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Mid-Morning Open Thread: The Pennsylvania Impressionist School [CBD]


The_Canal,_Evening,_by_Edward_W._Redfield.jpg

The Canal Evening
Edward Redfield

From commenter josephistan:

If you're taking suggestions for future art threads Y-not, how about someone from the Pennsylvania Impressionist school, like Edward Redfield or Fern Coppedge? They created some beautiful paintings.

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Brooklyn Bridge At Night
Edward Redfield

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Lower New York
Edward Redfield

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 AM




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1 *cough*

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 09:58 AM (Fmupd)

2 Not bad.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2016 09:59 AM (08Znv)

3 The Carnal Evening..... I like it!

Posted by: Nearsighted Moron at May 24, 2016 09:59 AM (TnUKj)

4 I like the B&W one.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 09:59 AM (Fmupd)

5 Damnit Soona, turn your head to the left and then cough.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2016 10:00 AM (08Znv)

6 Great news everyone! Speaker Ryan just bailed out Puerto Rico! Yay!

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 24, 2016 10:00 AM (UBzPO)

7 The Brooklyn Bridge is such a beauty.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at May 24, 2016 10:00 AM (1xUj/)

8 I can't believe I was first or I would have written something erudite and profound. Like the Sunday book thread.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:02 AM (Fmupd)

9 I'll bet there's a lot of iron in those bodies of water from all of the boating accidents.

Posted by: Fritz at May 24, 2016 10:03 AM (UzPAd)

10 That canal sure looks cold.

Posted by: Octiparan at May 24, 2016 10:03 AM (/mEDN)

11 Brooklyn Bridge At Night
Edward Renfield

Hey, isn't that the guy who said ugly women will vote for Hillary?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 24, 2016 10:03 AM (voOPb)

12 Nice!
But no more snow - I've got Spring fever!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:04 AM (NOIQH)

13 I also like the lower NY painting. Is that where Hell's Kitchen is?

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:06 AM (Fmupd)

14 A little man in every boat.

Posted by: Zombie David Rappaport at May 24, 2016 10:07 AM (gtYNz)

15 Has anyone posted a nood in the last thread?

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:08 AM (Fmupd)

16 What the so-called "conservative" Bob Englis says about the AGW scam:


What conservative wouldn't jump at the chance to reduce taxes on income and shift taxes onto really anything else? he said during a recent discussion. It makes sense to un-tax income, something we want more of, and shift the tax to CO2, something you want less of. It's a no-brainer- change what you tax.



Bullshit on several score:


It certifies the lie that there is global warming when it doesn't exist.


Any "tax" proposed here will not result in eliminating or reducing any tax anywhere else. They always promise that and then "forget" that promise when they actually pass the law.


He also had a very liberal cross-over vote record previously on the AGW scam and voted with the Democrats on the Iraq war. There is a reason he is an "ex-Senator" in SC.


But to the news media he is a conservative, the kind the news media likes.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 10:09 AM (vvmPQ)

17 I think I see a guy getting ready to jump on the bridge...

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:09 AM (B48dK)

18 I really like the top painting. The school is new to me. I think more color in the lower two would make them more effective and less muddy looking. Thanks for all the variety you have been posting.

Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2016 10:09 AM (V+03K)

19 Avoided barrel with italics kill in name.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 10:10 AM (vvmPQ)

20 those paintings are interesting. Impressionism viewed through smog

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:10 AM (zOTsN)

21 I think I see a guy getting ready to jump on the bridge...
Posted by: steevy

Renfield! Don't let him go to waste. Bring him to me...

Posted by: Count Dracula at May 24, 2016 10:11 AM (326rv)

22 BTW...Nice work on the lighting.

Posted by: Count Dracula at May 24, 2016 10:12 AM (326rv)

23 Brooklyn bridge ? heard it was for sale recently. probably a rumor...

Posted by: runner at May 24, 2016 10:12 AM (c6/9Q)

24
Isn't Renfield the batshit crazy bug eater in Dracula?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2016 10:12 AM (BK3ZS)

25 I agree, the top one really does look cold.
Nice selection this morning.

Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 10:12 AM (aQQbl)

26 that story about the Egypt Air incident

some guy leaked to the media that it must be an explosion becuase they havent found any whole body parts

not necessarily. A high impact crash into the sea, sans explosion, would do the same thing

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:13 AM (zOTsN)

27 That one at the top is an etching? The kind you invite your newest lady friend up to the loft to see?

Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 10:13 AM (kwklw)

28
9 I'll bet there's a lot of iron in those bodies of water from all of the boating accidents.


