozy for the toaster. Then the electric can opener. Then the crock pot...

Posted by: Cozy Craze at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

90 My daughter's name is Lydia. We told her she was named after Lydia, the faithful seller of purple in the Bible, but it was really after watching The Marx Brothers At The Circus. She has no tattoos, though.

Posted by: Wreck Of The Hesperus at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2)

91 How does one get to crochet in the garden all day?
Posted by: She Hobbit

**********

Same way one gets to Carnegie Hall.

Practice, practice, practice

Posted by: muldoon at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)

92 How does Lydia butter her toast?
Posted by: Topic Of The Day at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)
====

Lydia has people to butter her toast, she cannot be bothered with such petty details.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

93 79 Totally focused, yet relaxed. You can tell that backpack leafblowers have not been invented yet.
Posted by: t-bird

We had the leafblowers, but not the Mexicans to use them!!! (Sobs)

Posted by: Turn of the century upper middle class whites at February 26, 2026 09:56 AM (JCZqz)

94 87 that's why rosie greer did needlepoint.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

95 >>This reminds me of the great 2001 French romantic comedy film Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) which we need to re-watch.

LOVE that movie!!
Got the dvd and the extras are wonderful, including an interview with the writer/director who said almost everything is something he or someone close to him did/has done (e.g. collecting round stone to skip, being a fan or the artist whom he commissioned to make the pig lamp) except the garden gnome thing.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:56 AM (tj6OY)

96 Totally focused, yet relaxed. You can tell that backpack leafblowers have not been invented yet.

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 09:52 AM (w4PfG)

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

Now I've got a Mexican accordion landscaper and leaf-blower music ear-worm -- thanks a lot!

/Thank God we escaped Califzuela 13 years ago where we were THE ONLY people in our neighborhood who cut our own grass and did our own landscaping.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 09:56 AM (sTbTe)

97 My daughter's name is Lydia. We told her she was named after Lydia, the faithful seller of purple in the Bible, but it was really after watching The Marx Brothers At The Circus. She has no tattoos, though.
Posted by: Wreck Of The Hesperus

Like yesterday's "Beulah," it's not a name you run across much anymore. Pretty, though.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

98 Crochet and knitting are both popular yarn crafts, but they use different tools and techniques. Crochet uses a single hook to create stitches, while knitting involves two needles and keeps multiple stitches open at once, resulting in different textures and patterns.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:57 AM (gbOdA)

99 Does she put on a stocking and a stocking or a stocking and a boot?

Posted by: A. Bunker at February 26, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:58 AM (gbOdA)

101 >>Jean Pierre Jeunet's follow up, The Very Long Engagement, is not quite as outright funny but is the same kind of film with a more deeply felt emotional core.

I actually prefer it over Amelie. Audrey Tautou also stars but this time as a crippled woman looking for her lover reported dead in WWI.

Good movie, too, but "Amelie" is magical. The cast is perfection.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:58 AM (tj6OY)

102 I love Mary Cassatt. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Tuna at February 26, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

103 Here is another one from James Gurney..

If you want to see how a professional illustrator goes from idea to model, to studies to finished work, there are few better…

https://tinyurl.com/4fu7zeu4

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 09:58 AM (xnokb)

104 Raconteurs are good at yarn crafts.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

105 Aka me, in my retirement, hopefully.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM (79pEw)

106 Had my annual review with my money person yesterday.
Beat S and P by almost 3 points.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM (gbOdA)

107 I had a bitchin' Cassatt Player in my Camaro.

Posted by: Motor Voter at February 26, 2026 10:00 AM (oftw2)

108 Backpack leafblowers are colloquially known as Mexican Bagpipes.

Posted by: Here in Upper Suburbia at February 26, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

109 LOVE that movie!!
Got the dvd and the extras are wonderful, including an interview with the writer/director who said almost everything is something he or someone close to him did/has done (e.g. collecting round stone to skip, being a fan or the artist whom he commissioned to make the pig lamp) except the garden gnome thing.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 09:56 AM (tj6OY)

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Thanks for that info, Lizzy.

I rarely buy DVDs (not as rich as TJM, but The Wifey has a couple dozen of her faves) but really geek-out at all the extras and background information of films and anything else interesting, so will try to procure one of those.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:00 AM (sTbTe)

110 104 Raconteurs are good at yarn crafts.
Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Raconteurs
Using poor defenseless raccoons for profit is just wrong

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 10:00 AM (gbOdA)

111 Aka me, in my retirement, hopefully.
Posted by: bluebell

Can you do croquet using a shiv?

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

112 I think she could conceal a crosdbow under that dress.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (c27kw)

113 Just tie this lampshade on your head. you'll be fine.

********

Looks a bit like a vase. Would that make her a crochet-y old jarhead?

Posted by: muldoon at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

114 Had my annual review with my money person yesterday.
Beat S and P by almost 3 points.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM (gbOdA)
=====

Pffft.
--Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

115 Resting crocheting face

Posted by: torabora at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (CG8iT)

116 108 Backpack leafblowers are colloquially known as Mexican Bagpipes.
Posted by: Here in Upper Suburbia at February 26, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

Gas powered leaf blowers illegal in LA County

but...

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (gbOdA)

117 >>I had a bitchin' Cassatt Player in my Camaro.

My folks bought me a bitchin' Camaro
With no insurance to match
So if I happen to run you down
Please don't leave a scratch

Posted by: Dead Milkmen at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (tj6OY)

118 Good morning bluebell

May we have a grammie update please.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (A5RD0)

119 Is this about us?

Posted by: Trash Pandas at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

120 Lydia is rehearsing in her head the top 17 ways to kill a man with a crochet hook.

Posted by: Theyjustwriteitoff at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (sUTO1)

121 Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife is supposed to testify before Congress today?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (Z7bjG)

122 Jean Pierre Jeunet's follow up, The Very Long Engagement, is not quite as outright funny but is the same kind of film with a more deeply felt emotional core.

I actually prefer it over Amelie. Audrey Tautou also stars but this time as a crippled woman looking for her lover reported dead in WWI.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 09:55 AM (GBKbO)

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Thanks for that enlightenment, TJM -- I feel some deja vu like we've had this same conversation some years ago but I never followed up on the follow up.

