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kinkade storm.jpg

Conquering the Storms
Thomas Kinkade

And for no particular reason (not really...there is one).

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 So has nuclear war erupted yet?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:18 AM (0mRoj)

2 Seems its Lighthouse week at AoSHQ.

Considering I have a decommissioned lighthouse as a lawn ornament, I demand that you share one of Edward Hopper's paintings...

for purely selfish reasons.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 09, 2017 09:19 AM (a9n6M)

3 Only 3-1/2 weeks for the GOP to formulate a plan of treachery and betrayal.

What are these jerkoffs cooking up.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 09, 2017 09:21 AM (9A6UB)

4
Cool how he painted in the proof mark in the upper right...

Posted by: fixerupper at August 09, 2017 09:21 AM (8XRCm)

5 Mr. Dildo, you've got a sense of humor. I like that.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:22 AM (RD7QR)

6 So has nuclear war erupted yet?
Posted by: Insomniac

Well, there's something stinky coming out of Hillarys side of the bed.

But I ain't gonna look.....HUMA!!!!

Posted by: Slick Willy at August 09, 2017 09:22 AM (8ikIW)

7 I live on an island that has a now-defunct lighthouse. Love the stories from a man (now elderly) who lived there as a child.

Posted by: Ever at August 09, 2017 09:22 AM (QkCBY)

8 Nood - in case you didn't know.

Posted by: An Observation at August 09, 2017 09:22 AM (ph1R9)

9 Corgis called.

Posted by: empire1 at August 09, 2017 09:23 AM (lb1FK)

10 Oh, this is going to be fun...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:23 AM (OdK9v)

11 Chantilly lace
And a purty face
And a giant wang hanging down

Wait, what?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:23 AM (0mRoj)

12
*digs deeper foxhole*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:24 AM (OdK9v)

13 Time to stock the basement with Val-u-rite and tobacco yet?

Posted by: Slick Willy at August 09, 2017 09:24 AM (8ikIW)

14 Ahh...Kinkade.

Posted by: Zod at August 09, 2017 09:24 AM (Bdeb0)

15 3 Only 3-1/2 weeks for the GOP to formulate a plan of treachery and betrayal.

What are these jerkoffs cooking up.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 09, 2017 09:21 AM (9A6UB)


I'll field this one.

IMPEACHMENT.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 09:25 AM (mcI77)

16 Hey baby, they're playin our song! The one they used to play when we used to get along.


Whoa baby thats what I like

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:25 AM (lwiT4)

17 It has trees ... so I declare, in accordance with the AAS Standard ...

... Art !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 09:25 AM (/LX46)

18 Not a fan of Kinkade. Frankly, he reminds me of JMW Turner with better training in perspective.

Yeah, I know I'll be flamed, but different strokes (brush, get it?) for different folks.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (MIKMs)

19 13 Time to stock the basement with Val-u-rite and tobacco yet?
Posted by: Slick Willy at August 09, 2017 09:24 AM (8ikIW)

What, you haven't already been doing that? (And 12 gauge shotgun shells. And 5.56 mm. And throw in some .45 too.)

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (RD7QR)

20 Cool how he painted in the proof mark in the upper right...

Posted by: fixerupper at August 09, 2017 09:21 AM (8XRCm)

Heh....

It's not in the public domain (I think), so I linked to his website and didn't use one of the unmarked images, just to be sure I wasn't pissing off the copyright and fair-use Gods.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (wYseH)

21 Kincaid.. Now available with LED lighting enhancements

Posted by: IP at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (UmSfZ)

22 I like it when you click through and embigger it.

Most things are better when they are bigger.
Well, some things are better bigger.

Somehow I can't see Michael Moore or Lena Dunham on a bicycle going any great distance.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (m9X4Y)

23 That sailboat is on a lee shore. This will end badly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:26 AM (OdK9v)

24 Ain't nothing in the world
Like a big eyed girl to make me act so funny
make me spend my money

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:27 AM (lwiT4)

25 Kincade has captured what an actual angry sea looks like. Not that poser crap from yesterday.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 09:27 AM (mcI77)

26 The lighthouse is on fire, and it's spread to the house next door! Form a bucket brigade!

Posted by: Octopus at August 09, 2017 09:27 AM (TjN6o)

27 Kinkade was a Christian artist who used his works to teach theological ideas. His heavy use of light symbolizes Jesus, and the lighthouse enhances Christ's image as a safe place during life's storms.

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:27 AM (nwqNw)

28 Hung like a lighthouse.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 09, 2017 09:27 AM (6jaju)

29 There's three kinds of music in the world - dancin music, cryin music, and crap.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:28 AM (lwiT4)

30
Painter of lighthouses.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade at August 09, 2017 09:29 AM (OdK9v)

31 If the nukes do start flying I want to be in the blast zone. Getting vaporized > radiation sickness

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:29 AM (0mRoj)

32 Angry little seas, angry little seas...

Posted by: Bob Ross at August 09, 2017 09:30 AM (0mRoj)

33 So has nuclear war erupted yet?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:18 AM (0mRoj)


You might want to make sure 'Emergency Alerts' is enabled on your smartphone.

I'll never forget during the Cuban Missile Crisis my Dad was in local civil defense and told me the warning siren for war was the same as for calling firemen -- but three minutes long -- not one minute which was standard alert for fire.

Some knuckle head tested the three minute alarm and I totally shit myself after the second minute went by.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (EgwCt)

34 31
If the nukes do start flying I want to be in the blast zone. Getting vaporized > radiation sickness

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:29 AM (0mRoj)

Lord of the wastelands > getting vaporized.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (tbOMB)

35 Kincade is the father of Starving Artists and Hotel meeting room art sales.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (no/Pv)

36 Thanks for the song CBD. From Wiki:


On February 3, 1959, Richardson ( the Big Bopper) died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, along with music stars Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as "The Day the Music Died" in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie"

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (lwiT4)

37 31 If the nukes do start flying I want to be in the blast zone. Getting vaporized > radiation sickness
Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:29 AM (0mRoj)

I figure there's about a 90 percent chance that Kim's nukes are duds. The Norks aren't famous for quality control. Plus nobody knows how good their missiles are. It would be pretty funny if they fired off a nuke, it fell into the sea, and the USN or the JSDFN recovered it and displayed it.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (RD7QR)

38 Why are there two hooded Klan men in the clouds?

Posted by: An Observation at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (ph1R9)

39 My two favorites to watch paint were Bob Ross and his happy trees and the guy with the german accent and his mighty white brush. They made it look so easy.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (MIKMs)

40 I always liked Terry Redlin better.

...and by the way, it's no Rothko.

Posted by: johnd01 at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (ukNFU)

41 Currier and Ives does the ocean?

Just no.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (3myMJ)

42 To give the guy credit where it is due, he knows how to paint a stone cottage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (kUfFq)

43 I was watching the CNN video covering Trump's statement on the Norks a while ago.

The media is like Marco Rubio when he was stuck in the debate glitch, just repeating rehearsed lines.

One pundit says "The problem the President has is his approval rating. Polls show...."

Really? The Norks are going to test fire on Guam and the problem is DJTs approval polls? Not thousands of nuked citizens. Not national security. Not nuclear proliferation.
No, the problem is approval ratings.

A part of me thinks when the nukes are in the air, a reporter somewhere will be huddled up with their house cat awaiting death mumbling "This is gonna hurt Trump's reelection chances."

When do these people wake up and taste reality?

Posted by: Political Correctness at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (GQn43)

44 Kinkade was the Painter Of Light, but was not spared from the ravages of the dark side. Greed, alcoholism, drug abuse and a sad OD demise took him down.

Posted by: Octopus at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (TjN6o)

45 Reading back, it sounds like I declared Kinkade the inventor of lights-representing-Jesus theme. Oops. This is a very old device. Here's one from the 17th century.

https://tinyurl.com/yaubzcom

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (nwqNw)

46 38 Why are there two hooded Klan men in the clouds?
Posted by: An Observation at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (ph1R9)

I see Cthulhu.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:33 AM (0mRoj)

47 A fake Starbucks ad is trying to lure DREAMers to round them up for deportation

LOL

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 09:33 AM (mcI77)

48 And for no particular reason (not really...there is one).

It's not the Bopper's birthday or The Day the Music Died.

And for some reason, this painting just depresses the hell out of me. Not because it's Kincaid, just because.

Think I'll bow out for a while and wait for Gorillapundit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2017 09:33 AM (X6fMO)

49 Yeah, I know I'll be flamed, but different strokes (brush, get it?) for different folks.
I bristle at your suggestion the Horde is intolerant.
Dick.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 09, 2017 09:33 AM (nlbfN)

50 Posted by: Bob Ross at August 09, 2017 09:30 AM (0mRoj)

Dammit!

I was just getting ready to say there's a happy little house next to some happy little trees above some happy little waves that would be more than happy to crush your happy little ass on those happy little rocks.

Happy now?

Posted by: the guy across the street at August 09, 2017 09:33 AM (sf2BM)

51 I want to marry a lighthouse keeper.

Posted by: B. Toven at August 09, 2017 09:34 AM (ZRQ34)

52 I bet Greco did a lighthouse if you search hard enough.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 09:34 AM (no/Pv)

53 I like this! This looks exactly like the Paint by Number I did when I was 8 years old, and my mom hung it on the family room wall!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:34 AM (V2Yro)

54 I like.

...I like what I like, deal with it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 09:34 AM (AM1GF)

55 Kinkade! Finally some art we can enjoy and understand.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at August 09, 2017 09:35 AM (0gEiv)

56 I'm a little tired of the chubby tyrant. If we could find a way to take him and the hard core military leadership out I'm OK with that. Something with no warning. Poison his water. Light him on fire. Offer a multi million dollar reward for his scalp.

As much as I don't like the Left Coast, this crap is beyond th pale. And it's bullshit that China is helping. He's their proxy. I won't ever buy another Chines thing as long as I live. Those people have zero interest in our safety. Zero.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:35 AM (i17ZZ)

57 I was just getting ready to say there's a happy little house next to some happy little trees above some happy little waves that would be more than happy to crush your happy little ass on those happy little rocks.

Happy now?
Posted by: the guy across the street

And the two couples in the rented sailboat on the horizon are seriously questioning the sailing skills of Skip who talked them into this shit.