There is, and Enfield is the go-to painter to find out where those are.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2016 10:14 AM (BK3ZS)

29 Vic, I can't ever get the Italicans to work for me. I would hire Muldoon's dad to shell them into submission if I could.

Posted by: pookysgirl at May 24, 2016 10:14 AM (EgeHs)

30 The Canal painting does not look impressionistic like the other ones..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 24, 2016 10:15 AM (so+oy)

31
27 That one at the top is an etching? The kind you invite your newest lady friend up to the loft to see?

Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 10:13 AM (kwklw)


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Perhaps that's why I like it so well.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:15 AM (Fmupd)

32 >>Great news everyone! Speaker Ryan just bailed out Puerto Rico! Yay!

Actually, he didn't. Just the opposite in fact. Every once in a while it helps to actually read the legislation.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (/tuJf)

33 Thanks for taking my suggestion, CBD, but I have to correct you. It's "Redfield" not "Renfield." Renfield was the bug-eating Dracula fanboy.

Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (7HtZB)

34 For Realizes! It is for sale.
And I can get it for you at a steal!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (r65B3)

35
His later paintings were of spiders, flies and bugs.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2016 10:18 AM (493sH)

36
The two occupants of those skiffs are canoodling just off-etching to the left.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2016 10:18 AM (BK3ZS)

37 13 I also like the lower NY painting. Is that where Hell's Kitchen is?
Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:06 AM (Fmupd)

Instead of playing "find the sniper", play "Find the Daredevil"

Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:18 AM (7HtZB)

38 Got a mule and her name is Sal.

Posted by: Canal man at May 24, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

39 Actually, he didn't. Just the opposite in fact. Every once in a while it helps to actually read the legislation.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (/tuJf)

****

Really? What exactly did he do?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 24, 2016 10:19 AM (0CLKt)

40 At the expense of looking like I'm walking something back, I didn't say it had to be a catastrophic explosion.
I think the smoke alarms and avionics failure could be a tell tale sign that there was a small charge detonated in the nose of the airplane.
It would be easier to conceal, and still achieve the desired goal. Death and terror.

Nothing says the terrorists can't change tactics. I suspect they are always testing the walls with ideas. Hell, if I thought of it I can't be the only one.

Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 10:20 AM (aQQbl)

41 Um, can someone please explain why Angelina Jolie will be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics?

Angelina Jolie Pitt is taking her passion for women's rights and gender
equality to the classroom. The actress, 40, is set to join the London
School of Economics as a visiting professor for the new masters course
on women, peace and security for the 2016-2017 school year. As a
visiting professor, Jolie Pitt will deliver guest lectures, participate
in workshop and public events, and continue research on projects.



Basically, they want Jolie on campus so they can meet her and get some media attention, right? The new Masters course sounds...not very useful.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:20 AM (NOIQH)

42 Obama demanded a blowjob but Paul Ryan held firm and only gave him a handjob.

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:20 AM (B48dK)

43
...wretched hive scum and villainy...


comes to mind

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2016 10:21 AM (BK3ZS)

44 Really? What exactly did he do?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 24, 2016 10:19 AM (0CLKt)


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Please don't tell me he left it up to John Roberts.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:22 AM (Fmupd)

45 Not a Renfield fan.

Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2016 10:23 AM (/m8T6)

46 13 I also like the lower NY painting. Is that where Hell's Kitchen is?
Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:06 AM (Fmupd)

Instead of playing "find the sniper", play "Find the Daredevil"



Hell's Kitchen was in the West 40's, this picture is of way downtown by the Staten Island Ferry.

Hell's Kitchen hasn't existed for years. It had already been rebranded Clinton when I moved to the City in the early 80s.

The whole "Westies" Irish mob thing was over by then, too, but it doesn't keep people from still putting it in movies.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at May 24, 2016 10:23 AM (1xUj/)

47 38 Got a mule and her name is Sal.

Posted by: Canal man at May 24, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

Damn earworm now.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 10:23 AM (/CXhS)

48 >>Really? What exactly did he do?