I'm writing it down this time and -- per Joe Bob -- will check it out!

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (sTbTe)

123 The billionaires and trillionaires...

Posted by: Bernie at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (CG8iT)

124 Using poor defenseless raccoons for profit is just wrong
Posted by: r hennigantx

We agree! That's why we had to off him, to put him out of his misery!
-- NY State goons who took out Fred the Raccoon

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

125 Cassatt has other lovely paintings where she seems to spend more time with faces: "Summertime" with a little red haired girl, Another one with Motherhood in the title-can't recall the official title- with another little girl, and one with a girl with a white hat and black clothes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Nx5jP)

126 122 Thanks for that enlightenment, TJM -- I feel some deja vu like we've had this same conversation some years ago but I never followed up on the follow up.

I'm writing it down this time and -- per Joe Bob -- will check it out!

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (sTbTe)

====

Oh, and it's A Very Long Engagement, not The. Brain fart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

127
Preview of Hillary Clinton's testimony this morning:

"I don't remember,
I don't recall,
I've got no memory
of anything at all"

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Y8DZL)

128 We agree! That's why we had to off him, to put him out of his misery!
-- NY State goons who took out Fred the Raccoon
Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

And Peanut too

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (gbOdA)

129 I don't feel no ways tarred.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (c27kw)

130 >>I rarely buy DVDs (not as rich as TJM, but The Wifey has a couple dozen of her faves) but really geek-out at all the extras and background information of films and anything else interesting, so will try to procure one of those.

It was totally by chance - bought it used from Thriftbooks. They also give details on the filming, particularly the location. The guy who played her love interest is an accomplished director, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:04 AM (tj6OY)

131 Lydia?

Not Katherine Hepburn?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 26, 2026 10:04 AM (plFPI)

132 127
Preview of Hillary Clinton's testimony this morning:

"I don't remember,
I don't recall,
I've got no memory
of anything at all"

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Y8DZL)

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It's all she'll have time to say in between the speeches.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:04 AM (GBKbO)

133 121 Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife is supposed to testify before Congress today?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:02 AM

+++

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at February 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

134 You mean like with a cloth?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:04 AM (c27kw)

135 please ban hash CLv3t

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 26, 2026 10:05 AM (j+aD2)

136 I hate the heartbreak of psoriasis. And trolls. But mostly trolls.

Posted by: Donald Trump at February 26, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

137 One thing old school congress critters kept a tight leash on - it is your right (sadly) for government employees to plead the 5th amendment and refuse to comment or answer questions.

But that necessarily also precludes giving speeches or diatribes. One suspects Mrs. Clinton will try to test this.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Z7bjG)

138 Patel is under fire from the Left for carousing with hockey players on the government dime.

They're correct about that, but they didn't care about that sort of stuff when Wray did it all the time, and it's penny ante bullshit I don't particularly care about.

The problem I have is that CNN is running an article making that exact point.

I've remained neutral about Patel and Bondi so far, even though I'm not impressed by their performance. But if CNN is running interference for Kash Patel, that's a very, very bad indicator.

One of their deep state handlers told them to run an article defending this geek. Not good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 26, 2026 10:07 AM (BI5O2)

139 And Peanut too
Posted by: r hennigantx

Yes, Peanut, too. But Peanut gets all the glory, and no one remembers poor Fred.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

140 >>Preview of Hillary Clinton's testimony this morning:

"I don't remember,
I don't recall,
I've got no memory
of anything at all"

"Old news"
"Vast right-wing conspiracy"
"With a cloth?"
"AT this point, what difference does it make?"

Honestly, this whole thing is performative nonsense.

We know she's lying. She knows we know she's lying. She's telling us to GFYS by lying with a smile. The people pretending to interrogate her know she's lying, buy will nonetheless take this all very seriously, then declare 'mission accomplished.'
MOVEON.ORG

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:08 AM (tj6OY)

141 Patel is under fire from the Left for carousing with hockey players on the government dime.

Are we sure the government paid for it, and not Kash himself?

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

142 May we have a grammie update please.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2026 10:01 AM (A5RD0)
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I actually came here to do just that as I just received a note from her! Give me a minute to retype so I don't end up in the Barrel.

Preview: needs big prayers for the next few days.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:09 AM (79pEw)

143 Has Lydia registered those dangerous knitting needles, they're pointy and sharp, with the local constabulary?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 26, 2026 10:10 AM (jjhQ/)

144 Must have been previous thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:10 AM (c27kw)

145 141 Patel is under fire from the Left for carousing with hockey players on the government dime.

Are we sure the government paid for it, and not Kash himself?

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

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Patel was in Italy for meetings with security, after action reports on security at the Olympics.

Then, the men's hockey team makes the gold medal game. It's held on a Sunday. Then, Sunday afternoon, they win, and he gets invited into the locker room to celebrate. He celebrates.

The story is stupid and should be ignored.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

146 The media is maliciously stupid and should be ignored.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 26, 2026 10:11 AM (jjhQ/)

147 Did Billy C already testify? Or, is it "ladies first?"

For some definition of "lady."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2026 10:11 AM (jtM2q)

148 Parasites of the Caribbean.

James Woods Torches “Somali Parasite” Ilhan Omar, “Insufferable Scum” Democrats Protesting Trump’s SOTU Speech

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:12 AM (FXNzP)

149 Lydia
Killing time until the football results are posted.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at February 26, 2026 10:13 AM (uNwvV)

150 Just received from grammie winger:

"Tomorrow (2/27) I go in for an all-day marathon of tests and consultations. Then Monday they will attempt the surgery, which is quite complex and they are not sure they can do it. If they can, it will be a 10-hour procedure. I confess to being slightly apprehensive. The Rev is a little overwhelmed, poor soul. Fortunately my kids have me covered, my daughter the nurse for the medical side, and my son for the spiritual side. He has been a rock."

She goes on to say she will contact me in the days following the surgery, and of course I will report here immediately when I hear anything. I'll be sending this to Annie for the Saturday morning prayer thread.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (79pEw)

151 Are we sure the government paid for it, and not Kash himself?
Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

They're pretending to be angry about the use of Wray's old G5 jet he'd fly around in for dumb vacations.

