Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Awakening of the Forest
Paul Delvaux

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 No.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

2 Weird

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (TrNJ0)

3
Boobs, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (tgvbd)

4 Lotsa nudes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

5 Eye popper.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)

6 Oh my goodness, the forest is certainly awake I see.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

7 BEWBS! And...dicks.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

8 Wood nymphs?

Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (OTOad)

9 The forest was very awake that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Climbing the tree naked seems fraught with potential issues.

Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (Wmg4n)

11 Lotta bushes in those trees

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (yAteE)

12 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

13
I hope this isn't a preview of what's in store for us this week.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

14 More like The Transitioning of the Forest, in the case of the he-she on the right.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

15 And I'm lookin'

At yo tittays!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Wow, quite the plethora of breasts there.

So what are the two incel dudes on the left supposed to be doing?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

17 Bark humpers?

Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (OTOad)

18 Dude is burning a hole in that one chick's ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Alternate title:

"A Forest Full of Nekkid Women with an Unfortunate Sprinkling of Males"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

20 So what are the two incel dudes on the left supposed to be doing?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

Incelebrating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Better check for squirrels!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (OTOad)

22 Taking a big chance, here.

Posted by: Poison Ivy And Oak at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

23 More like "The Awakening Of The Wood", amirite

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (gKWVE)

24 You can't park there.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C)

25 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (HXT0k)

26 It is the work of the Delvaux!

Posted by: Rex B at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (DqQS/)

27 Lotsa happy little bushes.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

28
Wow, quite the plethora of breasts there

__________

I think the collective noun is "jug".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (tgvbd)

29 More like "The Awakening Of The Wood", amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (gKWVE)

You asked for it.........

https://youtu.be/1pGw72EfsxM

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

30 There's on of those women from The Handmaid's Tale at the extreme right just behind the tranny playing the flute.

Posted by: Freaky Deaky at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

31 The fellow on the left and his companion look like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. And Holmes looks like he's inspecting a dried monkey paw for some reason.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

32 Someone is going to have to explain this one to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (UxriW)

33 7 BEWBS! And...dicks.
Posted by: Delurker

14 More like The Transitioning of the Forest, in the case of the he-she on the right.
Posted by: Delurker

TRANS PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED!!!

Posted by: Rational, reasonable Democrat at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

34 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (HXT0k)

"He who laughs last, is like a hand in the bush."

- - -- - - No More Tears

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

35 Reminding everyone that winter is over. Tick Season has begun.

Posted by: Lyme in The Coconut at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

36 awful
creepy
ugly

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)

37 field day

Posted by: cmeat at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

38
Blinded By The Sight - a limerick

There once was a young man named Lucius
Surrounded by bare ladies' tushes
He threw up his arm
And cried with alarm,
"I can't see the forest for the bushes!"

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

39 Faces are weird.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

40 The girl on the left embracing the tree has an interesting tat.

Oh, wait. That could be a branch or a fern. Never mind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

41 It's not gratuitous nudery, I'm making a very clever statement that a third-grader might come up with that impresses art critics!

Posted by: Paul Delvaux at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (E24OL)

42 Morning wood!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (AkEZC)

43 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

44 If your D&D party stumbles across this scene while traveling through the woods, remember Tom Hardy's Mad Maxx quote, "That's bait."

Who am I kidding? Anyone playing D&D today is a WiFi password person who would want to jump right in.

Posted by: Words of Wisdom at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

45 OMG, the pipe-player on the right seems to have a penis. Ugh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

46 Lots of nice little bushes!

Posted by: Bob Ross at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (+HNx/)

47 And now I'm going to be art-paranoid all week...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (OUMaO)

48 Alternate title:

"Alphonse and Pierre Both Realize They're Teh Ghey After Finding Themselves in a Forest Full of Naked Women Only Realize That They're Staring at Some Naked Dude's Dong"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

49 This is not the kind of tree hugging I picture.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (eiAiG)

50
would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

_________

Pan there sure ain't hung.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (tgvbd)

51 Good lord.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (/0DxH)

52 Two of the girls in the background look like they are wrestling, or about to. The others are ignoring them, though. I guess when you're a bunch of nymphs in a forest, that sort of thing happens all the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

53 Art Institute of Chicago:

"...the artist transformed an episode from Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), in which Professor Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel discover a prehistoric forest deep inside the earth. Delvaux showed the professor at left, examining a rock or fossil; behind him stands Axel, who bears a striking resemblance to the artist himself. Under a full moon, a group of women in the background appear like automatons. In the foreground, several figures combine human and vegetal elements; these ambiguous figures seem to embody a primordial, as yet undifferentiated, state. A woman in the right foreground and another in the left middle ground, both in Victorian dress, hold lamps and try in a vain to shed light on the unyielding mystery of the scene."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K)

54 Ditto on Weird.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (DgMqy)

55 The Handmaiden is not getting in the spirit of things.

On the plus side, she'll be the only one who doesn't get Lyme Disease.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

56 Would work perfectly in the Hot Tub Honeymoon Suite at the Days Inn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (+HNx/)

57 Why the hell is the guy on the right blowing a flute?

I mean, c'mon on!!

