Mid-Morning Art Thread

Two Women in a Landscape
Willem de Kooning

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (KYAJN)

3 Bloody jizz in a petri dish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

4 O....Kay....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (kgE5c)

5 Dude, that's three days in a tow.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (KYAJN)

6 SPONGE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (amcLV)

7 shArt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

8 OK now I’m nauseated.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 25, 2026 09:31 AM (A5RD0)

9 Boobs..kind of

Posted by: Tuna at June 25, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

10 The two women were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 25, 2026 09:31 AM (7UQt+)

11 Reminds one of lyrics from a Tool song:

I find some kind of temporary sanity.......

With shit, blood and cum on my hands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

12 There appears to be a mutant Minion on the left.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 25, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

13 Willem de Kooning

He painted his experience with two women while on brown acid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

14 I see everything twice!

eh, would not hang

Posted by: Gref at June 25, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

15 This is like one of those Highlights "find the hidden objects" things, isn't it?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 25, 2026 09:32 AM (amcLV)

16 Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (KYAJN)

6 SPONGE!!!!!!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 25, 2026 09:30 AM (amcLV)

*fistbumps*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

17 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

18 Yeah, I don't really get this type of art.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

19 roadkill?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

20 Hahahaha, there are a couple of dogs .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (afJtY)

21 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

22 Where woman?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (jehhT)

23 I don't see two women. All I see is a pile of garbage on a landscape.

Posted by: dantesed at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

24 Reminds one of lyrics from a Tool song:

I find some kind of temporary sanity.......

With shit, blood and cum on my hands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:31 AM

#MeToo!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

25 Where?

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (YwEeS)

26 Kindergarten fingerpainting is better than this.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (2ap+5)

27 More crappy modern art this week. CBD must really be pissed off that he was fingered as a fed at the NoVa MoMe.

Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

28 I see two distorted, ugly female faces???

Don't psychoanalyze that. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (X8xt3)

29 He's objectified women! What he objectified them into, I don't know...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

30 Lighten up. I don't even know how to properly spell my first name!

Posted by: Willem at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (7UQt+)

31 My grandsons make better art than that....

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (SRRAx)

32 Commies really have taken over, haven't they?

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (sJHOI)

33 Looks like when I ate that pizza then drank beer following whiskey.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (ndZc7)

34 Painting: It's better than anything I could paint, so there's that.

Compare it to this recent abstract work from Webb telescope:
esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

35 Where woman?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 09:33 AM

Umm...

There. There, castle!

Posted by: Eyegore at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (kgE5c)

36 28 More crappy modern art this week. CBD must really be pissed off that he was fingered as a fed at the NoVa MoMe.

Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

He was fingered? What happens at a MoMe stays at a MoMe, friend...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

37 >>More crappy modern art this week. CBD must really be pissed off that he was fingered as a fed at the NoVa MoMe.

Wait -- what?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

38 CBD must be very, very disappointed in us this week.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (gnNyN)

39 I think I might see a part of a woman's face.

It kinda looks like South Park's version of what Paris Hilton looks like.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

40 Max time on the refrigerator door: two days.

Posted by: So sez Mom at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (7UQt+)

41 Whatever that dog got into and ate, it's gonna be sick for a while--shitting out like that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (73/SM)

42 We get Pollock
Then De Kooning says "hold my dripping"
Like the colors better than the Pollock, would hangthx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (aDqI/)

43 Willem need to quit dat acid.

Posted by: Eromero at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (LHPAg)

44 Contempt for contempt's sake.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (NYInA)

45 Lighten up. I don't even know how to properly spell my first name!
Posted by: Willem at June 25, 2026 09:34 AM

Was that really necessary?

Posted by: Willem Dafoe at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (kgE5c)

46 This is barely even Art at all. You can clearly see a couple mouths and eyes in there.

That kind of boring still-life representationalism is for hacks and losers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (Ot/FD)

47 41 Max time on the refrigerator door: two days.

Posted by: So sez Mom at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (7UQt+)

I doubt Willem's mom woulda put this mess on a fridge...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

48 If I owned an apartment on Fifth Avenue, I would hang this. It would be perfectly showy and vapid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (fcuif)

49 >>My grandsons make better art than that....

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Hi, Teresa!
I hope your grandson's art is hanging in your walls!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

50 Two Women in a Landscape

You sure about that?

