Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Virgin and Child with St Julian and St Nicholas of Myra
Lorenzo di Credi

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

3 Beautiful. Now that’s classic art

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (geWO5)

4 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (tg5bM)

5 That is one chubby baby Jesus.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (FZ29D)

6 Delightful, CBD.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

7 Fat little bastard

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (LGAor)

8 very ugly Christ Child

would not hang

Posted by: Gref at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)

9 Dudes need to but h it up a little.
Looks like the one on the left just sashayed in.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (g9NYF)

10
Our Lord has a mohawk!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 09:32 AM (O0L8i)

11 Love the Child's haircut. Epic sideburns for one so young.

Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

12 Baby Jesus looks like he has a serious musculoskeletal disorder.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 09:32 AM (BI5O2)

13 sympathetic head tilts

and Jesus has a mohawk

Posted by: Don Black at August 27, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

14 I wasn't aware that the Mohawk was a thing for babies back then, but you do you, Lorenzo.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 09:32 AM (9Q+nP)

15 Love the Child's haircut. Epic sideburns for one so young.
Posted by: Tuna

Like a chunky Bowser.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (g9NYF)

16 I don't like how the artist painted baby Jesus.
Baby Jesus looks muscular and with a mohawk.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

17 The saints were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

18 Baby Jesus has sideburns and male pattern baldness.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (8mulE)

19 No hang
religious art gives me the willies

Posted by: Don Black at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

20 Dudes need to but h it up a little.
Looks like the one on the left just sashayed in.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM

How dare you talk that way about St. Julian of San Francisco?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 09:34 AM (9Q+nP)

21 Don’t care for Nick’s brooch.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:34 AM (Gqar8)

22 The kid looks 40 years old.

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

23 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

24 Baby Jesus looks like he is winding up to throw a hex on that guy on the left.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

25 That is a FAT baby.

Also looks AI generated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

26 Is there some reason Saint Julian and St Nicholas of Myra are there? Are they the patron saints of the city of someone who commissioned the work.?

Nicholas looks more interested in his book than anything else,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (yl+Aq)

27 The kid is the only one who can hold his head up straight.

Posted by: Crick In Neck at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

28 When the neck looks like it's a hinge.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

29 Saint Julian the patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

30
Kid looks like he's itching to overturn tables and scourge Temple moneylenders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (O0L8i)

31 Everyone looks pretty wealthy.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Gqar8)

32 > St Nicholas of Myra

Yo, Nicky... where's my Primal Hatch Megalodon, and where's the red suit and the reindeer?

Posted by: Baby Jesus at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (IG3/x)

33 That's my good friend Squiggy. The early years.

Posted by: Lenny at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Baby Jesus throwin' the peace sign......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:37 AM (ccf/V)

35 Baby Jesus looks like he is winding up to throw a hex on that guy on the left.
Posted by: No Name Today

Guy on the right is looking up the perfect hex in his book of Hogwart's spells.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:37 AM (g9NYF)

36 > 29 Saint Julian the patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

And orange juice stands.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:37 AM (IG3/x)

37 It's a midget.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:37 AM (tg5bM)

38 Saint Nick not looking fat or jolly here.

Posted by: Pass at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

39 A beautiful painting. Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM (TbVRb)

40 > 37 It's a midget.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:37 AM (tg5bM)

Sometimes you have to wonder if these old-time artists had ever seen an actual baby.

Likewise the breasts of an actual woman.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

41 Nick’s dress - dunno if that’s the right color for him.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Gqar8)

42 Why does Jesus look like he's 50?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

43 Put some clothes on that kid.

Posted by: Geez at August 27, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

44 3 out of 4 figures look ok, not my favorite period for religious art since Jesus often looks odd. The figure of Baby Jesus looks like the artist used an adult model and downsized him. Now some of the Renaissance Madonna’s in paintings are beautiful.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 27, 2026 09:39 AM (CUqw+)

45 That's disturbing.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)

46 So, everyone gets a halo except for baby Jesus??

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

47 Nick is reading the Haynes Manual trying to figure out why his Vega is burning so much oil.

Posted by: Scored Cylinder Walls at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

48 Likewise the breasts of an actual woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM

You know about the...oh, never mind.

Posted by: F. Costanza at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Is this the era of the old bald headed Joseph representations?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (Gqar8)

50 If you don't diaper the kid, you're asking for trouble.

Posted by: Pull-ups at August 27, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

51 Didn’t know there was a St. Julian.

Only knew about Julian the Apostate. Weird dude.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

52 51 Didn’t know there was a St. Julian.

Only knew about Julian the Apostate. Weird dude.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

I think Gore Vidal wrote a book about the guy.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:43 AM (Gqar8)

53 The stand-in midget has a deformed left hand. It looks like it, anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:43 AM (tg5bM)

54 Nick is reading the Haynes Manual trying to figure out why his Vega is burning so much oil.
Posted by: Scored Cylinder Walls at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

Simple. It's a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

55 From the very odd tradition of making baby Jesus fat, ugly, and much too mature-looking.

When I took my mom to Italy we played the ‘ugliest bambino’ competition. Find the ugliest baby Jesus in all of Italy. There is no shortage of candidates.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (DKeOf)

56 Also, Jesus looks like he's telling Julie to get a haircut.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (ExV1e)

57 Posted by: Pass at August 27, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

This must have been in his defending the faith period and supposedly punching out heretics, before he got fattened and "jollied" by "Clement Moore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (GIQYZ)

58 Baby is Muggsy and is only missing the cigar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

59 Interesting temporal juxtaposition as Saint Julian's earliest reference dates to the late 12th century and Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th century bishop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

60 Interesting temporal juxtaposition as Saint Julian's earliest reference dates to the late 12th century and Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th century bishop.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

The artist had 'mushroom' pizza before planning the painting and just went with it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 09:45 AM (ExV1e)

61 52 Yes, Tubal, he did.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

62 From the very odd tradition of making baby Jesus fat, ugly, and much too mature-looking.

When I took my mom to Italy we played the ‘ugliest bambino’ competition. Find the ugliest baby Jesus in all of Italy. There is no shortage of candidates.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (DKeOf)

Breathtaking, even.