I just balk at regime media defending a Trump appointee - that tells me he's a regime figure more than a MAGA figure. If he could be trusted, CNN would be screaming about his corruption and demanding his head be nailed to the nose of the jet, not telling people to lay off of him, because this is normal protocol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (BI5O2)

152 I've remained neutral about Patel and Bondi so far, even though I'm not impressed by their performance. But if CNN is running interference for Kash Patel, that's a very, very bad indicator.

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"We will eventually have 15,000 indictments unsealed in Florida!"

/Wait, where have I heard this before?

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (sTbTe)

153 66, Muldoon your limericks always make me laugh.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (Rx8av)

154 Another of my favorite YouTube artists painting water Lillie’s..

https://tinyurl.com/3hzyvjcs

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (1Ho02)

155 >>Patel is under fire from the Left for carousing with hockey players on the government dime.

I find all of this manufactured "scandal" surrounding the USA Hockey team win and subsequent phone call w/Trump and visit to the WH tedious.

There are some people who need to be offended, who seek outrage at every opportunity.

These guys did something wonderful at the Olympics and obsessing over every little thing immediately after winning sucks all the joy out of the moment, of their amazing victory.

Let's not take the killjoys' bait, eh?
Let them live in the H#ll of their own making, taking USA Hockey golds, pitting the men's and women's teams against each other, and picking it apart piece by piece to feed their need for rage.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (tj6OY)

156 138 I've remained neutral about Patel and Bondi so far, even though I'm not impressed by their performance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yeah, the heads on pikes or hanging from lamp posts count seems to be under-achieved at this point.

Grand Jury nullification is a real issue; Democrats are fanatical in most jurisdictions. Bring a case and they'll shut it down.

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (Y8DZL)

157 She goes on to say she will contact me in the days following the surgery, and of course I will report here immediately when I hear anything. I'll be sending this to Annie for the Saturday morning prayer thread.
Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (79pEw)

Thanks for the info.. I'll double up on the prayers

Posted by: Kamala at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

158 🥒

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (c27kw)

159 157 She goes on to say she will contact me in the days following the surgery, and of course I will report here immediately when I hear anything. I'll be sending this to Annie for the Saturday morning prayer thread.
Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (79pEw)

Thanks for the info.. I'll double up on the prayers
Posted by: Kamala at February 26, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

Off sock/

Posted by: It's me donna at February 26, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

160 Bastards!

Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:16 AM (FXNzP)

161 150 ... bluebell,

Thanks so much for the Grammie update. Our prayers are going into overdrive for the next few days.

Posted by: JTB at February 26, 2026 10:17 AM (yTvNw)

162 Nice art. Lydia. I automatically think of Andy Griffith when Barney fixes him up with Lydia. "I hate to chit chat." "The sun gives me the herpes."

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 26, 2026 10:17 AM (qBdHI)

163 Patel was in Italy on the government dime to conference with the Italian security apparatus. Patel will be responsible for security at the World Cup here in the USA and was evaluating the Italian protocol for the Olympics. He said his side excursion to the hockey match would be on his dime.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 26, 2026 10:17 AM (Rx8av)

164 I did not have sex with that man, Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 26, 2026 10:18 AM (0rT8y)

165 Thank you for the Grammie update, bluebell! Wow, she's got a lot on her plate, but I know her faith will give her the strength she needs. My prayers for her will continue.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 26, 2026 10:18 AM (qBdHI)

166 Thanks, bluebell . Prayers for grammie!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2026 10:20 AM (Nx5jP)

167 You mean like with a cloth?

Hillary, being blasted drunk most of the time, wipes wrong and ends up getting all clogged up.

Posted by: Huma Abba Dabba Doo Abedin at February 26, 2026 10:20 AM (hXJe5)

168 Nice enough, but wish it had details

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2026 10:20 AM (lddk3)

169 [snip]

She [grammie winger] goes on to say she will contact me in the days following the surgery, and of course I will report here immediately when I hear anything. I'll be sending this to Annie for the Saturday morning prayer thread.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:14 AM (79pEw)

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Thanks for that update, bluebell -- prayers ascending.

It's amazing that as late as the 19th century, the average lifespan was (around 35) less than half of what it is today -- much of it owing to infant mortality.

I've heard recent futurists predicting that, in the not-too-distant-future, age 120 will likely be the new 60.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:21 AM (sTbTe)

170 And yet, congress critters jet set all over the world on our dime, probably pay for hookers and blow with our money too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 10:21 AM (WFPHN)

171 160 Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Your 2028 Democrat Presidential Nominee.

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Y8DZL)

172 The NBA's use of conventional math, of starting games on time, and of cleaning needles off the court are all examples of the NBA trying to whiten the game.

Posted by: Wally at February 26, 2026 10:22 AM (0rT8y)

173 IIRC Patel is a hockey fan. Amateur player. No wonder he had interest in the game.

Beyond that.... what's the problem?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2026 10:22 AM (jtM2q)

174 Democrats make me sick.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2026 10:22 AM (2OJI2)

175 Thank you for all the prayers for grammie - as you know, they mean the world to her!

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:23 AM (79pEw)

176 I did not have sex with that man, Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 26, 2026 10:18 AM (0rT8y)

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Nobody puts The Bull in Hillary like Webster Hubbell.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:24 AM (sTbTe)

177 @168

>>Nice enough, but wish it had details

I’m the opposite, the hallmark of a great artist is how much they can convey with as little detail as possible without falling into abstraction.

Look at some of JSS’s portraits, you will be surprised at how little detail is in them but his extraordinary techniques convey detail with literally nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 10:25 AM (WFPHN)

178 Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, 1880
Mary Cassatt
Metropolitan Museum of Art

It's pretty and peaceful; I like it a great deal.
---
Wikipedia, 'Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly'

In part, "Mary Cassatt's family had come to visit her at Marly-le-Roi in the summer of 1880 where the painter was living with her sister Lydia. Lydia, who suffered from Bright's disease, had moved from Philadelphia to live with Cassatt, who had relocated to Paris. At the time, unmarried women did not live alone, and as Lydia's disease progressed, she was no longer able to travel. The remainder of the family joined the sisters in the summer of 1880 and Cassatt's work at that time shifted to images depicting home life. Lydia became a frequent subject of Cassatt's work until her death in 1882.[1] Although Cassatt usually avoided plein air painting, the vivid representation of sunlight in this work suggests that it was painted in the garden.[2]"

Ya'll know where some of you are heading. 🤨

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 26, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

179 The NBA's use of conventional math, of starting games on time, and of cleaning needles off the court are all examples of the NBA trying to whiten the game.