You *sure* about that?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (M0V4/)

51 Willem or Wontem?

Posted by: Only his hairdresser knows for sure at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (7UQt+)

52
You weren't all aware that AOS is a CIA op?

Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

53 Would hang - the artist. With this draped across the body, as a warning to others not to produce such "works."

Posted by: PabloD at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (tTZHu)

54 53
You weren't all aware that AOS is a CIA op?

Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

Do better, CIA, do better...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

55 should've translated into Two Women in a Blender

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (b0vfs)

56 What three year old made this painting with his fingers?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

57 54 Would hang - the artist. With this draped across the body, as a warning to others not to produce such "works."

Posted by: PabloD at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (tTZHu)

And then submit it as avant garde art!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

58 You weren't all aware that AOS is a CIA op?
Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM

I mean...that would kind of explain Minx 0.8 beta.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

59 You weren't all aware that AOS is a CIA op?
Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

It's got a food thread and everything. Like they're not even trying to hide it.

Oh, sorry, you meant the other CIA. Nevermind.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 25, 2026 09:38 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Willem said he wanted his art to be unknowable.

Posted by: Eromero at June 25, 2026 09:39 AM (LHPAg)

61 52 Willem or Wontem?
Posted by: Only his hairdresser knows for sure at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (7UQt+)

Shouldn'tem.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 25, 2026 09:39 AM (Ot/FD)

62 CBD must be very, very disappointed in us this week.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2026 09:35 AM (gnNyN)

Did somebody say something about maple syrup?

Posted by: dantesed at June 25, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

63 >> If I owned an apartment on Fifth Avenue, I would hang this. It would be perfectly showy and vapid.

Maybe throw in a Clyfford Still?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 25, 2026 09:40 AM (X8xt3)

64 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at June 25, 2026 09:41 AM (7UQt+)

65 I'm Willem to bet that he was high as a kite when he painted this.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 25, 2026 09:42 AM (ibDUx)

66 Put this on the fridge as an appetite suppressant.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 25, 2026 09:42 AM (CiLXp)

67 Willem said he wanted his art to be unknowable.

He succeeded. I don't know why anyone would buy this POS.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 25, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)

68 🤮

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 25, 2026 09:43 AM (DOi8t)

69 Two Women in a Landscape is rendered with de Kooning’s signature bold brushstrokes where ribbons of sensuously applied paint in fleshy, honied tones of pale blush and orange give rise to the two human figures. They appear to be in a lush landscape, defined through de Kooning’s mastery of greens and yellows that create a distinct fore-ground
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Christies managed to squeeze $1.1 million from somebody in 2021 with this rhetorical description.

What's better done, the sale catalogue or the art?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2026 09:43 AM (gMI5R)

70 the mind races with the possibilities.

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

71 Two Women in a Landscape after they fell off a 90 story building.
Splat.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 25, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

72 That's funny. CBD never has a second cup of still-life representationalism at home.

Posted by: Cute 1960s newlywed with impossibly perky breasts at June 25, 2026 09:44 AM (7UQt+)

73 Put this on the fridge as an appetite suppressant.

Yup. It looks like the aftermath of a particularly alcohol-soaked frat party.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 25, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

74 My kids gave me a physically imposing book of Katsushika Hokusai prints for father's day. I can't wait to see how his works compare to de Kooning.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 25, 2026 09:44 AM (2ap+5)

75 The Blade would not bang either of those women

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 25, 2026 09:45 AM (/ic5B)

76 27 painting of being fingered.

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

77 At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if CBD ended the week with a Jean Basquiat piece. Now that guy was obviously on the brown acid!

Posted by: fly gal at June 25, 2026 09:46 AM (fi76o)

78 75 The Blade would not bang either of those women

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 25, 2026 09:45 AM (/ic5B)

They look pretty banged up already...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)

79 It's a good thing the title of the painting tells the viewer how many women to look for.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)

80 CBD is reminding us that once a great medium, art has long become one big money laundering operation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

81 77 At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if CBD ended the week with a Jean Basquiat piece. Now that guy was obviously on the brown acid!

Posted by: fly gal at June 25, 2026 09:46 AM (fi76o)

Did a quick search...his art is better than this...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)

82 What landscape? Looks like Caracas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (BI5O2)

83 The Blade would not bang either of those women
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 25, 2026 09:45 AM (/ic5B)

Them having already been through a wood chipper would probably warrant that response from largely everyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)

84 Fleshy, honied tones?
That ain't the kind of fleshy, honied tones that will sell magazines.

Posted by: Larry Flynt at June 25, 2026 09:49 AM (7UQt+)

85 34 the galaxies are screaming in blissful agony.