That is wrong on so many levels.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/)

58 As if Monday mornings weren’t bad enough already…,

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (hzEuy)

59 No hang, no bang.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (UuB1r)

60 Lotta bush in them there woods.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (KiBMU)

61 It’s a nudist colony and it’s a disaster

Worse than Blacks Beach, San Diego

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (xT8gx)

62 No.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)
=====

This.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)

63 Horrid.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2)

64 Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Naked Nymphs," despite the steady demand for Holmes stories, never got accepted by any magazines. Just too far ahead of its time, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

65 "Wow! Look at the tits! Look at all those tits! There must be... 57 tits up there."

Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (Ve/HL)

66 This is almost up there with fat dude on an ottoman...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (TrNJ0)

67 Eric Swalwell to his wife: "Whatever you do, babe, don't look in the back yard."

Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

68 Well I can tell this was not painting in Brazil

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)

69 Well something for everyone I guess. Too bad the guy isn't better endowed though.

Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)

70 Bosch painted what comes next.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (UxriW)

71 The scene is largely repugnant but there is some nice rendering of the flesh that merits mentioning.

Would not hang, but I wouldn’t get on someone who did.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (L66y1)

72 I don't really care for most of the artist's work- of which I've looked at -except for "Harmony" which is an orangish building at night .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (rZCVI)

73 When the tourist bus drops off at the Naked Women Restoration Sanctuary

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:44 AM (+HNx/)

74 Alt title: Waiting For Achmed.

Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:44 AM (Ve/HL)

75 69 Well something for everyone I guess. Too bad the guy isn't better endowed though.

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Do you like, how do you say, the larger members?

Posted by: The Paolo at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (+HNx/)

76 Hey - It was cold in that forest. SHRINKAGE!

Posted by: Pan Costanza at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (gtcuf)

77
Q: How can theologians be certain Adam was a Lutheran?

A: Because while standing next to a naked woman he was tempted by a piece of fruit.

Posted by: In the beginning at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

78 Hoochie coochie forest smoochie.

Posted by: Diddler at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (mnGjL)

79 "... the artist transformed an episode from Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), in which Professor Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel discover a prehistoric forest deep inside the earth. . . . A woman in the right foreground and another in the left middle ground, both in Victorian dress, hold lamps and try in a vain to shed light on the unyielding mystery of the scene."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026

***
I wondered why drapes were hanging in the forest. This makes more sense, in a sense.

Somehow I doubt Verne featured naked nymphs in his story in 1864.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

80 Of the tits you can see, there are 17, you can safely infer 26 tits though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (L66y1)

81 Well....

*something* awakened in me this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (gnNyN)

82 Mushrooms. I think it was the shrooms.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:46 AM (sFnTw)

83 The team building events for the Marketing Team are getting out of hand.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (kqOal)

84 Stay out the bushes

Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)

85 This reminds me, now that we are into spring in many places their will be pollen everywhere right?

Well, guess what pollen actually is? That's right it carries the male reproductive cells for plants.

And now its up your nose and making your eyes water...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (sKqQm)

86 Hate the composition layout even if it was well executed. It's a mess imo.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (V4IXI)

87 "Hey Pan, do you know Stairway to Heaven?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (+HNx/)

88 I count about fifteen nudes, if you include the flute player over to the right.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

89 It's like a nude beach.
Sounds good until you get there.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

90 I only count 15 tits, including side-boob. But, I'm not counting the trannys.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (gtcuf)

91 These bitches be crazy. I want to retire there.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (FmapG)

92 88 I count about fifteen nudes, if you include the flute player over to the right.

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Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (+HNx/)

93 Shit, they DO grow on trees.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (snZF9)

94 There are 2 "males"... Gay both since they don't seem interested in the women...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (TrNJ0)

95 Dude in the suit is oddly overdressed.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (Q8i3m)

96 At first glance the flute player looks like he's smoking, because of the rather, uh, vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute. I have to think that was not an accidental addition to the painting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

97
Steamy Scene - a limerick

There once was a young man named Cassius
Surrounded by bare naked asses
"Before spanky panky
Could I borrow a hanky?
It seems that I've fogged up my glasses!"

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

98 I don't need to ask today where all the white wimmen at!

Posted by: The Sheriff at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

99 Why the hell is the guy on the right blowing a flute?

I mean, c'mon on!!

That is wrong on so many levels.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/)

Concerto makes her clothes come off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

100 Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he

Hey, Aqualung

Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (HcoTw)

101 There are two tits hiding behind a tree.

Look again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (L66y1)

102 >Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM
+++
Because he's got boobs.

Posted by: And that's just wrong at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

103 Not much awakening going on.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (vFG9F)

104 pWell, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026

***
True. Though for me, the "he" part is not on my radar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

105 I like the world's first pole dancer on the tree

Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (HcoTw)

106 All right! Over 100!

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

107 Damn tree humpers.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (vFG9F)

108 Speaking of boobs, I saw a dumb Sydney Sweeney girlpower movie where she and Amanda Seyfried are dealing with an evvvvviiilllll rich husband.

The two actresses are the executive producers on it...so they are calling the shots...but Sweeney still decided to let the sweater puppies out.

I guess she knows what drives ticket sales/home watching...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

109 Pan must be a fagz.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (FmapG)

110 Those poor Dudes. You can just here the one muttering.

"How was I supposed to know this was the lesbian forest?"

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)

111 This is like if a painter today did a painting of his interpretation of a Star Trek episode.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (V4IXI)

112 On the boat heading in.

Cool and misty on Elliot Bay.

