Mid-Morning Open Thread [CBD]

Penitent Magdalene
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

And below the fold another version from Donatello, completed about 150 years earlier, but, at least to me, eerily reminiscent of modern sculpture.

The contrast is amazing....

Penitent Magdalene
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi (Donatello)

mustbequantum had this to say yesterday:

As far as 'modern' art, I would defy anyone to look at Donatello's 'Penitent Magdalene' and not see modernity and brutal realism. Mostly, we think of his smooth and pretty David, but he really did something there. I think CBD has mentioned it, but I think it would be a great discussion piece.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:45 AM

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1 st?

Posted by: johnd01 at October 26, 2016 09:44 AM (ukNFU)

2 ...and I even read the post!

Posted by: johnd01 at October 26, 2016 09:44 AM (ukNFU)

3 Damn! That is some contrast.

Posted by: JTB at October 26, 2016 09:45 AM (V+03K)

4 top 10

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 26, 2016 09:45 AM (YOd/B)

5 I always imagined Magdalena looking more like the painting rather than the sculpture, but the sculpture certainly is arresting.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 09:45 AM (RD7QR)

6 So what about the other two Mutant Ninja Turtles works?

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 26, 2016 09:46 AM (jPoCB)

7 Caravaggio is my favorite.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 09:46 AM (BcNLK)

8 I always imagined Magdalena looking more like the painting rather than the sculpture, but the sculpture certainly is arresting.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 09:45 AM (RD7QR)

Arresting, but it looks more like a post-apocalyptic survivor.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 09:48 AM (BcNLK)

9 The first one I feel like she should have something in her lap. The second one looks like a gorgon!

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 09:48 AM (lIU4e)

10 Senior White House officials blocked the Navy from conducting needed freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea amid growing concerns that China is militarizing newly reclaimed islands, according to the Pentagons Defense Policy Board.

A working paper produced in September 2015 by John Hamre, the policy board chairman, called for an immediate resumption of Navy warship passages to prevent China from taking over the strategic Southeast Asian waterway.

The internal document was disclosed Monday by WikiLeaks as part of its latest batch of hacked emails from the account of John Podesta, campaign chairman for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

More Surrender

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2016 09:49 AM (dELE3)

11 In the upper painting why would the great masters of the 1500s portray these biblical characters in the clothing and setting of the 16th century instead of the first century? The second picture of the statue is probably more accurate but it is rather dark.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 26, 2016 09:49 AM (mpXpK)

12 Hillary before and after photos?

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (Fb9aZ)

13 Since I just got willowed:

Morning all.

Went and did my duty and voted. Also took a little drive around the 'hood to see if there's any signage out like has been discussed here prior.

Other than at the early voting booth, saw exactly one. For some black chick state rep. No Trump, Hillary, nothing.

Will probably check out other areas/towns this week also just to see if other areas are just as barren.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (Idu2i)

14 I like them both. I think the second one probably is trying to show what she felt like rather than what she looked like, if that makes any sense.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (uHcnA)

15 Gentlemen! No fighting in the War Room!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Clean Your Consicence with Donkey Brand Ethics Cleanser from the Outrage Outlet! at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (hLRSq)

16 My guess is the sculpture is modeled after a real beggar, former streetwalker.
Check out her toned arms though.

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (Om16U)

17 Valeria Corvino's 'Pentient Magdalene' is the best of them all, I think, and one of the major factors that prompted me to transition fully from painting into sculpting--which is a strange thing an artist to do at my age, I know, but what the hell.

Of the arts, the emotive power of fully realized works in the round is rivaled only by music, in my view.

Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:50 AM (OGbEB)

18 I went to the grocery this morning and wore my Deploribus Unum & Je Suis Deplorable pins.

The only comment I got was from the checkout guy, mid-20s white, who asked "Is that a Trump pin?" and went on to tell me that everyone in his family except his mom is voting for Trump. He did not know what "deplorable" referred to.

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 09:51 AM (Om16U)

19 Country Boy, did you ever hear back from Ricardo Kill? I really want to know how he is doing, and I really hope he is on the mend. But it worries me that we haven't seen him.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:51 AM (uHcnA)

20 Looks like the top one looks like she is wearing the drapes from the Von Trapp place.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (Fb9aZ)

21 Those pieces are absolutely spectacular. Oh my goodness, the Donatello sculpture is especially great. Thank goodness it has survived for all these centuries.

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (LISuA)

22 Went and did my duty and voted.

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That's great! Be sure to vote again tomorrow!

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (Om16U)

23 I did contract work at nuke plants around the country and one place was a plant in NY. Hillary visited the plant often and would take pleasure in telling the workers at the plant that she was going to see that they all lost their jobs because she wanted the plant closed. Workers at the plant would whistle the witch riff from Wizard of Oz whenever she was oozing around the plant.

I'll just put this here as a sort of validation of what I said happened:

https://tinyurl.com/jbmw3kg

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Make deplorable adorable again!) at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (4ng05)

24 Mary Magdalene. Nowhere in the Gospels is she named as a penitent adulteress or prostitute, she was a possessed woman who Jesus healed & became His faithful disciple, but she somehow got linked up with the woman caught in adultery, as well as the woman washing Christ's feet with her tears.

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (7HtZB)

25 Gateway Pundit says Carter was up 8 over Reagan at this point in 1980.

Trump is no Reagan.

But, there has been no Republican since Reagan who has been able to connect with blue-collar workers like Trump.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (e2Rx3)

26 I saw the Donatello sculpture and took a picture of it because it was utterly captivating. I had no idea at the time who it was by or that it was famous. This is because I am dim.

I wonder if it's been moved? I remember it being in the same room as the David statue, but off to the side. Maybe not, it was 25 years ago and I'm dim.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (mgbwf)

27 I commend the sniper in the first picture for a job well done.

Posted by: Unsure if deplorable at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (9MlEz)

28 Did he drug her with that wine?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (iONHu)

29 In the upper painting why would the great masters of the 1500s portray these biblical characters in the clothing and setting of the 16th century instead of the first century? The second picture of the statue is probably more accurate but it is rather dark.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 26, 2016 09:49 AM (mpXpK)

Why depict ancient Biblical figures in contemporary garb? To make the thememore relevant to the audience/viewer, thus creating a sense of immediacy and universiality It's a very old practice.

Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (OGbEB)

30 >>> I always imagined Magdalena looking more like the painting rather than the sculpture, but the sculpture certainly is arresting.

"Arresting, but it looks more like a post-apocalyptic survivor."

My immediate reaction to the sculpture was to imagine bottles being clinked together along with the taunt of "Warriors... come out to pla-a-a-y!"

Posted by: torquewrench at October 26, 2016 09:54 AM (noWW6)

31 The internal document was disclosed Monday by WikiLeaks as part of its latest batch of hacked emails from the account of John Podesta, campaign chairman for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

More Surrender
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2016 09:49 AM (dELE3)

How the hell did Podesta have this info?

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 09:54 AM (RD7QR)

32 Is the sculpture made of stone or wood? I thought at first wood because of the color, but it gleams like stone.

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 09:54 AM (Om16U)

33 Good lord, that statue is scary. Horror movie scary.

I wonder - in my own ignorant, philistine way - if the ugliness is supposed to represent the way Jesus saw Mary with her accumulated sins, the horror of the blackened soul made flesh before He wiped it all away?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2016 09:54 AM (X6fMO)

34 That sculpture is terrifying.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (KUaJL)

35 Lifting my self-imposed art thread ban to say Thank You for the sidebar article on Ultramarine.

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (nNdYv)

36 My dad was a woodcarver. He went into carving after he got older and eyesight started getting shaky. When I saw that Donatello piece, I was really struck by the realism and asked him if he was inspired by something like that. Got the biff on the back of the head and 'Duh'.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (MIKMs)

37 The 2nd one is a zombie, right???

Posted by: Lizzy at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (I462K)

38 Donatello's Penitent Magdalene has some guns!

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (56NFR)

39 Top one seems anachronistic.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 09:56 AM (mBYZv)

40 If you haven't read the article about ultramarine in the sidebar, I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 09:56 AM (BcNLK)

41 So my company is doing a surplus equipment sale. I am sorely tempted to buy a 4 year old iMac for about $300. It's not the top of the line 27" model though.

Worth it? It will run Sierra.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at October 26, 2016 09:56 AM (eytER)

42 I found the cat . . .

Wait . . . no . . . . sorry . . . that's not a cat.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 09:57 AM (Fb9aZ)

43 Why depict ancient Biblical figures in contemporary garb? To make the thememore relevant to the audience/viewer, thus creating a sense of immediacy and universiality It's a very old practice.
Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (OGbEB)
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And one which I've always found interesting. That kind of thing is fascinating to me. I'm always interested in how people think about things.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:57 AM (uHcnA)

44 The sculpture piece reminds me of that hag lib woman congress critter from out east. NY? CT? Not sure, help me out Morons

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (voOPb)

45 I can appreciate the workmanship of the wood sculpture. But it looks like something out of The Walking Dead or one of the dancers in the Thriller video. It actually distracts from the moral of the story.

The Caravaggio is much more subdued but more effectively portrays the moment. Mary Magdalene is realizing how she has lived and will live into the future. It is an awesome sea change in attitude and action but is a very personal one. Something done in the privacy of her chamber.

Posted by: JTB at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (V+03K)

46 Country Boy, did you ever hear back from Ricardo Kill? I really want to know how he is doing, and I really hope he is on the mend. But it worries me that we haven't seen him.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:51 AM (uHcnA)

I did not.

In the past it wasn't unusual for him to not reply for a week or more, being busy with his Dad and all. It's been a week now though and haven't heard anything.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (Idu2i)

47 24 Mary Magdalene. Nowhere in the Gospels is she named as a penitent adulteress or prostitute, she was a possessed woman who Jesus healed & became His faithful disciple, but she somehow got linked up with the woman caught in adultery, as well as the woman washing Christ's feet with her tears.
Posted by: josephistan

Chicago Jesus did the same thing with his girlfriends in his book. He left out what he did with his boyfriends.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (kfcYC)

48 MisHum, you'll have to be more specific. Could be any of them.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (uHcnA)

49 41 So my company is doing a surplus equipment sale. I am sorely tempted to buy a 4 year old iMac for about $300. It's not the top of the line 27" model though.

Worth it? It will run Sierra.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at October 26, 2016 09:56 AM (eytER

I found out the hard way Apple runs 5 year life spans on their products. When it becomes obsolete will it still be useful to you?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (voOPb)

50
"...but she somehow got linked up with the woman caught in adultery, as well as the woman washing Christ's feet with her tears."

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 09:52 AM (7HtZB)

My girlfriend is passionate about defending Mary Magdelene and thinks Mary's traditional portrayal as a prostitute/adulteress was the result ofdisciples and/or early Christians who sullied her name out of jealousy.

I don't think it matters. If the perception of Mary Magdalene as a whore somehow makes people carrying the weight of sexual sin think, 'Jesus can love me, too', then that perception, however misguided or pernicious, serves good purpose.

Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (OGbEB)

51 I even read the post!
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I have to admit.

I only looked at the pictures.

Posted by: Methos at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (3Liv/)

52 48 MisHum, you'll have to be more specific. Could be any of them.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (uHcnA

God, I can't think of her name. Maybe she has an Italian name. Just a haggard ugly bitch the critter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (voOPb)

53 44 The sculpture piece reminds me of that hag lib woman congress critter from out east. NY? CT? Not sure, help me out Morons
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (voOPb)

Rosa Delauro? Rep from CT

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (7HtZB)

54 Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (e2Rx3)

I don't think they ever really tried though either. Reagan thought any individual's vote was worth having while the DOPe wrote off the group as belonging to the dems.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (GDulk)

55 I did not.

In the past it wasn't unusual for him to not reply for a week or more, being busy with his Dad and all. It's been a week now though and haven't heard anything.
Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (Idu2i)
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Thanks for letting me know. Would you feel comfortable pinging him again, just in case your email got buried? I don't have his email address, otherwise I'd do it.

If you do write him again, please tell him we are all worried and would love to hear from him on the blog. And he's in my prayers.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (uHcnA)

56 Dropping my ballot off this morning. Not that it will make a dent in deep blue Oregon's eventual electoral college results, but oh well.

Posted by: PabloD at October 26, 2016 10:01 AM (K1LmL)

57 Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 09:55 AM (MIKMs)

Can you share some pics of his carvings? Maybe send to CBD for an art thread?

I love wood carvings - I grew up in a place where it was a common folk art thing and I kind of miss that.

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 10:01 AM (Om16U)

58 There is a lot of ultramarine or cobalt in the Jardin Majorelle in Morocco. Along with all the bright green in there, the primary colours hurt my eyes.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 26, 2016 10:01 AM (sZ7db)

59 My girlfriend is passionate about defending Mary Magdelene and thinks Mary's traditional portrayal as a prostitute/adulteress was the result ofdisciples and/or early Christians who sullied her name out of jealousy.

I don't think it matters. If the perception of Mary Magdalene as a whore somehow makes people carrying the weight of sexual sin think, 'Jesus can love me, too', then that perception, however misguided or pernicious, serves good purpose.
Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (OGbEB)

True. I doubt that she's in Heaven now shouting at us "But I wasn't a whore!!"

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:01 AM (7HtZB)

60 53 44 The sculpture piece reminds me of that hag lib woman congress critter from out east. NY? CT? Not sure, help me out Morons
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (voOPb)

Rosa Delauro? Rep from CT
Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (7HtZB)

Ah yes, Rep. Babba Yaga (D-CT). She loves to dress young just to remind people that she enjoys her life of passing legislation and bringing curses on the innocent.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:02 AM (RD7QR)

61 Forgiveness and recognition of our common humanity is much harder towards unattractive people. I always saw this as a challenge to all of us to accept and help those who truly need it. As an old agnostic, grace is given even to the least of us.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 10:02 AM (MIKMs)

62
*looks at sculpture*

Magdalene was a crack 'ho?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (XWkhW)

63 44 The sculpture piece reminds me of that
hag
lib
woman
congress critter
from out east....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (voOPb)

quintuplely redundant.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (56NFR)

64 18 I went to the grocery this morning and wore my Deploribus Unum & Je Suis Deplorable pins
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Did you pick me up a pack of ham hocks?

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (4NzMD)

65 62
*looks at sculpture*

Magdalene was a crack 'ho?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (XWkhW)

And/or early shake weight user, or frequently practiced a similar activity.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:04 AM (56NFR)

66 Maybe Caravaggio charged extra for boobs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 26, 2016 10:04 AM (4HySM)

67 Did you pick me up a pack of ham hocks?
Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (4NzMD)

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No, lo siento. Ever since our hispanic population went up stuff like that is expensive!