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

86 Acid....that's the only explanation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 25, 2026 09:49 AM (XeU6L)

87 "In September 2015, David Geffen sold De Kooning's oil painting Interchange to hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin for about $300 million, the highest price paid for a painting at the time. It held the record until November 15, 2017, when the Leonardo da Vinci Salvator Mundi sold for $450 million at Christie's in New York."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 25, 2026 09:50 AM (XvL8K)

88 Alternate title:

The Final Moments of Natalee Holloway

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

89 Two Women in a Landscape After Being Hacked To Death By a Serial Killer

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)

90 at least he got the clown mask with the rubber shlong nose part right.

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

91 "Did a quick search...his art is better than this..."

Basquiat said his mom took him to art museums a lot as a kid. I think he started out painting postcards and handing them out. Warhol got some and liked them. I wonder what those are worth now.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 09:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

92 Even my eyesight isn't THAT bad.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 25, 2026 09:51 AM (OUMaO)

93 It's a good thing the title of the painting tells the viewer how many women to look for.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
----
It's no "Where's Waldo?" that's for sure...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2026 09:51 AM (gnNyN)

94 Alternate title; "Yawning In Technicolor"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)

95 Two women in a landscape after a night at the ice capades with fatty Arbuckle.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 25, 2026 09:52 AM (2ap+5)

96 94 Alternate title; "Yawning In Technicolor"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)

"Two Women, One Transporter Accident"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:52 AM (l3cgK)

97 81 77 At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if CBD ended the week with a Jean Basquiat piece. Now that guy was obviously on the brown acid!

Posted by: fly gal at June 25, 2026 09:46 AM (fi76o)

Did a quick search...his art is better than this...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)
——

Basquiat had some talent. He was way over-promoted by slimy filthy art dealers and remora homosexuals desperate for the next big thing. But he had talent. He unfortunately did the same art over and over again. He was also a degenerate junkie who died very young.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 25, 2026 09:53 AM (/ic5B)

98 glurp glop gleep!

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 25, 2026 09:53 AM (AdP1W)

99 Another guy who paints postcards: Mark Mothersbaugh. Sixty thousand so far, so some say.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

100 Wait, this is from Time Cop, isn't it.

The same matter can't occupy the same space......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)

101 "Basquiat" might be a fun word in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (7UQt+)

102 99 Another guy who paints postcards: Mark Mothersbaugh. Sixty thousand so far, so some say.
Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

=======

Of the Devo mothersbaughs?

Posted by: Oglebay at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

103 Posted by: Paul at June 25, 2026 09:53 AM (AdP1W)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 25, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)

104 The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

105 82 i had some clean fun down in caracas
now my balls feel like a pair of maracas

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

106 Said they didn't like being threatened with more bombings by Trump

Well then. Trump should bomb the shit out of them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

107 As far as I know, US firms don't have any oil wells in Caracas.

This would appear to be a Venezuelan problem, not an American one.

No aid for them, please.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

108 Moronic politics aside, this is one of the worst cases of uptalking I've ever heard.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2069913469009178762

Posted by: Archimedes at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

109 102 Indeed. His stuff is quirky. Surprise!

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

110 Just got here. Looked at art. I snorted - maybe chortled would be more accurate. You are a wag, CBD!!!

Posted by: tubal at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Gqar8)

111
No aid for them, please.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

That's not who we are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

112 MLB Blames San Francisco Giants for Pride Night Controversy

-
I guess they just wouldn't fag up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)

113 Ahhhhh. Overcast and 55. Supposed to get some drizzle by this evening.

So nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (Hp7o4)

114 *squints*

I see neither wimminz nor landscape. Are we sure about the translation here?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (E3CZG)

115 Moronic politics aside, this is one of the worst cases of uptalking I've ever heard.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2069913469009178762
Posted by: Archimedes at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

This throat is also lined with jizz.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

116 That art fits my mood this morning perfectly - tired and slightly homicidal.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (woQqY)

117 *His

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

118 That art fits my mood this morning perfectly - tired and slightly homicidal.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 25, 2026 09:57 AM (woQqY)

......I didn't do it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

119 The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

They posted on BlueSky. It got, like, 100 twinkles.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2026 09:58 AM (ExV1e)

120 Those women have been banged hard and put away wet...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 25, 2026 09:58 AM (Sco7b)

121 Is this like "Find the Popes in the Pizza"?

Posted by: Flakey Foont at June 25, 2026 09:58 AM (L7vvI)

122 Just got here. Looked at art. I snorted - maybe chortled would be more accurate. You are a wag, CBD!!!

Posted by: tubal at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM

Is that better or worse than being a wanker?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:59 AM (2YhKe)

123 Willem Dafoe >>>>>> Willem de Kooning

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 25, 2026 09:59 AM (amcLV)

124 I snorted - maybe chortled would be more accurate.

Posted by: tubal at June 25, 2026 09:56 AM (Gqar

A snort AND a chortle?

