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Balthus children.jpg

Children
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 1st

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:22 AM (FZYNt)

2 They look like wooden puppets.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:22 AM (NWiLs)

3 looks like lego people

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:22 AM (FZYNt)

4 Kinky.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 17, 2018 09:22 AM (oVJmc)

5 Kid is trying to think of a way to prank his sister.

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2018 09:22 AM (LiyEm)

6 Interesting.

Posted by: HH at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (mIJBI)

7

Will the spankings never come?

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (g61wR)

8
A boy in the skirt and a girl bent over. Okay,,..

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (VM6ev)

9 What's wrong with her fingers? has she been "playing"

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (mpXpK)

10 Study hard kid or you'll end up a barista at Starbucks!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (n9EOP)

11 *sigh*

Posted by: Harry Reid at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (FZYNt)

12 10 Study hard kid or you'll end up a barista at Starbucks!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (n9EOP)

Or get stuck in Iraq

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (NWiLs)

13 Well.....it's different.


I'll give it that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (EyPfd)

14 Weekend at Podestas'.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 09:24 AM (fA1SL)

15 Alternate title:

Stormy Daniels checks out the Penthouse letters section!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:24 AM (n9EOP)

16

Bookends in the Pedo Island Library...

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (g61wR)

17 14 Weekend at Podestas'.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 09:24 AM (fA1SL)

Oh shit. Dark and twisted threadwinner.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

18 kinda creepy the artist had a thing for children bent over

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (FZYNt)

19 A Polish Edward Hopper? Alienation.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (2NqXo)

20 Did a google search of this painter - this is his one of his more tame works. Yikes.

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (7HtZB)

21 Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

Think I have to agree on that one!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (n9EOP)

22

Aww heck, we have to eat at Pizzagate AGAIN?

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:26 AM (g61wR)

23 A young David Hogg and his sister.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2018 09:26 AM (QLvwG)

24 18 kinda creepy the artist had a thing for children bent over
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (FZYNt)

Penn State fine arts graduate.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:26 AM (NWiLs)

25 I got nothing.
Weird poses, muddy color selection.
*shrugs*

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:26 AM (W+vEI)

26 Thumbs down on this piece.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 17, 2018 09:26 AM (P83tS)

27 Perhaps the genesis of the premature report on the passing of Barbara Bush.

http://tinyurl.com/y9s2y9pp

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:27 AM (EyPfd)

28

EM KANGAROO FOADDY-FI!!!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at April 17, 2018 09:27 AM (mPeei)

29 Very angular.

Posted by: huerfano at April 17, 2018 09:27 AM (EtMVh)

30 Balthasar had kids on the brain. I detect repressed sexuality. Or maybe not repressed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Evan Hanson says it'll be a good day at April 17, 2018 09:27 AM (rBnYq)

31

Smells like teen spirit! Or sis's bunghole cherry breeze..

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (g61wR)

32 Teach your children well...

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (n9EOP)

33 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (hpFfx)

34 Her brother took the chair and table, so she's studying on the floor.... at weird angles? Shove him off if he's that precariously perched!

Posted by: pookysgirl at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (geqDN)

35 "A young David Hogg and his sister."

Can't be.

No arm bands.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (EyPfd)

36 So,under Trump a war will end that 12 other American presidents were unable to end.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/294343/

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (LiyEm)

37 Uhhh... ummm...

*types*

*checks for Norman Rockwell signature *

*deletes*

* sets art aside to ponder in a moment *

I just posted my first comment of the day in the previous thread. My timing, as always, is perfect.

Weeping willow....

Posted by: mindful webworker struggling to be here at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (ATv6t)

38
Weird poses. He prolly used mannequins instead of kids.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (GdWl+)

39 Is that a boy in the dress and knee socks? Ugly picture

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 09:28 AM (5gaNQ)

40 Odd left foot
Odd hamstring tendon
Odd left hand angle
Oddly straight back
Oddly flat top of the head.


All in all?

Odd

Posted by: Muldoon at April 17, 2018 09:29 AM (wPiJc)

41 Watch those tangents.

Posted by: Corona at April 17, 2018 09:29 AM (MceDl)

42 >>Weekend at Podestas'.



I'd say Tony Podesta owns a print of this, but nah, because the kids aren't nekkid.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:29 AM (W+vEI)

43 Weird painting. The colors are dull and depressing.

Posted by: dantesed at April 17, 2018 09:29 AM (88xKn)

44 Ah. The artist is named Bathsaltczar. That explains a lot.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 17, 2018 09:30 AM (wPiJc)

45

Dear Diary, first Bobby covered the hamster in Mazola, then...

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:30 AM (g61wR)

46 kinda creepy the artist had a thing for children bent over
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (FZYNt)


Made the mistake of checking out the "artist" and concluded he probably did the wall murals at Comet Ping Pong Pizza.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:30 AM (n9EOP)

47 A young Jeff Sessions stares into space as his playmate studies Constitutional law.

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 09:30 AM (r9UYA)

48 Someday I'll be a real girl!

Posted by: Wooden Puppet Girl in the Painting at April 17, 2018 09:31 AM (LtZ/n)

49 Began to post at comment 441 on the morning thread. Nood up by 453. You're all welcome for me killing the squatchy smelling thread...

Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 09:31 AM (NTM5E)

50 Johnny: Janie, you're so smart, but I'll bet you can't figure out this homework problem of mine!

Janie: Can too! Let me see it!

Janie completes homework while Johnny watches TV

Posted by: mindful webworker knows the score at April 17, 2018 09:31 AM (ATv6t)

51 Balthasar's Guitar Lesson (reprinted in Wikipedia article) is fairly graphic. He definitely had a thing for young girls. He'd make a fine Senator from Nevada.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Evan Hanson says it'll be a good day at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (rBnYq)

52 I do not like that. It smacks of Soviet Realism.

Though it would fit perfectly in the lobby of a Brutalist building.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (mf5HN)

53 This painter definitely had a thing for little girls.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (NWiLs)

54

David, I won't tell people you have a wooden weenie if you won't tell people I have splinters in my mouth...

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (g61wR)

55 47: Young Sessions mummy made him wear a dress? IMO the kid at the table is a girl too. The shoulders of the "shirt" are gathered and feminine and what boy wears a belt over a "tunic"?

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (5gaNQ)

56 Brace yourself Brigid!

Posted by: Comrade O'Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (n9EOP)

57 >>>10 Study hard kid or you'll end up a barista at Starbucks!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:23 AM (n9EOP)

Starbucks reference already by number 10. We might need a dedicated Starbucks thread.

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM (U6XUk)

58 Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, aka Balthus, had an uncle who was also a painter, Eugen Spiro. I like Spiro's work better - unlike his nephew, he didn't paint pubescent girls in awkward poses and various states of undress.

Posted by: Pete in TX at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (2RBkF)

59 *looks up de Rola's other pieces*


I'll take "People Who Need Chiropractors" for $200, Alex.

Posted by: pookysgirl at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (geqDN)

60 The girl is reading Tony's guest book....the boy is staring at the doorknob, out of frame, hoping somehow that if he can just see the first motion of it, somehow it won't be that bad after all.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (fA1SL)

61 Damn, he's just a couple steps behind Maplethorpe.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (rdl6o)

62 I see nothing wrong with Tony Podesta's art (may be NSFW, creepy shit)

https://i.redd.it/pymnge8bwlvz.jpg


Posted by: Roman Polanski at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (NTM5E)

63 This painting is about male oppression. Girls had to do their homework on the floor back then because the boys manspread all over the table.