The chicharones was buy one get one though.

Posted by: Votermom the deplorable @vm on gab at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (Om16U)

68 In the top picture, the lady looks like she's taking a nap. I don't feel any sense of repentance jumping off the canvas at me. She just looks like a chubby woman snoozing her way through the Renaissance.

The second picture of the sculpture screams to me of the ugliness of sin, the brokenness of the sinner, and the search for redemption. This is the gut-punch of the Gospel.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (dFi94)

69 Rep Baba Yaga. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (EnGQE)

70 I found out the hard way Apple runs 5 year life spans on their products. When it becomes obsolete will it still be useful to you?

Good way to look at it. I'm currently using a 2008 Macbook Pro that is capped at El Capitan and it's working well enough for running iTunes and my media server. I guess given that this iMac can run Sierra that means I'll get at least several more years of security updates and things. I'm not looking for anything fancy, mainly to replace a Dell AIO piece of crap that just died.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (PFy0L)

71 Did you pick me up a pack of ham hocks?
Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:03 AM (4NzMD)
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I thought you were going to use your charm on the Heavenly Ham ladies.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (uHcnA)

72 60 53 44 The sculpture piece reminds me of that hag lib woman congress critter from out east. NY? CT? Not sure, help me out Morons
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:58 AM (voOPb)

Rosa Delauro? Rep from CT
Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (7HtZB)

DING
DING
DING
DING
WINNAH

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (voOPb)

73 Donatello's Mary Magdalene has seen some shit in her life. Wow.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (3DSAh)

74 God, I can't think of her name. Maybe she has an Italian name. Just a haggard ugly bitch the critter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (voOPb)

*puts down money on 'Who is Rosa DeLauro'

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (/D5Lf)

75 The video of the Trump supporters shutting down some SJW libs is gold.

Note how angry the leftists are.
And how cheerful the Trump people are.

Who is winning, who acts like they're winning?

And, I've been thinking about Scott Adams' post yesterday about how Hillary represents the bully, her and her supporters can only bully others, not persuade or engage.

That's true. When I was on FB (I quit a week ago), all the Hillary supporters had ever done was post shit along the lines of "Trump is a horrible, horrible person and so are you if you support him."
That's 91% of the media coverage, too.
They'll play a clip of Trump and each and every "analyst" will shout, "Don't you losers believe your eyes and ears--what he just said was the most horrible, racist, misogynistic, evil thing ever!!! And you are too, if you agree with Trump!!"

How much of that is NOT showing up in the polls, the silent "FU" vote? The seething anger at being bullied, forced, lied to and told what to do?

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (e2Rx3)

76 56 PabloD

Every bit counts - do not believe ANY polls - and even in deep blue states it is important that we goose up totals - even if we cannot take the state it helps with the overall electorat/ popular vote picture. If Trump pulls this out (and I think he will btw) we want him to be well above 50% in popular vote - not just ahead on the Electoral College alone - so we can shut the f*cking liberals who will try , immediately, to scream "illegitimate" (even though three weeks before they were claiming that doing so was" totes a a threat to our democracy, dude!"

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (Fb9aZ)

77 Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (dFi94)

Nicely phrased.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (EnGQE)

78 I think the "Magdalena was a whore" thing is an artifact of the medieval church. In the bible she's just a girl from whom Jesus casts out seven demons.

In the Gnostic gospel of Mary she's a whole 'nuther thing. I quite like the Gnostic gospels as they add a Zen element to the Jesus story, but I know that's not popular among actual believers.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (mgbwf)

79 dammit. josephistan beat me to it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (/D5Lf)

80 I'm not looking for anything fancy, mainly to replace a Dell AIO piece of crap that just died.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (PFy0L)

Well the price sounds good, so why not?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:07 AM (voOPb)

81 I can't imagine she made much of a living as a prostitute if that's how she looked. Not to be contrarian but I very much dislike that sculpture. It provides no emotional or reflective feelings for me.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 26, 2016 10:07 AM (rjGUv)

82 I found out the hard way Apple runs 5 year life spans on their products. When it becomes obsolete will it still be useful to you?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (voOPb)

I have many Apple Computers that are way over 5 years old and run fine?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2016 10:07 AM (dELE3)

83 Got willowed in the last thread, but....

bluebell and other New Englander horde -
Any interest in organizing a New England Moron Meetup?
Perhaps after the holidays? Celebrate (or mourn) the inauguration of the next president?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 26, 2016 10:08 AM (jxbfJ)

84 39 Top one seems anachronistic.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear

If that means the chick has no boobs, then yeah, it seems that way.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 26, 2016 10:08 AM (kfcYC)

85 The second picture of the sculpture screams to me of the ugliness of sin, the brokenness of the sinner, and the search for redemption. This is the gut-punch of the Gospel.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:05 AM (dFi94

Kind of like a hanging curveball belt high over the plate?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (voOPb)

86 Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (e2Rx3)
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I think that whole "Trump is a FU vote" is a real thing. It has a strong emotional appeal.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (3DSAh)

87 82 I found out the hard way Apple runs 5 year life spans on their products. When it becomes obsolete will it still be useful to you?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 09:59 AM (voOPb)

I have many Apple Computers that are way over 5 years old and run fine?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2016 10:07 AM (dELE3)

Yes, I have an '09 vintage MacBook that runs without a hiccup. Macs are pretty well-built so long as you max out the memory. (Also recommend investing in an SSD drive.)

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (RD7QR)

88 The problem I have with the Gnostic gospels is they're not true. Very partial exception of Thomas, and that's only where it's relating *non*gnostic sayings.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (sZ7db)

89 >>Ah yes, Rep. Babba Yaga (D-CT). She loves to dress young just to remind
people that she enjoys her life of passing legislation and bringing
curses on the innocent.

Wait --- you think the sculpture looks like this woman?

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/ 272823/slide_272823_1943064_free.jpg

Posted by: Lizzy at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (I462K)

90 bluebell and other New Englander horde -
Any interest in organizing a New England Moron Meetup?
Perhaps after the holidays? Celebrate (or mourn) the inauguration of the next president?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 26, 2016 10:08 AM (jxbfJ)
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I think it's a great idea, but I don't actually live there! I live in the DC area, but my husband is from the South Shore and we go up a couple of times a year.

There seems to be a fair number of NE morons here though, which is very heartening.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 10:10 AM (uHcnA)

91 Kind of like a hanging curveball belt high over the plate?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:09 AM (voOPb)
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Hush. You stop that now.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:11 AM (dFi94)

92 Bad link, Lizzy.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:11 AM (RD7QR)

93 The problem I have with the Gnostic gospels is they're not true.
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Yeah. Kind of throws a spanner into the works there.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:12 AM (dFi94)

94 What the Bible says about Mary of Magdala:

http://tinyurl.com/htaku4d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (EnGQE)

95

My greatest fear right now can be summed up in two words.

Scorched Earth.

Posted by: Mortimer's deplorable phone at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (zu88C)

96 Hillary is celebrating her 69th birthday with a rally is Tampa at Curtis Hixon Park at 2: 45 p.m. so I know everyone who lives in the area will want to go. Bring lots of money and she may even look your way and wave....I'm sure the media will show a pic of thousands cheering her on...

Posted by: Colin at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (+V2ho)

97 Great - see on Drudge immigration protestors blocked in the inbound side of the George Washington Bridge this morning. I'm heading in that direction Friday.

Now I'll have to pack my bat, glove and a ball in the trunk. And maybe some barbed wire for effect - a la Negan from The Walking Dead

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (jxbfJ)

98 I thought you were going to use your charm on the Heavenly Ham ladies.

Posted by: bluebell
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Couldn't find my On switch.

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:14 AM (4NzMD)

99 The sidebar article about aquamarine is fascinating. If such things interest you, check out "The Brilliant History of Color in Art" and "Color: A Natural History of the Palette" both by Victoria Finlay. A wonderful combination of art, science, history, and culture.

Posted by: JTB at October 26, 2016 10:14 AM (V+03K)

100 Great art this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:14 AM (0tfLf)

101
Why depict ancient Biblical figures in contemporary garb? To make the thememore relevant to the audience/viewer, thus creating a sense of immediacy and universiality It's a very old practice.
Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 09:53 AM (OGbEB)

It was rather common for the rich and powerful to commission portraits of themselves in character as the various saints and such, both in contemporary and period garb.

Plus, even if it wasn't part of the commission, artist would put the faces of contemporary people into their works, sometimes with hilarious effect. Michaelangelo was good with that. When the Pope's Master of Ceremonies Biagio da Cesena harshly criticized Michaelangelo for putting nudes in The Last Judgement, Michaelangelo retaliated by putting him in the painting....... in Hell as Minos, nude, with donkey's ears and a snake biting him in the dick. As you can imagine, da Cesena was pissed, and complained to the Pope who replied that the Pope's authority only extended to spiritual and temporal matters on THIS world, not the next. "If Michaelangelo has put you in Hell, I don't have the authority to get you out."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:15 AM (XWkhW)

102 As far as 'modern' art, I would defy anyone to look at Donatello's 'Penitent Magdalene' and not see modernity and brutal realism.

I see a zombie.

Man, that is one nasty sculpture.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 10:15 AM (zc3Db)

103 Grammie

I gotta offer a different opinion on the top picture. No about her being chubby-but even chubby people need repentance and grace. :^) Her eyes are downcast. I think she's thinking and praying-not snoozing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:15 AM (EnGQE)

104 95

My greatest fear right now can be summed up in two words.

Scorched Earth.
Posted by: Mortimer's deplorable phone at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (zu88C)

From whom? Because depending on the results I can see either side going full-tilt Carthaginian Solution.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:15 AM (RD7QR)

105 "...but I know that's not popular among actual believers."

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (mgbwf)

I don't think Zen entails buggery as a sacrament. Neither does Christianity.

Gnosticism is a blight. It's also disguised itself over the centuries but its central tenets remain essentially the same. For example, Jeff Bezos,the Amazonbillionaire, believes we're living in a computer simulation conducted either by aliens or future humans. He'spaying a team ofquacks--er, scientists and mathematicians--millions of dollars to find a way out of this terrible alien/future human prison.

Gnosticismis satanic to the core. That's what I believe, anyway.

Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (OGbEB)

106 Sounds like a bat, a glove and a ball are a great way to get them off the bridge.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (0tfLf)

107 What the Bible says about Mary of Magdala:

http://tinyurl.com/htaku4d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:13 AM (EnGQE)
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One fierce lady. Standing at the foot of the cross while the men all ran away. Except for John of course. Last at the cross, first at the tomb. Unafraid of arrest or abuse.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (dFi94)

108 NIGHT HAG
Type: Medium Outsider - Extraplanar - Evil
Hit Dice: 8d8+32
Armor Class: 22
Alignment: Neutral Evil

Description: A night hag is about the same height and weight as a female human. Night hags speak Abyssal, Celestial, Common, and Infernal.

Combat: Night hags attack good creatures on sight if the odds of success seem favorable.These creatures rip through armor and flesh with their deadly teeth. They love to use sleep and then strangle those who are overcome by it.

Supernatural Ability- Dream Haunting: Night hags can visit the dreams of chaotic or evil individuals by becoming ethereal,
then hovering over the person while asleep. The sleeper suffers from
tormenting dreams and takes 1 point of Constitution drain upon
awakening. Only another ethereal being can stop these nocturnal
intrusions, by confronting and defeating the night hag.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (1zARK)

109 As far as 'modern' art, I would defy anyone to look at Donatello's 'Penitent Magdalene' and not see modernity and brutal realism.

I see a zombie.

Man, that is one nasty sculpture.

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Yeah, I don't really like it. But a lot of art has to be observed in person. Sometimes it is better than you could imagine (e.g., the David). Other times is it is less (e.g., the Mona Lisa). At least those were for me.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (gmeXX)

110 86
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (e2Rx3)
I think that whole "Trump is a FU vote" is a real thing. It has a strong emotional appeal.
_______________________________________
Agreed - Trump is the "nuke" part of : "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." Also it backs up what I said should have been the original and current campaign slogan for Trump which was/is:
Trump 2016 - Because f*ck you. That's why.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (Fb9aZ)

111 This just took my breath away... An unlikely ally.

http://tinyurl.com/zz8fvan

Posted by: Deplorable_Frank formerly known as franksalgerego at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (kzHgm)

112 From whom?
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Does it matter?

Posted by: Mortimer's deplorable phone at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (zu88C)

113 84 39 Top one seems anachronistic.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear

If that means the chick has no boobs, then yeah, it seems that way.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 26, 2016 10:08 AM (kfcYC)

Seriously you guys, you're not giving Caravaggio anywhere near his due. That painting is almost photo-representational in its execution. Like most women in her day, her breasts are in her lap. Can't you see her cradling and looking at them?

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (56NFR)

114 78
I think the "Magdalena was a whore" thing is an artifact of the medieval
church. In the bible she's just a girl from whom Jesus casts out seven
demons.

In the Gnostic gospel of Mary she's a whole 'nuther thing. I quite
like the Gnostic gospels as they add a Zen element to the Jesus story,
but I know that's not popular among actual believers.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (mgbwf)

The prostitute reputation came from the early Catholic church in Rome. There is no basis for it in the bible at all.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (mpXpK)

115 Looks like things are going Mad Max in the battle with ISIS.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zh4hna2

Link to Weasel Zippers

Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 26, 2016 10:18 AM (tf9Ne)

116 I think she's thinking and praying-not snoozing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:15 AM (EnGQE)
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Maybe. Perhaps I'm speaking from my own experience. If I prayed like that, I'd be dead asleep in 5 minutes.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:18 AM (dFi94)

117 Personally I marvel at the skill of the Renaissance and Baroque sculptors. To cast a powerful image in bronze or by chipping away at a block of marble is truly a gift from God.

Posted by: Tuna at October 26, 2016 10:18 AM (Phln5)

118 FBN Breaking:

Pentagon reverses the 'clawbacks' for signup bonuses.

Posted by: Tami...Powering through being a depolorable at October 26, 2016 10:18 AM (Enq6K)

119 112 From whom?
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Does it matter?
Posted by: Mortimer's deplorable phone at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (zu88C)

It does to the propagandist media and they are the ones who frame the narrative.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:19 AM (RD7QR)

120 In all votes, the counting matters, not the votes.
I'm going on two decades of not having my vote matter (Va, and now Texas).
Fairly sure I've wasted my last time in voting.
*sigh*

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at October 26, 2016 10:19 AM (C9pBZ)

121 I have plans to change my outgoing phone message at home to:

"You've reached Benzadmiral's place. If you're calling about the election and the Lizard Queen, the answer is 'Trump, Trump All the Way.' Otherwise, leave a message."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 26, 2016 10:19 AM (1qCTk)

122 What the Bible says about Mary of Magdala:

Hah. I got something right. (I am usually subject to severe corrections about my understanding of the Bible).