My work here is done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 25, 2026 10:00 AM (PLxDd)

125 Basquiat's art gives me the gritty feel of the inner city ghetto. This piece of art makes me think of an abortion...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:00 AM (l3cgK)

126 117 too late.

Posted by: cmeat at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

127 The art? Frankfort School trash.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

128 Willem de Kooning
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 25, 2026 09:59 AM (amcLV)

His name is so racist.

It sounds like the process Rachel Dolezal went through to become who she is today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

129 Contempt-orary art - as in the artist has contempt for the viewer.

Heck, I bet Hunter could do better than this.

If it had more red, it would fit in a slasher film as the crime scene.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (aJQbY)

130 YD, we kinda own Venezuela now. Plus, quakes that strong must have done some damage to the oil infrastructure. If we want to rebuild their oil industry, like Trump promised, we’re gonna have to help them out to some extent after this.

Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

131 The name of this painting is a misnomer. There’s no 2 women and no landscape. It’s like grape nuts; no grapes and no nuts.

IOW, it’s a hot mess

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (YetvJ)

132 "The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'"

Aerial and boat drones, mines, some missiles. But oil prices have dropped a bunch, and traffic is now briskly resuming.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (Jr5Lq)

133 104 The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

Speedboats

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (l3cgK)

134 You weren't all aware that AOS is a CIA op?
Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

How could it not be a CIA op? Identifies the malcontents, lets them vent, keeps them in line.

Posted by: RI Red at June 25, 2026 10:02 AM (WFfw3)

135 Well past 100....check.
kind of .... art. From Deadline.
Animated series ViQueens. Apparently not alphabet.
Just girllllll power.

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Their journey spans icy fjords, Byzantine intrigue, and the fabled Silk Road, blending Viking grit with ancient Chinese wisdom, unexpected alliances, and a touch of magic.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 25, 2026 10:02 AM (Sco7b)

136 Looks more like "Two Antifa Were Blocking The Road"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 25, 2026 10:02 AM (gKWVE)

137 More gaslighting. De Koonings hang in almost all the major museums.

Posted by: polynikes at June 25, 2026 10:03 AM (GP8V/)

138 But oil prices have dropped a bunch, and traffic is now briskly resuming.
Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (Jr5Lq)

Crude futures are staging a "massive rally" and are currently slightly over $70/bbl.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2026 10:04 AM (ExV1e)

139 Two Women in a Landscape
Willem de Kooning

So Willem got a million bucks?

Posted by: Lawrence from Office Space at June 25, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

140 136 Looks more like "Two Antifa Were Blocking The Road"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 25, 2026 10:02 AM (gKWVE)

St. Pancake style...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:04 AM (l3cgK)

141 I don't care for his paintings, although they're
Colorful
but he was a rather nice looking man- and no not gay:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2c2kwx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2026 10:04 AM (Yl2Ob)

142 Named very badly. If he would have called it “4 Titties in a landscape” men would have stared and stared at it, trying to find them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:05 AM (yiEEK)

143 Karmelo's conviction and sentence isn't the only recent grave injustice.

https://tinyurl.com/338wjfk2

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

144 I'm sure I'm way, way, waaaaaaaaay too late for the first comment about taking the acid.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2026 10:05 AM (IChWT)

145 Oil prices down almost to where they were before hostilities began. See charts:
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@LCO.1/
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@CL.1/

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:05 AM (Jr5Lq)

146 the adventure-comedy follows fearless Viking girls Ingrid and Hedvig as they defy tradition to return a stowaway boy to China.

Someone should make the writer/director watch The Northman on repeat until they get why this is idiotic.

Posted by: Lawrence from Office Space at June 25, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)

147 132 "The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'"

Speedboats, a new and improved "144 hot virgins in the afterlife" ad campaign for volunteers and a "Can-Do" attitude.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

148 Hey, all, the terraforming discussion on the last thread was really interesting and informative. We’ve got some sharp minds on this here smart space blog. Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

149 YD, we kinda own Venezuela now. Plus, quakes that strong must have done some damage to the oil infrastructure. If we want to rebuild their oil industry, like Trump promised, we’re gonna have to help them out to some extent after this.
Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

Our interest there is in oil. Any money we cough up should be to American oil companies, not that whore Rodriguez.

