Mid-Morning Art Thread

Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress
Harald Sohlberg

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Let me be the first to congratulate you.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)

3 No boobs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (7g8Sn)

4 Lovely summer house location

Posted by: Vlad Putin at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (jyC3p)

5 Akershus?

Gesundheit.

Now I need a neckercheif.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

6 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

7 Must be EARLY spring. Trees are quite barren.

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (h4J+2)

8 Purple mountains. Majesty.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2Drhq)

9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

10 Very nice. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

11 It's Norway. There are only leaves on the trees from June to August.

Posted by: Bleak Hill Boarding School at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (EdP2u)

12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

13 Aksherly that doesn't look like much of a fortress.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:36 AM (qlLNh)

14 >>Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Why wood anyone make tree puns?

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (NcvvS)

15 There's no evidence Sohlberg was mentally ill, so can it be said he was really a Norwegian artist?

Posted by: Edvard Munch at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (EdP2u)

16 Almost looks like stained glass.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

17 Here you CAN see the forest for the trees

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

18 12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Oak ay.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (2Drhq)

19 3 No boobs
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (7g8Sn)

Did you miss that statuesque Norwegian blonde sunbathing on the sailboat?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (qlLNh)

20
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

21 I'm pretty sure that wouldn't fetch 5 dollars at auction.

Nope. Not goona take a chance.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (dyMal)

22 In my AO there are two "fall" seasons

The first when the pine needles fall, the second the leaves.

Generally the latter happens right before halloween covering your decorations...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

23 >>Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Oaky-dokie!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

24 Not even any buds on those trees. Doesn't look much like spring.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (kU0PQ)

25 Stop barking about tree puns.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

26 Unique painting, I'd say. Both bark and barque.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at October 21, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

27 Ugh, my pun was a repeat.
I'm stumped!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (rOKnE)

28 The leafless tree in springtime was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (JemjW)

29 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

There's a dog on the deck of the three-master, and another on the other side of the tree, marking his territory.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

30 Must be very early spring... trees are bare. Air is cold.

I can taste it from here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (RORbl)

31 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

Being all done in dusky orange doesn't help, either.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

32 Asking for no puns?
Might as well beg us to needle you for the rest of the thread.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (rOKnE)

33 > 12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Ja, ja, de Fortress Hoor is available for only Tree-Fitty in Norwegian kroner.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (qlLNh)

34 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?

Posted by: JROD at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (5GJQt)

35 >>It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.

Same.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (rOKnE)

36 Is this the fort that sank the Blucher?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (JzUSu)

37 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?
Posted by: JROD

July.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 09:42 AM (r2Icn)

38 Disappointed here. Can't see the seamen!

Posted by: The Grand Poof at October 21, 2026 09:42 AM (EdP2u)

39 Absolutely love the bright colors and use of light. Very evocative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (RIvkX)

40 Do I think the tree puns will stop? Well, I'm just going out on a limb here...

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JemjW)

41 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Yeh, especially with the anchored sailboat. Looks more to be waiting end of year take out not spring put in. Clearly the artist had no idea what he was painting.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

42 36 Is this the fort that sank the Blucher?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM

What knockers!!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at October 21, 2026 09:44 AM (JemjW)

43 > Being all done in dusky orange doesn't help, either.
Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

Dark and dusky
Painted on the sky
Misty Scandi Heimbrent
Teardrop in my eye

Scandi boats
Take me home
To the fjord
Where I belong
Nasty weather
Smoking blondies
Take me home
Scandi boats

Posted by: Jan Denver at October 21, 2026 09:44 AM (qlLNh)

44 Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Today the cruise ships park there.

There's a gimmicky souvenir shop right there on the wharf.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 09:45 AM (vBZcw)

45 37 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring?
+++
He's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: FoMoCo at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (JemjW)

46 The German heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk by Oscarsborg Fortress, a coastal installation located in the Drøbak Sound of the Oslofjord in Norway.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (w9Wax)

47 Only two days a year it's not raining in Norway. This is one.

Posted by: Njals Saga at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (EdP2u)

48 There is no inclement weather. Only inappropriate clothing.

Posted by: Norse Fisherman at October 21, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

49 27 Ugh, my pun was a repeat.
I'm stumped!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM

Perhaps it's time to branch out.