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:20 AM (mgbwf)

123 Willie Geist of Morning Joe fame: "Things Predicted By Conservatives Many Years Ago Are Happening With Obamacare"

http://tinyurl.com/hlxskgl

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 10:20 AM (BDZWU)

124 I believe there's a tradition that Mary Magdalene ended her days as a hermit, praying and fasting. That was quite the thing to do in the Early Church.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 10:20 AM (u0lmX)

125
111 This just took my breath away... An unlikely ally.

http://tinyurl.com/zz8fvan

Posted by: Deplorable_Frank formerly known as franksalgerego at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (kzHgm)

Then again, don't be fooled. I'm reminded of the Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Number 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:20 AM (XWkhW)

126 Trump 2016 - Because f*ck you. That's why.
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Rolls off your tongue like butter-greased ball bearings.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 10:21 AM (e2Rx3)

127 11 In the upper painting why would the great masters of the 1500s portray these biblical characters in the clothing and setting of the 16th century instead of the first century? The second picture of the statue is probably more accurate but it is rather dark.
*
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They did that a lot. In Renaissance paintings of Julius Caesar or other Ancient Roman subjects, they would paint the Romans in 1500s uniforms.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 26, 2016 10:21 AM (1qCTk)

128 Hush. You stop that now.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:11 AM (dFi94)

I will
That was sort of mean and I apologize

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:22 AM (voOPb)

129 109 As far as 'modern' art, I would defy anyone to look at Donatello's 'Penitent Magdalene' and not see modernity and brutal realism.

I see a zombie.

Man, that is one nasty sculpture.

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Yeah, I don't really like it. But a lot of art has to be observed in person. Sometimes it is better than you could imagine (e.g., the David). Other times is it is less (e.g., the Mona Lisa). At least those were for me.
Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (gmeXX)

The statue's wretched appearance is wholly consistent with her role in Christianity. By all accounts, Jesus well and truly LOVED her. "Nobody is too filled with well-deserved shame to be beyond His love" is Mary Magdalene's message in the bible, isn't it?

So for me, Donatello's version of her is closer to the archetypical role she plays in theology than the version of her that make her appear less pitiful.

Slightly related? Magdalene College at Oxford is pronounced "Maudlin College." Sill brits, screwing up English all the time.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:22 AM (56NFR)

130 124 I believe there's a tradition that Mary Magdalene ended her days as a hermit, praying and fasting. That was quite the thing to do in the Early Church.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 10:20 AM (u0lmX)

Actually, wandering into the desert and living in a cave sounds pretty good right now.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:22 AM (RD7QR)

131 joncelli
I am thinking more along the lines of "when giants battle, ants get trampled", I guess.
I suspect that giving away the internet to the UN is just the beginning for trapped Drats

Posted by: Mortimer's deplorable phone at October 26, 2016 10:22 AM (zu88C)

132 A modern painter (Albright, I think) did a 'Portrait of Dorian Grey' where it showed the ugliness hidden away versus the beautiful person shown in public. Sometimes modern art can have interesting and challenging representations.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 10:23 AM (MIKMs)

133 Yeah, I don't really like it. But a lot of art has to be observed in person. Sometimes it is better than you could imagine (e.g., the David). Other times is it is less (e.g., the Mona Lisa). At least those were for me.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:16 AM (gmeXX)

I never saw the Mona Lisa live, but I never found it to be interesting or beautiful in any way. I have no idea how it got its reputation. I think it's like that James Joyce novel that always wins "Best Literature Ever" prizes but that no one seems to have managed to actually read all the way through.

I did see a Van Gogh exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art some years back. The paintings were very nice ... but nothing made me have any sort of strong emotional response. Nice paintings, but nothing that I would go out of my way for again.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 10:23 AM (zc3Db)

134 That was sort of mean and I apologize

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2016 10:22 AM (voOPb)
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If you were really sorry, you'd mail me a Jordy Nelson jersey.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 10:23 AM (dFi94)

135
@marthamaccallum
Guiliani says @realDonaldTrump campaign has "a couple of big surprises up our sleeve" that will turn the tide.

Posted by: Evilpens at October 26, 2016 10:23 AM (y3aQB)

136 Can't get any clearer than this WikiLeaks email:

https://tinyurl.com/jxq97p5

Pretty much sums it up.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Make deplorable adorable again!) at October 26, 2016 10:23 AM (4ng05)

137 Someone on the previous thread mentioned that they would like a "receipt" after voting that they could take with them, which recorded the vote for a certain individuals.

This would be the biggest aid to voter fraud to date.

These receipts would be used like cash with democrats, paying the poor for each "correctly" voted ballot. If you are a union member, that receipt would be needed to avoid a beating and retain your job.

Mail-in ballots are just about as bad, which is why they must be outlawed.

Voting needs to go back to the Constitutional definition and occur on election day, in person and in private.

Posted by: jwest at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (Zs4uk)

138 CBD..
You should do a post of the three famous Davids someday. Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini

Posted by: Tuna at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (Phln5)

139 I look at Donatello's "Mary Magdalene" and I see an artist's self-portrait.

Posted by: mrp at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (JBggj)

140 108 NIGHT HAG
. . . A night hag is about the same height and weight as a female human. Night hags speak Abyssal, Celestial, Common, and Infernal.

Combat: Night hags attack good creatures on sight if the odds of success seem favorable.These creatures rip through armor and flesh with their deadly teeth. They love to use sleep and then strangle those who are overcome by it.

Supernatural Ability- Dream Haunting: Night hags can visit the dreams of chaotic or evil individuals by becoming ethereal, then hovering over the person while asleep. The sleeper suffers from tormenting dreams . . .
*
*
Wow . . . somebody really understands my life. . . .

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (1qCTk)

141 In the upper painting why would the great masters of the 1500s portray these biblical characters in the clothing and setting of the 16th century instead of the first century? The second picture of the statue is probably more accurate but it is rather dark.

Most of the population was illiterate. These paintings and stained glass were graphic representations of the gospels. They gave the serfs insight into The Word.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (SeD0w)

142 Good God! That sculpture looks like it should be called "Bloody Mary" or such! Just the thing for the roll up to All Hallow's Eve...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, deplorably down with Eph 6:12-13 at October 26, 2016 10:24 AM (9krrF)

143 I love that Donatello piece. She looks as if she has been literally eaten away and her humanity is peeling off of her. Everything is being consumed. Her flesh. Her hair. Her clothing. Her entire life essence has been sucked dry and she is left as a shell of a person.

Posted by: alexthechick - GO TRIBE! at October 26, 2016 10:25 AM (mf5HN)

144 Guiliani says @realDonaldTrump campaign has "a couple of big surprises up our sleeve" that will turn the tide."

The fix is already in.

Feh

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at October 26, 2016 10:25 AM (C9pBZ)

145 That's a dude, even has a goatee.

Posted by: Max Power at October 26, 2016 10:26 AM (QCc6B)

146 The Eastern Orthodox Church has a very high view of the evangelistic efforts of Mary of Magdala after the resurrection:

http://tinyurl.com/glho8mf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:26 AM (EnGQE)

147 I don't think Zen entails buggery as a sacrament. Neither does Christianity.

What the actual fuck?

I'm referring to texts and fragments found in 1947 at Nag Hamadi, commonly called the Gnostic Gospels.

I've read them. There is no buggery involved.

When I encountered them I asked a devout RC friend why their discovery didn't rock the world of Christianity, being "new" portrayals of Jesus. He said they were known at the time of the Council of Nicea and that the Council was inspired by God and they were rightfully rejected.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (mgbwf)

148 Who was bemoaning the advent of gas leaf blowers the other day? Vic?

I am tempted to walk outside with the 12 gauge right now, just to be that crazy old man on the block - I can hear at least two running right now...

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (4NzMD)

149 The Donatello piece is very powerful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (EnGQE)

150 145 That's a dude, even has a goatee.
Posted by: Max Power at October 26, 2016 10:26 AM (QCc6B)

Careful. She might ask you to bake her a cake.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (56NFR)

151 150 145 That's a dude, even has a goatee.
Posted by: Max Power at October 26, 2016 10:26 AM (QCc6B)

Careful. She might ask you to bake her a cake.
Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (56NFR)

Apologies. I should have said xer.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:28 AM (56NFR)

152 I never saw the Mona Lisa live, but I never found it to be interesting or beautiful in any way. I have no idea how it got its reputation. I think it's like that James Joyce novel that always wins "Best Literature Ever" prizes but that no one seems to have managed to actually read all the way through.

I did see a Van Gogh exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art some years back. The paintings were very nice ... but nothing made me have any sort of strong emotional response. Nice paintings, but nothing that I would go out of my way for again.

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I was sort of unimpressed with the Sistene Chapel. I think I had built it up so much in my mind that it was kind of a let down for me. If Italy survives, I hope to go back there and look at it again. I think next time I'll better appreciate it.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:28 AM (gmeXX)

153 97
Our country is Screwed

Great - see on Drudge immigration protestors blocked in the inbound side
of the George Washington Bridge this morning. I'm heading in that
direction Friday
_________________________________________________________

These jackholes really annoy me - I live in the NY area and I really do hope some burly longshoremen on their way to work manhandle them to a nice (non-life threatening but painful) trip to the emergency room. The other infuriating thing - how these jackholes will be "sainted" by the lefty progs who just finished telling everyone who could hear about how "utterly disgusting it was for Chris Christie to block lanes on the GWB - how utterly, utterly horrible."

Old and Busted: Blocking lanes on the GWB is utterly horrible and akin to Hitler and anyone who does it should be arrested and never, ever be president.

New and Cool: Blocking lanes on the GWB in order to make sure foreign nationals here, breaking the law, get all the rights of citizens, including the right to take their jobs, vote and take their tax money - the ultimate in American democracy!

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:28 AM (Fb9aZ)

154 Looking at news reports on twitter it seems like 'Calibration Error' should be beating both Trump and FAB.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 10:29 AM (/D5Lf)

155 He said they were known at the time of the Council of Nicea and that the Council was inspired by God and they were rightfully rejected.

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Good enough for me.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:29 AM (gmeXX)

156 Was Donatello the turtle that wore red or the turtle that wore yellow?

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 10:29 AM (1H9ox)

157 81 I can't imagine she made much of a living as a prostitute if that's how she looked.
*
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She does look like she's looking for Walter White to score some meth, doesn't she? Still, meth head whores seem to find customers. At least for a while.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 26, 2016 10:29 AM (1qCTk)

158 I wonder - in my own ignorant, philistine way - if the ugliness is supposed to represent the way Jesus saw Mary with her accumulated sins, the horror of the blackened soul made flesh before He wiped it all away?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2016 09:54 AM (X6fMO)

I've always thought it represented the destruction wrought on her by the demons possessing her.

This is why I find art so moving, each person will see something different in a work and, furthermore, each person will see something different in the work depending on what they are thinking and experiencing at the time they see it.

Posted by: alexthechick - GO TRIBE! at October 26, 2016 10:30 AM (mf5HN)

159 Was Donatello the turtle that wore red or the turtle that wore yellow?

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Dude, purple. Come on. *

* I have kids. I know these things.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:30 AM (gmeXX)

160 Curt Schilling asks CNN's Jake Tapper why Jews back Democrats And then of course was criticized, even though it is a damned good question.

Why would whites, Christians, blacks, blue collars, men, or feminists vote Democrat? The answer is simple. They are Charles Boyer, we are Igrid Bergman.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 26, 2016 10:30 AM (iFgwk)

161 When the Pope's Master of Ceremonies Biagio da Cesena harshly criticized Michaelangelo for putting nudes in The Last Judgement, Michaelangelo retaliated by putting him in the painting....... in Hell as Minos, nude, with donkey's ears and a snake biting him in the dick.

There should be a "Trump Baby" joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2016 10:31 AM (X6fMO)

162 ugh.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 10:31 AM (iFgwk)

163 I've read the term scorched earth several times already this week. So...what does that really mean?
If Clinton wins?
If Trump wins?
Demonstrations?
Media frenzy...whatever that is?
Passive resistance?
Riots?
Civil War?

Dare we talk about it?

Posted by: Deplorable Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:32 AM (0tfLf)

164 126
Royal Oil

Trump 2016 - Because f*ck you. That's why.
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Rolls off your tongue like butter-greased ball bearings.

__________________________________________

Heh - Thanks - I think

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:33 AM (Fb9aZ)

165 By the way, the Donatello sculpture is wood. White poplar IIRC.

*reviews Caravaggio again*

I would love to know when that is supposed to represent, before the demons were cast out or after? Because I can see an argument either way. Either she is worn down because of the possession or she is exhausted from having to now attempt to reclaim her being.

Posted by: alexthechick - GO TRIBE! at October 26, 2016 10:33 AM (mf5HN)

166
110 86
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 26, 2016 10:06 AM (e2Rx3)
I think that whole "Trump is a FU vote" is a real thing. It has a strong emotional appeal.
_______________________________________
Agreed - Trump is the "nuke" part of : "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." Also it backs up what I said should have been the original and current campaign slogan for Trump which was/is:
Trump 2016 - Because f*ck you. That's why.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:17 AM (Fb9aZ)

The GOPe has been caterwauling about how Trump is going to not only lose, but destroy the party in the process. And I just now realized that Trump is the personification of another of the Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries.

Number 20: If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.

It's amazing how much of life is explained by the Maxims and the USMC Rules for Gunfighting.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:34 AM (XWkhW)

167 148
Who was bemoaning the advent of gas leaf blowers the other day? Vic?

I am tempted to walk outside with the 12 gauge right now, just to be
that crazy old man on the block - I can hear at least two running right
now...

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (4NzMD)

Yeah, that was me. it was a nice quite Sunday morning until those machines of the devil came out. I wanted to get a rake out of my shed and carry it over and say try this low tech device.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 26, 2016 10:34 AM (mpXpK)

168 Any of youse guys heard the Michael Moore "Trump Rant"? It's amazing...he gets it. Someone must have hit him in the head w/an anvil.

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2016 10:34 AM (x9c8r)

169 GINGRICH: " ... on whether the Clinton -- do you want to comment on whether the Clinton ticket has a relationship to a sexual predator."

KELLY: "We on "The Kelly File' have covered that story as well, sir. I will tell you, the polls ..."