He, along with the committee chairman and members of the Freedom Caucus like Raul Labrador, put forth a bill that allows PR to restructure their debt under the auspices of an oversight board. There is no, repeat no, federal bailout money involved.

Here is the WSJ calling it an example of conservative principles being used to fix a problem caused by liberal principles.

http://tinyurl.com/hoovtoe

Best part is that because of the urgency of getting something done Ryan got Obama and much of the left to cave and go along with it with a few notable exceptions like Uncle Bernie who absolutely wanted a government bailout.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:23 AM (/tuJf)

49 So today the hearing goes forward regarding IRS's Koskinen. Can they impeach him in abstentia?

Posted by: Cheri at May 24, 2016 10:24 AM (oiNtH)

50 Hell's Kitchen hasn't existed for years.
____________________________


That's what you think pal!

Posted by: IP's Ex-wife at May 24, 2016 10:25 AM (aQQbl)

51
Speaker Ryan's legislation is not a bailout

Paul Ryan gets his first win: Bailing out Puerto Rico

Sanders blasts Puerto Rico debt deal

Puerto Rico deceptively called 'restructuring'

Ryan secures big win with bipartisan Puerto Rico deal


Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 10:25 AM (kwklw)

52 Historical art has often been used to understand the culture from the time the art was produced, like the Morgan/Maciejowski Bible showing biblical events with arms and armor from the time.

I'd love to see something similar from today. Jesus riding into town on a humble bus, with throngs of people taking photos with their phones, and the modern Pharisees in the background, leftist protestors and their thought-leaders.

Posted by: Grimaldi at May 24, 2016 10:26 AM (MsZQY)

53 At the expense of looking like I'm walking something back, I didn't say it had to be a catastrophic explosion.
I think the smoke alarms and avionics failure could be a tell tale sign that there was a small charge detonated in the nose of the airplane.
It would be easier to conceal, and still achieve the desired goal. Death and terror.

Nothing says the terrorists can't change tactics. I suspect they are always testing the walls with ideas. Hell, if I thought of it I can't be the only one.
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 10:20 AM (aQQbl)

that makes sense. I still think its terrorism that took down the Egypt Air aircraft. But the idea that small parts of body part means explosion isnt so. I had to review an aircraft accident investigation. Guy passed out and flew into a mountain. Found one piece of his body, size of a fist. Thats it.

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:27 AM (zOTsN)

54 Cold, gray, and gloomy. A bit like Hillary's sex life.

(Veal, dammit! And tip the damn waitresses!)

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at May 24, 2016 10:27 AM (iLoHX)

55 Not much into impressionists. Or ventriloquists. Or anything Vaudeville or Edwardian.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:28 AM (tbq1U)

56 Basically, they want Jolie on campus so they can
meet her and get some media attention, right? The new Masters course
sounds...not very useful.


Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:20 AM (NOIQH)

Yeah it's basically for the money and the attention, not for the academic rigor.
Same reason Obama was an adjunct professor at U. Chicago while he was a state senator. It wasn't about his professorial skills. It was because he was a state senator wielding influence.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:28 AM (uAvJJ)

57
Watching vid of Corey Lewandowski vs CBS Morning Idiots. I like him.

Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 10:29 AM (pC96u)

58 JackStraw, thanks. I've being trying to explain to folks no Federal Money was being used.

I'm no fan of Ryan but he didn't screw the pooch (or stab me in the back) on this one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 24, 2016 10:29 AM (U+nHb)

59
Obviously, BOR is suing wife in retaliation for recently losing the custody battle. His kids are 13 & 17 and can choose who to live with. The divorce was in 2011. Is he arguing that but for her allegedly lying about her relationship with her future husband, he would not have agreed to the settlement? I suspect that he did not agree to a dime more than what the court would have awarded her. And wasnt Bill catting around during the marriage?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:30 AM (iQIUe)

60 Speaking of Daredevil, I just started watching Jessica Jones on Netflix. I like it much better. I stopped watching Daredevil after Kingpin smashing the guy's head in a car door episode. I just couldn't get in to it.

Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 10:31 AM (GgxVX)

61 Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:27 AM (zOTsN)

________________________________


Yea, a small plane went down after takeoff and exploded in IL a few years back. Friend of mine was the grounds manager at the airport and he said the same thing.

Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 10:31 AM (aQQbl)

62 For jaw dropping crazy, read the Mother Jones interview with someone who describes herself as a "fat activist", meaning she specifically SJW's for more fatness on people and not that she is a general activist who is merely a larder.

Every sentence is a jargon-driven revelation. I readily admit I actually could not read the whole thing, because of the banality of this woman's thinking, but it blows my mind someone like her can actually earn enough money to pay her coffee bills and to eat. A lot.

Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2016 10:32 AM (/m8T6)

63 @62 sorry- I'm referring to the sidebar article link

Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2016 10:32 AM (/m8T6)

64 From the mouth of Alex Jones. Glenn Beck is a power mad Satanist creating a Hell on Earth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 10:32 AM (Nwg0u)

65 If Bill O'Reilly gave a flying damn about his children's emotional stability he wouldn't be spraying acid on an open wound.


Bill O'Reilly cares for naught but himself. Saying aught else is nothing but >_> spin.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at May 24, 2016 10:33 AM (6JL3d)

66 Disqus commenting now activated at Instapundit. Sounds like a good idea to me especially in not having to hear NeverTrumpers whine about their comments being masked.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 10:33 AM (PLnZs)

67 60 Speaking of Daredevil, I just started watching Jessica Jones on Netflix. I like it much better. I stopped watching Daredevil after Kingpin smashing the guy's head in a car door episode. I just couldn't get in to it.
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 10:31 AM (GgxVX)

==============
I suggest you give Daredevil S2 a look. It is very good. The Punisher has got his own spin off which shd be interesting.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:34 AM (iQIUe)

68 AND THE SPIN STOPS HERE.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at May 24, 2016 10:34 AM (6JL3d)

69 Isn't Renfield the batshit crazy bug eater in Dracula?

------

I won't hurt you! All I want is your life force!

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at May 24, 2016 10:34 AM (Xq8vL)

70 This Renfield?

https://youtu.be/X44qGFWAcKc

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:35 AM (6TBbF)

71 Every sentence is a jargon-driven revelation.

I quit reading it after she described her decision to end the life of another human being as "mundane." I would be willing to bet she shits purple footballs at the thought of someone carrying a gun for self-defense, but killing an innocent kid in the womb, eh, just a routine medical procedure.

Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 10:35 AM (GgxVX)

72 64 From the mouth of Alex Jones. Glenn Beck is a power mad Satanist creating a Hell on Earth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 10:32 AM (Nwg0u)


--------------------


Glenn Beck has allowed himself to become nothing more than background noise.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:35 AM (Fmupd)

73 I've been sitting here wondering "who the hell is BOR ? Never seen that nic".

Gotta' get out more.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:35 AM (tbq1U)

74 If they bring MoonKnight into Daredvil I might watch.MoonKnight!

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (B48dK)

75 I still don't know what Paul Ryan's plan for Puerto Rico is, and it isn't even his plan since he had nothing to do with the negotiations between D - R.

In fact, the legislation isn't even written yet, since details are still being worked out.

I guess we'll have to pass it to find out what's in it.

Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (kwklw)

76
Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 10:33 AM (PLnZs)
===============

Hey, andy! The Romeo Section has bee picked up for a season 2. I wish they wd get a US distributor.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (iQIUe)

77 From the mouth of Alex Jones. Glenn Beck is a power mad Satanist creating a Hell on Earth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 10:32 AM (Nwg0u)

I watched him mimicking Beck and it was pretty funny. Mentally unhinged people going after each other is kind of fun. It's a lot like hobo fights.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (Ee2nz)

78
Here is the WSJ calling it an example of conservative principles being used to fix a problem caused by liberal principles.

If the WSJ says it's conservative then it must be so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (k4M/B)

79 Mother Jones article, both subject and author, blame the world for their self loathing

it was pathetic reading

I could practically feel the breeze from the arm flapping

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:37 AM (zOTsN)

80 Looks cold. No thank you.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 10:37 AM (LA7Cm)

81 >>Every sentence is a jargon-driven revelation. I readily admit I
actually could not read the whole thing, because of the banality of this
woman's thinking, but it blows my mind someone like her can actually
earn enough money to pay her coffee bills and to eat. A lot.


Let me guess, it boils down to: "I'm fat and I want you to change (i.e. accept me) so that I don't have to to feel good about myself."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:37 AM (NOIQH)

82 >>>Basically, they want Jolie on campus so they can meet her and get some
media attention, right? The new Masters course sounds...not very useful.<<<

I'd like to find out why her boobies were so damn stiff in Tomb Raider. It was very disconcerting.

Posted by: Fritz at May 24, 2016 10:38 AM (UzPAd)

83 For jaw dropping crazy, read the Mother Jones interview with someone who describes herself as a "fat activist", meaning she specifically SJW's for more fatness on people and not that she is a general activist who is merely a larder.

-
We need old, fat, ugly, bald guy liberation. Our battle cry is, "My Body Is A Temple. Make A Sacrifice To It.",

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 10:38 AM (Nwg0u)

84 Also, a lot of "I'm tired of policing people on the internet. So I need help", Lizzy.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 10:38 AM (F26eZ)

85 Watching vid of Corey Lewandowski vs CBS Morning Idiots. I like him.

Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 10:29 AM (pC96u)


That's like being raped all over again.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 24, 2016 10:38 AM (tewYv)

86 Geeze. Just heard Deray's voice. Sounded nothing like I would have thought.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 10:38 AM (/CXhS)

87 82 She had a double mastectomy.

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:39 AM (B48dK)

88 >>If the WSJ says it's conservative then it must be so.

No, you're right. It's the devil.

I forget that everything sucks sometimes.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:39 AM (/tuJf)

89
I use to work in Hell's Kitchen. Lots of drunks passed out on the sidewalks. We use to jump over them while running for the subway. Lot's of Irish guys born in Hell's Kitchen and died in Hells Kitchen - young, due to their due to alcoholism.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:40 AM (iQIUe)

90 Jolies mastectomys were after her role in Tomb Raider

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:40 AM (zOTsN)

91 If there is no bailout for PR, then who will take the hit in the restructuring?

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:40 AM (MQEz6)

92 Can I go with "Paul Ryan sucks but he may have accidentally got this right ... with an option to fvck it up later" ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (tbq1U)

93 Watching vid of Corey Lewandowski vs CBS Morning Idiots. I like him.

Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 10:29 AM (pC96u)
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I like him, too.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (iQIUe)

94 re: Egypt Air crash. Don't rule out poor maintenance and leap to terrorism.

Or for really off the wall:

Swiss Air Flt 111 went down with the loss of all life because they installed an after-market entertainment system that overloaded the electrical system that started a fire which resulted in crippling the plane.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (6TBbF)

95 58 I'm no fan of Ryan but he didn't screw the pooch (or stab me in the back) on this one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 24, 2016 10:29 AM (U+nHb)

The PR bill only allows them to restructure their debt in the same manner that States can restructure theirs.


But one must keep in mid that the last State to do that was CA and it included a huge cash transfusion from the feds who bought their worthless bonds.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 10:42 AM (vvmPQ)

96 93 ... Guy does an arm drag almost as good as me.

Posted by: Ricky Steamboat at May 24, 2016 10:42 AM (tbq1U)

97 92 Can I go with "Paul Ryan sucks but he may have accidentally got this right ... with an option to fvck it up later" ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (tbq1U)

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Sigh, an option that is rarely not used.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:43 AM (iQIUe)

98 Here is an article on the agreement on the PR debt restructuring

http://tinyurl.com/hmpceoh


Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:43 AM (uAvJJ)

99 Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (7HtZB)

Let's just pretend that I did it on purpose....

[thanks for the attention to detail...something I clearly lack]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2016 10:43 AM (Zu3d9)

100 I couldn't remember which of the outrage mob Lindy West was. Then I did a search: she's the one Jim Norton beat up and down the stage on one of those Comedy Central talkshows. And apparantly she didn't learn anything from that.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 10:44 AM (F26eZ)

101 91
If there is no bailout for PR, then who will take the hit in the restructuring?





Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:40 AM (MQEz6)

The debt holders

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:44 AM (uAvJJ)

102 95 IIRC Vic, Dick Lugar (R-IN) voted for that deal, and then lost his senate primary.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:45 AM (tbq1U)

103 74 If they bring MoonKnight into Daredvil I might watch.MoonKnight!
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:36 AM (B48dK)

Your wish is Netflix's command - they are working on a Moon Knight series!

Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:45 AM (7HtZB)

104
Rats. Rats. Rats! Thousands! Millions of them! All red blood!

All these will I paint for you!

...

...

Well, rats and cityscapes.