Posted by: Elaine Benes at August 27, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

63 Like a chunky Bowser.

That's Biker Baby Jesus.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2026 09:46 AM (TqE71)

64 St, Nick's little book...

"Dear diary. That little Yeshua brat is doing it again -- taking away all my blessing duties. Fat little bugger thinks he's God's gift."

Posted by: red speck at August 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Ve/HL)

65 very ugly Christ Child
Posted by: Gref at August 27, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)

Looks like a 40yo, homely, fat, bald man, shrunk to fit on Mary's lap. I get the "dress them like they live now instead of then" thing that painters did for centuries. But not the "make them look like the current pope, but as a baby" thing. Ugh. (And, yes, the head reminds me of a pope, but I'm not sure which one.)

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 09:47 AM (kU0PQ)

66 Open your mind.

https://tinyurl.com/3vaht4au

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 09:47 AM (viF8m)

67 From the very odd tradition of making baby Jesus fat, ugly, and much too mature-looking.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

I cannot unsee Bob Hope's head.

Posted by: old chick at August 27, 2026 09:47 AM (F3Dlr)

68 Not now, bish, I gotsta make a dookie.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 27, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc)

69 Learn something new every day.

According to a pious fiction that was very popular in the Middle Ages, Julian was of noble birth and while hunting one day, was reproached by a hart for hunting him and told that he would one day kill his mother and father. He was richly rewarded for his services by a king and married a widow. While he was away his mother and father arrived at his castle seeking him; When his wife realized who they were, she put them up for the night in the master's bed room. When Julian returned unexpectedly later that night and saw a man and a woman in his bed, he suspected the worst and killed them both. When his wife returned from church and he found he had killed his parents, he was overcome with remorse and fled the castle, resolved to do a fitting penance. He was joined by his wife and they built an inn for travelers near a wide river, and a hospital for the poor. He was forgiven for his crime when he gave help to a leper in his own bed; the leper turned out to be a messenger from God who had been sent to test him. He is the patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen. His feast day is February 12th.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:48 AM (g9NYF)

70 Baby looks a bit like a Napoleon portrait.

Posted by: doomer at August 27, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv)

71 Interesting temporal juxtaposition as Saint Julian's earliest reference dates to the late 12th century and Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th century bishop.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Ok. What about the midget?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:48 AM (tg5bM)

72
Seen lots of babies. None that look like that, especially the legs.

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

73
Like a chunky Bowser.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 09:33 AM (g9NYF)

Sha Na Na!

https://youtu.be/isvK4PzeA4c

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:48 AM (ccf/V)

74 Baby is Muggsy and is only missing the cigar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

Spot on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

75 Why is the baby signing "Q" in ASL?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

76 He is the patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen. His feast day is February 12th.
Posted by: rickb223
========
Story reads like a recycled Oedipus myth.

Posted by: doomer at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (E4rtv)

77 Interesting temporal juxtaposition

When were books of such convenient size first made?

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (TqE71)

78 I usually don't like the faces in paintings of this time and place, circa 1500 Italy. Too wooden and lacking expression. Di Credi typically has that but not this one. The faces are still, as if caught in a photo, but not wooden and each figure has its own expression. The calm, contemplative look on the figure on the right especially catches my attention.

The rich colors and realistic detail of the clothing is attractive but doesn't detract from the holy significance of the scene. Not something I would hang but I would like to understand how those colors were created.

Posted by: JTB at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

79 58 >>Baby is Muggsy and is only missing the cigar.

Baby to St. Julian: "Shut up shuttin' up."

Posted by: red speck at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)

80 Baby Al Capone has some chunky thighs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (FR9Sb)

81 If that's what feet looked like back then, I'd REALLY hate the inventor of flip flops........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

82 Mohawk?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 27, 2026 09:51 AM (vrgy6)

83 Baby to St. Julian: "Shut up shuttin' up."
Posted by: red speck at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)

Well done.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)

84 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2026 09:52 AM (5/BcT)

85 BTW, this is either cropped or the write-up is wrong.
Wikipedia notes there are "3 golden balls" at the feet of the dude on the right (Saint Nicholas) - who was also the model for the Christ child, evidently, but heavier - that are the symbol of his being a bishop. I don't see them.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (kU0PQ)

86 Looks like Elvis.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (yEz+x)

87 Baby is Muggsy and is only missing the cigar.
Posted by: Sponge

Finster

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

88 With due respect to the devout nature of saints as well as their scholarship and care for others, sometimes the things they were chosen to be patrons of is rather ( to me) amusing. If this is the Julian I turkey says that he is the patron of

Boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, hospitallers, hotel-keepers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, knights, murderers, pilgrims, shepherds, to obtain lodging while traveling, travelers

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (5JD6s)

89 Looks like Elvis.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (yEz+x)

Fat Elvis. Not the young, handsome one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

90 So, a different Julian than the calendar Julian or the french fry Julian? I need a program.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

91 this is the Julian I turkey says that he is the patron of

Of. Weird auto correct Supposed to be "The internet says not I turkey

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:55 AM (5JD6s)

92 38 Saint Nick not looking fat or jolly here.
Posted by: Pass
=====
Well, St. Nick has his own legend of whacking Arius upside the head for being a heretic at the Council of Nicaea.