GINGRICH: "No, I just want to hear you use the words. I want to hear you use the words 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator.' I dare you. {At that point, Gingrich was smiling slightly. Kelly was not} "Say 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator."'

Posted by: Great Moments On Propaganda TV at October 26, 2016 10:34 AM (LISuA)

170 FBN Breaking:

Pentagon reverses the 'clawbacks' for signup bonuses.

They finally realized just how sub-optimal the optics were?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:35 AM (WDy4l)

171 They're planning to remake Knight Rider. Is nothing sacred anymore?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 10:36 AM (iFgwk)

172 163 I've read the term scorched earth several times already this week. So...what does that really mean?
If Clinton wins?
If Trump wins?
Demonstrations?
Media frenzy...whatever that is?
Passive resistance?
Riots?
Civil War?

Dare we talk about it?
Posted by: Deplorable Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:32 AM (0tfLf)

Best discussed after the election, IMO. Everyone is thinking about it though.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:36 AM (56NFR)

173 Love the first Magdalene and all her symbolism.

Am reminded of what Vasari wrote about Donatello:

http://bit.ly/2eFuSoK

Supposedly many Renaissance sculptors and painters studied anatomy by dissecting only male human cadavers. It , uh, influenced the way they imaged the female body.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at October 26, 2016 10:36 AM (oQQwD)

174 I was interested to read that sidebar on Curt Schilling asking Jake Tapper why so many Jews support Democrats.

It's a fine question. Schilling seems to have asked it respectfully, hoped for an answer that hadn't occurred to him, and considered what Tapper told him.

(I'm very bad at "Jew or Not a Jew?" Had no idea Tapper is Jewish.)

I don't see criticizing Schilling for this, though in Tapper's shoes I'd be just a bit on guard getting this question, if I don't know where my questioner is going with it or what's behind it.

Posted by: JPS at October 26, 2016 10:37 AM (FLRE9)

175 From Drudge, network TV ratings continue to crash, all networks down double digits. I'm not sure if it refers to just network TV shows or network TV in general (their nightly "news" broadcasts) since the link is blocked at work. I'm hoping it's a sign of things to come.

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 10:37 AM (BDZWU)

176 KELLY: "We on "The Kelly File' have covered that story as well, sir. I will tell you, the polls ..."

GINGRICH: "No, I just want to hear you use the words. I want to hear you use the words 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator.' I dare you. {At that point, Gingrich was smiling slightly. Kelly was not}

"Say 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator."'

Say it. SAY IT! Call me daddy!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:37 AM (WDy4l)

177 163
Deplorable Diogenes
I've read the term scorched earth several times already this week. So...what does that really mean?

If Clinton wins?

If Trump wins?

Demonstrations?

Media frenzy...whatever that is?

Passive resistance?

Riots?

Civil War?

Dare we talk about it?
_____________________________________________________

Ignore all of that nonsense - those are more hand wringing "concern trolls."

If you see them simply do as follows:

Your concern over scorched earth after the 2016 election is:

[ ] NOTED

[ ] NOT NOTED

[X] GO F*CK YOURSELF

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:38 AM (Fb9aZ)

178 The Knight Rider theme is magnitudes more sophisticated than the Jaws theme.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 10:38 AM (iFgwk)

179 I think that whole "Trump is a FU vote" is a real thing. It has a strong emotional appeal.

Look, I said it last summer when I saw this would happen:

TRUMP 2016: BECAUSE THE F***ERS HAVE IT COMING

Trump isn't a candidate, he's an act of vengeance. Any positive change as a result is just gravy.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, deplorably down with Eph 6:12-13 at October 26, 2016 10:38 AM (9krrF)

180 Who's Meagan Kelly?

Posted by: 2017 at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (zu88C)

181 Violence and nastiness evident here in Colorado in the Denver-JeffCo-Boulder metroplex.

If you've a yard sign out for Trump or a bumper sticker, you are likely to get dissed, and loudly. And your property will get defaced, or worse.

Story is there is a monstrous amount of Soros money in here supporting local races at every level. Soros wants this state to get as solid left as is California, as a bulkhead against Texas, which is his next target.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (U6f54)

182 This is why I find art so moving, each person will see something different in a work and, furthermore, each person will see something different in the work depending on what they are thinking and experiencing at the time they see it.

I like to say that art exists at the intersection of the work and the audience.

Whatever the intentions or motivations of the artist are, all that exists is the work. It's what we take out of the interaction with it that provides the artistic experience.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (mgbwf)

183 I'm sure those protesters blocking GWB bridge are bringing new voters over to Hillary!
Nothing like being stuck in traffic for hours to convince you to vote for someone.

Posted by: Votermom the Deplorable @vm on Gab.ai at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (Om16U)

184 Publius @177

Thanxs! I needed a good chuckle this morning.
:-)

Posted by: Deplorable Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (0tfLf)

185 166 IllTemperedCur

Agreed - Do everything that is necessary.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (Fb9aZ)

186 Yeah, that was me. it was a nice quite Sunday morning until those machines of the devil came out. I wanted to get a rake out of my shed and carry it over and say try this low tech device.
Posted by: Vic
------------------

Meh. A couple of crews are out doing the neihghbors' yards right now. Annoying, but it's every two weeks.

You've probably seen me complain about my OCD neighbor across the street. Dude uses his 4 or 5 times per day. Rain or shine. He blows nothing from one spot to the next for 20 minutes each t8me..
Starts at 8 AM every weekend morn - everyone on the block hates his guts. Including his wife (who left him).

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (4NzMD)

187 With regards to what's going on with the Kurds/Peshmerga in Northern Iraq. Our SF (read Delta) were photographed wearing the YPG insignia on their uniforms. The Turks are not pleased. It's a daily beast link. sorry.

http://tinyurl.com/z4gvlva

Posted by: Timon at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (27k1O)

188 Also I'm just going to leave this here for NO REASON WHATSOEVER.

None.

Just.

Nostalgia or something and NO OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER.

https://youtu.be/aU4pyiB-kq0

Posted by: alexthechick - Three is a magic number at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (mf5HN)

189 And I just now realized that Trump is the personification of another of the Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries.
....
Where has this been all my life? I just printed it out and am going to post it on my door for my sales reps to read.

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (1H9ox)

190 Curt Schilling asks CNN's Jake Tapper why Jews back Democrats And then of course was criticized, even though it is a damned good question.

It is a good question and the answer is relatively simple and straightforward:

Jews felt indebted to the Democrat Party for the initial UN vote for Israel.

The second, and more important, is because the GOP was the WASP party and the WASPs hated the Jews. Hated them with a vengeance. The Jews' biggest problem, as they were making money and moving up in society, was that the WASPs would restrict them from everything that was "cool" and the Jews really couldn't stand that. For example, this is why Central Park West was developed - Jews were not allowed into restricted buildings on 5th Avenue so they built Central Park West to be the Jewish 5th Avenue. This is how all of the investment banks started - Jews were not allowed in J.P. Morgan and the WASP banks so they built their own.

It was this serious problem with the rich WASPs that really cemented Jews with the Dems. Of course, the joke is that the rich WASPs are now dems, too!

The third factor is that Jews have always leaned left. It's a Jewish thing and has to do with Jewish guilt as the main control mechanism - any society that uses guilt as a control mechanism (i.e. any individualistic society) generates self-haters among the weak and damaged personalities. This is true for the US and truer for Jews, because jews use the guilt mechanism more than the standard Western society.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (zc3Db)

191 Say it. SAY IT! Call me daddy!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:37 AM (WDy4l)

Now, that's some funny shit right there.

Posted by: jwest at October 26, 2016 10:41 AM (Zs4uk)

192 Yeah Publius

I am a concern troll for wondering what a lame duck, pen and phone radical Muslim sympathizer President will do to America if his party doesn't keep the White House.

Fkn ostrich.

Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at October 26, 2016 10:42 AM (zu88C)

193 So, for now at least, soldiers won't have to repay part of their reenlistment bonus.

You know it was the brainchild of some beancounter who thought he'd found a brilliant way to make their books look better. Someone whose only job is to work books and crunch numbers, without a care for the soldiers it would affect.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:42 AM (39g3+)

194 Lordy in line to vote. LOTS of FSA

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (YDMKm)

195 The second, and more important, is because the GOP was the WASP party and the WASPs hated the Jews. Hated them with a vengeance.

Yeah, 100 years ago. For the last 50+, Christians have been Israel's best friend and loved Jews.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (39g3+)

196 Story is there is a monstrous amount of Soros
money in here supporting local races at every level. Soros wants this
state to get as solid left as is California, as a bulkhead against
Texas, which is his next target.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at October 26, 2016 10:39 AM (U6f54)
--Soros is 86 years old. I hate thinking this way, but he's such an out-sized thorn in our politics, I take some comfort in the knowledge that he's on his way out the door.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (3DSAh)

197 186 You've probably seen me complain about my OCD
neighbor across the street. Dude uses his 4 or 5 times per day. Rain or
shine. He blows nothing from one spot to the next for 20 minutes each
t8me..

Starts at 8 AM every weekend morn - everyone on the block hates his guts. Including his wife (who left him).

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (4NzMD)

Sounds like you need to sneak over some night and dump sugar in his gas can.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (mpXpK)

198 >>>I've read the term scorched earth several times already this week. So...what does that really mean?

Dare we talk about it?
Posted by: Deplorable Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:32 AM (0tfLf)

SCORCHED EARTH refers to the SECRET PLAN where we all spell out WINONA in our front lawns with diesel fuel and set on fire. It's this weekend!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (PH6T7)

199 The third factor is that Jews have always leaned left. It's a Jewish thing and has to do with Jewish guilt as the main control mechanism - any society that uses guilt as a control mechanism (i.e. any individualistic society) generates self-haters among the weak and damaged personalities. This is true for the US and truer for Jews, because jews use the guilt mechanism more than the standard Western society.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair

There's also the whole "tikkun olam" thing which dovetails so nicely with 'gressive thought...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, deplorably down with Eph 6:12-13 at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (9krrF)

200 *Soros wants this state to get as solid left as is California, as a bulkhead against Texas, which is his next target.*

He bankrolled prosecutorial races in 17 jurisdictions, and succeeded in all of them except one, where the candidate opposing the Soros candidate filed a complaint on a technicality.

I don't even know if my jurisdiction appoints or elects prosecutors but I sure will find out. Soros prosecutor = political vendetta tool. Also, charges based on SJW bullshit like hate speech and tranny bathrooms and false rape charges.

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2016 10:44 AM (nNdYv)

201 Soros has two sons who are cut from the cloth

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:44 AM (YDMKm)

202 187 With regards to what's going on with the Kurds/Peshmerga in Northern Iraq. Our SF (read Delta) were photographed wearing the YPG insignia on their uniforms. The Turks are not pleased. It's a daily beast link. sorry.

http://tinyurl.com/z4gvlva
Posted by: Timon at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (27k1O)

1. Fug the Turks.

2. Delta doesn't tell you they're Delta which is why they're wearing Kurd insignia.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:44 AM (RD7QR)

203 SCORCHED EARTH refers to the SECRET PLAN where we all spell out WINONA in our front lawns with diesel fuel and set on fire. It's this weekend!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

/scorches picture of Kathy Bates into BSG's lawn
//what now, bitchez?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, deplorably down with Eph 6:12-13 at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (9krrF)

204 Am I the only one to notice that the wood sculpture looks like a guy with long hair? That stuff around the chin looks like a scruffy beard.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (prwKy)

205 Lots n lots of non english speakers

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (YDMKm)

206 "I'm sure those protesters blocking GWB bridge are bringing new voters over to Hillary!

Posted by: Votermom the Deplorable @vm on Gab.ai"

You would think living in the shadows and in constant fear of being separated from their anchor babies and thrown on a bus and driven across the border would prevent this type of in-your-face behavior. Weird, almost like they aren't afraid of that happening. .

Posted by: Ripley at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (1BQGO)

207 Don't look at the ark, Magdalene! Keep your eyes -

Never mind.

Posted by: Jesus Jones at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (XIXhw)

208 Deray McKesson, of BLM fame, endorses Hillary thus inaugurating another generation of race hustlers for the Democrat party.

Zombie LBJ is smiling from hell with a special little twinkle in his rotted away eye.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Make deplorable adorable again!) at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (4ng05)

209 190 - It's been my personal experience, as well as what I've seen & read in the blogosphere, that the more religious the Jew, the more politically conservative they are, and vice versa.

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (7HtZB)

210 >I've always thought it represented the destruction wrought on her by the demons possessing her.
Posted by: alexthechick - GO TRIBE! at October 26, 2016 10:30 AM (mf5HN)

That's what I was thinking. Like a before picture, almost.

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (lIU4e)

211 Troyriser, Thanks for mentioning Valeria Corvino. Had not heard of her but her work is fascinating.

Posted by: JTB at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (V+03K)

212 Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (3DSAh)

From all reports, his son is almost exactly like him. Hopefully he is Cook to Soros' Jobs, but it's a rotten thing to have to pin our hopes on.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (GDulk)

213 And some prog asshole talking politics the whole wait in line

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (YDMKm)

214 SCORCHED EARTH refers to the SECRET PLAN where we all spell out WINONA in our front lawns with diesel fuel and set on fire. It's this weekend!!

I thought were were supposed to spell TRUMP on our lib neighbor's lawns with Roundup.

Oops.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (WDy4l)

215 Don't be so hard on 2-stroke leaf blowers. One of my fantasies is to find three cheap ones to build a personal hovercraft around.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 26, 2016 10:47 AM (lPUaT)

216 >>>/scorches picture of Kathy Bates into BSG's lawn

My yard's not that big. You're somewhere in the country.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (PH6T7)

217 Soros has two sons who are cut from the cloth

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:44 AM (YDMKm)
--Sigh ... of course he does.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (3DSAh)

218 Am I the only one to notice that the wood sculpture looks like a guy with long hair? That stuff around the chin looks like a scruffy beard.

First thing I thought of was Shaggy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (39g3+)

219 I will let you know if they change the ballots

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (YDMKm)

220 205 Lots n lots of non english speakers
Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:45 AM (YDMKm)

Aren't you in NOVA?

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (RD7QR)

221 I was talking with my neighbor yesterday, the sweetest, quietest, most religious person I know. She and her husband own a Chrysler/Dodge dealership in a small town near here.

She had just received her Blue Cross/Blue Shield increase notice for their health insurance.

The swearing was similar to what a Portuguese dockworker would use.

Posted by: jwest at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (Zs4uk)

222 And some prog asshole talking politics the whole wait in line

Scream for the sheriff and point and yell,
"ELECTIONEERING!!"