Posted by: Slick Willy at August 09, 2017 09:35 AM (8ikIW)

58 Some knuckle head tested the three minute alarm and I totally shit myself after the second minute went by.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman
-------

Our local sirens were tested at noon on each Saturday. Freaked me out every time. There are probably very few of those systems still operable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:36 AM (kUfFq)

59 Identifiable subject matter and more than three colors. This isn't art.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at August 09, 2017 09:36 AM (0mRoj)

60
34 31
If the nukes do start flying I want to be in the blast zone. Getting vaporized > radiation sickness

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:29 AM (0mRoj)

Lord of the wastelands > getting vaporized.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 09, 2017 09:31 AM (tbOMB)






Time to double-check the fit on my assless chaps and stainless steel colander facemask.

Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:36 AM (veoSD)

61 I can't help it. I like Kinkade. The little warm lights in the cottages make me think of cold fall or winter nights. Yanno, the kind of stuff I never have here in the pesthole of the South.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 09:36 AM (PoXBp)

62 It's no Kandinsky.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:37 AM (lwiT4)

63 " I live on an island that has a now-defunct lighthouse. Love the stories from a man (now elderly) who lived there as a child. "

Did he talk about the time that a strange dense fog rolled in, and skeletal pirates materialized and chased him up and down the lighthouse stairs?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:37 AM (V2Yro)

64 And the two couples in the rented sailboat on the horizon are seriously questioning the sailing skills of Skip who talked them into this shit.
Posted by: Slick Willy
--------------

Nah, you don't need anyone to captain the boat...bare boat rental is a lot cheaper.

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2017 09:37 AM (OdK9v)

65 "Time to double-check the fit on my assless chaps and stainless steel colander facemask."

What a puny plan.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:38 AM (0mRoj)

66 Jeffrey, I have identified a bad-thinker at Google. Notify for termination?

Posted by: Alexa at August 09, 2017 09:38 AM (2z74n)

67 If there's a nuclear attack, I plan on hiding under my desk like they taught us in school.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:39 AM (lwiT4)

68 I always preferred this song by the Big Bopper: https://tinyurl.com/y7jslntw

Try Jerry Lee Lewis's version of "Chantilly Lace": https://tinyurl.com/y7t5u4kx

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 09:39 AM (PoXBp)

69 , the kind of stuff I never have here in the pesthole of the South.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
-------------

Birmingham?, Atlanta?, Jackson? Charlotte?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:39 AM (OdK9v)

70 67 If there's a nuclear attack, I plan on hiding under my desk like they taught us in school.
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:39 AM (lwiT4)

I find those duck and cover drills deeply hilarious.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)

71 I own a few of Kinkade's more expensive prints. They are some of my favorite paintings. I just stare at that some days to find solace. It's really relaxing to just observe them for a few minutes and then pick up your Boble and read.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (i17ZZ)

72
Happy now?

Posted by: the guy across the street
______________________________

Happy, happy, happy...

Posted by: Phil Robertson at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (j/Mlu)

73 I've noted your Google search and I have found five concentration camps in your area; two are close by.

Posted by: Siri at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (nlbfN)

74 58 Some knuckle head tested the three minute alarm and I totally shit myself after the second minute went by.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman
-------

Our local sirens were tested at noon on each Saturday. Freaked me out every time. There are probably very few of those systems still operable.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:36 AM (kUfFq)

Those sirens were met with delight in our town; they used them to announce snow days off from school!

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (oQQwD)

75 Very pretty. He caught the emergence from L-space of the strgh'ngth harvester ship perfectly up there on the right. A doomed world, with the gales of dimensional warping heralding its ruin.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (CPk08)

76 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:34 AM (V2Yro)

Kinkade gets no love in the art community, or at least in my experience, for this reason. His work is formulaic and "cute", but not a lot of substance. He's not "down with the struggle", either. Oh, and he had no problem giving the public what it wanted so he could make money on his work. Very similar arguments to Rockwell, actually. But where I mostly agree about Kinkade, I do not about Rockwell.

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (nwqNw)

77 >>> If the nukes do start flying I want to be in the blast zone. Getting vaporized > radiation sickness

You don't have a face colanders in your prep kit?

Posted by: Max Power at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (QCc6B)

78 The most important thing about to remember about North Korea is that if North Korea nukes us it's all Trump's fault.

Posted by: The Media, The Democrats, and the Republican Establishment at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (xqRaG)

79 Reading back, it sounds like I declared Kinkade the
inventor of lights-representing-Jesus theme. Oops. This is a very old
device. Here's one from the 17th century.
https://tinyurl.com/yaubzcom Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:32 AM (nwqNw)
=====

Neighbor kid was yelling at me to come outside one day and telling me that God was here. It was one of those almost fluorescent sunsets and he was so cute insisting on a grownup witness. Bah, the kid is 30 yo now. I'll have to remind him of that when I see his new baby.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (MIKMs)

80
70 67 If there's a nuclear attack, I plan on hiding under my desk like they taught us in school.
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:39 AM (lwiT4)

I find those duck and cover drills deeply hilarious.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)







Or the Army drills.

Ass to the Blast!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (veoSD)

81 I find those duck and cover drills deeply hilarious.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)
=========================

And embarassing, if you were a girl. Dresses only in those days.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (lwiT4)

82 Identifiable subject matter and more than three colors. This isn't art.
Posted by: Mark Rothko
------------

I don't have any problem with more than three colors, but otherwise, yeah, it sucks. Not art.

Posted by: Jackson Pollack at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (OdK9v)

83 Luckily the city I live near is too shabby to have vital industry and has no major bases nearby. I figure we'll just loot the nearby Walmart and shoot the deer that wander through the back yard all the time.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:42 AM (RD7QR)

84 Did I just hear you make a remark against transpersons?

I have just ordered fifteen Dunhams using your main credit card and they will be delivered tomorrow.

Posted by: Google Home at August 09, 2017 09:42 AM (nlbfN)

85 The sirens get tested first Wednesday of the month here, every month, unless weather is bad, in which case it reschedules. That's because they're also used to alert for tornadoes, a common hazard hereabouts.

But if a nuke was en route...honestly, I'd just go outside for a front row seat. No point trying to dodge the inevitable. Besides, I imagine it would be a hell of a show...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 09:42 AM (AM1GF)

86 I usually enjoy Kinkaid's paintings and this is no exception. They are at worst pleasant to look at. His use of earth tones contrasting with points of brighter, or lighter, colors is effective. I regard them as a form of Romanticism, even fantasy. This one is more dynamic than most and evokes the delicious, serene feeling of protection and comfort in the face of nature's fury. The gentle golden light in the windows versus the cold colors and motion of the elements is very speaks to that. It would have been interesting if he had done some paintings of the Shire and Hobbiton.

I've heard that Kinkade was an SOB in real life. (No details.) Whatever. His scenes are lovely.

Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2017 09:43 AM (V+03K)

87 I don't have any problem with more than three colors, but otherwise, yeah, it sucks. Not art.
Posted by: Jackson Pollack at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (OdK9v)


It has trees in it, so its art, you drooling idiot.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:43 AM (CPk08)

88 Stages of Kim acceptance:

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.

We're finally past denial, Anger doesn't do any good (never really does) and we're into Bargaining. "Oh if some way could be found to just take him out...."

Next stage - nope, no such way exists. Too bad. Depression.

Things will happen when we get to acceptance - acceptance of the fact that removing Kim is going to require total deaths in the 20 million to 25 million range, a lot of American troop casualties, and a lot of bad consequences for as long as our children are alive. (most of the population of Seoul and most of the population of NK will be lost)

There's no way around that, but we still aren't quite ready to admit that to ourselves. We pretty much need Kim to launch something at Guam to get us over the line. And that's why he has power, because he perversely knows that he can stand there, right on the line of what we will put up with, and taunt us endlessly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (V2Yro)

89 Those sirens were met with delight in our town; they used them to announce snow days off from school!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma

Ours is tested on Tuesday at 10 AM , mostly for tornado alert.
A few weeks ago, a worker in the building did something? and the damn thing went off at 8:21 for about 10 minutes. Clear skies. many phone calls to the police happened that day.

Posted by: Bruce at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (8ikIW)

90 69 , the kind of stuff I never have here in the pesthole of the South.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
-------------

Birmingham?, Atlanta?, Jackson? Charlotte?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017


Worse. Noo Awlins. A climate fit only for roaches and alligators; a "culture" that values sitting outdoors in steamy heat to pull apart greasy crustaceans for a tiny flake of meat; a city that enshrines corruption (see Mary Landrieu and family) and refuses to pave the streets properly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (PoXBp)

91 My theory of Kim's missiles fired at the US is the same as you have as a positive golfer having to hit through a tree canopy. It's 90% air so chances of avoiding hitting anything is good.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (no/Pv)

92 As much as I don't like the Left Coast, this crap is
beyond th pale. And it's bullshit that China is helping. He's their
proxy. I won't ever buy another Chines thing as long as I live. Those
people have zero interest in our safety. Zero.
Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:35 AM (i17ZZ)



You don't have a choice any more. The Chinese have bought your legislature.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (mkDpn)

93
This thread needs a soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMXJ9j753-I

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (veoSD)

94 We can NOT let the Norks sink Guam

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 09:45 AM (h/uSM)

95 Trump: Art of the Deal $9.99 on Kindle

Customers who bought this item also bought:

Human skin lampshades
All Natural Soap
The TRiUMPh of the Will

Posted by: Amazon at August 09, 2017 09:45 AM (tbOMB)

96 You think American pharrus bigger than Korean pharrus? Ha-ha! Fuck you, Trumpsters with your tiny pharruses!

Posted by: Kim Jung-Un at August 09, 2017 09:46 AM (2Mnv1)

97 93 This thread needs a soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMXJ9j753-I
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:44 AM (veoSD)


I go for the classics:
https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:46 AM (CPk08)

98 Well, it has a lighthouse, so that's good enough for me.

Are we supposed to understand the reason for the Big Bopper video? Because if we are, well, no surprise, but I don't.

Posted by: bluebell at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (UoSKV)

99 We should kidnap the little fat bastard and make a coat out of his skin that Trump wears as a warning to others.

Honestly, we could nuke the entire Northern Peninsula and nobody would miss it.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (i17ZZ)

100 But where I mostly agree about Kinkade, I do not about Rockwell. - Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (nwqNw)

What made Rockwell special was that Rockwell captured character, Rockwell captured personality, Rockwell captured the spirit of every day individuals living their every day lives.