Have a good Monday, morons.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:53 AM (sFnTw)

113 Belgians need to stick to making waffles.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:53 AM (V4IXI)

114 >96 At first glance the flute player looks like he's smoking, because of the rather, uh, vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute. I have to think that was not an accidental addition to the painting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
###

It's a hat tip to Georgia O'Keefe.

Posted by: Paul Delvaux at April 13, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

115 113 Belgians need to stick to making waffles.
--------------
They call waffles Ukraine these days.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:54 AM (FmapG)

116 I'm definitely lost on why we can't just over the Strait. Does Iran have it booby trapped to render it useless?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:55 AM (V4IXI)

117 @brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

118 I'm kind of lichen this scene. Moss def!

Forest puns...Go!

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

119 Showing off.

https://tinyurl.com/5n3kxw9p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

120 If it's pun time, I'm leaving.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gtcuf)

121 @brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

122 120 If it's pun time, I'm leaving.
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Heh, we could talk about LOTRs. Not that that is gay or anything.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (FmapG)

123 There are 2 "males"... Gay both since they don't seem interested in the women...
Posted by: It's me donna

We've been living with the broads for years, and already banged them all. You know the saying, "for every hot woman, there is a guy tired of her shit?" Think of all the spiders and shit we have to kill out here!

Posted by: 2 dudes in the forest at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (JCZqz)

124 The Sabrina carpenter story is hilarious. I’d feel some sympathy for her except she’s a woke AWFL who is a full on TDS sufferer and pro-Hamas.

So LOLGF honey. Maybe you’ll learn a lesson here that you can never please the left no matter how much you suck up to them.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (UuB1r)

125 I wonder if these chicks can find truffles?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (FmapG)

126 ...vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

********

That's obviously a branch orifice...

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

127 @brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

It's a testament to the fact that the MSM only turns on a Dem if it benefits the Dems as a whole, potatohead.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (gtcuf)

128 Showing off.

https://tinyurl.com/5n3kxw9p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

Rodeo tends to have a pretty severe penalty for excessive celebration.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

129 I'm kind of lichen this scene. Moss def!

I pine for the days of good art.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

130 Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

The flute player is asking 'canopy ?'

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (V4IXI)

131 108 Speaking of boobs, I saw a dumb Sydney Sweeney girlpower movie where she and Amanda Seyfried are dealing with an evvvvviiilllll rich husband.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

Also speaking of ezposed boobs and heaving breasts, Hillary Clinton was on MS Now!!

She was giving her unbiased opinion of President Trump and the blockade. Somerhing about terrible, Doom, lost this war, DOOM, I know Western Civilization because I took a class - seriously, worst President ever, DOOM!!!

Some of that was subtextual.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (Sco7b)

132 @brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
Posted by: gKWVE

Nick Shirley, on the other hand...fuck that racist dude for hurting innocent immigrants with his lies, right?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (JCZqz)

133 @brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

It’s a testament to the epic stupidity of Fartwell and the nastiness of his Dem opponents. Speaking of epic stupidity that’s a potato head tweet!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (xT8gx)

134 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

135 I knew a man named Michael Hooligan
Climbed a tree and barked his tool again
Took of several yards of wool again
Poor old Michael Hooligan, the fool again.

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

136 It's 10am.

Do you know where your freighters in the Strait of Hormuz are?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Sco7b)

137 She was giving her unbiased opinion of President Trump and the blockade. Somerhing about terrible, Doom, lost this war, DOOM, I know Western Civilization because I took a class - seriously, worst President ever, DOOM!!!
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I guess Hillary has missed a few Chi Com Checks of late.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (FmapG)

138 Also speaking of ezposed boobs and heaving breasts, Hillary Clinton was on MS Now!!

I mention Sydney Sweeney topless and you segue to Hillary Clinton?

That's a one year suspension of your mancard!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

139 Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

Imma calls you buttuh, cuz you on a roll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

140 Alternate title:

"Title Page of the New "Spot Tom Bombadil - LOTR Puzzle Book"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

141 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

Yes but you would have to double the weird details to make it even more so.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:02 AM (V4IXI)

142 There are two chicks in the center doing the Humpty Dance.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (FmapG)

143 Welp, I'm off to Whole Foods, where I'll see so many maskholes it will be like time-travelling back to 2020.

But, they have some products I can't live without. Their 365 Brand "Classic Pork" frozen breakfast sausages for one. Best damn breakfast sausages on the planet.

Wish me luck. Maybe I'll wear a mask so as not to smell the hippies.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (gtcuf)

144 When I find myself in times of trouble
Kamala Harris comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Amy Reichert
@amyforsandiego
California Democrats are about to “Release The Kamala!”
I told @RCPolitics reporter @susancrabtree Kamala will jump in once Eric Swalwell imploded… and right on cue, a poll is already asking voters if they’d support Kamala Harris.
Watch what happens next.

-
Racism and sexism will steal her victory?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

145 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

Well...no one in the painting has a demonic pigeon emerging from their ass, so-

yes, you are.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG)

146 Does it really matter who is California’s governor? They’re all the same. They will implement the same polices.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (UuB1r)

147 And now for the daily Poppins Report:

56 dreary, cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, though it is supposed to be near 70 and raining this afternoon.