Posted by: Feminist with pussy hat on at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (H80UQ)

64 should be "Children as Furniture"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (2K6fY)

65
Creepy

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (PtOP4)

66 65
Creepy
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic

AF

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (FZYNt)

67
I see that the artist's time spent in Human Figure Drawing classes went for nought.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (pNxlR)

68 Woooden and creepy. And dark. And scary.

Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (o7tuA)

69 First 1.5 lines of this "artist's" wiki page:

Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 - February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls...

Yeah, this dude was a pedo.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (iv0p7)

70 I'm struggling like hell to come up with a scenario that explains that girl's position and nothing makes sense other than a truly unlikely accident. Also, are they being punished by being locked in a semi-lit room?

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (RD7QR)

71
Girl on floor: "Many horses ride through recently. Led by tall white man with rifle."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (GdWl+)

72

Mom, she's girlspreading!

Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (g61wR)

73 the girl is obviously a robot
the boy is young Hitler

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:35 AM (hMwEB)

74 >> Balthasar's Guitar Lesson



Aw, hell, why did I Bing that?!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (W+vEI)

75 Wikipedia has this curious sentence, "Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality."

Must have been written by a Democrat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Evan Hanson says it'll be a good day at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (rBnYq)

76 Yikes. I can't see this thread heading anywhere good. It looks like some people don't come here for the bear hunting, eh? Later taters.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (wPiJc)

77
Ought to have been entitled Assume the Position

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (YxHpp)

78 Oh, and the boy in a "skirt"? IT'S A KILT!!!

Posted by: Pete in TX at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (2RBkF)

79 The girl is like "Damnit, where is my contact lens?"

Boy is like "Ha, ha, got sis's contact lens in my back pocket. Now she can't do her homework."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at April 17, 2018 09:37 AM (H80UQ)

80 Posted by: Pete in TX at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM


I never kilt nobody

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! at April 17, 2018 09:37 AM (FZYNt)

81 Aw, hell, why did I Bing that?!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:36 AM (W+vEI)

definitely a pedo artist

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:37 AM (hMwEB)

82 Ugly, drab, and the kid on the chair has a Mohawk and empty eye sockets.

Yuck.

Posted by: bluebell at April 17, 2018 09:38 AM (oMtOd)

83 The only reason for having the girl pose in that awkward manner is to expose as much as possible of her odd-looking leg. That schoolgirl skirt -- I gather that's a hot item in the sex trades. What's the date on this?

What have we come to here, CBD? I mean, really?

Posted by: mindful webworker questions surreality at April 17, 2018 09:38 AM (ATv6t)

84 63 This painting is about male oppression. Girls had to do their homework on the floor back then because the boys manspread all over the table.

Posted by: Feminist with pussy hat on at April 17, 2018 09:34 AM (H80UQ)

I thought the one standing was a boy. Gees. This must be one a those FLC's, future lesbo camps. Where you get training. Need to beef them up a bit in the cafeteria though.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (o7tuA)

85 80+ in and no sniper spotted

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (FZYNt)

86 Sorry CBD, this is the first art thread that I can remember that makes me want to go spray lysol on the keyboard and bleach the monitor!

And also make sure my browser history has been scrubbed!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (n9EOP)

87 >>Wikipedia has this curious sentence, "Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality."



Sure, OK, just like Kurt Eichenwald was just working on a story about kiddie porn, he wasn't interested in viewing kiddie porn. Or being the administrator of a kiddie porn site for a short while. That part just sorta happened. It was for research purposes, people, geez...

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (W+vEI)

88 That's the DNC Platform Committee hard at work.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (UBzPO)

89 What's that lumpy black bag-like object on the far side of the table?

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (U6XUk)

90 89 What's that lumpy black bag-like object on the far side of the table?
Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (U6XUk)

That's where the sniper is.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (NWiLs)

91 86 Sorry CBD, this is the first art thread that I can remember that makes me want to go spray lysol on the keyboard and bleach the monitor!

And also make sure my browser history has been scrubbed!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar

It's only research

Posted by: P.Townshend at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (FZYNt)

92 Maybe it's the subject matter or shading, but it reminds me of Rockwell's work. Not as sophisticated or realistic.

Posted by: RobM1981 at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (FgxCS)

93 46
Made the mistake of checking out the "artist" and concluded he probably did the wall murals at Comet Ping Pong Pizza.
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:30 AM (n9EOP)


Yikes. Even the guy's Wiki page is NSFW.

Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 09:41 AM (xjiRE)

94 87 >>Wikipedia has this curious sentence, "Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality.

--

Pedos often claim that they are seduced by their young victims

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:41 AM (hMwEB)

95
What's that lumpy black bag-like object on the far side of the table?


That's the sniper in his new Ghillie suit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:41 AM (GdWl+)

96 92 Maybe it's the subject matter or shading, but it reminds me of Rockwell's work. Not as sophisticated or realistic.
Posted by: RobM1981

Rockwell was light on the ch!ld pr0n

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:41 AM (FZYNt)

97 "Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality."

"Now, I'm not saying I'm attracted to kids, you see. I'm just saying what everyone is thinking. Kids are damn sexy."

--Balthus

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (iv0p7)

98 Drab colors, drab kids, bleah. Freudian ugliness.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (MIKMs)

99 I feel bad for whoever his models were.

Ugh.

poor kids.

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (hMwEB)

100 Pedos often claim that they are seduced by their young victims

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:41 AM (hMwEB)


If it weren't for you pesky kids....

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (n9EOP)

101 WaPo once upon a time published an article defending the decision to keep a Balthus painting on display, that (man-blaming aside) is actually a pretty good defense of artistic speech. I bet they wouldn't publish it today.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yapkhobo

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Evan Hanson says it'll be a good day at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (rBnYq)

102 Maybe the artist had a robot fetish too since I assume that's a girl robot.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (s9DTK)

103 the artist was a ped......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (0O7c5)

104 this is his one of his more tame works.

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 09:25 AM (7HtZB)

Yup....

He is quite good, but his fixation is way, way too much.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (wYseH)

105
"Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality."

That right there is some genuine Progressive gibberish.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (GdWl+)

106 The kids body anglels match the furniture angles. Childten are furniture is the vibe I get from this painting

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (PtOP4)

107 Sorry wrong quote:

"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"

Posted by: S B Doo at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (n9EOP)

108 I'm thinking the artist had painted an alternate for his private collection sans clothes

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (FZYNt)

109 If we set "Sean Hannity is also a client" as the bar for favoritism, we could remove half the democrats in Washington. Probably a better tool than RICO.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 17, 2018 09:44 AM (rnAwa)

110 In the early days of furniture mankind had yet to discover the best way to use the various pieces. It was a time of experimentation with much trial and error.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2018 09:44 AM (kLBhp)

111 Children, of the Damned

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 09:44 AM (+y/Ru)

112 Balthasar was the demon in the movie Constantine . Fitting .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 17, 2018 09:44 AM (s9DTK)

113 >>>60 The girl is reading Tony's guest book....the boy is staring at the doorknob, out of frame, hoping somehow that if he can just see the first motion of it, somehow it won't be that bad after all.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 09:33 AM (fA1SL)

And the person who walks in the door is going to see up her skirt.

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:44 AM (U6XUk)

114 The robot on the floor appears broken.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (gbWkA)

115 109 If we set "Sean Hannity is also a client" as the bar for favoritism, we could remove half the democrats in Washington. Probably a better tool than RICO.