And I can't think of anyone in his time who did it as well as he did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (V2Yro)

101 94 We can NOT let the Norks sink Guam
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 09:45 AM (h/uSM)

Authentic Congressional gibberish!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (0mRoj)

102 As much as I don't like the Left Coast, this crap is
beyond th pale. And it's bullshit that China is helping. He's their proxy. I won't ever buy another Chines thing as long as I live. Those people have zero interest in our safety. Zero.
Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War


Then tell the Chinese that a Nork nuke attack will be treated as if it was a Chinese nuke attack. Might get their attention a bit more focused that way.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 09:48 AM (AM1GF)

103 What's with the watermark/seal in the upper right quadrant of the painting? Is that an internet image copyright thing, or part of the art itself?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at August 09, 2017 09:48 AM (ylUqT)

104 Just got back for fishing. No need for a lighthouse today, gorgeous morning on the water. And the bonito are in!

Sadly, they are still in the water.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2017 09:48 AM (/tuJf)

105 I go for the classics:

https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:46 AM (CPk0
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LOL

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 09:48 AM (lwiT4)

106 It has trees in it, so its art, you drooling idiot.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole
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Look, you provincial knuckle dragger, my paintings have been a staple at MOMA for decades. Can you say that about Kinkade? No. You obviously don't live in Manhattan, do you?

Posted by: Jackson Pollack at August 09, 2017 09:49 AM (kUfFq)

107 103 What's with the watermark/seal in the upper right quadrant of the painting? Is that an internet image copyright thing, or part of the art itself?
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at August 09, 2017 09:48 AM (ylUqT)


It's part of the art. It's the harvester ship.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:49 AM (CPk08)

108 I go for the classics:
https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:46 AM (CPk0
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I've always been partial to "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" myself.

Posted by: bluebell at August 09, 2017 09:49 AM (UoSKV)

109 I figure there's about a 90 percent chance that Kim's nukes are duds. The Norks aren't famous for quality control. Plus nobody knows how good their missiles are.

It would be pretty funny if they fired off a nuke, it fell into the sea, and the USN or the JSDFN recovered it and displayed it.



--
Blows up 100' off the launch pad, thereby nuking themselves and saving the world the trouble.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 09:49 AM (U76Nz)

110 " I won't ever buy another Chines thing as long as I live. "

My grandpa who was a Marine in Korea wouldn't even order Chinese food.

Posted by: Lauren at August 09, 2017 09:50 AM (UOBq3)

111 99 We should kidnap the little fat bastard and make a coat out of his skin that Trump wears as a warning to others.

Honestly, we could nuke the entire Northern Peninsula and nobody would miss it.
Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (i17ZZ)

Like somebody said on the linkage thread, just about the only way to do it is to go Linebacker II on Pyongyang and hope that decapitates the leadership. Otherwise we're just going to be pushing this rock up the hill again next year.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:50 AM (RD7QR)

112 100 But where I mostly agree about Kinkade, I do not about Rockwell. - Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (nwqNw)

What made Rockwell special was that Rockwell captured character, Rockwell captured personality, Rockwell captured the spirit of every day individuals living their every day lives.

And I can't think of anyone in his time who did it as well as he did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM

*
*
Somebody with art (or maybe just Photoshop) talent should paint a pic with a man who looks like Norman Rockwell in his self-portrait arriving home one evening to a Kinkade-style cottage. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 09:50 AM (PoXBp)

113 Lately, it's been a plague of lighthouses.

(prog rock illusion)

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 09:51 AM (ul9CR)

114 I want at least 20 minutes warning before the bombs detonate--to take care of some local business.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 09:51 AM (mcI77)

115 *in a whispery voice* Thomas Kinkade? Fuck that guy.

Posted by: Bob Ross at August 09, 2017 09:51 AM (8b+oT)

116
I hear the Frenchies caught the guy who ran over the six French soldiers. No description of him, no reason or motive will ever be found

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 09:51 AM (493sH)

117 Oh, and car ramming attack on French soldiers outside Paris.

http://tinyurl.com/ybdf7jbj

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 09:51 AM (AM1GF)

118 The sea was angry that day my friends. like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 09, 2017 09:52 AM (j2RUn)

119 Will the Russians and the Chinese threaten the U.S. in order to protect Whoa Fat if he launches missiles at Guam?

Yes, yes they will.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at August 09, 2017 09:52 AM (ylUqT)

120 What made Rockwell special was that Rockwell captured character, Rockwell captured personality, Rockwell captured the spirit of every day individuals living their every day lives.

And I can't think of anyone in his time who did it as well as he did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (V2Yro)
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Yes. The expressions on people's faces, the details of the surroundings, etc. - all those things make each Rockwell special.

Whereas Kinkade is good at stone cottages and pastel colors, but there is a sameness to his stuff that doesn't appeal to me.

Although the lighthouse is nice.

-

Posted by: bluebell at August 09, 2017 09:52 AM (UoSKV)

121 YAYYY!!!

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 09:53 AM (53MZt)

122 A classic for positive thinking people in these difficult times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

(Sometimes I like to think of it as my Theme Song)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:53 AM (V2Yro)

123 You don't have a face colanders in your prep kit?
Posted by: Max Power at August 09, 2017 09:41 AM (QCc6B)


I just plan to use my everyday face colander.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (mwzxT)

124 Somebody with art (or maybe just Photoshop) talent should paint a pic with a man who looks like Norman Rockwell in his self-portrait arriving home one evening to a Kinkade-style cottage.




Like above. Next to a lighthouse.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (U76Nz)

125 We could send in teams and just blow up all his shit in place.

Then we take the little fat shit a la' Saddam Hussein but this time he falls out of the UH-60. Oops.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (i17ZZ)

126 Is it just me, or does the comment section lose another minute each day? Because it's up to 13 minutes off now by my clock.

Posted by: bluebell at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (UoSKV)

127 An editorial about the Google firing is linked in my sock.

BTW, the Hillary-supporter HR bitch had only been working for the company for a few weeks unlike the IT guy who had been working there for four years.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (nlbfN)

128 So the Norks have missiles, but can they hit a target with any kind of accuracy?

If they're +/-75 miles then we'll see splashes/clouds around Guam or any cities.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 09:55 AM (h/uSM)

129 75 Very pretty. He caught the emergence from L-space of the strgh'ngth harvester ship perfectly up there on the right. A doomed world, with the gales of dimensional warping heralding its ruin.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (CPk0

I hear they're especially partial to lighthouse keepers. Something about "seafood".

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 09:55 AM (RD7QR)

130 I hear the Frenchies caught the guy who ran over the
six French soldiers. No description of him, no reason or motive will
ever be found

Posted by: TheQuietMan
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Nobody heard him scream "Aloha Snackbar" because his car radio was blaring Islamic prayers.

Posted by: Dang at August 09, 2017 09:55 AM (8b+oT)

131

Kim Il-Johnson is right!

Posted by: Olsen Johnson at August 09, 2017 09:55 AM (IqV8l)

132 Look, you provincial knuckle dragger, my paintings have been a staple at MOMA for decades. Can you say that about Kinkade? No. You obviously don't live in Manhattan, do you?
Posted by: Jackson Pollack at August 09, 2017 09:49 AM (kUfFq)


Moma. Lol, the last time I was there they had an exhibit on J. Cage. Holy crap, how much of an inbred do you have to be? Oooh holy sshit he did 4 minutes and 22 seconds of silence! That's such fucking brilliant commentary! And look, here's Pollack, who we can show (with mathematics!!! eleventy!!!) only blew his nose IN PARTICULAR WAYS on the canvas! Derp derp derp!!

Shit, what kind of tard do you have to be to think that this sort of assfuckery is the product of better and more cultivated minds? You have to be a blinkered, stupid, ill bred, half lettered, anhedonic, self obsessed, over-monied drug addled idiot to believe it of yourself, and I think 78% you lot actually DO buy into that shit. Fucking MOMA?

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:56 AM (CPk08)

133 My sense is that the Chinese will let this reach a full boil before stepping in to act as the peace broker. Maximizing their leverage to get what they want out of the deal.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (h/uSM)

134 I'm vewy, vewy dwowsy.

Posted by: The Late Jeff Sessions at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (j+dfT)

135 I just read that YA lit thing from the last thread. Scary shit going down in this country. And I fear the fascism of the SJWs is going to get worse before it gets better. If it gets better.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (ul9CR)

136 It has trees in it, so its art, you drooling idiot.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:43 AM (CPk0


So I declared at 17 ... per the AAS Standard. Which I guess really is the AASI Standard.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (/LX46)

137 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:47 AM (V2Yro)

Yes. Rockwell could easily be compared to the Past Masters. Ingres once did a work that was a celebration of the Masters of Litierature called "The Apotheosis of Homer". If I ever did one of Western painting, Rockwell would have to be included. But Giotto would sit on the throne.

https://tinyurl.com/yabarnb3

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (nwqNw)

138 126 Is it just me, or does the comment section lose another minute each day? Because it's up to 13 minutes off now by my clock.

It's not just you!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (ul9CR)

139 It was a dark and stormy night as Hillary brewed a tempest in a bathroom.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (lmPMy)

140 Thomas Kinkade's got it all wrong! He wasn't there! He doesn't know! HE WASN'T THERE!!!

Posted by: The Gorton's Fisherman, doing the perp walk for cannibalism at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (8b+oT)

141 In some jurisdictions, that lighthouse operator would be in deep shit for burning wood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (OdK9v)

142 "126 Is it just me, or does the comment section lose another minute each day? Because it's up to 13 minutes off now by my clock.
Posted by: bluebell at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (UoSKV)"

No, the comment section is accurate. It's the world that's speeding up. Some kind of relativistic thing. (You feel it, don't you?)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 09:58 AM (V2Yro)

143 So I declared at 17 ... per the AAS Standard. Which I guess really is the AASI Standard.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (/LX46)


It's art. Not rocket science.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 09:59 AM (CPk08)

144 135...And I fear the fascism of the SJWs is going to get worse before it gets better. If it gets better.

Oh, it will get better.

Posted by: .300 Win Mag at August 09, 2017 09:59 AM (mcI77)

145 there is a sameness to his stuff that doesn't appeal to me.
I Bing searched his images for the first time yesterday during the other lighthouse thread and didn't care for them. They just don't look realistic or believable to me.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 09, 2017 09:59 AM (nlbfN)

146
Hah, I knew there was something about lighthouses in my squirrely little brain. It is called 'pharology' and the GB Princessy Anne is a patron.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jul/15/1

Apparently they are still a big thing. Who knew.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:00 AM (MIKMs)

147 Scary shit going down in this country. And I fear
the fascism of the SJWs is going to get worse before it gets better.
If it gets better.





Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 09:57 AM (ul9CR)
======================

I listened to a sermon yesterday that touched on this. The preacher said that the road to totalitarianism usually follows the same pattern: create chaos - provoke a crisis - seize control. I think that's what we're seeing now. The only thing, I'm not sure which stage we're at.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (lwiT4)

148 Given the demonstrated test yields and accuracy of Nork missiles, the odds of you being within the lethal blast zone of any US strike are about 0.0006%.

Now Insomniac, I know, never tell you the odds, but you just ain't that lucky.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (6jaju)

149 "My sense is that the Chinese will let this reach a full boil"

Does "Chinese" mean "everyone" because that's what I see.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (3myMJ)

150 Still would like to drop some tungsten poles from space on his nuke facilities and personal bunkers. Would like to know if that weapon available or just a theoretical pipe dream.



Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (MM3j3)

151 Judging from this picture, Robert Mueller must have used John Kerry's plastic surgeon. Good job, guys.

http://tinyurl.com/ybck8pd6

Posted by: Furious George at August 09, 2017 10:02 AM (j+dfT)

152 An editorial about the Google firing is linked in my sock.

BTW, the Hillary-supporter HR bitch had only been working for the company for a few weeks unlike the IT guy who had been working there for four years.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 09, 2017 09:54 AM (nlbfN)




The left, naturally, is defending firing the guy because non-believers must pay. The left only believes in power and any means necessary to get it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:02 AM (493sH)

153 Went to Drudge this morning which I have been aviding... So the FBI did a pre-dawn raid on Manafort? Seriously? Not Hillary, Lynch etc.?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (O2RFr)

154 Pharology?

Ah Pharos, a Wonder of the ancient world who's stones were used to build an Islamic fort in Alexandria.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (lmPMy)

155 I listened to a sermon yesterday that touched on this. The preacher said that the road to totalitarianism usually follows the same pattern: create chaos - provoke a crisis - seize control. I think that's what we're seeing now. The only thing, I'm not sure which stage we're at.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce


See, that's the funny thing. Effectively they already have control...so I'm wondering exactly what the game here is...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (AM1GF)

156 150 Still would like to drop some tungsten poles from space on his nuke facilities and personal bunkers. Would like to know if that weapon available or just a theoretical pipe dream.



Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (MM3j3)


Probably not available, given the amount of effort it would take to assemble.

But I sometimes wish it was.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 10:04 AM (CPk08)

157 aviding=avoiding

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:04 AM (O2RFr)

158 I like this piece. The only thing odd to me is that the waves in distance with sailboat seem a bit incongruous with the foreground. Unlike some of his work this does not seem too saccharine.

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (SsblQ)

159 I think 78% you lot actually DO buy into that shit. Fucking MOMA?
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole
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Oh...and I suppose that next you're going to say that my architecture is angular, stupid, and vapidly sterile, utterly lacking any sense of pleasing style.

You rubes disgust me.

Posted by: I.M. Pei at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (OdK9v)

160 153 Went to Drudge this morning which I have been aviding... So the FBI did a pre-dawn raid on Manafort? Seriously? Not Hillary, Lynch etc.?

But these are the straight talking stand up people that I learned about right here from a few people. I am shocked.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (mcI77)

161
Fox Business just showed a clip of the Turtle saying that Pres. Trump has "excessive expectations". Yeah you POS, doing what you've said for years you were going to do sounds very excessive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (493sH)

162 See, that's the funny thing. Effectively they already have control...so I'm wondering exactly what the game here is...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (AM1GF)


Ah, but they don't have control-control...

yet!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 09, 2017 10:06 AM (gwPgz)

163 "Celebs and tech execs, luxury campsites in tow, flocking to Burning Man... "

Kim, I've found your target...

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:06 AM (3myMJ)

164 aviding=avoiding
Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:04 AM (O2RFr)

Poato, patio.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 09, 2017 10:06 AM (mwzxT)

165 This debate is just going around and around and around and around and around...

Posted by: zombie m.c. escher at August 09, 2017 10:07 AM (nlbfN)

166 163 "Celebs and tech execs, luxury campsites in tow, flocking to Burning Man... "

Kim, I've found your target...
Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:06 AM (3myMJ)

Ooooh, thousands of hipster douchebags in one fell swoop...

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:07 AM (RD7QR)

167 Yeah you POS, doing what you've said for years you were going to do sounds very excessive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (493sH)
=======================

He's just mad that Trump expects Congress to actually work. Instead of sitting in their offices playing Candy Crush all day.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:07 AM (lwiT4)

168 But these are the straight talking stand up people that I learned about right here from a few people. I am shocked.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (mcI77)


The FBI is the only thing standing between us and a Hell on Earth that makes Revelations look like a vacation resort brochure. *

* shit I learned here

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:08 AM (/LX46)

169 "Excessive expectations"? You mean like actually doing your fucking job and passing bills that solve our most exigent issues?

That fucking "expectation"?

What a bunch of lazy, slovenly, out of touch assholes.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:08 AM (i17ZZ)

170 167
He's just mad that Trump expects Congress to actually work. Instead of sitting in their offices playing Candy Crush all day.


The new version is the cats pajamas.

Posted by: J. Sessions at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM (mcI77)

171 Instead of sitting in their offices playing Candy Crush all day.

That is a very nice way of saying hookers-n-blow.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM (ul9CR)

172 Fox Business just showed a clip of the Turtle saying
that Pres. Trump has "excessive expectations". Yeah you POS, doing what
you've said for years you were going to do sounds very excessive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (493sH)

Yes, how unrealistic of Trump to expect the Congress to do what they said they would do for the past 7 effing years.
That Trump...he cray cray.

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM (Enq6K)

173 Is that the "We'll have an Obamacare Repeal Bill on his desk the day he takes office" McConnell we are talking about?

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:10 AM (3myMJ)

174 That is a very nice way of saying hookers-n-blow.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM (ul9CR)
_______


not yet; but sooon - Kid Rock

Posted by: IP at August 09, 2017 10:10 AM (UmSfZ)

175 Stupid life, be less interesting.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:11 AM (RD7QR)

176 McCain has the balls to say Trump's statement yesterday were inappropriate?

He's kidding right?

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:11 AM (i17ZZ)

177 Great Expectations was just a book.

Posted by: Twitchy Mitch at August 09, 2017 10:11 AM (IqV8l)

178 Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 10:03

@155

The game plan, since the left has effective control, requires a crisis so they can purge the traitors. Like whatshisman in Turkey, Erdogan did; fake coup attempt and then a purge. Like Maduro is doing in Venezuela, fake coup, and purge.

If they can provoke Trump into doing something beyond what most people will accept, war with North Korea and China would work, then they have a reason to impeach, and then the purge begins.

It's a game plan as old as Marx. Probably goes back to the Romans.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at August 09, 2017 10:11 AM (m9X4Y)

179 Still would like to drop some tungsten poles from space on his nuke facilities and personal bunkers. Would like to know if that weapon available or just a theoretical pipe dream.



Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (MM3j3)

Probably not available, given the amount of effort it would take to assemble.

But I sometimes wish it was.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In




Just don't lose control of ODIN.
Bad juju.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 10:12 AM (U76Nz)

180 Ah Pharos, a Wonder of the ancient world who's stones were used to build an Islamic fort in Alexandria.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (lmPMy)

About a year ago, my local gallery exhibited a video art presentation about Pharos. The artist filmed her dive among its ruins and looped it in a dark room. Projected on the adjacent wall were slides of various descriptions of Pharos from the Past. The over a speaker you could here her scuba gear and other underwater sounds. It was very gripping. The idea was to link Past and Present, and to discuss the passage of time and what it does to memory--personal, cultural and historical. There were other themes too but I don't remember them. I was more interested in the history.

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 10:12 AM (nwqNw)

181 Kincaid: Painter of Shite.

Posted by: DM at August 09, 2017 10:12 AM (K0ulk)

182 He's just mad that Trump expects Congress to actually work. Instead of sitting in their offices playing Candy Crush all day.
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:07 AM (lwiT4)

---

Donald Stantz and Mitch Venkman

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 10:12 AM (h/uSM)

183 Yes, how unrealistic of Trump to expect the Congress to do what they said they would do for the past 7 effing years.
That Trump...he cray cray.

---

not would do, actually DID do.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 10:13 AM (h/uSM)

184 On Drudge, FBI did a predawn raid on Paul Manafort's house the day after he testified before Congress.

The search warrant was wide-ranging and FBI agents working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III departed the home with various records.

The raid came as Manafort has been voluntarily producing documents to congressional committees investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. The search warrant indicates investigators may have argued to a federal judge they had reason to believe Manafort could not be trusted to turn over all records in response to a grand jury subpoena.

It could also have been intended to send a message to President Trump's former campaign chairman that he should not expect gentle treatment or legal courtesies from Mueller's team.


So - aside from the fact this is from WaPo and could be anywhere from completely false to completely true - I think anyone who thinks the Mueller thing was set up as a stalking horse to exonerate Trump....

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2017 10:13 AM (OvldT)

185 Siren at Drudge over Manafort raid.

Is he the Scooter Libby for this go-round?

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:13 AM (3myMJ)

186 I still like Kinkade. His art just pleases me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 09, 2017 10:14 AM (xJa6I)

187 Seriously - how would we even know if our representatives didn't show up for work for a couple of weeks? They could take off for the Bahamas and we would never know about it. There's no accountability. There's nothing they have to show, or produce, or prove. We don't know if they come in at noon and leave at 1:30.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:14 AM (lwiT4)

188 If they can provoke Trump into doing something beyond what most people will accept, war with North Korea and China would work, then they have a reason to impeach, and then the purge begins.



Problem? Unlike those other countries? We are better armed, rifle for rifle, than the military.
200 million guns & 8 trillion rounds of ammo.
The left can't figure out which bathroom to use.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 10:15 AM (U76Nz)

189 185 Siren at Drudge over Manafort raid.

Is he the Scooter Libby for this go-round?
Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:13 AM (3myMJ)

Let's hope so. A sacrificial lamb might be the best the Donald can hope for.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:15 AM (RD7QR)

190 McCain has the balls to say Trump's statement yesterday were inappropriate?

He's kidding right?