Posted by: Wally at February 26, 2026 10:22 AM (0rT8y)

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Have there been any green dildos tossed out onto the court at NBA games this year?

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:25 AM (sTbTe)

180 New tiny 90 million year old dinosaur discovered.

https://is.gd/bAXUA9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:26 AM (FXNzP)

181 Should I have the bedroom ceiling painted taupe or fawn?

Posted by: Lydia at February 26, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

182 Everybody looked like that before glasses were invented.

Posted by: fd - I forgive myself for the mistakes I made at February 26, 2026 10:27 AM (vFG9F)

183 Prayers for grammie, and thank you bluebell.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (0nHVk)

184 I would really like there to be something vaguely resembling justice for disgusting leftoids like the Clintons in this mortal life, but does anyone actually believe that is in the offing in any meaningful way?

She's going to sit in the committee room and lie her flabby ass off, everyone will know she's lying her flabby ass off, have no way to really prove that she's lying her flabby ass off, and she will walk her flabby ass out of the room, get on a private jet and fly back to Chappaqua to be with her box of cheap New Zealand Chardonnay and nobody will do a goddamn thing about it. Oh, there will probably be a mildly-sternly worded letter summarizing her flabby-assed lies.

I hate to be The Guy That Says Nothing Will Happen, but can someone put me a clue as to what the point of this dumb shit is?

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (5aZAZ)

185 KTLA laid off Kacey Montoya? But kept the n***** fag?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (Kt19C)

186 A little more unhinged than usual...

commondreams.org: Watched by Millions, ‘People’s State of the Union’ Counters Unhinged Trump.

If I had a magic wand, I would get rid of this idea of a president. I’m sick of queens and kings and gods and goddesses and these stupid figureheads that we’re supposed to worship.

Get rid of the presidency. I’m not a child. I don’t need some God taking care of me. Parliamentary solutions only, please.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told the crowd gathered blocks from the US Capitol that “these are not normal times, and Democrats have to stop behaving normally.”

It’s way too late for that.

And the proof was in how the Demonazis failed even to loudly denounce Mushroom Boy while he was at the podium.

The Demonazis are a dead and discredited letter in US politics. To defeat the fascists, a new party, one based on movement politics, not electoral quagmires, has to come into being.

I don't know if I can survive 3 more years of this, but neither can the Orange man. Slurring words, falling face, right side drooping. He’s not the healthiest person and they definitely have him juiced up on anything they can get their hands on.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

187 Impressionist or Myopic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (c27kw)

188 I thought HRC was just going to Zoom in.

Posted by: fd - I forgive myself for the mistakes I made at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (vFG9F)

189 183 Prayers for grammie, and thank you bluebell.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Absolutely. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 26, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

190 Bastards!

Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:16 AM (FXNzP)

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Too many White Euros -- we're gonna need MOAR Muzzies!

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:29 AM (sTbTe)

191 Praying for grammie, a truly lovely woman.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:29 AM (wIg5s)

192 Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff over Ties to Epstein, Says He Did “Nothing Illicit”

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How about illegal?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:29 AM (FXNzP)

193 Nice picture, would hang. Like the hat

Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 26, 2026 10:29 AM (hTSkD)

194 Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Your 2028 Democrat Presidential Nominee.
Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Y8DZL)

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DogEater 2: I'm A UNITER Boogaloo!

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:30 AM (sTbTe)

195 Nothing Will Happen.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at February 26, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)

196 The NBA is boring which is why ratings are cratering.

As with everything, the zenith of basketball was a 20 year period from 1975 to 1995.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (WFPHN)

197 Prayers up for Grammie!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (bFu5X)

198 New tiny 90 million year old dinosaur discovered.

https://is.gd/bAXUA9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:26 AM (FXNzP)

I was in the pool!

Posted by: Zombie New tiny 90 million year old dinosaur at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (dK+Kv)

199 There is no point to any investigation of any regime figure. This is America; these people are above the law. Our system isn't structured in a way that makes consequences possible. It was constructed to prevent that from ever happening. Literally every single one of its mechanisms would have to suffer a cascading failure for a powerful criminal to be punished.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (BI5O2)

200 180. https://is.gd/bAXUA9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Neat, and like Jurassic Park!
thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (NFX2v)

201 If I had a magic wand, I would get rid of this idea of a president. I’m sick of queens and kings and gods and goddesses and these stupid figureheads that we’re supposed to worship.
____

They think MAGA voters worship Trump because they worshipped Obama.

They simply cannot think outside the tiny box of the Leftist way of thinking.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (Dv3i1)

202 186 If I had a magic wand, I would get rid of this idea of a president. I’m sick of queens and kings and gods and goddesses and these stupid figureheads that we’re supposed to worship.

Get rid of the presidency. I’m not a child. I don’t need some God taking care of me. Parliamentary solutions only, please.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 26, 2026 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

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Dear lord, the idea that Legislatures should also Executive? You're just replacing a president installed for a set amount of time with a Prime Minister, who's deeply weaker institutionally.

Anyone who looks across the pond to England and says, "That's good governance" is insane.

Also, if you want an executive with less power, give the government less power. But that's not an option. Ever. "I want the government to be all powerful," is just a base assumption that they'll never question.

These people have never seriously considered what governance is. Ever.

It's kind of hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

203 Patel is under fire from the Left for carousing with hockey players on the government dime.

Boy, can you imagine their outrage over our government dimes if they discover states are committing Medicare fraud?

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 10:33 AM (w4PfG)

204 Have there been any green dildos tossed out onto the court at NBA games this year?
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:25 AM (sTbTe)

Do we have evidence that it was thrown and not dropped?

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 26, 2026 10:33 AM (/6GbT)

205 Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told the crowd gathered blocks from the US Capitol that “these are not normal times, and Democrats have to stop behaving normally.”

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Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic... but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!
Bluto: We're just the guys to do it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:33 AM (FXNzP)

206 190 Bastards!

Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:16 AM (FXNzP)

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I hear he's a moderate because he sometimes says that Democrats have bad tactics.

