Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Trap
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:30 AM (exh+T)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

3 Uh.......

Overrated?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 25, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

5 Inspector Clouseau does a great Lautrec imitation.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)

6 The Trap

Does this rag smell like chloroform?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (exh+T)

7 Stay in your lane, shorty!

Posted by: Admiral Akbar at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (SgdqL)

8 Don't put the cart before the horse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (2Cry5)

9 Expected the artist to be Admiral Ackbar.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

10 Ah....this one pops out when you click it. I can get a better view of it there.

It still incredibly meh......overwhelmingly meh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

11 Instead of pointillism
It is strokeillsim

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)

12 I like this one. Interesting brush work.

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

13 In between drunken, drug fueled rages, and despite his disease-wracked pains, he painted.

And pretty well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (nR+Sx)

14 My vision is all blurry. What am I looking at?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (uDsO0)

15 Is he telling the horse, "That's two!"?

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (kU0PQ)

16 Admiral Ackbar was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Doesn't look like an Ackbar.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (XvL8K)

18 Nice ass.

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (exh+T)

19 Dog. So art.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (exh+T)

20 overwhelmingly meh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

Wouldn't that be the definition of "whelming"?

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (kU0PQ)

21 It has an "I'm an incredible artist, but am under contract to produce several paintings and am running out of time, so I'll just shit this one out" air about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

22 A very fine piece of art; would hang.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (nR+Sx)

23 My first thought was that it reminded me of Wayne and Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (SgdqL)

24 What's the white shape?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

25 The guy in front of the horse has no face.

Posted by: dantesed at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM (YRw3x)

26
Wouldn't that be the definition of "whelming"?
Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (kU0PQ)

You drive a good point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

27 What's the white shape?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Dog

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM (exh+T)

28 My vision is all blurry. What am I looking at?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (uDsO0)

You didn't drink enough last night. This is intended for people with hangovers or building up to a hangover.

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (kU0PQ)

29 If you read this painting in Hebrew, the cart IS before the horse.

Posted by: Perspective at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

30 What's the white shape?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Kind of looks like a dog.

Posted by: Tuna at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

31 Nice ass.

$20. Same as in town.
Posted by: rickb223
________

But how much for the Diablo Sandwich and Dr. Pepper?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (XvL8K)

32 If you stare at it long enough, you'll see the Empire State Building with King Kong at the top.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

33 It looks like it was painted by a third grader. Lack of fine detail…What’s that lump to the left of the lady? Not Fetterman, right?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (geWO5)

34 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (5rh/l)

35 You drive a good point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

But I'm not driving it home. Just out into a field somewhere.

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (kU0PQ)

36 But how much for the Diablo Sandwich and Dr. Pepper?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I see you are in a hurry Sheriff.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (exh+T)

37 27 What's the white shape?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Dog
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM

So, does that mean it qualifies as art?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Ees no steenking 'trap' … ees blurry

Posted by: Dr_No at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ayRl+)

39
So, does that mean it qualifies as art?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

So declared at 19.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ccf/V)

40 So, does that mean it qualifies as art?
Posted by: I gotta ask

At some level.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (exh+T)

41 overwhelmingly meh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

Wouldn't that be the definition of "whelming"?
Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM (kU0PQ)

Overwhelmingly meh would also mean that 100 master artists could spend their entire lives working to improve this piece and it would still be mid. It's mediocrity would swallow up their talent like the ocean swallows a single tear cried by Greta Thunberg when she discovers that someone, somewhere, is living comfortably.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ExV1e)

42 When do we get art?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZSy9t)

43 Mr. Ed was on TV for six seasons 143 episodes. That's more than I thought.

Posted by: Wil-burr! at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

44 There's no pussy in the woods visible, so NOT a trap.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ccf/V)

45 What's the white shape?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Dog
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:33 AM

So, does that mean it qualifies as art?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

That’s a dog? How can we be sure? I thought it was Fetterman’s lump

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (geWO5)

46 Hillary taking Bill's body away
Would hang, kind of simple.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (JEgjE)

47 That’s a dog? How can we be sure? I thought it was Fetterman’s lump
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Fetterman's Lump doesn't have a snout.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (exh+T)

48 Mr. Ed was canceled in 1966. So was sponsor Studebaker.

Posted by: Since 1859 at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)

49 Ok, I'll bite.

Where is the trap?

I'm confused.

And probably not going to be around much today, super busy at work and flying to Palo Alto in the morning.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (rvnbR)

50 This one leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. It’s not good. Or interesting. Very meh.

I liked the commie Russian women yesterday much better. They had power and purpose and they had stories to tell. This one is dull and blurry.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 09:38 AM (yEz+x)

51 That’s a dog? How can we be sure? I thought it was Fetterman’s lump

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Looks like a cross between a sheepdog and a feral hog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

52 The sniper planned his trap carefully, but the dog is onto him.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 25, 2026 09:38 AM (8mulE)

53 There's no pussy in the woods visible, so NOT a trap.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The trap is, he'll be married by the time they get back to town.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:38 AM (exh+T)

54 Very strange vibe from this one. You can keep.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 25, 2026 09:38 AM (FR9Sb)

55 And probably not going to be around much today, super busy at work and flying to Palo Alto in the morning.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (rvnbR)

I, too, will be heading to work shortly and will be likely out most of the day.

Not that it matters much. My contributions are usually miniscule and annoying to most.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (ccf/V)

56 The Trap
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

**************

Baggy Britches - a limerick

I hope I'm not being obtuse
But I'm not sure this fits my caboose
At first it felt right
And next 'twas too tight
And now, darn it all, it's toulouse!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

57

You think you're scared?

I have to ride back with just the dog!

Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (jxOI0)

58 And while we're at it, what's in the foreground? Wreckage from another cart or wagon?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

59 That’s a dog? How can we be sure? I thought it was Fetterman’s lump

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Looks like a cross between a sheepdog and a feral hog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

It looks like she dressed a grey dog in a white hoodie.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (exh+T)

60 No more Beef-a -Reeno for you, Rusty!

Posted by: Kramer at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

61 Baggy Britches - a limerick

I hope I'm not being obtuse
But I'm not sure this fits my caboose
At first it felt right
And next 'twas too tight
And now, darn it all, it's toulouse!"
Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

62 And while we're at it, what's in the foreground? Wreckage from another cart or wagon?
Posted by: I gotta ask

A field of broken dreams.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:40 AM (exh+T)

63 Horse looks kind of like a Doberman pinscher.

So, ART!

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)

64 More shArt.

And what this thing is likely worth should be an embarrassment to all artists.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:41 AM (ccf/V)

65 The dog is on the alert for snipers in the trees.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

66 If you read this painting in Hebrew, the cart IS before the horse.
Posted by: Perspective at August 25, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

Excellent point.

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:41 AM (kU0PQ)

67 Hope they check well for ticks after returning from this tryst-including Fido there.

Posted by: Lyme In The Coconut at August 25, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

68 Oh....that's a WOMAN in the cart?

Well, I guess that IS a trap, then.

He should've tried a bit harder on this one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

69 Is that Toulouse… as in Nestle Toulouse? Great cookies…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 25, 2026 09:43 AM (geWO5)

70 Dave in Fla!

Howdy handsome! Long time no see. Hope you are well.

*smooch!*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 09:43 AM (iZaDk)

71 Wouldn't that be the definition of "whelming"?
Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:32 AM

Doof is the expert on "whelming." We'll need his thoughts on this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 25, 2026 09:44 AM (KRh8R)

72 Dog smells the other bodies. Dude's unaware that she's about to disembowel him for his impure thoughts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

73 Where is the trap?
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 25, 2026 09:37 AM (rvnbR)

The trap is in the word. A "trap" is a two-wheeled horse drawn carriage. You have to be old enough to know what a buggy whip is to catch that, though.

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:44 AM (kU0PQ)

74 I'm getting hungry. Either we saddle up and get some horse puns going or imma go get breakfast.

Posted by: Nay Nay at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Ran out of gas did he?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

76 Oh I like this one! Very serene.

Posted by: Piper at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (ZdaMQ)

77 Neigh on the horse puns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

78 That's more of a cart than a trap. Milady must be poor.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (XvL8K)

79 Lady was born in the wrong era. She could be laying bricks in the WNBA today and dodging green dildos.

Posted by: Different Kind of Courting at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (JM9I6)

80 that's weederman's ancestor.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

81 >> What's the white shape?

Regret.

It's an allegory.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 09:46 AM (viF8m)

82 I like it. Relaxed, pastoral. Driver has amazingly good posture.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 25, 2026 09:46 AM (KRh8R)

83 trap in this case, refers to the cart. A 'trap' carriage is supposedly one where the rear can be lowered 'like a trapdoor'

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM (aJQbY)

84 Toulouse-Lautrec was a frustrating artist for my taste. He was capable of effective and emotional images in a way that reminds me of Andrew Wyeth. They seem to be the exception. Others look like he is channeling van Gogh, somewhat successfully. But most come across as cartoons: exaggerated and overly colorful. If I cared about turn of the century Parisian excesses I might enjoy his work more. Since I don't care, I'll leave his stuff to the galleries where I can ignore them.

I wonder what he could have done as a children's book illustrator.

Posted by: JTB at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

85 The trap is she's telling him she's pregnant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM (ndZc7)

86 I thought it was Fetterman’s lump
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

************

The sad tale of Fetterman's lunp
At first it was merely a bump
It gave us a fright
And try as we might
We still can't get over the hump!

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)

87 horse named mayo.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

88 So, is this lady on the bridal path, or just the bridle path?

Posted by: David's Bridal at August 25, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

89 What's the white shape?

The body that they're going to be burying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 25, 2026 09:48 AM (ExV1e)

90 "...where the rear can be lowered 'like a trapdoor..."

Go on...

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at August 25, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

91 I swear that thing on the left side of the carriage is a dog wearing a babushka.

Posted by: JTB at August 25, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

92 77 Neigh on the horse puns.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

I am sure a few morons will pony up.

Posted by: Piper at August 25, 2026 09:49 AM (ZdaMQ)

93 83 trap in this case, refers to the cart. A 'trap' carriage is supposedly one where the rear can be lowered 'like a trapdoor'
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)

Mommy Dr. Jill makes me wear trapdoor pajamas. Easy clean up.

Posted by: My Butt's Been Wiped at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM (JM9I6)

94 Neigh on the horse puns.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

I am sure a few morons will pony up.

These puns need to be reined in.

Posted by: Tuna at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)

95 Alternate Title: Kitty Russell Gets Kidnapped and Held Hostage By a Notorious Outlaw Gang for the Fifteenth Time in the 20-Year Run of 'Gunsmoke'

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

96 Inscrutable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

97 And NObody gets the joke from the line I posted?

An old, crusty farmer has successfully wooed and married a pretty, younger woman. He is taking her (and her baggage) to his home in his buggy. Along the way, the horse sees a sheep dog working his flock in a field and balks, stumbling. This knocks the man and woman askew in the buggy, nearly tumbling her to the ground.

The farmer gets out of the buggy, grabs the horse by his bridle, shakes vigorously, and says in a low growl, "That's one."

He remounts and they continue on their way.
1/3

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:51 AM (kU0PQ)

98 Neigh on the horse puns.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

I am sure a few morons will pony up.

These puns need to be reined in.
Posted by: Tuna at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)

Do we have to stirrup troubles?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 25, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

99 >I wonder what he could have done as a children's book illustrator.
Posted by: JTB at August 25, 2026 09:47 AM
++++

I certainly wouldn't let him anywhere near my moss-covered three-handled family Gradunza.

