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Ivan Shishkin, "Oak Grove" (1887)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 09:50 AM

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1 There's a second shooter on that grassy knoll.

Posted by: PabloD at April 20, 2015 09:52 AM (WLGaT)

2 Gotta try lol

Posted by: FCF at April 20, 2015 09:52 AM (kejii)

3 Actually I think I see the sniper...

Posted by: FCF at April 20, 2015 09:53 AM (kejii)

4 Is that a painting or a photo?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 20, 2015 09:53 AM (wlDny)

5 Trees....

actually no-selling aside that is damn near photographic...

good piece

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 09:55 AM (/4AZU)

6 I've always loved the look of faded Kodachrome....

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 20, 2015 09:56 AM (P8YHq)

7 Vic, I don't know but it reminds me of big live oaks... sure miss them!

Posted by: FCF at April 20, 2015 09:56 AM (kejii)

8 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 09:56 AM (kff5f)

9 The worn, sandy area in the foreground became that way because of all the wymyn that were raped there, and the phallic trees stand triumphant and celebratory over that very area.

Posted by: Feminist art critic at April 20, 2015 09:56 AM (2Ojst)

10 I know it's not Tuesday yet, but can we still have some rape under those trees?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 20, 2015 09:56 AM (JtwS4)

11 Is that a painting or a photo?

Hard to tell.

Add a few palm trees and it could pass for down here.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (0HooB)

12 As in nudes paintings, I prefer the real thing.

Posted by: Sphynx at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (OZmbA)

13 Since it was done in 1887 and is in color, I'm going with painting. But it is very realistic.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (2Ojst)

14 I saw a sight to day at the gym. Some young whippersnapper was dressing and he had this rig whereby there were suspender straps snapped to the bottom of this shirt both front and back for a total of four. These were then wound criss cross around his legs and snapped to the top of his socks for the apparent purpose of keeping his socks up. He looked like a ghey bondage pron model.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (XUKZU)

15 Ugh - oak pollen.

Posted by: Asymmetrical Nostrils at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (6xtq3)

16 I hadn't seen this:

http://tinyurl.com/nbhlj5e

Juan Williams. Pretty much sums it up.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 09:58 AM (BZAd3)

17 I found Wal...

Wait, no. That's a Sasquatch.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 09:58 AM (kff5f)

18 Too me that is good art.Photographic realism.

Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 09:58 AM (mGBKM)

19 Want to see some kittehs

Posted by: Sphynx at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (OZmbA)

20 Okay, now I found...

No. No. That's the sniper.

Dammit.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (kff5f)

21 20 Okay, now I found...

No. No. That's the sniper.

Dammit.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (kff5f)

No, that's the decoy the sniper placed to make you think you'd found him.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (2Ojst)

22 Hoom Hom! I found the Entwives!

Posted by: Treebeard at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (h4vJk)

23 22 Hoom Hom! I found the Entwives!
Posted by: Treebeard at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (h4vJk)

So you're gettin' a little wood right about now?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 10:00 AM (2Ojst)

24 Normally RD sends me the pics a day or so in advance. I guess I missed this one.

Oh! There he is.

I found Waldo!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 10:00 AM (kff5f)

25
Brandon Finnigan ConArtCritic

*please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:01 AM (kdS6q)

26 So you're gettin' a little wood right about now?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 10:00 AM

Drink first...let's not be hasty.

Posted by: Treebeard at April 20, 2015 10:02 AM (h4vJk)

27 I just got back from the Dr's Office. Been starving and no coffee all morning because he always wants to do bloodwork. This time, no bloodwork.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 20, 2015 10:02 AM (wlDny)

28 Brb. Fishing that pond to the right.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:03 AM (mMxp9)

29 28 Brb. Fishing that pond to the right.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:03 AM (mMxp9)

Check the bottom. There might have been some firearm-related canoe accidents.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 10:03 AM (2Ojst)

30 My that locale looks nice.

Better than 39 and rain.
Rainy days and Mondays Baby

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:04 AM (F2IAQ)

31 25
Brandon Finnigan ConArtCritic

*please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby please no 4/20 baby*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:01 AM (kdS6q)

He'd have to rename him Cheech.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:04 AM (zt+N6)

32 Let me get this straight, republicans are only holding up Lynch's nomination because they want a human trafficking bill reworded?

Otherwise she's a go???????

Republicans are worthless.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 20, 2015 10:04 AM (A98Xu)

33 No, that's the decoy the sniper placed to make you think you'd found him.

No. He's in the Texas School Book Depository.

Also, aliens have a base just outside McAllen, Texas in a Whataburger.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:05 AM (659DL)

34 32 Yes.Yes,they are.

Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 10:05 AM (mGBKM)

35 Also, aliens have a base just outside McAllen, Texas in a Whataburger.

ET type, or illegal?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:06 AM (mMxp9)

36 Juan Williams. Pretty much sums it up.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 09:58 AM (BZAd3

I suggest we set a GoFundMe for Juan and his aviation wet dreams.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:06 AM (F2IAQ)

37 Brb. Fishing that pond to the right.

Surface veggies mean warmwater fish. I'm gonna walk through the woods and look for a trout stream. Might be one over that dale.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 20, 2015 10:07 AM (JtwS4)

38 Looks like a prime spot for Turkey hunting.

Posted by: Hologram at April 20, 2015 10:07 AM (/WmRg)

39 Investment opportunity of a lifetime.

"Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund"

http://tinyurl.com/n6y5uol

Posted by: Brody at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (wrS2o)

40 Also, aliens have a base just outside McAllen, Texas in a Whataburger.

ET type, or illegal?
___________________

If they're anything like here, both.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (lmdHn)

41 28 Brb. Fishing that pond to the right.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:03 AM (mMxp9)

Remember light the fuse THEN throw.

Posted by: wrg500 at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (kQBSd)

42 Let me get this straight, republicans are only holding up Lynch's nomination because they want a human trafficking bill reworded?

Otherwise she's a go???????

Republicans are worthless

-
I don't care why they do the right thing as long as they do the right thing.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (XUKZU)

43 Looks like a prime spot for Turkey hunting.

There's one turkey already standing in the open.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (mMxp9)

44 If you look hard you can see Frodo sitting against a tree and smoking some Longbottom leaf.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:08 AM (RD7QR)

45
Last call for San Francisco's last lesbian bar

http://tinyurl.com/lms9jhq

Root cause real estate prices, but also guess the city really is a "No Girls Allowed" boy's town now.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (kdS6q)

46 Some young whippersnapper was dressing and he had this rig whereby there were suspender straps snapped to the bottom of this shirt both front and back for a total of four. These were then wound criss cross around his legs and snapped to the top of his socks for the apparent purpose of keeping his socks up. He looked like a ghey bondage pron model.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 20, 2015 09:57 AM (XUKZU)

Shirt stays.