Managed to get a page written yesterday, but out of nowhere have come down with a hacking cough, wheezing and sore throat. Just waiting on an Albuterol refill from the drug store, and in the meantime am having tea and throat drops.

I can't even sleep because my wheezing keeps me up, so I'm here and also working on my next Book Thread post.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (qRla/)

148 145 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

No.... I thought that too...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (TrNJ0)

149 if Netflix ends up making a Tom Bombadil shows what are the odds the actor will be:

White, male, british accent, gay

Male, black, british accent, straight

Male, black, british accent, gay

Male, dot Indian, british accent, straight

Female, black, sassy American accent, gay

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)

150 Swalwell is trying to avoid the real issue of his Chinese spy. Hoping by removing himself from politics the investigation will go away.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (V4IXI)

151 The only thing of value to come from this painting is Muldoon's limericks.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 13, 2026 10:06 AM (C5gVY)

152 Uh huh.

What about the Somali fraud, you fat queer? Was that a testament to the power of investigative reporting?

No, no it wasn't. All of you ridiculed that kid, called him a racist, and insinuated that he was a child abuser.

It's only investigative reporting when the Party orders you to do it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 10:07 AM (BI5O2)

153 I can't see the forest because of the titties.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (V4IXI)

154 Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?

Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

155 It was be absolutely perfect karma if Kamala became guv of CA…. But it’d be an absolute disaster for the state. I think she’d be even worse than Hairgel… which is almost impossible

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx)

156 The underbrush is a bit too thick for my tastes.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (2ap+5)

157 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx

Just like Obama it won't be her running the office.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (V4IXI)

158 The underbrush is a bit too thick for my tastes.

Oh you don't say...

Posted by: 60s stag films at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (sKqQm)

159 Regarding Swalwell, if all these Democrats are so horrified over the sexual assault accusations, why are we just now hearing about them? Is it because all these women didn’t want to end up like Juanita Broaderick? You know this wasn’t a secret about him.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (C5gVY)

160 It was be absolutely perfect karma if Kamala became guv of CA…. But it’d be an absolute disaster for the state. I think she’d be even worse than Hairgel… which is almost impossible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx)

It will be Katie Porter. Hail Katie. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

161 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

162 I think Stelter Potatohead has made a quiet admission against interest.
Stelter believes investigative reporting is not about informing the public, but about power. That includes the power not to report. The investigator now has blackmail power over the target.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (gKWVE)

163 If it's pun time, I'm leaving.
Posted by: Delurker

Well, just lumber on outta here then!

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

164 Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?

Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

I got through half the episode last night before I turned it off.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)

165 @108....but Sweeney still decided to let the sweater puppies out.

Now that I would applaud.

Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (pvf3X)

166 And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .

Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

167 150 Swalwell is trying to avoid the real issue of his Chinese spy. Hoping by removing himself from politics the investigation will go away.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (V4IXI)

I'm sensing a side-gig counselling Swalwell once a day for "nothing will happen" guy.

Things always go well for the Dems when they do stuff like this. Why, I remember this young Biden guy, smart as a whip....

As expected, all three news networks, blockade.
CBC - byelections and the illusion of democracy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b)

168
This guy has an almost exactly correct take on what Trump is doing, how he's doing it and what his objectives are:

Short and worth a read-

https://tinyurl.com/3zprh2af

My big difference with him is that I'd credit Trump with being a genius as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

169 The march of the dryads.... well, the rave of the dryads.

I'll have to add Journey to the Center of the Earth to my TBR pile, to see if anything remotely like this scene happened. For research, of course. More seriously, there's some interesting oddities in the background, like the almost celltower pylons? some kind of tree I'm not recognizing? scattered in the woods.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (aJQbY)

170 Busch!!!!!

Posted by: Dylan Vulvaney at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (MDua2)

171 Malcomb in the Middle was one of the last great TV shows.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (FmapG)

172 A very stable genius, naturalfake.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (aJQbY)

173 The only thing of value to come from this painting is Muldoon's limericks.
Posted by: Jen the original

**********

So you're saying my limericks are better than dreck?

Eh, fair enough, I'll take that!
*Buffs nails on lapel*

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7)

174 And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .

Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!

The left then: Religion has no place in politics. All these corrupt holy rollers should shut their mouths about politics!

The left now: Trump disagrees with the Pope?!? Burn the heretic at the stake!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

175 Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

Pope needs to stay in his lane.

Serious question. Has the Vatican apologized for the Crusades? I'm assuming they did at some point.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (V4IXI)

176
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!

I know, it's wild. It's like the old days when the Popes and monarchs used to get scrappy.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:15 AM (y98J8)

177 >Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
----
well, if he gets booted from Congress as well, then I'll be impressed

absent that, this is just a strategic move by CA democrats
to hold the CA governorship

has nothing to do with morals or ethics, which have no place in politics

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (ZxPkt)

178 Serious question. Has the Vatican apologized for the Crusades? I'm assuming they did at some point.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yes, I think so. Maybe JPII?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

179 Hey, maybe this Swalwell thing won't be that bad.

From GatewayPundit.

Lefty Billionaire Boots Disgraced Swalwell from His $26 Million Beverly Hills Mansion and Demands $1 Million Back After Heinous Sex Assault and Rape Allegations — Then Changes Political Party: “F— the Democratic Party… I Am Done. Finito.”