Posted by: BourbonChicken

see "Private payoffs for Congressional sexual offences" and STFU

Posted by: Washington DC at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (FZYNt)

116 Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:39 AM (n9EOP)

Hey, Comrade. Showed Heidi your comment about interview answer (here's how I'll find out) and she says thanks. she's going to use it in an in house panel with managers and employees on prepairing for an interview. The bits of wisdom we get here...regardless of the disturbing art.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (o7tuA)

117 Get woke

Go broke.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/04/17/starbucks___-crisis-arrest-2-black-men/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (EyPfd)

118 Come on Gorilla Pundit, where are you when we really need you!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:46 AM (n9EOP)

119 Okay, looked up the artist in image search and immediately wished I hadn't. The first item shown was kid porn - young naked girl sprawled out, no hint of innocence involved, much the opposite. Closed the tab. I didn't need that, either personally or on my DuckDuckGo record. (Hoping they really don't keep records.)

Posted by: mindful webworker is not 13 anymore at April 17, 2018 09:46 AM (ATv6t)

120 Why does he get the chair? The patriarchy, of course!

Posted by: steve walsh at April 17, 2018 09:46 AM (VGWkp)

121 114 The robot on the floor appears broken.
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (gbWkA)

--------

If she studies hard enough the Blue Fairy will turn her into a real girl.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2018 09:46 AM (kLBhp)

122 119 Okay, looked up the artist in image search and immediately wished I hadn't. The first item shown was kid porn - young naked girl sprawled out, no hint of innocence involved, much the opposite. Closed the tab. I didn't need that, either personally or on my DuckDuckGo record. (Hoping they really don't keep records.)
Posted by: mindful webworker is not 13 anymore

run

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (FZYNt)

123
If we set "Sean Hannity is also a client" as the bar for favoritism, we could remove half the democrats in Washington. Probably a better tool than RICO.



Apparently, using that definition of "client," one merely needs to be within eyesight of a lawyer to be considered its client. Or breathing the same air as a lawyer.

Or even thinking about being within eyesight or breathing near one.

*sigh* I miss certainty...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (GdWl+)

124 Not Pictured : Joe Biden with his hands on the little girls' ass.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (XMDuf)

125 Guy may have been a pedo but this one is relatively innocent if crappy painting.I have seen kids do their homework on the floor like that(looks extremely uncomfortable to me but whatever)

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (LiyEm)

126 The boy is wearing a skirt.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (o7tuA)

127 89. You ever see the J-horror flick 'audition'? Yeah. That's what's in the bag.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (fA1SL)

128 124 Not Pictured : Joe Biden with his hands on the little girls' ass.
Posted by: Hikaru

or smelling her hair

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 17, 2018 09:48 AM (FZYNt)

129 Balthasar was the demon in the movie Constantine . Fitting .

But in a really original twist, the REAL bad guy is the guy you thought was good. He's one of those icky hypocritical god-botherers, Gabriel.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:48 AM (iv0p7)

130 He is quite good, but his fixation is way, way too much.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 09:43 AM (wYseH)

I don't think he is good - very flat, almost 2 dimensional people.

There are better artists on the covers of old lurid scifi novels

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:48 AM (hMwEB)

131 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (EyPfd)

fill in the blanks with ?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:48 AM (n9EOP)

132 recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality

yep. They *totally* asked for it.

Jimmy Savile couldn't have phrased it any better.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 17, 2018 09:49 AM (WWR3X)

133 They elicit our sympathy. I wonder if he was going for that.

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (U6XUk)

134 "Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality."

Yeah, you know how the KKK isn't racist, they're just recognizing the discomforting facts about race, right?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (mk7Bj)

135 >> I feel bad for whoever his models were.


It turned out, although few people in the art world had known it, that he'd taken nearly 2,000 Polaroids of a girl called Anna Wahli, the youngest daughter of his doctor. They were studies for his paintings, never intended to go on public view: old age had stiffened his hands and he found it difficult to do preparatory sketches.

Every Wednesday afternoon in the 1990s, therefore, from the age of eight until the age of 16, Anna posed for him, usually semi-naked. Afterwards, the pair would settle down to watch American television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful..."



And I'm out.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (W+vEI)

136 Dreadful painting.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (0tfLf)

137 Thanks for all of the warnings about not searching for more by this artist.

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (U6XUk)

138 Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (XMDuf)

There's actually a Joe Bidenesque picture in the Wiki article

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (n9EOP)

139 " fill in the blanks with ?"

Oops.
I didn't realize that the word 'image' was in the link


Let's see if this works.


https://cbsloc.al/2H9XLZe

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (EyPfd)

140 I feel bad for whoever his models were.

Ugh.

poor kids.
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 17, 2018 09:42 AM (hMwEB)

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My first thought when i saw this was that he used those wooden artist mannequins as models. They really do look like wooden puppets.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (+F0Wk)

141 She is pissed because her brother is wearing her shoes.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (dw7D4)

142 Yeah, now that I know what this guy was about...not cool.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (NWiLs)

143 I hope that painter had a day job.

Posted by: Make Katy Perry Stop Murdering Nuns! at April 17, 2018 09:51 AM (nM5Am)

144 I have seen kids do their homework on the floor like that

Sure, but even when kids are taking really uncomfortable looking poses, it doesn't look unnatural. The girl on the floor in this painting looks like someone posed a mannequin.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:52 AM (iv0p7)

145 Yeah, I'm out, too.

Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:52 AM (U6XUk)

146 It turned out, although few people in the art world had known it, that he'd taken nearly 2,000 Polaroids of a girl called Anna Wahli, the youngest daughter of his doctor. They were studies for his paintings, never intended to go on public view: old age had stiffened his hands and he found it difficult to do preparatory sketches.

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So he couldn't paint rough sketches, but could still paint well-executed works? Right.

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 09:52 AM (7HtZB)

147 Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2018 09:50 AM (W+vEI)

I'm betting the "doctor" had a collection of Balthus' paintings!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:53 AM (n9EOP)

148 This is what happens when modern art kills the art institutions that used to teach how to paint a realistic human form.

Posted by: Make Katy Perry Stop Murdering Nuns! at April 17, 2018 09:53 AM (nM5Am)

149 the other thing about pedo art here and like in the Podesta collection - the kids look unhappy

like the artist(s) thinks that's hot - unhappy sexualized kids

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:54 AM (hMwEB)

150 old lurid SF novels sometimes served up the Frazetta. man was awesome. if nsfw

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 17, 2018 09:55 AM (WWR3X)

151 DEADLINE PASSES for DOJ to Turn Over Unredacted Comey Memos to Congress -GP

Now what?

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 09:55 AM (r9UYA)

152 117 Get woke

Go broke.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/04/17/starbucks___-crisis-arrest-2-black-men/
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 09:45 AM (EyPfd)
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Blue on blue. The Left eating their own.

Posted by: WisRich at April 17, 2018 09:55 AM (G0vdT)

153 One quick Duck-Dick-Go with his name has, nope, not gonna click.

Posted by: auscolpyr at April 17, 2018 09:55 AM (suO/a)

154
I have seen kids do their homework on the floor like that


So have I, but most kids use a pencil.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:56 AM (GdWl+)

155 Coulda been worse. Coulda been The Guitar Lesson. Chick porn. Ok luego.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 17, 2018 09:56 AM (o7tuA)

156 I hope that painter had a day job.

You don't want to know.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at April 17, 2018 09:56 AM (rdl6o)

157 >>Blue on blue. The Left eating their own.