Posted by: Groan... at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (JemjW)

50 Two 28 cm Krupp coastal guns fired at point-blank range, causing massive fires and destroying the ship's control systems. Concealed land-based torpedo battery launched two 40-year-old Whitehead torpedoes that critically crippled the hull. The Blücher capsized and sank at approximately 06:22, delaying the German advance long enough for King Haakon VII, the royal family, the government, and the national gold reserve to evacuate Oslo.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (w9Wax)

51 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

52 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?
Posted by: JROD

*********

They can't a-fjord not to.

Posted by: muldoon at October 21, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)

53 Clement III was declared an antipope, but they missed a bet by not changing his name to Inclement.

Posted by: Jan Denver at October 21, 2026 09:49 AM (qlLNh)

54
9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM

Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?

Posted by: P. McCartney & J. Lennon at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (JemjW)

55 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.
Posted by: Bulg

I believe this is called a tree-phine.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (w9Wax)

56 46 The German heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk by Oscarsborg Fortress, a coastal installation located in the Drøbak Sound of the Oslofjord in Norway.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

Yes, this delay of the invasion force allowed time for the Royal Family, Parliament and the nation's gold, to escape to England.

Posted by: 1908 Coastal Gun at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (EdP2u)

57 >> A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (rOKnE)

58 Now we're getting to the root of the matter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (qlLNh)

59 Doesn't look much like a fort. Or a tress.

Posted by: Compound words for $200, Alex at October 21, 2026 09:52 AM (JemjW)

60 No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

All bark no bite

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:52 AM (pV18s)

61 grungle blitfop boogdib

Posted by: AOS cope blue tsunami edition at October 21, 2026 09:53 AM (6ztTh)

62 53 Clement III was declared an antipope, but they missed a bet by not changing his name to Inclement.

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Just imagine what would have happened if he had collided with the pope. They both would have been annihilated.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 09:53 AM (vBZcw)

63 Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM

It's the pits.

Posted by: Ugh... at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (JemjW)

64 I never got why Oslo (or any of the ports) should be the capital of Norway. The spine of the country is one of Europe's most imposing mountain fastnesses. Build a lavish royal complex in the heart of those mountains, somewhere in the South, and militarize the cities and beaches. If they ever have to retreat, they are retreating *toward* the seat of government, in an ever shorter and deeper line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (BI5O2)

65 @37 Mr Aspirin Factory- spring in July? Well that explains it, they’re all screwed up. Silly Norwegians, spring is in March. Must the thin air up there on top of the globe. Less oxygen to the brain.

Posted by: JROD at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (5GJQt)

66 Lumbering along towards 100...

Posted by: I think we can, I think we can... at October 21, 2026 09:55 AM (JemjW)

67 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (rOKnE)

If they do it, they may pull syrup

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (pV18s)

68 Painting: the style is called 'neo-romanticism' by some. It's pretty.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

69 Norway was a decent place to shop before it got acquired by Target.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

70 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Statuesque Norwegian blondes at October 21, 2026 09:58 AM (JemjW)

71 the style is called 'neo-romanticism' by some. It's pretty.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I did not know that!

Thanks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (k5CNB)

72 > 70 This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: Statuesque Norwegian blondes at October 21, 2026 09:58 AM (JemjW)

Andrew Wyeth certainly thought so.

Posted by: Naked Helga at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (qlLNh)

73 Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress, 1913
Harald Sohlberg

It's very nice with distinct colors that don't melt into each other. I'm not familiar with this artist but I'd certainly consider hanging today's art selection. (I also admit I didn't read the entire title at first glance and took the painting for a fall landscape vs. spring.)
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Elephant Art, 27 Apr 2019
Harald Sohlberg, Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress, 1913

Countryside, calm waters and a never-ending sunset, could you ask for anything more on a spring evening? Harald Sohlberg’s incredible depiction of a sunset melting into the mountains is perfection. The famous Norwegian artist was obsessed with painting the landscape of his home country, paying particular mind to the spiritual significance of the mountains and the stunning colours that flooded the sky depending on the season.