Also, he's black, so white progressives want him because they have no idea who he actually is.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

207 196 The NBA is boring which is why ratings are cratering.

As with everything, the zenith of basketball was a 20 year period from 1975 to 1995.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (WFPHN)
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The NBA as a sports product sucks.

At best, it's a soap opera for middle-aged dudes.

Also, they can't shut the fuck up about the WNBA which is worse and which nobody watches because even women can't be bothered to watch women try to play basketball.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (5aZAZ)

208 201 They think MAGA voters worship Trump because they worshipped Obama.

They simply cannot think outside the tiny box of the Leftist way of thinking.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (Dv3i1)

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They're going to come down with coconut fever so hard in about 22 months.

It's gonna be great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

209 If I had a magic wand, I would get rid of this idea of a president. I’m sick of queens and kings and gods and goddesses and these stupid figureheads that we’re supposed to worship.

Get rid of the presidency. I’m not a child. I don’t need some God taking care of me. Parliamentary solutions only, please.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

I can tell you're not a child because you wish you had a magic wand.

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (w4PfG)

210 I hear he's a moderate because he sometimes says that Democrats have bad tactics.

Also, he's black, so white progressives want him because they have no idea who he actually is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)
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He's also good friends with Mark Levin, like that somehow belongs in his asset column.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (5aZAZ)

211 209
I can tell you're not a child because you wish you had a magic wand.

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (w4PfG)

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Also, the idea that the president is out there taking care of people?

He's chief executive of the federal government. Is that supposed to be a daddy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

212 Dear lord, the idea that Legislatures should also Executive? You're just replacing a president installed for a set amount of time with a Prime Minister, who's deeply weaker institutionally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

And no accountability for the actions of the group, versus actions of one replaceable executive. Retarded indeed.

Posted by: Zombie New tiny 90 million year old dinosaur at February 26, 2026 10:35 AM (dK+Kv)

213 194 Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Your 2028 Democrat Presidential Nominee.
Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Y8DZL)

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DogEater 2: I'm A UNITER Boogaloo!
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 26, 2026 10:30 AM (sTbTe)

Its called diversity and equity and inclusion.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (i0Hi3)

214 They think MAGA voters worship Trump because they worshipped Obama.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

They didn't even have our orange robes and matching fezzes. You call that worship??

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

215 212 And no accountability for the actions of the group, versus actions of one replaceable executive. Retarded indeed.

Posted by: Zombie New tiny 90 million year old dinosaur at February 26, 2026 10:35 AM (dK+Kv)

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Parliament is supreme and can do whatever the fuck it wants because it has no checks.

It's centralizing power even more into a largely unaccountable group that can let institutional corruption fester faster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

216 These people have never seriously considered what governance is. Ever.

It's kind of hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)
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When you read the Reddit Intercepts, it's important to keep in mind that the Reddit userbase is HEAVILY non-American. Whoever posted that most likely lives under a shitty Euroweenie parliamentary system and is shilling for their stupid system of government that he knows quite well.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (5aZAZ)

217 117 my parents drove it up from the bahamas.

Posted by: cmeat at February 26, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)

218 The more appropriate moniker is Screamin' A. Smith.

Posted by: Change my mind at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

219 Aka me, in my retirement, hopefully.
Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 09:59 AM

bluebell's shivs will become even collectable. Stock up now!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (0sNs1)

220 He's chief executive of the federal government. Is that supposed to be a daddy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

They'd prefer a dreamy, gay mocha messiah, perhaps?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (dK+Kv)

221 Nobody puts The Bull in Hillary like Webster Hubbell.
Posted by: ShainS

All Morons are well aware of 'The Power of the Pxxxx' but I mean, C'mon, somewhere you just have to draw the line!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (cYBz/)

222 The NBA as a sports product sucks.

At best, it's a soap opera for middle-aged dudes.

Also, they can't shut the fuck up about the WNBA which is worse and which nobody watches because even women can't be bothered to watch women try to play basketball.
Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:34 AM (5aZAZ)

If it were a soap opera for middle aged dudes, it would be an escape. It isn’t. I stopped watching when I was getting smacked on the head with politics, same as the NFL. And I was once a huge Spurs fan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (fYhK6)

223 1. Praying 🙏🏻 for grammie.
2. The NBA needs to teach the players basic English.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (4opPK)

224 {bluebell} thanks for the update

grammie a prayer for her complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: Donald Trump at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

225 I can tell you're not a child because you wish you had a magic wand.
Posted by: t-bird

No, no, eets not, how you say, a childish idea!

Posted by: The Paolo at February 26, 2026 10:38 AM (oftw2)

226 216 When you read the Reddit Intercepts, it's important to keep in mind that the Reddit userbase is HEAVILY non-American. Whoever posted that most likely lives under a shitty Euroweenie parliamentary system and is shilling for their stupid system of government that he knows quite well.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (5aZAZ)

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Probably English, yeah.

And the English despise their own Parliamentary government.

Limited government is just never an option.

Seriously, Trump is literally shrinking the size and scope of government (federal workforce reductions + regulatory pullbacks). It's making the government less of a caretaker. It's what they say they want!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

227 Reddit is bots.

Posted by: Just like Twitter at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)

228 /orange sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

229 Basketball needs a pool.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (c27kw)

230 Pure altruism and agape.

Nancy Pelosi says that she was never in Congress for the money: "Not that I was there for the money."

Pelosi’s net worth is over $400 MILLION since joining Congress.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (FXNzP)

231 Good morning all!

Do you think that one day an objective and fair film will be made, or a book will be written about the life and political rise and fall and rise of DJT? He seems to be living, breathing proof of the saying "Comes the time, comes the man"?

