Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Third-Class Carriage
Honoré Daumier

Posted by: CBD at 09:25 AM

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1 oily!

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:26 AM (R11M+)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:26 AM (R11M+)

3 surprise!

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:26 AM (R11M+)

4 fun.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:26 AM (R11M+)

5 i win!

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:26 AM (R11M+)

6 Moze, can we give them some money? They're poorly.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:28 AM (gtcuf)

7 Is she breast feeding?

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 09:29 AM (YwEeS)

8 The kid's like 10....

Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 09:29 AM (YwEeS)

9 The Third-Class Carriage"

Alt Title:

"Spirit Train Lines"

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)

10 Turn on the.... oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

11 Meh

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 20, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

12 Too brown.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

13
Every seat guaranteed to have a felonious potential assailant in the seat behind it for your throat slitting pleasure!

No need to thank us!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:31 AM (Zw+it)

14
"Spirit Train Lines"

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)

___________

Most likely better behaved.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:31 AM (HdYcL)

15 The train was seedy that day, my friends.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

16 The passengers in third class were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

17 It's always about breasts.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

18
The steam engine was wheezing.

The passengers were wheezing.

Aunt Weezy was wheezing.

It was a regular exteavaganza of wheezing, my friends!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (Zw+it)

19 What's that smell in here?

Posted by: The Nose Knows! at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

20 Third Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (ndZc7)

21 Implied boobage.

Posted by: So there's that at May 20, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Sardines

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 20, 2026 09:34 AM (fE6HJ)

23 breisling

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

24 17 It's always about breasts.
Posted by: redridinghood
--------
You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at May 20, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

25 You don't even want to know what's going on in Fourth Class....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 09:35 AM (gnNyN)

26 The entire world was Sepia Tone in those days, 'specially for the poor.

Posted by: Kodachrome Kenny at May 20, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

27 oops brisling

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

28 Fourth class get hung in sacks under the train, just above the tracks.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

29 there will be sepiage when he unlatches.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

30 In some countries, this would be equivalent to First Class....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

31 Not exactly the Bradley Sisters on the Cannonball Express, is it?

Posted by: Floyd Smoot, Conductor at May 20, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

32 basket lady is, uh, harsh.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

33 "Spirit Train Lines"

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)

___________

Most likely better behaved.

They probably didn't even need to bolt the benches to the floor.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (Riz8t)

34 Who is going to be murdered first?

Posted by: The Orient Express at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (gnNyN)

35 It’s no Virginia Railway Express, that’s for sure.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

36 This guy made 3 versions of this painting.
This looks like the one currently in a musyrm in Ottawa.
The other 2 are in SF & NY.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (fE6HJ)

37 Notice the dude with the top hat has a window seat.

Posted by: Bernie Bro at May 20, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Slumdog millionaire vibe to it.

Posted by: Don't Use The Loo at May 20, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

39 How do you own a top hat, yet travel 3rd class?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:39 AM (jehhT)

40
It's always about breasts.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

_____________

https://tinyurl.com/a25mvcyp

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:39 AM (HdYcL)

41 dark gloomy ugly depressing
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)

42 Basket Lady reminds me of The Old Witch from Tales From the Crypt.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

43 "It was this or fly Spirit."

Posted by: gKWVE at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (gKWVE)

44 I'm puzzled by the presence of two guys in top hats. Those aren't the usual 3rd class passengers. They're probably also wearing monocles.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

45 Not sure that "the basket lady" is, in fact, a lady. Maybe just a geezer in a hoodie.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

46 Is that basket lady's kid on the right or did he run away at nine?

Posted by: Zek at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (5FPX4)

47 needs a goat and some fowl.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

48
Do they get a bag of peanuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (HdYcL)

49 "Spirit Train Lines"

--

I saw that there's a korean movie called Ghost Train, which looks like a horror anthology.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (fE6HJ)

50 The poo poo falls directly onto the tracks.

Posted by: The Ties That Bind at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)