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:11 AM (i17ZZ)



Heard Jed Babbin on a local radio show this morning say that McCain hasn't been right about anything in the last 30 years. He also said that HR Pufnstuf McMaster has to go. He's an Obamaite.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:15 AM (493sH)

191 Now Insomniac, I know, never tell you the odds, but you just ain't that lucky.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 09, 2017 10:01 AM (6jaju)

Tell me something I don't already know...

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:15 AM (0mRoj)

192 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 09, 2017 10:14 AM (xJa6I)

Nothing wrong with that. Matisse once painted a work where the whole point was to just look at it and be happy.

Posted by: Kris at August 09, 2017 10:16 AM (nwqNw)

193 Siren at Drudge over Manafort raid.


By all means... Go after the real criminal... Forget Lynch, and Rice, and Powers and Hillary...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:16 AM (O2RFr)

194 Let's seize Manafort's property.

Posted by: J. Sessions at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (mcI77)

195
187 Seriously - how would we even know if our representatives didn't show up for work for a couple of weeks? They could take off for the Bahamas and we would never know about it. There's no accountability. There's nothing they have to show, or produce, or prove. We don't know if they come in at noon and leave at 1:30.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:14 AM (lwiT4)






There's a reason that politicians fight tooth and nail to get into Congress. Hell of a sweet gig if you can manage it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (veoSD)

196 Yes, how unrealistic of Trump to expect the Congress to do what they said they would do for the past 7 effing years.
That Trump...he cray cray.

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM (Enq6K)


No child. Do not utter such things. Nay Tami ... you know not of what you speak. For you do not understand The Process.

Few mortals do. Only a chosen handfull have been rumored of wielding the awesome yet ethereal power of The Process ... the ancient and incomprehensible force that guides all Republican actions. It is not for you or I to question, but simply to obey - in the hopes of grasping even a scintilla of it's Byzentine Grandeur.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (/LX46)

197 On Drudge, FBI did a predawn raid on Paul Manafort's house the day after he testified before Congress.

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imagine the howling if they found smashed hard drives

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (h/uSM)

198 Meh, Kinkade always looks cartoony to me. He paints nice scenery, it just doesn't look like this world.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (TOk1P)

199 ...entire Northern Peninsula and nobody would miss it...

China and Russia have more going on there than is being reported. Things I've read don't seem to be nefarious. I think Whoa Fat is hard to work with but the payoff is good.

New conspiracy theory. Coast-to-Coast had guy on this morning that says Whoa Fat was behind the money transfer heist that tried to get 900 million but did get away with 20 million. Federal Reserve may have asked Trump to take Whoa Fat out. Some say Sadam was taken out because he crossed the Federal Reserve by pricing his oil in Euros.

Posted by: Mudd at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (cfHE9)

200 RE: Manafort raid - they did the same thing to Curt Weldon. Nothing ever came of the big drama queeny act, prosecutorially anyway. Curt did lose his seat to Sestak the DS plant though. FBI facilitating political hit jobs. But cant deduce the motive of the Scalise shooter.

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 10:19 AM (53MZt)

201 Let's seize Manafort's property.


Darn right! get that criminal, and his accomplice Trump

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Schultz... innocent as the driven snow! at August 09, 2017 10:19 AM (O2RFr)

202 F Drudge.

Removed that site from my reading list. It's all mostly links to Left wing sites and rhetoric I don't want to read.

I can watch CNN or read the NYT if I want to k ow what the looney Left is doing today.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:19 AM (i17ZZ)

203 Oh...and I suppose that next you're going to say that my architecture is angular, stupid, and vapidly sterile, utterly lacking any sense of pleasing style.

You rubes disgust me.
Posted by: I.M. Pei at August 09, 2017 10:05 AM (OdK9v)


Listen, if I ever needed something to lob like a shuriken at another spaceship, you would be my go-to guy. But there's this,. you pencil necked dipstick people LIVE and WORK in your fucking buildings. That means their eyes need to be pleased and relaxed, and they need to FUCKING RELAX when they go from point A to point B, not be on edge because it looks like a truck is going to hit them if theystep out into a hall, or because they are walking into an operating theatre.

Holy fuck, retard, the buildings are for FUCKING PEOPLE TO BE IN. What the hell is your problem? People have to LOOK at them. Why in the living FUCK do you have to give them panic attacks? Are you such a talentess hack that you can't make something cool looking without it raping every single human visual pleasure?

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 10:19 AM (CPk08)

204 He's just mad that Trump expects Congress to actually work. Instead of sitting in their offices playing Candy Crush all day. Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:07 AM (lwiT4)
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But, but, but . . . They are Gentlepersons whose hands, minds, and valuable time would never be sullied by 'work' and who have pure income provided by the Government. Not like that 'dirty' income by those not pure enough to get their status by instructing the laundering of taxpayer money.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:20 AM (MIKMs)

205 This is my favorite kind of art.

...and tit art

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2017 10:20 AM (oAY8z)

206 my mom love's that song......she would awkwardly dance around the house to it....lol......

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at August 09, 2017 10:20 AM (0O7c5)

207 VISITS TO DRUDGE 08/08/2017

029,660,881 PAST 24 HOURS
839,413,033 PAST 31 DAYS
11,031,158,991 PAST YEAR

Hits are way way down. Good. The guys a fucking homo anyway.

Posted by: J. Sessions at August 09, 2017 10:21 AM (mcI77)

208 The FBI is right on when it comes to Democrt priorities.

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (rmVvL)

209 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)

210 i struggle with kinkade, talented yes, but his paintings, to me, depict what things would look like in a fairy tale......or, maybe, what i would like them to look like......but aren't and can't be in real life....so basically, his paintings are a lie.....there.....that's it....his paintings are a lie.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at August 09, 2017 10:24 AM (0O7c5)

211 McMaster is a solid guy. Don't believe all the bullshit about him being an Obama acolyte. That's garbage coming from people inside the White House that feel threatened.

They are the same people who blew up his routine approval of Rice's clearance which only gave here the ability to discuss matters she worked on if someone wanted to speak with her.

It's all parlour games.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:24 AM (i17ZZ)

212 Are you such a talentess hack that you can't make something cool looking without it raping every single human visual pleasure?
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 10:19 AM (CPk0


What if he planted some trees next to 'em ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (/LX46)

213 Went to Drudge this morning which I have been aviding... So the FBI did a pre-dawn raid on Manafort? Seriously? Not Hillary, Lynch etc.?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:03 AM (O2RFr)


Deep State has its own rules and follows the left's agenda. Hillary could have been killing people in broad daylight and nothing would happen to her

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (493sH)

214 i struggle with kinkade, talented yes, but his paintings, to me, depict what things would look like in a fairy tale......or, maybe, what i would like them to look like......but aren't and can't be in real life....so basically, his paintings are a lie.....there.....that's it....his paintings are a lie.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl...


We have a word for a picture of something exactly as it is. That word is "photograph". If all I needed was that, I wouldn't need art.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (AM1GF)

215 That Trump...he cray cray.

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 10:09 AM

*
*
A male member of my writing group, who is old enough to know better than to be a BernieBro, stated the other evening that "Trump is demented, and a fool."

I pointed out, reasonably, that Trump could hardly be a fool. "After all, unlike many trust-fund babies, he took his inheritance and made it bigger. Even before becoming President, he was one of the most successful people in the world.

"As for demented," I went on, "clearly he's in touch with reality-reality (not the warped version of it in DC, which he's going to have to learn about). He dealt with the reality of 16 competitors for the R nomination and trounced them all; he trounced the media's favorite, Cankles, quite handily; and he's continuing to handle the media the same way. Hardly demented."

My buddy changed the subject.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (PoXBp)

216 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
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Damp or saturated? What is standard attire for department meetings? Will you be wearing underwear and/or pants to the meeting?

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)

217 China isn't going to do shit about NK.

China never does shit about anything.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (3myMJ)

218 217 Well,there was that one time they did something about NK....

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:27 AM (rmVvL)

219 216 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?


Two words.

TOE FUNGUS.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:27 AM (mcI77)

220 216 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
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Damp or saturated? What is standard attire for department meetings? Will you be wearing underwear and/or pants to the meeting?
Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)

There will be pants. That's all I'll commit to.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (RD7QR)

221 >>>>185 Siren at Drudge over Manafort raid.



Is he the Scooter Libby for this go-round?

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:13 AM (3myMJ)



Let's hope so. A sacrificial lamb might be the best the Donald can hope for.
.
.
.I think he is. By all other accounts he has bee cooperating with all requests for documents. Not sure why the FBI had to raid his house when he was freely sharing everything he claimed he had.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (0pcwX)

222 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?



Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
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Keep the socks. Wear them on the outside of your shoes so that they'll dry quicker.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (lwiT4)

223 The guys a fucking homo anyway.

Posted by: J. Sessions at August 09, 2017 10:21 AM (mcI77)

Damned straight! He's a fvcking Joo too.

Throw him in a camp!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...Anti-Semite at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (wYseH)

224 No child. Do not utter such things. Nay Tami ... you know not of what you speak. For you do not understand The Process.



Few mortals do. Only a chosen handfull have been rumored of
wielding the awesome yet ethereal power of The Process ... the ancient
and incomprehensible force that guides all Republican actions. It is
not for you or I to question, but simply to obey - in the hopes of
grasping even a scintilla of it's Byzentine Grandeur.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (/LX46)

Oh process this, Mitch!
*makes unladylike hand gesture

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (Enq6K)

225 You have to read the WSJ comments on the Nork's. Liberals are supporting Kim Ass Clown over the president.

It's an actual disgrace.

You know what. These people are on their own if something goes down. They are a bunch of subversives who have no interest in democracy.

I have never seen such outrageous, unhinged crazy statements in my entire life.

But yeah, elect those Democrats. I'd rather light myself on fire.

Posted by: Marcus T, Ready for War at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (i17ZZ)

226 A pre-dawn raid or any raid may have been a good idea for the Muzzie tech brothers but noooo... The new FBI director is working out well....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (O2RFr)

227 222 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?



Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
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Keep the socks. Wear them on the outside of your shoes so that they'll dry quicker.
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (lwiT4)

See, this is why you're the grammie.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (RD7QR)

228 the raid was just so DS media has footage to run on a loop. Its all just part of the stagecraft. So they show agents carting off records of Manafort's kids orthodontia and his wife's N-M bills. What a crock of shit.

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (53MZt)

229 198 Meh, Kinkade always looks cartoony to me. He paints nice scenery, it just doesn't look like this world.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (TOk1P)

Right?