Posted by: jmel at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (RWHIh)

232 The NBA is boring which is why ratings are cratering.

As with everything, the zenith of basketball was a 20 year period from 1975 to 1995.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
__________

In the end, it's a stupid game. The definition of a foul is so subjective as to make it meaningless. The refs determine the outcome, not the players.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (XvL8K)

233 f I had a magic wand, I would get rid of this idea of a president. I’m sick of queens and kings and gods and goddesses and these stupid figureheads that we’re supposed to worship.
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No you wouldn't and no you aren't. You would just make it someone who does all the shit you want and punish anyone who objected.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (wIg5s)

234 And yes, I have a *genuine* (and limited edition) bluebell shiv. It is, perhaps, the most honored object in my collection of sharp pointy things.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

235 Parliament is supreme and can do whatever the fuck it wants because it has no checks.

It's centralizing power even more into a largely unaccountable group that can let institutional corruption fester faster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

Americans would not like a parliamentary system (though ME and AK have embraced elements of it). Not only is it what you describe, but the change in parliament can be immediate. Changes in government can be so drastic as to make one’s head spin.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (fYhK6)

236 The other thing to remember is that most systems have no checks on the overall power of the government. No powers enumerated in the constitution or bill of rights to set guard rails. They can literally do as they please. Often, even if they say they do, it is at the mercy of the government to decide what it can or can't do.

Civilization is just a very very thin facade on might makes right tribalism.

This is the thing the left both wants and really does not want, because they are not looking at the backside of things and realizing the document protects them as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (bss/y)

237 Something something crotchety.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 26, 2026 10:40 AM (diia5)

238 Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (5aZAZ)

Nah, bet you anything they're just mad about Trump

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (wIg5s)

239 Stephen A. Smith deals 3-card Monty in Bryant Park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

240 Probably nothing will happen to them. Nevertheless, 'sins of the father' (or mother, too, in their case), the concept that the consequences, curses, or negative behaviors of parents (or ancestors) are passed down to and affect their children and subsequent generations.

Related - 'The Troubled In-Laws of the 2016 Race' If Clinton or Trump is elected, there’ll probably be a felonious father-in-law visiting the White House. April 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

241 /orange sock off
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)
--------

I knew it was you

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (79pEw)

242 Seriously, Trump is literally shrinking the size and scope of government (federal workforce reductions + regulatory pullbacks). It's making the government less of a caretaker. It's what they say they want!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

They want fascism? Ern Norman, coordinate!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (Dv3i1)

243 238 Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:36 AM (5aZAZ)

Nah, bet you anything they're just mad about Trump

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (wIg5s)

======

"Newsom can be my daddy!"
-probably that one commenter's next comment

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

244 If I had a magic wand, I would wish everyone I don't like to the cornfield.

Posted by: What they really meant at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (vFG9F)

245 Okay, that was supposed to be a wink but it seems to be a lovely little picture.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (79pEw)

246 Seriously, Trump is literally shrinking the size and scope of government (federal workforce reductions + regulatory pullbacks). It's making the government less of a caretaker. It's what they say they want!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

They said they wanted an outsider, a change agent. I told them "then, Trump was their guy." They countered that Hillary was their outsider change agent, because that's what programming the DNC delivered to their NPCs.

What are you gonna do with that?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)

247 "199 There is no point to any investigation of any regime figure. This is America; these people are above the law. Our system isn't structured in a way that makes consequences possible. It was constructed to prevent that from ever happening. Literally every single one of its mechanisms would have to suffer a cascading failure for a powerful criminal to be punished.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 26, 2026 10:31 AM (BI5O2)"

Look on the bright side, it could be worse. The shit going down in the UK would never fly here, and mostly likely will never fly

I own an antitank rifle, ffs. And and LMG. Suppressed sniper rifles and integrally suppressed subguns. Think of the poor fucks over ther that have to bow and scrape when the local fuzz comes to arrest them for mean tweets.

Posted by: heya at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (+RkG8)

248 Parliament is supreme and can do whatever the fuck it wants because it has no checks.

It's centralizing power even more into a largely unaccountable group that can let institutional corruption fester faster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Correct and incorrect. The UK is ruled by the civil service, not Parleilayement.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (diia5)

249 Nah, bet you anything they're just mad about Trump
Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (wIg5s)
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They're that, too, but odds are that about 3/5 of the Reddit Intercepts were posted by people not living in the US.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (5aZAZ)

250 All Morons are well aware of 'The Power of the Pxxxx' but I mean, C'mon, somewhere you just have to draw the line!!

Posted by: Tonypete

=====

You're assuming it was consensual.

I'm assuming it was under duress.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 26, 2026 10:43 AM (9C/Xw)

251 Dear lord, the idea that Legislatures should also Executive? You're just replacing a president installed for a set amount of time with a Prime Minister, who's deeply weaker institutionally.

Anyone who looks across the pond to England and says, "That's good governance" is insane.

Also, if you want an executive with less power, give the government less power. But that's not an option. Ever. "I want the government to be all powerful," is just a base assumption that they'll never question.

These people have never seriously considered what governance is. Ever.

It's kind of hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

There’s always TX government. The governor here is among the weakest, if not THE weakest, governor in all 50 states. In some ways you can argue the Lt Gov has more power.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 10:43 AM (fYhK6)

252 Thoughts of revenge on a cheating partner.

Posted by: Unkaren at February 26, 2026 10:43 AM (duOzU)

253 Leftists hated football and basketball when it wasn’t politicized and woke and filled with AWFLs. It was a refuge so to speak, for normal males of all races, a place to forget about politics at least for a while.

That, of course, could not be allowed to stand. Either you get rid of the entire edifice altogether, or prancing tranny “cheerleaders” and the pink ribbons and the rest of it, or both.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (yfFl/)

254 Thank you, bluebell. Appreciate the Grammie updates.

Prayers up for her, her loved ones, and those responsible for her medical care.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (wr21C)

255 I can tell you're not a child because you wish you had a magic wand.

Posted by: t-bird

You know, like free grocery stores.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (FXNzP)

256 They're going to come down with coconut fever so hard in about 22 months.

It's gonna be great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I had that once. Gave my brown-skinned cook a white, creamy filling. He even floated in the lake after his mysterious drowning "accident".

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

257 Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:41 AM (79pEw)

But I'm sure it it were Trump he'd like her too and wish her well with prayers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (PFs9e)

258 246 They said they wanted an outsider, a change agent. I told them "then, Trump was their guy." They countered that Hillary was their outsider change agent, because that's what programming the DNC delivered to their NPCs.

What are you gonna do with that?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)

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"Top of the political class of one party for 20 years and former Secretary of State under previous Democrat administration is more of an outsider than New York real estate mogul who's never held office before."

Partisanship makes one stupid.