51 Top hat dude is probably on the lam.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

52 Daumier could have a taste for the grotesque, but I appreciate his depiction of the lower classes of society in the same way that I appreciate Dickens. Had their situation been less miserable, we might have been spared the horrors of Marxism.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 20, 2026 09:41 AM (Dg7ng)

53 Can you get Wi-Fi in a third class carriage?

Posted by: dantesed at May 20, 2026 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

54
I'm puzzled by the presence of two guys in top hats. Those aren't the usual 3rd class passengers. They're probably also wearing monocles.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

___________

Top hats: Yes

Pants: No

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:42 AM (HdYcL)

55 Top hat dude is probably on the lam.

Cheese it, it's the cops!

Posted by: The Top Hat Guy at May 20, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

56 What's in the pickanick basket?

Posted by: Yogi and Boo Boo at May 20, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

57 Is Ghost Train a sequel to Ghost Ship?

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

58 They got the top hats used at Goodwill.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:43 AM (gtcuf)

59 At least there's no one doing acrobatic routines inside the car.

Posted by: Zek at May 20, 2026 09:43 AM (5FPX4)

60
Number of baths taken by the passengers: 2

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

61 the stick tea is almost ready.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

62 40
It's always about breasts.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

_____________

https://tinyurl.com/a25mvcyp
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
+++

Suckling from the taxpayers' teat!

Posted by: Fed workers at May 20, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

63 There are still more guys in top hats in the background. It must be like the old non-smoking section on airplanes, immediately adjacent to the smoking section.

I'll bet the top hat guys don't appreciate the carryover smell from the lower orders.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

64
Stop Kicking the Back of My Seat - a limerick

There once was a traveler named LaRoche
Who welcomed the plane's final approach
Stale nuts, halitosis, narrow seats
Crying babies, drunks, smelly feets
Ah, the many joys of traveling coach

Posted by: muldoon at May 20, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

65 Sir Topham Hatt is slumming it?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 20, 2026 09:44 AM (k4EKw)

66
Lady with the basket is about to recline her seat all the way back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:44 AM (HdYcL)

67 I'm on the lam but I ain't no sheep.

Posted by: Top Hat Dude at May 20, 2026 09:44 AM (gtcuf)

68 Sooooouuuulllllleeessssss Train

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 20, 2026 09:45 AM (/+uur)

69 and then came the last days of may.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

70
Probably also stinks of pot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

71 The name's Lonnegan, ya follow?

Posted by: Robert Shaw at May 20, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

72 500 more miles and we get an upgrade to Second Class, Mama!

Posted by: Uneasy Rider at May 20, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

73 The Handmaid's Tale - the Early Years
Kind of depressing in both color and depiction
Don't think I'd hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 09:47 AM (gu0hJ)

74 Daumier is another social commenting artist who is so damn frustrating. He is capable of wonderful images. I saw a couple of his portraits that are realistic and touching and pleasant to look at. But most of his political cartoons and social commentary paintings are grotesque or at least smirking and exaggerated. They are evocative of what he wants to convey but too much of his intentions are negative and ugly. It's tiresome for the viewer, at least for me.

Today's selection isn't as bad as many of Daumier's works, it's just illustrative, which is an improvement.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

75 I have always loved this one, I can just smell the atmosphere…

Posted by: epador at May 20, 2026 09:50 AM (TRnzq)

76 Some of my ancestors came over in ships as steerage...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 09:50 AM (ynpvh)

77 But most of his political cartoons and social commentary paintings are grotesque or at least smirking and exaggerated. They are evocative of what he wants to convey but too much of his intentions are negative and ugly. It's tiresome for the viewer, at least for me.

I don't understand what you mean.

Posted by: William Hogarth at May 20, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

78 First Class Carriage in France reeks just as bad, covered up slightly by cheap Parfum.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at May 20, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

79 That kid looks too big to still be on the tit.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (8mulE)

80 Seriously - is this a study or... why the crosshatch lines ?(klik to embiggen)

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)

81 Gavin Newsome’s high-speed rail!

How long before they hit Fresno?