Let her clean up her own mess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 25, 2026 10:06 AM (BI5O2)

150 Yikes on the art...

This must have been a money laundering piece.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 25, 2026 10:06 AM (tOcjL)

151 Battlecry of soccer: Look, ma! No hands!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

152 Crude futures are staging a "massive rally" and are currently slightly over $70/bbl.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2026 10:04 AM (ExV1e)

Which is about optimal for producers and consumers.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 25, 2026 10:07 AM (g8Ew8)

153 Willowed post:

I admit that I've watched some of the World Cup, particularly the games played in Philly. While I can appreciate the athletic nature of the sport, the constant flopping and fake injury histrionics is a major turnoff.
I also snicker at the local shitlibs who are "proud" that the foreign visitors seem to be enjoying themselves and none of them have been murdered (yet). They aren't sticking around long enough to go visit the zombie zone up at K & A.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 25, 2026 10:07 AM (vqA1l)

154 "Hey doc, you're the one showing me all the dirty pictures!"

Posted by: Just the punchline at June 25, 2026 10:07 AM (IChWT)

155 If you like discussions on terraforming mars there are two games I can suggest:

"Terraforming Mars" both a video game and a boardd game by Jacob Fryxelius

"Terraformers" just a video game

Posted by: Lawrence from Office Space at June 25, 2026 10:08 AM (sKqQm)

156 Speaking of animation . . .

Amazon Reveals First Look at Its Upcoming Conan the Barbarian Animated Series

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

157 Jello mold day at the local church?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 25, 2026 10:09 AM (MDua2)

158 Speaking of animation . . .

Amazon Reveals First Look at Its Upcoming Conan the Barbarian Animated Series
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

Most likely to be fake and homo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

159 Aerial and boat drones, mines, some missiles. But oil prices have dropped a bunch, and traffic is now briskly resuming.
Posted by: gp
_______

They have (had?) midget subs that sit noiselessly on the seabed and release mines. Don't know if we were able to take all of those out.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 25, 2026 10:09 AM (XvL8K)

160 Even Rorschach looked at this and said it was shArt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

161 Jello mold day at the local church?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

Why would anyone want a jello mold in the shape of a fish.

Yes, here we are.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (IChWT)

162 SCOTUS ruling:

Next up is Mullin v. Al Otro Lado.

The vote is 6-3.

This case challenges the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they reach the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ninth Circuit held that noncitizens who were turned away before they could enter the U.S. had “arrived in” the United States for purposes of federal immigration law and therefore could apply for asylum.

The court reverses the Ninth Circuit.

Posted by: Jose at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (V6W16)

163 ViQueens...sounds like Norwegians in drag...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (l3cgK)

164 Off to see the urologist and tell him that I want to speak to a surgeon. Laters.

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

165
133 104 The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

Speedboats
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:01 AM (l3cgK)

They’ve done it in much the same way that Ukraine has now cut off most Russian shipping to Crimea, even though Ukraine doesn’t have a navy, either. It’s been quite clever of them, really.

It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (yiEEK)

166 If you spray on a coat of gray, you have a perfectly good canvas.

Posted by: t-bird at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (upeQk)

167 SCOTUS opinions going well so far. Win for immigration arrival language.

Posted by: WisRich at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (G0vdT)

168 162 SCOTUS ruling:

Next up is Mullin v. Al Otro Lado.

Al Otro Lado ...on the other side. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (l3cgK)

169 Algae-gate update.

Jim Acosta
@Acosta
Went looking for the 300 foot “slit” or “slits” in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about. Didn’t find any of that. But did find plenty of signs the paint on the bottom of the pool has simply disintegrated. My latest pool report.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

170 Conan shows up in the first ten minutes... meets hot twink and his 35 year old mom... Conan's rectum is blown out... both lovers get killed by toxic homophobic Stygian priest... the rest of the show is about the 35 year old girlboss seeking vengeance

Posted by: gKWVE gazes into the crystal ball at June 25, 2026 10:12 AM (gKWVE)

171 164 Off to see the urologist and tell him that I want to speak to a surgeon. Laters.

