Mid-Morning Art Thread

Mary Magdalene before Christ's Tomb
Francisco Ribalta

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 09:30 AM (HaMCX)

2 I gots no snark for this one.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 09:30 AM (HaMCX)

3 Mary's got man hands!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 09:30 AM (0nHVk)

4
ESPONJA!!11!!!1

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 29, 2026 09:31 AM (2/MrR)

5 I see no large stone. Would not hang.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)

6 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 09:31 AM (HaMCX)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

8 She has 6 fingers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

9 I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.

Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)

10 He really messed up on the tomb.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

11 Her hands have no definition.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 29, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

12 8 She has 6 fingers.

Early AI

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:33 AM (gtcuf)

13 Kind of a mannish face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

14 Oh, c'mon. Six fingers? How do you miss that when you're sitting for hours painting something?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (BI5O2)

15 My hand is not as big as my face.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

16 The Chosen does a superb rendition of introducing her and her back story in Episode One of Season One, entitled “I Have Called You By Name."

Posted by: Come And See at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

17 9 I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.

It says: "20 bucks, same as in town."

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

18 9 I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.
Posted by: dantesed

Kilroy Was Here?

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

19 I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.
Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM

Google Translate says "Because they took away my Lord."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

20 Looks like she’s looking at a coffin, not a stone slab.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

21 CBD, you ever wonder “ why do I bother”?

Posted by: tubal at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (Gqar8)

22
It says: "20 bucks, same as in town."
Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

Here and I thought it said "I'll be back......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

23
Interesting expression on Mary Magdalene's face.

The artist wisely steered away from blatant shocked expression as that would look probably humorous, but went more for a "What the...?" or Could it be? stunned look.

Nice.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

24 8 She has 6 fingers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Maybe Anne Boleyn was the model.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (AlhUl)

25 She has 6 fingers.

Early AI
Posted by: Delurker

Looks like how she has her hands clasped. Looks like her right thumb is first.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 09:36 AM (HaMCX)

26 Entitled: Oy Veh!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 09:36 AM (g8Ew8)

27 Oh, c'mon. Six fingers? How do you miss that when you're sitting for hours painting something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (BI5O2)

She's clasping her hands. You just can't see the other four fingers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ExV1e)

28 *I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.*

Looks to be numerals. Can't make out all of it but it looks to start with 8...6...7, 5...3...0...

Posted by: Tommy TuTone at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

29 Looks to be numerals. Can't make out all of it but it looks to start with 8...6...7, 5...3...0...
Posted by: Tommy TuTone at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

Jesus don't lose my number.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

30 21 CBD, you ever wonder “ why do I bother”?
Posted by: tubal at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (Gqar

________
No. He just gets even by posting 20th C s**t.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (AlhUl)

31 CBD, you ever wonder “ why do I bother”?

Posted by: tubal at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (Gqar

Every day.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (n9ltV)

32 Just learned Ribalta was a tenebrist.

I had thought he was a counter-tenebrist.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (gtcuf)

33
*I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.*

"World War 11 starts any day now"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

34 Painting above
Amazing love, how can it be, that thou my God should die for me?

Posted by: Eromero at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (uDa2+)

35
Every day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (n9ltV)

I was going to post that on your behalf, but figured it would mean more coming from the Don's mouth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

36 Ask your doctor if Tenebrist is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 29, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Roman script for 86JC? Let's ask James Comey.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 29, 2026 09:40 AM (QaH55)

38 Lovely, but it kinda looks like she's about to swing (punch), which is odd?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 29, 2026 09:40 AM (5xoct)

39 She's a comely lass, no ozempic here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 29, 2026 09:40 AM (Fbc0I)

40 I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.
Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 09:32 AM

John 20: 13, They said to her, 'Woman, why art thou weeping?' She said to them, 'Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)

41 "Quia Tulerunt Dominum Meum" (Because they have taken away my Lord).

Google doesn't translate Latin verbs very well.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (n9ltV)

42 double jointed with extra fingers.

Posted by: cmeat at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

43 I find her hands quite cromulent.

Posted by: Count Tyrone Rugen at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (nHXB4)

44 The artist who gave Ian Anderson six fingers on the cover of Stand Up was also a tenebrist.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

45 I don't picture Christ's tomb to look like the thing Dracula rests in in the Hammer Horror movies. Do not like this interpretation.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2026 09:42 AM (qBdHI)

46 Just learned Ribalta was a tenebrist.

I had thought he was a counter-tenebrist.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (gtcuf)

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"Make him an anti-Tenebrist -- and there's a show!"

/obligatory Costanza & Seinfeld refereence

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 09:42 AM (VdTX+)

47 Latin is a dead language.
As dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans,
And now it's killing me.

Posted by: Google Translate at April 29, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

48

The best way to prepare a tenebrist is low and slow over post oak.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

49 45 LiB, I agree with you.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

50 The artist who gave Ian Anderson six fingers on the cover of Stand Up was also a tenebrist.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

No, I think he was a sixebrist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:44 AM (n9ltV)

51 With a sweet and salty dry rub.

Posted by: Moron cookbook at April 29, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

52 A beautiful painting.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 09:46 AM (gu0hJ)

53
No, I think he was a sixebrist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:44 AM (n9ltV)

Sixteen! Christine!!!!

Posted by: Gene Simmons at April 29, 2026 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

54

867530. Hey, that's my Amazon Card security code!

Posted by: Case at April 29, 2026 09:46 AM (9lqZe)

55 BRB. I have a sudden urge to do some Amazon shopping.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:47 AM (gtcuf)

56 I don't picture Christ's tomb to look like the thing Dracula rests in in the Hammer Horror movies. Do not like this interpretation.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2026 09:42 AM (qBdHI)

It's a sarcophagus. A common Roman burial container. Usually only rich Romans had them. But this was given to Christ's inner circle by a Roman.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

57 No stake?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:48 AM (KmZYi)

58 Sixteen! Christine!!!!

"Christine Sixteen"

"You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)"

"Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"

"Sixteen Tons"

Boy, rock and rollers have a thing for 16-year olds, don't they?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

59 BTW, the left most finger isn't part of her left hand. It's the index finger of her right. Note that there is no nail at the tip.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 29, 2026 09:48 AM (AlhUl)

60 16 Candles
Sweet Little 16

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

61 27 Oh, c'mon. Six fingers? How do you miss that when you're sitting for hours painting something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 29, 2026 09:34 AM (BI5O2)

She's clasping her hands. You just can't see the other four fingers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:36 AM (ExV1e)
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I'm still seeing six fingers, chief.