Can't have enough of this ^^

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 09:56 AM (r9UYA)

158 Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:54 AM (hMwEB)

Part of the control freak psyche is the joy in knowing your subjects do not like being controlled!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:56 AM (n9EOP)

159 What have we come to here, CBD? I mean, really?

Posted by: mindful webworker questions surreality at April 17, 2018 09:38 AM (ATv6t)

I remember a long time ago somebody made a big stink about getting one of his works removed from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. To their credit they said no.

His stuff is mostly disturbing, but also interesting, and I did choose one of the most benign of his works!


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 09:57 AM (wYseH)

160 Anna Wahli, the youngest daughter of his doctor.

What sort of man lets his eight year old girl spend hours with any non-related adult male unsupervised?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:57 AM (iv0p7)

161 Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 09:55 AM (r9UYA)

#TwoWeeks

#AfterNap

Posted by: AG J B Sessionzzzz at April 17, 2018 09:58 AM (n9EOP)

162 Muldoon #76: Yikes. I can't see this thread heading anywhere good. ... Later taters.

I think Muldoon has the right idea. I'll watch for the monkey. Got to finish the Morning Report anyway.

On the plus side, this may keep me off the top sockpuppets list this week. Keep it up, CBD.

Posted by: mindful webworker is my real sock. Wait. Whut? at April 17, 2018 09:58 AM (ATv6t)

163 He also did landscapes. Also in a flat style.

Posted by: Glenn John at April 17, 2018 09:58 AM (Hw0Ku)

164 I was just thinking about how the Western world has completely given up on organized religion and the moral code of same.The US is probably the only Western nation with a large chunk of conventionally Christian people.

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2018 09:59 AM (LiyEm)

165 What sort of man lets his eight year old girl spend hours with any non-related adult male unsupervised?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 09:57 AM (iv0p7)


As if the good "doctor" didn't know what was going on...

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 09:59 AM (n9EOP)

166 You want blue on blue?

I give you this Twitter thread.

PLEASE take the time to read some of the comments.

http://tinyurl.com/y7uftdar

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (EyPfd)

167
DEADLINE PASSES for DOJ to Turn Over Unredacted Comey Memos to Congress -GP

Now what?



Nothing. Well maybe not "nothing," but next to nothing.

If we the people have learned anything in the past year or so of witch hunts and swamp draining, it's that the people in high places of power in DC don't have rules. I mean, they have them, but they don't have to abide by them like we do.

And that is Progressivism in a nutshell.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (GdWl+)

168 this is a good thread to bring up Moira Greyland's book The Last Closet

I did a review last week (nic has link)

pedos are real, it ties into LGBT culture, it's a good book from a survivor

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (hMwEB)

169 162 Muldoon #76: Yikes. I can't see this thread heading anywhere good. ... Later taters.

I think Muldoon has the right idea. I'll watch for the monkey. Got to finish the Morning Report anyway.

On the plus side, this may keep me off the top sockpuppets list this week. Keep it up, CBD.


Posted by: mindful webworker is my real sock. Wait. Whut? at April 17, 2018 09:58 AM (ATv6t)

I think we may have shocked the monkey

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (7HtZB)

170 CBD: I did choose one of the most benign of his works!

Apparently! And worthy of discussion. Just not my cuppa this morning. Ta.

Posted by: mindful the semi-retired webworker at April 17, 2018 10:02 AM (ATv6t)

171 sis bent over school work
I thought of days of long pants
she excelled I barrista'ed

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2018 10:02 AM (BtQd4)

172 89 What's that lumpy black bag-like object on the far side of the table?
Posted by: m at April 17, 2018 09:40 AM (U6XUk)

The Tools of Obedience.

(BWahahahaha)

[Sound of thread accelerating downhill]

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 17, 2018 10:03 AM (RD7QR)

173 I can see the hidden Syrian chemicalz about to strike! We need a "comprehensive strategy" to invade this painting

Posted by: John McCain's Brain Tumor at April 17, 2018 10:03 AM (t7aa8)

174 Looks like the twatters is down.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:03 AM (iv0p7)

175 Eeewwwww. It's Uncle Joey "Bad Touch" Biden, or maybe one of the Podestas.

https://i.pin___.com/600x315/77/b7/b5/77b7b528a100fc9539b9a64378bea6e7.jpg

Posted by: MathMom at April 17, 2018 10:04 AM (dU+m0)

176 55 47: Young Sessions mummy made him wear a dress? IMO the kid at the table is a girl too. The shoulders of the "shirt" are gathered and feminine and what boy wears a belt over a "tunic"?
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 09:32 AM

*
*
Now that I look closer, I see the hint of a pigtail between ear and shoulder. You're right.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 17, 2018 10:04 AM (9xaT+)

177 Vile stuff. I'm out too.

Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at April 17, 2018 10:04 AM (E1ETU)

178 Looked this guy up. Based on his works, definitely a pedophile.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2018 10:04 AM (gbWkA)

179 " Looks like the twatters is down."

seems fine from my link.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:05 AM (EyPfd)

180 Kimba Woods (the judge in charge of Cohen case) is so tight with Hillary Clinton, that if Hillary farted, Kimba Woods' pants would smell.

Posted by: franksalterego at April 17, 2018 10:06 AM (3cq8T)

181 167 And that is Progressivism in a nutshell.


Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (GdWl+)


The moment they realized all they needed were enough conveniently-placed judges, the nation was dead.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:06 AM (XMDuf)

182 It turned out, although few people in the art world had known it, that he'd taken nearly 2,000 Polaroids of a girl called Anna Wahli

These photos later were exhibited at Gagosian in NYC, and got their own write up in Vanity Fair.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilence Committee supporter at April 17, 2018 10:06 AM (rBnYq)

183 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:05 AM (EyPfd)

Working for me as well...

And there's no "art" pictures there!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:07 AM (n9EOP)

184 Twatter shadow banned me from myself

Posted by: ThunderB at April 17, 2018 10:07 AM (5rCam)

185 I have met with Erdogan and he is a strong masculine chap! Especially in chaps!

We need a "comprehensive strategy" to use our people in US military to attack the enemies of Erdogan and his Islamic Democratic Theocracy of Turkey and The Ottoman Empire wherever they are.

Posted by: Miss Lindsey at April 17, 2018 10:07 AM (t7aa8)

186 These photos later were exhibited at Gagosian in NYC, and got their own write up in Vanity Fair.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilence Committee supporter at April 17, 2018 10:06 AM (rBnYq)


Art is in the eye of the pedo beholder!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:08 AM (n9EOP)

187 I think one of that girl's legs is broken. There's no way her far leg is at a natural angle.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -It's OK, I'm with the banned at April 17, 2018 10:09 AM (IcT7t)

188 Well, if we can put down the child pron for just a minute, this Twatter tells a good story that might, if you squint just right, contain a moral.

https://bit.ly/2J1Ijek

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:09 AM (+y/Ru)

189


Apparently, using that definition of "client," one merely needs to
be within eyesight of a lawyer to be considered its client. Or breathing
the same air as a lawyer.



Or even thinking about being within eyesight or breathing near one.



*sigh* I miss certainty...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:47 AM (GdWl+)


A man sat down at a lunch counter next to a well dressed stranger. The stranger looked up and said, "I'm a lawyer."
The man looked him up and down and said, "I may need a lawyer in the future, I am in business." and they exchanged business cards.
The man then said, "nice day, isn't it?" finished his cup of coffee and left the lawyer sitting alone at the counter.