Posted by: doomer at August 27, 2026 09:55 AM (E4rtv)

93 Surely not Julian the Apostate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 27, 2026 09:55 AM (vrgy6)

94 Kid looks like he's itching to overturn tables and scourge Temple moneylenders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 09:36 AM (O0L8i)

Nah. Just the barber's chair. For that haircut.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 09:55 AM (kU0PQ)

95 Quick wiki search shows that the infants he painted all look like the baby Jesus in this painting. Must have been a Thing in late medieval Italy.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM (Gqar8)

96 Why is the baby signing "Q" in ASL?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX

It's his clearance.

Joseph has two fingers extended on each hand. 2.2. February 2nd. This is when Trump releases the Kraken. Watch closely. Nothing is what it seems. Mamdani is a body double, a white hat on the inside of DSA. Once his investigation is wrapped up - on 2.2 - thousands of sealed indictments will come down on DSA members, and the real Mamdani will be revealed as a Gitmo prisoner who Hegseth switched out with the double, pending his prosecution as a terrorist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

97 >>>>Looks like Elvis.

That's just mean.

Oh, you mean the other Elvis.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM (viF8m)

98 Jugglers? There be no more of that in Sandford.

Posted by: Sandford Neightbourhood Watch Alliance at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

99 So, everyone gets a halo except for baby Jesus??
Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

He pawned his to pay the barber.
He's reaching to snatch Julian's from him, 'cause he got gypped.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 09:57 AM (kU0PQ)

100 Well, St. Nick has his own legend of whacking Arius upside the head for being a heretic at the Council of Nicaea.
Posted by: doomer at August 27, 2026 09:55 AM

Giving rise to the term "slaptized".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 09:57 AM (9Q+nP)

101 Patron saint of murderers. Well that’s - different.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 09:57 AM (Gqar8)

102 Live long and prosper, Julian.

Posted by: Vulcan baby Jesus at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (2zv2g)

103 Soooooo … Ol' Dude at right is readin' up on 'How To Bathe The Baby'? This woulda been perfect for a title like 'Baby's First Bath', but nooooo … Still, nicely done.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

104 No, Julian the Apostate was an emperor who wanted to restore worship of Hellenistic gods.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (5JD6s)

105 Why is the baby signing "Q" in ASL?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX

It's his clearance.

Joseph has two fingers extended on each hand. 2.2. February 2nd. This is when Trump releases the Kraken. Watch closely. Nothing is what it seems. Mamdani is a body double, a white hat on the inside of DSA. Once his investigation is wrapped up - on 2.2 - thousands of sealed indictments will come down on DSA members, and the real Mamdani will be revealed as a Gitmo prisoner who Hegseth switched out with the double, pending his prosecution as a terrorist.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM

Candace? Is that you?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (9Q+nP)

106 Also, Jesus looks like he's telling Julie to get a haircut.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 09:44 AM (ExV1e)

Just like his and Nick's.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (kU0PQ)

107 Mimes gat executed on sight. Nobody needs to put up with that shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 09:59 AM (tg5bM)

108 "Boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, hospitallers, hotel-keepers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, knights, murderers, pilgrims, shepherds, to obtain lodging while traveling, travelers"
.
.
.
And Methodists.

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at August 27, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

109 Giving rise to the term "slaptized".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
======
To paraphrase Robert Heinlein, a society where trangressors are slapped is a polite society.

Posted by: whig at August 27, 2026 09:59 AM (E4rtv)

110 This painting is another horrid example of patriarchy, white privilege, and no land acknowledgment! Zero stars. Would not hang.

Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)

111 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

Don't laugh there is a very famous timestamped and legit usenet post from the late 90's, where a guy did all these sarcastic phony calculations, and ended by saying something like "so it's all gonna happen on 9/11/01, and whatever it is will be very very bad!!!"

Posted by: ... at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (+j84F)

112 Past 100.

Back to boobs.........

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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

113 What does a patron saint do, exactly?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (Gqar8)

114 @ 113 What does a patron saint do, exactly? Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (Gqar
__________________________________

He/She/It 'patron's … duhhhh.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 27, 2026 10:01 AM (ayRl+)

115 Those were lean times for jolly old Saint Nic.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 27, 2026 10:01 AM (2ap+5)

116 What does a patron saint do, exactly?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM

Drinks Patron.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)

117 That baby looks breathtaking.

Posted by: Yet another obscure Seinfeld reference at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

118 @ 113 What does a patron saint do, exactly? Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (Gqar
__________________________________

He/She/It 'patron's … duhhhh.
Posted by: Dr_No at August 27, 2026 10:01 AM

Captain Obvious needs to post more comments like this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (9Q+nP)

119 There's a website that I visit called historyfacts.com. They have an article there about why the babies in old paintings look so old. I'm not going to try to link it, because I'm afraid I'll it up and run afoul of a certain Dildo. But I recommend looking it up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

120 So, a different Julian than the calendar Julian or the french fry Julian? I need a program.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

French fry one was a chick: Julienne.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 10:03 AM (kU0PQ)

121 Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

Using a url shortener so people don't have to wade through teeny tiny teeny text on their phone for entire threads is not particularly difficult business!!

Posted by: ... at August 27, 2026 10:04 AM (+j84F)

122 Back to boobs.........

https://shorturl.fm/6PtzO
Posted by: Sponge at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM

Those would take a Double D.

Posted by: Frank at August 27, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

123 I thought being patronized was ungood.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:04 AM (Gqar8)

124 Candace? Is that you?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 09:58 AM (9Q+nP

Nah, when you're doing Q, it's gotta be hysterical horseshit hopium for extremely online MAGA people.

When you're doing hysterical horseshit hopium for extremely online Jew-haters, that's Candace.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 10:04 AM (BI5O2)

125 That baby looks breathtaking.
Posted by: Yet another obscure Seinfeld reference at August 27, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

A lot of art from this time period featuring children has me asking the artist "have you ever *seen* a baby?