Posted by: Dr. Suess at August 25, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

100 i like the section of fence clamped in the vice.
that cart is a few spokes short of a completed trip.
i can think of no vegetation that can accurately be portrayed using a fanbrush from wifey's compact.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

101 LOL

Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (exh+T)

102 That’s a great Fetterman’s lump limerick, Muldoon!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (geWO5)

103 These puns need to be reined in.
Posted by: Tuna at August 25, 2026 09:50 AM

Giddy up!

Posted by: Kramer at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Do we have to stirrup troubles?
Posted by: Count de Monet

It'll be a cinch to do.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (exh+T)

105 A bit further down the road, the farmer tries to get the horse to maneuver around some large, washed out portions of the road. But the horse plods through the middle of them, causing gouts of muddy water to splash up on the bride.

The farmer gets out of the buggy, grabs the horse's bridle and shakes it, and says in a loud, menacing tone, "That's two!"

He remounts and the continue on.

About a mile from the house, the horse stumbles, going down, and taking the buggy with it, the front rails digging into the road and causing the man and his wife to slam into the front portion of the woodwork.

The farmer gets out, goes up to the horse, and shouts, "That's three!" He then takes out his revolver and shoots the horse.
2/3

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (kU0PQ)

106 Bob Ross painted much better vegetation and only took 22 minutes to do it. Bill Alexander, too.

Posted by: PBS Pledge Drive at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

107 Neigh on the horse puns. I mean nay…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (geWO5)

108 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM

Let me tell you about polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

109 phun phact:
around a hundred years ago, "pony and trap" was Cockney rhyming slang for "taking a crap".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM (VyBeY)

110 She bent over
And Rover took over
And gave her a bone of his own!

Oh!

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (2Vmz+)

111 So just watch it!

Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
WOW... ABDUL EL-SAYED ROASTED FOR SAYING IT'S "WHITE SUPREMACY" TO OPPOSE SHARIA LAW

-
https://tinyurl.com/3ueznua8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

112 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

If only they'd ever had the opportunity to prevent her from taking office.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ExV1e)

113
Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (exh+T)

You dumbf*cks elected her overwhelmingly. Reap it.

It's you stupid people that do things like recall Gavin Newsom and re-elect him OVERWHELMINGLY.

You're mentally deranged.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

114 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (exh+T)

Not Leftist enough, or not brown enough?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

115 111 So just watch it!

Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
WOW... ABDUL EL-SAYED ROASTED FOR SAYING IT'S "WHITE SUPREMACY" TO OPPOSE SHARIA LAW

-
https://tinyurl.com/3ueznua8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

======

One of the best things that can happen to America in 2026 is El-Sayed losing convincingly in a swing state.

At least 5 points.

Do I think that will happen? I dunno. MI is weird (and corrupt).

But it would send a message.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 09:56 AM (btJVX)

116 101 LOL

Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223

I was at our little Sunday farmers market this weekend. There were maybe two dozen Trump/ICE protesters. There was over a hundred in line waiting to sign the recall petition.

That’s some funny shit right there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 09:56 AM (nWwhV)

117 114 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:53 AM (exh+T)

Not Leftist enough, or not brown enough?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

======

"Her leftism is good and moral. It's just that she's embarrassing us. We need a better Democrat who will keep our decline going but be less embarrassing."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 09:56 AM (btJVX)

118 The woman, already shaken by the accident, jumps at the sound of the gun firing and shrieks.

As the farmer reholsters his pistol and moves back to the buggy, the woman begins to berate him, "Why did you shoot the horse? Now we'll have to walk and carry everything! Why did you do that to the horse? It was just a stumble."

Interrupting her, the man leaned in and said in a low voice, "That's one."

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 09:57 AM (kU0PQ)

119 Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
WOW... ABDUL EL-SAYED ROASTED FOR SAYING IT'S "WHITE SUPREMACY" TO OPPOSE SHARIA LAW

-
https://tinyurl.com/3ueznua8
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

If that's the case, it's a badge I will wear with honor.

Seems we need to break out this oldie but goodie.......

https://youtu.be/nRXLBNZFrwU

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

120 phun phact:
around a hundred years ago, "pony and trap" was Cockney rhyming slang for "taking a crap".
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 09:54 AM

Tell me about it.

- Raspberry Tart

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 25, 2026 09:57 AM (KRh8R)

121 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

https://tinyurl.com/2w7rj2u8
Posted by: rickb223

Not Leftist enough, or not brown enough?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Truly too stupid. No experience.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 09:57 AM (exh+T)

122 Stop putting liberal women in charge.

Posted by: You broke it, you bought it at August 25, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

123 I hope the Seattle retards get rid of their retard mayor. It'll be hilarious to see what retard they elevate in her place, in the retarded belief that their shiny new retard will be less retarded than their dingy old retard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 09:59 AM (BI5O2)

124 That was a long walk on a cold windy beach to a restaurant that was closed.

Posted by: Or maybe it's just me at August 25, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

125 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 09:56 AM (btJVX)

Who's the new guy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

126 YD,

Do you really. Think Seattle is retarded?

Be honest now.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:00 AM (yEz+x)

127
125 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 09:56 AM (btJVX)

Who's the new guy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

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Just some illiterate asshole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:00 AM (btJVX)

128 >>I swear that thing on the left side of the carriage is a dog wearing a babushka.

It's not a dog.

Obviously, it's T-L's inner struggle manifesting itself. He clearly sees himself as the guy who wants to get busy. Both the "horse" and the "dog" are telling him no but he isn't listening. The devil in the blue dress is going to win.

You people don't understand art.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (viF8m)

129 Do you really. Think Seattle is retarded?

Be honest now.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:00 AM (yEz+x)

Big blue city? Check.

Yup.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (BI5O2)

130 Interrupting her, the man leaned in and said in a low voice, "That's one."
Posted by: GWB

Yes, it's very funny, but Morons are into instant gratification. Too long. A Muldoon limerick is about as far as reading comprehension can travel here.