...

Cityscapes with rats as it were...

...

Rats!!!

Posted by: Edward Renfield at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (oU3Bb)

105 That would really be nice if DC told Puerto Rico to drop dead. But then the irony meter would blow its last circuit. And the squishes will cave due to the fear of poor optics and 24/7 screaming of 'for the children!'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (6TBbF)

106 Hopefully Netflix does better with MoonKnight than they did with that Pee-Wee Herman movie. Holy crap was that a stinker.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (F26eZ)

107 I guess we'll have to pass it to find out what's in it."

Well, rest assured that it's good.

Right?

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (C9pBZ)

108 >>I'd like to find out why her boobies were so damn stiff in Tomb Raider. It was very disconcerting.


Padded bra - she had to up-size for the part to make it look more like the video game.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (NOIQH)

109
101 91
If there is no bailout for PR, then who will take the hit in the restructuring?

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:40 AM (MQEz6)
The debt holders
Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:44 AM (uAvJJ)

Yes, so their losses will difuse into the economy or some of them will get Fed cash instead of sending the cash to PR.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (MQEz6)

110 about Egypt air

had to be at least four nations watching air traffic in that region, not to mention spy satellites. They know what happened they just dont know who. If the aircraft was at fault, all aircraft of that model would be grounded. If it was a maintenance issue ,all Egypt Air aircraft would be grounded.

they have a pretty good idea what happened already. They need to more closely examine the passenger manifest and the cargo. I think all signs point to a state actor, hence the lack of claim of responsibility

Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

111 Come hither.

http://tinyurl.com/hl8zmtg

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 10:47 AM (Nwg0u)

112 99 Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:17 AM (7HtZB)

Let's just pretend that I did it on purpose....

[thanks for the attention to detail...something I clearly lack]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2016 10:43 AM (Zu3d9)

I'm a professional proofreader, it's what I do

Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:47 AM (7HtZB)

113 Thank you jackstraw.

I get it now.

The bill offers debt relief to Puerto Rico in return for a mechanism to overrule the territory's feckless current government and impose reform.

Ryan is going to appoint an emergency manager like Michigan did for Detroit, only Ryan is going one better. Instead of one person, Ryan is going with a blue ribbon panel of experts who will have to modify pensions that were promised to retirees since Puerto Rico doesn't have the money to pay them.

WSJ doesn't mention the bonds, or the bond holders who are holding the bag, but the White House spokesman Joshing Earnestly was quick to point out the mean spirited Republicans are too mean to give people the money they so richly deserved.

Footnote: As far as I know, Detroit is still bankrupt, but now the State of Michigan is being blamed for all the problems, and has assumed all the liabilities, like the quality of drinking water in Flint.

Footnote two: "Debt Relief' means paying out the money that Puerto Rico doesn't have using federal funds. Where that money goes is yet to be determined by the blue ribbon panel who will make recommendations on who should get that money.

But this is not a bail out. because everyone says so.

Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 10:47 AM (kwklw)

114
I also like the lower NY painting. Is that where Hell's Kitchen is?


Why didn't anybody come to me like a f'ng man and tell me there was a new thread?

Anyway, that pic might be Hell's Kitchen, since the area to the right look like docks.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 24, 2016 10:47 AM (X6fMO)

115 Swiss Air Flt 111 went down with the loss of all life because they installed an after-market entertainment system that overloaded the electrical system that started a fire which resulted in crippling the plane.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (6TBbF)


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I may be wrong, but most ancillary electronics such as entertainment, Internet, etc., are factory installed and tested before it's handed over to the buyer now. And even the SwissAir pilot had radio contact with the ATC before they went in.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:48 AM (Fmupd)

116
Every 4 years Pennsylvania gives the impression they might vote Republican but its not reality.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 24, 2016 10:48 AM (ODxAs)

117 No, you're right. It's the devil.
You're the one who made the appeal to authority. Why shouldn't the source be questioned?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 10:48 AM (PLnZs)

118 >>Yes, so their losses will difuse into the economy or some of them will get Fed cash instead of sending the cash to PR.

How exactly is a hedge fund going to get federal cash?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:48 AM (/tuJf)

119 54
Cold, gray, and gloomy. A bit like Hillary's sex life.



(Veal, dammit! And tip the damn waitresses!)

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at May 24, 2016 10:27 AM (iLoHX)

Do we even want to ask how you know this?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - PROUD LGBT - Loves Guns, Beer and Tatas at May 24, 2016 10:49 AM (jxbfJ)

120 Depends JackStraw, is the manager married to a Clinton?

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 10:49 AM (F26eZ)

121 Anyway, that pic might be Hell's Kitchen, since the area to the right look like docks.


Psst. See me.

Posted by: Post #46 at May 24, 2016 10:49 AM (1xUj/)

122
Cold, gray, and gloomy. A bit like Hillary's sex life.


Or mine, to be frank.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 24, 2016 10:49 AM (X6fMO)

123 Yes, so their losses will difuse into the economy or some of them will get Fed cash instead of sending the cash to PR.





Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (MQEz6)

Sure the bondholders could still get bailed out by fed cash, but that is not what is in the deal negotiated recently.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (uAvJJ)

124 103 MoonKnight!Ace will be excited(at least I think I remember ace being a MoonKnight fan like me)

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (B48dK)

125
118 >>Yes, so their losses will difuse into the economy or some of them will get Fed cash instead of sending the cash to PR.

How exactly is a hedge fund going to get federal cash?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:48 AM (/tuJf)

They will use the new PR bonds the Feds will buy.

See CA bailout.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (MQEz6)

126 ace up

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (vvmPQ)

127 Why didn't anybody come to me like a f'ng man and tell me there was a new thread?"

Don't look now...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (C9pBZ)

128 115 ... Well, that explains it. If the pilot was talking to Alex, he probably made a short joke, she went bug-fvck bat-shit ranty, and pilot said "screw it. I'm putting this bird in the drink".

Case closed. Next ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 24, 2016 10:51 AM (tbq1U)

129 Swiss Air Flt 111 went down with the loss of all life because they installed an after-market entertainment system that overloaded the electrical system that started a fire which resulted in crippling the plane.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:41 AM (6TBbF)



This is what happens when you try to save a buck by having your inflight entertainment system installed at Pep Boys. MORAL: Spend the extra money and let Boeing do it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 10:52 AM (sl+zA)

130 Heh: Ivanka Trump golfs better in heels than prezzy 4-putt:


http://preview.tinyurl.com/hy7hbvf

Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 10:52 AM (NOIQH)

131 Footnote two: "Debt Relief' means paying out the money that Puerto Rico
doesn't have using federal funds. Where that money goes is yet to be
determined by the blue ribbon panel who will make recommendations on who
should get that money.



Please read the article that I linked above.


In this context, "debt relief" does not mean a direct cash payment to bondholders.


Yes the oversight board could be a total disaster. Probably good odds that it will be too. But that is a different discussion.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:52 AM (uAvJJ)

132
123 Yes, so their losses will difuse into the economy or some of them will get Fed cash instead of sending the cash to PR.


Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (MQEz6)
Sure the bondholders could still get bailed out by fed cash, but that is not what is in the deal negotiated recently.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (uAvJJ)

It seems that this deal is just the creation of the thing that will later produce the actual final deal and no one knows what that will be.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:52 AM (MQEz6)

133 >>You're the one who made the appeal to authority. Why shouldn't the source be questioned?

I didn't make an appeal to anything. I merely pointed out that this was not in fact a bailout, just the opposite, and that an organization like the WSJ said it was an excellent example of using conservative principles to solve a government problem.

There's a whole world wide web of information on this bill which has been under debate in the House Natural Resources Committee for months. It's not like this is a surprise to anyone who has been following what has been happening and it is very important which way this goes because there are a number of states heading to the exact same destination.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:53 AM (/tuJf)

134 Psst. See me.Posted by: Post #46 at May 24, 2016 10:49 AM (1xUj/)**shrugs**Meh. My knowledge of NYC geography stopped at about 1915.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 24, 2016 10:53 AM (X6fMO)

135 They will use the new PR bonds the Feds will buy.



See CA bailout.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:50 AM (MQEz6)

If THAT happens, then yes that's a bailout, but that is not what is being proposed today.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:53 AM (uAvJJ)

136 Obama golfs in high heels! No wonder he's so bad at it.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 10:54 AM (PLnZs)

137 Over two decades ago, an EgyptAir pilot went Sudden Jihad and did push a passenger jet into the drink killing everyone.

Soona, radio contact just means the fire had not burned out that circuit yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:54 AM (6TBbF)

138 >>They will use the new PR bonds the Feds will buy.

>>See CA bailout.

This is not the same thing at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:54 AM (/tuJf)

139 Yes the oversight board could be a total disaster. Probably good odds that it will be too."

Hmm.

Here, want in on this Greece Comeback Hedge Fund? It's a winnah!

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 24, 2016 10:55 AM (C9pBZ)

140 It seems that this deal is just the creation of the
thing that will later produce the actual final deal and no one knows
what that will be.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2016 10:52 AM (MQEz6)


You are right that no one will know what the oversight board will come up with.

They might demand a bailout. They might not.

But that is not what is being proposed today.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 10:55 AM (uAvJJ)

141 Bullshit, Jack. You cited the WSJ as if that made it automatically true.

BTW, nood.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 10:55 AM (PLnZs)

142 *couriers to MPPPP some tea and crumpets*

Time to watch Arsenic and Old Lace again perhaps?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:56 AM (6TBbF)

143 >>Bullshit, Jack. You cited the WSJ as if that made it automatically true.

Absurd but you go with whatever you want.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2016 10:56 AM (/tuJf)

144 137 Over two decades ago, an EgyptAir pilot went Sudden Jihad and did push a passenger jet into the drink killing everyone.

Soona, radio contact just means the fire had not burned out that circuit yet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2016 10:54 AM (6TBbF)


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Considering the odds of your scenario, I'm going with terrorism until proven otherwise.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 10:57 AM (Fmupd)

145 106 Hopefully Netflix does better with MoonKnight than they did with that Pee-Wee Herman movie. Holy crap was that a stinker.
Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 10:46 AM (F26eZ)

I saw Pee-Wee Herman in a most unexpected place on Netflix. I was watching a documentary on the founding of the Israeli Air Force & they started interviewing Pee-Wee Herman! It turns out his father was a fighter pilot for the IAF in the 48 war.

Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:58 AM (7HtZB)

146
I tried watching High Fidelity. Actors too old for parts. The premise was eh. Comedy was vulgar. Flipping people off is not funny unless you are a leftard.

I always wondered why John Cusack was so rich. He's been in a million movies.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 24, 2016 10:58 AM (iQIUe)

147 They might demand a bailout. They might not."

The odds of the latter?

'scuse me if I go with Zero. Point. Zero.

But hey, I could be wrong (and delighted to be so)

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 24, 2016 10:59 AM (C9pBZ)

148 147
They might demand a bailout. They might not."



The odds of the latter?



'scuse me if I go with Zero. Point. Zero.



But hey, I could be wrong (and delighted to be so)

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 24, 2016 10:59 AM (C9pBZ)

I think you are right that they are likely to demand a bailout.
So at worst, this deal just kicks the can down the road and takes the PR bailout talk out of the newspapers.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2016 11:00 AM (uAvJJ)

149 I saw Pee-Wee Herman in a most unexpected place on Netflix. I was watching a documentary on the founding of the Israeli Air Force & they started interviewing Pee-Wee Herman! It turns out his father was a fighter pilot for the IAF in the 48 war.
Posted by: josephistan at May 24, 2016 10:58 AM (7HtZB)


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I watched that too and was also surprised.

Posted by: Soona at May 24, 2016 11:01 AM (Fmupd)

150 Sure, be disingenuous. You didn't cite the WSJ to bolster your view that it was a conservative solution and it would never cost U.S. taxpayers a cent like a bailout would.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2016 11:04 AM (PLnZs)

151 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- A comparison of records by David Goldstein, investigative reporter for CBS2/KCAL9, has revealed hundreds of so-called dead voters in Southern California, a vast majority of them in Los Angeles County.

"He took a lot of time choosing his candidates," said Annette Givans of her father, John Cenkner.

Cenkner died in Palmdale in 2003. Despite this, records show that he somehow voted from the grave in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

But he's not the only one.

CBS2 compared millions of voting records from the California Secretary of State's office with death records from the Social Security Administration and found hundreds of so-called dead voters.


... the poll workers had no idea if the real John Cenkner had ever come to the polls because they never saw any ID.

Posted by: unlawful voter at May 24, 2016 11:53 AM (e8kgV)

152 Thank you for the artwork. You share some wonderful paintings.

Posted by: MsYoung at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (geDUx)

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