Posted by: Guy who says, "chief" at April 29, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

62 Did Tenembrists come after Octobrists?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 09:50 AM (utfVc)

63
Pontius Pilate: “Joseph I really don’t understand. You’re one of the richest men in the region, and you’ve spent a small fortune on a new tomb for you and your family, and you want to give it to this man Jesus?”

Joseph: “It’s just for the weekend.”

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 29, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

64 Boy, rock and rollers have a thing for 16-year olds, don't they?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

*shifty eyes*

Why do you ask?

Posted by: Benny Mardones at April 29, 2026 09:51 AM (nHXB4)

65 And then Joseph went back to Cornwall.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:51 AM (KmZYi)

66 Sixteen Tons wasn't about a girl, though.

Well, maybe a Woke girl.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:52 AM (gtcuf)

67 Joseph: “It’s just for the weekend.”

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 29, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

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* snort *

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 09:53 AM (VdTX+)

68 I thought Greek was the main language spoken back then.

Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 09:53 AM (Oy/m2)

69 lemon squeezy.

Posted by: cmeat at April 29, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

70 Sixteen Tons wasn't about a girl, though.

Well, maybe a Woke girl.
Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:52 AM (gtcuf)

Bitch, please.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 29, 2026 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

71 I thought Greek was the main language spoken back then.
Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 09:53 AM (Oy/m2)
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It was the lingua franca of the region.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 29, 2026 09:54 AM (xvhJH)

72 >>>It's a sarcophagus. A common Roman burial container. Usually only rich Romans had them. But this was given to Christ's inner circle by a Roman.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

>Picked up some quick-crete and rebar at Ace, and voila! It's comforting to know they didn't make him drag this masonry box into the tomb.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (Fbc0I)

73 CBD, you ever wonder “ why do I bother”?

Posted by: tubal at April 29, 2026 09:35 AM (Gqar

Every day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 09:38 AM (n9ltV)
====

I offered you pity yesterday and in return Aetius busted my balls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

74 16 tons? Sounds big boned.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (KmZYi)

75 Ilhan Omar is an elevenabrist.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

76 69 I thought Greek was the main language spoken back then.
Posted by: dantesed

*ahem*

Posted by: Aramaic at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

77 16 tons? Sounds big boned.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (KmZYi)

On occasion, my mother would say "I'm sorry, I didn't raise him to be rude."

My response was "I'm not rude, I'm big boned!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

78 Looks to be numerals. Can't make out all of it but it looks to start with 8...6...7, 5...3...0...
Posted by: Tommy TuTone at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

Jesus don't lose my number.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

Jenny, not Rikki.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

79 16 tons? Sounds big boned.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (KmZYi)

Lizzo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (utfVc)

80
I offered you pity yesterday and in return Aetius busted my balls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

It's his job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

81 At least they didn't depict her as a perfidious Edomite.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (KmZYi)

82 Lizzo's on the Ozempic. She's down to 8 tons.

Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

83
Jenny, not Rikki.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

He's so fine it blows my mind.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

84 80 16 tons? Sounds big boned.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:55 AM (KmZYi)

Lizzo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (utfVc)

Pre-Ozempic.

Posted by: XTC at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (iXqHn)

85 She looks like she’s at the top of her backswing.

Face-sized spider out of view?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (XxHEN)

86 It's a sarcophagus. A common Roman burial container. Usually only rich Romans had them. But this was given to Christ's inner circle by a Roman.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 09:47 AM (g8Ew

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IIRC, the ending of the film "The Passion of The Christ" depicted Jesus rising from a sarcophagus -- and you could see through the stigmata in his hands ... setting up the sequel (which I'm eagerly awaiting, "The Resurrection of the Christ" -- split into two parts and scheduled for release in 2027).

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (VdTX+)

87 Lizzo's on the Ozempic. She's down to 8 tons.
Posted by: Delurker at April 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

The resulting intestinal cancer will whittle her down to the bone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

88 I'm still seeing six fingers, chief.
Posted by: Guy who says, "chief" at April 29, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

Two fingers on the right hand, four fingers on the left hand, Grasshopper.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (ExV1e)

89 Greek was the main language of traders. They were heavily Hellenized.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (KmZYi)

90 IIRC

Eleven R C? What does that mean?

Posted by: Ilhan BroFo at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (gtcuf)

91 90 Greek was the main language of traders. They were heavily Hellenized.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (KmZYi)

So was I! Thank you, I'll be here all week, try the veal.

Posted by: King Menelaus of Sparta at April 29, 2026 10:00 AM (nHXB4)

92 RC and A&W are on sale for $3.00 a six.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:00 AM (KmZYi)

93 Greek was the main language of traders. They were heavily Hellenized.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 09:58 AM (KmZYi)
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20 drachmas, same as at Athens.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 29, 2026 10:01 AM (xvhJH)

94 I remember when there used to be an A&W drive-in around here. Yet another vestige of an America that's never coming back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:01 AM (qRla/)

95 Note that there is no nail at the tip.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 29, 2026 09:48 AM (AlhUl)

The Romans used them all.

Posted by: Typical Piggish Moron at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (n9ltV)

96 With a sweet and salty dry rub.

Posted by: Moron cookbook at April 29, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

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Marinated in Christian Brothers.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (VdTX+)

97 Chuck looks like his Mom. An old lady.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (KmZYi)

98 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

99 Looks like the ass troll has transitioned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 10:03 AM (utfVc)

100 Presidentin' is hard. King of Britain, not so much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

Gotta pray five times a day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)

101 100 comment rule. [CBD]
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

I accept that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Mary Magdalene before Christ's Tomb
Francisco Ribalta

Museo Del Prado -

Attributed to Francisco Ribalta
Solsona, Lérida (Spain), 1565 - Valencia (Spain), 1628

The presence in Valencia in 1521 of several works by Sebastiano del Piombo, acquired by the diplomat Jerónimo Vich, inspired various generations of local artists. In this oil, Ribalta adapted the figure of the Magdalene from one of those compositions, The Lamentation over the dead Christ, now in Saint Petersburg. As he dispensed with the other figures, he added the inscription “Quia Tulerunt Dominum Meum” (They have taken away my Lord), to express her grief.