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

82 I'm triggered by the lack of diversity in this painting.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (gtcuf)

83 That kid looks too big to still be on the tit.

Do YOU have the money for a happy meal? I don't.

Posted by: The nursing woman at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

84 First class melons, though.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2026 09:53 AM (Slgjz)

85 Don't think I'd hang"

Or, you know... bang.

*ducks*

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:53 AM (XuXeR)

86 76 Some of my ancestors came over in ships as steerage...
Posted by: jim (in San Diego)

All of mine came over in steerage.

Posted by: Norwegian-America Line at May 20, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

87
But most of his political cartoons and social commentary paintings are grotesque or at least smirking and exaggerated.

_____________

True, but The Massacre in the Rue Transnonian is quite powerful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:53 AM (HdYcL)

88 How long before they hit Fresno?"

Bakersfield...

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 09:54 AM (XuXeR)

89 Seriously - is this a study or... why the crosshatch lines ?(klik to embiggen)

I assume he was using standard sketch paper, possibly because this was intended only as a study.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

90
"River City next stop. River City!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 09:55 AM (HdYcL)

91 19th Century Greyhound bus like travel. Probably smells like piss too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 09:55 AM (jehhT)

92 Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.

Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at May 20, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

93 depends.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

94 86 76 Some of my ancestors came over in ships as steerage...
Posted by: jim (in San Diego)

All of mine came over in steerage.

Posted by: Norwegian-America Line at May 20, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

Some of my ancestors were already here...well, in North America. Came across during the the last Ice Age, supposedly.

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 09:55 AM (ynpvh)

95 Painting: If color were an odor.

Posted by: gp at May 20, 2026 09:56 AM (N8ZBc)

96 Some of my ancestors came over in ships as steerage...

Posted by: jim

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Steerage? Luxury!

My ancestors were ballast. They were issued a pail and ordered to bail out their own quarters when the ship was below the Plimsoll Line.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 20, 2026 09:56 AM (gpQ8/)

97 "Little Newark! Little Newark!"

"Little Newark?

"Crackton!"

"Crackton? That doesn't sound right."

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 09:56 AM (gtcuf)

98 Megabus.
The early years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

99 RIP Barney Frank.

Posted by: gp at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (N8ZBc)

100 83 That kid looks too big to still be on the tit.

Do YOU have the money for a happy meal? I don't.

Posted by: The nursing woman at May 20, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

My wife had a aunt that continued nursing her son until he was past the age of 7...did you know that breastfeeding can, for some, can inhibit pregnancy?...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (ynpvh)

101 Alternate title:

"Farting On The Orient Express"

It's 3rd Class, they don't a full fare murder.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

102 Dreary

Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (FtULh)

103 It's going to be a long wait for Cornyn's defenestration. 6 days is an eternity.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

104 100 this is typical around ashland, wisconsin.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

105 Why didn't they just do Uber or Lyft?

Posted by: People under 30 at May 20, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

106 I saw Megabus open for... wait.
No I didn't.
What has this place done to me?

Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (594J6)

107 Well, the Japanese are good at high tech.

Study Finds Japanese Horseshoe Bats Tune Ultrasonic Signals to Isolate Prey

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

108 My wife had a aunt that continued nursing her son until he was past the age of 7...

Good grief. That's child abuse, if you ask me. Get that kid some solid food!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

109 All they are saying is give peace a chance.

Iran’s New “Peace Proposal”: Pay Reparations, Forget Nuclear Limits

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

110 Amor vincit omnia.

Tiger Woods, Vanessa Trump Still Going Strong After DUI Arrest

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

111 A pressure washer would do wonders for this painting.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 20, 2026 10:00 AM (NYInA)

112 I like this one of a woman and her daughter. I think it's sweet.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx763db

One of the chess players is also interesting. Other than those, I am not really a fan of this artist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 10:00 AM (2sfNr)

113 >My wife had a aunt that continued nursing her son until he was past the age of 7...
----
Do ya like boobsalot?