They keep your uniform blouse properly tucked in. I've never seen them on civilians though...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (fwARV)

47 "Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund"

-
Invest with Jon and you'll never have to worry about that money again.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (XUKZU)

48
Still waiting to see the panzers.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (jeCnD)

49 Hoom Hom! I found the Entwives! Posted by: Treebeard at April 20, 2015 09:59 AM (h4vJk) So you're gettin' a little wood right about now?
Posted by: Insomniac

I think he's feeling board.

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (Spluw)

50 Remember light the fuse THEN throw.

THAT I remember. Only takes one time of having to swim out, light the fuse, and swim back, and you never forget.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:10 AM (mMxp9)

51 @45 Persians?

Posted by: RedDish at April 20, 2015 10:10 AM (5eXg1)

52 45
Last call for San Francisco's last lesbian bar

http://tinyurl.com/lms9jhq

Root cause real estate prices, but also guess the city really is a "No Girls Allowed" boy's town now.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (kdS6q)

THIS! IS! LESBOS!!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 10:10 AM (2Ojst)

53 45
Last call for San Francisco's last lesbian bar

http://tinyurl.com/lms9jhq

Root cause real estate prices, but also guess the city really is a "No Girls Allowed" boy's town now.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:09 AM (kdS6q)

Scissor me, Xerxes!

Posted by: Mr. Garrison at April 20, 2015 10:11 AM (2Ojst)

54 ET type, or illegal?

Klaatu never did apply for a visa...

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 20, 2015 10:12 AM (ZKzrr)

55 So, did the Doobie Brothers rip this off for China Grove?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:12 AM (659DL)

56 Even though Cruz is my favorite right now, Rand objects to Lynch because of her use of forfeiture. Thank goodness he is asking the real questions before this party becomes the usual clusterape of the US taxpayer.

Forfeiture laws are scarey and how would someone with the almost unlimited power of the DOJ abuse them is probably the most pertinent point to be raised.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 20, 2015 10:12 AM (MIKMs)

57
Scissor me, Xerxes!

Posted by: Mr. Garrison at April 20, 2015 10:11 AM (2Ojst)

Excuse me? Something you need to tell me?

Posted by: Mrs. Garrison at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM (kQBSd)

58 Also, if you're going to wear suspenders you call them "braces" and they button into buttons on the inside of your waistband.

If I catch any of you mutts with clip on suspenders there's gonna be some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM (JtwS4)

59 Come into the forest, all is well...

Posted by: Ticks at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM (PtTYB)

60 If I catch any of you mutts with clip on suspenders there's gonna be some 'splainin' to do.

Yeah, because they get in the way of the belt.

/runs

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:14 AM (659DL)

61 Quercus coccinea?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at April 20, 2015 10:14 AM (MrqLm)

62
Wonderful landscapes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Shishkin

Posted by: Bruce J. at April 20, 2015 10:15 AM (iQIUe)

63 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:15 AM (kGsA2)

64
EXCLUSIVE: NYC City Council in talks to decriminalize minor offenses like open container and public urination

???

Because that will make NYC such a more livable city?
Fucking liberals

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2015 09:42 AM (rDqRv)

NYC leftists are nostalgic for the vibrantly vivid and authentic NY atmosphere of early 70s Times Square. They've been caterwauling about the "Disneyfication" of TS under Giuliani for over 20 years.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (SpnVI)

65 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces.

I...

Errr...

umm....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (659DL)

66
I am Hillary, hear me roar!

(Psssssssst - Granny Fart)

Posted by: Sir Edmund Hillary Rodham Clinton at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (P330y)

67 Come into the forest, all is well...
Posted by: Ticks at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM

This post brought to you by Outside What is Trying to Kill You, the US Forest Service and the Ad Council.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (h4vJk)

68 That painting is very specieist. Why is there not a greater diversity of trees?

Bigot.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (/l3Yp)

69 63 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:15 AM (kGsA2)

That' he's out of the closet?

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:17 AM (zt+N6)

70 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:15 AM

Please tell the Horde you're kidding....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 10:17 AM (h4vJk)

71 That painting is very specieist. Why is there not a greater diversity of trees?

Bigot.

Mother Nature cares not one wit about your desires.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:17 AM (mMxp9)

72 Wait - a "homocore" band? I can't even.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:18 AM (kGsA2)

73 Skwerl paradise.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at April 20, 2015 10:18 AM (MrqLm)

74 That painting is very specieist. Why is there not a greater diversity of trees?

That painting is oakier than an Oak Ridge Boys concert.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:18 AM (659DL)

75
Come into the forest, all is well...
Posted by: Ticks at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM

This post brought to you by Outside What is Trying to Kill You, the US Forest Service and the Ad Council.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 10:16 AM (h4vJk)

Mother Nature is a serial killer.......

*trips with finger on Glock trigger, blows own head off*

Posted by: Zombie British Microbiologist from World War Z at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (SpnVI)

76 Lowry has managed to drive away every interesting writer at NRO to the point where the predictable Kevin Williamson is the featured star. It's reached the point that Dan Foster would be at the top of the masthead.

Posted by: bjk at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (7hNEM)

77 He waited for the right moment. Lesbian bars give him the hives.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (FuIea)

78 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.

We're gonna need a bigger clown car.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (zF6Iw)

79
Because that will make NYC such a more livable city?
Fucking liberals

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2015 09:42 AM (rDqRv)

Nothing proclaims the alive feeling than the smell of urine in the air.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (F2IAQ)

80 Morning all. Time to get all angsty I guess. I need a week off from the destruction of the Republic. Beautiful picture. Wish I was there.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (5+mPY)

81 Mother Nature is a serial killer.......

*trips with finger on Glock trigger, blows own head off*

Posted by: Zombie British Microbiologist from World War Z at April 20, 2015 10:19 AM (SpnVI)

Mother Nature is a bitch. And she's on the rag.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (zt+N6)

82 That painting is very specieist. Why is there not a greater diversity of trees?

That painting is oakier than an Oak Ridge Boys
concert.

Woodier than Man's Country with Obama on all fours.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (mMxp9)

83 "a bigger clown car"

Pennywise for President!