A week later the man received a $800 bill from the lawyer marked, "Initial Consultation"

Pissed off, he fired a letter asking, WTF, you bill people for having coffee and trading business cards?

A week later he received a response, "You indicated that you were interested in retaining a lawyer, and you asked me questions. This is billable by practice standards." Included was a second bill for $500 marked consultation and legal opinion.

Really pissed off he called the attorney and asked what he would do if he refused to pay, and if the attorney thought he had a leg to stand on in small claims court. The Lawyer blandly repeated that these inquiries were billable and fully supported by the law associations, since both parties were aware that he was acting as a lawyer and he answered questions in that capacity, and in cases of failure to pay, it was standard to pass the debt to a collection agency.

A week later he received a third bill, for $700, marked Phone consult, one hour.

The man stormed down to the law office and burst into the lawyers back office and shouted, "you are a grasping sonovabitch, and that is NOT a question!"


Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2018 10:10 AM (2K6fY)

190 I believe we need a "comprehensive strategy" to deal with Syria and the never ending search fort da jooz weather machine!!!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at April 17, 2018 10:10 AM (t7aa8)

191 Popeye is closer to being anatomically correct than the "children" in this painting.

Posted by: An Observation at April 17, 2018 10:10 AM (3+pOx)

192 Can we get some gibbmedats for NYC in this upcoming "comprehensive strategy" for Syria?

Posted by: Cryin' Cuck Schumer at April 17, 2018 10:12 AM (t7aa8)

193 I'm happy this artist is dead.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 17, 2018 10:12 AM (bML9A)

194 White people culturally appropriating yoga.

Posted by: SJW at April 17, 2018 10:12 AM (/qEW2)

195

Balthasar is a good man. But until all men are like him, we must keep our swords bright!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2018 10:12 AM (IqV8l)

196 A man sat down at a lunch counter next to a well dressed stranger. The stranger looked up and said, "I'm a lawyer."
The man looked him up and down and said, "I may need a lawyer in the future, I am in business." and they exchanged business cards.
The man then said, "nice day, isn't it?" finished his cup of coffee and left the lawyer sitting alone at the counter.

A week later the man received a $800 bill from the lawyer marked, "Initial Consultation"

Pissed off, he fired a letter asking, WTF, you bill people for having coffee and trading business cards?

A week later he received a response, "You indicated that you were interested in retaining a lawyer, and you asked me questions. This is billable by practice standards." Included was a second bill for $500 marked consultation and legal opinion.

Really pissed off he called the attorney and asked what he would do if he refused to pay, and if the attorney thought he had a leg to stand on in small claims court. The Lawyer blandly repeated that these inquiries were billable and fully supported by the law associations, since both parties were aware that he was acting as a lawyer and he answered questions in that capacity, and in cases of failure to pay, it was standard to pass the debt to a collection agency.

A week later he received a third bill, for $700, marked Phone consult, one hour.

The man stormed down to the law office and burst into the lawyers back office and shouted, "you are a grasping sonovabitch, and that is NOT a question!"


Posted by: Kindltot


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Moral of the story?

Ignore lawyers.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (tu/2g)

197 Is the fbi still working on that McAuliffe case regarding his electric car visa scam?

Last i heard the Chinese victims were suing him for a few million dollars

Posted by: No Answers at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (mrSl4)

198
Yesterday sucked. Some spambot got into my main work email over the weekend and started marketing boner pills under my name. Luckily things got shut down before more than 20 emails went out. But I ended up locked out of my account all morning until they unfucked everything.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (XWkhW)

199 from the vanity fair article 2013 on the polars

"These images are raw, and true, and risk being fodder for the censors who seem to rear their heads whenever children appear nude in art photographs, even when there is absolutely nothing dodgy going on."

" nothing dodgy "

u huh

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (hMwEB)

200 Boy in Skirt waiting for chaps to arrive UPS NDA.

Posted by: Burger Chef at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (RuIsu)

201 Just had a bowl of SAM's chili that wifey picked up for me over in Florence. It was actually pretty good. Spicy too. But it did have beans in it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 10:14 AM (mpXpK)

202 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:09 AM (+y/Ru)

Excellent!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 10:14 AM (wYseH)

203 Just had a bowl of SAM's chili that wifey picked up for me over in Florence. It was actually pretty good. Spicy too. But it did have beans in it.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 10:14 AM (mpXpK)
++++
what ?? No Carrots ??

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (y3aQB)

204 Moral of the story?



Ignore lawyers.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2018 10:13 AM (tu/2g)

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Or for phucks sake don't give them an ID or a "billing" address.

Posted by: RioBravo at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (5NMZN)

205
Just had a bowl of SAM's chili that wifey picked up for me over in Florence. It was actually pretty good. Spicy too. But it did have beans in it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 10:14 AM (mpXpK)






In before the carrot jokes!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (XWkhW)

206 ...tiny little flyover nobodies, thinking you're smart enough to run your own lives...don't you know I love you? Don't you know how I suffered for you?

LOVE ME!

YOU WILL LOVE ME!

*hic*

Posted by: HRC at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (UW4Uc)

207 How does this even happen?

http://tinyurl.com/ycozpc7y

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (EyPfd)

208
Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (y3aQB)







Dammit. You suck.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (XWkhW)

209 203 what ?? No Carrots ??

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (y3aQB)


No carrots.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (mpXpK)

210 got their own write up in Vanity Fair.

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This cracks the door open wide enough for me to repost this from last night.

I'm watching a documentary about Marlon Brando's son killing his half-sister's boyfriend. Vanity Fair Confidential tells me he did it with a 45mm automatic. Mothertrucker must have had strong wrists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (+y/Ru)

211 205 In before the carrot jokes!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (XWkhW)

Too late

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (mpXpK)

212
How does this even happen?

http://tinyurl.com/ycozpc7y

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (EyPfd)






Randy Ewoks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (XWkhW)

213
I remember a long time ago somebody made a big
stink about getting one of his works removed from the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. To their credit they said no.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 09:57 AM (wYseH)
======================

The WaPo defense of artistic free speech I posted (@101) was about that very controversy. I don't believe the same decision would result today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Evan Hanson says it'll be a good day at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (rBnYq)

214 207

Them little vixens come on to you something fierce, let me tell ya.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (UW4Uc)

215 In before the carrot jokes!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2018 10:15 AM (XWkhW)
+++++
Dammit. You suck.
+++
haha

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (y3aQB)

216 How does this even happen?

http://tinyurl.com/ycozpc7y

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Dude, internet pron.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (+y/Ru)

217 >>Looks like the twatters is down.

Social media jihad is real.

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 10:18 AM (r9UYA)

218 2 They look like wooden puppets.

* * *

My immediate reaction as well.

Posted by: Baer with Assymetrical Balls at April 17, 2018 10:20 AM (iys0/)

219 207 How does this even happen?

http://tinyurl.com/ycozpc7y
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (EyPfd)

Okay, which one of you guys is responsible for this!?

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (RD7QR)

220 That picture triggers me because the male is in the dominant position and the female is clearly submissive. Unless they're engaging in BDSM, in which case I approve. PALOMINO! [/the left]

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (huQJB)

221 Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in Cancun rehab facility

www.foxnews.com

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (r9UYA)

222 Twitter is down. I could use this time to be more productive but...

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (huQJB)

223 did it with a 45mm automatic.

In California you can have a detachable magazine on your Bofors, or a pistol grip, but not both.