But...Democrats are desperate for an actual outsider. They just reject all of them.

They want an outsider that says all the same things as insiders. But that's not what outsiders do. Outsiders challenge assumptions. Trump did it on several fronts (Iraq and immigration). Democrats need something like that.

But, their media ecosystem attacks and shuts down anyone who tries. Trump had the advantage that the media ecosystem propped him up because they thought it would hurt the GOP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

259 Pelosi is not there for the money.
Neither is a crime boss. It’s the POWER, baby! Money is the side benefit.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (yrDTz)

260 > I own an antitank rifle, ffs. And and LMG. Suppressed sniper rifles and integrally suppressed subguns. Think of the poor fucks over ther that have to bow and scrape when the local fuzz comes to arrest them for mean tweets.
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There's a state politician here in KY that wants to make machine guns legal for the public. He's introducing a bill this year to push it.

Not a chance in hell it'll pass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (jtM2q)

261 Okay, that was supposed to be a wink but it seems to be a lovely little picture.
Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM

A relatively recent (and unannounced/undocumented) change by Pixy has broken the traditional AoSHQ comment emoticons. Sad! :-(

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (0sNs1)

262 When reading "The King's Peace" (run up to teh ECW), pretty much every other page in the first half I was sayng to Charles I, "You eediot!!". Then Parliament got the bit in its teeth and they were EVEN WORSE.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (i1VVh)

263 And, lovely art for today, CBD. I do enjoy Cassat.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (wr21C)

264 251 There’s always TX government. The governor here is among the weakest, if not THE weakest, governor in all 50 states. In some ways you can argue the Lt Gov has more power.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 10:43 AM (fYhK6)

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And the legislature only meets every other year.

And everyone is dead because Texas's government isn't passing bills all the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

265 I hate Impressionism.

Posted by: front toward enemy at February 26, 2026 10:46 AM (TIizU)

266 What are you gonna do with that?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 26, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)

Nod and back away slowly.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (wIg5s)

267 , Muldoon your limericks always make me laugh.
Posted by: Jen the original]/i]

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

Aw. Thanks. It has been a lot of fun through the years.

Posted by: muldoon at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (qgHp7)

268 Obama probably appeared to be an outsider to the Dems. He knocked out the insider Hillary. Unless of course you think that the Clintons were outsiders.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (Dv3i1)

269 These people have never seriously considered what governance is. Ever.
——-

“Consensus”, an end run around leadership. It’s a carefully crafted indoctrination into a widespread enforced mediocrity, as well as preventing anyone from being held responsible or accountable.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (yfFl/)

270 It's centralizing power even more into a largely unaccountable group that can let institutional corruption fester faster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Correct and incorrect. The UK is ruled by the civil service, not Parleilayement.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

It's funny that this is the same group that accuses you of being a Nazi bootlicker if you support ICE deporting people, and defending themselves against violent rioters, and yet they want the British nanny-state.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

271 268 Obama probably appeared to be an outsider to the Dems. He knocked out the insider Hillary. Unless of course you think that the Clintons were outsiders.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (Dv3i1)

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On the surface, he was.

No real ties to any major national power structure. He was an upstart.

But his outsiderism brought racialism and Chicago corruption to the Democrat Party at a time when anyone could have won as a Democrat after post-W and with John McCain as the nominee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

272 Trump had the advantage that the media ecosystem propped him up because they thought it would hurt the GOP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

Maybe for about five minutes. They spent the rest of the time saying he was a Nazi and a joke and promoting John Kasich.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:49 AM (wIg5s)

273 Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport

His job is being a loudmouth. If he can generate a controversy, all the better for him.

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2026 10:49 AM (w4PfG)

274 There’s always TX government. The governor here is among the weakest, if not THE weakest, governor in all 50 states.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 10:43 AM

In fairness, he does skip leg day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 26, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

275 272 Maybe for about five minutes. They spent the rest of the time saying he was a Nazi and a joke and promoting John Kasich.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:49 AM (wIg5s)

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The very minor pivot to Kasich happened late in the primary. After Super Tuesday.

The year leading up to that was, "Look, the dummies are falling for this loudmouth's carnival of grotesqueries!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

276 Tanned, rested and ready to deliver. Just like my dad, who was a postman!

Posted by: John Kasich, Unremarkable at February 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Dv3i1)

277 Thanks, bluebell, for the update on grammie!
Sending prayers

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:51 AM (tj6OY)

278 It's about time the Texas Governor got up off his ass.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:51 AM (c27kw)

279 268 Obama probably appeared to be an outsider to the Dems. He knocked out the insider Hillary. Unless of course you think that the Clintons were outsiders.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (Dv3i1)
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The Democrat party carefully stage-managed Obama's political career so that he looked like an outsider. They ran him for President as soon as they could so that he didn't get the stank of being a Senator on him any more than he already had.

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 10:51 AM (5aZAZ)

280
The year leading up to that was, "Look, the dummies are falling for this loudmouth's carnival of grotesqueries!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

I was an early Trump supporter. They tried to destroy him very early. And not just the main media but Fox too.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:52 AM (wIg5s)

281 Not only is it what you describe, but the change in parliament can be immediate. Changes in government can be so drastic as to make one’s head spin.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Look at how Churchill got replaced at Potsdam by Attlee. Yeah, you don't wanna be swapping out your head of government at an international summit at a moment's notice. Not that it made a lot of difference, I suppose, but it's a bad look.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

282 In the end, it's a stupid game. The definition of a foul is so subjective as to make it meaningless. The refs determine the outcome, not the players.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Concur. When there's two minutes left on the clock you know you've go 15 minutes of bullshit to get through before the final buzzer.

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:53 AM (Y8DZL)

283 280
The year leading up to that was, "Look, the dummies are falling for this loudmouth's carnival of grotesqueries!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

I was an early Trump supporter. They tried to destroy him very early. And not just the main media but Fox too.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:52 AM (wIg5s)

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Note:

I do not say that they supported him. I say that let him occupy a central point in the media ecosystem.

They gave him oxygen.