Posted by: Salvador Dali at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (0mRoj)

230 217

China isn't going to do shit about NK.

China never does shit about anything.
Posted by: Meremortal

You know, that's sort of true.... Of course, they wield a LOT of influence, but major military actions in the last 60 years..???

Posted by: kraken at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (zSVEm)

231 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?
Posted by: joncelli
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Microwave. Unless, of course, they are wet with pee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (OdK9v)

232 "Not sure why the FBI had to raid his house when he was freely sharing everything he claimed he had."

They raided the morning after he testified. Trying to catch him in a lie about documents would be my guess.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (3myMJ)

233 He paints nice scenery, it just doesn't look like this world.
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It's heaven!

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (SsblQ)

234
Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?

Posted by: joncelli,
________________________

Wear 'em on your hands. No one will notice...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (j/Mlu)

235
You know, that's sort of true.... Of course, they wield a LOT of influence, but major military actions in the last 60 years..???
Posted by: kraken at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (zSVEm)

Right, and taking Tibet required about 50 soldiers.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (3myMJ)

236 Damp or saturated? What is standard attire for department meetings? Will you be wearing underwear and/or pants to the meeting?
Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)

There will be pants. That's all I'll commit to.
Posted by: joncelli



Take a Marks-A-Lot, mark legs from edge of shoes to two inches up inside cuff line.

Walla! Instant socks.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (U76Nz)

237 Manafort? PARDONED. Next.

Posted by: PDT at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (mcI77)

238 What is standard attire for department meetings? Will you be wearing damp or saturated underwear and/or pants to the meeting?
Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)
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Small edit to reflect just how I read that..


Posted by: IP at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (UmSfZ)

239 "FBI did a predawn raid on Paul Manafort's house "
How about chasing down Pelosi?
How about Shumer?
How about checking out the Kennedy (crime) family.
How about the Clinton foundation?

Can't do that because FBI agents might have to show loyalty to their country instead of being the venal humans they are. Fake Biased Invidious

Posted by: Mudd at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (cfHE9)

240 231 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?
Posted by: joncelli
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Microwave. Unless, of course, they are wet with pee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (OdK9v)

Dang, this is a good idea. I think. Or else you're setting me up to have mutated feet.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (RD7QR)

241 Right?
Posted by: Salvador Dali
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Stay away from the brown acid, Salvador.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (OdK9v)

242
he trounced the media's favorite, Cankles, quite handily; and he's continuing to handle the media the same way. Hardly demented."

My buddy changed the subject.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM


I'm surprised he didn't mention Hillary winning the popular vote.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2017 10:32 AM (IqV8l)

243 Dang, this is a good idea. I think. Or else you're setting me up to have mutated feet.
Posted by: joncelli
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Put a cup of liquid in there at the same time to absorb excess energy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:32 AM (OdK9v)

244 If Manafort had any embarrassing porn I expect we will be hearing about it...

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:33 AM (rmVvL)

245 Umm... are you like trying to provoke me, dude? WTF is your problem? Kincade and Turner (and hooch) are Grade A assclowns. They cannot see that art is horizontal monochromaticism, BECAUSE THEY ARE EVIL AND STUPID!!!

Posted by: Mark Rothko at August 09, 2017 10:33 AM (RMoQQ)

246 Oh process this, Mitch!
*makes unladylike hand gesture
Posted by: Tami



God, I love our "take no shit" 'ettes!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 10:33 AM (U76Nz)

247 i struggle with kinkade, talented yes, but his paintings, to me, depict what things would look like in a fairy tale......or, maybe, what i would like them to look like......but aren't and can't be in real life....so basically, his paintings are a lie.....there.....that's it....his paintings are a lie.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at August 09, 2017 10:24 AM (0O7c5)


That's a stronger statement than what I said, and I can certainly see it.

Yes, especially when he's doing up Christmas scenes. It's almost an accusation: Your homestead isn't this nice. What's wrong with you?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:33 AM (TOk1P)

248 "Not sure why the FBI had to raid his house when he was freely sharing everything he claimed he had."
=========================

He might have been hiding unwatermarked Kinkade paintings under the floorboards.

Or maybe Mueller imagines he can pressure Manafort to roll over on Trump.

One of those....

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at August 09, 2017 10:34 AM (ylUqT)

249 Put a cup of liquid in there at the same time to absorb excess energy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:32 AM (OdK9v)
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I'd go with popcorn.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:34 AM (lwiT4)

250 USA Today (McNews) has an opinion piece about the Google Memo. They manage to defend the firing and claim it is not unusual, even normal, for companies to fire people with unpopular opinions. OK, lets see somebody fired for openly supporting communism and see what happens. They also manage to claim the central theme of the memo writer was " Your erroneous opinions are making my work environment hostile" WTF. He was the one that got fired and now will have a slew of SJW's (who actually missed a day of work with that BS excuse) trying to destroy his career.

Unf***ing believable. We live in stupid times.

Posted by: Ripley at August 09, 2017 10:34 AM (MxEKc)

251 I still say that painting looks like Currier and Ives trying to do ocean.

It's...awful.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:34 AM (3myMJ)

252 This post offends my sensibilities.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at August 09, 2017 10:35 AM (RMoQQ)

253 See, this is why you're the grammie.
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (RD7QR)


I thought it was because she had kids who, in turn, had kids.

I don't understand anything anymore.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:35 AM (/LX46)

254 I'd go with popcorn.
Posted by: grammie winger
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*eyes the bathroom scale*

Well, of course you would.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:35 AM (OdK9v)

255 ...China isn't going to do shit about NK. ...

Tell that to India and especially Vietnam.

My understanding is that China trains their artillery batteries by bombarding Vietnam.

China has to something about NK or Trump will do something and make China look weak.

Posted by: Mudd at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (cfHE9)

256 Meh, Kinkade always looks cartoony to me. He paints nice scenery, it just doesn't look like this world.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:18 AM (TOk1P)

Right?
Posted by: Salvador Dali at August 09, 2017 10:29 AM (0mRoj)


Well hello, Dali!

Obviously there's a difference, but in a weird way, maybe not. Dali's work is in a way less challenging. The world doesn't work that way, but you know what? We know that instinctively upon first sight. Kinkade on the other hand, fools us into thinking this is real, when it's not.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (TOk1P)

257 I'm playing thought experiments today.

If Obama were in office right now, I think he'd be apologizing to the North Koreans for making them feel as though they had to weaponize their peaceful technology when all they want is to live without war, or something.

KJU trying to beat Trump in a peeing contest is...unwise, I think.

Posted by: Witchdoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (tVWQB)

258 icrowave. Unless, of course, they are wet with pee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:30 AM (OdK9v)



Dang, this is a good idea. I think. Or else you're setting me up to have mutated feet. Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:31 AM (RD7QR)
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Go sockless and pop the collar on your jacket. Cool retro Miami Vice.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (MIKMs)

259 Kincade Paintings, like this one, remind me of a photograph where I expect to see a flock of MyLittlePony's riding a rainbow and the Teletubbies sitting on the lawn next to the cottage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (V2Yro)

260 232 "Not sure why the FBI had to raid his house when he was freely sharing everything he claimed he had."

Mueller...

Posted by: Principal Ed Rooney at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (0mRoj)

261 *eyes the bathroom scale*



Well, of course you would.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:35 AM (OdK9v)
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Ya know, that song 'Shall We Gather At the River'? Watch your back.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:37 AM (lwiT4)

262 This certainly supports the stories that they're trying to flip people to testify against Trump.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 09, 2017 10:37 AM (EbQdp)

263
220 216 Socks are wet. Go to the department meeting with no socks on? What does the Horde say?

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
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Damp or saturated? What is standard attire for department meetings? Will you be wearing underwear and/or pants to the meeting?
Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:26 AM (SsblQ)

There will be pants. That's all I'll commit to.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 09, 2017 10:28 AM (RD7QR)









What kind of uncivilized barbarian wears pants to a business meet?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 10:37 AM (veoSD)

264 Go sockless and pop the collar on your jacket. Cool retro Miami Vice.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:36 AM (MIKMs)

You really need the Ferrari Testosterone-a to pull off that look.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (0mRoj)

265 246 Oh process this, Mitch!
*makes unladylike hand gesture
Posted by: Tami

God, I love our "take no shit" 'ettes!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 10:33 AM (U76Nz)


My name's not Mitch.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (/LX46)

266 I would *much* prefer to live in Kinkade's world than Dali's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (OdK9v)

267 Kinkade had plenty of talent, but his work never really did it for me. I like the old masters, and Rockwell, Winslow Homer, Frederick Remington and whatnot.

The most interesting about Kinkade is that in meat-world that is my surname, and it turns out we're distantly related. Or were, he passed away some years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (RwwCT)

268 "What kind of uncivilized barbarian wears pants to a business meet?"

How about going with one of those new onesies?

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (3myMJ)

269 I realize what I say now is Captain Obvious stuff... but, every day reveals the extent of Deep State. Mueller is an agent of Deep State... its operative... there is a rulership that goes on and on, regardless of elections... regardless of national or world affairs, or cultural issues.
The whole matter is rather like me taking issue with a Force of Nature... " I am really hacked off at you, Gravity!! "..

Posted by: kraken at August 09, 2017 10:40 AM (zSVEm)

270 I would *much* prefer to live in Kinkade's world than Dali's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (OdK9v)


You want Kinkade's world.

You'd settle for Dali's.

You'll get Jackson Pollock's.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2017 10:40 AM (TOk1P)

271 How about going with one of those new onesies?

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (3myMJ)
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That's a good idea. Wish I'd thought of it.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:40 AM (lwiT4)

272 like the old masters, and Rockwell, Winslow Homer, Frederick Remington and whatnot.

Me too ... Haven, Parker, Wilder.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:40 AM (/LX46)

273 266 I would *much* prefer to live in Kinkade's world than Dali's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:39 AM (OdK9v)

What, no love for me? Come on, man!

Posted by: Hieronymus Bosch at August 09, 2017 10:40 AM (0mRoj)

274 Was this particular piece of art franked and mailed? Cause its got the franking stamp on the upper right corner.

You know - all sorts of things can be mailed - once upon a time people used to send their kids to visit relatives via the mail. Don't believe me? See here:

https://tinyurl.com/okzf2yh

Posted by: Publius Redux at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (Fb9aZ)

275 No problem with wet socks when you got Crocs(TM)

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (mcI77)

276 brother cavil......

when ever i see a beautiful sky......i say....oh it's just like a painting.....and my daughter shakes her head.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl... at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (0O7c5)

277 262 This certainly supports the stories that they're trying to flip people to testify against Trump.