Wikipedia, in part - "Mary Magdalene is regarded by believers as a historical figure, possibly from Magdala. She is seen as a prominent follower of Jesus who was believed to have been healed by him, supported his ministry financially, and was present at his crucifixion and burial. She played a key role among his female disciples. Overall, there is limited information about her life."

It's a beautiful painting - almost too beautiful for its theme - but I'd pass hanging it.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 29, 2026 10:04 AM (NFX2v)

103 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 29, 2026 10:04 AM (NFX2v)

Are we allowed to reference the art after comment 100?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

104 87 It's a sarcophagus. A common Roman burial container. Usually only rich Romans had them. But this was given to Christ's inner circle by a Roman.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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IIRC, the ending of the film "The Passion of The Christ" depicted Jesus rising from a sarcophagus -- and you could see through the stigmata in his hands ... setting up the sequel (which I'm eagerly awaiting, "The Resurrection of the Christ" -- split into two parts and scheduled for release in 2027).
Posted by: ShainS
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Ok, help me out here. I'm a pretty avid Bible reader and a student of history and have seen nothing about Jesus being placed in a sarcophagus.. Citation or reference would be appreciated.

And yes, I'm awaiting Passion of the Christ II as well.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (VkY89)

105 Since we're past 100, here's the semi-regular Poppins Report:

48 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. Rain on the way today and for the rest of the week. This has been a pretty lousy April so far as weather goes.

Finished my novel yesterday, but somehow, writing The End felt neither as satisfying or pleasurable as I thought it would be. I think it's because, subconsciously, my mind believes there's nothing more to do. Which isn't true, as there will be a lot of editing. I think it was more a, well, this project is over. Is there anything for me to do now? depression.

I spent the day yesterday driving around aimlessly, not liking anywhere I was and unable to even settle on what I wanted to have for lunch. And now I am here. I think I will go back to bed for a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

106 Sixteen Tons wasn't about a girl, though.

Sixteen tons & what do you get? Another day older & deeper in debt.

Sure sounds like it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (HaMCX)

107 Since we're over 100 comments it looks like the SC is going to publish the decision on the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts. If we win the sounds will be of Dems crapping themselves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (gu0hJ)

108 I remember when there used to be an A&W drive-in around here. Yet another vestige of an America that's never coming back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:01 AM (qRla/)

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One of my favorite memories as a kid in the late 60s growing up in what was then relatively small Las Vegas: for a treat, especially if we'd been well-behaved, mom would pile me and my two brothers in the car and drive a maybe 10 miles down nearby Boulder Highway in Las Vegas to a dinky little company town called Henderson (now the second largest city in Nevada) to an A&W drive-in.

The yound women would come out on the roller-skates to take and deliver your orders. Root beer floats and corn dogs ... food of The Childhood Gods!

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (VdTX+)

109
I spent the day yesterday driving around aimlessly, not liking anywhere I was and unable to even settle on what I wanted to have for lunch. And now I am here. I think I will go back to bed for a couple of hours.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

That's when you find a hole in the wall at the nearest town you come to. That usually works out well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

110 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

You need a change of scenery.

Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 10:08 AM (Oy/m2)

111 Jenny, not Rikki.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

Rikki was suspicioned of losing numbers. Jenny was asked to take a ride.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 10:08 AM (g8Ew8)

112 Since we're over 100 comments it looks like the SC is going to publish the decision on the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts. If we win the sounds will be of Dems crapping themselves.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (gu0hJ)

I assume that the leftists on the court will quote Sandra Day O'Connor, patron demon of eternally racist policies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

113 Posted by: Aramaic at April 29, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

Along the Euphrates, sure. It was fracturing along Judaea and Syria so was becoming a village language there into what's going to become Palaestinian Aramaic and Nabataean (the latter fighting a losing battle to You Know What).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 29, 2026 10:08 AM (tL5sl)

114 Since we're over 100 comments it looks like the SC is going to publish the decision on the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts. If we win the sounds will be of Dems crapping themselves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (gu0hJ)

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What is the sound of millions of exploding heads crapping?

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:08 AM (VdTX+)

115 103. Are we allowed to reference the art after comment 100?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Ha!

You know whose domain it is.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 29, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

116 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM

When I get back from Greece we'll have to hit the range. You thinking about coming to NoVa or TX this year?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:10 AM (bFu5X)

117 Well, off to the salt mines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 10:10 AM (utfVc)

118 Ok, help me out here. I'm a pretty avid Bible reader and a student of history and have seen nothing about Jesus being placed in a sarcophagus. And yes, I'm awaiting Passion of the Christ II as well.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM

There's no mention of a sarcophagus in the Gospels. The body was embalmed, wrapped in cloth, and laid on a slab within the tomb.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

119
Finished my novel yesterday, but somehow, writing The End felt neither as satisfying or pleasurable as I thought it would be. I think it's because, subconsciously, my mind believes there's nothing more to do. Which isn't true, as there will be a lot of editing. I think it was more a, well, this project is over. Is there anything for me to do now? depression.

This is an accomplishment. A task completed. Project done.

You should celebrate. Sure, there's more work to do, but coming from a guy that struggles to complete projects, you should cherish your accomplishment and celebrate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

120 The Democrats will leave their gerrymandering alone and just say that the lines were drawn to maximize partisan advantage, which the courts have previously said is permissible. The fact that it ensures the election of a specific racial candidate is merely a coincidence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

121 Yeah, I got that wrong.

Jesus, don't change your number.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

122 Damn hangover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

123 114 Since we're over 100 comments it looks like the SC is going to publish the decision on the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts. If we win the sounds will be of Dems crapping themselves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (gu0hJ)

This one makes me nervous...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (O1a6r)

124 Jesus, don't change your number.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

He left Chicago back when you got a new number when you moved.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (ExV1e)

125 Big win!

SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3ImbR)

126 When I get back from Greece we'll have to hit the range. You thinking about coming to NoVa or TX this year?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:10 AM (bFu5X)

Probably NoVa, depending on how I feel looking in the mirror.