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (Sco7b)

180 "Pope John Paul II apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the sins committed by Christians during the Crusades. While not formally apologizing for the Crusades as a concept, during the "Day of Pardon" in 2000, he expressed deep remorse for, among other things, the actions of Crusaders, specifically the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

181 The scientist guy at far left looks like the magician on that Blue Oyster Cult album cover

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)

182 but other than that, this is still an ugly painting
would burn

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:18 AM (ZxPkt)

183 Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

I can see them apologizing for trying to save Christianity.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:18 AM (V4IXI)

184 181 so, he's an agent?

Posted by: cmeat at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)

185 The Venetians need to apologize for the sack of Constantinople, not the Vatican. The Pope had nothing to do with that, and was in fact shocked when he learned of it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

186 Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

Thanks .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (V4IXI)

187 haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

--

Van Halen video vibe here.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (NYInA)

188 I mean, I agree the sack of Constantinople was shameful...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

189 Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

Wow, I am impressed my Mr. Rosas. I have seen some of his body language vids. Looks like he is masterful at interpreting the motivations and psyche of an OrangemanBad as well

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (y98J8)

190 of fortune, yes

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (ZxPkt)

191 Re: the painting.

Artist is Belgian.

Say no more

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:22 AM (y98J8)

192 Now I see that the sack of Constantinople actually led to the fall of Christianity in that area.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:22 AM (V4IXI)

193 Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (y98J8)

194 >180 "Pope John Paul II apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the sins committed by Christians during the Crusades. While not formally apologizing for the Crusades as a concept, during the "Day of Pardon" in 2000, he expressed deep remorse for, among other things, the actions of Crusaders, specifically the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM
###

Was there a land acknowledgement?

Posted by: Because reasons at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

195 Now I see that the sack of Constantinople actually led to the fall of Christianity in that area.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Manzikert was the beginning of that process.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

196 Dryads?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (Wygan)

197 I think I've been there - that's outside of Marin, isn't it?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (sMG3g)

198 Added only the before and after of 53. Art Institute of Chicago: Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

The Awakening of the ForestDate:
1939
Artist: Paul Delvaux
Belgian, 1897–1994

It began: Paul Delvaux painted The Awakening of the Forest in the late 1930s, after having adopted Surrealism as a visual language to give form to his inner world—one populated with childhood memories and fantasy.

It ended: Despite the multitude of naked figures and their detailed description, The Awakening of the Forest retains a detachment that adds to its strange and mysterious effect.
---
>Wikipedia Overview, in part, "Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination."

>Wikipedia, Paul Delvaux: In part, "In 1929, Delvaux first met Anne-Marie de Maertelaere, whom he nicknamed "Tam", and they fell in love. However, his domineering mother forced him to separate from Tam, exacting his promise to never see her again.[24] Delvaux was greatly saddened by this, and his paintings took on a more isolated, lonely, detached tone."

Wacko w/mother fantasies. Wouldn't hang (it). Thx.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

199 The Venetians did the pre-planning . The Crusaders did the sacking.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (V4IXI)

200 Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago
Posted by: kallisto

Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice who was one of the leaders of the attack on Constantinople, was in his 90s at the time.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

201 Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?

Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

I got through half the episode last night before I turned it off.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)

I saw all 4 episodes.

I wanted to like it and it had some funny parts but overall, it wasn't very good.
Problems:
1) Too "nice". It lacked the real edge of the OG.
2) Too woke - this was the "healing" version where everything and every one was just perfect the way they were. Esp. the trannie- we got a long speech from it at the climax.
3) Too much Hal. Probably because Bryan Cranston is the only real star to emerge from MitM. And I'm sure he demanded extra time and character development.
4) Too tiresome in the "modern" way. I was looking at my watch.
Not horrible but just not very good. Stick with the reruns.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

202 Dryads?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Only the older ones.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

203 the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

-----

Why did Constantinople get the works?

Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 10:26 AM (oqH4h)

204 Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures.

The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation.

This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026
====

Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX)

205 Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

Some people are still sharp into their 90s. My neighbors are like taht, a Chinese husband and wife. He still drives her everywhere.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (y98J8)

206 134 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

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

Garden of "I repeat: Do Not Take the Brown Acid."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (sMG3g)

207 Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures.

The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation.

This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026
====

Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.

They'll deliver them by ship. Oh wait...no they won't. They don't have any.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)

208 He still drives her everywhere.
Posted by: kallisto

Awwwww, that's sweet.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

209 Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago
Posted by: kallisto
__________

So was the Pope. The Papal States had big fleet of galleys in the 15th/16th centuries.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (XvL8K)

210 And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .

Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

Leo isn't the Pope. Neither was Frankie Fabulous. The See of Peter has been vacant since Benedict 'resigned.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

211 Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

Hulu did a great job with King of the Hill. Only ten episodes though. Would love another ten.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (V4IXI)

212 Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice who was one of the leaders of the attack on Constantinople, was in his 90s at the time.

And blind.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

213 Leo isn't the Pope. Neither was Frankie Fabulous. The See of Peter has been vacant since Benedict 'resigned.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

The hardcore sedevacantists say that it's been vacant since Vatican II.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

214 Who's got more DUIs-Tiger or Britney Spears?

Posted by: Auto Hijinks at April 13, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)

215 Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course...