Posted by: Doctor Demento at May 20, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Thanks for your commentary, JTB.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 10:02 AM (2sfNr)

115 I'm not weird, you're weird!

Posted by: 7-year-old titty babies at May 20, 2026 10:02 AM (HFrEr)

116 Iran’s New “Peace Proposal”: Pay Reparations, Forget Nuclear Limits
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Fine. Here's our reparations.

*opens bomb-bay doors*

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

117 Scott Jennings goes Croce.

Scott Jennings
@ScottJenningsKY
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger, or mess around with … Trump!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

118 Steerage? Luxury!

My ancestors were ballast. They were issued a pail and ordered to bail out their own quarters when the ship was below the Plimsoll Line.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 20, 2026 09:56 AM (gpQ8/)

Oh, we DREAMED of having a pail! We were nailed to the outside below the waterline and given straws so we could breathe and were glad of it!

Posted by: continuing the theme at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (Ucgf4)

119 Iran’s New “Peace Proposal”: Pay Reparations, Forget Nuclear Limits

You're ignoring the fact that they've dropped their demands for...a shrubbery!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)

120 I love seeing cucks get knocked out of office, but the problem is the Party machine will still make sure that these scumbags shit in high cotton the rest of their days.

I wish we could have them proscribed, fined their full net worth (along with all living family members), flogged through the streets and then unceremoniously strangled in a subterranean dungeon.

Old ways are best ways.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (BI5O2)

121 Eromero,
How is the Mrs. doing?

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 20, 2026 10:04 AM (EneHm)

122 Looks like demons on the way to their next job torturing retired Democrats in Hell.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:04 AM (cWLG3)

123 It's easy to grin
When your train has come in
And you've got the stock cars beat
But the man most worthwhile
Is the man who can smile
When a toddler is locked in
On Mama's teat.

Posted by: Judge Snells at May 20, 2026 10:04 AM (rgnea)

124 @122 the painting

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:04 AM (cWLG3)

125 Oh, and damnatio memoriae, wouldn't want to skip that important detail.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 10:04 AM (BI5O2)

126 the problem is the Party machine will still make sure that these scumbags shit in high cotton the rest of their days.

No, that WAS the problem. Now, if they don't go on to MSNOW or The View, nobody is interested in the defenestrees. People who try to make life comfortable for them will face the wrath of Trump. At least until he's out of office.

The party has changed. That's a good thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:05 AM (Riz8t)

127 And, according to HR, "Rub some dirt on it" isn't good medical advice. I've been informed that I am a lead and need to stop with the bad advice jokes.
Thank God I only joked about something that could injure and didn't offend anyone.
I also can't believe someone (not the butt of the joke, he's cool) went to HR with that BS. I think I know who it was though and I can't retaliate. They lasted a whole week.

Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 10:06 AM (594J6)

128 FWIW, I have seen repeated mentions of a poll where the deceptive infographic has been passed around. Last night, bored, so did some digging.

The infographic has age breakouts of the Massie race but too many people are claiming it was an exit poll. It was not. It came from a firm called BigDataPoll and uses a mixed model of texting about 400 identified voters in Kentucky 4 that they deemed likely to vote, the person is sent a text and then fills it out online at a website or texts answers back. This is called an interactive poll by the firm.

BigDataPoll did a tracking poll of Kentucky 4 and this was intended solely for win/lose Massie, not for subgroups, And the poll failed its 95 percent confidence interval with the actual result greater than the +-4 percent claimed. The poll also had an issue where 82 percent claimed they were likely to vote while turnout was about 33 percent in reality. So you get non-random sample, numbers too small for demographic cohort information to be valid (50-100 respondents is not enough in a pool for a valid response), and other issues.

You can go to BigDataPolls directly and read the poll breakout itself.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2026 10:06 AM (E4rtv)

129 OT: I had no idea Natalie Maines (formerly of the Dixie Chicks) had transformed into an obese lesbian. https://tinyurl.com/yhfwes3y

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:07 AM (cWLG3)

130 118 Steerage? Luxury!