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

127 Thus far it looks like the decision is limited to finding the Louisiana was a violation. Long decision, still going through decision

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (gu0hJ)

128 Ok, help me out here. I'm a pretty avid Bible reader and a student of history and have seen nothing about Jesus being placed in a sarcophagus.. Citation or reference would be appreciated.

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As I said, the tomb was gifted by a moneyed man. And the only people that really had any money were Romans. And rich Romans wanted to be buried in a stone box.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (g8Ew8)

129 125 Big win!

SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3Im

I guess I shouldn't have been nervous...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (O1a6r)

130 Since we're over 100 comments it looks like the SC is going to publish the decision on the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts. If we win the sounds will be of Dems crapping themselves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (gu0hJ)

This one makes me nervous...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM

I'm resigning myself to losing the birthright citizenship question, but I'd be very pleased if race-based districts were nuked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (bFu5X)

131 Finished my novel yesterday, but somehow, writing The End felt neither as satisfying or pleasurable as I thought it would be. I think it's because, subconsciously, my mind believes there's nothing more to do. Which isn't true, as there will be a lot of editing. I think it was more a, well, this project is over. Is there anything for me to do now? depression.

I spent the day yesterday driving around aimlessly, not liking anywhere I was and unable to even settle on what I wanted to have for lunch. And now I am here. I think I will go back to bed for a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

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Congratulations, MP4!

I retired a few weeks ago and have been generally depressed and without purpose (although spent the last week in Medicare Hell doing research as I turn 65 in four months).

Take comfort in the fact -- as I do -- that we've both likely been at a similar junction in our lives several times in the past ... and will always find a way out of it and purpose & meaning to strive toward.

Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (VdTX+)

132 Damn hangover.
Posted by: Sponge

You gotta reach the age where you fall asleep before you can consume hangover-inducing quantities.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

133 OK, nap time. Hope you all have a lovely day.

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

134 Result of this win (Louisiana v. Callais,) dems could lose more than a dozen seats in southern states.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (3ImbR)

135
SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3ImbR)

I thought the 3 retards weren't going to render their descent for months so the midterms weren't affected. Because there's no right or left wing judges.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

136 Probably NoVa, depending on how I feel looking in the mirror.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM

Help me here, Horde.

*channels inner Zod*

You will do this. You will do this now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

137
You gotta reach the age where you fall asleep before you can consume hangover-inducing quantities.
Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

Not there yet.

I'm not able to enjoy active adult living, yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

138 I guess I shouldn't have been nervous...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM (O1a6r)
~~~~~

I was nervous too. You never know with this court.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)

139
I thought the 3 retards weren't going to render their descent for months so the midterms weren't affected. Because there's no right or left wing judges.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Those 3 are so predictable...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (O1a6r)

140 Probably NoVa, depending on how I feel looking in the mirror.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2026 10:13 AM

No such thing mattered to Piper at the TxMoMe. You should be fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Joseph of Arimathea was a Jew, not a Roman.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

142 Looks like the decision is broad enough to throw out a lot of other districts. It will be a district by district fight.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (gu0hJ)

143 Louisiana v. Callais

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3ImbR)

Very good news indeed!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)

144 SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM

Nice. Very nice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (bFu5X)

145 I thought the 3 retards weren't going to render their descent for months so the midterms weren't affected. Because there's no right or left wing judges.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)
~~~~~

C'mon, Sponge. Let's just take this win and celebrate!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (3ImbR)

146 I thought the 3 retards weren't going to render their descent for months so the midterms weren't affected. Because there's no right or left wing judges.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Maybe they agreed to release their dissent in return for a citizenship ruling which states that all people born on Earth are citizens provided that they vote Democrat and receive government benefits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

147 SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Redistrict the entire South.

By this coming Tuesday.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (iNUL3)

148 *They were heavily Hellenized.*

The amount of beauty required to launch a ship is known as a milliHelen.

Posted by: The More You Know at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

149
Maybe they agreed to release their dissent in return for a citizenship ruling which states that all people born on Earth are citizens provided that they vote Democrat and receive government benefits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

150 www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (W5mpo)

151 The three idiots on the SC should have interesting dissents. “Why we think giving special privileges to minorities follows the constitution”

Posted by: Jen the original at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (HKv2v)

152 No such thing mattered to Piper at the TxMoMe. You should be fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Ouch!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (n9ltV)

153 Big win!

SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3ImbR)

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Wow, my battered conservative syndrome always assumes the worst ... thanks for the update!

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (VdTX+)

154
C'mon, Sponge. Let's just take this win and celebrate!
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (3ImbR)

I'm not being all Eeyore about this, but I thought I read where they were going to delay their descent for a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

155 No such thing mattered to Piper at the TxMoMe. You should be fine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Dude. You come to the MoMe every year and you're aware that most of the ladies carry. Have you got a death wish?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

156
Ouch!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (n9ltV)

I'm sure I'll pay dearly for that.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

157 Alito with Thomas and Gorsuch concurring

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 29, 2026 10:18 AM (W5mpo)

158 Ve'y VE'Y awkward positioning of the hands … it's the same positioning y' see when someone's 'stuffed 'n cuffed'. Otherwise, excellent lighting …

Posted by: Dr_No at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (ayRl+)

159
Dude. You come to the MoMe every year and you're aware that most of the ladies carry. Have you got a death wish?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

It has been a rough go.......But did you see those pants?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

160 >>>I'm not being all Eeyore about this, but I thought I read where they were going to delay their descent for a while.
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I read that too. Maybe the three idiots got well-deserved smacks upside the head.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (3ImbR)

161 Maybe they agreed to release their dissent in return for a citizenship ruling which states that all people born on Earth are citizens provided that they vote Democrat and receive government benefits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

Please. We're not THAT extreme.