***********

For post-op trannies, many doctors recommend Talcum in the middle.

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (qgHp7)

216 kallisto

Awwwww, that's sweet.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

I know, I love them so much!! Their daughter lives next door to me. I was so happy for them that they got to get a house next door to their grown children/grandkids

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (y98J8)

217 Did not like the Scrubs sequel either .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (V4IXI)

218 Here come all the tit-obsessed…

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)

219 Trump will declare a schism with the Catholic church. establish the Church of America, and confiscate all Catholic church lands and wealth herewith.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (MDua2)

220 Ask your doctor if Sedevacantist is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

221 Bad Popery is a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (DgMqy)

222 Amy Reichert
@amyforsandiego
California Democrats are about to “Release The Kamala!”
I told @RCPolitics reporter @susancrabtree Kamala will jump in once Eric Swalwell imploded… and right on cue, a poll is already asking voters if they’d support Kamala Harris.

That would be fucking hilarious from the standpoint of the potato boiler getting humiliated. But since the DNC seems to have chosen her, I suspect Kamala would lose. Dominion can "fix" any ballot, after all.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:32 AM (2ocoG)

223 The Pope has a thousand dollars of paint on the ceiling alone!

Posted by: Archie Bunker-Art Critic at April 13, 2026 10:32 AM (oftw2)

224 iirc although Innocent III did not approve the Byzantine shenanigans, the exCrusade ended up in charge of the city and of the bulk of what passed for the Empire at the time. So the pope ate the turd sandwich and recognized the "Latin Empire" over there as the legitimate rulers.
The Greek took it back after, what, six decades. The shell of it.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (gKWVE)

225 Naked women and all I have is this little phone.

Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (AIm4E)

226 Uh .... okay ... yes ... um ... quite..

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (4NO2D)

227 Bad Popery is a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

228 Did not like the Scrubs sequel either .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (V4IXI)

I like the Scrubs sequel so far.

My big complaint is that they're obviously giving "Dr Cox" the heave-ho.

and he was probably my favorite character.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

229 Bad Popery. That was our garage band name back in high school.

Posted by: Bad Company at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

230 >Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
----

Double Secret Stern

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (ZxPkt)

231 I was confusing Sabrina Carpenter with Amanda Carpenter. Either I'm getting old or these people don't actually matter.

Amanda was on early Red Eye a lot and then ended up on Ted Cruz's staff (whoa) and then I think became a yuge NeverTrumper?? But I could be wrong on that last part.

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (cS13u)

232 Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX)

But they work! Remember when Michelle O. tweeted a picture of herself with a paper that read “Bring back our girls”? Boko Haram saw that, thought amongst themselves for a minute, and then said “Oh OK” and let go all their hostages.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (E6xSb)

233 And blind.
Posted by: Mary Poppins

********

Heh! Now you're 'throwing shade'

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (qgHp7)

234 Kamala said sucked her way to the top. The lefty press won't report on that.

Imagine if you will, a female Republican who did that. ( yeah they may be out there but not confirmed by the suckee)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (V4IXI)

235 Not supposed to be pictures at a Moron Meetup.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (lp+fd)

236 There’s something wrong with some of those women.

Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (AIm4E)

237 MP4, I am always too late to the Book Thread to comment, but I wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your posts. I'm glad to see you there.
All the people who have done BT are doing a great job. It's nice to have different voices. Everybody brings something unique to the conversation.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (nz1sK)

238 Ask your doctor if Sedevacantist is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma

And don't take Sedevacantist if you're allergic to Sedevacantist.

Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (lJ0H4)

239 tranny pron

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (FZYNt)

240 Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

I think it was the Elliot and JD divorce that took me right out of it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (V4IXI)

241 Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX)

That’s risible, actually. PM Starmer will send a letter to the Iranian embassy for transmission to the Iranian “government” and it will read “Please open the Strait of Hormuz.” The next one will be the same, except it will be “Pretty please…”. And the one after that will be “Pretty please with sugar on top…”

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (E6xSb)

242 236 There’s something wrong with some of those women.
Posted by: braenyard

Like the penis?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE)

243 although Innocent III did not approve the Byzantine shenanigans, the exCrusade ended up in charge of the city and of the bulk of what passed for the Empire at the time. So the pope ate the turd sandwich and recognized the "Latin Empire" over there as the legitimate rulers.
The Greek took it back after, what, six decades. The shell of it.
Posted by: gKWVE

Yes, the Pope had to accept it. And the Byzantines reoccupied the city in 1261.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

244 The Pope should limit his poping activities to defending the faith

leave politics to the real assholes

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:37 AM (ZxPkt)

245 Pope meets with Obama's political advisor David Axelrod. Meeting reportedly goes long (this meeting caused Pope to be late for another meeting). Then Pope uses social media to criticize Trump and causes the occasionally thin-skinned Trump to respond, causing a potential split between Catholics and Trump at the same time that certain conservative pundits are doing an about face trying to cause a split between Trump and his MAGA base.

Coincidence?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)

246 I think knocking England and France off the top tier is also a magnificent Trump victory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

247 The Pope should limit his poping activities to defending the faith

He's a Chicago machine pope. He has to prepare the dead to vote Democrat.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG)

248 I hate and loathe "The Conners" which adequately portrayed a lot of my faimy crap the last while but it's a poster child for woke.

A new concern every episode.
Democratic talking points.
Inter-racial marriage so they can have the black kid there.
Gay son .... first two seasons in skirts and nail polish - wtf
Tranny boss

And Darlene's a liberal bitching how they can't talk to us because we don't listen.

Becky is pretty cute still, despite the tats.

Sabrina Carpenter was amazing on 'Girl Meets World.' Very pretty then too. She's too young to look like she's been through pastic surgery hell.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b)

249 The forest is naked

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (xcxpd)

250 As expected, all three news networks, blockade.
CBC - byelections and the illusion of democracy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b)

According to CBC, the Canadian Artemis mission ended suppceesully with a splashdown in the Padific last week. Oh, and Ireland? They never heard of Ireland.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (E6xSb)

251 So this is some weird fantasy porn art, I gotta say. Not upset at all, just...weird. At least there are no tenacles in this version, I guess.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (xcxpd)

252 He's a Chicago machine pope. He has to prepare the dead to vote Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S.

LOL
dangit now I have to confess to laughing at that

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (GhIJO)

253 machine pope

Pontifex machina

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (ZxPkt)

254 Hey how yuse doin'?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (viF8m)

255 218 Here come all the tit-obsessed…
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)

Tit obsessed comes from lack of breast feeding when a baby.

Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (AIm4E)

256 I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/)

257 Here come all the tit-obsessed…
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)

You mean hetero

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (cS13u)

258 Cue Nuclear Assault, “Hang The Pope”

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

259 Then Pope uses social media to criticize Trump and causes the occasionally thin-skinned Trump to respond, causing a potential split between Catholics and Trump at the same time that certain conservative pundits are doing an about face trying to cause a split between Trump and his MAGA base.

Coincidence?

The Dope was already far out over his skis commenting on political stuff ("God doesn't listen to people who start wars", which the Bible contradicts). So I think he was going to say stupid shit anyway. Axelrod obviously was there to cheerlead his doing so, but I don't think it's necessarily a cause.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

260
I run into this scene whenever I look for kindling in the woods while camping. Except their strung out on mushrooms,meth, or ??? here in Oregon.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (IifOV)

261 I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Ooh, I may have to get that one. Love Norwich.

Despite my being a lifelong Protestant, I find the Papacy and its history fascinating.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

262 As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 10:43 AM (4NO2D)

263 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I wonder if those trees grow in the NW?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

264 Vatican News,
Pope on board plane to Algeria: ‘I am not a politician, I speak of the Gospel'
During the flight to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump's recent statements, saying he is "not a politician" and that he will "continue to speak strongly against war, seeking to promote peace and dialogue."

And the US Bishops will respond accordingly.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

265 Pope meets with Obama's political advisor David Axelrod. Meeting reportedly goes long (this meeting caused Pope to be late for another meeting).

—

The Chicago way.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (UuB1r)

266 You mean hetero
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (cS13u)

I am but I have never seen a rack as the be all and the end all. Take the Princess of Wales. I have a huge thing for her, but none of my friends think anything of her, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)

267 For balance, I recommend George Weigel's bio of JPII, "Witness To Hope." Long read, but worth it.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (DgMqy)

268 Coincidence?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)

What Axelrod didn't count on is that the nominal Catholics who are super-lib, may start returning to the Church as a result of Bob Prevost bitch slapping Trump.
And the conservative Catholics, who comprise the majority of observant churchgoing, sacramental Catholics, will hardly abandon Trump. In the main.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:45 AM (y98J8)

269 Another recommendation, since I was looking over the Book Thread yesterday.

Someone mentioned Aesop's Fables, so if you want a collection that is aimed for adults rather than kids, Aesop: The Complete Fables, translated by Olivia and Robert Temple (199

is well worth your time, with an introductory essay about Aesop, his times and what, exactly, constitutes a fable.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/)

270 I am but I have never seen a rack as the be all and the end all. Take the Princess of Wales. I have a huge thing for her, but none of my friends think anything of her, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I agree that she's hot. And I find that a lot of women with the most beautiful faces are not particularly large-breasted, but still hot (e.g., Nicole Kidman). It's a gestalt thing with me.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

271 You mean hetero

Right?

Posted by: Byron Noem at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

272 r, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)

As someone, who likes asian women, PREACH!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (Sco7b)

273 Kate’s sister’s ass is hall of fame worthy.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (UuB1r)

274 umm, Pope Bob, where is your compassion for tge 90 million ppl who hsve lived cc 7nder Ayatollah tyranny for 50+ years??

Did you ever pick up the phone to talk peace and dualogue with amy if the Muslim ckerical tyrants?

I can't stand this 2-faced shit

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (y98J8)

275 256 I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/)

Also called "all of the popes except 3 of them".

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (/QdgR)

276 As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.

I didn't know he was planning on it. I know the Marxists (BIRM) have had elaborate conspiracy theories for decades about Christians only supporting Israel in order to cause the end times, but ascribing that motivation to Trump in particular is really dumb.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

277 Sorry about all the typos, I am on my phone.

Fat fingers

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J8)

278 Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)

I happen to think less amplituded adult women are sexier than their bubbly counterparts. Maybe because they have to be. Maybe because I like legs anyway.