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

Good luck

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 25, 2026 10:12 AM (l3cgK)

172 @Acosta
Went looking for the 300 foot “slit” or “slits” in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about. Didn’t find any of that. But did find plenty of signs the paint on the bottom of the pool has simply disintegrated. My latest pool report.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

No other news in the world, ay dickhead?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

173 "The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'"

Speedboats, a new and improved "144 hot virgins in the afterlife" ad campaign for volunteers and a "Can-Do" attitude.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog

Also, stupidly cowardly insurance companies.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 25, 2026 10:12 AM (OUMaO)

174 156 Speaking of animation . . .

Amazon Reveals First Look at Its Upcoming Conan the Barbarian Animated Series
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

I sense a lot of hugging.

Prime is also airing some sort of muslim pron. They're advertising "The Sheep Detectives."

Oh scratch that. No muslim wants a sheep that can talk.

Later. Coffee.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (Sco7b)

175
159 Aerial and boat drones, mines, some missiles. But oil prices have dropped a bunch, and traffic is now briskly resuming.
Posted by: gp
_______

Iranian oil is available again, the Chinese can buy as much as they want and won’t be putting pressure on other buyers anymore. It’s pretty simple.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (yiEEK)

176
It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (yiEEK)

I guess the Iranians won and we should just pack up and go home.

It was a valiant effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)

177 Two Women in a Landscape

I think I see Rachel Corrie. Who is the other one?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (Dv3i1)

178 "They have (had?) midget subs that sit noiselessly on the seabed and release mines. Don't know if we were able to take all of those out."

I dunno if we ever found any mines there yet. But at least the shippers and their insurers are gaining confidence in the safety of transiting the Strait, and transits seem to be increasing.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

179 This is how the artist sees the world, correct?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 25, 2026 10:14 AM (EI0rs)

180 I remember really like the Ahnuld Conan movies...I wonder if they still hold up? Likely the FX with the monster in the second movie looks dated but I remember thinking the supporting cast like James Earl Jones did really well in their roles.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 25, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

181 It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons.
Posted by: Tom Servo

It worked in WWII. With, ah, one notable exception, mind you.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 25, 2026 10:15 AM (OUMaO)

182 Is this from a family fridge someplace?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 25, 2026 10:16 AM (T6aVk)

183 the show can be called : KARAN, Out of BARBITUATES

Posted by: gKWVE gazes into the crystal ball at June 25, 2026 10:16 AM (gKWVE)

184 Alternate title:

"Murder By Steamroller"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 25, 2026 10:16 AM (iJfKG)

185 Iranian oil is available again, the Chinese can buy as much as they want and won’t be putting pressure on other buyers anymore. It’s pretty simple.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (yiEEK)

At market price.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 25, 2026 10:17 AM (T6aVk)

186 Iranian oil is available again, the Chinese can buy as much as they want and won’t be putting pressure on other buyers anymore. It’s pretty simple.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (yiEEK)

How, if the Strait is closed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

187 170 Conan shows up in the first ten minutes... meets hot twink and his 35 year old mom... Conan's rectum is blown out... both lovers get killed by toxic homophobic Stygian priest... the rest of the show is about the 35 year old girlboss seeking vengeance
Posted by: gKWVE gazes into the crystal ball at June 25, 2026 10:12 AM (gKWVE)

WTF?

Posted by: Robert E. Howard at June 25, 2026 10:18 AM (T6aVk)

188 OT, iff we got one, I don't much follow WNBA as it's more soap opera than sport, but there's another article about non calls on Caitlin Clark fouls, this time by Alyssa

Posted by: From about That Time at June 25, 2026 10:18 AM (sl73Y)

189 I have a bit of an issue with the term "closing" the Hormuz. It's never "closed." It IS, sometimes, risky to traverse. I've always contended that the commercial shipping industry's aversion for risk is what we're really discussing.

A couple of Florida rednecks hell bent on motoring through in a fast boat wouldn't think twice about running Iran's silly blockade. But a multi-billion dollar VLCC without insurance and a skittish crew isn't going to even think about it.

Every time someone in Iran runs their mouth about the Hormuz being "closed" we oughta' drop 20 2000lb bombs on 20 of their mosques. And then tell them to shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 10:18 AM (jehhT)

190 How, if the Strait is closed?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

Hi!

Posted by: Pipelines at June 25, 2026 10:18 AM (T6aVk)

191 It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I did OK at the time.

Posted by: de Havilland DH.98 at June 25, 2026 10:18 AM (MDua2)

192 It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:10 AM (yiEEK)

This is not necessarily good news for us as we’re the absolute king of megaweapons…. But I’d much rather have our technology than theirs and I’m sure we can develop very effective counter-tactics if necessary and we put in the effort required

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 25, 2026 10:19 AM (YetvJ)

193 "It looks like we’ve entered a time when mosquitoes can defeat megaweapons."