My ancestors were ballast. They were issued a pail and ordered to bail out their own quarters when the ship was below the Plimsoll Line.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 20, 2026 09:56 AM (gpQ8/)

Oh, we DREAMED of having a pail! We were nailed to the outside below the waterline and given straws so we could breathe and were glad of it!

Posted by: continuing the theme at May 20, 2026 10:03 AM (Ucgf4)

Some of my Ancestors undoubtedly came to Mexico as slaves...I don't want to know what conditions they came across in...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 10:07 AM (ynpvh)

131 Well, that's....brown.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 20, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

132 129 OT: I had no idea Natalie Maines (formerly of the Dixie Chicks) had transformed into an obese lesbian. https://tinyurl.com/yhfwes3y

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:07 AM (cWLG3)

The HHS determined, via a study, that that happens because Lesbians are always eating out...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 10:08 AM (ynpvh)

133 There is kind of faint grid pattern if you embiggen the painting.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 10:08 AM (3uBP9)

134 Natalie Gaines, amirite?

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 10:08 AM (gtcuf)

135 127 And, according to HR, "Rub some dirt on it" isn't good medical advice. I've been informed that I am a lead and need to stop with the bad advice jokes.
Thank God I only joked about something that could injure and didn't offend anyone.
I also can't believe someone (not the butt of the joke, he's cool) went to HR with that BS. I think I know who it was though and I can't retaliate. They lasted a whole week.
Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 10:06 AM (594J6)
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No, no. First slap a hot iron on it, THEN rub some dirt on it!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:08 AM (cWLG3)

136 Here's a better link to the Colorado supreme court Children's Hospital ruling from the MR

https://tinyurl.com/3be2fu8s

Worth watching to see how it plays out in court. It won't ultimately be decided in CO. It boils down to whether HHS has the authority (and willingness) to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that continue to use puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat childhood delusions.

Posted by: muldoon at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

137 he was another of those damn artists celebrating working class. Another damn liberal ! Should not be looked at by
school children.
Art must be politically correct and show the virtues of capitalism and nationalism

Posted by: aliassmith smith at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (9RU/R)

138 Whig-

I think this guy is correct.

I am going to explain this as simply as I can for those that still don't understand.

You do not get the results you got in Indiana, Louisiana, and Kentucky with a sitting President in the low 30s approval rating.

Therefore, the polls are fake...

Everyone in power that believed the polls should immediately do a gut check and change course because the media siren polls are driving you all into the rocks.

https://tinyurl.com/3xke4awf

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

139 Alternate title:

"Throughout the 19th Century the Whole of France Was Covered With a Vast Yellow-Brown Fog Composed of Vaporized Urine and Feces left in Abundance in the streets and alleyways of Le Belle France by Her Inhabitants"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

140 I'm not weird, you're weird!
Posted by: 7-year-old titty babies at May 20, 2026 10:02 AM (HFrEr)

Make the Dwarf Fly!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (PSEDc)

141 132 lickety split

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

142 135 127 And, according to HR, "Rub some dirt on it" isn't good medical advice. I've been informed that I am a lead and need to stop with the bad advice jokes.
Thank God I only joked about something that could injure and didn't offend anyone.
I also can't believe someone (not the butt of the joke, he's cool) went to HR with that BS. I think I know who it was though and I can't retaliate. They lasted a whole week.
Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 10:06 AM (594J6)
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No, no. First slap a hot iron on it, THEN rub some dirt on it!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:08 AM (cWLG3)

1) Shake it off.
B) Rub a hot iron on it.
III) Rub some dirt on it.

B & III can be reversed if you want to cauterize some dirt in it.

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 10:10 AM (ynpvh)

143 >>> Is she breast feeding?
Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2026 09:29 AM (YwEeS)

The kid would have to be able to pull some wicked vacuum to feed through clothes. Like those old jet sprays the military used to administer vaccines back in the day.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 10:11 AM (3uBP9)

144 141 132 lickety split

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

They share their meals by scissoring...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 10:11 AM (ynpvh)

145 The dingbat Democrats have found a Emmanuel Goldstein talking point, "Epstein class".

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
My good friend @RepThomasMassie lost tonight.
He lost because he had the guts to stand up to the Epstein class and against the war.