It's weird, and off-putting.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (PSEDc)

126 Past 100.

Back to boobs.........

https://shorturl.fm/6PtzO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

Impressive. Most impressive.

Except for the abdominal floral tattoo. Ruined it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

127 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)

128 Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for Hamas
I've got it bad, so bad
I'm hot for Hamas

While campaigning with Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed), Michigan U.S. House Democrat Debbie Dingell (@RepDebDingell) complimented Hasan Piker’s (@hasanthehun) muscles

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

129 Boatmen, carnival workers, childless people, circus workers, clowns, ferrymen, fiddlers, fiddle players, hospitallers, hotel-keepers, hunters, innkeepers, jugglers, knights, murderers, pilgrims, shepherds, to obtain lodging while traveling, travelers

Just say "gypsies, tramps and thieves" and be short about it.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (OUMaO)

130 https://shorturl.fm/6PtzO

My oh my...

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

131 "I'll have two fingers of milk", saith the Child.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 27, 2026 10:06 AM (cWLG3)

132 Abdominal floral tattoos opened somewhere.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:06 AM (Gqar8)

133 He/She/It 'patron's … duhhhh.
Posted by: Dr_No at August 27, 2026 10:01 AM (ayRl+)

Patronizes.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 10:06 AM (kU0PQ)

134 Atlantic touting AfD?

"Imagine that it’s october 2026, and one of Germany’s 16 federal states has come under the control of a far-right government for the first time since the Nazi era. With an absolute majority in the state Parliament and one of its own installed as state premier, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, quickly begins implementing its agenda. The interior minister announces an emergency remigration program: abolishing asylum, revoking the residence permit of any foreigner convicted of a crime, pledging to review all naturalization decisions made during this century, and incarcerating those designated for deportation. The government stops classifying Ukrainians as war refugees and ends their social benefits. European Union flags disappear from public buildings. The mainstream press is shunned in favor of influencers aligned with the party’s ideology. The government authorizes vigilante groups to act as an auxiliary police force in regions with high crime rates."

https://archive.is/Lt5Kp

Posted by: Oglebay at August 27, 2026 10:07 AM (2ap+5)

135 Debbie Dingell sounds like a SNL character, back when.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Gqar8)

136 I hope Jesus laughed when he saw this depiction of him.

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:07 AM (ZdaMQ)

137 >>This painting is another horrid example of patriarchy, white privilege, and no land acknowledgment! Zero stars. Would not hang.
Posted by: Kareny McKarenface

It's sad that this is mellower than what's now serious tv show dialog (e.g. "Lanterns").

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 10:08 AM (X8xt3)

138 Britain leaps into action!

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
NEW: Home Office officials have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with fears over the English flag.
Staff said the raising of the flag has left them “fearing for their lives.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

139 I hope Jesus laughed when he saw this depiction of him.
Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:07 AM (ZdaMQ)

Jesus wept.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2026 10:08 AM (kU0PQ)

140 Hellacious rack. She'll need a reduction in a few years.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:08 AM (tg5bM)

141 131 "I'll have two fingers of milk", saith the Child.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 27, 2026 10:06 AM

The number of fingers shall be two. It shall not be one, nor shall it be three. Four is right out.

Posted by: M. Python at August 27, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Posted by: Oglebay at August 27, 2026 10:07 AM (2ap+5)

Except for the vigilante groups, that sounds fantastic!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 27, 2026 10:10 AM (k5CNB)

143 “ The interior minister announces an emergency remigration program: abolishing asylum, revoking the residence permit of any foreigner convicted of a crime, pledging to review all naturalization decisions made during this century, and incarcerating those designated for deportation. The government stops classifying Ukrainians as war refugees and ends their social benefits. European Union flags disappear from public buildings”

It moved.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:10 AM (Vvm2m)

144 Except for the abdominal floral tattoo. Ruined it.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Yeah, why do otherwise attractive young women think that ink and weird piercings are going to add to their attractiveness?

I don't get it. (Not summoning Ben R. here. He probably doesn't get it, either.)

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

145 Britain leaps into action!

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
NEW: Home Office officials have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with fears over the English flag.
Staff said the raising of the flag has left them “fearing for their lives.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!

Britain needs an exorcism.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 10:10 AM (OUMaO)

146 Except for the abdominal floral tattoo. Ruined it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

I didn't see that till after........

Better?

https://shorturl.fm/X607m

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:11 AM (ccf/V)

147 143 “ The interior minister announces an emergency remigration program: abolishing asylum, revoking the residence permit of any foreigner convicted of a crime, pledging to review all naturalization decisions made during this century, and incarcerating those designated for deportation. The government stops classifying Ukrainians as war refugees and ends their social benefits. European Union flags disappear from public buildings”

It moved.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:10 AM (Vvm2m)

Tell me this is DC. Lie ifmyou must.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:11 AM (Gqar8)

148 NEW: Home Office officials have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with fears over the English flag.

That's what happens when your home office officials aren't English.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 10:11 AM (g9NYF)

149 Mucho better.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:12 AM (tg5bM)

150 Krazy Konspiracy Theorists.

>>@C__Herridge

>>DHS WARNING: CHINESE PARTS IN ELECTION MACHINES, REQUIRES PAPER BALLOT AUDITS

>>- Letter
@SecMullinDHS Summarizes Classified Records

>>“We assess that some U.S. adversaries—at a minimum China, Iran, and Russia…have the technical capability to access some U.S. election-related networks and systems.”

huh

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:12 AM (viF8m)

151 Better?

https://shorturl.fm/X607m
Posted by: Sponge

Much. Thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

152 I love how cancelling the residence permit of a convicted criminal “refugee” is far right wing extremist according to the left. Fuck off with that noise.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:12 AM (Vvm2m)

153 Speaking of saints . . .

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
@MarkRuffalo worked with @BernieSanders & me to stop the war in Yemen & pass the first War Powers Resolution in American history.
Mark has stood up for clean water & a livable climate.
Mark has called out the genocide in Gaza.
Smearing him as an antisemite is ignorance.
He is one of the great humanitarians of our time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

154 @TheBritLad
NEW: Home Office officials have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with fears over the English flag.
Staff said the raising of the flag has left them “fearing for their lives.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!