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (FuIea)

84
Mother Nature is a bitch. And she's on the rag.
Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (zt+N6

Any you're just noticing this now?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (F2IAQ)

85 Attention Criminals:

This area is restricted from access. Don't even look in this general direction beyond this posting.

Posted by: EPA at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (UzPAd)

86 63 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.
Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:15 AM (kGsA2)

Well, at least the first few debates should be entertaining:

"Senator Graham, you have 30 seconds."

"Well, I just don't think--"

"That's enough from you, missy. Senator Paul, 45 seconds."

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (RD7QR)

87 You could probably pick up a real nice deer tick necklace right there.

Posted by: Pecan Scandi at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (JVWwF)

88 Maybe I misheard on Lindsey Graham - googling it says he is 91% sure he will run - he made the decision, it just depends on whether he can raise the money.

So that looks like a no, then.

Posted by: blaster at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (kGsA2)

89 Any you're just noticing this now?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:20 AM (F2IAQ)

Nope. I've posted that at least two times previously.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (zt+N6)

90 I denounce the arboreal privilege depicted in this picture. I demand grass equality!

Posted by: American College Student, $100,000 in debt at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (PtTYB)

91 87 You could probably pick up a real nice deer tick ~~necklace~~ merkin right there.
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (JVWwF)

FTFY

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (2Ojst)

92 Oh goodness - Lindsey Graham announces. Puh. Leeze.

Fresh hell indeed.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (0HooB)

93 it just depends on whether he can raise the money.

So that looks like a no, then.

Maybe we should chip in.

You know, for the comedy.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (659DL)

94 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?

Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)

95
Saw a dog rescued off the freeway in LA and his ears wee covered with ticks.

Posted by: Bruce J. at April 20, 2015 10:23 AM (iQIUe)

96 94 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?
Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)

No, but the Pope is. [Looks around for thunderbolt]

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:23 AM (RD7QR)

97 A Forest of Rape!

Posted by: Sabrina Ruben Erdely at April 20, 2015 10:24 AM (2ap0X)

98 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?

You don't really come for the hunting, do you?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 20, 2015 10:24 AM (JtwS4)

99 94 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?

Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)

Can't be. I don't see a roll of Charmin.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:24 AM (zt+N6)

100 94 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?
Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)

AtC

Posted by: Mrs. Garrison at April 20, 2015 10:24 AM (kQBSd)

101
Even Popes gotta go!

Posted by: Bruce J. at April 20, 2015 10:25 AM (iQIUe)

102 Lindsey Graham wants to be the next VP Biden.

Posted by: @votermom at April 20, 2015 10:25 AM (la5++)

103
Is that bear pooping behind that tree?
Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)

Shit, I'm outta here......

Posted by: The Rabbit from the joke at April 20, 2015 10:25 AM (SpnVI)

104 102 Lindsey Graham wants to be the next VP Biden.
Posted by: @votermom at April 20, 2015 10:25 AM (la5++)

He's overqualified.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:25 AM (RD7QR)

105 be gone sock

Posted by: wrg500 at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (kQBSd)

106 Btw the painting is amazingly realistic. Hats off tothe artist - that's real talent!

Posted by: @votermom at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (la5++)

107 Hola americanos! �Podemos entrar ahora?

Posted by: 11 Million new citizens at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (UzPAd)

108 Shit, I'm outta here......
Posted by: The Rabbit

C'mere Stinky.
-The Bear

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (mMxp9)

109 We are a mere two weeks removed from snow and I've already needed to clean ticks off the dogs. I hate those things.

Posted by: MTF at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (LISuA)

110 Republicans are worthless
___
My future consulting gigs beg to differ.

/hic

Posted by: John Boehner at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (78TbK)

111 You put yer weed in it.
http://is.gd/zs4YGX

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (ZKzrr)

112 Ha ha ha

That Salon article is hilarious.

What a hysterical irrational little pajama boy.

He demonstrates the greatest weakness(strength?!?) of the Leftards -

to prove you're the most pure of the purest purity
ideologues-

you can't just turn the dial to 11.

You have to turn it to 11,000,000.

And then there's always some bastard who turns it up to 11,000,001.

He reads like a lunatic.

but, apparently a lunatic with a nice job, so....

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (KUa85)

113 99 94 Is that bear pooping behind that tree?

Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:22 AM (8ikIW)
Can't be. I don't see a roll of Charmin.

Pfft. Who needs Charmin, when there are all these fluffy bunnies around?

Posted by: Bear #76 at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (PtTYB)

114 I knew a man named Ivan Shishkinin
Climbed a tree and barked his shin again
Took off several yards of skin again
Poor old Ivan Shishkinin
begin again...

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at April 20, 2015 10:27 AM (NeFrd)

115 That painting looks like a place I would hit my golf ball.

Posted by: MTF at April 20, 2015 10:27 AM (LISuA)

116
106 Btw the painting is amazingly realistic. Hats off tothe artist - that's real talent!
Posted by: @votermom at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM (la5++)

Agree. Nice change from smeary Impressionists, and disturbed Modernists.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:28 AM (5+mPY)

117 Pfft. Who needs Charmin, when there are all these fluffy bunnies around?

Squirrel tails work better. Juz sayin.

Posted by: wrg500 at April 20, 2015 10:28 AM (kQBSd)

118 That painting looks like a place I would hit my golf ball.

Why? There's no windmill or clown face there.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:28 AM (mMxp9)

119 Pfft. Who needs Charmin, when there are all these fluffy bunnies around?

Posted by: Bear #76

Hey, there's 3 leaves growing together, I'll give those a try

Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:29 AM (8ikIW)

120 Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio. It's the end of an era.

Posted by: Guglielmo Marconi at April 20, 2015 10:29 AM (e8kgV)

121 Forfeiture laws are scarey and how would someone with the almost
unlimited power of the DOJ abuse them is probably the most pertinent
point to be raised.
***
The point of the government is to loot the populace for the benefit of the governing class.

Forfeiture laws are a *great* way to do that.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 20, 2015 10:29 AM (78TbK)

122 >>NYC leftists are nostalgic for the vibrantly vivid and authentic NY
atmosphere of early 70s Times Square. They've been caterwauling about
the "Disneyfication" of TS under Giuliani for over 20 years.

Yep.
Decriminalizing things like public urination is the exact opposite of Guiliani's Broken Windows approach, and will have the exact opposite effect on crime. These people are so stupid. Or not, if they're looking to create a crime crisis to which they will offer moar socialism as the cure.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 20, 2015 10:29 AM (2TN4k)

123 >>>Hey, there's 3 leaves growing together, I'll give those a try.