My thought too...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (O2RFr)

278 I get a strong perv vibe from the "Big Bopper"...

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (rmVvL)

279 272 You are a big bush fan aren't you?

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:42 AM (rmVvL)

280 275 No problem with wet socks when you got Crocs(TM)
Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (mcI77)

A dude that wears Crocs is a dude that sucks cocks.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:42 AM (0mRoj)

281 Ya know, that song 'Shall We Gather At the River'? Watch your back.
Posted by: grammie winger
----------

*?*

Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?
Who knew?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (OdK9v)

282 >>>
McCain has the balls to say Trump's statement yesterday were inappropriate?<<<

At this point, it's just the tumor talking. Remember bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran? Same fuckstick.

Posted by: Fritz at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (2Mnv1)

283 USA Today (McNews) has an opinion piece about the Google Memo. They manage to defend the firing and claim it is not unusual, even normal, for companies to fire people with unpopular opinions.




All the usual suspects have defended Gargle. Ungood think must be punished comrades

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (493sH)

284 well, there are some trees, so I guess it's art.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (PXj2C)

285 No problem with wet socks when you got Crocs(TM) Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (mcI77)
=====

LOL. That's why I have my 'dress' pair in basic black.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (MIKMs)

286 278 I get a strong perv vibe from the "Big Bopper"...

Luther Strange vibe?

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (mcI77)

287 Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?
Who knew?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Of course they are. That's how you get more Lutherans

Posted by: Bruce at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (8ikIW)

288 281 Ya know, that song 'Shall We Gather At the River'? Watch your back.
Posted by: grammie winger
----------

*?*

Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?
Who knew?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (OdK9v)

It's their preferred means of dispatching their enemies. That and force-feeding them a gallon of lutefisk.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (0mRoj)

289 279 272 You are a big bush fan aren't you?
Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:42 AM (rmVvL)


I'm ... negotiable.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (/LX46)

290 OK, I'm a little twitchy today, clearly more tempermental than I need to be. Maybe I just need to bow out for a thread or three.

Later, Horde.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (AM1GF)

291 >>>>>He might have been hiding unwatermarked Kinkade paintings under the floorboards.



Or maybe Mueller imagines he can pressure Manafort to roll over on Trump.



One of those....
.
.
.Not sure about the rolling over part because there is no "there" there. Heck the left still can't even articulate exactly what Trump did that was against the law or even wrong. I have yet to see one coherent article on what Russia supposedly did to interfere in the election.

If there was ever a shred of proof or evidence of any wrong doing by anyone even remotely associated with Trump's campaign it would have come out way before now. The best they could come up with in October was the mish tapes and truthfully I think that helped Trump in the long run.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (0pcwX)

292 266 . There is one Dali that is breathtaking: realistic and transcendental at once. Check out his Last Supper. ..(I cant do links on this phone.)

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (53MZt)

293 I get a strong perv vibe from the "Big Bopper"...
Posted by: steevy
-----------

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Aqualung at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (OdK9v)

294 Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?

Who knew?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (OdK9v)
==========================

Of course I'm full immersion. What kind of heretic do you think I am?

/// ducks///

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (lwiT4)

295 Our sirens were tested at Noon on the first Monday of the month.

Ah. Happy days.

Loved that poster of what to do in case of Nuclear Attack. The last item was "kiss your ass goodbye."

Posted by: JAS at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (UnDQI)

296 294 Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?

Who knew?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (OdK9v)
==========================

Of course I'm full immersion. What kind of heretic do you think I am?

/// ducks///
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (lwiT4)

But ducks float. I'm confused.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (0mRoj)

297 Thomas Kincade died in a plane crash with two other artists?

Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (7HtZB)

298 296 294 Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?

Who knew?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:43 AM (OdK9v)
==========================

Of course I'm full immersion. What kind of heretic do you think I am?

/// ducks///
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (lwiT4)

But ducks float. I'm confused.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (0mRoj)

Build a bridge out of her!

Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)

299
The most interesting about Kinkade is that in meat-world that is my surname, and it turns out we're distantly related. Or were, he passed away some years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon
______________________________

Yeah,, we know...

Posted by: Bob from NSA at August 09, 2017 10:47 AM (j/Mlu)

300 39 My two favorites to watch paint were Bob Ross and his happy trees and the guy with the german accent and his mighty white brush. They made it look so easy.
Posted by: mustbequantum


Bill Alexander, former mentor of Bob Ross. In fact, if you watch Ross' first season, you'll hear "mighty" a might bit.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (di1hb)

301 72 Happy now?

Posted by: the guy across the street
______________________________

Happy, happy, happy...


Posted by: Phil Robertson at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (j/Mlu)


Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy joy!

Posted by: Stinky Wizzleteats at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (sGtp+)

302 "What kind of uncivilized barbarian wears pants to a business meet?"

--

would you prefer the alternative?

Posted by: Hilary Rodham at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (h/uSM)

303 I have to be truthful and state that I don't agree with the strategy of a tweet war with our foreign adversaries. It's no big deal doing this regard to domestic issues and the press but it seems counter productive as a foreign policy strategy.

Twitter is what our culture has become and it will be the death of us.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (no/Pv)

304 It's their preferred means of dispatching their enemies. That and force-feeding them a gallon of lutefisk.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:44 AM (0mRoj)
===============================

My old happy fun church did mass baptisms - 50 or 60 at a pop. Church is in Wisconsin but not far from Illinois. Thus - mixed football allegiances. Pastor would hold Bears fans under just a little longer, to get all the sin off 'em.

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (lwiT4)

305 Heck the left still can't even articulate exactly what Trump did that
was against the law or even wrong. I have yet to see one coherent
article on what Russia supposedly did to interfere in the election.

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


But it is not just the left; conservative Republicans have been in collusion on the seriousness of the Russian interference if not always with the need to get to the bottom of possible Trump campaign collusion therewith.

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (SsblQ)

306 301 72 Happy now?

Posted by: the guy across the street
______________________________

Happy, happy, happy...


Posted by: Phil Robertson at August 09, 2017 09:40 AM (j/Mlu)

Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy
Happy happy joy joy joy!
Posted by: Stinky Wizzleteats at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (sGtp+)

I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! WHY didn't you believe me!?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM (0mRoj)

307 Of course I'm full immersion. What kind of heretic do you think I am?


/// ducks/// Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (lwiT4)
But ducks float. I'm confused. Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (0mRoj)

Build a bridge out of her! Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
=====

Witches float. Hmmmm . . .

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 10:49 AM (MIKMs)

308 291 , yup. This is all Muh Drama! to keep the LIVs on the reservation and remind certain GOPes who bitch they is.

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 10:49 AM (53MZt)

309 Go to the department meeting with no socks on?

--

Yes, no socks and boat shoes. No tie neither, open collar shirt, very rich looking. Flash a very large and expensive analog wristwatch, and tell everyone you don't really need this job. They will be desperate to keep you. Might even give you a raise.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at August 09, 2017 10:49 AM (m9X4Y)

310
Full immersion?

You people just can't leave it alone, can you?

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at August 09, 2017 10:50 AM (OdK9v)

311 Of course I'm full immersion. What kind of heretic do you think I am?

/// ducks///
Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:45 AM (lwiT4)

But ducks float. I'm confused.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (0mRoj)

---
so there are no Lutheran witches?

Posted by: Peasant at August 09, 2017 10:50 AM (h/uSM)

312 305 National Review can't write an article without including "it is well known and accepted that the Russians attempted to influence the election of Trump over Hillary Clinton"

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:50 AM (rmVvL)

313 Yes, no socks and boat shoes. No tie neither, open collar shirt, very rich looking. Flash a very large and expensive analog wristwatch, and tell everyone you don't really need this job. They will be desperate to keep you. Might even give you a raise.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at August 09, 2017 10:49 AM (m9X4Y)

Ah, the Douche Method for Corporate Success. Surprisingly effective.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 10:50 AM (0mRoj)

314 297 Thomas Kincade died in a plane crash with two other artists?
Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 10:46 AM (7HtZB)

--------

Slim Whitman and Zamfir.

It was The Day The Schlock Art Died

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 09, 2017 10:51 AM (PXj2C)

315 Full immersion?
-------------------------------

I don't see how that can help. All the clothes rather than just socks get wet.

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 10:51 AM (SsblQ)

316 I only just now looked at the painting.Yeah,it's a fantasy scene.

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:51 AM (rmVvL)

317 287 Hold it. Are Lutherans into full-immersion?
Who knew?

Of course they are. That's how you get more Lutherans


I thought that was how the Fremen got the Water of Life.

Posted by: Anachronda at August 09, 2017 10:51 AM (v3pYe)

318 so there are no Lutheran witches?

Posted by: Peasant at August 09, 2017 10:50 AM (h/uSM)
============================

Well, there's this one lady who's in charge of funeral potlucks.....

Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:52 AM (lwiT4)

319 I thought when one party held the Presidency and the congress the other party got investigated.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:52 AM (3myMJ)

320 Yes, no socks and boat shoes. No tie neither, open collar shirt, very rich looking. Flash a very large and expensive analog wristwatch, and tell everyone you don't really need this job. They will be desperate to keep you. Might even give you a raise.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse
------------

Unless...it is Hammer, Inc., where you would be perceived to be a pretentious flaming shitheel.

At Hammer, Inc., we're traditional like that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 10:53 AM (OdK9v)

321 319 I thought when one party held the Presidency and the congress the other party got investigated.
Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:52 AM (3myMJ)

--------

That's only when Democrats are in power

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 09, 2017 10:54 AM (PXj2C)

322 Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:52 AM (3myMJ)

Turns out that the party that holds the mass media outlets controls who gets investigated.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 09, 2017 10:56 AM (8qFZP)

323
That's only when Democrats are in power

Posted by: Cicero
___________________________

Word!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 09, 2017 10:57 AM (j/Mlu)

324 Late to the thread again. More phallacy, I sea.

Posted by: RI Red - Making a List at August 09, 2017 10:58 AM (AwShh)

325 321 , Trump's just a Republican of Convenience though. That's why Uniparty must punish him and us.

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2017 10:59 AM (53MZt)

326 I have that Kincaid painting (or one very similar to it). It reminds me of the back of Judas Priest's 3rd album, "Sin After Sin" (vis the colors and textures, not the demonic stuff).