It would have taken Total War to 'defeat' Iran probably. The American public wasn't prepped to accept Total War. To get that kind of support, our homeland needs to be attacked first.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

194 Jim Acosta
@Acosta
Went looking for the 300 foot “slit” or “slits” in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about. Didn’t find any of that. But did find plenty of signs the paint on the bottom of the pool has simply disintegrated. My latest pool report.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

Suddenly he is compelled to investigate government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 25, 2026 10:19 AM (T6aVk)

195 Ooooh! LSD!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2026 10:20 AM (ScfWn)

196 It would have taken Total War to 'defeat' Iran probably. The American public wasn't prepped to accept Total War. To get that kind of support, our homeland needs to be attacked first.

I think unrestrained air power could have done it. But even Trump won't try that.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 25, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

197 The Ninth Circuit held that noncitizens who were turned away before they could enter the U.S. had “arrived in” the United States for purposes of federal immigration law and therefore could apply for asylum.
_____

Under 9th circuit's reasoning, if you were in Afghanistan attempting to buy a plane ticket to the US on your phone's American Airlines app, and your payment method was turned down, would you be considered to have "arrived in" the US?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 25, 2026 10:20 AM (Dv3i1)

198 You, boy!
Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed today?

Posted by: Scrooge calling out from the open window at June 25, 2026 10:20 AM (7UQt+)

199 Suddenly he is compelled to investigate government.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 25, 2026 10:19 AM (T6aVk)
-------

Hard hitting stuff. :eyeroll

Posted by: WisRich at June 25, 2026 10:21 AM (G0vdT)

200 195 Ooooh! LSD!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2026 10:20 AM (ScfWn)

Linton Samuel Dawson

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at June 25, 2026 10:21 AM (T6aVk)

201 iff we got one, I don't much follow WNBA as it's more soap opera than sport, but there's another article about non calls on Caitlin Clark fouls, this time by Alyssa Thomas.
What caught my attention was the photo, Clark on ground with knuckles being pressed into her neck, view showing forearm and back of habd prominently.
Damn, thats a man's hand without the captioning.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 25, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)

202 Went looking for the 300 foot “slit” or “slits” in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about. Didn’t find any of that.
____

Maybe Acosta only found 299 foot slit which means that TRUMP IS LYING!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

203 Alternate title:

"The Blue Boy Transitioned And Now Thinks Xhe Looks Fabulous, When Xhe's Not Thinking About Murdering School Children"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

204 184 Alternate title:

"Murder By Steamroller"

mannheim by steamroller > murder by steamroller

Posted by: anachronda at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (sGtp+)

205 Also, thatt really shit art.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (sl73Y)

206 Well, at least Elliot Page won't play Conan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

207 It would have taken Total War to 'defeat' Iran probably. The American public wasn't prepped to accept Total War. To get that kind of support, our homeland needs to be attacked first.
Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

THE SPORT IS WAR
TOTAL WAR
WHEN VICTORY’S REALLY MASSACRE
THE FINAL SWING
IS NOT A DRILL
IT’S HOW MANY PEOPLE I CAN KILL

Posted by: Slayer at June 25, 2026 10:23 AM (T6aVk)

208 Lorenzo St. Dubois

Posted by: Bulg at June 25, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

209
Well, at least Elliot Page won't play Conan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 25, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

Au contraire!

Posted by: Hollywood at June 25, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

210 This makes when Dave Bowman fell through the stargate look lucid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 25, 2026 10:24 AM (BlJUs)

211 180 I remember really like the Ahnuld Conan movies...I wonder if they still hold up? Likely the FX with the monster in the second movie looks dated but I remember thinking the supporting cast like James Earl Jones did really well in their roles.
Posted by: 18-1

First Conan movie was great. 2nd one tried to appeal to younger audiences and failed to appeal to any audience.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 25, 2026 10:24 AM (Dv3i1)

212 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Upon seeing this art, I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Goes looking for coffee. With a shot of Balleys.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2026 10:24 AM (2WIwB)

213 27 years since the Spurs won their first championship.

In memory of when I cared.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 25, 2026 10:25 AM (T6aVk)

214 We have the final decision, in Mullin v. Doe

It is 6-3.

Kagan dissents, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson.

This case is a challenge to the decision by then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to end Temporary Protected Status (a program that allows recipients to remain in the US and work if they cannot return safely to their own countries) for Syrian and Haitian nationals.

The court holds that the Syrian and Haitian nationals are not "entitled to orders postponing the terminations during litigation."

The Supreme Court first holds that courts cannot review the Haitian and Syrian nationals' non-constitutional claims, because the TPS statute bars judicial review.

Posted by: Jose at June 25, 2026 10:25 AM (V6W16)

215 Mullin vs Doe:

Terminating TPS. 6-3

Foreign nationals are not entitled to stay during litigation.

Bye.

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

216
I guess the Iranians won and we should just pack up and go home.

It was a valiant effort.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)

Pretty god description of how it played out, in the end.
But don’t fret, Erdogan is our new best friend in the region. Trump is heading to Ankara in a week or two, and a headline in a Turkish outlet says that Trump told Erdogan he is attending Nato's Ankara summit 'just for him'. US sources say he’s bringing a deal to sell Erdogan all the advanced aircraft engines and F-35’s he is asking for. Israel is unhappy, but who cares.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2026 10:25 AM (yiEEK)

217 The court next holds that the Haitian nationals' constitutional claim, that the decision to terminate TPS status for Haiti was based on racial discrimination, "will likely fail."

Posted by: Jose at June 25, 2026 10:25 AM (V6W16)

218 Mosquitos...

Saw a couple videos the other day of people making traps out of a 5 gal bucket, some water and yard clippings with "mosquito bits" to kill off the larva... thus, over time, reducing the number of the bugs.

It does apparently work. But you'd need several or many buckets setup if you had a lot of property.

I may try it. The 'skeeters are horrible right now and rain's expected later today through Monday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2026 10:25 AM (jehhT)

219 201 iff we got one, I don't much follow WNBA as it's more soap opera than sport, but there's another article about non calls on Caitlin Clark fouls, this time by Alyssa Thomas.
What caught my attention was the photo, Clark on ground with knuckles being pressed into her neck, view showing forearm and back of habd prominently.
Damn, thats a man's hand without the captioning.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 25, 2026 10:21

----

I watched last night's Fever game. I think all the complaints from the previous game had an impact. There were actual calls against Caitlin Clark's opponents.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2026 10:26 AM (eGRby)

220 Did he dismember them and bury them in the woods?

Posted by: WaitngForMartel at June 25, 2026 10:26 AM (2Q1nt)

221 Jim Acosta wants to have scientific relations with the pool. It may cure his pink-eye.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 25, 2026 10:26 AM (BlJUs)

222 I'm something of an artist myself.

Posted by: Willem de Kooning at June 25, 2026 10:26 AM (wVcYX)

223 First Conan movie was great. 2nd one tried to appeal to younger audiences and failed to appeal to any audience.

You aren't kidding...Olivia d'Abo was only 14 when they made it. IIRC she was just playing the classic "princess in distress" so not a hard role to play but very different from Sandahl Bergman as the main female character in the first.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 25, 2026 10:27 AM (sKqQm)

224 That settles it.

TRUMP SUCKS!!!!

GO KAMALA!!!!

I'm officially a goyper!!!! NICK FUENTES WAS RIGHT!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:27 AM (2YhKe)

225 147 132 "The Iranians have no navy. How, exactly, are they 'closing the Strait?'"

Speedboats, a new and improved "144 hot virgins in the afterlife" ad campaign for volunteers and a "Can-Do" attitude.

don't forget the bitchin' hashtags!

Posted by: anachronda at June 25, 2026 10:28 AM (sGtp+)

226 "I guess the Iranians won"

If we don't get IAEA inspectors back in there, I'd reluctantly agree. We must determine the true status of their nuclear program, or the war failed its primary casus belli.

Posted by: gp at June 25, 2026 10:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

227 Two Women in a Landscape

I think I see Rachel Corrie. Who is the other one?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Mrs. Butterworth

Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2026 10:28 AM (IChWT)

228 Milius' first Conan broke the mold and I don't think we've seen a good S&S movie since.
Fantasy, sure. But not S&S.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 25, 2026 10:28 AM (gKWVE)

229 I watched last night's Fever game. I think all the complaints from the previous game had an impact. There were actual calls against Caitlin Clark's opponents.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2026 10:26 AM (eGRby)

Was that before or after she was throat punched while on the floor and being stepped on?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 25, 2026 10:28 AM (2YhKe)

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