Ruben Gallego
@RubenGallego
Massie challenged the Epstein class. Trump and his allies targeted him. That should tell you everything.

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The Epstein class, that's you!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 20, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

146 Thune.

I want Thune next. It should be as high a priority in '28 as the Presidential campaign. There are a lot of good reasons to do it - but MAGA putting an iron ring around the neck of King Cuck, marching him beneath a yoke, and then throwing him off a cliff would be an important symbolic moment in the populist overthrow of America.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 10:11 AM (BI5O2)

147 I think Ass might be coming around.
That's AOS level commenting right there.

No copy/paste as I know better.

Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 10:12 AM (594J6)

148 144 They share their meals by scissoring...

Human Lesbipede.

Posted by: Delurker at May 20, 2026 10:12 AM (gtcuf)

149 The Epstein class, that's you!

When do I get my invite to the Lolita Express?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)

150 139 Alternate title:

"Throughout the 19th Century the Whole of France Was Covered With a Vast Yellow-Brown Fog Composed of Vaporized Urine and Feces left in Abundance in the streets and alleyways of Le Belle France by Her Inhabitants"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 20, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)
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Mister AI agent, won't you please re-render that painting in the style of a Norman Rockwell painting?
😁

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 20, 2026 10:12 AM (cWLG3)

151 transformed into an obese lesbian"

Not a surprise. Two and a half decades of hate will leave a mark...

Posted by: man at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (XuXeR)

152 My late father-in-law, retired Army would always say, "Rub snow on it and move out."

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

153 How would anyone conduct an objective poll today?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

154 144 rock, paper... shared knowing longful gaze.

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (R11M+)

155 108 My wife had a aunt that continued nursing her son until he was past the age of 7...

Good grief. That's child abuse, if you ask me. Get that kid some solid food!

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Oh, meant my MOM's AUNT, not wife's aunt. The boy, as my Mom told me, would be playing marbles (canicas) with other boys, then suddenly leave to get his "meal" from his mom...

Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (ynpvh)

156 I though post 137 was someone doing a parody of Aliassmithsmith.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (Yl2Ob)

157 the rumors are true!!...we are starting a Libertarian-leaning podcast to fight for our Democracy and shame stupid people. we need your help with choosing a title, and have narrowed it down to :

a) Intellectually Superior Pod (aka ISP - you are probably too stupid to get the pun here..but one day you will understand )

-- or --

b) Listen up, dummies !

please cast your vote...and keep an eye out for the first, and final, episode to drop sometime between now and our next L.

Posted by: Team Massie at May 20, 2026 10:14 AM (ADssA)

158 Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

How's tutoring going, Bulg?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 10:14 AM (Yl2Ob)

159 I can smell that picture from here.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 10:14 AM (vFG9F)

160 132 lickety split
Posted by: cmeat

Heh. This place...

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

161 The kid would have to be able to pull some wicked vacuum to feed through clothes. Like those old jet sprays the military used to administer vaccines back in the day.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2026 10:11 AM (3uBP9)

It can be done.

Posted by: Willie Brown, who has someone in mind at May 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Ucgf4)

162 This is the same style of art used in the Borderlands video game. I thought it was original to the game, I guess not.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 20, 2026 10:15 AM (snZF9)

163 Hey. Is that a paint by numbers painting?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 10:16 AM (vFG9F)

164 The Third-Class Carriage, ca. 1856–1858
Honoré Daumier

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Honoré Daumier painted many pictures of passengers on trains, a new form of transport in the nineteenth century. The growth of France's rail network made travel swifter and more accessible, but the journey was not the
same for everyone. Railway companies separated passengers into three classes through a tiered ticketing system that corresponded to the level of comfort
onboard. Here Daumier depicted travelers who have paid the lowest fare: a peasant mother and child, an old woman, and a worker in a rumpled smock. Crowded together in a dark compartment, these careworn figures exemplify Daumier’s uncompromising Realism.