Posted by: The Man From Calcutta at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (JM9I6)

131
Just some illiterate asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:00 AM (btJVX)

Like we need another one of those. This town isn't big enough for the both of us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

132 cart, trap, dray, wagon, buggy, coach, surrey (with or without a fringe on top), buckboard, hansom, carriage, chariot, oxcart,

If it's got wheels and is pulled by a horse, we've got thousands in stock.

/Schellenbarger Ford Lincoln Mercury on I-25

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

133 You dumbf*cks elected her overwhelmingly. Reap it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

They counted enough votes for her to win overwhelmingly.
That doesn't necessarily mean they voted overwhelmingly for her.

(But there had to be enough of the "dumbf*cks" voting for her to make the fraud doable. Which is the problem.)

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (kU0PQ)

134 Just some illiterate asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:00 AM

Being innumerate carries no penalty on this blog, thanks to the "No math" rule.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:02 AM (0sNs1)

135
They counted enough votes for her to win overwhelmingly.
That doesn't necessarily mean they voted overwhelmingly for her.

(But there had to be enough of the "dumbf*cks" voting for her to make the fraud doable. Which is the problem.)
Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (kU0PQ)

But they keep telling me it's IMPOSSIBLE and election fraud just DOESN'T HAPPEN.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

136 British Horror? Dentistry of Doom?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

137 "112 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed

If only they'd ever had the opportunity to prevent her from taking office.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ExV1e) "

considering what we know about vote fraud already, it seems possible that they did vote that way, but were overruled by "the people who count the votes".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 10:03 AM (VyBeY)

138 Interrupting her, the man leaned in and said in a low voice, "That's one."
Posted by: GWB

Yes, it's very funny, but Morons are into instant gratification. Too long. A Muldoon limerick is about as far as reading comprehension can travel here.
Posted by: The Man From Calcutta at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM (JM9I6)

That's why I posted just the one line, first. But classical education seems to be lacking this morning. So sad.

Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2026 10:04 AM (kU0PQ)

139 Like we need another one of those. This town isn't big enough for the both of us.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM

Gentlemen, please! I'm sure $20 can smooth over any difficulties.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

140 I asked ChatGPT about it and it hallucinated this drek ….

The AI’s are so intelligent.

Toulouse-Lautrec’s The Trap is one of his darker images of Parisian nightlife. It’s not a literal trap so much as a picture of people caught in the social world of drinking, poverty, prostitution, and the margins of respectable Paris.

The title is especially suggestive because Lautrec was fascinated by Montmartre’s bars, brothels, dance halls, and the people who lived in them. He generally didn’t paint these people as moral warnings or grotesques. He knew many of them personally and tended to observe them with a surprisingly unsentimental sympathy

Posted by: The Dog at August 25, 2026 10:05 AM (XodLO)

141
Gentlemen, please! I'm sure $20 can smooth over any difficulties.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

That's funny. I got the exact same offer in town.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

142 120, LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 10:06 AM (VyBeY)

143 We're open all day!

Posted by: Lenscrafters at August 25, 2026 10:06 AM (2X2jr)

144 >>If only they'd ever had the opportunity to prevent her from taking office.

Tyranny of the majority is a thing.

Count your blessings the founders understood this. Otherwise Texas would just be a heinous desert and not the most wonderful place in the universe.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:06 AM (viF8m)

145 Monsieur Latrec, this is the dry cleaners and we are calling to let you know that your bermuda shorts are ready.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 25, 2026 10:07 AM (JNTt1)

146 Seattle was on the Road to Katie for a long time. I don't think it's fraud that got her elected, or Mamdani, or Frey, or any of these barking-mad retard mayors. They reflect the deranged tardery of the populace in these places.

*shrugs*

That's what they want, and they aren't going to learn anything. So the next barking-mad retards will be as bad or worse than the last.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

147 cart, trap, dray, wagon, buggy, coach, surrey (with or without a fringe on top), buckboard, hansom, carriage, chariot, oxcart,

If it's got wheels and is pulled by a horse, we've got thousands in stock.

/Schellenbarger Ford Lincoln Mercury on I-25
Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 10:01 AM

And I'll paint any and all of them for $99.99!

Posted by: Zombie Earl Scheib at August 25, 2026 10:08 AM (KRh8R)

148 Welp. Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

And take it easy on the new guy......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)

149 @ 140, that's good. really good.

Comedy gold!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 10:09 AM (VyBeY)

150 Very lovely. I had not seen this before, as I am used to his pictures of the Moulin Rouge. I like it a lot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2026 10:10 AM (m6Eem)

151 "no time to lose" starring no-time toulouse! the story of the wild and lawless days of the post- impressionists.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

152 "So the next barking-mad retards will be as bad or worse than the last. "

that's a pretty safe bet, either way

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 25, 2026 10:11 AM (VyBeY)

153 Annnnd...one from the archives, tangentially on topic.

FETISHES - a limerick

In animal suits they party 'til they drop
And rampant drug use never seems to stop
The orgy's so exciting
They all want to go riding
On the furry with the syringe on top

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)

154 Denver's a great example. Hickenlooper, Hancock, Johnston.

They went full retard, and there's no turning back. When you're totally ineducable, you just go harder and harder in the retard paint.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

155 And take it easy on the new guy......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 10:09 AM

A Promethean task, if ever there was one.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:13 AM (0sNs1)

156 The trap?

Leaving the house without your glasses?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:13 AM (Y/06r)

157 Ted Cruz has authored a book on Clarence Thomas, Going Further, The Incomparable Clarence Thomas.

https://tinyurl.com/5acetf24

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

158 That's what they want, and they aren't going to learn anything. So the next barking-mad retards will be as bad or worse than the last.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

You are exactly right. I was being sarcastic.

Jeepers. Things are getting mighty tough around here when I have to put a sarc tag on my comments.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:14 AM (GI7J4)

159 "I can't see shit boss."

Posted by: The footman to the lady in the cart at August 25, 2026 10:14 AM (Y/06r)

160 The trap?

History's first recorded cart-jacking

Posted by: muldoon at August 25, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

161 Like we need another one of those. This town isn't big enough for the both of us.
Posted by: Sponge
__________
Gentlemen, please! I'm sure $20 can smooth over any difficulties.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
____
You all need to settle this like Bugs and Yosemite Sam:

https://tinyurl.com/4pbwd789

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 25, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K)

162 Denver's a great example. Hickenlooper, Hancock, Johnston.

They went full retard, and there's no turning back. When you're totally ineducable, you just go harder and harder in the retard paint.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I had a brief glimmer of hope arising from the SCOTUS vote by mail decision.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

163 68 Oh....that's a WOMAN in the cart?

Well, I guess that IS a trap, then.

He should've tried a bit harder on this one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 25, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)
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I think that is different from 'the little man in the boat'. . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 25, 2026 10:16 AM (JNTt1)

164 Jeepers. Things are getting mighty tough around here when I have to put a sarc tag on my comments.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:14 AM

It's the malevolent influence of Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

165 Interesting and rather odd. There's a vortex right in the middle and what looks like a secret message written across the foreground. The vortex itself appears to have a word written on it - the first letter is D, I think.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 25, 2026 10:16 AM (2ap+5)

166 Howdy handsome! Long time no see. Hope you are well.

*smooch!*
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Hi! Smooch back!

I just can't quit you 😉

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 25, 2026 10:17 AM (rvnbR)

167 162 I had a brief glimmer of hope arising from the SCOTUS vote by mail decision.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

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I'm still convinced that all of the election efforts are ultimately and mostly for 2028, not 2026.

DOJ knows legal timelines. They take a while. DOJ also knows that it can work through 2027 and 2028 even if Democrats take Congress.

The presidency is the only prize at the federal level anymore. Making sure Democrats can't win it in 2028 (leading into the 2030 census) is probably the most important project over the next decade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:18 AM (btJVX)

168 Dave_in_Fla, How very nice to see you. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 25, 2026 10:19 AM (FHoaH)

169 It's the malevolent influence of Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Beloved by children the world over, yet some malcontents won't be happy until all of our institutions are degraded and corrupted. The mind that alters, alters all.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (JM9I6)

170 Charlie No Face.

Certain older Horde members from Western PA, Eastern OH know.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (VJ0w/)

171 Release: New poll says two-thirds of Seattle voters disapprove of Mayor Katie Wilson; 60% say she should resign or be removed
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She runs on a far left defund the police platform.

She wins.

Then the people who voted for her are upset that she did what she said she’d do.

Let’s play this out. She resigns or is impeached. What will the voters do next time, elect a right wing conservative? Of course not. They’ll elect someone just like her. Probably even more rabidly left.

Because leftists are retarded imbeciles.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (uJYzI)

172 Hi Bed Had!

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 25, 2026 10:21 AM (rvnbR)

173 The artist died from a combination of alcoholism and syphilis.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 25, 2026 10:21 AM (2ap+5)

174 171
She runs on a far left defund the police platform.

She wins.

Then the people who voted for her are upset that she did what she said she’d do.

Let’s play this out. She resigns or is impeached. What will the voters do next time, elect a right wing conservative? Of course not. They’ll elect someone just like her. Probably even more rabidly left.

Because leftists are retarded imbeciles.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (uJYzI)

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Real defund the police has never been tried.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:21 AM (btJVX)

175 173 The artist died from a combination of alcoholism and syphilis.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 25, 2026 10:21 AM (2ap+5)

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It wasn't jealousy that Nicole Kidman liked Ewan McGregor more than him?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:22 AM (btJVX)

176 I hate impressionists

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 25, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)

177 Is that whitish blob a dog? Could be art, but I don't think so.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (sl73Y)

178 She runs on a far left defund the police platform.

She wins.

Then the people who voted for her are upset that she did what she said she’d do.

Let’s play this out. She resigns or is impeached. What will the voters do next time, elect a right wing conservative? Of course not. They’ll elect someone just like her. Probably even more rabidly left.

Because leftists are retarded imbeciles.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (uJYzI)

Wasn't there some voting shenanigans when she got in?

This is the natural consequence of that. Actually almost proves it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (Y/06r)

179 >>Jeepers. Things are getting mighty tough around here when I have to put a sarc tag on my comments.

The amusing part is people think they can outrun it to a safe place.

It's not retardation. It's easy life. There were once 13 small colonies that overthrew the greatest imperial power the world ever knew with nothing more than grit. And then they got lazy.

That's why Texas elected Cornyn to multiple offices over and over and over again. And they will get Talafreako if they keep believing it only happens in "blue" states.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

180 he was only impersonating an impressionist.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

181 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (Cjger)

182 I hate impressionists
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 25, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)
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*** Rich Little hardest hit... ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (FZ29D)

183 177 Is that whitish blob a dog? Could be art, but I don't think so.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (sl73Y)

I think it can only be a dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:24 AM (Y/06r)

184 Because leftists are retarded imbeciles.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM (uJYzI)
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Brawndo's got what plants crave!

Posted by: Idiocracy is Prophecy at August 25, 2026 10:24 AM (2X2jr)

185 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 25, 2026 10:24 AM (VJ0w/)

186 182 I hate impressionists
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 25, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)
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*** Rich Little hardest hit... ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2026 10:23 AM (FZ29D)

I had to look it up, he's still alive at 87. Canadian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:25 AM (Y/06r)

187 183 giant moth larvae.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

188 185 Prolapse Paul!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 25, 2026 10:24 AM (VJ0w/)

Odd, he actually had art commentary before CBD changed it.

How can you call an artist a troll? ... Well, there is Raphael...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Y/06r)

189 "well, at least we've got some grub."

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

190 187 183 giant moth larvae.
Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

Big white fluffy dog. Maybe a sheep dog?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Y/06r)

191 TDS has so infected the Seattle metro area that folks have completely lost any semblance of rational thought. The AG of WA constantly brags about how many times he’s sued the current administration. Local politicians run ads declaring how much they hate Trump. It’s a race to the bottom.

Some of the most solid progressives are starting to pull out though. Not many. But some.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:27 AM (sW5jf)

192 It's the malevolent influence of Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Beloved by children the world over, yet some malcontents won't be happy until all of our institutions are degraded and corrupted. The mind that alters, alters all.
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at August 25, 2026 10:20 AM

I can't say I'm beloved by children the world over, but it certainly is true that the pernicious and malevolent (and mephitic!) Big Penguin won't be satisfied until all our institutions are degraded and corrupted, if not destroyed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 25, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

193 191 TDS has so infected the Seattle metro area that folks have completely lost any semblance of rational thought. The AG of WA constantly brags about how many times he’s sued the current administration. Local politicians run ads declaring how much they hate Trump. It’s a race to the bottom.

Some of the most solid progressives are starting to pull out though. Not many. But some.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:27 AM (sW5jf)

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Vance Derangement Syndrome will replace TDS, but I think it just won't have the same intensity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:27 AM (btJVX)

194 The dog looks like it has mange. It probably doesn't. This guy sucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 25, 2026 10:28 AM (VJ0w/)

195 the ag of wa.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:29 AM (Bep7s)

196 Donald Trump isn't from Florida. He's from New York City.

History is a circle.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

197 193 not even close, ol' boy can excercise restraint.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

198 "new yawk city!"

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

199 170 Charlie No Face.

Certain older Horde members from Western PA, Eastern OH know.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Thanks for bringing him up. Hadn't heard this one. Disfigured in an electrical accident. There were so many trolleys in PA, before cars became popular and affordable by working people. There were 11,500 miles of train track in PA in 1915, less than half that now.

Posted by: Rails To Trails at August 25, 2026 10:31 AM (JM9I6)

200 BTW, there's a ton of vote fraud in CO. Frankly, it has an obscene, brazen fraud machine.

But that's a relatively new development, and certainly not needed in the case of Denver... it's been a rotten Democrat borough since the '60s and since the huge influx of Californians and miscellaneous dopeheads from all jurisdictions, it's gone full-on Leftist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:32 AM (BI5O2)

201 197 193 not even close, ol' boy can excercise restraint.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

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It'll be like the difference between anti-W hate and anti-Romney hate.

We didn't get an extended exposure to leftists reacting to Romney, but it's hard to imagine the intensity of Bush McChimpHitler transferring to Romney. There's an exhaustion that sets in. A relief that the battle is one in some way because the Devil is gone from office.

And Trump has a specific feminine problem, his multiple wives and rumors of philandering. Vance doesn't have that. He's been happily married to his law school sweetheart and they have 4 kids together.

"Vance hates women," will be a refrain, but won't animate quite as much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:32 AM (btJVX)

202 OT:

Still listening to Red Storm Rising. Got to the part of the story where the guys trying to hide from the soviets while they are invading/occupying Iceland kill a KGB patrol who decided to rape and murder a family.

When I read this, it was about '91 or '92 (I was 16-17) and I remember I kept getting unlucky and getting books with rape in them used for dramatic purposes. I decided I heartily disliked the trope. STILL dislike the trope.

The book is still good though. Like a different world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:33 AM (Y/06r)

203 The artist died from a combination of alcoholism and syphilis.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 25, 2026 10:21 AM (2ap+5)
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They didn't call him Too Loose for nothing!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 25, 2026 10:33 AM (RRe/6)

204 201 kids are funny. if vance is ever referenced my boy always says something about the size of his head memes.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

205 pernicious and malevolent (and mephitic!) Big Penguin won't be satisfied until all our institutions are degraded and corrupted, if not destroyed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Twisting my words! We will meet in the Cafe for a duel. Choose your weapon!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at August 25, 2026 10:35 AM (JM9I6)

206 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

Chicago and NYC come to mind.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 25, 2026 10:35 AM (k5CNB)

207 204 201 kids are funny. if vance is ever referenced my boy always says something about the size of his head memes.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

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Vance's sense of humor about himself is a strong political tool. He loves those memes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:35 AM (btJVX)

208 To join our group you have to really hate Trump.

Oh I do! I hate Trump already!

Oh yeah? How much!

A lot.

Right, you’re in.

Posted by: Seattle Peoples Front at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (Gubry)

209 208 To join our group you have to really hate Trump.

Oh I do! I hate Trump already!

Oh yeah? How much!

A lot.

Right, you’re in.

Posted by: Seattle Peoples Front at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (Gubry)

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*off to the side*
-People's Front of Seattle

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (btJVX)

210 ‘The Trap’. That must mean that the guy by the horse is Hugh Grant.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (aOQyQ)

211 208 To join our group you have to really hate Trump.

Oh I do! I hate Trump already!

Oh yeah? How much!

A lot.

Right, you’re in.
Posted by: Seattle Peoples Front at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (Gubry)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (Y/06r)

212 Oh yeah? How much!

A lot.

Right, you’re in.
Posted by: Seattle Peoples Front at August 25, 2026 10:36 AM (Gubry)
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Splitters!!

Posted by: The Peoples Front of Seattle at August 25, 2026 10:37 AM (2X2jr)

213 207 self deprication is one of my favorite cues about someone.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

214 TJM,
obviously he hates women, because they actually had kids, they'll argue...
just as they argue that somehow he's anti-brown people currently

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 25, 2026 10:40 AM (aJQbY)

215 In the wikipedia article they have a picture of Rich Little doing an impression of Jack Benny. In 2015.

The sad thing is, Rich Little was set up to do impressions from the Golden age of Hollywood. Most of these guys have been dead for 50 years. He's a great impressionist, but no one can tell, sadly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Y/06r)

216 but not anti harry brown.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Bep7s)

217 Is that dog in a snood?

Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Gqar8)

218 214 TJM,
obviously he hates women, because they actually had kids, they'll argue...
just as they argue that somehow he's anti-brown people currently

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 25, 2026 10:40 AM (aJQbY)

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The arguments will happen. Dedicated Democrat partisans and ideological leftists will believe it in their bones.

But those people vote in every election and don't matter.

What matters is the soft-leftist/Democrat. The ones who can be convinced, in one way or another, to vote or...not vote. Who vote 1 out of every 4 elections or so.

"Trump is going to rape me just like Jean Carroll whatshername," seems to have some effect on soft-Democrats.

"Vance is opposed to this policy proposal that I'm supposed to support," will not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:42 AM (btJVX)

219 217 what's snood?

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Bep7s)

220 >>BTW, there's a ton of vote fraud in CO. Frankly, it has an obscene, brazen fraud machine.

>>But that's a relatively new development

No way, really?

At one time, Ronald Reagan was Governor of California. Running from evil will just make you tired before you die from it.

There is no safe space from evil. You either stand your ground and fight it or you run and it will follow you until there is no place left to run.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:42 AM (viF8m)

221 217 Is that dog in a snood?
Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Gqar

LOL. Holy Crap. He's doing his Audrey Hepburn impression! It's Rich Little!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Y/06r)

222 Is that whitish blob a dog?

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Either that or Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

223 42 When do we get art?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZSy9t)

He usually shows up with Jackie Gleason.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 25, 2026 10:47 AM (7/4Q6)

224 One thing I love about moving from a big blue area to a blood red one - I no longer hear people talking about Trump in meatspace. They just vote for him here and put up some signs. I've only had two people bring up Trump to me (one pro, one anti). In FOUR YEARS.

I even had a Democrat House candidate come bother me with pamphlets while I was mowing my lawn. Not a word about fighting Trump. Just a lot of mealy-mouthed bipartisanship blather.

It's awesome. I used to hear about Trump *every day* in Denver.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:47 AM (BI5O2)

225 Real defund the police has never been tried.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

It actually has. That's how we got the police.

People were tired of vigilance committees.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 10:48 AM (exh+T)

226 223 42 When do we get art?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZSy9t)

He usually shows up with Jackie Gleason.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 25, 2026 10:47 AM (7/4Q6)
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Tell me you are over 60 without telling me you are over 60.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 25, 2026 10:48 AM (JNTt1)

227 There is no safe space from evil. You either stand your ground and fight it or you run and it will follow you until there is no place left to run.
Posted by: JackStraw

Or you stand your ground and talk with people one by one. And you love where you live and you treat people with kindness. When they find out your political leanings, they learn a LOT.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 25, 2026 10:48 AM (vxNlL)

228 what's snood?
Posted by: cmeat

Not much. Same old same old. What's snood with you?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 10:49 AM (exh+T)

229 223 the painting roustabout.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:50 AM (Bep7s)

230 >>Or you stand your ground and talk with people one by one. And you love where you live and you treat people with kindness. When they find out your political leanings, they learn a LOT.

Fighting for your home takes many forms. Running away just takes one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)

231 228 s'nood.

Posted by: cmeat at August 25, 2026 10:51 AM (Bep7s)

232 CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Russia — as mystery swirls over military flight landing in Moscow: reports

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2026 10:51 AM (yH8/G)

233 232 CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Russia — as mystery swirls over military flight landing in Moscow: reports

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2026 10:51 AM (yH8/G)

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He's going to share some poll results with Putin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:52 AM (btJVX)

234 226 223 42 When do we get art?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ZSy9t)

He usually shows up with Jackie Gleason.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 25, 2026 10:47 AM (7/4Q6)
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Tell me you are over 60 without telling me you are over 60.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 25, 2026 10:48 AM (JNTt1)

Not over 60, just like good music.

https://youtu.be/GPb27HI-ee0

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:52 AM (Y/06r)

235 228 what's snood?
Posted by: cmeat

Not much. Same old same old. What's snood with you?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 10:49 AM

I'm Gnu here.

Posted by: What's old is Gnu at August 25, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)

236 Fight your fight, I suppose. I'd rather just live in a better place where my kids aren't in a Commie dump with no future, TYVM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

237 236 Fight your fight, I suppose. I'd rather just live in a better place where my kids aren't in a Commie dump with no future, TYVM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2026 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

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"Why are you fleeing Aenius? You can't build a future outside of Troy!"
-some asshole no one remembers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:54 AM (btJVX)

238 The arguments will happen. Dedicated Democrat partisans and ideological leftists will believe it in their bones.

But those people vote in every election and don't matter.

What matters is the soft-leftist/Democrat. The ones who can be convinced, in one way or another, to vote or...not vote. Who vote 1 out of every 4 elections or so.

"Trump is going to rape me just like Jean Carroll whatshername," seems to have some effect on soft-Democrats.

"Vance is opposed to this policy proposal that I'm supposed to support," will not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Two years away is a long time in politics. After the midterms, political attention will go toward the invisible primary where quasi interested pols will raise some money for a Super Pac, test the local political activists and officeholders in key early states to lock down commitments, and start laying down markers with interest groups/activists as to what their proposed agenda is.

And events affect this--Iran, inflation, debt, election security, etc. etc.

About July to August of 2027, you will have a basic field locked in for early primaries.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 10:55 AM (E4rtv)

239 "Why are you fleeing Aenius? You can't build a future outside of Troy!"
-some asshole no one remembers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:54 AM (btJVX)

Probably just Virgil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:56 AM (Y/06r)

240 227 There is no safe space from evil. You either stand your ground and fight it or you run and it will follow you until there is no place left to run.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think that was the point of the Scouring of the Shire in the LOTR.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

241 It's like being on the 24th floor skydeck watching while West Philly burns. At that point there is nothing left to do but crack another beer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2026 10:56 AM (RIvkX)

242 Society has "outsourced" community protection to a cadre of 24/7/365 duly sworn law enforcement. Nothing wrong with that, but it is enormously expensive.

Complicating matters is the fact they are no longer allowed to do their job in many jurisdictions. Inevitably this raises the question - why are we paying for this?

Some DEI hire actually held a press conference in Baltimore or someplace like that, allowing that roving bands of rioters "just need room to destroy". Don't be fooled, none of these clowns want to "defund the police" per se, they just want to infiltrate the institution, kill it, gut it, wear its skin as a suit and demand respect.

While they lock up decent, peaceable citizens. We're already in the "empty the prisons" stage, de facto, by way of refusing to incarcerate serial criminals.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 25, 2026 10:57 AM (as7qH)

243 238 Two years away is a long time in politics. After the midterms, political attention will go toward the invisible primary where quasi interested pols will raise some money for a Super Pac, test the local political activists and officeholders in key early states to lock down commitments, and start laying down markers with interest groups/activists as to what their proposed agenda is.

And events affect this--Iran, inflation, debt, election security, etc. etc.

About July to August of 2027, you will have a basic field locked in for early primaries.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 10:55 AM (E4rtv)

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I just think TDS is a particularly potent form of negative partisanship that won't repeat in the near future.

Negative partisanship will always be a thing, and they'll find reasons to hate whichever candidate wins the Republican primary (it's going to be Vance), but TDS just...is more intense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:57 AM (btJVX)

244 239 "Why are you fleeing Aenius? You can't build a future outside of Troy!"
-some asshole no one remembers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Cassandra would have been wise to listen to her own prophesies.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

245 239 "Why are you fleeing Aenius? You can't build a future outside of Troy!"
-some asshole no one remembers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:54 AM (btJVX)

Probably just Virgil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:56 AM (Y/06r)

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That dude who helped Dante through Hell but wasn't good enough to get all the way through Purgatory?

Psh...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:58 AM (btJVX)

246 I think that was the point of the Scouring of the Shire in the LOTR.
Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

I think it was also Tolkien commenting on the pettiness and banality of evil. Saruman commanded powers and forces and is reduced to trying to destroy the Shire.

Tolkien knew people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:58 AM (Y/06r)

247 >>Fight your fight, I suppose. I'd rather just live in a better place where my kids aren't in a Commie dump with no future, TYVM.

I'm not Jewish but I admire and will always support the people of Israel. I'm pretty sure they love their children, too.

You either stand your ground or ask you children to stand theirs. Running doesn't solve things, it just puts them off.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

248 Vance in '28. Reelected in '32. Vance in '36. Reelected in '40.
That gets us to January of '45, and Barron will be ready.

Posted by: The long range calendar at August 25, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

249 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 25, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

250 You can stop talking about stood and go check out the nood.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 25, 2026 11:00 AM (3YTFP)

251 I just think TDS is a particularly potent form of negative partisanship that won't repeat in the near future.

Negative partisanship will always be a thing, and they'll find reasons to hate whichever candidate wins the Republican primary (it's going to be Vance), but TDS just...is more intense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 25, 2026 10:57 AM (btJVX)

I have to disagree with you here, TJM- though I admire your yuteful optimism. The history of the past 50 years is watching the Left go more and more nuts over each successful guy. 'They hate reagan, but they won't hate bush as much. The hated bush but his son will not be as bead, etc etc etc.'

*ruffles TJM's hair*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 11:00 AM (Y/06r)

252 Le Monkee has arrived.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 25, 2026 11:00 AM (ExV1e)

253 Notes of Deception
How a Quartet of American Musicians Outwitted the KGB

"In 1985, while the United States engaged in a battle of nuclear brinkmanship, four Americans landed in Moscow on a mission to smuggle secret information in and out using music as their cipher. Under the watchful eye of the KGB, the group faced countless challenges and risks—because they weren’t trained in espionage. In fact, they were musicians with the New England-based Yiddish-music focused Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB).
"Now, the quartet’s saxophonist, Merryl Goldberg, together with Vince Houghton, the Director of the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, tell the harrowing story of how Goldberg devised an ingenious plan to encode the intelligence within the group’s sheet music."

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Too Jewish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 25, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)

254 I just think TDS is a particularly potent form of negative partisanship that won't repeat in the near future.

Negative partisanship will always be a thing, and they'll find reasons to hate whichever candidate wins the Republican primary (it's going to be Vance), but TDS just...is more intense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Depends on whether you believe that the opposition to Trump is personality or policy.

I think for the leaders of the left globo homo, it is policy because Trump's policies destroy their power base (like an honest election and Census does in the US, destroying Iran's regime in the Middle East, etc.). Street level Dem Activists personalize this into Trump but have had a habit of demonizing every GOP president since Dewey with the possible exception of Ike. Ike, they just called dumb.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

255 The Scouring of the Shire marked the advent of Mr Clean, who traveled with Gandalf. He was instrumental in making him Gandalf the White instead of Gandalf the Grey. It’s in the book.

Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2026 11:02 AM (Gqar8)

256 255 The Scouring of the Shire marked the advent of Mr Clean, who traveled with Gandalf. He was instrumental in making him Gandalf the White instead of Gandalf the Grey. It’s in the book.
Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2026 11:02 AM (Gqar

Darn you to heck.

https://youtu.be/lBUMw3t6rIQ

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 11:05 AM (Y/06r)

257 >>Depends on whether you believe that the opposition to Trump is personality or policy.

20 years ago, Trump was hailed as a hero by the "cultural elite".

He hasn't changed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

258 Not over 60, just like good music.

https://youtu.be/GPb27HI-ee0
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 25, 2026 10:52 AM (Y/06r)
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That was really nice, thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 25, 2026 11:11 AM (JNTt1)

259 235 228 what's snood?
Posted by: cmeat

Not much. Same old same old. What's snood with you?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2026 10:49 AM

I'm Gnu here.

death by snood snood

Posted by: anachronda at August 25, 2026 11:16 AM (sGtp+)

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