Posted by: JEM at April 17, 2018 10:22 AM (xPTqL)

224 "222 Twitter is down."

Russia, no doubt.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 17, 2018 10:23 AM (CDfww)

225
That picture triggers me because the male is in the dominant position...

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

Uhhh, there is no dominant position depicted.

Posted by: G at April 17, 2018 10:23 AM (5NMZN)

226 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:09 AM (+y/Ru)

Thanks for posting that!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:24 AM (n9EOP)

227
"You're right, Sis, a visit to Comet Pizza would cure what ails us right now!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 10:24 AM (pNxlR)

228 Dude, internet pron.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:17 AM (+y/Ru)


I don't think any amount of pr()n can make someone fuck a koala.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:24 AM (CPk08)

229 Four updates to Microsoft over the past week. One for Pale Moon. I am not happy with this because then I have to go into MS stuff and figure out what settings they have changed. Yahoo is a big mess and I don't know how to mix my mail -- I've had that account as my main for many, many years. Bleah.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:25 AM (MIKMs)

230
221 Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in Cancun rehab facility

www.foxnews.com
Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (r9UYA)


Was he actually in the facility or had he wandered out of bounds in order to interact with some of the colorful indigenous local population?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 10:26 AM (pNxlR)

231 Vanity Fair Confidential tells me he did it with a 45mm automatic.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (+y/Ru)

It's mounted in parallel with the 105mm cannon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 10:26 AM (wYseH)

232 207 How does this even happen?
http://tinyurl.com/ycozpc7y

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:16 AM (EyPfd)


Lena Dunham f*'ed a Koala?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:26 AM (xlCXC)

233 Uhhh, there is no dominant position depicted.

Posted by: G at April 17, 2018 10:23 AM (5NMZN)


What, you can't see the obvious "Patriarchal White Male Privilege" in that painting?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:26 AM (n9EOP)

234 *fix my mail* (don't have autocorrect, so I don't know how that happens)

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:27 AM (MIKMs)

235 Apparently this guy had a very straight brush stroke, or a marionette fetish.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2018 10:27 AM (FhXTo)

236 189

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2018 10:10 AM (2K6fY)

I'm pretty sure a lawyer legitimately did this to my Grandfather once. I remember hearing him complain about something similar.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:27 AM (9TK8E)

237 174 Looks like the twatters is down.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:03 AM (iv0p7)


Maybe they need some down time to install more anti-conservative filters and also algorithms promoting muslim rape gangs in England.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (xlCXC)

238 tg-d i got stuck reading the last thread, women shouldn't vote! i swear you guys are older then dirt.

see who's studying here, and who is gazing off into space.

that's right.

Just sayin!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (eaoOY)

239 "I don't think any amount of pr()n can make someone fuck a koala."

It's doable.

But you got to get them when they're sleeping in the tree.

Posted by: Tree Sloth. aka Patient Zero at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (EyPfd)

240
Yahoo is a big mess and I don't know how to mix my mail -- I've had that account as my main for many, many years. Bleah.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:25 AM (MIKMs)


I have restricted my Yahoo mail use to three areas and I will begin engaging in my withdrawl from it even for those in the near future.

Yahoo's news feed is festooned with statist and NeverTrump wishcasts.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (pNxlR)

241 although something is happening with the girls paw.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (eaoOY)

242 238 tg-d i got stuck reading the last thread, women shouldn't vote! i swear you guys are older then dirt.

see who's studying here, and who is gazing off into space.

that's right.

Just sayin!
Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (eaoOY)


So you think women shouldn't vote? That's defensible.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (CPk08)

243 Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (eaoOY)


SO, you missed the women shouldn't own property post?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (n9EOP)

244 Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in Cancun rehab facility



Took zero $$$ with him.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (tu/2g)

245 AAS, heck i'm so not going to defend you guys on that.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (eaoOY)

246 a marionette fetish.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2018 10:27 AM (FhXTo)

YES!

I couldn't figure out what the girl reminded me of...

Thank you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (wYseH)

247 So the guy that painted that didn't actually know any children, he just had some corpses around to pose?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 10:30 AM (39g3+)

248 239 "I don't think any amount of pr()n can make someone fuck a koala."

It's doable.

But you got to get them when they're sleeping in the tree.
Posted by: Tree Sloth. aka Patient Zero at April 17, 2018 10:29 AM (EyPfd)


Helps if you have a very small dick, too.

Not that I would know or anything.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (CPk08)

249 Uhhh, there is no dominant position depicted.
Posted by: G at April 17, 2018 10:23 AM (5NMZN)


You do it your way and I'll do it mine. BRING OUT THE GIMP!

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (huQJB)

250 201 Just had a bowl of SAM's chili that wifey picked up for me over in Florence.

-----

Italian chili? I'm intrigued.

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (7HtZB)

251 Hrothgar , LOL , well of course they
shouldn't then they might have a chance to vote!

And we wouldn't want that would we?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (eaoOY)

252 A US judge said President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen could review materials seized when the FBI raided his home, office and hotel room last week for any communications with the President, but held off on deciding how prosecutors will ultimately be able to use the evidence. In a hearing that lasted over two hours in a courtroom packed with reporters, Judge Kimba Wood declined to immediately grant Cohen's request to have an independent arbiter -- or special master-- review the documents and records. But she also did not immediately give prosecutors the go-ahead to have an independent or "taint team" of investigators review the seized material for items that could be covered by attorney-client privilege.
"I'm denying the motion for a (temporary restraining order) because it's currently moot. The government is not accessing anything," the judge declared. "With respect to a preliminary injunction, that, I think, is premature at this point. We have to wait and see what the volume is and how you can argue."

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (y3aQB)

253 Perhaps I should check Starbucks stock today?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (EyPfd)

254
Italian chili? I'm intrigued.
Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (7HtZB)


It has escarole in it.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (CPk08)

255
Kimba Woods (the judge in charge of Cohen case) is so tight with Hillary
Clinton, that if Hillary farted, Kimba Woods' pants would smell.

Posted by: franksalterego at April 17, 2018 10:06 AM (3cq8T)

What happens when Hillary Sharts in her diaper?

Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (NTM5E)

256 Hooray! We are up to 32 and sunny!

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (MIKMs)

257 The girl has a bad case of Kerry face. She should try not looking so stern.

Posted by: SJW at April 17, 2018 10:33 AM (/qEW2)

258 Hmm

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at April 17, 2018 10:33 AM (nQHw/)

259 Perhaps I should check Starbucks stock today?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (EyPfd)


I don't drink coffee, so normally I wouldn't care, but watching the SJW mob turn on them after years of leftist claptrap? Priceless.

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:33 AM (huQJB)

260 why woul;d one put salad Inside the chili?

must be Bcochran in disguise

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (eaoOY)

261 161: But Trump obviously wants his lawyer's office raided and every associate given a proctology exam with the pear of anguish. He wants Mueller and Kimba to run wild! Otherwise he'd fire me or Rosenturd, right? He stands there and lies every day about how it's a witch hunt, but it is merely 17 dimensional chess that will bring everyone to turn away from the democrats!! Fools!

Posted by: AG elf on the shelf at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (5gaNQ)

262 What happens when Hillary Sharts in her diaper?
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM (NTM5E)


Don't ask.

Posted by: Hillary's diaper at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (huQJB)

263 mustbe, it truly has been a strange winter.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (eaoOY)

264 -
--
What happens when Hillary Sharts in her diaper?


Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:32 AM

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

Aaaww. Did Hill-Hill make a boom-boom?