You know they would if it were you.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (WDy4l)

223 That's what I was thinking. Like a before picture, almost.
Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:46 AM (lIU4e)

ohhhhhhh if you flip the pictures in this post, it could be a before and after depiction.

That's now my head canon. The Donatello is the before and the Caravaggio is the after.

Posted by: alexthechick - Three is a magic number at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (mf5HN)

224 Soros has two sons who are cut from the cloth

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

Well the good news is its below the replacement rate.

Posted by: SH at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (gmeXX)

225 Houston . Or Ellis Island

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:49 AM (YDMKm)

226 Well done rickb223.
There are some parks in Seattle with nice lawns...once the homeless are moved.
I'm wondering...block style or cursive?

Posted by: Deplorable Diogenes at October 26, 2016 10:50 AM (0tfLf)

227 I'm linking the campaign video that references ISIS and goats again.

https://youtu.be/a3JHcMYG8kc

Posted by: Mama AJ at October 26, 2016 10:50 AM (gTQoY)

228 192 - Mortimer, deplorable

If you can't stand a bit of ribbing - then you are posting in the wrong place.

That being said -

Everything that TFG does with his pen, pud and putter between now and when the Trump administration gets into power will be undone on day one from the new "White House East" at Trump Tower.

If Hillary wins - we are all in camps anyway.

I still say : Ignore the concern troll's cry of "oh dear . . .oh my . . . what will Obama do as a `scorched earth' tactic if Trump gets elected - oh dear . . ." and simply VOTE TRUMP.

If you are advocating anything else? Then I refer you to my previous post. Most particularly the third, checked box there under.

Pax ex.

There - feel better now?

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 26, 2016 10:50 AM (Fb9aZ)

229 Troyriser, Thanks for mentioning Valeria Corvino. Had not heard of her but her work is fascinating.
============================

Agreed. Thanks.

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 10:51 AM (LISuA)

230 186 You've probably seen me complain about my OCD
neighbor across the street. Dude uses his 4 or 5 times per day. Rain or
shine. He blows nothing from one spot to the next for 20 minutes each
t8me..

Starts at 8 AM every weekend morn - everyone on the block hates his guts. Including his wife (who left him).

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 10:40 AM (4NzMD)
===

Does this guy realize if he has a mulching mower he can just crush up all his leaves?

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 10:51 AM (BDZWU)

231 Yeah, 100 years ago. For the last 50+, Christians have been Israel's best friend and loved Jews.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (39g3+)

Not 100 years ago. There were signs at the Merion Cricket Club that said "No dogs, no Jews" up until the 60s. The Ivies heavily restricted Jews through the 50s - as much as they could, at least.

And I wasn't referencing Christians in general, but specifically WASPS - northeastern WASPs, really.

The distrust that Jews have had for Christians in general - which does exist - is an artifact of europe, where Jewish treatment was far, far worse than just not being allowed into the country clubs. That was pretty serious stuff that went on for over 1000 years and got pretty deeply ingrained in many. Things were pretty bad in Europe.

In Israel, many Jews understand that their best friends in the world are conservative American Christians Of course, Israeli Jews still have a pretty large, very left segment of society - as is true of all Jewish populations.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 10:51 AM (zc3Db)

232 >That's now my head canon. The Donatello is the before and the Caravaggio is the after.
Posted by: alexthechick - Three is a magic number at October 26, 2016 10:48 AM (mf5HN)

Works for me.

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:51 AM (lIU4e)

233 SCORCHED EARTH refers to the SECRET PLAN where we all spell out WINONA in our front lawns with diesel fuel and set on fire. It's this weekend!!
....
This weekend? Not last? Dammit.

*Note to self: remember to read entire secret plan before implementing.

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (1H9ox)

234 Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:27 AM (mgbwf)

Although the so-called 'Gnostic Gospels' have received an extraordinary amount of good press in modern times, gnosticism in historical practice was generally abhorrent and loathsome. The word 'bugger', for example, comes from the word, 'Bolgar', which refers to a person from an area in modern-day Bulgeria where a gnostic sect was stamped out.

So yeah:there are very good reasons why gnostic heresies wererooted out.

Posted by: troyriser at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (OGbEB)

235 180 Who's Meagan Kelly?

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

JO material

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (/CIN4)

236 Please get out and vote

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (YDMKm)

237 That's now my head canon. The Donatello is the before and the Caravaggio is the after.

OK, here's where I challenge my own assertion that only the work matters. Is the title part of the work?

Each is called "penitent". Shouldn't each of those refer to the after the casting out of the demons?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (mgbwf)

238 Hillary and team deleted the emails and, just to be on the safe side, made certain that they had the MSM on their team:

https://tinyurl.com/gqeda75

As if they ever had to worry.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Make deplorable adorable again!) at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (4ng05)

239 It would have been interesting to read the comments if the sculpture would have been presented as a 1990 modern art piece depicting Mary Magdalene.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 26, 2016 10:53 AM (rjGUv)

240 >>215
Don't be so hard on 2-stroke leaf blowers. One of my fantasies is to
find three cheap ones to build a personal hovercraft around. Posted by: Kindltot at October 26, 2016 10:47 AM (lPUaT)

Hovercraft with leaf-mulching capability. Intriguing...

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 10:53 AM (Bdeb0)

241 The distrust that Jews have had for Christians in general - which does exist - is an artifact of europe

Again, centuries ago. There's nothing reasonable or historic about this attitude, its just clinging to old biases and hatred that has no validity today. Jews have no better friends than the people they despise most politically today.

And it has more to do with leftist ideology being their faith rather than history or personal experience.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (39g3+)

242 Say it. SAY IT! Call me daddy!
Yep. that's funny.
Fvck Meegain.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (SeD0w)

243 Hey guys America IS THE CAMP.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (+oWEl)

244 >Each is called "penitent". Shouldn't each of those refer to the after the casting out of the demons?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (mgbwf)

Maybe Donatello's was moments after the cast out, and Caravaggio's was years?

Or maybe his turtle brain got confused.

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (lIU4e)

245 OM -- if you know any older ladies, you will know that one of the symptoms of menopause is a lot of hair in unfeminine places -- moustaches and chins.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (MIKMs)

246 Oh and could I have my cup back? Please? Kinda thirsty.

Posted by: Jesus Jones at October 26, 2016 10:55 AM (XIXhw)

247 Who's Meagan Kelly?

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

JO material

Sure, if anorexia turns you on.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2016 10:55 AM (X6fMO)

248 It would have been interesting to read the comments if the sculpture would have been presented as a 1990 modern art piece depicting Mary Magdalene.

I agree, people are inclined to be a lot more forgiving of art if its older. And a lot less if its newer.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:55 AM (39g3+)

249 244 >Each is called "penitent". Shouldn't each of those refer to the after the casting out of the demons?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (mgbwf)

Maybe Donatello's was moments after the cast out, and Caravaggio's was years?

Or maybe his turtle brain got confused.
Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (lIU4e)

That's actually a pretty good theory -- the sculpture is just after being freed of demons and the painting is post-resurrection.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:56 AM (RD7QR)

250 There's also the whole "tikkun olam" thing which dovetails so nicely with 'gressive thought...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, deplorably down with Eph 6:12-13 at October 26, 2016 10:43 AM (9krrF)

Yes, though I'm not really sure where the whole "tikkun olam" thing came from. It isn't from the Torah. In the Torah, G-d gave Jews nothing more than dominion over the Promised Land and themselves (restricted by the Torah's commandments, of course). Jews are to serve as a model for others but not to have any power over anyone else. In fact, Jewish law only applies to Jews.

The idea of taking any of this to the larger world is a later development and I am quite ignorant as to its start. But, it is there now, to a good extent, and does have the effect you say.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 10:56 AM (zc3Db)

251 MaggiesFarm links to the latest Florida moron tale of woe. This one will be difficult to explain to the wife. For the record, it wasn't me.

http://tinyurl.com/zf2slu9

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 10:56 AM (LISuA)

252 OK, here's where I challenge my own assertion that only the work matters. Is the title part of the work?

Each is called "penitent". Shouldn't each of those refer to the after the casting out of the demons?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (mgbwf)

Yes, the title is part of the work if the artist chose the title for the work.

Also, wouldn't it turn on which meaning of penitent is being used? Penitent as noun being a person seeking forgiveness (which presumes that the forgiveness was being sought for having opened oneself up to possession) or penitent as adjective describing a person who, now that the possession has ended, is expressing sorrow for what came before.

Each meaning still holds if you view these as before and after.

Posted by: alexthechick - Three is a magic number at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (mf5HN)

253
235 180 Who's Meagan Kelly?

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

JO material

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 26, 2016 10:52 AM (/CIN4)

I hear she does butt stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (XWkhW)

254 Please get out and vote
Posted by: ThunderB

Remember to vote early & vote often!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (WDy4l)

255 >>Sure, if anorexia turns you on. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2016 10:55 AM (X6fMO)

Too right. Sex with her would be like fucking a bag of antlers.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (Bdeb0)

256
We would never be able to give any grant money for works like that sculpture.

We have strict rules about Christian-based art. They must all be suspended in or otherwise covered in human excrement.

Sorry, no sale.

Posted by: National Endowment for the Arts at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (XIXhw)

257 I'm working my way through a yellow scorpion pepper. Damn. That's hot!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (SeD0w)

258 193 So, for now at least, soldiers won't have to repay part of their reenlistment bonus.

You know it was the brainchild of some beancounter who thought he'd found a brilliant way to make their books look better. Someone whose only job is to work books and crunch numbers, without a care for the soldiers it would affect.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:42 AM (39g3+)

I don't think it was a low-level decision. If POTUS hated the US military and wanted to demoralize and break it over the last 8 years, what would he do differently? Letters were sent to Congress 2 years ago. This is policy, not some dipshit's mistake.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:58 AM (56NFR)

259 "Casting out demons"....is that what it's called?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 10:58 AM (PH6T7)

260 Remember to vote early & vote often!

That's what I said!

Posted by: James Michael Curley at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (X6fMO)

261 I voted absentee this year. Should I be worried it will be lost or not counted? I dotted all my "i's" and crossed all my "t's." How am I supposed to know it is counted?

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (BDZWU)

262 >I agree, people are inclined to be a lot more forgiving of art if its older. And a lot less if its newer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:55 AM (39g3+)

Older art tends to only still be around if it's decent, though. It has stood the test of time, while all the 'here is some trash I dug up in my backyard' will probably be long gone in 400 years. So by default it's usually better.

Also, my assumption is that Donatello actually knew enough about Mary Magdalene to have the story in mind when doing this. I would not be so sure of a modern artist wasn't actually carving a gorgon and calling it Mary Magdalene for kicks.

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (lIU4e)

263 I hear she does butt stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (XWkhW)
====================

I wish I'd kept the link to that photo. My friend Meagan would get a laugh out of it. Do you happen to remember where the photo was linked from?

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (LISuA)

264 Each meaning still holds if you view these as before and after.

Posted by: alexthechick - Three is a magic number

Oh, you're so smart!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (mgbwf)

265 How many soldier votes are going to get lost in the mail this year?

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (1H9ox)

266 I voted absentee this year. Should I be worried it will be lost or not counted? I dotted all my "i's" and crossed all my "t's." How am I supposed to know it is counted?
...
Just do it a few more times to be sure.

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 11:00 AM (1H9ox)

267 Morning horde. Gee, anyone up for some mischief? Troll Smith College, call and report a sexual attack.

Toll free! 855-805-7490

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:01 AM (NbJXF)

268 1. Fug the Turks.

2. Delta doesn't tell you they're Delta which is why they're wearing Kurd insignia.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 10:44 AM

I agree on #1. Apparently it is a big deal that our guys are wearing the YPG patches.

Posted by: Timon at October 26, 2016 11:02 AM (27k1O)

269 OM -- if you know any older ladies, you will know that one of the symptoms of menopause is a lot of hair in unfeminine places -- moustaches and chins.
Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (MIKMs)

Right. Still looks like a guy, though. In fact, if I hadn't known the title of the piece in advance, I might have thought it was a modern sculpture of John the Baptist.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:02 AM (prwKy)

270 267 Morning horde. Gee, anyone up for some mischief? Troll Smith College, call and report a sexual attack.

Toll free! 855-805-7490

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:01 AM (NbJXF)

Does that include fantasies? Because I don't think Kate Upton actually goes to Smith.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 11:03 AM (RD7QR)

271 I voted absentee this year. Should I be worried it will be lost or not counted? I dotted all my "i's" and crossed all my "t's." How am I supposed to know it is counted?

Go down and vote in person just to be sure!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:03 AM (WDy4l)

272 The first one I feel like she should have something in her lap. The second one looks like a gorgon!

Posted by: Lea at October 26, 2016 09:48 AM (lIU4e)

Looks like she has a baby in her lap.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 11:03 AM (BcNLK)

273 ThePrimordialOrderedPair, #190:

That may well be the best answer I've seen to this question. Thank you.

Posted by: JPS at October 26, 2016 11:03 AM (FLRE9)

274 I just reported an attack on myselfs my a trump supporter.

Hurry, before they figure out everyone in the blog sphere is going to troll them.

The good news? Smith is probably paying this company by the number of calls, so you are taking SJW money away from them.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:04 AM (NbJXF)

275 Early voting report from MA-8 (deep blue)

President: Trump
US House: Burke (he endorsed Trump and stuck with him, which was all I needed to know)
All other offices: blank

Mid-sized town (15K registered), today is day 3 for early voting, town clerk figures they'll hit 1000 votes already in today. Very brisk.

Posted by: DocJ at October 26, 2016 11:05 AM (5Nr9V)

276 Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 10:58 AM (56NFR)

Unfortunately requesting repayment of alleged overpayments has been going on for decades. This just happens to have involved a large number of requests at the same time involving a large amount of money. They should have just written it off.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 26, 2016 11:05 AM (rjGUv)

277 how strange....i was looking at the sculpture of mary magdalene in my art book just yesterday......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, gird up your loins, this is not the time to go wobbly at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (0O7c5)

278 >>>The distrust that Jews have had for Christians in general - which does exist - is an artifact of europe

Again, centuries ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 10:54 AM (39g3+)

No. Not centuries ago. It's only been in recent decades that jews in Europe (the few that were left) have had any semblance of decent treatment (outside of small pockets that they enjoyed every once in a while) and I will lay money with you that that won't last very much longer

Europeans have been able to substitute their hate of Israel for their hate of local Jews ... for now. Not all Europeans, of course, but the huge majority of them.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (zc3Db)

279 It's my understanding that absentee ballots are only counted if the race is competitive, and that counting the ballots might make an actual difference in the results. So if a candidate was ahead by 100,000 votes, and there were 70,000 absentee ballots left, they would not count those ballots.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (dFi94)

280 Toll free! 855-805-7490
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:01 AM (NbJXF)

"Hello, Smith College?"

