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Mid-Morning Open Thread [CBD]
Annunciation
Botticelli
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, bitter clinger, Moron in flyover TEXIT! at August 24, 2016 09:45 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, bitter clinger, Moron in flyover TEXIT! at August 24, 2016 09:45 AM (xVgrA)
murphywong at peoplepc dot cee oh m for details.
Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, bitter clinger, Moron in flyover TEXIT! at August 24, 2016 09:47 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: Joe Hallwnbeck at August 24, 2016 09:47 AM (YYoIi)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (GDulk)
I thought at first that the wings on her back was some hideous giant mutant bug.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Joseph at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, bitter clinger, Moron in flyover TEXIT! at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (1ku7G)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (l6e0e)
Based on posture, you'd think so. Very unusual choice for posing the figures.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 09:49 AM (l6e0e)
Probably a porn film called "Anal Angels" out there.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (qlPzn)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (aHerW)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 09:51 AM (YYoIi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 09:51 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 09:51 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2016 09:51 AM (9ym/8)
In keeping with this week's theme, there is a boat in the water. Not wrecked as far as I can tell though.
Posted by: bluebell at August 24, 2016 09:51 AM (805dc)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 09:52 AM (aHerW)
I thought at first that the wings on her back was some hideous giant mutant bug.
It's not a girl. It's the angel Gabriel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2016 09:52 AM (6HqlZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:52 AM (9P3OG)
(Great use of perspective, by the way.)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 09:52 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at August 24, 2016 09:52 AM (1ku7G)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (19RKp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Bruce at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (0mRoj)
I need to find out details to see if it'lI work out for us. It would be great to meet more Horde IRL. Jim in Galveston and I tried to set up a Houston MoMee a couple of years ago but both of us ended up with other obligations right at the time all the details needed set so it never happened.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (YYoIi)
Sadly, the Birth of Venus was out for restoration at the time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (u82oZ)
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links? asking for a friend....
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 09:50 AM (aHerW)
*golf clap*
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Robert Crawford at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (b5PGq)
Also, this drawing annoys me because it seems to have been colored about a week before the Renaissance learned about perspective.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (19RKp)
The Beatles trumps Wings, too.
Posted by: josephistan at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (7HtZB)
Sadly, the Birth of Venus was out for restoration at the time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (u82oZ)
It was in labor.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Howard Johnson at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (qlPzn)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (QM5S2)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:55 AM (9P3OG)
Halo trumps wings.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (19RKp)
We trump pretty much everything.
Posted by: Master Chief at August 24, 2016 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 09:55 AM (aHerW)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 09:56 AM (YYoIi)
Posted by: Gray Day Mourning at August 24, 2016 09:56 AM (u1knG)
Gabriel's here from downtown. He's here from Mitch and Murray...
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 09:56 AM (Bdeb0)
Also, this drawing annoys me because it seems to have been colored about a week before the Renaissance learned about perspective.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 09:54 AM (mgbwf)
"Psst. Hey lady! You're having HIS baby!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 09:56 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:53 AM (19RKp)
We trump pretty much everything.
Posted by: Master Chief
*golf clap*
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:56 AM (19RKp)
I say "he," but angels are spiritual beings with no sex.
Posted by: bluebell at August 24, 2016 09:57 AM (805dc)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2016 09:57 AM (zLDYs)
It refers to the angel Gabriel telling Mary that she would give birth to the Son of God.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 09:57 AM (X6fMO)
A little club soda will take care of that.
Posted by: Mephistopheles at August 24, 2016 09:57 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Hillary 2016! at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (qlPzn)
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so they are married?
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (/CIN4)
Maybe we can settle on the week when they were learning perspective?
The background is in proportion but the human-ish figures are two dimensional.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (mgbwf)
I say "he," but angels are spiritual beings with no sex.
So. They're married?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (19RKp)
Gorgeous painting.
Must stop White Angels.
Taxpayer-Backed School Holds Lesson On How To 'Stop White People'
best part of that article, we're all uneducated... evidently.
The State University of New York at Binghamton ( SUNY-Binghamton ) is offering a training class titled "StopWhitePeople2k16," to instruct residential assistants ( RAs ) on how to deal with "uneducated" people who don't believe in ideas like white privilege.
h/t daily caller
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (qCMvj)
Are you thinking of this one by African American artist-Henery Osawa Tanner?. I really like it:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hokebot
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (6HqlZ)
Posted by: Bruce at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (GDulk)
I think there is one on the river in the background
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (9ym/8)
Posted by: NPR certified--Too White to Comment at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (AV4JD)
Posted by: JEM at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, bitter clinger, Moron in flyover TEXIT! at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (xVgrA)
Andrea Tantaros is suing for sexual harassment, claiming Fox is "a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult.
Among those aside from Ailes she claims harassed her (but she isn't suing) is Bill O'Reilly, who she said asked her to stay at his Long Island home and told her he believed she had a "wild side."
She also claims former Sen. Scott Brown "made a number of sexually inappropriate comments to her" while filming on set last August, and put his hand "on her lower waist."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: bluebell at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (805dc)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (aHerW)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (r65B3)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (6HqlZ)
Oh, that's lovely.
No, it's much older, everything is flat.
I will have to see if I can find it.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (Om16U)
I say "he," but angels are spiritual beings with no sex.
So. They're married?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (19RKp)
LOL
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 10:00 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at August 24, 2016 10:01 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2016 10:01 AM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (9ym/
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Yes yes yes, I know. Believe me, I hesitated before I posted that, but someone up thread asked whether the angel was male or female.
Posted by: bluebell at August 24, 2016 10:01 AM (805dc)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:02 AM (aHerW)
Are you thinking of this one by African American artist-Henery Osawa Tanner?. I really like it:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hokebot
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2016 09:58 AM (6HqlZ)
On display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We had a Tanner at the little art museum when I went to La Salle. I love his works.
Posted by: josephistan at August 24, 2016 10:02 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2016 10:02 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Robert Crawford at August 24, 2016 10:02 AM (b5PGq)
After I posted I wondered if I just wasn't seeing one due to reading on tablet and not wearing my glasses.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 10:03 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 24, 2016 10:03 AM (SeD0w)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 10:03 AM (0mRoj)
Angel: Great news, you're gonna have a baby!
Mary: But I'm a virgin.
Angel: That's OK, it's God's will.
Mary: Whatever He wants then.
Sorry if I offended anyone with the paraphrase. I'm typing with one finger on my phone.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 24, 2016 10:04 AM (2RBkF)
The only one
~ Tracy Chapman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIEaq3Yey0
Does heaven have enough angels yet?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 10:05 AM (qCMvj)
Thankfully many are painted topless, so we can accept them more easily I guess? Of course there are the fallen angels, devil in a red dress types ... to confuse us I guess.
So Mary had a nice place till they had to flee to Egypt ... with baby Jesus, son of God.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 10:05 AM (l6e0e)
Posted by: bluebell at August 24, 2016 09:59 AM (805dc)
He's one of my patron saints (I was born on Michaelmas). I carry a St. Michael medal with me.
Posted by: josephistan at August 24, 2016 10:06 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 09:55 AM (aHerW)
The gridlines on the floor are DAMN convenient.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:06 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Donny Botticelli at August 24, 2016 10:06 AM (cOwly)
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2016 10:06 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at August 24, 2016 10:07 AM (yv7u6)
I'm not sure if there are male and female angels, but Gabriel and
Michael act like males, and are painted that way. But in this case
Gabriel could be a woman. Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 10:05 AM (l6e0e)
What use would gender be to an angel, anyway?
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:07 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 24, 2016 10:03 AM (SeD0w)
so far, everything sounded like flirting, but men are so dumb to even flirt in the office these days
it happens everywhere, all of the time, especially if you are as pretty as she is
I guess they have to prove it hindered her career.