Posted by: Kimba Wouldn't Ya Know at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (pMGkg)

265 221 Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in Cancun rehab facility

www.foxnews.com
Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 10:21 AM (r9UYA)

Was he actually in the facility or had he wandered out of bounds in order to interact with some of the colorful indigenous local population?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2018 10:26 AM (pNxlR)


Sounds like one of those rehab's that provides drugs to it's patients. Wasn't a group of rehab facilities all owned by the same person just recently shut down for the same type of thing. i.e. patients having access to dealers so that they could continue "treatment" and the owners were bilking millions of dollars in insurance money?

Posted by: Jen the original at April 17, 2018 10:35 AM (m0lmR)

266 Mueller will be after those notes by the weekend.

Posted by: saf at April 17, 2018 10:35 AM (5IHGB)

267 Cop-Killer Assata Shakur Gets $15K Check From North Carolina Court

????

Why can't her victim's relatives seize that check?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2018 10:35 AM (5y11N)

268 259: It's fun to watch. After all Starbuck went so far as to say it would reserve jobs for Syrian refugees

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:35 AM (5gaNQ)

269 260 why woul;d one put salad Inside the chili?

must be Bcochran in disguise
Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:34 AM (eaoOY)


Since when do Italians make any sense anyways? This is a country whose national cuisine is based on air dried wallpaper paste.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:36 AM (CPk08)

270 Ya know the boy must be looking in a mirror up that girls skirt.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2018 10:36 AM (5y11N)

271 Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (eaoOY)
\
I like the way you think!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:36 AM (n9EOP)

272 You want: esoteric discussions of the political ramifications of Comey's book

You'll take: name calling of political opponents

You'll get: discussions of Hillary Sharts

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:36 AM (huQJB)

273 in fairness to Italians, (spouse is one) they do make sensible lovers.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:37 AM (eaoOY)

274 http://bit.ly/2JS5kBL
++++
Camera Hogg Deletes School Walkout Tweets After Columbine Asks Anniversary Be Reserved for Honoring Victims

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:37 AM (y3aQB)

275 Perhaps I should check Starbucks stock today?

Their stock doesn't seem to be affected.

$56.24 on 4/2
$59.00 on 4/13
$59.75 today.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:37 AM (iv0p7)

276 273 in fairness to Italians, (spouse is one) they do make sensible lovers.
Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:37 AM (eaoOY)


I'll defer to experience there.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:38 AM (CPk08)

277 "The government is not accessing anything," the judge declared.

This will be revealed to be untrue.

"We have to wait and see what the volume is and how you can argue."

Howabout we just raid every office of every democrat's personal lawyers and then wait and see how we can argue. I'm feeling up for that right now.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 17, 2018 10:38 AM (rnAwa)

278 can't decide if the girl has perfect posture, or is wearing a back brace.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 17, 2018 10:38 AM (oGRue)

279 [John McCain] Stable after undergoing another surgery...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:39 AM (+y/Ru)

280 alright Hrothgar, but i'm warning you i do try to avoid most if not all of that.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:39 AM (eaoOY)

281 "We have to wait and see what the volume is and how you can argue."
===========

Puts me in mind of, "We have to pass it to see what's in it."

Fuckers all.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 17, 2018 10:39 AM (vg8iE)

282 [John McCain] Stable after undergoing another surgery...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:39 AM (+y/Ru)

Francisco Franco is also stable

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2018 10:39 AM (5y11N)

283 What happens when Hillary Sharts in her diaper?

Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:32 A


Depends.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:40 AM (xlCXC)

284 -
...and Hillary sharts were drunken farts
I shit, therefore I am.


Posted by: Incontinence Song at April 17, 2018 10:40 AM (pMGkg)

285 I don't drink coffee, so normally I wouldn't care, but watching the SJW mob turn on them after years of leftist claptrap? Priceless.

I'm excited for all the homeless people who are going to crowd their cafes now they've declared they're not "no trespassing" anyone.

I'm also excited for all the SJWs who will now intentionally sit in their restaurant and refuse to order, to "strike a blow" or whatever crap they tell themselves now.

THAT is when SBUX is going to take a hit.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:40 AM (iv0p7)

286 Lefties attacking starbucks for what some employees did in one store is like attacking Idaho for some guy cutting you off on the freeway. There's just no end to their stupidity.

Its odd to me to watch what is happening. The left went from great success to even greater by slowly and subtly manipulating the culture and infecting institutions.

Now they seem to have abandoned this effective, winning strategy for just outright ordering everyone to do what they demand, and trying to utterly silence anyone who disagrees.

I don't think that's a winning approach. I think that approach was why they were able to succeed so well in the past: their opponents were trying it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 10:40 AM (39g3+)

287 NYC Mice Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant Germs...

Thank you, Kaiser Wilhelm.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:41 AM (+y/Ru)

288 273 in fairness to Italians, (spouse is one) they do make sensible lovers.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 10:37 AM (eaoOY)


You're married to Paolo??

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:41 AM (xlCXC)

289 Pretty sure that each and every attorney who has ever filed an appearance on a DJT case will now be subject to the same nonsense. Disastrous precedent.

If Cohen never filed an appearance (a public document) on a Hannity case, why is Hannity involved at all?

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:42 AM (MIKMs)

290 Sotomayor breaks shoulder in fall at home...

Probably trying to pat herself on the back.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:42 AM (+y/Ru)

291 If Cohen never filed an appearance (a public document) on a Hannity case, why is Hannity involved at all?
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:42 AM (MIKMs)

Because Kimba Left Wing Woods said he was...Now SHUT THE FUCK. Or didn't you get that memo?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2018 10:43 AM (5y11N)

292 I feel certain that I'm behind the news cycle on this, but I just heard D.C. is extending voting rights to 16 year olds.

Is that correct?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 17, 2018 10:43 AM (laUZs)

293 Sotomayor breaks shoulder in fall at home...
========

Too bad it wasn't a little farther up.


I denounce myself.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 17, 2018 10:43 AM (vg8iE)

294 %
st had a bowl of SAM's chili that wifey picked up for me over in Florence.

-----

Italian chili? I'm intrigued.

Posted by: josephistan at April 17, 2018 10:31 AM (7HtZB)


Or North Alabama chili?

Posted by: BifBewalskiBot at April 17, 2018 10:44 AM (qiOy1)

295 289 If Cohen never filed an appearance (a public document) on a Hannity case, why is Hannity involved at all?


Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:42 AM (MIKMs)


So that now they can go through all of Hannity's documents and use those to get to Sara Carter and Victoria Toensing. And then use THEIR documents to go after even MORE people.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:44 AM (XMDuf)

296 Now they seem to have abandoned this effective, winning strategy for just outright ordering everyone to do what they demand, and trying to utterly silence anyone who disagrees.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 10:40 AM (39g3+)


Right. They've overplaying their hand. I think that Hillary's presidential run made some so giddy with delight that they thought they could just put on their stomping boots.

I don't think they've figured out yet that they're not even close to winning.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:45 AM (xlCXC)

297 Another R resigning from congress...Charlie Dent (R-PA).


I do not get this exodus....

Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (Enq6K)

298 286: A reign of terror can be very effective on the fearful. A conservative neighbor recently told me that his family was fearful that a "blue wave" would result in ugly retributions and witch hunts in every profession and industry. This is a man who spoke out about Obama, but is now regretting it as the dems are out for blood. The GOPe might question Zuck (for example) on Capitol Hill, but he knows they are secretly under the table whoring for cash.
These tactics, and the lack of redress, are beginning to scare people.