"Yes."

"Is this where I report a sexual assault?"

"Yes, it is. Have you been sexually assaulted?"

"HELLS YES! THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY ASS-RAPED BY OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS!! NOW WHAT ARE *YOU* GOING TO DO ABOUT IT??"

(click)

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (prwKy)

281 What's shorter than Hillary's list of accomplishments?

Meghan Kelly's career prospects.

Posted by: Deplorable Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2016 11:08 AM (4AVeu)

282 "Hello, Smith College?"

"Yes."

"Is this where I report a sexual assault?"

"Yes, it is. Have you been sexually assaulted?"

"HELLS YES! THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY ASS-RAPED BY OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS!! NOW WHAT ARE *YOU* GOING TO DO ABOUT IT??"

(click)
Posted by: OregonMuse

Glad I spoofed YOUR number!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:09 AM (WDy4l)

283 267 Morning horde. Gee, anyone up for some mischief? Troll Smith College, call and report a sexual attack.

Toll free! 855-805-7490

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:01 AM (NbJXF)

Tell them you got sexually assaulted in a video game.
http://tinyurl.com/gt5wke7

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 11:10 AM (7HtZB)

284 The wood sculpture looks like one of the attendees at the 2016 Harmonic Convergence event.

Posted by: Deplorable Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2016 11:10 AM (4AVeu)

285 Megan Kelly, at the end of her exchange with Newt, tells Newt he should go deal with his anger issues.

She actually said that. Newt replied back "so should you".

Megan also said that in Trump's infamous taped comments to Billy Bush, " Trump said he liked to grab women's genitals and kiss them against their will".

Really? My understanding was that he was talking about how when you are a "star", women will LET you kiss them and even grab their "p&%$#.

Behold, Megan who twists and lies about quotes. And then whines and cries to the guest about how fair and balanced she is reporting stories.

What a hack B*^&%.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (oDUj/)

286 279 It's my understanding that absentee ballots are only counted if the race is competitive, and that counting the ballots might make an actual difference in the results. So if a candidate was ahead by 100,000 votes, and there were 70,000 absentee ballots left, they would not count those ballots.
Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (dFi94)
===

Really? It said on the absentee request forms that were mailed out after Labor Day (I live in Ohio) that absentee ballots that are received before election day are counted first. I mailed mine last Tuesday so it should get there in time. We do have a GOP SoS so there's that.

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (BDZWU)

287
263 I hear she does butt stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (XWkhW)
====================

I wish I'd kept the link to that photo. My friend Meagan would get a laugh out of it. Do you happen to remember where the photo was linked from?

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 10:59 AM (LISuA)

I don't remember the original source, but here's another.

https://twitter.com/BustedCollege/status/638684340474540032

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (XWkhW)

288 Thanks Obama

http://tinyurl.com/z2tgae2

Posted by: MTF at October 26, 2016 11:12 AM (LISuA)

289 284 The wood sculpture looks like one of the attendees at the 2016 Harmonic Convergence event.
Posted by: Deplorable Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2016 11:10 AM (4AVeu)

I'm starting to think it looks like something from an anti-meth ad.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:13 AM (prwKy)

290 The third factor is that Jews have always leaned left. It's a Jewish thing and has to do with Jewish guilt as the main control mechanism - any society that uses guilt as a control mechanism (i.e. any individualistic society) generates self-haters among the weak and damaged personalities. This is true for the US and truer for Jews, because jews use the guilt mechanism more than the standard Western society.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair

I think misguided guilt is a factor among liberal non-Jewish whites as well. Only they do self-deprecation and agonize over their privilege.

I think Robert M. Price put it best. This is akin to survivor guilt. The sole survivor of the plane wreck feels "guilty" even though he did nothing wrong and feelings of guilt are totally unwarranted. In the same way, many in America look at the sh*tshow in third world countries and feel the same guilt, instead of perceiving that many of their problems are self inflicted and that any improvement to their situation must involve their conscious repudiation of what keeps them in that state. Of course, if they are incorrigible, then the only other way to achieve "equality" is the self immolation of the West.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 11:14 AM (iFgwk)

291 What a hack B*^&%.

Yeah ... but I'd still hit it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at October 26, 2016 11:15 AM (XAbde)

292 Does this guy realize if he has a mulching mower he can just crush up all his leaves?
Posted by: Independent George
----------------

Oh , it isn't about blowing leaves. It is a literal osession with this nutcase.
I actually have a pic of him wearing a trashbag, holding a leafblower in one hand and an umbrella in the other, walking in the gutter blowing , um, rain? in the midstof a downpour.

I'll give him one thing, though - in my 'hood of over 400 houses, he was the only one that put out a sign. Trump.
That was back when I was all aboard the Cruz Ship. After his signs got torn up, stomped on ,or stolen, he stopped putting them out front, and has just the one now - inside the house in the picture window.

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (zlhEY)

293 285 Posted by: Jen the original at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (oDUj/)
===

That's why the tape is no big deal. The key phrase is that the women let you do it. If women let a man grab them down there, that isn't sexual assault, that is consent. But in MeAgain's world, everything is sexual assault. Except for in the case of Jeffrey Epstein's bff Billy Jeff.

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (BDZWU)

294 I turned the bitch off last night. She was obviously on a mission to screw with Trump

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (NbJXF)

295 I think absentee ballots are always counted, provisional ballot not.

The provisional ballot stuff is a ripoff.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (+oWEl)

296 Really? It said on the absentee request forms that
were mailed out after Labor Day (I live in Ohio) that absentee ballots
that are received before election day are counted first. I mailed mine
last Tuesday so it should get there in time. We do have a GOP SoS so
there's that.

Posted by: Independent George (or the commenter formerly known as Serenity Now!) at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (BDZWU)
===============================================

It might be a state to state thing. They might each have their own rules. I think that I remember being told that when I worked precincts on election day. Who knows. I'm old.

Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (dFi94)

297 "Morning horde. Gee, anyone up for some mischief? Troll Smith College, call and report a sexual attack.

Toll free! 855-805-7490

Posted by: Nip Sip"

Hello, Smith College ? My dog keeps humping my leg. He didn't even get an affirmative 'yes' before proceeding.

Posted by: Ripley at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (1BQGO)

298 No. Not centuries ago.

The holocaust, sure, but other than that its just been resentment and rudeness, not the kind of horrors you mentioned like being tortured to death for heresy. Look I'm a fan of Israel and a friend to Jews, I respect their millennias of positive influence and guidance to civilization and positive impact on culture.

But I'm about sick of Jews clinging to crap from long ago and blaming me for that. I'm about sick of Jews voting in the very same people who treat them like trash and want them destroyed. I'm about sick of being thought of as the enemy because of something that happened to someone's great-great-great-grandfather.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 11:17 AM (39g3+)

299 You an also report "bias"

http://tinyurl.com/hkk9f9y

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:17 AM (NbJXF)

300 Houston Voting

Long lines . Lots of non english speakers . Some not registered who were refused Some with out ID They accept bank statement, utility bill or pay stub as ID

If you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:18 AM (YDMKm)

301 "Casting out demons"....is that what it's called?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy
****

Aka, passing Taco Bell...

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at October 26, 2016 11:18 AM (+aCe4)

302 You thought I was exaggerating :

http://tinypic.com/r/bhf8z8/9

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (zlhEY)

303 299 You an also report "bias"

http://tinyurl.com/hkk9f9y
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:17 AM (NbJXF)

Hello, Bias and Harassment Hotline? Yes, I'd like to report that Maria Bartiromo is biased against hairy fat guys who try to harass her. Hello?

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (RD7QR)

304 Orthodox Jews vote republican . Just saying

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (YDMKm)

305 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 26, 2016 11:11 AM (XWkhW)

Wow - proud Papa moments all around there, eh?

Posted by: DocJ at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (5Nr9V)

306 294 I turned the bitch off last night. She was obviously on a mission to screw ~~with Trump~~ScoggDog !!!

Sadly ... I didn't fix anything.

Posted by: ScoggDog at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (XAbde)

307 You twitter guys need to tweet this Smith number 855-805-7490
to all, let the fun begin!

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (NbJXF)

308 Too right. Sex with her would be like fucking a bag of antlers.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM (Bdeb0)

I'm stealing that.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (Idu2i)

309 302 You thought I was exaggerating :

http://tinypic.com/r/bhf8z8/9
Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (zlhEY)

Oh FFS. No wonder his wife bailed out.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (RD7QR)

310 What's shorter than Hillary's list of accomplishments?

Meghan Kelly's career prospects
....
Yeah. It's hard to find a job as a Trump bashing feminist newsperson.

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (1H9ox)

311 >> wearing a trashbag, holding a
leafblower in one hand and an umbrella in the other, walking in the
gutter blowing , um, rain? in the midstof a downpour.
Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:16 AM (zlhEY)

If you were to don a trashbag, grab an umbrella, and join him--and I mean really get into it--you just might accidentally have the most enlightening moment in your cycle.

Probably not, but hey, maybe.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (Bdeb0)

312 OT - That Pat Condell link in the last thread is spectacular. If only every American would see it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (7H/2n)

313 If you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:18 AM (YDMKm)

That's just fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (Idu2i)

314 304
Orthodox Jews vote republican . Just saying

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:19 AM (YDMKm)

Yeah but the problem is most of them live in NYC

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (NbJXF)

315 Most American Jews are not Orthodox

Most Orthodox vote Republican . And they have the highest birth rates

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:21 AM (YDMKm)

316 Plunk these images down at opposite ends of the bell curve. My x axis label is realism.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 26, 2016 11:21 AM (FtrY1)

317 If you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen

Que?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:21 AM (WDy4l)

318 You thought I was exaggerating :

http://tinypic.com/r/bhf8z8/9

Yes, technically, I did.

Good gawd, what level of OCD is that?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (mgbwf)

319 Grammie, I think you're right that it's state to state. I took my daughter to vote absentee in person, as they call it here, and it clearly stated on the absentee application form that all absentee forms are held unopened and then counted on Election Day.

Also, just as an aside, one does not register to vote by political party in Virginia. So if you see anything about early voting totals from Virginia that say any certain candidate is winning, or that more of party x is voting early than of party y, don't believe it.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (uHcnA)

320 300 Houston Voting

Long lines . Lots of non english speakers . Some not registered who were refused Some with out ID They accept bank statement, utility bill or pay stub as ID

If you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen
Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:18 AM (YDMKm)

What part of town? When I lived in Clear Lake it was long lines, lots of friendly English Speakers, and everyone had ID. Weird, right? Sounds like you're in Sheila Jackson Lee's area...

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (67xEH)

321 Also

Not allowed to have your phone on in the voting booth . Which is curious

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (YDMKm)

322 Immigrant rights protesters close down George Washington bridge.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (iFgwk)

323 >>312
OT - That Pat Condell link in the last thread is spectacular. If only every American would see it. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (7H/2n)

Saw it--very good stuff.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (Bdeb0)

324 317
If you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen

Es Verdad?

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (NbJXF)

325 279 It's my understanding that absentee ballots are only counted if the race is competitive, and that counting the ballots might make an actual difference in the results. So if a candidate was ahead by 100,000 votes, and there were 70,000 absentee ballots left, they would not count those ballots.
Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (dFi94)
===

That's a myth that's been around for years. Absentee ballots are counted. They are checked into the possession of the Clerk responsible for elections in the precinct by the clerk's signature on the acknowledging receipt.Different states have different rules regarding when the ballots are counted. Some will be counted and entered into machines, etc. prior to the election day, some will be done on the day of the election and those ballots that are received on the day of the election itself might not get counted until after the election day. That is why there are normally 28 days to certify an election in a state from election day. If you have a very close election, the absentee ballots that are still waiting to be counted because they arrived close to deadline may make the difference, even if they don't, they are still opened and counted.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (oDUj/)

326 Bellaire/Sharpstown.

Sharpstown is the third world

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (YDMKm)

327 321
Also

Not allowed to have your phone on in the voting booth . Which is curious

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (YDMKm)

Pictures of the ballot.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (NbJXF)

328 299 You an also report "bias"
http://tinyurl.com/hkk9f9y
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:17 AM (NbJXF)

Holy crap:

This $63,914-Per-Year Women's College Offers A 24/7 Bias Hotline You Can Call For HURT FEELINGS

"Hello, I'd like to report ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN."

24/7. They have this stupid 'bias' hotline running 24/7. Can you believe that?

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:24 AM (prwKy)

329 Here's the data for those who want to compare and contrast the early voting results with 2012, as reported on Nov 5th, 2012:

For Colorado: +2 Republicans

For Florida: +3 Democrats

For Iowa: +11 Democrats

For Nevada: +7 Democrats

For North Carolina: +16 Democrats

For Ohio: +6 Democrats

Here's a spreadsheet tabulating results, but I don't know how often it's updated:

http://tinyurl.com/zz5xpg9

Finally, the early numbers now don't mean much because only a fraction of the early voting has been tallied, we won't know who overperformed or underperformed until November.

Posted by: #NeverHillary - Who Loves Trish Regan Sexually at October 26, 2016 11:24 AM (6RZuW)

330 Rosa Delauro? Rep from CT

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 10:00 AM (7HtZB)

I looked up a photo and it triggered me.

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 11:24 AM (BcNLK)

331 Not allowed to have your phone on in the voting booth . Which is curious

If my polling place has electronic machines, watch me. I will film my voting. If they don't like it, we can start vote fraud procedures.

That's the ONLY reason they wouldn't want sunshine on it.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:24 AM (WDy4l)

332 Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 26, 2016 11:14 AM (iFgwk)

I would agree. I think the "survivor guilt" analogy is a little too giving in most cases. To my mind, a lot of the problem is with the weak personalities that can't handle the guilt mechanism. They do experience constant, disembodied guilt (as you say) but not due to any understandable factor (such as being a survivor) but only because they are weak individuals who can't control their guilt mechanism and it overruns their minds - I usually compare it to children who see horror movies and can't stop their imaginations from scaring the shit out of them for weeks or months afterwards. The weak personalities who learn the basic guilt response become overwhelmed with illusory guilt (as we both say) and that leads to two main reactions:

1) to alleviate guilt one must atone - and that atonement takes on the look that you have described; to destroy ones own society.

2) to hate the person they hold responsible for making them feel all this guilt by teaching it to them - usually their fathers - and to lash out at everything and anything that reminds them of their fathers (i.e. all of their own society and anything they find familiar).