They have to actually enter the US by hook or by crook. THEN they're citizens.
- Lefties on the bench

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (iNUL3)

162 No such thing mattered to Piper at the TxMoMe. You should be fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Ouch!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM

I mean, to be fair, Piper is way better looking than we are.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

163 161 Maybe they agreed to release their dissent in return for a citizenship ruling which states that all people born on Earth are citizens provided that they vote Democrat and receive government benefits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

I'm thinking you're right...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (O1a6r)

164
I mean, to be fair, Piper is way better looking than we are.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

Also valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

165 It has been a rough go.......But did you see those pants?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

I did. They looked very haute couture and I'm leaving it at that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

166 The amount of beauty required to launch a ship is known as a milliHelen.
Posted by: The More You Know at April 29, 2026 10:16 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:21 AM (bFu5X)

167 Joseph of Arimathea was a Jew, not a Roman.
Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

Well okay. A slab it is then. Probably didn't want to pay retail for a box.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (g8Ew8)

168
I did. They looked very haute couture and I'm leaving it at that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

169 RNBS, are you in Greece yet?

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

170 Thomas must be getting tired. He couldn't muster more than 2 paragraphs for a concurring opinion.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (W5mpo)

171 RNBS, are you in Greece yet?
Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

If he were, he'd be posting in tonight's ONT already.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

172 The amount of ugly to sink a ship is known as a milliDiLauro

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:23 AM (gu0hJ)

173 RNBS, are you in Greece yet?
Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM

Leaving Friday. I'll be in and out of the blog for the next two weeks. Reading the Gun Thread at noon will feel wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:23 AM (bFu5X)

174 151 The three idiots on the SC should have interesting dissents. “Why we think giving special privileges to minorities follows the constitution”
Posted by: Jen the original at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (HKv2v)
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Indeed. [pops popcorn]

Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:23 AM (G0vdT)

175 Piper yelled at me once. I forgave her.

Posted by: Case at April 29, 2026 10:24 AM (9lqZe)

176 I bet Helen of Troy had a superb rack.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

177 The three idiots on the SC should have interesting dissents. “Why we think giving special privileges to minorities follows the constitution”

Posted by: Jen the original at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (HKv2v)

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"Since the Constitution is a racist document, it follows that we are consistent in our racist rulings. QED, rubes!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:24 AM (VdTX+)

178 We only have 7 Robe Wraiths in Virginia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:25 AM (KmZYi)

179 I was the Latin from Manhattan.

Posted by: Cesar Romero at April 29, 2026 10:25 AM (oftw2)

180 Thomas must be getting tired. He couldn't muster more than 2 paragraphs for a concurring opinion.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 29, 2026 10:22 AM (W5mpo)

Assuming that the opinion basically said, "No, bitches, just no," what did Thomas need to say beyond, "What he said."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:25 AM (ExV1e)

181 Piper yelled at me once. I forgave her.
Posted by: Case at April 29, 2026 10:24 AM (9lqZe)

I won't be surprised if my camper has 3 flats Saturday morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

182 Speaking of ships, I gotta hand it to King Charles, the "Trump" ship bell from WWII was a master stroke.

Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:25 AM (G0vdT)

183 Mary Magdalene before Christ's Tomb

What did she look like after the tomb?

Posted by: Confused Moron at April 29, 2026 10:26 AM (ycI94)

184 Piper yelled at me once. I forgave her.
Posted by: Case

Well, if you hadn't bogarted all the kale...

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

185 Piper yelled at me once. I forgave her.
Posted by: Case at April 29, 2026 10:24 AM (9lqZe)

Did you serve wilted kale?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:27 AM (ExV1e)

186 >Leaving Friday. I'll be in and out of the blog for the next two weeks. Reading the Gun Thread at noon will feel wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:23 AM (bFu5X)

Nice. We travel to Rome next Wed. to hop on a fancy ship. We're staying in Athens for 4 days at the end of our voyage. Never been to Greece and very much looking forward to it. Our hotel room has a balcony with a view of the Acropolis. Can't wait.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 29, 2026 10:27 AM (NgqoH)

187 172 The amount of ugly to sink a ship is known as a milliDiLauro
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Snort!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 29, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

188 I'm not being all Eeyore about this, but I thought I read where they were going to delay their descent for a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

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Yeah, Mollie Hemingway wrote a recent essay (referred to here) about it in promoting her new book titled "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution" -- where she discusses how the Commie Justices and their staffs obstructed (including the leak) and slow-walked the Dobbs decision, and they were similarly doing the same with this case.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:28 AM (VdTX+)

189 Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.

Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

190 Big win!

SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Louisiana v. Callais
Posted by: IrishEi

How can we turn this into a failure?
-- GOP

Posted by: Tonypete at April 29, 2026 10:29 AM (Kyh8Y)

191 Looks like the decision is broad enough to throw out a lot of other districts. It will be a district by district fight.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:15 AM (gu0hJ)

Oh Noes They Dinint!

Posted by: Zombie Sheila Jackson Lee at April 29, 2026 10:29 AM (QP+6w)

192 FIRST CHOICE WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTERS, INC.
v. DAVENPORT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW
JERSEY

SCOTUS held for First Choice 9-0

Posted by: SMOD at April 29, 2026 10:29 AM (7W1xd)

193 Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.
Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

Hopefully the makeup crew can get the shine of wet pussy off her face beforehand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

194 Our hotel room has a balcony with a view of the Acropolis. Can't wait.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

The place is in ruins. You can get that in Detroit.

Posted by: Roof Is Gone! at April 29, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)

195 >>Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.

Nice to see senior Democrats taking this whole "turn down the temperature" thing seriously.

Head on a swivel.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)

196 Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.
Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

It's not like they could have Jackson read it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

197 The Hill: Democrats hold 10-point edge over Republicans on a generic congressional ballot ahead of midterm elections in Emerson Poll

Not high enough. Republicans need to exit the midterms fearing the future of their party. We need to take enough Senate seats so Fetterman isn't the 50th Republican vote.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been working hard to cheat. Go out and vote. Don't listen to polls.

People are still supporting Republicans? Why? They're mishandling literally everything, including the "solutions" they promised and came up with themselves.

Absolutely huge poll. Hope momentum continues and carries into November. D+10 wins the Senate, including Texas, if people show up.