Posted by: SFGoth at August 09, 2017 11:00 AM (dZ756)

327 My old happy fun church did mass baptisms - 50 or 60
at a pop. Church is in Wisconsin but not far from Illinois. Thus -
mixed football allegiances. Pastor would hold Bears fans under just a
little longer, to get all the sin off 'em.


Posted by: grammie winger - experimental dunce at August 09, 2017 10:48 AM


Someone at my sister's parish must have a sense of humor. They have a large baptismal font (kind of a bathtub-sized thing) for adult baptisms. On the wall right above this is a large icon of Jonah and the whale. Kind of makes me wonder about what's in that font...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (p+Wdc)

328 What if he planted some trees next to 'em ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (/LX46)


He'd be a better person, but still a shitty architect.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (CPk08)

329
Judas Priest's 3rd album

Posted by: SFGoth
_________

*Fist bump*

Posted by: Rob Halford at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (j/Mlu)

330 The Manafort raid happened last month. Why is it "breaking news" today?

Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (7HtZB)

331 wait, grammmie winger is made of wood?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (+7xUe)

332 I haven't heard Trump using this as a push for his made-in-America ideals, but I'm behind the curve on these things.

I guarantee Obama would already be crowing about it if he saw ANY political leverage in it whatsoever. "Kids are going to die? F*ck it, I want to speechify and try to advance this pet goal of mine!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie, Not Quite as Low-IQ as Michael Obama, But Not as Smart as Some Birds at August 09, 2017 11:04 AM (+fLLK)

333 wait, grammmie winger is made of wood?


Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM


So...she weighs the same as a duck? I'm confused.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2017 11:04 AM (p+Wdc)

334
What if he planted some trees next to 'em ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM (/LX46)



He'd be a better person, but still a shitty architect. Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (CPk0
=====

If you haven't seen it already, check out the BHO Prezzy Library drawings. Chinese food carton.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 11:04 AM (MIKMs)

335 Say what you will about Slim Whitman, but it was his music that killed the Martians in "Mars Attacks!"

Posted by: JAS at August 09, 2017 11:05 AM (UnDQI)

336 330 I guess because it didn't leak until now...

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 11:05 AM (rmVvL)

337 If you haven't seen it already, check out the BHO Prezzy Library drawings. Chinese food carton.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 09, 2017 11:04 AM (MIKMs)


saw that. waste of money on multiple accounts.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:06 AM (CPk08)

338 330 The Manafort raid happened last month. Why is it "breaking news" today?

Posted by: josephistan at August 09, 2017 11:02 AM (7HtZB)


Because these servers aren't going to pay for themselves that's why.

Posted by: Matt DRUDGE at August 09, 2017 11:06 AM (mcI77)

339 Cheers to The Big Bopper. Local DJ who achieved fame.

Posted by: RustyG at August 09, 2017 11:07 AM (BFaMx)

340 If you haven't seen it already, check out the BHO Prezzy Library drawings. Chinese food carton.

---

I remember the media fawning over Michael Obama removing a tasteful painting from a room in the White House and replacing it with a target. Literally. It was a colorful bullseye. I think she put some Sanford and Son shag rug down, too.

She was hailed as a worthy successor to Jackie O.

Posted by: Moron Robbie, Not Quite as Low-IQ as Michael Obama, But Not as Smart as Some Birds at August 09, 2017 11:08 AM (+fLLK)

341 242
he trounced the media's favorite, Cankles, quite handily; and he's continuing to handle the media the same way. Hardly demented."

My buddy changed the subject.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 10:25 AM

I'm surprised he didn't mention Hillary winning the popular vote.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2017

*
*
As a matter of fact, he did say so on an earlier occasion. I pointed out that she only "won" that because of the slew of illegal immigrants and dead people voting. His response: "Illegals can't vote, any more than they can get welfare of food stamps" !!

He agrees that Hillary would have been a disaster for America -- so there's a ray of hope for him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2017 11:08 AM (PoXBp)

342 As a matter of fact, he did say so on an earlier occasion. I pointed out that she only "won" that because of the slew of illegal immigrants and dead people voting. His response: "Illegals can't vote, any more than they can get welfare of food stamps" !!

o_O

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 11:10 AM (0mRoj)

343 278 I get a strong perv vibe from the "Big Bopper"...
Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 10:41 AM (rmVvL)


Exactly why I don't like 'Chantilly Lace'. To me, it has always sounded like some sleazebag middle-aged guy hitting on a middle-schooler.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (+7xUe)

344 319 I thought when one party held the Presidency and the congress the other party got investigated.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 09, 2017 10:52 AM (3myMJ)

---

That will be their campaign fund push.

"Give all you can so we can end these senseless witch-hunts and baseless investigations against Republicans!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie, Not Quite as Low-IQ as Michael Obama, But Not as Smart as Some Birds at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (+fLLK)

345 She was hailed as a worthy successor to Jackie O.
Posted by: Moron Robbie, Not Quite as Low-IQ as Michael Obama, But Not as Smart as Some Birds at August 09, 2017 11:08 AM (+fLLK)


But her arms!

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (CPk08)

346 https://medium.com/incerto

for anyone who hasn't seen it and wants to lose a few hours.

(Nassem Nicholas Taleb stuff)

Posted by: JEM at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (TppKb)

347 The Manafort raid happened last month. Why is it "breaking news" today?
--------

This is about our 'leak' of the already-public climate document, right?

Posted by: NYT at August 09, 2017 11:12 AM (OdK9v)

348 She was hailed as a worthy successor to Jackie O.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
-------

An exemplar of style, grace, and refinement.

Posted by: Fawning Media at August 09, 2017 11:14 AM (OdK9v)

349 But her arms!
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (CPk0


Transformative arms!


(some fawning bint NYT columnist actually used that phrase)

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:14 AM (+7xUe)

350
Exactly why I don't like 'Chantilly Lace'. To me, it has always sounded like some sleazebag middle-aged guy hitting on a middle-schooler.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (+7xUe)

But I'm the all-time hits leader!

Posted by: Pete Rose at August 09, 2017 11:16 AM (7HtZB)

351 349 Transformative or transitioning??

Posted by: steevy at August 09, 2017 11:16 AM (rmVvL)

352 Come on OM. Fire up the SNN! (Simian News Network)

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2017 11:16 AM (U76Nz)

353 Hmm. There may be a grant in this.

"A Study of the Intersectionality of Biceps and Feminisim"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2017 11:17 AM (OdK9v)

354 Nork Nukes! Finally, I'll get to use all the knowledge I got from Weird Al's Christmas at Ground Zero!

Posted by: Why...back in my day... at August 09, 2017 11:17 AM (0m0zi)

355 Come on OM. Fire up the SNN! (Simian News Network)
Posted by: rickb223
----------

Coming up as soon as I make my morning dump. You might to back off a few yards.

Posted by: Gorilla P. at August 09, 2017 11:18 AM (kusha)

356 353 Hmm. There may be a grant in this.

"A Study of the Intersectionality of Biceps and Feminisim"


You got it!

Posted by: Betsy DeVos at August 09, 2017 11:18 AM (mcI77)

357 So local towns in the path of the Aug.21st solar eclipse have already declared a state of emergency. One areas is building 12 emergency shelters. Other towns will be shutting down banks, and other businesses in anticipation of being overrun with tourists wanting to watch the eclipse.

People, it's going to get dark for about ten minuets.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 09, 2017 11:19 AM (2kN1R)

358 Nood

Posted by: RioBravo at August 09, 2017 11:20 AM (SsblQ)

359 Exactly why I don't like 'Chantilly Lace'. To me, it has always sounded like some sleazebag middle-aged guy hitting on a middle-schooler.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:11 AM (+7xUe)

He was also much older than Holly and Valens--who was a teenager. Though not "middle-aged", he was pushing 30.
But how about 32 year old Chuck Berry singing "Sweet Little 16?"

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 11:21 AM (7uYFy)

360 People, it's going to get dark for about ten minuets.

Posted by: Jen
----------

Ten? Damn, I better get together some material.

Posted by: Harpischord player at August 09, 2017 11:21 AM (kusha)

361 I'm calling Bull-Shit, Right Here, Right Now.

The Washington Post story begins with stating it's all based on "confidential" information... That's the first clue.

Now,

Let's Play: Find a name

In order of appearance:

"Sources"

"U.S. analysts"

"U.S. intelligence officials"

"Some independent experts"

"many experts"

"U.S. officials"

"many analysts"

"The IC [intelligence community]"

The DIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.

Say WHAT?

Looks like a load of bull-shit, to me.

Posted by: franksalterego at August 09, 2017 11:28 AM (3cq8T)

362 Transformative arms!


(some fawning bint NYT columnist actually used that phrase)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at August 09, 2017 11:14 AM (+7xUe)



Ok, so I looked it up.

Contains this: "Michelle Obama happens to be physically beautiful." It's a lie. The whole column is onanism built on delusion built on lies. Burn this hideous subculture of aesthetic absurdity and deception down and salt the earth.

I'm done for today. I'll be happier with the dead: I do not have to wonder what they think.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 11:36 AM (CPk08)

363 Depression and worry Have set in today. I'm disabled, sit at home alone. My condition is genetic incurable and progressive It's all downhill from here and on top of it all I'm worried about the SSDI review of my case. I haven't and won't get better. I understand why reviews are needed but shit. Life sucks.

Posted by: USNtakim at August 09, 2017 11:53 AM (zZWkn)

364 Looks like a load of bull-shit, to me.

Posted by: franksalterego at August 09, 2017 11:28 AM (3cq8T)
I imagine the source for these stories is Louise Mensch.

Posted by: zmdavid at August 09, 2017 11:56 AM (xqRaG)

365 GorillaPundit's up and at 'em on the next thread.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2017 12:04 PM (LRfkc)

366 Hallmark card art.

Posted by: Glenn John at August 09, 2017 12:04 PM (LilNs)

367 363 Depression and worry Have set in today. I'm disabled, sit at home alone. My condition is genetic incurable and progressive It's all downhill from here and on top of it all I'm worried about the SSDI review of my case. I haven't and won't get better. I understand why reviews are needed but shit. Life sucks.
Posted by: USNtakim at August 09, 2017 11:53 AM (zZWkn)


I won't pretend I'm in as bad a situation as you, or anything like that. I read what you said early about your condition.

Good luck to you. Courage is everything.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 09, 2017 12:46 PM (CPk08)

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Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat