Mid-Morning Art Thread

Chalk Cliffs
Joséphine Bowes

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Beautiful!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 09:30 AM (A5RD0)

2 English Channel?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 14, 2026 09:31 AM (gKWVE)

3 Dreary.

Posted by: Delurker at April 14, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

4 Better pay attention to the tide charts or you’re gonna be wet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 09:31 AM (A5RD0)

5 Almost looks like a photo.

Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

6 Oh, very nice.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

7 I just left the Lucian Freud Exhibit at The National Portrait Gallery, so you lunatics had better be suitably appreciative!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (wp21w)

8 Delurker nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (NcvvS)

9 The sea was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

10 5 Yes, it does.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

11 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Chalk Cliffs??? Reminds me of when it was cool to get picked by the teacher to go outside and clean the chalk board erasers.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2WIwB)

12 Love it. Inspiring. Colors are dreamy. Would make room for it in The Man Cave.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (DgMqy)

13 Don't want to be standing down there at high tide.

Posted by: huerfano at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (98kQX)

14 Looks like a good place for Last Rights for victims of the Black Plague.

Posted by: Reforger at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (emWLT)

15 2 English Channel?
___

Likely. You can see the natives in their traditional Burkas walking along the beach.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Dv3i1)

16
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (tgvbd)

17 Very nice. She had some lovely landscapes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (rZCVI)

18 Dreary morning on the beach.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM (A5RD0)

19 A big improvement on yesterday’s offering.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

20 Reminds me of when it was cool to get picked by the teacher to go outside and clean the chalk board erasers."

That would make one heck of a dust cloud...

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM (XuXeR)

21 I'll take the white cliffs of Dover

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

22 Yeah, I was never really into art. That was my sister's bag.
I decided to pursue a career indulging my passion for postage meters.

Posted by: Pitney at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

23 OK, way better than yesterday's

I like landscapes, even the ones in portrait format
I would hang this in the foyer of my seaside summer cottage

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

24 One of the golf courses I play has cliffs similar to those except they are made of basalt. And that reminds me.
It's Geezer golf Tuesday. (See how I stayed within the 100 comment rule) Playing at Eagle's Pride course today at Ft Lewis, one of my favorite courses. I hope to pull a few shekels from the grey hairs today...if it doesn't rain.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (2WIwB)

25 Posted by: Pitney"

Booooo!

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (XuXeR)

26 Perfect location for an R&R base for Marines.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (WeQvm)

27 I just left the Lucian Freud Exhibit at The National Portrait Gallery, so you lunatics had better be suitably appreciative!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Oh we are. Yes indeed we are.

Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)

28 “Th’ impervious horrors of a leeward shore.”

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 14, 2026 09:35 AM (CYrJI)

29 Where, oh where, is the chalk of coler?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at April 14, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

30 What’s dreary about it? It’s calm, awe-inspiring, and contemplative.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

31 "...a good place for Last Rights..."

+++
What about us?

Posted by: Last Lefts at April 14, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

32 The artist was a very interesting woman.

Posted by: Tuna at April 14, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)

33 Lucien Freud, now there's a guy who needed psycho-analysis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

34 Reading up on Bowes' life, it was too short. "Lung disease" which could be complications from tuberculosis. She'd have beat the disease but not the lung damage.
Her husband John Bowes seems to have been awesome. He was a son of an earl but illegitimate - a "natural son" or a "fitz" rather than a bastard per se, but still couldn't inherit. So he went and bought a peerage from San Marino ... for Josephine. Also collected art which he was going to put in a museum in her honor, or should I say "honour".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 14, 2026 09:37 AM (gKWVE)

35 The artist deftly combines geology, geometry and geography.

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

36
Drax is up on top, waiting to throw something over to crush Bond and his date in the midst of post coital bliss.

Posted by: Auspex at April 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

37 Much better than yesterday.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 14, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

38 how'd he do dat?

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

39 I dunno.

This is beautiful and all. But will you see it again in ten years and remember it? Remember where you saw it and what your reaction was?

The piece yesterday will never be forgotten. You’ll remember seeing it here, with like minded lunatics and even some of the comments.

What makes art remarkable?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 09:38 AM (A5RD0)

40 The Cliffs of Insanity!!!

Posted by: Vizzini at April 14, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

41 The artist deftly combines geology, geometry and geography.
Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

Gee...she probably did so with gladness and gumption.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 14, 2026 09:38 AM (2WIwB)

42 What makes art remarkable?

Boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 14, 2026 09:39 AM (Kt19C)

43 The Cliffs of Clavin!

Posted by: Ya know Normie... at April 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

44 4 snuck up on me at cannon rock- skipped out on top of stones, chest deep goin' ashore.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

45 They're gonna walk around the corner on the beach and discover the Statue of Liberty...with a couple of Spaceballs crawling out of her nose.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2026 09:39 AM (gnNyN)

46 We had the most boobs ever in the painting yesterday and you people are complaining? This one is boring in comparison.

Posted by: Wet T-Shirt Nite at April 14, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

47 35 The artist deftly combines geology, geometry and geography.
Posted by: muldoon

Alliterative verse, fitting for the (Old) English location

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:40 AM (k8boH)

48 "Gladness and gumption" might sound good in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Much better than yesterday."

Let's not tempt fate. Or Cobs. That way lies madness. Or ottomans...

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (XuXeR)

50 11 you're up early.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

51 Reminds me of when it was cool to get picked by the teacher to go outside and clean the chalk board erasers.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

***********

Mrs. Polanski, second grade. Polio survivor. I thought she was awesome. I loved cleaning her erasers.

And no, that's not a euphemism, you perverts!

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

52 Nothing like yesterday's artwork, as far as zombie Bob Ross and his joy in joyful well-developed herbaceous life forms is concerned, but hey, it's your painting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (0sNs1)

53 So, Josephine Bowes was the very model of a general artist?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2GVsD)

54 deftly combines geology, geometry and geography

She'd know how to do all that. She hosted a salon in Paris which all the smart people attended, in the 1860s.
Poor luck for them that they weren't smart enough to foresee Bismarck.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 14, 2026 09:42 AM (gKWVE)

55 Is this the English side of the channel? Geography is not my strength.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (BHrzb)

Those cliffs are located near the coastal English village of Clavin.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2026 09:42 AM (Y1sOo)

56 13 that is.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

57 My dream to corner the market on chalk is still alive.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 14, 2026 09:42 AM (8mulE)

58 Getting picked to clean erasers was a sign of the teacher's favor

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (WeQvm)

59 Never can tell when some of that cliff will fall.

Posted by: Case at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (pvf3X)

60 Some of the boobs yesterday were accompanied by schwanshtuckers. Thus the complaining.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

61 Very nice. You can feel the slight chill from that fog or mist.

Posted by: t-bird at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (LLQU7)

62 Dammit! Late

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Y1sOo)

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

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

64 Alternate title:

"White Cliff of Dover: Now, Mostly Entirely Free of Cannibal Rape"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

65 And no, that's not a euphemism, you perverts!
Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM

Harsh. But fair.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2026 09:44 AM (0sNs1)

66 A very nice painting. Web sites were talking more about her than her life. I wonder if that's to promote female artists.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Sco7b)

67
Saw some similar lovely seascapes like that in Ireland.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

68 2 English Channel?
___

Likely. You can see the natives in their traditional Burkas walking along the beach.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Dv3i1)

Sad but true.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (snZF9)

69 Hey.

You wanna get small? Let's get small.

Posted by: Steve Martin at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

70 Never can tell when some of that cliff will fall"

No kidding...

/old man of the mountain

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (XuXeR)

71 "Web sites were talking more about her than her life."

Ow!

Posted by: gKWVE's brain banging against the skull at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (gKWVE)

72 Didn’t notice the figures. Those two in the background look like they’re up to no good.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (CYrJI)

73 The Frank Frazetta painting that is worth $5.5 million.

https://tinyurl.com/459zawp3

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2GVsD)

74 "Web sites were talking more about her than her life."

Read that out loud.

Posted by: Web sites can talk? at April 14, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Some of the boobs yesterday were accompanied by schwanshtuckers. Thus the complaining.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:43 AM

No love for the 'ettes?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2026 09:47 AM (0sNs1)

76 Clearly this piece was from over a century ago. The government would have this are cordoned off and beach combers would be arrested for any proximity in this area.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 14, 2026 09:47 AM (Fbc0I)

77 "schwanshtuckers"

Schneitzengruben?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 09:48 AM (DgMqy)

78 This painting is chalk full o’ cliffs.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

79 Mrs. Polanski, second grade. Polio survivor. I thought she was awesome. I loved cleaning her erasers.

And no, that's not a euphemism, you perverts!
Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)
====

Did you water her plants?
Did you wipe her chalkboards?
Did she take your attendance?

Posted by: Steve Martin at April 14, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

80 A simple scene, serene with a sense of the ages it took to form the cliffs. The human figures are just the latest moment in an ancient process. The artist captures the structure of the stone, the quiet of the scene with the gentle surf, and the soft colors of stone, beach and sky that blend from a limited palette.

I had not heard of this artist before and looking at some of her other paintings I want to learn more. She does wonderful things with sun and moonlight to set a scene and a mood. There is a feel of the Romantic period and Hudson River School in her style. Very impressive and lovely.

Posted by: JTB at April 14, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

81 Didn’t notice the figures. Those two in the background look like they’re up to no good.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Two ruffians following Molly Malone!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:49 AM (tG1pe)

82 This is bad, but what's worse is that we've never enjoyed an R. Crumb, or a Peter Max here. Not even a Keith Haring.

Posted by: Art Maven at April 14, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

83 The Frank Frazetta painting that is worth $5.5 million.

https://tinyurl.com/459zawp3

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2GVsD)

I always liked that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2026 09:50 AM (snZF9)

84 Didn’t notice the figures. Those two in the background look like they’re up to no good.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Teacher sent them out to clean erasers & get more chalk for the chalkboard.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 09:50 AM (7yTeO)

85 73 The Frank Frazetta painting that is worth $5.5 million.

https://tinyurl.com/459zawp3
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2GVsD)

I think that painting was June in my 1986 Frazetta calender I got for Christmas. I also don't think my parents actually looked at it when they bought it.

Posted by: Reforger at April 14, 2026 09:51 AM (emWLT)

86 72 Didn’t notice the figures. Those two in the background look like they’re up to no good.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

They're nuts.
This painting is chalk full o'nuts.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 14, 2026 09:51 AM (w9Wax)

87 The portrait of her at artuk.org has her with a good doggy at her feet.
She is clearly a good hooman.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:51 AM (tG1pe)

88 This is bad, but what's worse is that we've never enjoyed an R. Crumb, or a Peter Max here. Not even a Keith Haring.
Posted by: Art Maven at April 14, 2026 09:49 AM

Lucien Freuds make up for a lot of omissions.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2026 09:52 AM (0sNs1)

89 Mrs. Polanski, second grade. Polio survivor. I thought she was awesome. I loved cleaning her erasers.

And no, that's not a euphemism, you perverts!

Posted by: muldoon

====

In the janitor's room at good 'ol Sacred Heart Elementary, there was a machine that cleaned erasers. How it did, I know not. It was loud enough to be heard throughout the school, and it's roar signaled that we were close to the end of another school day.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 14, 2026 09:52 AM (zhl9Q)

90 Growing up, there was a place we called "the cliffs." It was an outcropping near a river that you could climb, sit on top of, whatever. Probably spent thousands of hours there as a kid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 14, 2026 09:52 AM (AkEZC)

91 There's a sniper on the bluff breaking six laws right now.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Fbc0I)

92 79 Mrs. Polanski, second grade. Polio survivor. I thought she was awesome. I loved cleaning her erasers.

And no, that's not a euphemism, you perverts!
Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

Clap yer erasers, mum?

Posted by: chalk-covered prevert at April 14, 2026 09:53 AM (Ai4W5)

93 Very sparse, like the colors. Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 14, 2026 09:53 AM (genhU)

94 Is that what you kids are calling it?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at April 14, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

95 Ban hammer time.

Posted by: Reforger at April 14, 2026 09:55 AM (emWLT)

96 90 don't forget the mimeograph! we deeply huffed fresh ones.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

97 CBD,
Thanks for this selection. Not only does it introduce me to an excellent artist, it's a calm scene on a day which is going to be hot and busy.

Gotta run. A ton of errands today.

Posted by: JTB at April 14, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

98 Just in time for taco tuesday, we have troll making no sense.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 14, 2026 09:56 AM (Fbc0I)

99 OK, if I must...

*********

Muldoon - an autobiographical limerick

There once was a lad from Grand Junction
Who some thought had major malfunction
But he was a happy dude
With tremendous fortitude
He lived his life with Gladness...

...and Gumption!

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

100 This isn't about me is it?
Pudding!!

Posted by: Cliff Huxtable at April 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Bravo!!!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 14, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

102 Yes, thank you for the art and the art thread, CBD.
It's always a fun break in the day.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 14, 2026 09:58 AM (ZLHME)

103 Bers and Reforger

There is a Frazetta(?) signed print of Egyptian Queen on eBay with a starting bid of $1,100. Print is also framed.

Cursory examination of the autograph looks legit but who knows? It too might be a print.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:58 AM (2GVsD)

104 Clap yer erasers, mum?
Posted by: chalk-covered prevert

********

I laughed!

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

105 meh

Posted by: Rick's Cafe, Negril, Jamaica at April 14, 2026 09:59 AM (Y1sOo)

106 I like this!

Posted by: Piper at April 14, 2026 09:59 AM (Dd38x)

107
My A.I. movie would be Bob Hope's writing staff circa 1940 transported without memories into the current day, furiously typing quips and bits and gags and submitting them to A.O.S.

Posted by: Auspex at April 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Y8DZL)

108 Yeah. Coffee's kicking in. Day 2 rejoining society...

GatewayPundit has Swalwell living the life of Hunter.

Disgraced California Rep. Eric Swalwell was caught on video looking completely bleary-eyed and wearing nothing but a robe while partying with a rotating crew of young “yacht girls” during a luxury blowout off the coast of St. Tropez.

According to a report from New York Post’s Page Six, the video shows Swalwell aboard a luxury yacht surrounded by a group of young women, described by sources as a rotating cast of mostly British and American guests, during what insiders called a “hush-hush” getaway.

The video was shared on Instagram by Nik Richie, CEO of Warrior Network Agency, a full-service public relations and marketing firm based in Newport Beach, California.

Sources familiar with the trip told the news outlet that the week-long excursion was alcohol-fueled and chaotic, with jet skiing, partying, and a constant flow of guests cycling on and off the vessel

‐--‐------------------------

WARNING! THIS MAY BE A BAD SIGN!

CNN had a report this morning about a Fema official who claimed he was somehow teleported to a 'Waffle House.'

They were being entirely serious.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Sco7b)

109 You probably couldn’t do 90% of Bob Hope’s material today.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

110 CNN had a report this morning about a Fema official who claimed he was somehow teleported to a 'Waffle House.'

They were being entirely serious.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Sco7b)

The teleportation involved huge quantities of alcohol.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

111 I hope the FEMA official voted for Joey and was teleported into a North Carolian Waffle House at 3am.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:05 AM (2GVsD)

112 CNN had a report this morning about a Fema official who claimed he was somehow teleported to a 'Waffle House.'

I recommend the Cinnamon Raisin Toast, sir.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 10:05 AM (DgMqy)

113 You probably couldn’t do 90% of Bob Hope’s material today."

Zombies = democrats....

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:06 AM (XuXeR)

114 112 You probably couldn’t do 90% of Bob Hope’s material today.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

Mostly because Bob Hope is a lich dwelling deep in west coast sea caves. The only thing he guards more fiercely than his phylactery is his intellectual property. Even Carlos Mencia fears him.

Posted by: before they make it mandatory at April 14, 2026 10:06 AM (vzIVk)

115 Fema official who claimed he was somehow teleported to a 'Waffle House"

Smothered and covered?

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:06 AM (XuXeR)

116 Besides forcing to have to take lunch time, it looks nice but had to see well outside.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2026 10:07 AM (K7LVr)

117 112 You probably couldn’t do 90% of Bob Hope’s material today.

Saw him on Diego Garcia in 1987. I remember very little about it, though.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2026 10:07 AM (Y1sOo)

118 *casts Feeblemind upon EB4n3*

Funny. No effect.

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (yYROg)

119 Seems like the Statue of Liberty is missing...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (HoLpg)

120 On this day, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre, dying the next day. Lincoln was our 16th President.

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (oiNtH)

121 I'll take the white cliffs of Dover
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 09:34 AM

Dat's rayciss!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

122 Reminder:

the "world's greatest democracy," as described by many Republicans and Democrats, is approaching 7 years without an election for president.

Ukraine is the kind of democracy they wish they had here.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2026 10:10 AM (HXT0k)

123 10am

CNN and MS Now are talking Swalwell. A chick on CNN 'thought he was untouchable' back when every woman was screaming metoo. And she had to come forward at this point for the Democratic party.

And speaking of chalk cliffs. Nance Pelosi was airing on MS Now.

Only FoxNews is covering blockade Day 2. Now deemed a horrible failure by the Dems and leftists.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Sco7b)

124 Yyorg

You can try to cast "Repel Maidens" but the result would be the same.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:10 AM (2GVsD)

125 Dick Clark cracked me up and he wasn't kidding around.

He had Travolta on back in the 70s, and he started relating a story about going to a club with friends.

Clark stops him midsentence, without a hint of mirth, and says "nobody wants to hear what you and your buddies get up to at a nightclub, John."

Bam. Straight through the waterline.

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

126 Hey, RMBS. I see that last Sunday was Orthodox Easter. Hope you had a happy one.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

127 11 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Chalk Cliffs??? Reminds me of when it was cool to get picked by the teacher to go outside and clean the chalk board erasers.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2WIwB
In elementary school, we'd go out to the coal pile to dust the erasers out. We couldn't be seen from the classroom so we'd lollygag around and chew tobacco.

Posted by: Eromero at April 14, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

128 Wow a giclee of Egyptian Queen from the Frazetta Museum is $99. Oh so tempting.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:11 AM (2GVsD)

129 Post-centum OT: actual article on MSN.com, "When faith is willfully blind loyalty: An openly demonic presidency and a crisis".

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 14, 2026 10:12 AM (U/j9n)

130 The artist did a beautiful job, lived an amazing life, and was part of a storied family. Her husband was a collateral part of the vastly wealthy family that eventually produced Queen Elizabeth 2.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2026 10:13 AM (Rmedj)

131 Ban-Hammer is an awesome thing.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 14, 2026 10:13 AM (CYrJI)

132 It's fine to be a racist... but it sucks to be a racist retard.

It's "l'chaim," dumbfuck. Learn to spell the words.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)

133 Seems like the Statue of Liberty is missing...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (HoLpg)

lol, first thing I thought of was YOU MANIACS!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (snZF9)

134 Nice painting... Hillary is out there touting her negotiating skills with Iran as SOS under Obama .... Sure Hill... Tell us about Libya ...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (t1nc+)

135 125 Is Travolta gay?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

136 CNN had a report this morning about a Fema official who claimed he was somehow teleported to a 'Waffle House.'

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (w9Wax)

137 Le Haim is what they call Corey in France.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

138 I should not have looked at the Frazetta website...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:15 AM (2GVsD)

139 “L’chaim” is the best number in Fiddler on the Roof.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

140 129 Post-centum OT: actual article on MSN.com, "When faith is willfully blind loyalty: An openly demonic presidency and a crisis".
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 14, 2026 10:12 AM (U/j9n)

They never get the irony
This hideous liberal scrunch on 'The Conners' bitches in one scene that there's no talking to people like us because we won't listen.

Meaning shut up and obey.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:16 AM (Sco7b)

141 Is Travolta gay?
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

Queervas about 88 $3 bills. Which coincidentally is the number of hotel masseurs who came forward to accuse him of grabbing their dicks in various cities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

142 140 “L’chaim” is the best number in Fiddler on the Roof.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

I really like that one and Sunrise Sunset...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:16 AM (t1nc+)

143 “L’chaim” is the best number in Fiddler on the Roof."

If I were a rich man...

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:16 AM (XuXeR)

144 In the back of my mind,I hear :

There'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see

There’ll be love and laughter
And peace ever after
Tomorrow, when the world is free

I'll never forget the people I met
Braving those angry skies.
I remember well as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes
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Very hopeful, for 1941...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2026 10:16 AM (XeU6L)

145 I'm guessing EB4n3 isn't exactly on Theodor Noeldeke's level on Semitic linguistics.

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at April 14, 2026 10:18 AM (yYROg)

146 Post-centum OT: actual article on MSN.com, "When faith is willfully blind loyalty: An openly demonic presidency and a crisis".
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The people who write--and believe--that kind of stupid bullshit have a bible that might be 5 pages long once they're done redacting all the parts they don't like.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2026 10:18 AM (HXT0k)

147 And Touch Yer Toes - a limerick

There once was a gay Irish Rover
Who gave his mate a 4-leaf clover
They were two lonely men
Who can't remember where or when
They're not sure, but it might have been Dover...

(The James Monroe won't get it)

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 10:18 AM (qgHp7)

148 @141 which hideous liberal scrunch are you referring to? I never watched The Conners because I new the new name was the result of Roseanne's "friends" stabbing her in the back and throwing her under the bus.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 14, 2026 10:18 AM (U/j9n)

149 EB4n3 is the type you cast Testicular Torsion on followed by Tungsten Balls

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:19 AM (2GVsD)

150 "choose... love"

Posted by: the bible according to talarico at April 14, 2026 10:19 AM (yYROg)

151 Ban-Hammer is an awesome thing.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
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I once spent two weeks at Camp Ban-Hammer. It wasn't fun.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 14, 2026 10:19 AM (XeU6L)

152 Hey, RMBS. I see that last Sunday was Orthodox Easter. Hope you had a happy one.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:11 AM

Thanks, Bulg. Had a great time with friends and family. Lots of lamb, lots of beverages. It was good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2026 10:20 AM (kgE5c)

153 Musicals are stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)

154 Very hopeful, for 1941...
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

********

Nice!

Wife and I have been re-watching Foyle's War. One of our favorite shows.

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

155 I should not have looked at the Frazetta website...
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:15 AM

Come to our websites. We have friendships!

Posted by: Brony Bros. at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (0sNs1)

156 Its no Bells Beach!

Posted by: Bodhi at April 14, 2026 10:22 AM (TN0g+)

157 The people who write--and believe--that kind of stupid bullshit have a bible that might be 5 pages long once they're done redacting all the parts they don't like.

To quote Eddie Brickell, "the smile on a dog, philosophy is talk on a box top."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:22 AM (2GVsD)

158 These new revelations should wake Americans up to how the deep state and a complicit media sought to thwart their electoral will. . .

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Well, this is bullshit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

159 153 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)
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Are you telling me there aren't times when you feel a need to break into song and dance? *gasp*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (U/j9n)

160 Mike Pence is a hard core conservative; trust me on this.

https://is.gd/oR5eWv

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

161 *Shoots the Bronies, repeatedly*

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (2GVsD)

162 Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 14, 2026 10:18 AM (U/j9n)

Darlene. Horrible show but adequately summed up my family situation. Never saw 'Roseanne' but I like her.

Liberal everything. Every cause and concern. A tranny character. 12 year old gay son wearing skirts. Wtf. Becky's still cute.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Sco7b)

163 Ban-Hammer is an awesome thing.

Who was it this time?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Riz8t)

164 Mike Pence is a hard core conservative; trust me on this.

https://is.gd/oR5eWv

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

Pence's dick is just a flap to cover his vag.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2026 10:26 AM (snZF9)

165 The Market doesn't seem too concerned with this embargo...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:26 AM (t1nc+)

166 166 The Market doesn't seem too concerned with this embargo...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:26 AM (t1nc+)
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Yep. However, I'm wondering why? That the blocked won't work or that alternate sources of oil have been found.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

167 153 only earth girls are easy.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM (R11M+)

168
Yep. However, I'm wondering why? That the blocked won't work or that alternate sources of oil have been found.
Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

Good question...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM (t1nc+)

169 Here's 25 seconds of cat love with Snowflake running into my house. I didn't think cat's acted like this.

https://tinyurl.com/2zems3v9

She's only about 10 pounds. She's just incredibly fluffy. Like a purring cloud.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM (Sco7b)

170 Mike Pence is a hard core conservative; trust me on this.

https://is.gd/oR5eWv
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We need a test, kinda like the test on how to flush out North Korean agents, by having them say something bad about Dear Leader.

Here, it could be the reverse, like say something nice about Trump.

But then, I recall, the left doesn't believe anything they say and any lie is justified if it increases their power.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM (HXT0k)

171 Well at least Great Britain and some other countries are sending mine sweepers to the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: Case at April 14, 2026 10:30 AM (pvf3X)

172 Seems like the Statue of Liberty is missing...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 14, 2026 10:09 AM (HoLpg)

lol, first thing I thought of was YOU MANIACS!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2026 10:14 AM (snZF9)
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I just got here and it's the first thing I thought of.

And we are not maniacs. We are morons.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 14, 2026 10:30 AM (i2Ycu)

173 But then, I recall, the left doesn't believe anything they say and any lie is justified if it increases their power.

Case in point: Excuse me. He's supposed to kiss the ring of a medieval hierarchy the left despises. To satisfy the left. OK

https://is.gd/H95u6O

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)

174 Looks like castle walls in that painting. Interesting.

Posted by: GWB at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM (IxSmD)

175 172 Well at least Great Britain and some other countries are sending mine sweepers to the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: Case at April 14, 2026 10:30 AM (pvf3X)
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Good. I hadn't heard that.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM (G0vdT)

176 Well at least Great Britain and some other countries are sending mine sweepers to the Strait of Hormuz.

Are you sure they aren't sending the Chimney Sweep from Mary Poppins?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)

177 I just left the Lucian Freud Exhibit at The National Portrait Gallery, so you lunatics had better be suitably appreciative!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 14, 2026 09:32 AM (wp21w)

Crap. Are we going to get paintings of cigars now?

Posted by: GWB at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM (IxSmD)

178 167 Yep. However, I'm wondering why? That the blocked won't work or that alternate sources of oil have been found.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

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Iran's entire oil industry is roughly 2 million barrels a day. That mostly goes to China. It's about 10% of the daily export from the Persian Gulf in general and about 2% of the total oil market globally.

We've had weeks now of diverting oil away from the Persian Gulf in general, and then a blockade of Iranian imports and exports all of a sudden that's designed to allow Saudi, UAE, and Omani oil exports on the sea again.

And American oil is mostly benefiting from this with increased business.

Threatening the strait was one thing. Actually trying to exert influence over it was idiotic and suicidal on the IRGC's part.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:32 AM (1Q6Kv)

179 Well at least Great Britain and some other countries are sending mine sweepers to the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: Case at April 14, 2026 10:30 AM (pvf3X)
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I used to be pretty good at that game.

Not world-class, but still fairly fast.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2026 10:32 AM (gnNyN)

180 Inside now, looks quite detailed

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2026 10:33 AM (K7LVr)

181 After all the silliness, Helm's Deep later hired a plucky social media team from University of Idaho and became a world famous destination wedding resort experience.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:33 AM (vN7h9)

182 Well at least Great Britain and some other countries are sending mine sweepers to the Strait of Hormuz.

Yes, the UK is deploying minesweepers and anti-drone systems to the Strait of Hormuz to help reopen the vital waterway, according to reports. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has clarified that these assets will assist in clearing mines and protecting commercial shipping, but the UK will not join the US-led blockade of Iranian ports.

Translation: "We (GB) are running out of oil."

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)

183 183 After all the silliness, Helm's Deep later hired a plucky social media team from University of Idaho and became a world famous destination wedding resort experience.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:33 AM (vN7h9)

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The photo spot to recreate the death stand of Helm Hammerhand was considered in poor taste but brought in too much money to get rid of.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:34 AM (1Q6Kv)

184 Snowflake is a good-looking kitty. You are blessed, Stateless.

Posted by: Cats Rule! at April 14, 2026 10:35 AM (oftw2)

185 163 i went back to get the nic but... it's gone. a bit weird that something so inoffensive would draw ire but, they're out there.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)

186 Gay Britain is sending mine sweepers to the Strait of America?

They better hope our ships have tow chains.

All any Europeon navy is sending to the Strait are potential hostages.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:36 AM (ZcSFA)

187 Really like the painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:36 AM (bss/y)

188 184 Translation: "We (GB) are running out of oil."

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)

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Most of the UK's oil imports come from Norway and us.

However...any hit on a country's energy supply that has no margin and has been deteriorating domestic oil supply is going to have an outsized effect.

https://is.gd/hSK795

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:36 AM (1Q6Kv)

189 Chalk Cliffs
Joséphine Bowes

Lovely; would hang. Thank you.

I'm not familiar with Josephine Bowes, and really enjoyed the following article on artuk dot org regarding her life and art:

Joséphine Bowes: a French actress who built a world-class art collection for the north of England
Posted 02 Apr 2026, by Amelia Stallworthy

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (NFX2v)

190 I'm beginning to suspect that the troll has a problem with Joos.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)

191 Birthright citizenship may not be the slam dunk it's supporters think it is: Seen on Fb:
Justice Alito just exposed the insanity behind unlimited birthright citizenship.
During Supreme Court arguments, Alito cut right through the nonsense and raised the question the open-borders crowd never wants to answer:
If someone can enter the United States illegally, have a child here, and that child is automatically handed full American citizenship, then who really controls who becomes a citizen?
The American people — or the people who break our laws to get here? That is the scam at the center of this entire debate.
This is not some harmless legal technicality. It is a direct attack on national sovereignty. It is about whether the United States still has the right to decide its own future, or whether the 14th Amendment has been twisted into a loophole that rewards illegal entry and weakens the meaning of citizenship itself. Alito exposed the heart of the problem: in a world of billions of people, just one flight away from American soil, automatic citizenship with no lawful presence, no allegiance, and no real connection to the country turns citizenship into a giveaway.
Cont.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (7yTeO)

192 CBD, did you take out the trash?

https://tinyurl.com/mvm8emzr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (i2Ycu)

193 At that point, America is no longer deciding who becomes a citizen. The lawbreakers are.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (7yTeO)

194 170 Here's 25 seconds of cat love with Snowflake running into my house. I didn't think cat's acted like this.

https://tinyurl.com/2zems3v9

She's only about 10 pounds. She's just incredibly fluffy. Like a purring cloud.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM (Sco7b)
Snowflake is cute as a bug but she needs to look both ways before running across that street.

Posted by: Eromero at April 14, 2026 10:38 AM (LHPAg)

195 Here's 25 seconds of cat love with Snowflake running into my house. I didn't think cat's acted like this.

https://tinyurl.com/2zems3v9

She's only about 10 pounds. She's just incredibly fluffy. Like a purring cloud.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:29 AM

Awww. So much floof.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2026 10:38 AM (Wnv9h)

196 Threatening the strait was one thing. Actually trying to exert influence over it was idiotic and suicidal on the IRGC's part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:32 AM (1Q6Kv)
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I'm reading that Iran wants to meet again for more negotiations. In the first round, Vance offered a 20 moratorium on enrichment.

They need to take that offer off the table and show that belligerence and delays will worsen the deal they'll get.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:38 AM (G0vdT)

197 I'm beginning to suspect that the troll has a problem with Joos.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)
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Apple? Orange? Mango?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 14, 2026 10:39 AM (i2Ycu)

198 The strike decimated a remote market, believed to often be used by Boko Haram jihadis. . .

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Boko Haram's best song was A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

199 I'm beginning to suspect that the troll has a problem with Joos.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM

We need a better class of troll. Ours are defective.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2026 10:40 AM (Wnv9h)

200 Here's 25 seconds of cat love...

Sure, you guys think that's fine, but when I share my minute of goat love video, suddenly it's weird and unnatural!

Posted by: Muhammed Muhammad, 3rd string Ayatollah at April 14, 2026 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

201 200 I'm reading that Iran wants to meet again for more negotiations. In the first round, Vance offered a 20 moratorium on enrichment.

They need to take that offer off the table and show that belligerence and delays will worsen the deal they'll get.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:38 AM (G0vdT)

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The negotiations are kabuki.

They're designed to convince the world that America isn't being a total bully, giving Europe time to understand with clarity that Iran is not going to negotiate in good faith while we move more resources and munitions into the area.

And there's probably no small part of it than to get 40 or so major leaders of the Iranian government into one place they can be easily tracked from.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:40 AM (1Q6Kv)

202 188 163 dat him at 186 heysue trunk. not banned, just deleted.

Posted by: cmeat at April 14, 2026 10:41 AM (R11M+)

203 Uh oh. The Bland Mufti Starmer is gonna piss off his precious foreigners by doing that.

G-d forbid they were to bomb Whitehall or something drastic. That would be a shame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:41 AM (BI5O2)

204 Cue Eurythmics, “Here Comes The Rain Again”

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:41 AM (E6xSb)

205 I'd donate the mortgage payment if Vance just pulled out a .45 and held the entire Iranian delegation hostage for 444 days.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:42 AM (CT3Is)

206 the UK is deploying minesweepers"

Chitty chitty bang bang?

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)

207 I'm reading that Iran wants to meet again for more negotiations. In the first round, Vance offered a 20 moratorium on enrichment.

They need to take that offer off the table and show that belligerence and delays will worsen the deal they'll get.

It's wise to learn from the masters.

"Your arrogance offends me, and for that, the price just went up by 10%."

https://youtu.be/Lrdj99oUvXc

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:42 AM (Riz8t)

208 Crap. Are we going to get paintings of cigars now?
Posted by: GWB at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM

Sometimes, a cigar isn't just a cigar, you know.

Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at April 14, 2026 10:42 AM (0sNs1)

209 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at April 14, 2026 10:43 AM (pyoqV)

210 Ours are defective."

I want my money back..

/M. Loaf

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XuXeR)

211 194 I'm beginning to suspect that the troll has a problem with Joos.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)

It's 'Israel' he has a problem with. *wink* *nudge* *wink*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)

212 To be fair, some shit should be getting burned down for the inaction on the Save act.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

213 We should just keep blowing things up in Iran and insist that we'll no longer negotiate with Arab Muslims, only Persians.

Posted by: Crusader at April 14, 2026 10:44 AM (TN0g+)

214 600,000,000 screaming chinamen are going to be without oil and money soon.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:44 AM (b+a4O)

215 187 Snowflake is a good-looking kitty. You are blessed, Stateless.
Posted by: Cats Rule! at April 14, 2026 10:35 AM (oftw2)

Thank you. She's my friends' cat but she stays here a lot.

Snowflake is cute as a bug but she needs to look both ways before running across that street.
Posted by: Eromero at April 14, 2026 10:38 AM (LHPAg

Yeah. Scares the hell out of me. Quiet neighbourhood. I have a tendency to check for cars if I see her because she just runs.

And at the front window now. And heading upstairs to rest. Too fluffy and cute.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:45 AM (Sco7b)

216 153 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)

Agreed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

217 The blockade isn't at the strait itself. That Chinese vessel ended up porting in Oman instead of going to China in order to avoid the blockade which is in the Gulf of Oman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:46 AM (1Q6Kv)

218 some shit should be getting burned down"

Don't be downwind

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:46 AM (nPAtY)

219 212 Crap. Are we going to get paintings of cigars now?
Posted by: GWB at April 14, 2026 10:31 AM

Sometimes, a cigar isn't just a cigar, you know.
Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at April 14, 2026 10:42 AM (0sNs1)

Who is WM J. “Bubba” Clinton? I’ve heard of William J. Clinton, I’ve heard of Bill Clinton, but who is this WM guy?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:46 AM (E6xSb)

220 > To be fair, some shit should be getting burned down for the inaction on the Save act.
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I'd rather see a number of congressmen burning down.

But, that's just me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 14, 2026 10:46 AM (AkEZC)

221 The blockade isn't at the strait itself"

Don't explain. It's better to watch...

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (XuXeR)

222 Sifty Boones: 600,000,000 screaming chinamen are going to be without oil and money soon.

Me: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.

Powers Booth:

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

223 Lack of passing the SAVE Act by the GOP is every bit as shameful as Swallowswell humping his staff in my book.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (KAXh/)

224 217 We should just keep blowing things up in Iran and insist that we'll no longer negotiate with Arab Muslims, only Persians.
Posted by: Crusader at April 14, 2026 10:44 AM (TN0g+)

Send lawyers, guns and money

Posted by: Warren Zevon at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (E6xSb)

225 The strike decimated a remote market, believed to often be used by Boko Haram jihadis. . .

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Boko Haram's best song was A Whiter Shade of Pale.
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The continual wearing of the hijab explains why her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter...shade of pale.

Posted by: Crusader at April 14, 2026 10:48 AM (TN0g+)

226 224

Powers Booth: There were. *dumps whiskey in fire*

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:48 AM (KAXh/)

227 Powers Booth:"

Waste of good booze...

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:48 AM (XuXeR)

228 Send lawyers, guns and money"

So, it's hit the fan?

Posted by: man at April 14, 2026 10:49 AM (XuXeR)

229 https://tinyurl.com/mvm8emzr

That truck would gave blowed up good, real good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 14, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

230 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)

Agreed.
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You gotta know the territory!

Posted by: Crusader at April 14, 2026 10:49 AM (TN0g+)

231 218 153 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)

Agreed.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

Counter:

1776
...

Yeah, that's about it for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:49 AM (bss/y)

232 225 Lack of passing the SAVE Act by the GOP is every bit as shameful as Swallowswell humping his staff in my book.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (KAXh/)

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I'm still thinking the forms are being followed with the idea of actually passing the Act.

It could have been killed in committee months ago, and the Senate could have put up the BS story about "oh, we couldn't do it," had a bad news cycle, and moved on.

Instead...debate just started up again when the Senate came back.

Why? Why drag it out?

I think it's because Thune has to make Collins or Mitch or Tillis happy. One or two of those three (Murk is just gonna be a hard no because she's literally a Democrat), and Thune has to dance with them to make it happen. Collins controls her own future in Maine. Mitch and Tillis are retiring at the end of this Congress. Going through the elongated debate process may be their price.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:50 AM (1Q6Kv)

233 224 Sifty Boones: 600,000,000 screaming chinamen are going to be without oil and money soon.

Me: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.

Powers Booth:
Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

Deep cuts

Posted by: Rorschach at April 14, 2026 10:50 AM (i0Hi3)

234 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM

Please to consider other modalities, such as Bollywood.

Posted by: Prajeet Patel at April 14, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

235 It's 'Israel' he has a problem with. *wink* *nudge* *wink*
Posted by: Aetius451AD

No! Just the "Zionists". Israel and Jews are totally fine! *wink* *nudge* *wink*

Posted by: Rabid Antisemitic Leftists at April 14, 2026 10:50 AM (JCZqz)

236 IIRC there's still two Marine Expeditionary Units with embarked Marines and various aircraft, landing boats, etc. heading for, or in the Arabian Sea. Probably well equipped to deal with the current situation in the Hormuz. Should it be needed.

It looks as if it might be needed. Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 14, 2026 10:52 AM (AkEZC)

237 234 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM

Please to consider other modalities, such as Bollywood.
Posted by: Prajeet Patel

You want an alternative musical performance?
https://tinyurl.com/bdfszmfk

Posted by: Angine de Poitrine at April 14, 2026 10:52 AM (JCZqz)

238 Who is WM J. “Bubba” Clinton? I’ve heard of William J. Clinton, I’ve heard of Bill Clinton, but who is this WM guy?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:46 AM

Wm. is a sophisticated abbreviation for William, don'cha know.

Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at April 14, 2026 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

239 You are not going to get the SAVE Act. Nor will Democrats vote for any election integrity measure no matter how intuitive or simple. They can’t. Election manipulation is all they have.

They want power and they have no limits. Their movement to murder, assault, grain and outright subversion is an indication they are at war with the rest of the country.

Once people actually realize that it will be too late.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 14, 2026 10:53 AM (Mb3nF)

240 aka 'Bill'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

241 Wm. is a sophisticated abbreviation for William, don'cha know.
Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at April 14, 2026 10:53 AM

Good form, sir.

Posted by: Cpt. Jas. Hook at April 14, 2026 10:54 AM (kgE5c)

242 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2026 10:21 AM (r+qAY)

Agreed.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 14, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

Counter:

1776
...

Yeah, that's about it for me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:49 AM (bss/y)

"Fiddler on the Roof" is pretty good, IMO. As is "My Fair Lady".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2026 10:54 AM (ExV1e)

243 I love Rush’s nickname for Clinton — Wilhelm von der Shlickmeister.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

244
"Fiddler on the Roof" is pretty good, IMO. As is "My Fair Lady".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2026 10:54 AM (ExV1e)

Agreed...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2026 10:55 AM (t1nc+)

245 224 Sifty Boones: 600,000,000 screaming chinamen are going to be without oil and money soon.

Me: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.

During The Paolo's last visit to China, he left a billion Chinawomen screaming in, how you say, ecstasy.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 14, 2026 10:55 AM (JCZqz)

246 The Sound of Music
Flashdance
ShowGirls...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (Sco7b)

247 If the music is good, the musical is good.

If the music is bad...

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (DgMqy)

248 Why? Why drag it out?
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Because Trump specifically called out Thune about it in the SotU.

Absent that, this would have been over by now, but now Thune has to painfully drag out the failure theater, or directly defy the President.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (BI5O2)

249 Don't worry, guys. The Democrats hold their own accountable.

Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
My thoughts on the Swalwell stuff.
Notice how Democrats always hold their own accountable and Republicans just yell fake news, no matter how vile the evidence is?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

250 During The Paolo's last visit to China, he left a billion Chinawomen screaming in, how you say, ecstasy.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 14, 2026 10:55 AM

*makes 'call me' gesture*

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (kgE5c)

251 If the music is good, the musical is good.

If the music is bad...
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (DgMqy)

There's a musical about Michael Jackson?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

252 We need a test, kinda like the test on how to flush out North Korean agents, by having them say something bad about Dear Leader.

Here, it could be the reverse, like say something nice about Trump.

But then, I recall, the left doesn't believe anything they say and any lie is justified if it increases their power.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Pence as governor of Indiana gave plenty of warning signs including withdrawing a RFRA bill just to placate a corporation located in Indianapolis.

By their fruits, ye shall know them.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

253 Remind me of the final scene of the movie ending with the quote: "You maniacs! You blew it up! D** you! G****** you to Hell!"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM (1A8DP)

254 I enjoyed Les Mis.

Posted by: WisRich at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (G0vdT)

255 600,000,000 screaming chinamen are going to be without oil and money soon.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 14, 2026 10:44 AM (b+a4O)

I thought it was a billion screaming Chinamen?
It was.

https://ziply.pk/OWqDzl

Posted by: GWB at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (IxSmD)

256 Pedo musical, Diddler On the Roof.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

257 248 Why? Why drag it out?
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Because Trump specifically called out Thune about it in the SotU.

Absent that, this would have been over by now, but now Thune has to painfully drag out the failure theater, or directly defy the President.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (BI5O2)

======

Nah.

"We tried. It failed. Let's think about other things now."

It's tried and tested. Remember, months is forever in politics. Everyone would have moved on.

Instead, the debate continues. That thing people insist needs to happen but act like isn't happening in order to get it passed.

Remember, the SAVE act has 49 cosponsors. It's one vote shy after bypassing cloture. That could be Collins who sits on a throne of skulls in Maine. What if her price really just is, "go through the motions"?

I mean...she did vote for Kavanaugh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (1Q6Kv)

258 Notice how Democrats always hold their own accountable

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

OH.... you were serious?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (F0U8p)

259 Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
My thoughts on the Swalwell stuff.
Notice how Democrats always hold their own accountable and Republicans just yell fake news, no matter how vile the evidence is?

Say, remember when that lady claimed that Biden had digitally violated her? And had contemporaneous evidence? Sure glad the Democrats held their own accountable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2026 10:59 AM (ExV1e)

260 If good music makes for a good musical, a musical about us would be tops.

Posted by: Queensryche at April 14, 2026 10:59 AM (0sNs1)

261 Sorry, badly quoted, I know that wasn't you wrecks

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2026 10:59 AM (F0U8p)

262 249 Don't worry, guys. The Democrats hold their own accountable.

Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
My thoughts on the Swalwell stuff.
Notice how Democrats always hold their own accountable and Republicans just yell fake news, no matter how vile the evidence is?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

Ooooooh *makes shaking hands* You made a guy drop out of a race where he was hurting the party. But he can stay in the House- even though he will continue to use his staffing gals as pin cushions and punching bags.

*makes different hand gesture*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

263 250 During The Paolo's last visit to China, he left a billion Chinawomen screaming in, how you say, ecstasy.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 14, 2026 10:55 AM

*makes 'call me' gesture*
Posted by: Bonnie Blue

The degenerate version of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 14, 2026 11:00 AM (JCZqz)

264 256 Pedo musical, Diddler On the Roof.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

I never really enjoyed it, but how so? Because the daughter is so young?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 11:00 AM (bss/y)

265 So … not Normandy, then … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 14, 2026 11:00 AM (ayRl+)

266 By their fruits, ye shall know them.
Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM

* buffs nails *

Posted by: Kalifornia at April 14, 2026 11:00 AM (0sNs1)

267 The SAVE act strikes a heavy blow against core political necessities in the Uniparty's war against Americans. So does the birthright citizenship case. So neither of those things will be going the right way... the only reason any of these people have jobs is to prevent harmful reforms like these, and they'll do their jobs.

Failure in these cases would be nothing short of class treason.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 11:02 AM (BI5O2)

268 234 Musicals are stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Eh, I enjoy the old MGM musicals in their classic period and a few others like How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying.

And something like the Sound of Music is NOT stupid. American in Paris combines dance, music along with art that is well worth watching decades after the prime of the movie musicals. Impressive on a big screen. And so on.

Obviously, YMMV.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)

269 If good music makes for a good musical, a musical about us would be tops.
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There have been live performances of "Operation Mindcrime" in its entirety. That's about as good as it gets for a metal musical.

Posted by: Crusader at April 14, 2026 11:02 AM (TN0g+)

270 "First of all, I think you completely misunderstood what I said. I meant it in a complimentary way. I mean, you know when people say, "He's bad," it really means he's good, sort of thing? You know, slang." -Mike

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 14, 2026 11:02 AM (DgMqy)

271 I never really enjoyed it, but how so? Because the daughter is so young?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Diddler.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 14, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

272 266 By their fruits, ye shall know them.
Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM

* buffs nails *
Posted by: Kalifornia
======
In that case, fruits lying around and rotting on the ground.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

273 Just another word of appreciation for all the things we learn here.
Cobs and commenters- Ya'll are the best!

Posted by: sal at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (f+FmA)

274 272 266 By their fruits, ye shall know them.
Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 10:57 AM

* buffs nails *
Posted by: Kalifornia
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In that case, fruits lying around and rotting on the ground.
Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

Lots of Nuts though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)

275 California is trying to pass AB2624 - the Stop Nick Shirley Act.

Instead of going after the criminals, California wants to go after who reports fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (7yTeO)

276 Instead of going after the criminals, California wants to go after who reports fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (7yTeO)

Maybe because they ARE the criminals

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2026 11:06 AM (F0U8p)

277 275 California is trying to pass AB2624 - the Stop Nick Shirley Act.

Instead of going after the criminals, California wants to go after who reports fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (7yTeO)

=======

Obviously, the intention and unofficial name of the act is all about Nick Shirley, but it just needs to be noted that the actual name of the bill is:

AB 2624: Privacy for immigration support services providers.

And Shirley isn't mentioned anywhere in the bill.

However, the intent is directed at him and anyone who would want to replicate his success, of course.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 14, 2026 11:07 AM (1Q6Kv)

278 Ah, the CA bill is couched in the usual justification - protecting immigrants. See, you might not like it if we stripped you of your 1st amendment rights so we can steal more money. But we need to silence you and rob you blind for our precious foreigners. Don't be racist, native scum.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2026 11:09 AM (BI5O2)

279 Remember, the SAVE act has 49 cosponsors. It's one vote shy after bypassing cloture. That could be Collins who sits on a throne of skulls in Maine. What if her price really just is, "go through the motions"?
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There's also the notion that SCOTUS will strike down any injunction against SAVE if it's within 90 or so days of the election.
Early voting starts in September in VA and MN (I think).
July 3rd is a Friday.

We also have pending rulings on:
- mail in ballots counted after Election Day
- minority-majority districts

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2026 11:11 AM (HXT0k)

280 Nood. Seamus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

281 277 275 California is trying to pass AB2624 - the Stop Nick Shirley Act.

Instead of going after the criminals, California wants to go after who reports fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2026 11:05 AM (7yTeO)

=======

Obviously, the intention and unofficial name of the act is all about Nick Shirley, but it just needs to be noted that the actual name of the bill is:

AB 2624: Privacy for immigration support services providers.

And Shirley isn't mentioned anywhere in the bill.

However, the intent is directed at him and anyone who would want to replicate his success, of course.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Clear facial violation of the 1st Amendment freedom of the press from prior restraint. 9th Circuit is not that liberal anymore even if CA could get some rando third world POS district judge to rule in their favor.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

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