Home office officials are fags and their shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:13 AM (ccf/V)

155 Just going to say it. Thats one ugly ass baby.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 27, 2026 10:13 AM (S41Gd)

156 Except for the abdominal floral tattoo. Ruined it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

I didn't see that till after........

Better?

https://shorturl.fm/X607m
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:11 AM (ccf/V)

I'm rendered gobsmacked. Yes, better, thanks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

157 >>Yeah, why do otherwise attractive young women think that ink and weird piercings are going to add to their attractiveness?

I see it as akin to years ago, when hot actors (such as Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp) would dress like homeless people. They want to be seen as more than beautiful - probably demonstrate that they don't value their beauty - to demonstrate they are more serious/complex/whatever than what appears on the surface?
That's my guess. *shrugs*

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (X8xt3)

158 And judging by the hairdo, its St Nick's kid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (S41Gd)

159 Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
@MarkRuffalo worked with @BernieSanders & me to stop the war in Yemen & pass the first War Powers Resolution in American history.
Mark has stood up for clean water & a livable climate.
Mark has called out the genocide in Gaza.
Smearing him as an antisemite is ignorance.
He is one of the great humanitarians of our time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

Mark's an actor and no one gives a shit about him until he pretents to be someone else.

FO, Ro. FO.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (ccf/V)

160 Hey, Sponge, I meant to ask you, how did that thing with your nephew's car go last week?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

161 Look man I don’t hate Jews. I just openly support a group whose only purpose is to kill as many Jews as it can. Stop smearing me bruh.
- Mark Ruffalo

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (Vvm2m)

162 I didn't see that till after........

Better?

https://shorturl.fm/X607m
Posted by: Sponge at August 27, 2026 10:11 AM
+++++

Look close. There's Tackle Box Face.

Posted by: Discriminating Guys Everywhere at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
@MarkRuffalo worked with @BernieSanders & me to stop the war in Yemen & pass the first War Powers Resolution in American history.
Mark has stood up for clean water & a livable climate.
Mark has called out the genocide in Gaza.
Smearing him as an antisemite is ignorance.
He is one of the great humanitarians of our time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

The irony. Burns worse than the clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 10:15 AM (g9NYF)

164 Except for the vigilante groups, that sounds fantastic!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 27, 2026 10:10 AM (k5CNB)

I understand that government authorization makes "vigilante" the wrong word here and the author should have used something like "state militia" instead.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 27, 2026 10:15 AM (2ap+5)

165 Good news, everyone!

Chris Cuomo actually argues to @AndrewKolvet that the next Dem president won't open the border floodgates again.
Says Republicans created a "boogeyman" about what Biden did.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

166 >>Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
@MarkRuffalo worked with @BernieSanders & me to stop the war in Yemen & pass the first War Powers Resolution in American history.
Mark has stood up for clean water & a livable climate.
Mark has called out the genocide in Gaza.
Smearing him as an antisemite is ignorance.
He is one of the great humanitarians of our time.

Riiiiiight.
I'm gonna go ahead and save my admiration for people who do actual good works directly with people in need (e.g. Franklin Graham), not spoiled, loudmouth political activists.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2026 10:16 AM (X8xt3)

167 Look close. There's Tackle Box Face.
Posted by: Discriminating Guys Everywhere

Ugh.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

168 I understand that government authorization makes "vigilante" the wrong word here and the author should have used something like "state militia" instead.
Posted by: Oglebay

Letters of Marque.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 10:17 AM (g9NYF)

169 Look close. There's Tackle Box Face.
Posted by: Discriminating Guys Everywhere

Small nose ring, not a bull ring. Acceptable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:18 AM (tg5bM)

170 Hey, Sponge, I meant to ask you, how did that thing with your nephew's car go last week?
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

WOOF, that thing is FUBAR. Towed it out to the house at Texoma until something can be figured out. Hopefully, I won't have to tow it anywhere else any time soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:18 AM (ccf/V)

171 No halos?

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2026 10:18 AM (mkztW)

172 Sad news for the leftie losers and their lawfare:

The ICE agent MN wrongfully charged for shooting some illegal scum has been released from TX jail; TX will not honor their extradition request.

Suck it, Qeeif Ellison.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 10:19 AM (3cUTc)

173 And judging by the hairdo, its St Nick's kid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (S41Gd)

Is this St Nick the real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.

Just a little bobsled, we call it old Saint Nick
But she'll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick
She's candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel

Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at August 27, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

174 >>Look close. There's Tackle Box Face.

Didn't even notice it at first look. Her face, I mean.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 27, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

175 The Virgin and Child with St Julian and St Nicholas of Myra
Lorenzo di Credi

It's impressive (to me) because it's a very old 1490–1494 painting for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi; oil on wood (panel), and almost 5 & a half ft square. But I had no idea who Saint Julian and Saint Nicholas of Myra were/are.

Saint Julian, according to myth, unwittingly fulfilled a pagan prophecy by killing his own parents, then spent the rest of his life dedicated to penance. He's the patron saint of travelers, innkeepers, ferrymen, and pilgrims.

Saint Nicholas of Myra (The Wonderworker) was a 4th-century Christian bishop from Myra (Turkey) and his historical legacy eventually inspired the modern myth of Santa Claus. He has the bishop's vestments and 3 gold balls (or purses of gold) at his feet.

The gold is related to his most famous charitable act, saving three poor daughters from a life of destitution or prostitution by anonymously throwing bags of gold through their window to provide for their wedding dowries. He's the patron saint of children, sailors, merchants, unmarried girls, and pawnbrokers.

Wouldn't hang the painting but it's another interesting lesson.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 10:19 AM (NFX2v)

176 Better?

https://shorturl.fm/X607m
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026

She is either AI or filtered to kingdom come. I am going filtered because I would hope AI would pick better body shape. And her nose is pierced. Which I personally don’t care about, for obvious reasons. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)

177
Look close. There's Tackle Box Face.
Posted by: Discriminating Guys Everywhere at August 27, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

Channeling your inner TJM, I see.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ccf/V)

178 Le Patron is the name of a Dutch Kit Car. Mostly based on Citroen 2CV. "The Saint" never drove one though, since they've only been in bidness since the 90s.

Posted by: Auto Autist at August 27, 2026 10:21 AM (JM9I6)

179 @TheBritLad
NEW: Home Office officials have been offered 11 different mental health support services to help them cope with fears over the English flag.
Staff said the raising of the flag has left them “fearing for their lives.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
---------
I have a nice 3.5" x 5" St. George flag sticker in back window of the truck.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:21 AM (XeU6L)

180 Trump "officially" renames Lake Ontario as "Lake America" 🇺🇸

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Next, he'll rename the Saint Lawrence Seaway to Donald's Ditch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

181 Abdominal floral tattoos opened somewhere.
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 10:06 AM

Newport Flower Show, 2024.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2026 10:21 AM (9Q+nP)

182
I see it as akin to years ago, when hot actors (such as Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp) would dress like homeless people. They want to be seen as more than beautiful - probably demonstrate that they don't value their beauty - to demonstrate they are more serious/complex/whatever than what appears on the surface?
That's my guess. *shrugs*
Posted by: Lizzy
========
My guess is more prosaic. Celebs do that primarily because they don't want to be hounded in public. Dressing down and not having an entourage allows them to escape the gilded cage now and again.

Back in the day, even Kings and Queens would disguise themselves thus.

Posted by: whig at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM (E4rtv)

183 Mostly based on Citroen 2CV.
------
Rubber band suspension?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM (XeU6L)

184 No, Julian the Apostate was an emperor who wanted to restore worship of Hellenistic gods.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

He also wanted to rebuild the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, so that Judaism could compete on a level footing with Christianity.

Constantine I's family was very violent, and I think that may have been one of the things that soured Julian on Christianity.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

185
Now, that I think about it...

I believe the ugliness of Renaissance Baby Jesus portraits comes from the attempt to give the Infant Jesus -

the look of complex thought and emotions that the Son of God would/should possess.

Babies faces are unlined and their expressions direct and simple. Not much to work with if portrayed realistically.

So, the painted Christ Child gets an adult face.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

186 And her nose is pierced. Which I personally don’t care about, for obvious reasons. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)

Hmm....seems I missed that as well. Can't imagine why......

Better?

https://shorturl.fm/8G1sh

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

187 However, I'll agree. I really am NOT a fan of the nose piercing.

It's a booger thing.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

188 Mostly based on Citroen 2CV.
------
Rubber band suspension?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM (XeU6L)

Garbage, however, I would own one of those before a beetle........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)

189 136 I hope Jesus laughed when he saw this depiction of him.
Posted by: Piper
======
The Father and the Son have a sense of humor. But don't tweak the Holy Spirit.

Posted by: whig at August 27, 2026 10:24 AM (E4rtv)

190 Better?

https://shorturl.fm/8G1sh

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:23 AM

No obvious piercings or ink. We'll allow it.

Posted by: The Judges at August 27, 2026 10:24 AM (9Q+nP)

191 And her nose is pierced. Which I personally don’t care about, for obvious reasons. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)

Hmm....seems I missed that as well. Can't imagine why......

Better?

https://shorturl.fm/8G1sh

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

Hoist the mainsail!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)

192 She is either AI or filtered to kingdom come. I am going filtered because I would hope AI would pick better body shape.
Posted by: Piper

What's wrong with her body shape?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

193 China? huh

>>@TheJusticeDept

>>🚨Justice Department and @FBI Seize Platforms Operated and Used by China State-Sponsored Hackers to Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:26 AM (viF8m)

194 @TheJusticeDept

>>🚨Justice Department and @FBI Seize Platforms Operated and Used by China State-Sponsored Hackers to Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:26 AM (viF8m)

What about the hackers?

Why aren't they hung like fish on a stringer?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:27 AM (ccf/V)

195 > Constantine I's family...
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:22 AM

There used to be a city named after him.
But not anymore.

https://youtu.be/Uqnb_nU7RBE

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

196 White House Says Kennedy Center May Need to Be Demolished Without Renovation Work

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Then where would the twinks congregate?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

197 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Pretty picture.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)

198 Great humanitarian, eh? Where is the Ruffalo Children's Hospital? Where is the Ruffalo Imagination Library?

Sorry, but there's more to humanitarianism than just being famous and talking shit. You actually have to do stuff.

I'd be nervous to give Ruffalo this advice... but I don't think this sybaritic homosexual halfwit has the wherewithal to act on his "humanitarianism" and go fight for Hamas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

199 First Amendment returns to the NE

"
Eric W.
@EWess92
·
29m
Can a public school sports league ban parents and grandparents from wearing pink wristbands that say "XX" on them from girls sporting events? No, that is a passive protest and violates the First Amendment. Denial of injunction reversed per Judge Lynch. Surprising result here."

Posted by: whig at August 27, 2026 10:28 AM (E4rtv)

200
I'd be nervous to give Ruffalo this advice... but I don't think this sybaritic homosexual halfwit has the wherewithal to act on his "humanitarianism" and go fight for Hamas.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

Show me Ruffalo's charitable deductions for the last 5 years. He's worth over $100m. He gives NOTHING, I'd bet.

F*ck that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

201 >>What about the hackers?

>>Why aren't they hung like fish on a stringer?

Might be a tad difficult to pry them out of Beijing.

More interesting question is what exactly does the DOJ mean by "critical infrastructure"?

Cause I was assured our elections were totally secure. Totally.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

202 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

Has your little girl gone medieval on any more stink bugs?

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

203 Garbage, however, I would own one of those before a beetle........
Posted by: Sponge

You are in quite the mood this AM.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (JM9I6)

204
You are in quite the mood this AM.
Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (JM9I6)

It's the hangover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)

205 Has your little girl gone medieval on any more stink bugs?
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

No more have dared show their faces. Yet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 10:30 AM (BI5O2)

206
Might be a tad difficult to pry them out of Beijing.

More interesting question is what exactly does the DOJ mean by "critical infrastructure"?

Cause I was assured our elections were totally secure. Totally.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

Block all traffic in and out of China. VPN's will thwart, of course, but, the government needs to do more to filter out unwanted traffic.

This is why the internet kinda sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:31 AM (ccf/V)

207 196 White House Says Kennedy Center May Need to Be Demolished Without Renovation Work
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Buildings don't talk. People do.
Next.

Posted by: The ghost of Don Rumsfeld at August 27, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

208 47 that's gonna put a dent in the budget.

Posted by: cosworth at August 27, 2026 10:32 AM (Bep7s)

209 There used to be a city named after him.
But not anymore.

https://youtu.be/Uqnb_nU7RBE
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

The Eastern Orthodox still refer to it by its true name.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

210 >>This is why the internet kinda sucks.

But our electronic voting machines aren't connected to the internet. Smart people told me so.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:33 AM (viF8m)

211
But our electronic voting machines aren't connected to the internet. Smart people told me so.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:33 AM (viF8m)

I'm old enough to remember when during an investigation, they hacked a voting machine using the thermostat on the wall in the same room.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)

212
This is why the internet kinda sucks.
Posted by: Sponge
---
I would say, 'another reason why'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:35 AM (XeU6L)

213 63 lucha libre heysue christos.

Posted by: cosworth at August 27, 2026 10:35 AM (Bep7s)

214 ---
I would say, 'another reason why'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:35 AM (XeU6L)

A very fine correction, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)

215 Heysue. Isn't that a shoe brand?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:36 AM (ccf/V)

216 The Eastern Orthodox still refer to it by its true name.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:33 AM

In my best Johnny Carson voice:

I did not know that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)

217 ----
Buildings don't talk. People do.
Next.
Posted by: The ghost of Don Rumsfeld
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A good thing, too.

Posted by: Dolley Madison at August 27, 2026 10:37 AM (XeU6L)

218 A good thing, too.
Posted by: Dolley Madison
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A very good thing.

Posted by: Lucy Mercer at August 27, 2026 10:39 AM (XeU6L)

219 A very fine correction, that.
Posted by: Sponge
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Merely supplemental.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:40 AM (XeU6L)

220 >>I'm old enough to remember when during an investigation, they hacked a voting machine using the thermostat on the wall in the same room.........

I watched a hearing that was held in Georgia after the 2020 election. The group trying to investigate election issues regarding the obviously fraudulent 2020 election brought in an some election honcho as an expert witness.

He took out his laptop and hacked into one of the Georgia election machines and manipulated votes right in the middle of the hearing.

For some odd reason, the media didn't report on it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m)

221 It's getting echoy in here...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:41 AM (XeU6L)

222 You are in quite the mood this AM.
Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at August 27, 2026 10:29 AM (JM9I6)

It's the hangover.
Posted by: Sponge

And DO NOT ask Sponge if he knows about the cup sizes.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

223 A good thing, too.
Posted by: Dolley Madison
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A very good thing.
Posted by: Lucy Mercer

I don't get it.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

224
And DO NOT ask Sponge if he knows about the cup sizes.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

Even fags know about cup sizes. The joke is just stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:45 AM (ccf/V)

225 Where'd everybody go?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

226 I don't get it.
Posted by: Bulg
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If the WH could talk, there would be salacious tales regarding prominent people.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 27, 2026 10:45 AM (XeU6L)

227 Some interesting koinkadinkies regarding the man arrested in early August for apparently planning to assassinate the First Lady:

https://tinyurl.com/3rbcdnsh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2026 10:45 AM (1o8D5)

228 I watched a hearing that was held in Georgia after the 2020 election. The group trying to investigate election issues regarding the obviously fraudulent 2020 election brought in an some election honcho as an expert witness.

He took out his laptop and hacked into one of the Georgia election machines and manipulated votes right in the middle of the hearing.

For some odd reason, the media didn't report on it.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Sorry, you're wrong.
Every media story is required to note that claims of election fraud are made "without evidence."
They would not lie about that.

Plus, Trump lost all 875 election cases from 2020.
None of those judges admitted any evidence of election fraud so that proves there was no election fraud.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (3cUTc)

229 If the WH could talk, there would be salacious tales regarding prominent people.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Ah, I see.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

230 Hey Dude ie a shoe brand.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (vrgy6)

231 And DO NOT ask Sponge if he knows about the cup sizes.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:42 AM

He just needs some kasha.

Posted by: Frank C. at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

232 Before the shut them down and put them behind an authentication wall, the training materials and tech guides for Smartmatic and Dominion were publically available.

There were literally whole sections about connecting their machines to networks, pictures of the physical machines with Lan ports, and even sections on connecting WiFi dongles and configuring them.

All these machines at the end of the day are comodity computers, typically Dells, running software on WinOS.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (XV/Pl)

233
He just needs some kasha.
Posted by: Frank C. at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:47 AM (ccf/V)

234
All these machines at the end of the day are comodity computers, typically Dells, running software on WinOS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 27, 2026 10:46 AM (XV/Pl)

NONE OF THIS IS TRUE AND YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING!!!!!

- - - - - Brian in New Orleans

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:48 AM (ccf/V)

235 I'm so glad I don't get hangovers anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

236 You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.
Posted by: Sponge at August 27, 2026 10:47 AM

Have a Snickers.

Posted by: B. White at August 27, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

237 I'm so glad I don't get hangovers anymore.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

I've had cloudy head, but this is the first headache hangover I've had in quite some time....It's seemingly unrelenting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:49 AM (ccf/V)

238 I'm so glad I don't get hangovers anymore.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

You never stop drinking?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 10:49 AM (ExV1e)

239 No more NFL pro bowl. Oh well.

Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (Q+gd/)

240 The only thing that gives me a hangover is champagne.
So I avoid it.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (2WIwB)

241 The hell is wrong with their necks?

Posted by: Weasel at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (leKdc)

242 You never stop drinking?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I fall asleep before I can drink enough to get a hangover.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

243 Fill the Kennedy Center with all the artsy-fartsy commie snobs and then implode it. Two birds, one stone...,

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (tg5bM)

244 It soon became painfully obvious that St. Julian had never played Rock Paper Scissors before.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (4Je4D)

245 No more NFL pro bowl. Oh well.
Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (Q+gd/)

The only people that care about that are the degenerate gamblers........They ruined that game generations ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:51 AM (ccf/V)

246 I've had cloudy head, but this is the first headache hangover I've had in quite some time....It's seemingly unrelenting.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cance

Pedialyte.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:52 AM (tg5bM)

247 245 No more NFL pro bowl. Oh well.
Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM

How would anyone know?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 27, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)

248 Pedialyte.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:52 AM (tg5bM)

Drank a Body Armor while ago, but will turn to that next. Well, Electrolit, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:53 AM (ccf/V)

249 That baby looks like something that would spawn from a coupling of AOC's and Jerry Nadler's gametes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 10:53 AM (FR9Sb)

250 It soon became painfully obvious that St. Julian had never played Rock Paper Scissors before.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM (4Je4D)

Did Christ, in his earthly form, retain omniscience? And, if so, how could you win?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

251 Nice painting but I've heard she never even met the father.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 10:54 AM (2WIwB)

252 The only thing that gives me a hangover is champagne.
So I avoid it.
Posted by: Diogenes

When I was on a mission to Ukraine when I was at the On-Site Inspection Agency, I made the mistake of drinking champagne AND vodka at one of the dinners. Well, it was kinda unavoidable to drink the vodka because of all the damn toasts. But then I was drinking champagne as well...

Next day it felt like somebody had whacked my head with a flat iron. Yeesh.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

253 245 No more NFL pro bowl. Oh well.
Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 10:50 AM

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 27, 2026 10:55 AM (2Ez/1)

254 Beautiful painting, thank you.
Feast of St Monica today, St Augustine's mom, whose prayers brought him out of waywardness to Christ.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 27, 2026 10:56 AM (EGSGm)

255 Red wine = screaming headache.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:56 AM (tg5bM)

256 anyway...

Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 10:56 AM (Q+gd/)

257 New book thinks outside the box.

Make America United Again: The Trump-Harris Co-Presidency 2024 – 2028
By: Bruce Masters

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

258 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 27, 2026 10:56 AM (EGSGm)

I've always admired St. Monica for praying for her son for that long.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 10:58 AM (yl+Aq)

259
Make America United Again: The Trump-Harris Co-Presidency 2024 – 2028
By: Bruce Masters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

No way. Trump can't handle stupidity and she oozes it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:58 AM (ccf/V)

260 126 you would have hated wifey's tree of life literally terminating in the root of all evil.

Posted by: cmeat at August 27, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

261
Make America United Again: The Trump-Harris Co-Presidency 2024 – 2028
By: Bruce Masters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

Ther Bee ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2026 10:58 AM (+gK6I)

262 Bulg, I too am glad I no longer have hangovers. Or any kind of headaches recently. Years before I began drinking I would get a kind of mini-migraine over my left eye; and hangovers would settle right there as well. I stopped drinking, but the mini-graines continued for about ten years despite an Rx for them. Then, one day, I realized I hadn't had to take the Rx for months.

It's been thirty years, and I haven't had them again. (crossed fingers for luck)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

263 128 ass n picker.

Posted by: cmeat at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (Bep7s)

264 Champagne don't drive me crazy
Cocaine don't make me lazy
Ain't nobody's business but my own
Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down in Costa Rica
Ain't nobody's business but my own

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

265 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

266 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (tg5bM)

267 Used to pick up 6 packs of Ensure for dear old Dad. Not too bad really, they pack a lot of calories in those. Damnably expensive now for what it is.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (Y8TXp)

268 She picked the wrong target:

"16-year-old blackmailed middle school teacher over their sexual relationship, Texas police say."

His price was $2,000 and a gun.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (J4Dwc)

269 Sponge - pure coconut water if you can. And pedíalyte.

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 11:00 AM (ZdaMQ)

270 Make America United Again: The Trump-Harris Co-Presidency 2024 – 2028
By: Bruce Masters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 27, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

First line of the description...

As the Trump presidency is threatened by bombshell Jeffrey Epstein revelations, the Co-Presidency failsafe comes back into focus—as it might be the sole means to saving Trump. And the cost? Cross party unity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:00 AM (ExV1e)

271 Next day it felt like somebody had whacked my head with a flat iron. Yeesh.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

Oh jesz!
I'm imagining the headache just sitting here with my coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 11:00 AM (2WIwB)

272 Baby Jesus looks like he has lipedema....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (SRRAx)

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