In many cases, it's the beauty that enhances it. Beautiful people, both men and women, get ahead. The reason? The beauty.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (qCMvj)
I'm not sure if there are male and female angels, but Gabriel and
Michael act like males, and are painted that way. But in this case
Gabriel could be a woman. Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 10:05 AM (l6e0e)
What use would gender be to an angel, anyway?
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:07 AM (Bdeb0)
So they can bang earth women and have Nephilim babies.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Michael Moore at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (LISuA)
I do know what Ascension is and think Christihimmelfahrt is a cooler word.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Gabriel the A-n-n-u-n-c-i-a-t-o-r at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (ndGCC)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 24, 2016 10:03 AM (SeD0w)
so far, everything sounded like flirting, but men are so dumb to even flirt in the office these days
it happens everywhere, all of the time, especially if you are as pretty as she is
I guess they have to prove it hindered her career.
In many cases, it's the beauty that enhances it. Beautiful people, both men and women, get ahead. The reason? The beauty.
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If you don't want me staring at your tits then dress like an amish woman.
just sayin'
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (SeD0w)
Posted by: JEM at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Roger Ailes at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (qlPzn)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (HGtd0)
Posted by: sniper at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (cOwly)
Lily
~ Kate Bush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=act6JIFZG-M
Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (aHerW)
What's the margin of error between upper waist, lower waist, and appropriate region of waist on a 5'4" woman? Seems like a very small range.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 24, 2016 10:10 AM (0G1TT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (tlBbB)
so far, everything sounded like flirting, but men are so dumb to even flirt in the office these days
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 10:08 AM (qCMvj)
In O'Reilly's case, he invited her to stay at his Long Island home and told her he thought she had "a wild side."
I can totally see that gasbag saying that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Joseph at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: steevy at August 24, 2016 10:12 AM (fA75F)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:12 AM (aHerW)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2016 10:12 AM (xxSK3)
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:12 AM (/CIN4)
I'm sure there is a ton of symbolism in the painting that would make it even more evocative to Botticelli's audience. Time for a little research.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2016 10:12 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Andrea Bikini Pic at August 24, 2016 10:13 AM (cOwly)
I guess its there for the Christian pilgrims since most muzzies can't read.
Assholes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:13 AM (tlBbB)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2016 10:13 AM (dFi94)
Two rooms over.
Seriously. Whether it's in the corporate area or even the military.
NEVER be in a room with a female without more than one witness present. And only speak to them in the performance of your duties.
We teach our sons to never date or express any interest with "women" on college campus. Always go for the ones off campus with jobs.
Corporate dudes need to learn this same lesson if they want ot minimize their risks.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (yv7u6)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (xVRrG)
Your morning submarine leak.
Posted by: JEM at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (o+SC1)
The SVR/GRU must pay their hackers in cocaine and Cheetos because they've been busy.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (RD7QR)
Two thoroughly despicable scumbags, whether the current allegations are true or not.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (97XyN)
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butter face.
a man?
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Andrea Bikini Pic at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (cOwly)
Christ takes his trip to heaven. German is so literal.
"Ascension" requires context and explanations.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (mgbwf)
Nephilim, which begat Elioud, which begat...
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:14 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (tlBbB)
Yes, but you're not going to find three wise men & a virgin in Italy.
/runs for cover
Posted by: josephistan at August 24, 2016 10:15 AM (7HtZB)
Yes. Dumb as hell. I don't even like to have personal convos w/women in the work place. That being said, Tantaros reallllly works(ed) it. She always looked like an (expensive) hooker. The amount of the suit is kind of a tell, too: She'd be happy to settle for, well, 5% I'm sure.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 24, 2016 10:15 AM (SeD0w)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (dFi94)
Clearly you missed Winona as Mary Dyer.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (0G1TT)
Posted by: steevy at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (fA75F)
Art:
"2001: A Space Odyssey" Howard Johnsons Children's Menu (196
Comic Bookhttp://tinyurl.com/jev8hoq
A reminder that in the 21st Century you were supposed to be able to enjoy a nice plate of Fried Clam Strips in the Howard Johnson's Earthlight Room on the Space Station, while you wait for the Bell Picturephone cubicle to free up.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Luke Nepotism Russert at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (qlPzn)
Posted by: Dang at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (k0G44)
Posted by: Jelly Botty, the gaseous painter at August 24, 2016 10:17 AM (DHDiP)
We teach our sons to never date or express any interest with "women" on college campus. Always go for the ones off campus with jobs.
Corporate dudes need to learn this same lesson if they want ot minimize their risks.
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In the group I work in, the long standing rule they all know I follow is that I will not speak to a new hire, other than hello good morning etc, for at least three months. I assume, if the new hire is crazy it will disclose itself in time. If there is doubt at that time, I extend it another three months. They used to laugh about it, until I shown to be prudent on a number of occasions.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:17 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (aHerW)
Posted by: Vyvyan Basterd at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (Mt8T4)
I should be offline, anyway.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
No, dude. Stick around. People have been asking for you.
Also, it was Jim in Texas who said "for those ignorant of Christianity" and I'm not mad about that either. But that's who I was replying to.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (zLDYs)
Here's some crayons. You do it, sport.
Critics.
Posted by: Botticelli at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (tlBbB)
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2016 10:09 AM (zoehZ)
That's where I'd be...
Posted by: Pvt Daniel Jackson at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (uiwCw)
investigate the Clinton Foundation makes one thing clear: Hillary
Clinton may be going either to the White House or the Big House.
Trump is suggesting that he will take charges of criminal wrongdoing
by Clinton very seriously, unlike, of course, the Obama administration.
It's not justthe Clinton Foundation and possible influence peddling
at the State Department that is ripe for investigation. Trump can easily
revisit FBI Director Comey's decision not to prosecute Clinton over her
mishandling of classified information by using a private email server.
Her attempts to cover her tracks could prompt charges of a coverup and
obstruction of justice.
First reaction? AWESOME!
Second reaction? I hope he has top notch security - people who threaten Hillary have been turning up dead over the past few months.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:17 AM (xVRrG)
All new hires are assumed to be legal liabilities until proven otherwise.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (RD7QR)
http://data3.whicdn.com/images/26599071/original.jpg
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Looks like she needs to hit a Weight Watchers meeting instead of the lawyer's office.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (txdEq)
I don't think that's Andrea Tarantula. Tarantula's a lot skinnier.
This is definitely her. I remember when we all started drooling when she posted it.
http://tinyurl.com/z6tvmv2
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (xxSK3)
the founder got ticked off at twitterfacebook censorship of conservatives and launched this new thing
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (c6/9Q)
My vote would be San Antonio or Austin.
But then I'm a selfish bastich.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (yv7u6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (tlBbB)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (NOIQH)
I can totally see that gasbag saying that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (1ZOkK)
me too
and he's so gross
he's suing his ex, too, interestingly enough, for her cheating
Bill O'Reilly Plans to Sue Ex-Wife For $10 Million For 'Misleading' Him in Divorce
...O'Reilly is alleging his ex-wife lied about her relationship with another man in order to obtain a more favorable divorce settlement agreement. Furthermore, he is alleging she used the money obtained during the divorce settlement to bankroll that relationship.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (qCMvj)
Simone Martini's The Annunciation
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hynz6uc
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (Om16U)
It's beautiful but everybody looks vaguely pissed off, like God woke them up at 4:00 am and told them to do that Annunciation thing ASAP.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2016 10:21 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: The NEA at August 24, 2016 10:22 AM (tlBbB)
I don't think that's Andrea Tarantula. Tarantula's a lot skinnier.
This is definitely her. I remember when we all started drooling when she posted it.
http://tinyurl.com/z6tvmv2
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Now dat's more like it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 24, 2016 10:22 AM (txdEq)
Donald Trump's promise Tuesday to appoint a special prosecutor
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:19 AM (NOIQH)
In context, I read as "promise to anoint a special prosecutor..."
What can't Trump do?
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:22 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Dang at August 24, 2016 10:22 AM (k0G44)
Thank you, grammie.
That was my understanding, but I didn't want to get the mackerel snappers mad at me.
*ducks*
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 10:23 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 24, 2016 10:23 AM (4s4Jc)
Posted by: I Renounciate Myself at August 24, 2016 10:23 AM (cOwly)
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at August 24, 2016 10:23 AM (qlPzn)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2016 10:24 AM (ry34m)
It's lovely art, but I guess I can't not notice it looks more like "The Annunciation, If It Happened In Italy Last Year To A Noblewoman".
A marvel in execution, but lacking somewhat in the, erm, conception. (Oh hell, may as well serve that up to the Horde, I've been slacking.)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 10:24 AM (9krrF)
After months of terror attacks and rockets being fired onto the Turkish border, Ankara has sent its forces into Syria; 'We have launched a ground operation and cannot remain quiet anymore. We will uproot ISIS and the Kurdish terrorists.'
And by that they mean The Kurds.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 10:25 AM (zp+j1)
But the Annunciation theme is pregnant with possibilities.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:25 AM (tlBbB)
No one.
Posted by: Dang at August 24, 2016 10:25 AM (k0G44)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 10:26 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:20 AM (RD7QR)
We saw a full scale beautiful reproduction of it at Kid the Elder's school (UPitt). This guy Nicholas Lochoff made painstaking reproductions of Italian masters on commission for Tsar Nicholas. It took him so long that by the time he was done commies had taken over so he sold them to rich people.
Mary looks taken aback - total WTH are you talking about expression on her face.
Angel Gabriel is like "you better believe it Missy"
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:26 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Juan Valdez at August 24, 2016 10:27 AM (gOfte)
That sucks for them. The Kurds are big-time fans of the U.S. (and GWB, esp).
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (tlBbB)
FOX news going balls deep into the "alt-right" fantasy scam.
I guess everyone connected wants Hillary!
Can I at least get my Bread and Circuses if we're going to have a flat out corrupt oligarchy?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 10:26 AM (Z8DIA)
thx..sounds promising
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:29 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Gran at August 24, 2016 10:29 AM (XIXhw)
Absolutely nothing to worry about.
Posted by: Pompeii at August 24, 2016 10:29 AM (tlBbB)
BTW pretty large earthquake in Italy last night. 6.2 on the richter. lot of old hill towns affected.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (xVRrG)
I know. Prayers up.
Sooper genius Steve Doocy said on Fox this morning, "Some of those buildings look like they're 100 years old."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:30 AM (1ZOkK)
They then pushed the three crocodiles in, entered the office, ransacked it and left, Northern Territory Police Senior Constable David Gregory told reporters in Darwin.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 24, 2016 10:30 AM (0+WqX)
True. College isn't for everyone. In fact, I'm told Iesus Nazarenus actually went to shop class instead.
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 10:30 AM (Bdeb0)
BTW pretty large earthquake in Italy last night. 6.2 on the richter. lot of old hill towns affected.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (xVRrG)
I know. Prayers up.
Sooper genius Steve Doocy said on Fox this morning, "Some of those buildings look like they're 100 years old."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:30 AM (1ZOkK)
Built right about the same time as the Constitution was written.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (0mRoj)
"alt-right" "Neocon" are all left wing terms meant to destroy the Middle and Right. Don't fall into the trap of using them
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (zp+j1)
314 Certainly true, yet
4am no-knock warrants
and dead dogs add up
A very good point,
but to wage war on police?
Counterproductive.
__________________________
__________________________
This is where people may need to be educated.
Do they go in at 4AM only when it is a dangerous criminal likely to be armed with other gang members and this is the best time to make it happen without casualties on either side? Are 4AM warrants executed on "armed and extremely dangerous" felons, or do they sometimes happen to low risk targets that could easily be scooped up when they come out of their house?
Do they only shoot dogs that attack them or act aggressively? I am a total dog lover with a pit bull who would certainly run downstairs and bark at someone trying to enter the house. But I wonder, when cops move in on a target that may well be armed and use deadly force, can they afford to take the time to fend off a charging dog?
These aren't rhetorical. I can guess at the answers, but I don't really know and would like to. The public may need to be educated.
Posted by: RM at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (U3LtS)
You know it!
Posted by: Reggie Love at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (BYSrJ)
Do they exchange fluids, transgendered or not, in this flick,
Posted by: Juan Valdez at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (gOfte)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Okay. A kagillion years old?
Posted by: Steve Doocy at August 24, 2016 10:32 AM (k0G44)
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Nope. Nooooope! I call BS on that town name. Nobody would name a town that, let alone live there.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:32 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 10:32 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: Digital Underground at August 24, 2016 10:33 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:33 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: real at August 24, 2016 10:35 AM (cOwly)
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2016 10:35 AM (LHS8g)
I know this place. We used to camp just outside Squatsack, which is nearby.
Posted by: Dang at August 24, 2016 10:35 AM (k0G44)
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:33 AM (c6/9Q)
Yup
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 10:35 AM (zp+j1)
FOX news going balls deep into the "alt-right" fantasy scam.
I guess everyone connected wants Hillary!
Can I at least get my Bread and Circuses if we're going to have a flat out corrupt oligarchy?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2016 10:28 AM (0cMkb)
I figure if Hillary wins I can just throw up my hands and claim some form of disability. The corruption should be so widespread that it will be trivial to monetize one of my health problems. Screw it, I've paid into the system for 30 years now, time to cash out.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 10:36 AM (RD7QR)
I actually heard that. Double facepalm worthy.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 10:36 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: Dr. Freeze, totally polarizing it at August 24, 2016 10:36 AM (k0G44)
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Well AUSTRALIANS explains everything. The only things they are serious about are swimming and beer.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:37 AM (xVRrG)
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almost as good of name as Lower Sackville NS
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:37 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 10:37 AM (NKXpn)
adopters, so as to have it well populated before the lefty trolls show
up and try to take over ....
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 10:32 AM (Z8DIA)
there is a signup, gotta be selected...i'll be watching how this develops - from what i read it has some nice feature, like allowing users to "self-censor", i.e remove users and topics from feeds
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:37 AM (c6/9Q)
**opens card, reads inside**
"...you to join us for a baby shower.
WHEN: December 26
WHERE:
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:37 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:38 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Gran at August 24, 2016 10:39 AM (XIXhw)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:39 AM (GXgiy)
I figure if Hillary wins I can just throw up my hands and claim some form of disability. The corruption should be so widespread that it will be trivial to monetize one of my health problems. Screw it, I've paid into the system for 30 years now, time to cash out.
=====================
I know a lot of doctors are retiring early. So get you're healthcare while you still can. Been putting off a joint replacement surgery? Don't.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:39 AM (xVRrG)
**opens card, reads inside**
"...you to join us for a baby shower.
WHEN: December 26
WHERE: Bethlehem Stables in Bethlehem
HOSTED BY: Mary, Joseph and a special mystery guest host.
ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY: Heavenly choir
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:40 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:40 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 10:41 AM (YYoIi)
Posted by: Giant Face Spider at August 24, 2016 10:42 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: The Alpha and Obama at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (YvN+i)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 10:31 AM (zp+j1)
OK, I apparently did not get the memo. I've heard the term "alt-right", but what is it supposed to signify? Trump supporters?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: The Alpha and Obama at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (YvN+i)
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but she "punches above her weight"
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:45 AM (Om16U)
Alt-right = white supremacists = Trump voters.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 10:45 AM (X6fMO)
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they say "alt-right" but they want you to think "abnormal" or "deranged".
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:46 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at August 24, 2016 10:46 AM (tEaj7)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (GXgiy)
Yes as Mary Poppin's said it is used to tar the righ as the reincarnation of the KKK or worse. It is used by the left and the people who say they are conservative but by their actions and words do everything to elect The FAB. It's a chemical thing
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 10:47 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Tardar Sauce at August 24, 2016 10:47 AM (Mt8T4)
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I'm sure there going to a saloon in that town, even if the population is less than a dozen.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:47 AM (xVRrG)
My understanding is that Mary was a lowly commoner at the time of the Annunciation and that she would have cowered in the presence of a heavenly angel visiting her. This picture shows a deference of the humble-appearing angel to a saintly/upper class Mary. A little Botticelli license at play?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (GXgiy)
new boogeyman / strawman created by hillary
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2016 10:16 AM (kdS6q)
Since the primary function of the Space Station was to serve as a transfer point for flights to the Moon, you should also be studying up on the instructions for the zero G toilet used on the final leg of that trip. Perhaps they printed them on the back of the menu.
Posted by: HTL at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (Iyxe4)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 24, 2016 10:49 AM (Mt8T4)
I mean, given the physics and her health limitations. . .
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:49 AM (xVRrG)
From what I gather, alt-right actually started calling themselves that to distinguish themselves from what they call the "cucks" - establishment right-wingers who are happy to watch while the country gets screwed (hence cuckolds).
They are younger, ruder, more rebellious, and more internet savvy.
The establishment rightwing says they are racist, white-supremacists, etc.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:50 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 10:50 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at August 24, 2016 10:46 AM (tEaj7)
That's sounds like the punch line of a joke: "This man has chosen death - by wak wak."
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:50 AM (GXgiy)
*****
I drink my weight in punch! Hic!
Posted by: Hillary at August 24, 2016 10:50 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (GXgiy)
The establishment rightwing says they are racist, white-supremacists, etc.
Of course.
They're Milo's people, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Meremortal at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (3myMJ)
*****
Inhabited entirely by 13-year-old boys...
Posted by: Hillary at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (NOIQH)
Yes, exactly.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:52 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:52 AM (wPiJc)
aka "Folks who won't genuflect to PC". What they used to call "Americans".
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 10:52 AM (9krrF)
Sorry, she can't raise her arms that high.
But she can open a pickle jar like George Foreman, so it's all good, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:52 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:45 AM (Om16U)
Thanks vmom, I got it.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:52 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: auscolpyr at August 24, 2016 10:53 AM (suO/a)
I see on your blog that the Dragon Award nominees are up. Yeah Neil Gaiman can join Scalzi in the ignore forever list due to his sodding stupid shenanigans at WorldCon.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 10:53 AM (NKXpn)
Started before Hillary - did it start with GamerGate?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:53 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (97XyN)
I agree it's intended as a pejorative but in fairness, some of the ones we've had drop in here are white sups by my standards as well.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (evdj2)
Thanks, Votermom; It does look like she's giving a stink eye, and joncelli your comment made me laugh. Thx.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (6HqlZ)
Bradley effect +3 for Trump .... more than usual this year, with all the viciousness from the left, real threats from IRS to BLM to job loss. With terrible hag Hillary, the MSM and cohorts have to be more nasty than usual, could backfire ...
"Monster Vote" +3 for Trump .... or as Rush says, all those people that haven't been voting for 20 years but feel now is the time, they have an outsider (Trump) and need him more than ever. Rush says they are not counted.
Polling is giving Dems +4 or more. Large gallup poll, like 85K, said party ID is like 29R, 29R, 42I. So another +4 for Trump. Maybe more if union workers turnout stealth for Trump on jobs for 'Mericans.
Late deciders surge for Trump because he represents change, and there are a lot of those. +4 Trump
Then there is turn out which has proven to be a big advantage for the outsider in primaries, though "ground game" allegedly favors D (and cheating favors D) No one shows for Hillary "rallies" except donors and jihadist dads. Hillary/Soros fund thugs to threaten Trump overflow crowds.
Then there are Hillary crimes not being covered, and Trump ads just beginning.
Facts on issues favor Trump policy big time, despite him being sometimes rude, or misspoken. Trade, immigration, outsider business man ... all HUGE for Trump if voter gets past the media screed.
So there is plenty of potential ... but I'm a Breitbart kinda guy, so they make sense to me more than many. Hillary's army preaches those are racists and ignorant bigots, and going to that site will send one to hell. Time will tell I guess.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (l6e0e)
Posted by: Naked Hillary opening a pickle jar at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Meremortal
Just make sure you wash your hands when you're done
Posted by: Bruce at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Tommy Vietor at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Meremortal at August 24, 2016 10:54 AM (3myMJ)
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that would make Hillary single malt then
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 10:53 AM (NKXpn)
Yep, that made me cross out his name. Very satisfying that was. In fact I'm doing it again.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (NKXpn)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (X6fMO)
I vote for...... Monahans.
Because Monahans.
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Naked Hillary opening a pickle jar
She makes the same sound when she makes ploppies
Posted by: Bruce at August 24, 2016 10:56 AM (8ikIW)
My understanding is that Mary was a lowly commoner at the time of the Annunciation and that she would have cowered in the presence of a heavenly angel visiting her. This picture shows a deference of the humble-appearing angel to a saintly/upper class Mary. A little Botticelli license at play?
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We'll never know.
But, suppose you were going to bust in unannounced into a first century proper jewish ladies room for the purpose of communicating a message? Would you assume a non threating posture so as to deliver your message?
Given the background, was this the way messengers delivered their messages to proper renaissance ladies -- on bended knee?
Or wouldn't the angel know what was the potential and show the appropriate respect?
It's an interesting painting.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:56 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 10:57 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 09:57 AM (X6fMO)
And if Botticelli had painted this painting today, Mary would have a pink Mohawk, and being wearing artfully-ripped jeans, and Gabriel would be on a skateboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2016 10:57 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 10:55 AM (/CIN4)
OK, then, so if I'm a right wing guy who just wants to sip his Scotch and be left alone, does that make me malt-right?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:58 AM (GXgiy)
>>for the zero G toilet
You mean the one that says 'Shop-Vac'?
Posted by: JEM at August 24, 2016 10:58 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (GXgiy)
The alt-right is a new movement that is largely young and internet-savvy. Their have been good articles on them by sources like National Review, The Federalist, and by its arch-nemesis Ben Shapiro (I am sure none of these can be trusted due to their "establishment" ties)
At its most intellectually sophisticated, the alt-right philosophy is a rejection of the Enlightenment and the Constitution and thus is as opposed to traditional Conservatism as is modern liberalism.
The alt-right most frequently manifests as a celebration of white identity politics. It has a virulent anti-semitic streak.
Bannon, now a key part of the Trump campaign, proudly stated he made Brietbart a "platform of the alt-right." Milo is a key defender. It's adherents frequent Reddit and 4Chan and can be found responding in large numbers to twitter posts by Shapiro or other prominent Jewish Conservatives. Nick Searcy has also had some prominent run-ins with the group.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (mFkVC)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2005/12/child-is-born-unto-us.html
Posted by: Anna Puma
OK, prescient use of this drawing.
Why any Annunciation picture then? Because it was by Mary's consent that G_d Himself came upon her via the Holy Spirit.
People please take this as actual inquiry about things I thought I knew but maybe didn't.
Did Mary give consent? I thought the angel just showed up and said "I have some significant news for you".
Posted by: Tommy Vietor at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (mgbwf)
Started before Hillary - did it start with GamerGate?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 10:53 AM (NOIQH)
(had to bing that one...)
kind of irrelevant to what is going on i believe.... hillary and that halfwit Mook are repackaging silly online antics into a movement that will now be endowed with hitlers features and nazi germany tactics in their retelling
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:01 AM (NKXpn)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
That is an excellent critical dissection through the lens of socio-economic class. I give you a B+
If you had only added the inherent rape of forced pregnancy you could have gotten an A.
Posted by: Typical Leftwing Art Professor at August 24, 2016 11:01 AM (Om16U)
Think that is a really stupid strategy on her part, so it will be fun to see where it goes. "Alt-right" might be a key phrase to tip off Hillary supporters, such as feminists, but if the GamerGate types who rose up against the feminist "gamer" whiners/MSM/Gawker feel they are being once again scapegoated/targeted they could be a really pain in Hillary's a$$.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 11:01 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Meremortal at August 24, 2016 11:01 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Fritz at August 24, 2016 11:01 AM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at August 24, 2016 11:02 AM (eytER)
Posted by: Yo! at August 24, 2016 11:03 AM (uPt3V)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:03 AM (NKXpn)
The black supremacists of BLM and La Raza have the support of everyone else.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:03 AM (Om16U)
proudly stated he made Brietbart a "platform of the alt-right." Milo is
a key defender. It's adherents frequent Reddit and 4Chan and can be
found responding in large numbers to twitter posts by Shapiro or other
prominent Jewish Conservatives. Nick Searcy has also had some prominent
run-ins with the group.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (mFkVC)
just grabbed to last paragraph... since it is telling.
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 11:03 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at August 24, 2016 11:02 AM (eytER)
"teabaggers"
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 11:04 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at August 24, 2016 11:02 AM (eytER)
it is
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 24, 2016 11:05 AM (zp+j1)
Or wouldn't the angel know what was the potential and show the appropriate respect?
It's an interesting painting.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 10:56 AM (xVRrG)
According to Roman Catholicism, Mary is considered holier than the angels. Hence, the angel's bended knee before her.
You can even fact check me by looking it up in The Catholic Catechism ( the one written by John A. Hardon, S.J {Jesuit})
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 11:05 AM (oQQwD)
You read that right: sun-protection lotion, SPF 30, was scented to smell like fried chicken for the online promotion.
Harry Reid was checking out the little boys
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 24, 2016 11:05 AM (NFVvY)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:05 AM (Om16U)
Soldier's Sign Brings Miranda Lambert to Tears Onstage
http://tinyurl.com/hu4aod9
Posted by: Tami at August 24, 2016 11:06 AM (Enq6K)
I don't go there as it sends me to ad hell and freezes my computer. And if I need Ad Block to go to your site, I don't need your site.
Posted by: Meremortal at August 24, 2016 11:06 AM (3myMJ)
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2016 11:06 AM (c6/9Q)
You can even fact check me by looking it up in The Catholic Catechism ( the one written by John A. Hardon, S.J {Jesuit})
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 11:05 AM (oQQwD)
In the litany to the Holy Angels, , she is even referred to as, "The Queen of the Angels."
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 11:06 AM (oQQwD)
various translations and people can get twisted up about it.
Its called Mary's fiat.
One definition of the word fiat is a formal authorization.
Another is an Italian sportscar, but I don't see that in the painting.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 11:07 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: Bruce at August 24, 2016 11:08 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Tommy Vietor
Yes, there was consent...but because of Mary's nature, it was effectively a foregone conclusion. Remember, the "Immaculate Conception" refers to Mary, not Jesus, because she was born free of Original Sin; this is what made her fit to be the Mother of God, and also implies--as she was not in separation from God as the rest of humanity is--she was willing to go along with God on what honestly was a pretty out-there thing. You can get into all kinds of free will vs ineffable nature arguments as a result.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:08 AM (9krrF)
*****
Inhabited entirely by 13-year-old boys...
Posted by: Hillary at August 24, 2016 10:51 AM (wPiJc)
Go on......
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 24, 2016 11:08 AM (72N6L)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
I think we're seeing the Roman Catholic Church's exalted view of Mary, one of whose titles is 'Queen of Heaven', in this painting.
I'm with you, though. A Jewish peasant girl would be cowering in fear (as would the rest of us). Which is why the first words out of the angel's mouth are "Fear not".
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:08 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at August 24, 2016 11:08 AM (Kucy5)
Also, it was Jim in Texas who said "for those ignorant of Christianity" and I'm not mad about that either. But that's who I was replying to.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 10:18 AM (mgbwf)
Actually, no. I know all we Texans look the same to you furriners, but it'd be appreciated if you'd blame the Moron whut actually typed what'cha claimed?
91 For those ignorant of Christianity:
Angel: Great news, you're gonna have a baby!
Mary: But I'm a virgin.
Angel: That's OK, it's God's will.
Mary: Whatever He wants then.
Sorry if I offended anyone with the paraphrase. I'm typing with one finger on my phone.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 24, 2016 10:04 AM (2RBkF)
Much appreciated.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (v5iqM)
She was born without original sin (the Immaculate Conception refers to her conception, not to Jesus')
"Holy Mary, Mother of God"
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Tommy Vietor at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (mgbwf)
She was drafted.
Posted by: The Supreme Being at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (hgwL9)
318 Re: that Anne Rice story in the sidebar.
This is the same Anne Rice who returned to Catholicism in the early 2000's after many years as an atheist (and who then wrote a rather weird novel about Jesus, which drew on the Gnostic gospels and had the child Jesus killing another children in anger - oops!). Then she suddenly realized a few years later that the Catholic church doesn't approve of gay marriage and wrote this butt hurt article about how she could no longer be a Catholic because her wonderful son is gay.
Basically, she's a flake.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 11:10 AM (u0lmX)
Oh. Sorry.
But seriously how am I supposed to tell you apart with the big brims and the high heels?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:11 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:11 AM (9krrF)
Lovely.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 11:12 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:12 AM (NKXpn)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:13 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Tommy Vietor at August 24, 2016 11:00 AM (mgbwf)
She sure did. Then she went off to visit her cousin Elizabeth and gave her response to the Annunciation, which Catholics know as the Magnificat, one of the most beautiful prayers ever uttered. If sjw's ever REALLY studied Catholicism and it's role in Western Civilization, they'd see how it actually elevated the role of women. Think about it, a lowly woman is next in line after God...not a male! and not even the angels!
( uh, is this where I need to disclose 16 years of Catholic schooling?)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 11:13 AM (oQQwD)
At its most intellectually sophisticated, the alt-right philosophy is a rejection of the Enlightenment and the Constitution
And their virulent hatred of motherhood and apple pie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 24, 2016 11:14 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma
/fistbump
There's a few of us about here at the HQ...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:14 AM (9krrF)
That isn't even the half of it.
I had the "pleasure" of interacting with her on Amazon's reviewer forum. Basically she was against consumer book reviewers, then she wanted nothing but good reviews for authors, then she was trying to start a movement against anonymous online book reviews.
She was pushing a site for a time called Stop the Goodreads bullies, the management of which was notorious for tracking down online reviewers who posted negative reviews and harassing them...never mind if the reviews were warranted or not.
She's pretty much abandoned the Amazon forums now, or at least I haven't seen her posting under her name for quite some time. Interactions with her were...weird.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (eytER)
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I visited a vineyard operation in California last week, and the owner has an old stationary rail car he has converted to be a sitting area on part of his property.
The car is painted with the name of the rail line on it, "John Galt Express".
Does anyone know if that was a real line once upon a time or can I fairly assume the vineyard owner is a Rand devotee?
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (LISuA)
I can totally see that gasbag saying that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:11 AM (1ZOkK)
I can see every guy saying that, myself included. We're all thinking it. 'Cause she has that look.
Harassment? Not quite.
Posted by: Country Boy at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (Idu2i)
Posted by: An Observation at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (Ce58v)
"Be it done unto me according to thy will" sounds like the giving of consent, but it does look like it was in the cards long before she was born.