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (cS13u)

279 What Axelrod didn't count on is that the nominal Catholics who are super-lib, may start returning to the Church as a result of Bob Prevost bitch slapping Trump.
And the conservative Catholics, who comprise the majority of observant churchgoing, sacramental Catholics, will hardly abandon Trump. In the main.

Yeah, I don't see any of this moving any needles in a positive direction for Kalorama. Razorfist is trying his hardest on X to convince people that the pope being a retard means Lutherans are the cool kids, but nobody's buying that either.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (2ocoG)

280 Coincidentally, today is the feast day of Pope St Martin I, the Confessor, the last of the martyred popes (Sept 16, 655).

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (GhIJO)

281 This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026
====

Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX)

Behold the unbridled Fury and Power of Burkina Faso!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (/QdgR)

282 Sept 16 is when he died

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:51 AM (GhIJO)

283 277 Sorry about all the typos, I am on my phone.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J

The Horde is all about spelling, grammar, verb-noun agreement.

And formatting. Always formatting.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:51 AM (Sco7b)

284 This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026
====

Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.

We cannot permit a sternly-worded letter gap!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)

285 Dang. Put a golf course down in a forest like that and everyone's balls would be hitting the trees.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (2WIwB)

286 Fat fingers
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J

====

Count your blessing on those fingers.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (RIvkX)

287 As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.

Herod's temple was basically the Third Temple. He made so many changes to Zerubbabel's temple that it turned out, essentially, a different structure.

But of course, it was never fully completed.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

288 The Horde is all about spelling, grammar, verb-noun agreement.
And formatting. Always formatting.
Posted by: Stateless

PREACH!

Posted by: Oxford Comma at April 13, 2026 10:53 AM (MDua2)

289 At this point, the only thing I want from the Iran war is $XOM to reach $1,000.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 10:53 AM (2ap+5)

290 This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.

Macron's hus-wife will slap anyone who steps out of line?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

291 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

292 Keir Plans, Trump Laughs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (RIvkX)

293 The Pope speaks out against war. OK. Now how about speaking out about crazy people having nukes that threaten the rest of the World?

Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (pvf3X)

294 Herod's temple was basically the Third Temple. He made so many changes to Zerubbabel's temple that it turned out, essentially, a different structure.

But of course, it was never fully completed.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

I always wondered why that one was called 2nd Temple, since Ezra and Nehemiah describe the construction of a rather poor and small 2nd Temple when they returned to Jerusalem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:55 AM (/QdgR)

295 At this point, the only thing I want from the Iran war is $XOM to reach $1,000.

Will this do?

Israel Hayom: The U.S. has begun enforcing a naval blockade on Iran, targeting all vessels entering and exiting its ports across the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

The move is expected to inflict about $435M in total daily losses across Iran’s exports, roughly $13B per month, even as its oil revenues rose 37% during the war to about $139M per day.

The IRGC had been operating a paid “protection corridor,” charging up to $2M per vessel in crypto, but the blockade could halt exports, disrupt imports, trigger food shortages, and accelerate the collapse of the rial.

Iran’s oil storage could fill within 13 days, forcing production shutdowns.

https://is.gd/ras8CY

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:55 AM (Riz8t)

296 It was on the side of his head.

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 13, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

297 Lots of undergrowth in this forest. Good habitat for beavers.

4.5/5

Wood chuck wood.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (GQjGJ)

298 The IRGC had been operating a paid “protection corridor,” charging up to $2M per vessel in crypto, but the blockade could halt exports, disrupt imports, trigger food shortages, and accelerate the collapse of the rial.

Iran’s oil storage could fill within 13 days, forcing production shutdowns.

Yeah, I was initially confused why Trump was doing this, but it's an excellent way to accelerate the demise of the regime without destroying the infrastructure and putting misery on the Iranian people. And of course it also annoys the ChiComs.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

299
Can anyone direct me to this forest?

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (IifOV)

300 Yeah, I was initially confused why Trump was doing this, but it's an excellent way to accelerate the demise of the regime without destroying the infrastructure and putting misery on the Iranian people. And of course it also annoys the ChiComs.

I didn't understand earlier that when he said he's shutting down the Strait, he's allowing ships headed to UAE and other Gulf oil producers to pass. He's just not allowing ships headed to or from Iran to pass. Smart move.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)

301 He puts one of yours in Purgatory, you put one of his in HELL

THAT'S the Chicago way

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:59 AM (ZxPkt)

302 None shall pass!

Posted by: Monty Python Trump at April 13, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

303 The EU couldn't plan a fart at a chili cook-off. Europe is a metric museum of failure.

The world is a special needs daycare and the US is the only babysitter, and she's getting cranky.

Some people's kids are gonna get spanked.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (lwaVS)

304 Nood Buck.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

305 Eric Swalwell's victims in the woods...

Posted by: Democrat Party at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (iISCR)

306 I'd pay 12 tokens to see an AI picture of Trump as Gandalf on the bridge.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (lwaVS)

307 Operation Epic Fury is just one battle in the 47 year long war started by the Iranians invading US territory. I would like that this battle is successful and its goals are achieved and the 47 year war ends.

The Pope's social media posts seems to imply I'm not being a very good Catholic unless I beg Trump to end the battle prematurely and send the mullahs pallets of cash in an attempt to bribe them from developing a nuclear weapon instead.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1)

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