They would never do that to a heterodox Democrat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

284 told the crowd gathered blocks from the US Capitol

The blocks are just laying there? Is the dome loose too?
Things may have gone more badly than we had heard.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 26, 2026 10:54 AM (zdLoL)

285 A no holds barred X deathmatch between Stephen Miller and Jon Favreau.

https://is.gd/EUOvKk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 26, 2026 10:54 AM (FXNzP)

286 And you took my Kasich jibe literally. What actually happened was they tried to make every single person but Trump the front runner. It was silly.

Trump's true advantage was he had the support of the base - so called "evangelicals" latched on very early, took a boatload of shit for it, and he never abandoned them like other Republicans.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:54 AM (wIg5s)

287 >>Stephen A. Smith Accuses the NBA of Trying to “Whiten” the Sport

It has been quite enlightening watching the WNBA's reaction to Caitlyn Clark, and the NBA's reaction to Nikola Jokic, both fabulously talented players who happen to be white.

The rejection of this style of diversity has been quite a show. A very ugly show in the case of Clark, who has been openly targeted for assault every time she steps on the court.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:55 AM (tj6OY)

288 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Late again. It's becoming a habit.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)

289 But I'm sure it it were Trump he'd like her too and wish her well with prayers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2026 10:44 AM (PFs9e)

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Yes, indeed!

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2026 10:56 AM (79pEw)

290 The Narrative was ANY Republican other than Donald Trump could defeat Scankles.

When any sane person knew instinctively that the ONLY person who could beat that machine was The Donald. It was classic GOP failure theater.

I think the plan was to have Jeb! lose. Gracefully, natch. Suffer the slings and arrows and give Americans another lecture. “Bush vs. Clinton” Pick one, was finally a bridge too far after 20 years

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:57 AM (yfFl/)

291 Late again. It's becoming a habit.
Posted by: Diogenes

Lack of Geezer Golf messes with your internal clock. You'll be back on schedule in a few weeks.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

292 They gave him oxygen.

They would never do that to a heterodox Democrat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 26, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

Your point about a Democrat is taken.

But any Republican getting the "oxygen" they gave him would have been obliterated a million times over. Trump turned the media to his advantage, as he has continued to do because he knows how to use them.

That's not the same as him having any actual advantage. There was a VERY early time where they thought he would be an easy opponent but at virtually no point did they do anything but try to eliminate him, because the higher up Democrats and Unparty knew, as I did, that he was the only person with a legitimate shot to beat The Hag.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:57 AM (wIg5s)

293 Where is the sun?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:58 AM (c27kw)

294 Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 10:55 AM (tj6OY)

Want to know what the Left really thinks about "minorities"? Look how they treat whites and Republicans when they are in the minority.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 10:59 AM (wIg5s)

295 Where is the sun?
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2026 10:58 AM

*gestures vaguely*

That way.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 26, 2026 10:59 AM (bFu5X)

296 In the end, it's a stupid game. The definition of a foul is so subjective as to make it meaningless. The refs determine the outcome, not the players.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Concur. When there's two minutes left on the clock you know you've go 15 minutes of bullshit to get through before the final buzzer.
Posted by: Auspex
________

It's same problem in football with the subjective calls on pass interference and holding. But somehow I still like football.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 26, 2026 10:59 AM (XvL8K)

297 Where is the sun?
Posted by: Boss Moss

93,000,000 miles from Earth.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

298 293 Where is the sun?
Posted by: Boss Moss

blocked by the Hawaiian judge

Posted by: Rick in SK at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (FZYNt)

299 >>But any Republican getting the "oxygen" they gave him would have been obliterated a million times over. Trump turned the media to his advantage, as he has continued to do because he knows how to use them.

I watch a lot of Morning Joe in 2016 to see how they thought. Mika and Joe marveled at how available Trump was - you called and you got him, not some assistant, and he always said yes to media requests. He was irresistible to them, even though they kinda hated it.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (tj6OY)

300 Still with the crocheting!!! Always with the crocheting?? When are we gonna get naked???

Posted by: tubal at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (pDt9x)

301 Mid Morning FART thread

Posted by: GigantorX at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (x8k2o)

302 Godspeed, Grammie.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (dK+Kv)

303 297 Where is the sun?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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It's always in the last place you look.

Posted by: Never changes at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2Ez/1)

304 >>Want to know what the Left really thinks about "minorities"? Look how they treat whites and Republicans when they are in the minority.

Yes. We've seen a lot of it lately.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (tj6OY)

305 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

306 The rejection of this style of diversity has been quite a show. A very ugly show
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Segregationists had a point, is all they’ve really managed to accomplish. One has to be retarded to watch these leftist clowns fuck everything up beyond belief and think this is a good thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (yfFl/)

307
nood rant

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)

308 127 "I don't remember,
I don't recall,
I've got no memory
of anything at all"

Posted by: Auspex at February 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Y8DZL)

Underrated song, but I still like "The Rhythm of the Heat" better.

Posted by: XTC at February 26, 2026 11:01 AM (6Uni8)

309 Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2026 11:00 AM (tj6OY)

Theres a gross early clip of Mika practically wetting herself over him. Gross because for once it was the truth coming from her lips.

Posted by: ... at February 26, 2026 11:02 AM (wIg5s)

310 Nood primate

Posted by: ballistic at February 26, 2026 11:03 AM (5aZAZ)

311 Groucho Marx sang a song about her.

Posted by: ibid at February 26, 2026 11:18 AM (oFs3r)

312 "There's a state politician here in KY that wants to make machine guns legal for the public. He's introducing a bill this year to push it.

Not a chance in hell it'll pass.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2026 10:45 AM (jtM2q)"

A mostly well kept secret for you: KY is right, they do have the power to do that, whether or not they'll actually pass it.

There has always been a certain number of post-86 stamp approvals and agency-to-individual transfers going on, for those with connections. The law isn't just that the .gov is allowed to make these transfers at will; it's that they don't have to approve transfers outside of those. But "don't have to" isn't "can't" or "won't".

The ATF can, and does, approve post-86 mg's straight to individuals. Just not you.

Posted by: heya at February 26, 2026 11:27 AM (NufQ3)

313 “Consensus”, an end run around leadership. It’s a carefully crafted indoctrination into a widespread enforced mediocrity, as well as preventing anyone from being held responsible or accountable.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 26, 2026 10:47 AM (yfFl/)

Consensus is the absence of leadership (MHT, 1925-2013)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 26, 2026 01:01 PM (fYhK6)

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