The MAGA media machine has not kicked in yet. With Ellison buying CNN and other media outlets under billionaires control, talk to me in October and see if it is still 10pts.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2026 10:32 AM (ycI94)

198 Not high enough. Republicans need to exit the midterms fearing the future of their party. We need to take enough Senate seats so Fetterman isn't the 50th Republican vote.

Has Fetterman voted with R's on anything?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

199 Absolutely huge poll.

I know this feeling.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 29, 2026 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

200 >>With Ellison buying CNN and other media outlets under billionaires control, talk to me in October and see if it is still 10pts.

pssst. It's not 10 points now.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 10:33 AM (viF8m)

201 People are still supporting Republicans? Why? They're mishandling literally everything, including the "solutions" they promised and came up with themselves.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2026 10:32 AM (ycI94)

Well. For starters, Republicans aren't trying to force my 9 year-old daughter to get naked around boys.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (iNUL3)

202 Has Fetterman voted with R's on anything?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

AFAIK, he's voted with the Republicans on a few things where his vote didn't matter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

203 Yeah, Mollie Hemingway wrote a recent essay (referred to here) about it in promoting her new book titled "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution" -- where she discusses how the Commie Justices and their staffs obstructed (including the leak) and slow-walked the Dobbs decision, and they were similarly doing the same with this case.

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[forgot to mention:] ... and knowingly put the lives of their fellow conservative Justices (and families) at risk of assassination.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (VdTX+)

204 189 Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.
Posted by: WisRich

I wish I could read my decisions from the bench...

Posted by: Justice KBJ at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (ycI94)

205 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London

https://www.youtube.com/live/xZm-xdkZqhc

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (aUMnT)

206 Jackson's dissent. "You honky mf's done eff up"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:35 AM (gu0hJ)

207 I wish I could read my decisions from the bench...

Posted by: Justice KBJ at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (ycI94)

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I just wish you could read.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:35 AM (VdTX+)

208 Piper is big on READ THE CONTENT before you post.
So if she's around I read the content.

Posted by: Case at April 29, 2026 10:35 AM (9lqZe)

209 Well. For starters, Republicans aren't trying to force my 9 year-old daughter to get naked around boys.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

What's the problem again?

Posted by: Biden and Muhammad high-fiving each other at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (ycI94)

210 Absolutely huge poll.

I know this feeling.
Posted by: The Paolo

That's what

Posted by: She said at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (W5mpo)

211 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London

https://www.youtube.com/live/xZm-xdkZqhc
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

The cops turned the stabber's head into a soccer ball.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (HaMCX)

212 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London

https://www.youtube.com/live/xZm-xdkZqhc
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:34 AM (aUMnT)

By design.

Keir Starmer raises a glass.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

213 Crap.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

214 The cops turned the stabber's head into a soccer ball.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (HaMCX)

The cops will be convicted of something before the stabber will.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 29, 2026 10:37 AM (iNUL3)

215 The cops turned the stabber's head into a soccer ball.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (HaMCX)

That's on TOUSI's feed right now ... cops required help from a bystander despite the soccer practice.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:38 AM (aUMnT)

216 Starmer: those Jews got in the way of our beloved Muslims practicing their swordsmanship. Please stay home Jews

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 10:38 AM (gu0hJ)

217 a Jew, not a Roman.
Posted by: Bulg

You could be both under Tiberius. Paul was a Jew and a citizen. Because of that Teutoberg unpleasantness, the Romans did try to be careful about whom they allowed full citizen rights, but Joseph for all we know had them.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 29, 2026 10:38 AM (tL5sl)

218 SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Redistrict the entire South.

--

May Jim Clyburn be sweating bullets.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2026 10:39 AM (qBdHI)

219 205 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

1- we don't know who did it or why and decry all violence

2- they were Muslim migrants that yelled "Allah Ackbar", but migrants commit crimes at lower rates than other groups

3- you're racist for noticing this pattern, which incites anti-Muslim backlash, and are under arrest

Posted by: British response to Muslim terror attack at April 29, 2026 10:39 AM (ycI94)

220 6-3, this is big.
From the summary, basically, minorities have to provide an alternate map that DOES NOT use race but still accomplishes the partisan goal of the state.

And "blacks = Democrats/Democrats = blacks" is not a valid claim that the proposed map was racially based.

That's how all these minority-majority districts were created.
And the Court specifically threw that out.

To make it clear: Dems can no longer just whine "it was racist, we know it was racist because all Republicans are racists!" and get maps thrown out.
1) they have to prove the racial motivation--not infer it
2) they have to prove an alternate map will provide the same R/D mix w/o using race.
100% of their challenges will fail now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2026 10:40 AM (tUP1A)

221 You could be both under Tiberius. Paul was a Jew and a citizen. Because of that Teutoberg unpleasantness, the Romans did try to be careful about whom they allowed full citizen rights, but Joseph for all we know had them.
Posted by: gKWVE

Good point. I was thinking only in ethnic terms, not legal ones.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

222 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London

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Wait, how can this happen -- don't they now have common-sense assault knife control in London, if not all of Britain?

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:40 AM (VdTX+)

223 Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully" . Trouble brewing. She's going to read it from the bench as well.
Posted by: WisRich at April 29, 2026 10:28 AM (G0vdT)

It's not like they could have Jackson read it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

Well...to be fair, she doesn't understand the Constitution.

Now, if we're talking the choreography of "Wicked'..well, yeah! She's an expert on that.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

224 Are there gerrymandered districts in BLUE states that carve out majority-minority seats?

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 29, 2026 10:41 AM (qUkBO)

225 Statement from Met Police coming soon on TOUSI.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:41 AM (aUMnT)

226 Jews stabbed in London

I'ma take a wild guess that the stabber wasn't James Groucutt just back from the lacrosse at Eton.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 29, 2026 10:41 AM (tL5sl)

227 Weapons laws only apply to those who obey laws.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:41 AM (KmZYi)

228 That's on TOUSI's feed right now ... cops required help from a bystander despite the soccer practice.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

Step 1: Stomp. Don't kick.
Step 2: Refer to step 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:42 AM (HaMCX)

229
*I can't make out what is on the tomb. I don't know Latin.*

"Tacocat Spelled Backwards Is Tacocat.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

230 "Because they brought my master" should be "Where did they take my master?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 29, 2026 10:43 AM (qFwJc)

231 Nice. We travel to Rome next Wed. to hop on a fancy ship. We're staying in Athens for 4 days at the end of our voyage. Never been to Greece and very much looking forward to it. Our hotel room has a balcony with a view of the Acropolis. Can't wait.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 29, 2026 10:27 AM

Enjoy! Definitely do the museum at the Acropolis. Just don't look down as you're walking in.

By Wednesday I should be in Thessaloniki. I'm looking forward to the break.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:43 AM (bFu5X)

232 If London cops are looking for an assistant jihadi kicker, I can work at reasonable rates.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 29, 2026 10:43 AM (tL5sl)

233 Tacocat Spelled Backwards Is Tacocat.
Posted by: naturalfake

Heh. My son had that t-shirt.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

234 Must not have been wearing boots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:44 AM (KmZYi)

235 The cops turned the stabber's head into a soccer ball.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (HaMCX)

Which is, absolutely, the only surprising part of the story.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

236 I mean, to be fair, Piper is way better looking than we are.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

A very low bar.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:44 AM (n9ltV)

237 Tacocat Spelled Backwards Is Tacocat.
Posted by: naturalfake

Heh. My son had that t-shirt.
Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

I was wearing my Tacocat t-shirt for exercise this morning, and decided tp-

put y'all some knowledge.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

238 No deaths. Several in hospital. Jewish ambulance service of course.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:46 AM (aUMnT)

239 205 TOUSI: Jews stabbed in London
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

There a growing market for urban chain mail: https://tinyurl.com/3vw9nnem

Really weird coincidence it's growing as 3rd world migrants are invading the West and stabbing people. Kinda neat product...smaller rings than historical, weld closed so extra strong, but light and flexible.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 29, 2026 10:46 AM (ycI94)

240 JUSTICE KAGAN, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
Consider the story of a hypothetical congressional district
in a hypothetical State, subjected to a redistricting scheme.
The example is admittedly stylized, but in its essence simulates the dispute before us, and clarifies the immense issues at stake.

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As the kids might say...oh my god fuck all the way off with this dumb shit

Posted by: ballistic at April 29, 2026 10:46 AM (oqH4h)

241 "Tacocat Spelled Backwards Is Tacocat.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

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We need some TACOcat Trump memes.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:47 AM (VdTX+)

242 >>SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

Redistrict the entire South.

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at April 29, 2026 10:47 AM (5xoct)

243 It's in Aramaic! It says, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimethea: "He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of Aaaaaaaaarrrghghhh..."

Posted by: Brother Maynard at April 29, 2026 10:48 AM (TbWk/)

244 238 No deaths. Several in hospital. Jewish ambulance service of course.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

Damn. I thought we burned them all last month!

Posted by: Totally peaceful Muslim migrants in London at April 29, 2026 10:49 AM (ycI94)

245 The state legislature decides to eliminate the
circle district, slicing it into six pie pieces and allocating one
each to six new, still solidly White congressional districts.
The State’s Black voters are now widely dispersed, and (unlike the State’s White voters) lack any ability to elect a representative of their choice. Election after election, Black
citizens’ votes are, by every practical measure, wasted.

Do these dumb twats not realize that they're describing exactly what Virginia is trying to do with the votes of the people in the more rural parts of the state?

Holy shit being this stupid should be physically painful.

Posted by: ballistic at April 29, 2026 10:49 AM (oqH4h)

246 To make it clear: Dems can no longer just whine "it was racist, we know it was racist because all Republicans are racists!" and get maps thrown out.
1) they have to prove the racial motivation--not infer it
2) they have to prove an alternate map will provide the same R/D mix w/o using race.
100% of their challenges will fail now.

Au contraire, mon ami.

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at April 29, 2026 10:49 AM (Riz8t)

247 >>Kagan wrote the dissent and didn't close with "Respectfully"

Given KJB's behavior, it's hard to muster concern over skipping "respectfully."

Posted by: Lizzy at April 29, 2026 10:49 AM (5xoct)

248 Starmer statement incoming ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (aUMnT)

249 Are there gerrymandered districts in BLUE states that carve out majority-minority seats?
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I think there are.
And now the Republicans in those districts can sue the state and force a non-racial map.
We can now force blue states to redistrict and they can only use R/D vote as the criteria.

From the opinion, for 40 years we assumed the answer to "can a state discriminate on the basis of race to comply with section 2?" was "yes."
It is now "no."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (tUP1A)

250 >>SCOTUS rules that redistricting along racial lines is unconstitutional! 6-3

But racism is good when it discriminates against white people! There are so many historical injustices to right, and other races have culture, so they deserve to be represented by people of their own race.

And most importantly, fuck white people.

Posted by: Leftists Everywhere at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (ycI94)

251 Am I too late for the "it doesn't matter that Gingles was overturned, we lost everything" argument?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (R/457)

252 There a growing market for urban chain mail: https://tinyurl.com/3vw9nnem

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

I wonder if there will eventually be a growing market for urban crossbows, longbows, and trebuchets?

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (VdTX+)

253 So...

Redistricting along racial lines 👎

Redistricting along political lines 👍

Does that sum it up?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (jehhT)

254 ... Starmer appalled (usually he is just shocked) ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:52 AM (aUMnT)

255 Tacocat Spelled Backwards Is Tacocat.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

That would be an excellent name for a taco truck.

TacocaT

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew8)

256 Election after election, Black
citizens’ votes are, by every practical measure, wasted.

___

Now do Conservatives in New England.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 29, 2026 10:53 AM (qUkBO)

257 Starmer statement incoming ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (aUMnT)

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

"This tragedy could have been averted with a President Harris in office."

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:53 AM (VdTX+)

258 Bibi demands action by UK government.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 29, 2026 10:53 AM (aUMnT)

259 Starmer was delayed by prayer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:54 AM (KmZYi)

260 Any day a nut punch lands on Hakeem is a good day.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 10:54 AM (viF8m)

261 The 2032 redraw is going to be...brutal for Democrats.

They may even get to the point of encouraging assassination of opposition leaders to prevent it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:54 AM (R/457)

262 The most important thing now is the Purcell (IIRC) decision.

That says, "no election law changes if an election is pending."
Under the TX redistricting case, "pending" is roughly 90 days.

States have around 2-3 months to 1) redistrict, and 2) complete the primaries.
Leaving at least 90 days to the start of early voting for the General Election.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2026 10:54 AM (tUP1A)

263 So...

Redistricting along racial lines 👎

Redistricting along political lines 👍

Does that sum it up?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (jehhT)

It's only OK when they do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

264 Reddit:
People are still supporting Republicans? Why? They're mishandling literally everything, including the "solutions" they promised and came up with themselves.
------
They say these things, but never offer any specific examples. It's rhetorical label-flinging.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

265 Am I too late for the "it doesn't matter that Gingles was overturned, we lost everything" argument?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (R/457)

I don't think anyone is making that argument. The closest we've come is "wow, I didn't think this was being released so soon."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)

266 262 States have around 2-3 months to 1) redistrict, and 2) complete the primaries.
Leaving at least 90 days to the start of early voting for the General Election.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2026 10:54 AM (tUP1A)

=====

Gingles being overturned was only ever going to have a real effect for 2028 being argued last year.

AL might take advantage of it (LA will, obviously), but the FL map, for instance, is actually in alignment with Gingles (and the FL constitution which has racial requirements).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (R/457)

267 261 The 2032 redraw is going to be...brutal for Democrats.
___

Think again!

Posted by: Census Bureau Twat With Purple Hair and Nose Ring at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (qUkBO)

268 252 There a growing market for urban chain mail: https://tinyurl.com/3vw9nnem

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (VdTX+)

I've made a coif and two suits of chainmail. That crap on her crotch is very poorly made and can barely be called mail let alone chain. I bet she leave links littering everywhere she walks.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (G4ajv)

269 They're mishandling literally everything, including the "solutions" they promised and came up with themselves.
------
They say these things, but never offer any specific examples. It's rhetorical label-flinging.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

They say it right there. "EVERYTHING."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

270 I mean, to be fair, Piper is way better looking than we are.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

A very low bar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2026 10:44 AM

*looks in mirror*

Yeah.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (bFu5X)

271 265 Am I too late for the "it doesn't matter that Gingles was overturned, we lost everything" argument?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (R/457)

I don't think anyone is making that argument. The closest we've come is "wow, I didn't think this was being released so soon."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)

=====

Well, it's a light commenting morning and the thread isn't about it (please, ace, 1st post of the day).

I'm sure it'll come.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (R/457)

272 267 261 The 2032 redraw is going to be...brutal for Democrats.
___

Think again!

Posted by: Census Bureau Twat With Purple Hair and Nose Ring at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (qUkBO)

======

Trump fired the head of the Census Bureau within the first week of taking office again.

He estimated populations for 2020, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:57 AM (R/457)

273 Congratulations Poppins.

I paint occasionally and with a painting you can keep going forever. I once heard someone observe that a painting is done when you are tired of looking at it. Very true for me. Onto the next!!!

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 10:57 AM (jcC6S)

274 Holy shit being this stupid should be physically painful.
Posted by: ballistic
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I have a bumper sticker: 'Too Bad Ignorance Isn't Painful'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (XeU6L)

275 269 They say it right there. "EVERYTHING."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

=======

Gas is back up to where it was under Biden!

Sure, it's there because Trump is reorganizing the petrodollar world to favor us in a massive way, but he should have thought of a temporary increase at the pump and its effects on the midterms before making long term strategic decisions that advantage the US.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (R/457)

276 So...

Redistricting along racial lines 👎

Redistricting along political lines 👍

Does that sum it up?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (jehhT)

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

And the Dems have the built-in bonus of what are still likely 30-40 million illegal (not to mention millions more legal) alien residents in their favor, being based on total population, including illegal aliens and non-citizens, as determined by the decennial census.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (VdTX+)

277 There a growing market for urban chain mail: https://tinyurl.com/3vw9nnem

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:51 AM (VdTX+)

I've made a coif and two suits of chainmail. That crap on her crotch is very poorly made and can barely be called mail let alone chain. I bet she leave links littering everywhere she walks.
Posted by: Reforger

Made a throat guard for paintball goggles. Saved my neck more than once.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (HaMCX)

278 Thank you for Art CBD

Not my preference. No dogs or classic cars or bewbs....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 29, 2026 10:59 AM (QGaXH)

279 And the Dems have the built-in bonus of what are still likely 30-40 million illegal (not to mention millions more legal) alien residents in their favor, being based on total population, including illegal aliens and non-citizens, as determined by the decennial census.
Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (VdTX+)

Fixing that decision, so that illegals don't count for apportionment, would get the border locked tight in about 10 seconds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:59 AM (ExV1e)

280 The Chainmail has a breastplate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 10:59 AM (KmZYi)

281 279 Fixing that decision, so that illegals don't count for apportionment, would get the border locked tight in about 10 seconds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 10:59 AM (ExV1e)

=====

President Vance will try it, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 10:59 AM (R/457)

282 haha, Sotomayor just quoted Trump's based "Haiti is a shithole country" comment

Posted by: Jose at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (V6W16)

283
I've made a coif and two suits of chainmail. That crap on her crotch is very poorly made and can barely be called mail let alone chain. I bet she leave links littering everywhere she walks.
Posted by: Reforger

Women weren't designed to swallow woman juice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

284 Mannix monkey up.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

285 OPEC rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (HaMCX)

286 282 True.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (KmZYi)

287 Made a throat guard for paintball goggles. Saved my neck more than once.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:58 AM (HaMCX)

I haven't made any since about 1987. I now own all the tools I wished I had back then. Mainly a lathe. I might give it a whirl again someday.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:01 AM (G4ajv)

288 If we redistrict too many at once the whole country could tip over.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:02 AM (jcC6S)

289 211
The cops turned the stabber's head into a soccer ball.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 10:36 AM (HaMCX)

Need more of this.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 29, 2026 11:02 AM (N39Ws)

290 i detect a fuming incense stencher.

Posted by: cmeat at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (R11M+)

291 It has been a rough go.......But did you see those pants?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

And those shoes!! Yeeesh!!

Posted by: Johnny at April 29, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)

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