Heh, someone used to be a boy scout...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 20, 2015 10:30 AM (PtTYB)

124 We are the feeders of Vaal.

Posted by: Akuta at April 20, 2015 10:30 AM (evdj2)

125 Agree. Nice change from smeary Impressionists, and disturbed Modernists.

I'll bet he had help from...wait for it...aliens.

Posted by: That wierd hair guy on Ancient Aliens (concocting really bigass logical leaps for like a decade now) at April 20, 2015 10:30 AM (659DL)

126 He reads like a lunatic.

but, apparently a lunatic with a nice job, so....
Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2015 10:26 AM

Judging by the comments to that column, there's a whole lotta lunacy out there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 10:30 AM (h4vJk)

127 Looks like Texas in August.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:30 AM (MYCIw)

128 Nope. I've posted that at least two times previously.
Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:21 AM (zt+N6)

Excusem wah

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 20, 2015 10:31 AM (F2IAQ)

129 Hey, there's 3 leaves growing together,
I'll give those a try.

Heh, someone used to be a boy scout...

"Leaves of 3, leave them be".

Leaves of 7, we're in heaven"

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:31 AM (mMxp9)

130 " I [Obama] put America in the toilet. Vote for Hillary and she'll pull the handle ! "

Posted by: Obama For-ks America at April 20, 2015 10:32 AM (e8kgV)

131 Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio.

WE'RE GOING SATELLITE, BITCHES!!!

Posted by: The Bergen Morning Zoo at April 20, 2015 10:32 AM (659DL)

132 Squirrel tails work better. Juz sayin.

Posted by: wrg500

Haha, chasing squirrel tail.

Wait, no, that's good! Keep it up! Screw those damn squirrels!

Posted by: the chicken at April 20, 2015 10:34 AM (MYPM9)

133
127 Looks like Texas in August.
Posted by: Lauren

Yeah, the Eastern part. In West Texas, brown seems the dominant theme....... I, ah, just reread what I wrote. Re-education Summer Camp for me.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:35 AM (5+mPY)

134 Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week...

****

Wait. Norway has culture?

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at April 20, 2015 10:35 AM (NeFrd)

135 Judging by the comments to that column, there's a whole lotta lunacy out there.

I wonder what color/pattern/strobe frequency the sky is the world where Christians are kicking down doors and making you convert.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (659DL)

136 What's fun at the Salon page is to link to the comments, then do a sort to get TOP COMMENTS.

Top. Comments.

Bile must be lighter than water. All the rabid supporters have their comments up at the top.

Have we ever been this polarized?

Who is gonna get to run the camps? Who is gonna be herded inside?

Will there be weeping and gnashing of teeth?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (U6f54)

137 Wait. Norway has culture?

Reindeer yoghurt. o.O

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (ZKzrr)

138 Wait. Norway has culture?

Posted by: Muldoon

Unleash the Valkyries.

Posted by: Thor at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (MYPM9)

139 I almost lasted a full three minutes on that Salon link in the sidebar.

I'm proud of myself. Now I need to take a loooong shower.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 20, 2015 10:37 AM (0HooB)

140 The mutant spiders are hiding in those trees, waiting for everyone to fall asleep before they come out and destroy humanity.

Pleasant dreams.

Posted by: physics geek at April 20, 2015 10:37 AM (MT22W)

141 In astronomy news, the cause of the Great Galactic Cold Spot has been identified. It's nothing. Many billions of lightyears across of emptiness. Three billion lightyears from us, which isn't that far (on this scale).

Vernor Vinge would probably say that this is where God lives. HP Lovecraft would say... other things

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 10:37 AM (FuIea)

142 I almost lasted a full three minutes
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

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Hahahahahahahaha! First time?

Posted by: Context at April 20, 2015 10:38 AM (MYPM9)

143 HP Lovecraft would say... other things
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 10:37 AM (FuIea)

And probably at great length.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:38 AM (RD7QR)

144 135 Judging by the comments to that column, there's a whole lotta lunacy out there.

I wonder what color/pattern/strobe frequency the sky is the world where Christians are kicking down doors and making you convert.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (659DL)

One thing I know from hanging around Evi Churches, it's a voluntary association. Hell, it's like herding cats.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:38 AM (5+mPY)

145 Regarding that Christian-bashing Salon article in the sidebar. I always find it interesting that such articles are always written by "rationalists", i.e., those who believe in global warming and every other hoax that comes down the pike, sans evidence. And that their "rationalist" solutions to our problems ALWAYS fail, leaving destroyed nations and millions of murdered humans in their wake.

And of course they always leave aside the ling history of rational Christian thought which helped guide us from utter barbarism to the civilization we have today.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 20, 2015 10:40 AM (rXB/r)

146 In astronomy news, the cause of the Great Galactic
Cold Spot has been identified. It's nothing. Many billions of lightyears
across of emptiness. Three billion lightyears from us, which isn't that
far (on this scale).

Vernor Vinge would probably say that this is where God lives. HP Lovecraft would say... other things

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo

That's just God's deep freeze, where he keeps his beer cold.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 10:40 AM (MYPM9)

147 In astronomy news, the cause of the Great Galactic Cold Spot has been identified. It's nothing. Many billions of lightyears across of emptiness.

Well that's one more place of the checklist of where the other 95% of everything is.

Maybe we should just stick to trying to predict the earth's temperature to within a tenth of degree 100 years from now.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:40 AM (659DL)

148 Who is gonna get to run the camps? Who is gonna be herded inside?

We propose even/odd days because, fairness.
When it's our turn, we lock the gates an wander off.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:41 AM (mMxp9)

149 And of course they always leave aside the ling history of rational
Christian thought which helped guide us from utter barbarism to the
civilization we have today.
___
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.

Posted by: G.K. Chesterton at April 20, 2015 10:41 AM (78TbK)

150 If I catch any of you mutts with clip on suspenders there's gonna be some 'splainin' to do.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 20, 2015 10:13 AM (JtwS4)

There is that sudden loss of confidence while, seated at the interview table selling yourself as hard as you can dressed in muted "office formal" attire, you get that sudden "Poing!" as you suspender clasp gives up the unequal struggle against the elastic suspender band and snaps up under your suit jacket.

....or when in your haste you fastened them a tad-bit too tight and every time you reach to shake a hand or sit up straight you give yourself an auto-wedgie.

I'm thinking of surgically implanting Velcro to keep my pants up from now on.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2015 10:42 AM (t//F+)

151 In astronomy news, the cause of the Great Galactic Cold Spot has been identified. It's nothing. Many billions of lightyears across of emptiness. Three billion lightyears from us, which isn't that far (on this scale).

My vag is not that big, Mr Man!

Posted by: Hillary! at April 20, 2015 10:42 AM (KUa85)

152 Wait. Norway has culture?
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man

As much as they can afjord

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 20, 2015 10:42 AM (Spluw)

153 Many billions of lightyears
across of emptiness.

+++++++

That's just God's deep freeze, where he keeps his beer cold.

****

Oh Lord, the fridge is empty!

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at April 20, 2015 10:43 AM (NeFrd)

154 I wonder what color/pattern/strobe frequency the sky is the world where
Christians are kicking down doors and making you convert.
___
A christianist refused to serve my wedding. The horror of this damn theocracy!

Posted by: Some Liberal at April 20, 2015 10:43 AM (78TbK)

155 141 In astronomy news, the cause of the Great Galactic Cold Spot has been identified. It's nothing. Many billions of lightyears across of emptiness. Three billion lightyears from us, which isn't that far (on this scale).

Vernor Vinge would probably say that this is where God lives. HP Lovecraft would say... other things
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 10:37 AM (FuIea)

Lovecraft would work"eldritch" into the explanation, count on it.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:43 AM (5+mPY)

156 As much as they can afjord

****

Well played!

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at April 20, 2015 10:43 AM (NeFrd)

157 That's just God's deep freeze, where he keeps his beer cold.

Is that why the light keeps winking off and on?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 10:44 AM (mMxp9)

158 "Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund"
________________________

Who can blame him? His last one ripped off more than a billion dollars of other peoples' money, and he got away with it.

Corzine probably wants to see if he can beat his own record. "They didn't blink when I stole a billion, so this time I'm gonna go for a trillion!"

To quote terrorist Billy Ayers: "guilty as sin, free as a bird. Is this a great country [for criminals] or what?"

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 20, 2015 10:44 AM (lmdHn)

159 The prospects of [a final agreement] being met seemed to weaken further on Sunday after a senior commander of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ruled out allowing intrusive inspections of the country's military sites -- one of the putative deal's main pillars.

"We will respond with hot lead to those who speak of it," General Hossein Salami, the IRGC's deputy leader, told state television. "It means humiliating a nation. They will not even be permitted to inspect the most normal military site in their dreams."

A fact sheet issued by the US state department following the framework accord said Iran would be required to grant International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to "suspicious sites" -- an assertion Tehran has disputed.

Posted by: Obama For-ks America at April 20, 2015 10:44 AM (e8kgV)

160 I thought all Norway had was lutefisk and strip clubs.

(sure, strip clubs. Don't tell me you never heard of the Norse pole?

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at April 20, 2015 10:45 AM (NeFrd)

161 I am Groot!

Posted by: Groot, commenting on painting at April 20, 2015 10:45 AM (MYPM9)

162 Pfft. Who needs Charmin, when there are all these fluffy bunnies around? Posted by: Bear #76

Hey, there's 3 leaves growing together, I'll give those a try
Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2015 10:29 AM (8ikIW)

I've told this joke before, but . . .

Out in the hill country, Ma and Pa Kettle were sleeping when Pa felt the call of nature. He made his way out to the outhouse, relaxed, dumped and then looked around for something to wipe with.

And that's when he was in trouble. No corn cob. No Monkey Ward catalog. No scraps of newspaper. Not even a few leaves lying on the ground. Then, while he wondered what he was going to do, Pa spied something large and white on the ground and reached for it.

When he got back to bed, Ma asked, "What took you so long, Pa?"

"Well, Ma," he answered, "I stopped at the pump to wash my hands."

"Why, Pa? You never washed your hands after leaving the outhouse before."

"That's true," Pa admitted, "but then, I never wiped my ass with a moonbeam before, either."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 20, 2015 10:45 AM (zF6Iw)

163 Wait. Norway has culture?
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man

As much as they can afjord

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 20, 2015 10:42 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 10:45 AM (h4vJk)

164 "They will not even be permitted to inspect the most normal military site in their dreams."

We apparently have a dream area denial gap.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (659DL)

165 Don't tell me you never heard of the Norse pole?

I dunno. That one left me a little cold.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (kff5f)

166 Hector volunteered to be a camp guard last week. He can't wait to round us up.

136
What's fun at the Salon page is to link to the comments, then do a sort to get TOP COMMENTS.

Top. Comments.

Bile must be lighter than water. All the rabid supporters have their comments up at the top.

Have we ever been this polarized?

Who is gonna get to run the camps? Who is gonna be herded inside?

Will there be weeping and gnashing of teeth?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 20, 2015 10:36 AM (U6f54)

Posted by: Pyrocles at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (fVOPU)

167 Wait. Norway has culture?

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man

As much as they can afjord
Posted by: Blue Hen at April 20, 2015 10:42 AM (Spluw)

A bright moment in a grim day.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (t//F+)

168 "it's a voluntary association. Hell, it's like herding cats."

Yeah, and here's the kicker. It's probably the closet you'll ever find to a color blind association.

My spirit filled scary Pentecostal church (no we do not handle snakes, thank you) is as diverse as you'll find. It's almost as though people are *gasp* organizing based on deeply held beliefs and not a quota system.

Can't have that. Can't have that.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (MYCIw)

169 A fact sheet issued by the US state department following the framework accord said Iran would be required to grant International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to "suspicious sites" -- an assertion Tehran has disputed.
Posted by: Obama For-ks America at April 20, 2015 10:44 AM (e8kgV)

When your agreement consists of two diametrically opposed interpretations of what was negotiated you have no agreement.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:47 AM (RD7QR)

170 In Dallas. Heard W speak, unplugged.

W said we shouldn't be apologizing for the country, that our foreign policy is a mess, that Isis is the greatest short term threat, Iran is the greatest long term threat, and that while Putin is not the smartest he is the most cunning and strategic thinker. Says his greatest regrets were not fixing social security and immigration

Then skilled for Jeb. Said we need someone with executive experience and not two years in the Senate (obvious jab at the JEF and Cruz). Said we needed an executive from a large state (forgot about Perry, and Jebs executive experience was quite a while ago now).

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:47 AM (Pd4tx)

171 My spirit filled scary Pentecostal church (no we do not handle snakes, thank you) is as diverse as you'll find.
Posted by: Lauren
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You claim diversity, but deny the snake-handlers!? HYPOCRITE!

Posted by: Leftist Assclown at April 20, 2015 10:48 AM (MYPM9)

172 Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Rubio Catholic and Cruz Southern Baptist?

You know, two of the largest, most mainstream religions in the country.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:49 AM (MYCIw)

173
Idaho fire officials say that parrots trapped in a blazing home called out Fire! Help! Vote for Hillary! before being rescued.

Posted by: Brian Williams at April 20, 2015 10:49 AM (P330y)

174 W also said our foreign policy strategy shouldn't be begging people to like us (also alluding to iran)

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:49 AM (Pd4tx)

175 Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:47 AM (Pd4tx)

Him shilling for Jeb is hardly surprising.

Of course, why couldn't he be out saying, "Hey, maybe we need someone with more experience than just 2 years- most of that voting 'present'- in the Senate," back in 2008?

But concerns about Cruz being a Jr. Senator with only 2 years under his belt are not new, and have been voiced here.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 10:49 AM (kff5f)

176 Shilled for Jeb, not skilled

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:50 AM (Pd4tx)

177 My spirit filled scary Pentecostal church (no we do not handle snakes, thank you) is as diverse as you'll find.
Posted by: Lauren

Dear Penthouse Forum for Snakes,

You'll never guess what didn't happen to me when I went to this Pentecostal church.....

Posted by: Penthouse Forum for Snakes at April 20, 2015 10:50 AM (KUa85)

178 But concerns about Cruz being a Jr. Senator with only 2 years under his belt are not new, and have been voiced here.

No Bushes, no Clintons, no lawyers, no Ivy Leaguers.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:51 AM (659DL)

179 By those criteria, Perry

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:51 AM (Pd4tx)

180 "You claim diversity, but deny the snake-handlers!? HYPOCRITE!"

Ha. You know, I don't know what we'd do if someone came in with a rattler. Since this is Texas, my guess would be "shoot it."

Just providing God's protection and all.

My husband and I were talking about the snake handlers the other day though, and we decided that they probably have good music. I don't think they'd suffer "Modern Praise and Worship". I expect banjos and mandolins, damn it!

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (MYCIw)

181 I thought all Norway had was lutefisk and strip clubs. (sure, strip clubs. Don't tell me you never heard of the Norse pole?
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man

I thought that the strip clubs were in Lapdance Land

Posted by: Blue Hen at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (Spluw)

182
Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017
Posted by: Guglielmo Marconi

Well, that's the end of The Hj�ward Stern Show.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (kdS6q)

183 168 "it's a voluntary association. Hell, it's like herding cats."

Yeah, and here's the kicker. It's probably the closet you'll ever find to a color blind association.

My spirit filled scary Pentecostal church (no we do not handle snakes, thank you) is as diverse as you'll find. It's almost as though people are *gasp* organizing based on deeply held beliefs and not a quota system.

Can't have that. Can't have that.
Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:46 AM (MYCIw)

That would never do. I hung out with the Anglicans and the Presbyterians for a while. They were certainly spirit-filled, if you take my meaning. The Apostolic UPC's had a different concept of "spirit", I found out. Go figure. I never could get the hang of tongues, except early in the morning.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (5+mPY)

184 NESN just posted on FB that Tim Tebow is "Worthless" and the worst backup in the history of the NFL. Fucking loons.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (2cS/G)

185 But concerns about Cruz being a Jr. Senator with only 2 years under his belt are not new, and have been voiced here.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 20, 2015 10:49 AM (kff5f)

At this point, I don't care if somebody's political experience is limited to watching The West Wing, as long as they take a fucking blowtorch to the government.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM (zF6Iw)

186 NESN just posted on FB that Tim Tebow is "Worthless" and the worst backup in the history of the NFL.

I mean the guy hasn't even been to the playof....

Well, he hasn't won a playoff gam....

We'll get back to you.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:54 AM (659DL)

187
Posted by: at April 20, 2015 10:52 AM

And pixy eats the Norsk "o".

Figures. Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posted the comment in the first place.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 20, 2015 10:54 AM (kdS6q)

188 The guy can paint a tree, for sure.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2015 10:54 AM (LA7Cm)

189 Talked about Jebs wife speaking in broken English. Implied Hispanic vote would turn out for him

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:55 AM (Pd4tx)

190 Salon is like the Onion with 50% less humor.

Posted by: Fritz at April 20, 2015 10:55 AM (UzPAd)

191 I don't believe that. I think Hillary is putting Castro as veep. Historic!

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:56 AM (Pd4tx)

192 Salon is like the Onion with 50% less humor.

Posted by: Fritz

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Speaking of the Onion, anybody catch the Clickhole article about how the courageous Internet mobs got an internet bully to kill herself? Delicious satire.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 10:56 AM (MYPM9)

193 186 NESN just posted on FB that Tim Tebow is "Worthless" and the worst backup in the history of the NFL.

I mean the guy hasn't even been to the playof....

Well, he hasn't won a playoff gam....

We'll get back to you.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2015 10:54 AM (659DL)

Let's hope Tim's been working on his long pass.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 10:57 AM (RD7QR)

194 It's particularly absurd because the NFL is notorious for keeping essentially useless QB's on the roster. Ever heard of Brian St.Pierre? Boston College QB, "played" in the NFL for 7 seasons, 2003-2010, Career Total Completions? 15.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2015 10:57 AM (2cS/G)

195 In an bold, daring, unprecedented move CNN is hiring 40 more political reporters to boost their ratings.

Oh that's exciting. I'm really, really lookig to forward to all the new ways to spin the same BS. That will undoubtedly get me to watch them. If I had cable, that is. But in airports and doctor offices I will no longer look for the seat farthest from the TV anymore. Really exciting changes coming to CNN.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at April 20, 2015 10:57 AM (1BQGO)

196 Let's hope Tim's been working on his long pass.
Posted by: joncelli

Let us pray....

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 10:58 AM (MYPM9)

197 It'll be interesting to see if Tebow makes the regular season roster. He should at least beat Sam Bradford who will get released after he tears his ACL making too quick of a turn from the refrigerator to the stove.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 10:58 AM (zt+N6)

198 Is sour grapes one of the Norwegian national dishes? Good with salt fish?
Who remembers Vebjorn Tandberg?
Made his fortune in FM radio, introduced the 39-hour work week, killed himself when he was ousted in 1976, and what was left of his audio company went to Cisco in 2010 -- almost to the month of when Norway pulled the FM plug.

Huh. With a little slash thing through the U.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 20, 2015 10:58 AM (xq1UY)

199
I don't believe that. I think Hillary is putting Castro as veep. Historic!

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 10:56 AM (Pd4tx)

Which one? Fidel or Raul?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2015 10:59 AM (5eKDp)

200 "he Apostolic UPC's had a different concept of "spirit", I found out. "

So, real life story of a real life little town in Texas.

There was a meeting hall donated by some missionary group. It was a general assembly hall, and any congregation could hold services with two exceptions: Catholics and Apostolics.

Well, there was a traveling Apostolic preacher who was coming to town and the Apostolics wanted to use the meeting hall. The Methodists (I believe) put up a big stink and sometime during the night someone went down to the meeting hall and chained the doors.

Well, the Apostolics rolled up to go to the Revival and found it locked, and someone was going to break into it. Meanwhile word traveled that they were getting surly so the Methodists came down to defend the meeting hall.

Things were getting tense with guns drawn on both sides, and then a little Methodist boy ran out and said "I'm going to cut around and shoot 'em if this keeps up!"

Well, no one ended up getting shot, and the Apostolics backed down and held their Revival outside, but the name of the town became:

Cut 'n Shoot, TX.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 10:59 AM (MYCIw)

201 In an bold, daring, unprecedented move CNN is hiring 40 more political reporters to boost their ratings.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon

---

Yes, our new political reporters run the ideological gamut from "left of center" to "even Marx would be embarrassed by how left we are". BOLD.

Posted by: THIS is CNN at April 20, 2015 11:00 AM (MYPM9)

202 Serious question... has anyone thought of using Tebow in the tight end role? He has the size, speed and aggressiveness. Could be another Gronkowski. ( Not a Hernandez though, not as shootie, or tatted).

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 11:00 AM (5+mPY)

203 Scott Walker was just on with Glen Beck. If you are not in love with Scott Walker you will be----you will be.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 20, 2015 11:00 AM (A98Xu)

204
202 Serious question... has anyone thought of using Tebow in the tight end role? He has the size, speed and aggressiveness. Could be another Gronkowski. ( Not a Hernandez though, not as shootie, or tatted).
Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 11:00 AM (5+mPY)

I think I've heard that he has the receiving skill of a Quarterback.

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 11:01 AM (zt+N6)

205 I see a larch in there!

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 20, 2015 11:01 AM (u0kqM)

206 Serious question... has anyone thought of using Tebow in the tight end role?

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I sure have...

Posted by: Reggie at April 20, 2015 11:01 AM (MYPM9)

207 That's an amazing painting...

Posted by: RobM1981 at April 20, 2015 11:02 AM (zurJC)

208 "Serious question... has anyone thought of using Tebow in the tight end role?"

Discussed years ago and Tebow rejected it.

I'm not sure what Chip Kelly is doing but it appears he's putting together one Hell of a college all-star team.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2015 11:02 AM (LA7Cm)

209 and then a little Methodist boy ran out and said "I'm going to cut around and shoot 'em if this keeps up!"

Proof right there that all Christians are evil murderous thugs hell-bent on torturing the gheys with their theocracy!

Posted by: Salon at April 20, 2015 11:02 AM (ZKzrr)

210 Holy schniekies

Posted by: Bob Ross at April 20, 2015 11:02 AM (DL2i+)

211 "two exceptions: Catholics and Apostolics"

BUT WE WON'T TAKE THE IRISH!

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 20, 2015 11:03 AM (FuIea)

212 I think Hillary is putting Castro as veep. Historic!

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So what. He is a lightweight. He about sums up the Dem party talent. Their best hope are two lightweights from San Antonio.

Posted by: SH at April 20, 2015 11:03 AM (gmeXX)

213 Ivan Shishkin's Oak Grove is nice, but I prefer his Hemp Field, 1883.

Posted by: Hipster Art Critic at April 20, 2015 11:03 AM (MYPM9)

214 Jewish reporter harassed in central Paris while crowd watches:

http://tinyurl.com/mokr9v9

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 11:04 AM (BZAd3)

215 I think Hillary is putting Castro as veep. Historic!

----

Castro? The guy who kidnapped girls and kept them enslaved in his basement?

Huh. I thought he'd killed himself, but he really is the ideal Democrat politician.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 11:05 AM (MYPM9)

216 214 Jewish reporter harassed in central Paris while crowd watches:

http://tinyurl.com/mokr9v9
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 11:04 AM (BZAd3)

Unpeople from Judenland.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 11:05 AM (2Ojst)

217 I'm hoping he can play fullback if QB doesn't work out. He's not fast, per se, but tacklers bounce off him at the line of scrimmage. If his legs are still the same tree trunks they used to be, he could be a short yardage beast.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2015 11:05 AM (2cS/G)

218 Jewish reporter harassed in central Paris while crowd watches:

http://tinyurl.com/mokr9v9

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb

Soon to read:

Jewish *insert profession of choice here* stoned in central Paris while crowd cheers.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 11:06 AM (MYPM9)

219 Ivan Shishkin's Oak Grove is nice, but I prefer his Hemp Field, 1883.

Posted by: Hipster Art Critic at April 20, 2015 11:03 AM (MYPM9)

Alas, that field is no more. It got consumed in an extraordinary succession of very small fires.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2015 11:06 AM (5eKDp)

220 Salon.com- For those that feel MSNBC is too moderate...

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 20, 2015 11:06 AM (u0kqM)

221 The two guys from the "In Hiding" painting the other day are just off to the right.. can you spot them?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 20, 2015 11:07 AM (so+oy)

222 I like Oak. Is strong, like bear.

Posted by: Ivan Shishkin at April 20, 2015 11:07 AM (MYPM9)

223 203 Scott Walker was just on with Glen Beck. If you are not in love with Scott Walker you will be----you will be.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 20, 2015 11:00 AM (A98Xu)

The No College Degree thing is a drawback. He also comes off as a bit arrogant (or at least what I saw of him that one time). Otherwise, Throne of Skulls. Throne. Of. Skulls.

Posted by: joncelli at April 20, 2015 11:08 AM (RD7QR)

224 Did I miss the Justified review?

Posted by: Kenway at April 20, 2015 11:08 AM (qxtXS)

225 Alas, that field is no more. It got consumed in an extraordinary succession of very small fires.

He only painted it once. He never could find it again.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 20, 2015 11:09 AM (0HooB)

226 Scott Walker was just on with Glen Beck. If you are not in love with Scott Walker you will be----you will be.

Posted by: Seems Legit

----

Did--did you just slip a love potion in my drink?

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 11:09 AM (MYPM9)

227 He only painted it once. He never could find it again.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy

Dude, what if the green I see when I paint the oak is not the green you see when you look at paint?

MOAR VODKA, SVETLANA!

Posted by: Ivan Shishkin at April 20, 2015 11:10 AM (MYPM9)

228 Thanks for the intel, ThunderB.

Wish W woulda listed his top regrets as not revoking the NYT'sWH press credentials after the surveillance leak, "reforming" intelligence by creating the DNI, not firing George at CIA after 9/11, having ever hired Colin Powell, promoting Condi Rice so high, establishing DHS, not ensuring he had minimally capable communications people who could obliterate the idiotic artificial "scandals" of firing US attorneys, the Wilson op-ed, and on and on, not personally taking to the airwaves to refute/educate/mock the delusional hysterical crap fed to the public on WMD and the need to remove the Iraqi regime, returning sovereignty to Iraq 5 years too early, not firing Gen. Casey in 2005 and replacing him with Gen. Mattis, pushing for Medicare Part D, continuing/abetting the lawlessness of illegal immigration and its associated evils, signing Citizens United and the light-bulb ban bills, not making a stand on Fannie Mae's reckless demolition of financial markets via mortgage derivative insanity, hiring the vile and destructive Paulson as SecTreas and then following his disastrous advice, not severely punishing Iran and making them regret their decades' long war against us, not hitting Assad extremely hard for his meddling, not giving Sunni Iraqis an ultimatum to behave or have no future, and ..... well, no, that should do.

None of those, huh?

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2015 11:12 AM (afQnV)

229 And Cameron would be heartbroken if Jews ever felt compelled to leave:

http://tinyurl.com/mjuht6j

He must get his news the same way Obama does. (guessing he hasn't read the newspapers lately)

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 11:12 AM (BZAd3)

230 216 214 Jewish reporter harassed in central Paris while crowd watches:

http://tinyurl.com/mokr9v9
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 20, 2015 11:04 AM (BZAd3)

Unpeople from Judenland.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 20

I read this kind of shit, and the effect it has on me is making me more militant (yeah I went there) in my attitude about defending the Judeo- Christian West (went there again) at all costs, by whatever means necessary. This kind of thing cannot be endured, with a passive, weak nuanced attitude.

Posted by: kraken at April 20, 2015 11:12 AM (5+mPY)

231 Looking this guy up. He liked to paint trees. Really liked to.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2015 11:12 AM (LA7Cm)

232
231 Looking this guy up. He liked to paint trees. Really liked to.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 20, 2015 11:12 AM (LA7Cm)

Arborphiliac?

Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2015 11:14 AM (zt+N6)

233 But were they happy trees?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 20, 2015 11:14 AM (MYCIw)

234 The No College Degree thing is a drawback. He also
comes off as a bit arrogant (or at least what I saw of him that one
time). Otherwise, Throne of Skulls. Throne. Of. Skulls.

Posted by: joncelli
.......
Smarmy.. that's my impression..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 20, 2015 11:14 AM (so+oy)

235 Nood, comrades.

Posted by: Ivan Shishkin at April 20, 2015 11:14 AM (MYPM9)

236 Did--did you just slip a love potion in my drink?
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at April 20, 2015 11:09 AM (MYPM9)

-----

Yes.

When Walker discussed his conversations with Governor Abbott of Texas about what is really happening on the border and what we must do for security reasons, I was hooked, above and beyond everything else that is right about Walker.

To me, no degree is a plus.

My final answer: Walker/Cruz 2016

Cruz helps with the no degree deal.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 20, 2015 11:14 AM (A98Xu)

237 Black Gospel Choir Makes Man Wish He Believed In All That God Bullshit
http://is.gd/xhBdjy

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 20, 2015 11:15 AM (ZKzrr)

238 Large majority of commenters on NESN FB post are calling out the cheapshot headline/article writer. Many are prefaced by "I'm not a Tebow fan, but you are a dick..."

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 20, 2015 11:15 AM (2cS/G)

239 None of those, huh?

You start a list you'll invoke torquewrench.

Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2015 11:18 AM (DL2i+)

240 DaveA, was just wondering what happened to torque.

And no, I think my list is solid and substantive, and devoid of exaggeration or emotion or obscure hobby-horses (and obviously it's a partial list). Besides that, there isn't the slightest anger or hostility in my approach, only despair and frustration. (the single time I can recall wanting to punch Dubya was his - apparent - arrogant attitude about his offensive and ridiculous amnesty push .... "see you at the bill signing"). Ironically, otherwise he was the opposite of the swaggering jerk portrayed by the press - but you knew that.

Find a single item on my list whose removal (i.e. alternative history, Dubya does opposite of what he did) would not have helped the country and the world. On the contrary, my list is just "top" regrets I was fantasizing he might have.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2015 11:23 AM (afQnV)

241 can we still make fun of electric cars?
And yeah Cruz really wants to be VP

Posted by: righter at April 20, 2015 11:26 AM (Kj2zW)

242
About Tebow--I read, but didn't save the article, that for the last couple years has been working with the same coach that tutors Brady.

According to the column, he's vastly improved, so I guess we'll see.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 20, 2015 11:26 AM (jeCnD)

243 No argument just kibbitzing.

Bombing Pakistan some?

Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2015 11:31 AM (DL2i+)

244 That is a beautiful painting, rdbrewer. Brings back a lot of memories.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 20, 2015 11:35 AM (w2h7B)

245 Bomb Pokeestahn? Nope. Dealing with them is simply a logistical neccessity (A'stan). Besides, there are rumors we've offed some of their friends/partners in A'stan - true rumors. Just about par for the course in that area.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2015 11:41 AM (afQnV)

246 He also more or less conceded Jeb would lose the first couple of primaries

Posted by: Thunder B, Sandy Vag at April 20, 2015 12:28 PM (8VJhW)

247 Absolutely beautiful oil painting. I cry for most of your foolish commenters.

Posted by: the count at April 20, 2015 12:45 PM (MdW1j)

248 Maybe asked upthread, but that could be photo it is so realistic.

Posted by: Penfold at April 20, 2015 12:46 PM (Fbt5B)

249 jhdVE5 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com

Posted by: chaba at April 29, 2015 05:19 PM (PQxWL)

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