We agree on the mechanisms and reactions; I just think that the "survivor guilt" analogy is too much something that normal, well-adjusted individuals can fall prey to whereas the problem that individualistic societies have with their guilt control mechanisms are generally found with the weak and damaged personalities.

But, this problem is just the bad that we have to accept with the great good that is an individualistic society.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 11:24 AM (zc3Db)

333 My ballot didnt change . FWIW

Instructions on how to vote in 4 languages

Not in Arabic however . Yet

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:25 AM (YDMKm)

334 Inspired by the marijuana-truck-burns story from the ONT, I give you a local story.

https://tinyurl.com/z2eq7z6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at October 26, 2016 11:25 AM (Nwg0u)

335 Speaking of Biblical Hoo-ahs, my take on the character of Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad.

Jesse and Jesus: both names derived from Jesu

Jesus: was a carpenter
Jesse: loved woodworking

Jesus: had a beard
Jesse: grew a beard

Jesus: consorted with thieves and prostitutes
Jesse: ditto

Jesus: betrayed by those he trusted, sealed in a tomb, walked free

Jesse: betrayed by those he trusted, sealed up in a basement meth lab, walked free

Jesus: atoned for his sins and the sins of others
Jesse: did his best, in his Jesse-like way, to atone for his sins and the sins of others

Think about it.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at October 26, 2016 11:26 AM (WlGX+)

336 >>Not allowed to have your phone on in the voting booth . Which is curious Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (YDMKm)

I've informed the local crew of Aztecs that they'll retain Zod's yardwork custom if they photograph themselves in a booth voting for MAGA. And they have to smile. No photo, no more mulch-spreading. They seemed kind of ambivalent about it, but I can at least say I've done what I could to leverage a few votes in Trump's favor.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:26 AM (Bdeb0)

337 You've got 20 days in NC to vote as many times as you want as long as you can make it to a poll with a name and address of someone who is registered. And guess what? That information is freely available on a website.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at October 26, 2016 11:26 AM (+oWEl)

338 f you dont have ID, you just have to sign an affadavit saying you are a citizen

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:18 AM (YDMKm)

That's just fucking ridiculous.
Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:20 AM (Idu2i)

Thank you're local Democrats and liberal judges for that. Supposedly, those ballots without a confirmation of registration are provisional ballots that must be checked to see if valid prior to actually being counted, but , yeah well.....
There is a reason why the Democrats fight tooth and nail and lawfare constantly over not requiring ID's to vote.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 26, 2016 11:27 AM (oDUj/)

339 English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:27 AM (YDMKm)

340 Not in Arabic however . Yet>>>

What is the Arabic translation for BOOM?

Posted by: Slpodeydope at October 26, 2016 11:28 AM (tf9Ne)

341

(WTHR) - Arby's is introducing their newest item on the menu, venison.

According to the company, Arby's venison sandwich features a venison steak and onions with a berry sauce on a toasted roll.

The venison sandwich will be "100% deer meat"according to Rob Lynch, Arby’s Brand President & Chief Marketing Officer.

The fast food chain is testing the venison sandwich in six states, and only at 17 select locations.

The states include Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Georgia.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2016 11:29 AM (IqV8l)

342 326 Bellaire/Sharpstown.

Sharpstown is the third world
Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (YDMKm)

It is! Oh my God I'm so sorry

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (67xEH)

343 They are putting Syrians and North Africans in Sharpstown . Right next to the jewish parts of town. One "dreamer" was already charged with trying to blow up two local shopping malls

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (YDMKm)

344 181 Violence and nastiness evident here in Colorado in the Denver-JeffCo-Boulder metroplex.
*
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How is it down in Colorado Springs? I lived in Denver in the late '90s, and the Springs had the rep of being very conservative.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (1qCTk)

345 Probably not, but hey, maybe.
Posted by: General Zod
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I've befriended him. I longer threaten to kick his ass, for intance. But he is not someone you can sit down & drink a beer with.

My neighborhood buddy happens to work with him (for the city).
Mike and I couldn't be more polar opposites (how did we become friends, ajyway?), but when he found out that this guy lived across the street from me, he simply said "that guy is weird - nobody at work will talk to him. Why haven't you kicked his ass yet?"

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (zlhEY)

346 Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:27 AM (YDMKm)

Surprised they didn't have it in Tamil or Hindi as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (GDulk)

347 Fucking Milo: "Bill Clinton hasn't been a very good step dad to Chelsea."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 11:31 AM (SeD0w)

348 Supposedly, today is Hillary's birthday. Twitter chatter is saying that there was/is a big hacked e-mail release planned in celebration of Hillary's birthday.

May be nothing. We'll see. Wikileaks released another batch of Podesta e-mails. I don't think Podesta e-mails are what is being referred to -- rather the speculation is that its Hillary's deleted 33k e-mails.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 11:31 AM (3DSAh)

349 Not allowed to have your phone on in the voting booth . Which is curious

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:22 AM (YDMKm)

I voted this morning in Kennedale and I took my phone and recorded myself voting in case the booth changed my vote from Trump to Hillary like I've heard about.

Nobody said anything.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:31 AM (Idu2i)

350 335-Jesus: atoned for his sins and the sins of others

Um, Jesus didn't sin. He had no need to atone for his sins because he committed none. Hence, his work on the cross as the sacrificial lamb for OUR sins. Also, his consorting with sinners was not the way your Jesse "consorted" with them. Because of that not sinning thing.

But I appreciate your characterization of Jesse as a Christ figure in the show.

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:32 AM (VnCI9)

351 NC is where Hillary's GOTV really makes a difference. They have a list of every Black voter in the county and they have 20 days to drag them to the polls. We cut back the number and times, but it is a total disaster.

They bring registrars to the churches, register you, then take you to the polls.

The "pastor" gets "walking around money". Usually $10 a vote.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:32 AM (NbJXF)

352

Houston wanna be bomber lived in Sharpstown, immigrated from Iraq, and pledged himself to ISIS. A citizen

Charged on Oct 16th

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:32 AM (YDMKm)

353 347 Fucking Milo: "Bill Clinton hasn't been a very good step dad to Chelsea."
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 11:31 AM (SeD0w)

Comedy gold.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:33 AM (prwKy)

354 Speaking of Biblical Hoo-ahs, my take on the character of Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad.

Jesse and Jesus: both names derived from Jesu
.
.
Jesus: atoned for his sins and the sins of others
Jesse: did his best, in his Jesse-like way, to atone for his sins and the sins of others

Think about it
...
Jesus: turned water into wine
Jesse: turned cayenne into meth

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 11:33 AM (1H9ox)

355 Twigs, gravel & tire tracks extra in that Arby's venison sammich!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:33 AM (WDy4l)

356 Over at WZ there is a hint that some Belize bank account information is going to be released today.

Of course, the MSM will ignore it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:34 AM (NbJXF)

357

Maybe tbey dont want the phones in Sharpstown because certain populations use cell phones for detonators

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:34 AM (YDMKm)

358 >>Why haven't you kicked his ass yet?" Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:30 AM (zlhEY)

He might be trained in jeet kun do. He may be all too accustomed to killing (the odd behavior argues in favor). Kicking your ass just might accidentally bring *him* to nirvana. Probably not, but hey, maybe. I'd proceed with caution.

There's a similar guy in our neighborhood. Walks every day, never talks, completely checked out. I told Mrs. Zod that he's probably "plotting the death of millions." He's probably very unwell, but seems to be in good shape. Told me once--years ago--that I needed to write him a check for "six thousand dollars for the emissions your SUV causes." That's when you wish for a pocketful of Monopoly money...

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (Bdeb0)

359 I don't think I have been in an actual voting "booth" in 20 years. Usually it's just a pop up table with a partition between stations.

Posted by: ajmojo at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (1H9ox)

360 Over at WZ there is a hint that some Belize bank account information is going to be released today.

Of course, the MSM will ignore it.

Drop the account number and password.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (WDy4l)

361 Anybody know if there is supposed to be a Veritas drop today?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (/D5Lf)

362 Looks like things are going Mad Max in the battle with ISIS.

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ISIS is the Ayatollah of Rock'n'rollah.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (Nwg0u)

363 Man o man, all those State's and Soldiers that did the right thing and did not get bonuses they weren't authorized look like suckers now.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (jsWA8)

364 Veritas drop supposed to be before noon

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (YDMKm)

365 Moki, how is your daughter feeling today? Better, I hope.

One of my daughter's friends got in to see Milo last night. She was texting my daughter from inside, and said she started crying once she got in, like she was seeing the Beatles. LOL!

She got her picture with Milo too, afterwards, and sent it to my daughter.

My daughter is the one who told her about Milo in the first place.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (uHcnA)

366 361
Anybody know if there is supposed to be a Veritas drop today?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:35 AM (/D5Lf)

WZ hinted around noon.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (NbJXF)

367
Maybe tbey dont want the phones in Sharpstown because certain populations use cell phones for detonators Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:34 AM (YDMKm)
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Hello, hello, hello. SECRET BALLOT anyone?

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (MIKMs)

368 https://tinyurl.com/hnqte77 wikileaks Sober her up? FAB !

Posted by: Evilpens at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (y3aQB)

369 325 279 It's my understanding that absentee ballots are only counted if the race is competitive, and that counting the ballots might make an actual difference in the results. So if a candidate was ahead by 100,000 votes, and there were 70,000 absentee ballots left, they would not count those ballots.
Posted by: grammie winger, Go Cubs Go - HEY HEY! at October 26, 2016 11:06 AM (dFi94)
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That's a myth that's been around for years. Absentee ballots are counted. They are checked into the possession of the Clerk responsible for elections in the precinct by the clerk's signature on the acknowledging receipt.Different states have different rules regarding when the ballots are counted. Some will be counted and entered into machines, etc. prior to the election day, some will be done on the day of the election and those ballots that are received on the day of the election itself might not get counted until after the election day. That is why there are normally 28 days to certify an election in a state from election day. If you have a very close election, the absentee ballots that are still waiting to be counted because they arrived close to deadline may make the difference, even if they don't, they are still opened and counted.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 26, 2016 11:23 AM (oDUj/)

Grammie, could you be thinking of the overseas military/US govt personnel ballots? Because those are often not counted, as they don't make it back to the US in a timely manner. In the 2000 election, there was a large number of military ballots that were dumped by the precincts that handled them, because they showed up a week or so after the election.

It probably had nothing to do with military polling for GWB in the high 80's. Nothing at all. Just an oversight.

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (VnCI9)

370 Hint at the Belize info:

5,937,478 +
3,585,638 +
1,777,641 =
11,300,757

*from O'Keefes twitter feed

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (/D5Lf)

371 Why haven't you kicked his ass yet?

Because you're a friggin' Renaissance Man, Chi. That's why.

Posted by: ScoggDog at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (XAbde)

372 One of my daughter's friends got in to see Milo last night. She was texting my daughter from inside, and said she started crying once she got in, like she was seeing the Beatles. LOL! "

Did any trigglypuffs turn up to try to shut Milo up?

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (u0lmX)

373 The holocaust, sure, but other than that its just been resentment and rudeness, not the kind of horrors you mentioned like being tortured to death for heresy.

In Europe it has been far more than just resentment and rudeness. I mean, come on.

Look I'm a fan of Israel and a friend to Jews, I respect their millennias of positive influence and guidance to civilization and positive impact on culture.

But I'm about sick of Jews clinging to crap from long ago and blaming me for that.

Christopher, this isn't personal. And this isn't even about America. This is about Europe (and Russia, of course). If you think that Jews have suffered nothing but a little resenetment and rudeness from Europeans for the past couple of centuries then you really need to brush up on your history. Like I said, even in America Jews were greatly restricted (not by government, but by private organizations) up until the middle of the 20th century - and America has been the best nation to Jews in pretty much all of history.

I'm about sick of Jews voting in the very same people who treat them like trash and want them destroyed. I'm about sick of being thought of as the enemy because of something that happened to someone's great-great-great-grandfather.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2016 11:17 AM (39g3+)

I don't like how Jews tend to vote here, either. I find it very embarrassing. But, of course, the Jewish vote represents pretty much nothing. It is an insignificant vote in all but a handful of localities.

But as to the great-great-great grandfather stuff ... this is not a fantasy. It is Jewish history and it is more recent than you claim. And it is everywhere, too. I don't think you really understand this. The US is one of the very few bastions for Jews, but outside of few countries things are still not good. And things turn ugly for Jews very quickly in many places.

I'm just explaining to you my thoughts on Jewish thinking and where it came from.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (zc3Db)

374 Feels like an Arby's night!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 11:37 AM (PH6T7)

375 Hint at the Belize info:

5,937,478 +
3,585,638 +
1,777,641 =
11,300,757

*from O'Keefes twitter feed

That's remarkably specific. Did he get documents?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 26, 2016 11:38 AM (+wjl1)

376 I See MeAgain Kelly got dick punched by Newt last night. The dishonesty from Fox lately is a bit much to bear.

By the way, people are already using the excuse they are voting for The Hag because the alternative is "much worse". Uh huh, sure it is. Most of these people have not even read his policies or bother to put Any time into reading about the blatant corruption and contempt The Hag has for our country.

Democrats have taught people to vote on emotion and ignore both facts and cogent, material differences. They are not voters, they are. Ow trained clapping seals. Congratulations.

A term with The Hag in charge is a predicable disaster. So if you vote for her- own it. Enjoy while your family suffers and there is less freedom for everyone. Don't hand me the shit about there being no alternative. Because after I laugh in your face for your empty headed, insupportable, thoughtless, baseless hyperbole I'm going to slap it.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (wA3c3)

377 Over at WZ there is a hint that some Belize bank account information is going to be released today.

Of course, the MSM will ignore it.

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Didja see Wolf "Lapdog" Blitzer saying they don't run Wikileaks stories because they haven't vetted them. Trump-hugged-me-fifteen-years-ago stories, on the other hand, are well vetted.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (Nwg0u)

378 There is no USDA standard for "hunted" (wild-taken) venison. This meat must be from a domestic herd. They'd be asking for a world of CWD lawsuit hurt if they sold field-hunted venison. I question their ability to prepare it consistently, but...

Farmers in eastern Ohio would sure like to see market hunting come back.
"Conservation" types, the old school hunter ones, generally see the end of market hunting as the end of the extinction-level event that eastern game went through. State "natural resources" agencies were, mostly, formed by the pressure of sport hunters -- quite a long time ago.