Although Solhberg actively denied any affiliation to Nordic Naturalism or the Symbolists, these influences are evident in his fantastical portrayal of the world around him, where carefully articulated shadowy trees often foreground the world beyond.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

74 Andrew Wyeth certainly thought so.

Posted by: Naked Helga at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (qlLNh)

I wonder what his wife thought...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

75 Build a lavish royal complex in the heart of those mountains, somewhere in the South, and militarize the cities and beaches. If they ever have to retreat, they are retreating *toward* the seat of government, in an ever shorter and deeper line.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
_______

Well, I guess the Brits couldn't have burned Knoxville in 1814.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JzUSu)

76 > I wonder what his wife thought...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

I guess neither of them bothered to tell their respective spouses.

Just kept slipping their minds, sort of the same way that Helga kept slipping out of her clothes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qlLNh)

77 "could you ask for anything more on a spring evening?"

Since you asked, please add one meeeelion dollars to my IRA. Never settle, I say.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Jr5Lq)

78 Thanks CBD! Good morning Bulg.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (z6ONu)

79 I wonder what his wife thought...

IIRC she was interviewed about that - said something like "I knew he was painting her but I didn't know he was having sex with her"

Which is about the most convenient excuse for an affair I can imagine. "Hey honey I'll be gone all afternoon painting. Yes just me and Helga. And don't drop by unexpectedly because ah...I need my focus. Its...ART you know"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

80 > I wonder what his wife thought...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM

I was shopping at Target.

Posted by: Wyeth wife at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (JemjW)

81 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

82 Lovely painting!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (IDUoO)

83 Purple mountains majesty in Norway
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (vJPf4)

84 >Just kept slipping their minds, sort of the same way that Helga kept slipping out of her clothes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qlLNh)

Paint me the way you paint your Norwegian hoor.

Posted by: Mrs. A. Wyeth at October 21, 2026 10:06 AM (vr4To)

85 "I knew he was painting her but I didn't know he was having sex with her"

She was a muse, and the process is known as musing.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

86 Would hang

Posted by: weew at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (9TspW)

87 I like it... For what that's worth...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (+gK6I)

88 The purple seems a little too bright purple against the rest of the palette and suggested lighting. The oranges are lovely, though.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 21, 2026 10:10 AM (d/XeE)

89 87 I like it... For what that's worth...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (+gK6I)

--------

Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 10:10 AM (vBZcw)

90 Hey, Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

91 Well, I guess the Brits couldn't have burned Knoxville in 1814.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JzUSu)

Damn right. Those Volunteers were busy kicking ass on Creeks and British, but if they'd had to fall back from those fronts to defend East Tennessee, the British would've been facing off against 30,000 battle hardened frontiersmen in a temperate rainforest. Nightmare scenario. I doubt any bucktoothed limey redcoat would even consider it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)

92 "I like it... For what that's worth."

There's a sign at the art museum entrance: 'You must like at least three paintings to ride this attraction.'

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

93 When Francis is declared an anti-pope, will they name him Francois?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:15 AM (LOvBA)

94 "The purple seems a little too bright"

Museum docent explains: 'That's symbolic. It's a metaphor.'

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

95 Museum docent explains: 'That's symbolic. It's a metaphor.'

Posted by: gp

Or a metablur.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)

96 Waiting *patiently* for comment 100.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

97 This is the type painting I really like. Color composition and style.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (Ti9vn)

98 The painting is very orange.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

99 With some green.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

100 And blue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

101 Just a little something to keep in mind for the next couple weeks as we're - repeatedly - told about the blue wave...

https://tinyurl.com/3hdjh39f

It's all made up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

102 ICE ICE baby!

Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

103 Waiting *patiently* for comment 100.
Posted by: I used to

Alright, waddayagot???

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

104 At AP: "A chemical tank explodes in Ohio, forcing evacuations and prompting fears of another blast." Little known fact: in the first draft of the screenplay for "Wizard of Oz," there was a Sticky Witch of the Northeast named 'Glycidyl,' but she got written out pretty quick.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

105 That's using the ole nogging!

This Indian man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now been charged with killing her and burning the body.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

106 "The purple seems a little too bright"
+++

It's a phallic symbol.

Posted by: Your sexually frustrated female junior high art teacher at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (JemjW)

107 What's that, Lassie? PHP has fallen down the well? Must be a day ending at midnight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (BLOW1)

108 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)

109 What is it with chemical explosions in Ohio? It’s like they're cursed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)

110 107 What's that, Lassie? PHP has fallen down the well? Must be a day ending at midnight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (BLOW1)

====

Would it be possible to write into the backend a warning when trying to save a post with open html tags?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:25 AM (qGAQr)

111 Sharks doing the job some politicians won't do.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 10:25 AM (Dd7BU)

112 "What is it with chemical explosions in Ohio? It’s like they're cursed."

Ohio is the Polymer Capital of the World. You can look it up. No joke.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

113 Needs more hot sauce.

Posted by: The sharks at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (JemjW)

114 The night was clear, and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down.

Posted by: Stagger Lee at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (hmYU4)

115 Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Were Jets not available?
Sharks. Jets.

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM (y9NP6)

116 U2 Frontman Bono Criticizes Christians and Jews Who Back DOGE’s Anti-Corruption Cuts

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If Jesus can create abundance with five loaves and two fishes, so can the Somalis!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

117 "He's now been charged with killing her and burning the body."

They are not supposed to burn her (settee) until after he dies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:29 AM (LOvBA)

118 Oslo is nice. Stavanger is more better.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

119 Plastics. The future is plastics.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:30 AM (LOvBA)

120 You can tell this is spring because an autumn evening would include all kinds of leaves scattered on the ground, despite the fact despite the fact that the colors of the sky are much more evocative of reaping than sowing.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:30 AM (XLtZW)

121 The night was clear, and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down.
Posted by: Stagger Lee

Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (y9NP6)

122 >>Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally

Everyone likes Mexican food.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)

123 Posted by: Pixy Misa

Cool. Pixy Misa is playing around in the blog!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:32 AM (y9NP6)

124 especially mexican sea food

Posted by: grass monkey at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM (eP4XR)

125 9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

Better that than a parking lot.

Posted by: Big Yellow Taxi at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM (XLtZW)

126 Racist!

Variety
@Variety
Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

127 If Jesus can create abundance with five loaves and two fishes, so can the Somalis!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM

Except it's bananas and rice.

Posted by: Nasra Ahmed at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (JemjW)

128 Having a lovely stretch of fair weather here in N IL.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

129 the British would've been facing off against 30,000 battle hardened frontiersmen in a temperate rainforest. Nightmare scenario. I doubt any bucktoothed limey redcoat would even consider it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
___________

Agreed that it would have been tough. But they did it in Afghanistan (before getting wiped out due to poor generalship), Ethiopia, against the Sikhs, in Sudan and the Boers. Going well inland did not deter them from trying.

There's a book on countries Britain did not invade, and there are like ten or fifteen countries on the list.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (JzUSu)

130 Sock removal comment, feel free to ignore.

I said feel free to ignore.

Really, you can stop reading now, nothing to see here. There's no point to this comment.

Damn, you're incorrigible. I bet you'll stop reading if I stop writing.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:36 AM (XLtZW)

131 9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

Better that than a parking lot.
Posted by: Big Yellow Taxi at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM

My city was gone.

Posted by: Chrissy Hynde at October 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JemjW)

132 Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Almost everyone didn't understand. Shane didn't call women in the gym whores. He said they dress like them. Which is wrong.

Whores wear way more clothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:37 AM (y9NP6)

133 Duh. Mexicans should use the land bridge.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 10:37 AM (Dd7BU)

134 Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked...
Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (y9NP6)

My bulldog, while I was standing on the corner.

Posted by: Stagger Lee at October 21, 2026 10:38 AM (hmYU4)

135 >>There's a book on countries Britain did not invade, and there are like ten or fifteen countries on the list.

The Second Boer War should be on the list of would enter. Ask Harry Morant.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:38 AM (viF8m)

136 State Dept. Warns France May Face Even Worse Destruction with Second Weekend of Planned Riots

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It'll be totally spontaneous!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

137 >>It'll be totally spontaneous!

Every bit as spontaneous as the planned riots here in the US coming up after the election.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:40 AM (viF8m)

138 Well, can't blame him.

Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)

139 State Dept. Warns France May Face Even Worse Destruction with Second Weekend of Planned Riots

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It'll be totally spontaneous!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

My Fuhrer, I have a plan!!

Posted by: Dr. Strangelove at October 21, 2026 10:42 AM (hmYU4)

140 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)
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Love it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

141 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)
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Kind of Grandma Moses whom I lurve.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

142 Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

143 We should listen to him. He's CEO of United Airlines.

United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

144 Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

The broads who got upset are more upset that he was being truthful as well as funny.

Stop dressing like whores, unless you are a whore.

Posted by: The Truth Hurts at October 21, 2026 10:45 AM (8EQTH)

145 142 Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

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Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)

146 A California man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now charged with her murder.
His wife's burned remains were discovered in a remote California forest

By Andrew Chamings,
Editor-at-Large
Oct 20, 2026
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And the "investigators" didn't believe him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)

147 Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)
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Naah bro the Saudis offered him asylum.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

148 Macron is term limited. That's why this is going off now and he doesn't care.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:49 AM (viF8m)

149 At Cloudflare: Two critical PHP vulns revealed today; techs everywhere scrambling to mitigate.

My take: Only two? Piffle.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

150 United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM

Really?

F*ck that guy, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

151 Blucher!!!!!

Posted by: Eye-gore at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (kdVl9)

152 United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
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Nothing stops him from writing his own check to pay down the debt with his own wealth.

But he means yours not his, naturally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (RIvkX)

153 A Minnesota rapper who traveled to France to join escalating riots has urged white people to “raise hell” and “f–k s–t up"

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Well, it hasn't got much of a beat and you can't dance to it. I'll give it a 35.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

154
Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)

Vacation time!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (eRlcH)

155 > Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished
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Perhaps feeling a touch of guilt? Or more likely a real touch of fear? For his life.

It's a typical reaction from someone who's done something "bad" and doesn't want to face any consequences.... like a child.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (RORbl)

156 Blucher!!!!!
Posted by: Eye-gore at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM

Knock it off, already!

Posted by: Mr. Ed at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (bFu5X)

157 CNN: “on Monday Trump claimed without evidence that France was being conquered looted and burned by migrants and communists”

I guess 1000s of videos from around Paris doesn’t count as evidence at CNN.

Posted by: Enemy of the People at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (m1Wxk)

158 We should listen to him. He's CEO of United Airlines.

United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
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Does he not understand he's free to transfer all his wealth to the federal government any time he wants to?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (FZ29D)

159 A California man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now charged with her murder.
His wife's burned remains were discovered in a remote California forest

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Like that lady who poisoned her husband with fish tank cleaner and claimed it was because Trump said it would cure COVID.

It makes me wonder how many people have actually gotten away with this.

Killer: "My poor spouse is gone because of that damn Trump and this damn [outrage du jour]."

Cop: "Yep. It figures. That ol' orange debbil done did it again."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (BI5O2)

160
Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

Considering he is a huge pussy, it can't hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (eRlcH)

161 81 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

It's a nice little Beatles song.
PM Dawn did a remake about twenty years later.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (6ydKt)

162 Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)
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Probably agreements to send over even MORE "asylum seekers" and "refugees."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

163 Does he not understand he's free to transfer all his wealth to the federal government any time he wants to?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (FZ29D)

Silly rube. I want you to be taxed, not me. I have an army of accountants to make sure I wouldn’t pay a dime of wealth tax. You on the other hand would pay 100% of your wealth in taxes.

Posted by: United CEO at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (m1Wxk)

164 Of COURSE we're playing our pointless international NFL game in Paris this weekend! The protests are mostly peaceful! End racism!

Posted by: Roger "no so" Goodell at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (kdVl9)

165 162n Probably agreements to send over even MORE "asylum seekers" and "refugees."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

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I think it's energy related. Going to places like Oman, I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:54 AM (qGAQr)

166 Cop: "Yep. It figures. That ol' orange debbil done did it again."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (BI5O2)
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"Skat-dat-skaddety-dat," he added.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (RIvkX)

167 I drove past the site of the deadly Ohio chemical explosion a half-hour ago. There is a barricade at the end of one road, and that is it. McDonald's is open.

Crisis was at 10 last night; It took Mayor Unpronounceable until 8 AM to get the "shelter in place" order out to that quarter of the city. Nobody went door to door, and the suspiciously named health director advised people with itchy eyes to "just take a shower for now," always good advice.

Death ray, fiddlesticks. It doesn't even faze them.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

168 Saints are playing in Paris. They better hope these Leftists and Muslims don't see that fleur-de-lis and go into a Pavlovian rage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (BI5O2)

169 "It's a nice little Beatles song."

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down? Never understood the lyrics.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

170 >>Of COURSE we're playing our pointless international NFL game in Paris this weekend! The protests are mostly peaceful! End racism!

Everyone knows how much the French looooove futball!!

Wait - a football game in Paris?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (rOKnE)

171 The groups funding the riots in France are the same groups who have been funding and are getting ready to fund the same riots here. It's not speculation. Any of you on X who have been reading what DataRepublican has uncovered and been posting the last couple of days know it.

I doubt it was a coincidence that CIA drone Slotkin decided to go all fascist the other day and announce it was time to go after Trump supporters.

Conference call time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

172 Very bright green grass, no leaves on the tree. Strange planet this is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)

173 >United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

I will convert every last dollar in my brokerage and IRA accounts to physical cash and set it on fire in my driveway before I give a cent to the govt.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vr4To)

174 I think it's energy related. Going to places like Oman, I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:54 AM (qGAQr)
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Ah. Importing more foreign "workers" to run France's nuke plants. I'm sure that will turn out well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D)

175 On LinkedIn the riots are still “young people protesting the cost of living”.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (m1Wxk)

176 The groups funding the riots in France are the same groups who have been funding and are getting ready to fund the same riots here. It's not speculation. Any of you on X who have been reading what DataRepublican has uncovered and been posting the last couple of days know it.

I doubt it was a coincidence that CIA drone Slotkin decided to go all fascist the other day and announce it was time to go after Trump supporters.

Conference call time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

Trump needs to release the wet work teams.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)

177 "United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%"

Ben Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

178 Trump needs to release the wet work teams.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)
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The who?

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (RIvkX)

179 169 "It's a nice little Beatles song."

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down? Never understood the lyrics.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I meant the music itself, not the lyrics so much, as I can't even remember the full chorus if I wanted to.

I never really tried to 'understand' a lot of Beatles songs as they are usually just nonsense that sounds good as a rhyme.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (6ydKt)

180 We are mad that schools don’t get enough funding. What will we do to show our anger? Steal luxury items like Dior bags of course.
- Student Protesters

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (m1Wxk)

181 Ben Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.
Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)
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He was an advisor to Nixon.

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

182 Ask us how we know.

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (RIvkX)

183 Minkey is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (Y/06r)

184 "CNN: “on Monday Trump claimed without evidence that France was being conquered looted and burned by migrants and communists”
Posted by: Enemy of the People"

If CNN had been around in they 80's they would have portrayed the Solidarity movement in Poland as right wing extremists led by terrorist Lech Walesa.

Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (GUOwU)

185 Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.
Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

Bueller’s teacher? Say it ain’t so.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:02 AM (m1Wxk)

186 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down?

In its own way, this is what Scandi gay porno is all about.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2026 11:03 AM (zdLoL)

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