It has been widely displayed in the US and Paris.
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A universal painting.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 20, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v)

165 RIP Barney Frank.
Posted by: gp at May 20, 2026 09:57 AM (N8ZBc)

Well, I had a good run. Stole a bunch of money from the taxpayers, sucked a lot of cock and blazed a path for more sodomites like me to "serve" the American people. Hahaha..."serve".
Boy, it's hot down here!

Posted by: Zombie Barney Fag, Sodomite at May 20, 2026 10:16 AM (j+GfC)

166 Please excuse Thomas Massie from Congress.

Signed,

Posted by: Epstein's Mother at May 20, 2026 10:16 AM (HFrEr)

167 How's tutoring going, Bulg?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Well, they want me to start tutoring on my own instead of shadowing people. I don't think I'm ready yet, but I suppose I've got to fly the nest at some point. I'm going to follow up with them today and see how they want me to proceed.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

168 Whatever it is, the painter sure liked dark orange.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (vFG9F)

169 I am going to explain this as simply as I can for those that still don't understand.

You do not get the results you got in Indiana, Louisiana, and Kentucky with a sitting President in the low 30s approval rating.

Therefore, the polls are fake...
https://tinyurl.com/3xke4awf
Posted by: Archimedes
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I've seen that take as well. Agree with it. Media polling is to drive a narrative, not results.

Back when I was an informed user of polls (for independent variables in big data models), I learned what was good and bad in polling circa early 2000's.

Had a friend that was setting up a statewide poll and had worked for Harris etc. as a polling director (supervisor of the survey crew). Later, our uni set up a polling op using students as interviewers.

The sampling math is still the same but the techniques have changed because non-response bias was killing the old Random Digit Dialing and good pollsters knew it by 2010.

So you get a weird mix of texts, calls, and so on and trying really hard to infer who likely voters are. Polls can give you trends nowadays but unlikely to give a great response on the horserace without really big random samples (about 1000 or so).

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (E4rtv)

170 168 Whatever it is, the painter sure liked dark orange.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (vFG9F)

Maybe that's the way the cataracts allow him to see the world...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (ynpvh)

171 It's great watching the Dems can't GOPe fretting over Trump and claiming his polls suck. I keep arguing the blue state hells of this summer will push independents to the Republicans. Combine that with the 83% approval amongst Republicans and you have a Rep victory in November. Of course the GOPe could screw up a wet dream so be on guard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 10:18 AM (gu0hJ)

172 166 delivering hamsters

Posted by: cmeat at May 20, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)

173 What was Massie's concession speech? I'm guessing it was "Gallrein is a secret Jew and Trump is his Shabbos goy."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 20, 2026 10:19 AM (BI5O2)

174 Well, they want me to start tutoring on my own instead of shadowing people. I don't think I'm ready yet, but I suppose I've got to fly the nest at some point. I'm going to follow up with them today and see how they want me to proceed.
Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

I can count the number of times I felt properly trained before actually going to work on 0 hands.

Posted by: Reforger at May 20, 2026 10:19 AM (594J6)

175 Re: the GOPe providing soft landing for their losers.

1) Trump will be unchained out of office; he will never let go.
2) the power of the Party to provide sinecures is dependent upon having power in government.
- 50+, many with seniority resigned in 2018 to beat Trump, on the gambit of allowing impeachment
- All or almost all Rs who voted for his impeachment are out
- RINOs are being picked off, not just at the fed level, but now at the state level.
- see also, Pence's pathetic attempt to sell a book
- see also Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, praised and feted by the Dems in 2024; where are they now?
- the gutting of NGOs also guts GOPe scams.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2026 10:19 AM (73/SM)

176 By the way, Fen, I did send an e-mail to Matt Taibbi about his Russian translator position. Haven't heard anything back yet.

Posted by: Bulg at May 20, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

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