Interesting development. I can see the Bambi protest lines already.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (H5rtT)

379 Did any trigglypuffs turn up to try to shut Milo up?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (u0lmX)
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Not that I heard of. I'll have to ask my daughter, but I think it went well. She was watching the livestream when i left to go to my son's baseball game last night.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (uHcnA)

380 WZ hinted around noon.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (NbJXF)

Thanks. Thought it was happening today.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (/D5Lf)

381 Oh FFS. No wonder his wife bailed out.
Posted by: joncelli
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Oh, you don't know the half of it. I could write an Ace Movie Review about this dude's craziness...
He would get pissed at his wife when she didn't scrub the bathtub after her morning shower. Every. Single. Morning.

Best part? When she left (sadly, with their 4 year old son), she moved into his Dad's house.
He's called the city 9n everyone on the street. Same idiot that called me at 6:45 AM last week to tell me he was calling in a complaint because my Nextdoor neighbor left his grass in the street...

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (zlhEY)

382 I'm just explaining to you my thoughts on Jewish thinking and where it came from.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (zc3Db)

This is all I know about Jewish thinking, which came from a Jewish guy I used to work with:

Q: What do you call a half dozen Jewish women in the basement?

A: A whine cellar.

Q: What's a Jewish woman's favorite wine?

A: When are we going to FLORIDA??

Try the veal folks.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (Idu2i)

383 We're having barbecue tonight. It's mid-week Bible study.

We're having an old fashioned prayer meeting at 7 pm EST on November 7th, if any of you want to pray with us for the election.

Posted by: ALH at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (uLuPn)

384 365-{{bluebell}}

sinus infection. She's back on antibiotics to try to manage the pain in her ears-for some reason, she gets horrible ear pain with SI, rather than facial pain. So she didn't work last night, and missed it. I'm jealous of your daughter's friend! Apparently he gave a great talk, and there were plenty of sympathetic ears amongst the young people. (Doesn't that sound old and middle aged???!!!!)

One of the blessings of GMU is that is not so far down the leftist hellmouth hole as other state universities.

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (VnCI9)

385 That's remarkably specific. Did he get documents?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 26, 2016 11:38 AM (+wjl1)

Not sure. And not even sure that is in relation to Belize. Just speculating at the moment.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:41 AM (/D5Lf)

386 By the way, people are already using the excuse they are voting for The Hag because the alternative is "much worse".
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Huh. I'm voting for The Donald because the alternative is much worse.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:41 AM (uHcnA)

387 >>Q: What do you call a half dozen Jewish women in the basement?

A: A whine cellar. Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (Idu2i)

Stealin' that one.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:42 AM (Bdeb0)

388 If you think that Jews have suffered nothing but a little resenetment and rudeness from Europeans for the past couple of centuries then you really need to brush up on your history"

No, they suffered pogroms and discrimination for many centuries - worse in some countries than others.

But to vote for a party which is increasingly anti-Israel, a party which will let in thousands, if not millions in who hate Jews and Israel as a response to those centuries of hatred - that floors me.

They're clinging to what they think the Dems were back in 1948. They're clinging to what they think the GOP and WASPs and Christians were at that time. They are absolutely refusing see the facts as they exist right now in 2016. That's maddening.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 11:43 AM (u0lmX)

389 Moki, I'll pray for your daughter to heal quickly. I know she's got difficult things to weather already. It's so so hard to concentrate on anything when your head hurts.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:43 AM (uHcnA)

390 379 Did any trigglypuffs turn up to try to shut Milo up?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at October 26, 2016 11:36 AM (u0lmX)
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Not that I heard of. I'll have to ask my daughter, but I think it went well. She was watching the livestream when i left to go to my son's baseball game last night.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (uHcnA)

I'm going to go see Milo at the Media Theatre (Media, PA) on the 15th. I think tickets are still available.

Posted by: josephistan at October 26, 2016 11:43 AM (7HtZB)

391 Not sure. And not even sure that is in relation to Belize. Just speculating at the moment.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:41 AM (/D5Lf)

WZ tweet listed says they ARE bank records. Bribes?

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:43 AM (NbJXF)

392 I'm working my way through a yellow scorpion pepper. Damn. That's hot!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 26, 2016 10:57 AM

What did you expect? It's their nature.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 26, 2016 11:44 AM (bzd8I)

393
Syphoning money from the Clinton Foundation to private tax free accounts in Belize

Posted by: ThunderB at October 26, 2016 11:44 AM (YDMKm)

394 I heard their favor wine was, "I want to go to Miami"

What do JAPS make for dinner? Reservations.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 26, 2016 11:45 AM (NbJXF)

395 Ooh, josephistan, you'll have to do some on-the-ground reporting! My daughter and her friend tried to get tickets more than a month ago for GMU, but they were already sold out. This girl told my daughter yesterday that she was going to go to GMU anyway because she had friends there and she was asking them to find her a ticket. They must have, because she got in.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:45 AM (uHcnA)

396 >>Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:41 AM (uH

Yes, but you've done that as the result of a cogent evaluation. Not because the local PTA is aghast at the accusations the Democrats have drilled into their apparently very dense skulls.

Or that your are listening to the incoherent frothy rantings of MeAgain.

Or you wrongly believe the media or perhaps somehow missed the fact this woman is the most corrupt person to ever run for office and is likely to destroy our country (sorry finish the destruction).

Posted by: Marcus T at October 26, 2016 11:45 AM (wA3c3)

397 Syphoning money from the Clinton Foundation to private tax free accounts in Belize

And on to a Clinton-friendly PAC?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 26, 2016 11:45 AM (+wjl1)

398 WZ tweet listed says they ARE bank records. Bribes?

Numbered account deposits.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:46 AM (WDy4l)

399 >>One of the blessings of GMU is that is not so far down the leftist hellmouth hole as other state universities. Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (VnCI9)

The law school there is pretty conservative. Also, the Institute for Humane Studies is there, and is supposed to be a pretty right-of-center group.

Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:46 AM (Bdeb0)

400 Syphoning money from the Clinton Foundation to private tax free accounts in Belize

And on to a Clinton-friendly PAC?

Why? F the PAC. That's pocketed money.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:47 AM (WDy4l)

401 NOOD

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:47 AM (uHcnA)

402 381 ...Oh, you don't know the half of it. I could write an Ace Movie Review about this dude's craziness...

Posted by: ChI - #FreeCthulhu at October 26, 2016 11:39 AM (zlhEY)

That guy is truly unwell. I have someone close to me who is nearly as nuts, and if I didn't have to live with them I'd feel terribly sorry for them, but it's hard when they're such crazy assholes.

Posted by: mx4 at October 26, 2016 11:48 AM (67xEH)

403 Ace up

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2016 11:48 AM (WDy4l)

404 Posted by: Marcus T at October 26, 2016 11:45 AM (wA3c3)
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I know. Just throwing their words back at them, not that they'll ever see them here.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:49 AM (uHcnA)

405 Supposedly, today is Hillary's birthday. Twitter chatter is saying that there was/is a big hacked e-mail release planned in celebration of Hillary's birthday.

May be nothing. We'll see. Wikileaks released another batch of Podesta e-mails. I don't think Podesta e-mails are what is being referred to -- rather the speculation is that its Hillary's deleted 33k e-mails.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 11:31 AM (3DSAh)

The rumors swirling involve Kim Dotcom. He's evidently sent out of tweets hinting at something. Supposedly, the tie in is that when he got raided, it was on his birthday, so he wants to return the favor.

Posted by: Country Singer at October 26, 2016 11:49 AM (uiwCw)

406 Dah fuq.

The FAB wants to have a national dance after the election to bring folks together.

Go home FAB, you're drunk.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 26, 2016 11:49 AM (/D5Lf)

407 Signs of Monster Vote Surface in Butler County Ohio

https://tinyurl.com/hp7rk3o

Posted by: Evilpens at October 26, 2016 11:50 AM (y3aQB)

408 Jewish joke:

Q: What's "foreplay" for a Jewish married couple?
A: A half hour of begging.

Now to be fair, I've heard this joke before, only it was about Catholics.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at October 26, 2016 11:50 AM (prwKy)

409 Not a joke: Hillz plan to heal a divided nation after her election? National Dance Party!

https://tinyurl.com/gnkjvwe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at October 26, 2016 11:50 AM (Nwg0u)

410 399 >>One of the blessings of GMU is that is not so far down the leftist hellmouth hole as other state universities. Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:40 AM (VnCI9)

The law school there is pretty conservative. Also, the Institute for Humane Studies is there, and is supposed to be a pretty right-of-center group.
Posted by: General Zod at October 26, 2016 11:46 AM (Bdeb0)

Yep. They caught a lot of flak for naming the law school after Antonin Scalia, but they wouldn't back down.

My kid is in the chemistry/microbiology department, and a lot of the STEM profs are conservative types. Plus, they seem to value the students as scholars, and push them towards that, rather than handing out grades for nothing. As a sophomore, she's been on research trips and is working in one of the labs, and will present papers this January to DARPA.

Not that I'm proud or anything.

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:50 AM (VnCI9)

411
They're clinging to what they think the Dems were back in 1948. They're clinging to what they think the GOP and WASPs and Christians were at that time.

When every day was a scene from "Gentleman's Agreement"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2016 11:51 AM (IqV8l)

412 Not that I'm proud or anything.
Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:50 AM (VnCI9)
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Wow, good for her, Moki! And you should be proud - you raised her.

I know a few people that teach/have taught there, and they are all conservative. As always, it's the loud progressives that make the most noise and therefore get reported on the most.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:53 AM (uHcnA)

413 Trump is crushing his speech right now. Please watch it.

Posted by: most deplorable Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at October 26, 2016 11:54 AM (Iy6JT)

414 What's shorter than Hillary's list of accomplishments?
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Are you kidding? This sewer trout has managed to swim upstream into American political life and influence to a level never achieved in history.

Lies, manipulation, abuse of power, criminality, she's used them all to position herself for the powerful office in the world, and possibly in history.

The Borgia's? Tammany Hall? Huey Long? By contrast they were third-string non-achievers.

She has achieved a great deal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:55 AM (eMnol)

415 Now to be fair, I've heard this joke before, only it was about Catholics.
Posted by: OregonMuse
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I thought all such were about Baptists?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:57 AM (eMnol)

416 I know a few people that teach/have taught there, and they are all conservative. As always, it's the loud progressives that make the most noise and therefore get reported on the most.

Posted by: bluebell at October 26, 2016 11:53 AM (uHcnA)

Aw, thanks. I will take credit for her studiousness by always giving, according to her, "the PhD answer for a grade school question." She gives it back now, in spades. I know more about mycology than I ever, truly wanted to know.

Don't you have one going to college soon? Have they thought about where to go?

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:57 AM (VnCI9)

417
I thought all such were about Baptists?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:57 AM (eMnol)

Nope- just the ones about no sex standing up-since it could lead to dancing.

Posted by: Moki at October 26, 2016 11:58 AM (VnCI9)

418 374 Feels like an Arby's night!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 11:37 AM (PH6T7)

Looks like one too.

Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Winona Ryder at October 26, 2016 11:58 AM (Rw8Ov)

419 The rumors swirling involve Kim Dotcom. He's evidently sent out of
tweets hinting at something. Supposedly, the tie in is that when he got
raided, it was on his birthday, so he wants to return the favor.

Posted by: Country Singer at October 26, 2016 11:49 AM (uiwCw)
--Ah. Interesting. Funny that I would regard something coming from Wikileaks as fairly credible at this point. I don't think that the DNC/Podesta can dispute the authenticity of those e-mails.If Kim Dotcom released something, I would take it with a larger grain of salt, unless they were somehow independently verified.Funny that we've gotten to the point of the election cycle where I've become convinced in the reliability of wikileaks.

Posted by: Revenant at October 26, 2016 12:00 PM (3DSAh)

420 335 and 350.

Firdt time I sat thru The Green Mile, about half an hour in, I was pissed.

'F*cker ripped off the Wandering Jew story,' I said....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at October 26, 2016 12:01 PM (DpWGW)

421 Good job on the GWB protesters. You should thank the police you got out alive.

You had to see how angry people were. I'm almost sad the police intervened.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 26, 2016 12:03 PM (wA3c3)

422 418 374 Feels like an Arby's night!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 26, 2016 11:37 AM (PH6T7)

Looks like one too.

Or so I've been told.
Posted by: Winona Ryder
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We've got the meat!

Posted by: James Earl Jones at October 26, 2016 12:06 PM (eMnol)

423 I'd have never guessed that the sculpture is Donatello. It certainly could pass for a modern piece. Thanks for the images!

Posted by: Afroman at October 26, 2016 12:07 PM (f5sT8)

424 Firdt time I sat thru The Green Mile, about half an hour in, I was pissed.

'F*cker ripped off the Wandering Jew story,' I said....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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All possible plots have been used up. Just the character names are changed.

I think that is why Sci Fi has gained in popularity. All plausible story lines are taken, so fantasy is employed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 12:09 PM (eMnol)

425 I thought all such were about Baptists?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 11:57 AM (eMnol)

Nope- just the ones about no sex standing up-since it could lead to dancing.
Posted by: Moki
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Well, see, I'm a Methodist, and we don't tell jokes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 12:11 PM (eMnol)

426 Echoy in here. Could it be that.....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2016 12:12 PM (eMnol)

427 #189 re Seventy Maxims

17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster.

Does this apply to Hillary's campaign?

Posted by: Miley, Duchess of the Deplorable Standard Rednecks at October 26, 2016 12:31 PM (BcNLK)

428 hat's striking to me is how far ore naturalistic sculpture is than painting even further back, especially in the late medieval period 100-200 years before the donatello. you can find extraordinarily realism in figures, their faces and clothes when painting is still largely following fairly abstract stylistic conventions.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 26, 2016 12:57 PM (WTSFk)

429 If you get a "defective" voting machine -- can you tell at the time your vote is misdirected? I saw a video somewhere that it did. If so, what do you do to have your vote correctly recorded? Ask for a paper ballot?

We use paper ballots, so I am curious.

I don't care for either the painting or the sculpture of MM. But given the times I think Donatello's MM is very forward. 2 cents

Posted by: gracepc at October 26, 2016 01:15 PM (OU4q6)

430 Donatello was the renaissance man's renaissance man. He could paint. He could sculpt in marble. He could carve in wood, as in the Magdelene here. He could work in bronze. whatta guy.

Posted by: vivi at October 26, 2016 01:28 PM (11H2y)

431 For what this lurker's opinion is worth, that sculpture is one ugly representation of a repentant Christian.

Uff.

mac :]

Posted by: macbrooks at October 26, 2016 02:19 PM (HdnUv)

432
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Posted by: test at October 26, 2016 02:23 PM (vaFpc)

433 Donatello's sculpture looks more like the evil gang leader from the Warriors than it does Magdelene.
"Come out to plaaayyyyyy..."

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