As Bro. Cavil remarked, you can get into all kinds of free will vs ineffable nature arguments as a result.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:15 AM (mgbwf)
The black supremacists of BLM and La Raza have the support of everyone else.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:03 AM (Om16U)
This is about right.
The MSM needs a counter-point to the
straight-up, overt, obvious, in-your-face, violent racism of BLM and La Raza.
Thus....the "alt-right" is born.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2016 11:16 AM (0cMkb)
Is it? Or is it an acknowledgment that the foundations that made them possible are no longer in place? I'm honestly not clear on that point.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:16 AM (9krrF)
various translations and people can get twisted up about it.
Its called Mary's fiat.
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read that as Mary's fat.
was going to say "Rosie O'Donnell says that's a little harsh"
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 11:16 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Abby Coffey at August 24, 2016 11:16 AM (HBU7W)
We all have our names on our oversized belt buckles.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or TEXIT) at August 24, 2016 11:17 AM (yv7u6)
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:17 AM (Om16U)
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Basically, she's a flake.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 11:09 AM (u0lmX)
That's being very kind.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the Rain at August 24, 2016 11:18 AM (72N6L)
My understanding is that Mary was a lowly commoner at the time of the Annunciation and that she would have cowered in the presence of a heavenly angel visiting her. This picture shows a deference of the humble-appearing angel to a saintly/upper class Mary. A little Botticelli license at play?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
It's religious symbolism. Gabriel bowing to her tells us that she is highly favored (chosen) by God, and is also an acknowledgment of the deity of Christ, whom she carries in her womb. An angel would logically bow before God, and Mary is bearing God incarnate, so he bows. Back in the day, before the majority of people were literate, the church used religious art to help teach the populace, so it's all packed with symbolism. Which is why you will see a lot of the same set pieces, postures, and themes over and over again in Christian art.
Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at August 24, 2016 11:18 AM (KkVB6)
Apparently she doesn't get that God is perfectly capable of answering prayers with "No".
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:18 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
Oh heck all of these artists used artistic license. Think of all of the many paintings from the life of Christ which showed the apostles or Jerusalem residents in medieval/Renaissance dress. Or the portraits of Christ which show him with blond hair and blue eyes, like he was Jesus of Norway.
They are still beautiful works of art - they were meant to inspire faith, not act as realistic portrayals of life in 1st century Israel (which the European artists would not have been familiar with anyway).
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 11:18 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 24, 2016 11:14 AM (IqV8l)
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Yes, it's absurd. It's also true. Look into "Dark Enlightenment," the author of which I believe Milo cited in his own guide to the alt-right.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at August 24, 2016 11:18 AM (mFkVC)
There's a few of us about here at the HQ...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:14 AM (9krrF)
:-)
Every time I see a little kid in a plaid uniform with a St's name embroidered on the shirt, I get nostalgically teary eyed and say a joyful prayer for them and their family!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (oQQwD)
So hippie-dippy coworker was just overheard talking about some new silverware she just bought. She said, and this is verbatim:
Yeah, it cost more than I wanted to spent, but I'm a real diva about what I put in my mouth.
I need to go for a walk before I get in trouble with HR.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (eytER)
I think they just refuse to back down to the anti-Semite card, race card, xenophobe card ... when they are mostly America First. But Hillary and the left attack "America First" as being like Hitler. So they sorta laugh that off, and refuse to cower, and fight back. Being called racist etc constantly does indeed get a little old, especially coming from corrupt treasonous Hillary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDbCGgN8Dv8
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (l6e0e)
So she organized a gang of bullies to stop saying mean-but-true things about her in-group and claimed it was to stop bullies. She is truly a prog-fascist at heart and reverts to form given time.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 10:44 AM (GXgiy)
It's a relatively new term for neo-Nazis and white supremacists, both of which could be tagged, with equal accuracy, "alt-left". Far enough around the bend, that they meet themselves coming the other way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Average Joe at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (p6yHN)
Is it? Or is it an acknowledgment that the foundations that made them possible are no longer in place? I'm honestly not clear on that point.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:16 AM (9krrF)
That's the issue when you're talking about groups like 4chan. It's not really just one hivemind, so even when people are generally less filtered, more crass, or openly racist, it's difficult to figure out how much of it is sincere and how much is some form of trolling.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (KUaJL)
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original quote attributed to Monica Lewinsky
Posted by: Rick in SK at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:11 AM (mgbwf)
I'm the one wearing a Hawaiian shirt* so bright it'd make Stevie Wonder turn from the glare, so loud that you have to wear earmuffs just to look at it.
Sadly, I'm without a proper Stetson. Lotta money, those. But, I've got a proper canvas slouch hat for when out doing stuff.
And my Sebago boat shoes don't have much of a heel, so there's that, too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
* which the nautical version of 5.11 gear. tropical camo, if you will.
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (v5iqM)
As Bro. Cavil remarked, you can get into all kinds of free will vs ineffable nature arguments as a result.////
Yep. The interesting thing to me is the way she words the response. Its a consent, but it is very humble. Not -- okay "you have my permission" per se, as much as, also a prayer: "Let this great news of G-d's will you have given me come to pass as you say."
I get the sense, even though she is quoted only a few times in scripture- this was an very very intelligent mind. Wisdom.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (xVRrG)
Not quite. By tradition Mary was of the House of David, which is to say, she was descended from King David. While she might not have been recognized royalty, she would certainly have been considered of royal lineage herself. As a practical matter this didn't normally matter much but for Scriptural purposes it's actually pretty critical.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Abby Coffey at August 24, 2016 11:22 AM (HBU7W)
Posted by: Tami at August 24, 2016 11:22 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2016 11:19 AM (oqkO3)
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This is a key point and should be noted by the people here who are eager to defend the alt-right. They take as much - more, probably - from the traditional left then the traditional right. They embrace identity politics, big government, abortion; tend to be radically atheist; etc.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at August 24, 2016 11:22 AM (mFkVC)
That is going to backfire.
The SJW's attempted to take over gaming and it turned into a clsuetrf#ck because the gamers they were vilifying fought back.
In fact, GamerGate is being credited with being just as big a factor as the Hulk Hogan lawsuit in bringing Gawker down. The Gawker sites went all in with vilifying gamers as misogynists and they lost $6 million in ad revenue in a few months.
I'm not saying this will win/lose the election, but Larry Correia said it best when remarking on GamerGate, that (paraphrasing): You have to be an idiot to pick a fight with a bunch of people who spend every free moment of their day strategizing the best way to win a game.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 11:22 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:22 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Abby Coffey at August 24, 2016 11:23 AM (HBU7W)
The Republicans could run zombie Mr. Rogers for president and the left and MFM would claim he was a hate monger, sexist, racist, bigot. But Fox must really want those CNN ratings
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 24, 2016 11:24 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:24 AM (9krrF)
But yes the painting is showing how Mary, though human and mortal, is of higher rank than Gabriel. And as opposed to Zeus forcing his favors upon mortal women; here is G-d respecting Mary by sending a highly ranked matchmaker as it were to ask.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:25 AM (NKXpn)
One definition of the word fiat is a formal authorization.
Another is:
Fix
It
Again
Tony
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2016 11:25 AM (19RKp)
Annunciation and that she would have cowered in the presence of a
heavenly angel visiting her. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 10:48 AM (wPiJc)
Your understanding is no worse than anyone else's. The lot is based on conjecture, anecdote, often contradictory "source material," and (extremely) unverifiable history that wouldn't pass evidentiary muster under any other circumstances...
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 11:26 AM (Bdeb0)
IOW, our Democratic opponents are much like Deep Blue, or a very adaptable virus. I figured we were doomed...
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 11:28 AM (Bdeb0)
I own rather few things but one that I like a lot is my Cabela's Gun Club hat. It's made by Stetson but it's not a cowboy hat. It's like an oversize fedora that keeps you dry if you're walking in the woods in the rain.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:28 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Average Joe at August 24, 2016 11:29 AM (p6yHN)
You might like the Tilley Endurables hats, made in Canada. I've got one--swear by it. Great hat.
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 11:30 AM (Bdeb0)
Fvck it ... I'm in. Don't have a team now. Why not Team Alt-Right ?
Why ? Because the Enlightenment and Constitution didn't stop us from getting to the point where I'm expected to financially support people who insist I submit to foreign invasion and domestic tyranny. And neither will stop us from sliding farther down the same shit hole.
Both failed. If we get a do over, I would support neither.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 24, 2016 11:31 AM (qoKAm)
Starring Rapey Bearovich Kazmarov!
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQVdrillxA
"Guardians".
Coming soon?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2016 11:32 AM (0cMkb)
Those are nice, but they're not made out of dead beaver like a proper hat:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Stetson-Three-Forks-Gun-Club-Hat/751050.uts
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:32 AM (mgbwf)
Trump can probably win those voters back.
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2016 11:33 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:20 AM (9krrF)
My impression from the Gospels is that the Mary and Joseph weren't exactly walking around in purple robes. Despite their royal lineage, what did that actually *mean* for them, day to day? Not much, I think. They didn't live in Jerusalem, where the Jewish kings lived. Joseph was eking out a living as a carpenter way up north in the Galilee. That is hardly auspicious. And isn't that the point?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:33 AM (GXgiy)
Correia was saying this about the gamers - they pushed back against the feminist whiners and media hard in all sorts of ways.
I'm sure David Brock has some good trolls/online harassers, too, it just seems like an unforced error to provoke gamers and other regularly non-political/Democrat by default types by calling them bigots and neo-Nazis for simply not buying in to the latest PC crap.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2016 11:33 AM (NOIQH)
Annunciation by Botticelli
In which the Angel Clearblue visits the Virgin Mary to tell her that she has been divinely impregnated and will bear the Christ child.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2016 11:33 AM (kdS6q)
She was born without original sin (the Immaculate Conception refers to her conception, not to Jesus')
Um, no. Outside of Jesus no human has ever been born without original sin.
Interesting Catholic theory with no basis in fact, like many of their other ideas.
Posted by: Country Boy at August 24, 2016 11:34 AM (Idu2i)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 24, 2016 10:30 AM (1ZOkK)
I heard him say that. It was stunning, to say the least. Amy Kellogg, who is in Italy and had just arrived on the scene, and is horrified by what she is finding, kind of snapped back that many of the structures dated from the 12th century.
She also said that the hospital had to be abandoned because it was structurally unsound and that the parking lot was full of gurneys, blankets, etc.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 24, 2016 11:34 AM (aSpG0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (NKXpn)
And that's when the fight started.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 11:30 AM (Bdeb0)
I also have one of those Tilley hats. Best hat ever.. It will probably be an item in my will.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: donna at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 24, 2016 11:36 AM (+FSld)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (mgbwf)
Yeah, I was just going to say -- here it comes, run for cover!
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:37 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:37 AM (NKXpn)
Tis true. This is why I started my own religion. That and some heir shopping and general pilfering. And tossing away wives like garbage.
Posted by: Henry VIII Rex at August 24, 2016 11:38 AM (326rv)
Here's a Russian super hero movie:
Posted by: naturalfake
"Hmmmm -- our giant BearMan seems to be lacking a certain -- something."
"A handheld Gatling Gun perhaps?"
"That's it! Tres Magnifique!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 24, 2016 11:38 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:35 AM (mgbwf)
Heh. I should have added "according to Catholic Doctrine"
I pray to Mary all the time, btw.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:38 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 24, 2016 11:39 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 11:39 AM (RD7QR)
Those are nice, but they're not made out of dead beaver like a proper hat
Be much better to have a live beaver hat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 24, 2016 11:39 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist
Any wives on tap?
Posted by: Henry VIII Rex at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (326rv)
Posted by: donna at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (O2RFr)
New line of attack that might work...
Hillary has 21 fundraisers scheduled... no press conferences... 1 campaign event for the next Month...
So just like when she was Secretary of State... you must PAY to see her...
Posted by: Don Q. at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (qf6WZ)
Mine actually was inherited from Papa Eez.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (Z8DIA)
Those are nice, but they're not made out of dead beaver like a proper hat
Be much better to have a live beaver hat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 24, 2016 11:39 AM (IqV8l)
Nah, they keep chewing your skull and it gets painful after a while.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (RD7QR)
http://www.iep.utm.edu/origen-of-alexandria/
Or this link
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gqs344q
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (NKXpn)
I generally don't wear hats, but if I were to do so on a more frequent basis, that Three Forks would be at the top of the list.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (RD7QR)
Even our own Ace fell for this shit in the early days.
To the left, if you don't agree with them, it follows that you must be racist. The Jew hating they can't explain, but they throw it in just for fun.
Similarly, the elite right wing writers sequestered in New York and Washington can't believe that the inbred sister-fuckers in the heartland who used to be reliable republicans are starting to think for themselves. Since they live outside of the Beltway and Manhattan, they are automatically racist Jew haters.
This is what passes for knowledge at the Starbucks on the Upper West Side.
Posted by: jwest at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: donna at August 24, 2016 11:41 AM (O2RFr)
Hillary has 21 fundraisers scheduled... no press conferences... 1 campaign event for the next Month...
So just like when she was Secretary of State... you must PAY to see her...
Posted by: Don Q. at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (qf6WZ)
Any questions from the MFM? nah, why bother
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 24, 2016 11:41 AM (493sH)
Hillary has 21 fundraisers scheduled... no press conferences... 1 campaign event for the next Month...
So just like when she was Secretary of State... you must PAY to see her...
Posted by: Don Q. at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (qf6WZ)
Any questions from the MFM? nah, why bother
Posted by: TheQuietMan
This is a line of attack that would hit 'em both. She's whoring out everything, and they are ok with it.
Posted by: Henry VIII Rex at August 24, 2016 11:42 AM (326rv)
I think it was Joseph who was part of House of David. At least that's what I gather from the begat list in the Bible. Would Mary just be assumed to be of that linage?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 11:42 AM (YYoIi)
+++++++++===============\
So you both can be correct. King David got around. There was probably not a shortage of his descendants at that time. So being descendent didn't make you royalty and upper class - prince or princess. Mary knew the psalms and probably had some education from the Temple - she quoted one at the Visitation. Of course we don't know that for sure, its speculation. The descent fulfills old testatment prophecy. The old testament covenant was consummated in the new testament.
Catholic tradition has it that a lot of the Gospel of Luke was dictated to him by Mary.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 11:42 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: @votermom
There's a term for that, you know.
Blasphemy.
And on that happy note, later folks!!
: )
Posted by: Country Boy at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (Idu2i)
Interesting Catholic theory with no basis in fact, like many of their other ideas.
Perhaps you'd like to revise and correct your remarks and provide evidence for the "fact" that Jesus was born without Original Sin?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (X6fMO)
OK, that takes me immediately to Professor Tom Lehrer. (Dr. Demento is an overlooked gem from the 70s).
"First you get down on your knees
Fiddle with your rosaries
Bow your heads with deep respect
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!"
See the Vatican Rag for full lyrics.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (GXgiy)
Posted by: Golfman at August 24, 2016 11:44 AM (b6FQn)
Posted by: Don Q. at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (qf6WZ)
It's not entirely clear. Some attribute her to the House of David (what I went with) and some the lineage of Aaron, from what I gather.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (9krrF)
Blasphemy.
And on that happy note, later folks!!
: )
Posted by: Country Boy at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (Idu2i)
Heretic, she muttered.
Posted by: @votermom at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (Om16U)
Legally his birthright descends from Joseph under jewish law.
Spiritually, given the immaculate conception the prophecy of the messiah's descent from David, is fulfilled in Mary's line from David. Mary and Joseph both were descended in different lineages from David.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (xVRrG)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (GXgiy)
If Moses or Noah didn't look like the Keep on Truckin' guy it would be totally wrong.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2016 11:46 AM (NKXpn)
Blasphemy.
And on that happy note, later folks!!
: )
Posted by: Country Boy at August 24, 2016 11:43 AM (Idu2i)
Thanks for checking in today, Jack Chick.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 24, 2016 11:46 AM (493sH)
A man after my own heart.
Another stupid fucker that won't admit the difference between 'praying to' and worshipping.
"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners. Now and at the hour of our death, Amen."
No one asked mary for sooooooper powers, or to find car keys, or a pony.
She is respected baecause she gave birth to God. Country critter gave birth to what was in his diaper.
Posted by: Henry VIII Rex at August 24, 2016 11:46 AM (326rv)
Posted by: johnd01 at August 24, 2016 11:47 AM (ukNFU)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2016 11:47 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 24, 2016 11:47 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 24, 2016 11:48 AM (YYoIi)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at August 24, 2016 11:45 AM (RD7QR)
I was thinking that the angels are probably going to be wearing boots on their huge legs and be sporting enormous bazooms.
And Cush is going to have lips the size of truck tires.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 24, 2016 11:48 AM (GXgiy)
So,, whose this Mary chick, and do you think she would like to donate to my foundation? I could set aside some time to meet with her...
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 24, 2016 11:49 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Don Q. at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (qf6WZ)
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Very good point.
Posted by: MTF at August 24, 2016 11:50 AM (LISuA)
I get no infallibility doctrine when I talk shit. I take no offense to correction. Even from you heretics that put carrots in your Jell-O...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 24, 2016 11:50 AM (9krrF)
Similarly, the elite right wing writers
sequestered in New York and Washington can't believe that the inbred
sister-fuckers in the heartland who used to be reliable republicans are
starting to think for themselves. Since they live outside of the
Beltway and Manhattan, they are automatically racist Jew haters.
This is what passes for knowledge at the Starbucks on the Upper West Side. Posted by: jwest at August 24, 2016 11:40 AM (Zs4uk)
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I just can't imagine the coasties going to a VFW or Legion hall and interacting on any meaningful level with the people there. The WWII generation is almost gone, which was an automatic shared experience and democratic (note the small 'd') for social utility. I do not understand the southern or eastern social strata -- Midwest has a different sensibility. What is a 'club' and why would I join one and what is 'good' and what is not?
The loss of a generation of shared experience is really showing now.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 24, 2016 11:51 AM (MIKMs)
Concur. In fact, I've thought demeaning people as "low-information voters" was too smug by half and not very attractive.
Posted by: General Zod at August 24, 2016 11:53 AM (Bdeb0)
You have very little to offer him.
Some half worm eaten apples.
You know his mother is well thought of and known to be very kind to peasants.
So you approach her in town one day and offer her as a gift your apple for her son the King and beg her to ask him for a favor of you.
She, being full of grace, takes your wormy apple and wishes you well. She then prepares your gift by cutting away the worm eaten parts, displaying the few choice slices on a sliver plate from her own kitchen and takes it to the King with your words.
Surely the King, who is known to love his mother, looks more favorably upon your gift presented to him by his own mother, with her own care and love appended?
But if you don't want to offer your prayers through Mary, you are free not to do so. Personally I definitely need ALL the help I can get.
Posted by: simplemind at August 24, 2016 11:54 AM (xVRrG)
I've come to a fateful decision
To avoid a great blogly division
I steer clear of threads
Where trolls sh*t the bed
And those with debates on religion!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 24, 2016 11:55 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: fly gal at August 24, 2016 11:57 AM (8TdcF)
But that said, I "like" that Jesus came for the common man and crowds loved him (populist?), but it was the Jews (pharisees/lawyers leadership) that rejected him, as they had made a mess of things (e.g. they had sex with the woman, but they tried to trick Jesus on the law which said "stone her").
"Oregon Muse - "the stone that the builders rejected" I think is the turn of phrase you are looking for. " anna
So those Jews rejected Jesus and arranged for his death ... but he was risen to be the head of the corner (the foundation stone, petra, not little pebble Peter) on which the Christian church is built. So there is no more Jew nor Gentile, both are joint heirs with Christ ... perfect lamb of God sacrifice, first fruits from the dead, and our high priest forever to whom we have direct access. It fits nicely.
I see it as the upgrade to Judaism, as no one has to have the right bloodline. Of course accepting a lord was more understood in the day when human lived under rulers that essentially owned them, as is still true of most countries. Hillary says we have to change our beliefs though, once she is queen.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 11:57 AM (l6e0e)
Fra Filippo Lippi would be a fun one to post for the art thread; a monk that would quite fit in with the Moron Horde, heh.
Also, curious is this image was planned or if CBD got tired of us trying to tie images together and threw us a curve instead.
Posted by: LizLem at August 24, 2016 11:58 AM (hvf9s)
Why didn't these artists depict more ancient architecture in their religious paintings? After all, they were surrounded by Roman ruins and sculpture and perhaps a preserved fresco or two.
I think it has to do with the immediacy of the religious experience. Perhaps in the medieval and Renaissance imagination, Christ was immediate while in later eras (sadly) Christ became historical and the sense of distance grew along with the tendency to portray the events as distant and historical. Hmm.
Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 24, 2016 12:05 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 24, 2016 12:16 PM (4+VII)
Posted by: Joseph at August 24, 2016 09:48 AM (0mRoj)
What did you do with the Gold, Frankincence, and Myrhh I sent to you?
Posted by: God at August 24, 2016 12:18 PM (4+VII)
evidence for the "fact" that Jesus was born without Original Sin?" mary poppins
iirc, JC is also called the "second Adam". First Adam had pure blood, second Adam (JC) had "pure blood" passed on from Father God creating perfect sperm in Mary (is how I recall the story). So this would mean the "blood life" part came from the sperm?
Bible also says JC was tempted in all points, yet without sin. But the first Adam was also tempted(?), but he chose to follow tempted/deceived Eve. But JC had to redeem man by being the perfect lamb of God sacrifice. I guess I hadn't thought of whether JC also "carried" the original sin with him because of Mary.
So I'm just curious about where you are going with that interesting point. It sorta makes sense that redeeming meant bearing the burden of the original sin, yet without "sin". Same with being beaten, rejected, fulfilling OT prophesies, still choosing to obey God's will, not his own.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2016 12:20 PM (l6e0e)
The gold was cool, but the tree sap....Really? Tree sap? Get real, big guy.
Posted by: Joseph's lawyer at August 24, 2016 12:22 PM (CPk08)
Old Pappy Eromero used to farm near WeeWak. I came THIS close to being raised a strailian.
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2016 12:49 PM (zLDYs)
And therein you have the entire plot to the terrible movie Legion, with Paul Bethany, who was also in the terrible zombie movie Priest. Though I did like the demon granny in Legion. She reminds one of Hillary!
Posted by: Sharkman at August 24, 2016 12:52 PM (ebvZl)
Posted by: vivi at August 24, 2016 12:54 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 24, 2016 12:16 PM (4+VII)
I didn't realize you were such a literalist you are blind to the beauty in front of you. As I said earlier these great pictures were never intended to be a documentary of life in 4 BC Palestine but to inspire faith and devotion by their beauty.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at August 24, 2016 01:22 PM (u0lmX)
People sure have weird ideas about Judaism.
Posted by: Joseph's lawyer at August 24, 2016 01:39 PM (CPk08)
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