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (5gaNQ)

299 In California you can have a detachable magazine on your Bofors, or a pistol grip, but not both.
Posted by: JEM
------------

Bayonet lug

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (nBBdT)

300 Y'all know chili is stew, right? Just throw whatever ya got into the pot and let it simmer into a delicious glob of unidentifiable stuff. Spices are the key. Same with red gravy and Italian sauce.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (MIKMs)

301 You want: esoteric discussions of the political ramifications of Comey's book



You'll take: name calling of political opponents



You'll get: discussions of Hillary Sharts

Posted by: physics geek at April 17, 2018 10:36 AM (huQJB)
Physics Geek, I posted a physics 3 exam from Dartmouth dated December 13, 1926 yesterday. Where were you?

Also, she doesn't always remember the diapers...
https://___flip.com/i/1q6o1b

Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:47 AM (NTM5E)

302 297 Another R resigning from congress...Charlie Dent (R-PA).
I do not get this exodus....
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (Enq6K)


They're destroying the party in order to save it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:47 AM (xlCXC)

303 A reign of terror can be very effective on the fearful. A conservative neighbor recently told me that his family was fearful that a "blue wave" would result in ugly retributions and witch hunts in every profession and industry.
=====

I full well believe it.

When they get the WH back and Congress, they will seek revenge on the Deplorables. I'm convinced of it.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (vg8iE)

304 I like drama stew, where the wife and i bitch about whats in it as we make it.

Posted by: BifBewalskiBot at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (qiOy1)

305 290: The glucose spike from eating all the Lindt truffle eggs on sale at CVS?

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (5gaNQ)

306 288 You're married to Paolo??


Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at April 17, 2018 10:41 AM (xlCXC)


The Paolo... he is not Brazilian?

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (XMDuf)

307 297 Another R resigning from congress...Charlie Dent (R-PA).


I do not get this exodus....
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (Enq6K)

==============

Meh, Dent's an uber-Rino. I choose to view this as a positive. Maybe this is him throwing in the towel as far as stopping Trump et al post election.

Posted by: Jackal at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (1KE8f)

308 Sotomayor breaks shoulder in fall at home...

SS is diabetic. The news is playing this as if it's no big deal, but when diabetics start falling over and sustaining serious injury, their health can go south quickly.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (iv0p7)

309
I feel certain that I'm behind the news cycle on this, but I just heard D.C. is extending voting rights to 16 year olds.

Wild In the Streets!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063808

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (IqV8l)

310 303: They will be vicious and unrelenting. If this is not stopped people will register and vote dem out of fear. If a lawyer's office can be raided and his contacts exposed, why not anybody else's?

If the rule of law is dead, you back the strong horse.

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (5gaNQ)

311 Science today!

Fifty-six million years ago, the Earth warmed far above the temperatures we experience today - and ice at the poles melted.

You know what that proves? That another species had a advanced, world wide civilization that killed itself using fossil fuels.

https://bit.ly/2H6qka9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (+y/Ru)

312
SS is diabetic. The news is playing this as if
it's no big deal, but when diabetics start falling over and sustaining
serious injury, their health can go south quickly.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (iv0p7)
She is fairly young, isn't she? My dad died from complications of diabetes, towards the end he kept getting small strokes, losing his balance and falling down. He was only 65 when his organs failed.

Posted by: IC at April 17, 2018 10:52 AM (a0IVu)

313 The Paolo... he is not Brazilian?

I always assumed so.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:52 AM (iv0p7)

314 300 Y'all know chili is stew, right? Just throw whatever ya got into the pot and let it simmer into a delicious glob of unidentifiable stuff. Spices are the key. Same with red gravy and Italian sauce.


Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (MIKMs)


I've started using vermouth in my Tomato Sauce.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (XMDuf)

315 A reign of terror can be very effective on the fearful. A conservative neighbor recently told me that his family was fearful that a "blue wave" would result in ugly retributions and witch hunts in every profession and industry.
=====

I full well believe it.

When they get the WH back and Congress, they will seek revenge on the Deplorables. I'm convinced of it.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (vg8iE)

Yep, I work in the .gov with a overwhelmingly leftist culture, and I think about this all the time. I can't count the number of times I've held my tongue because there are so many people here that would file a complaint against you in a heartbeat claiming "hostile work environment" or something similar.

Posted by: Mainah at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (CClpm)

316 A reign of terror can be very effective on the fearful. A conservative neighbor recently told me that his family was fearful that a "blue wave" would result in ugly retributions and witch hunts in every profession and industry. This is a man who spoke out about Obama, but is now regretting it as the dems are out for blood. The GOPe might question Zuck (for example) on Capitol Hill, but he knows they are secretly under the table whoring for cash.
These tactics, and the lack of redress, are beginning to scare people.
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (5gaNQ)

I'm not paranoid, but I get this. I shudder to think of the reign of terror that awaits us if Trump is defeated for re-election 2020. They will roll back everything and take retribution on anyone they can.
They'll overplay their hand of course, but let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Posted by: JoeF. at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (7uYFy)

317 311. Ancient Slavonaut theorists say, 'Yes, ' and point to the universal use of various vodka derivatives and precursors as evidence.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (fA1SL)

318 You know what that proves? That another species had a advanced, world wide civilization that killed itself using fossil fuels.



https://bit.ly/2H6qka9



Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (+y/Ru)

And yet, unlike say, the fucking dinosaurs, they left absolutely no trace of their civilization. Brilliant...

Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (NTM5E)

319 She is fairly young, isn't she?

63

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2018 10:53 AM (iv0p7)

320 300 Y'all know chili is stew, right? Just throw whatever ya got into the pot and let it simmer into a delicious glob of unidentifiable stuff. Spices are the key. Same with red gravy and Italian sauce.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:46 AM (MIKMs)


This is how you end up with carrots in the chili. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (CPk08)

321 310 303: They will be vicious and unrelenting. If this is not stopped people will register and vote dem out of fear. If a lawyer's office can be raided and his contacts exposed, why not anybody else's?

If the rule of law is dead, you back the strong horse.

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (5gaNQ)

ValJar said this was all coming way back in 2013.

How quickly people forgot.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (XMDuf)

322 Here's something else I don't get....


New NBC/WSJ Poll on tax-cut:

mostly positive effects: 39%
mostly negative effects: 53%

Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (Enq6K)

323 When they get the WH back and Congress, they will seek revenge on the Deplorables. I'm convinced of it.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 17, 2018 10:48 AM (vg8iE)


The prudent individual plans for the day, and that day WILL come, when the Progressive Demorat Socialists hold all four branches of the government (WH, Congrefs, Judiciary, and Media) again!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (n9EOP)

324 "But mommy, I fooled them. I didn't wear underwear."

Posted by: JAS at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (sCN2W)

325 https://bit.ly/2H6qka9



Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:50 AM (+y/Ru)

-------------------------
OK, I follow a link for science and what does that page have a link for? A pedophile window cleaner. It's pedo day?


Posted by: RioBravo at April 17, 2018 10:55 AM (5NMZN)

326 In the jungle, the mighty jungle Kimba sleeps tonight

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 10:55 AM (+y/Ru)

327 Rant up.

Posted by: Mainah at April 17, 2018 10:55 AM (CClpm)

328 316: You are allowed to overplay your hand when there is nobody to stop you. Then you keep on doing it until you silence your critics completely.

This was the reason for the transgender shit, testing the water on how far you can push. It's been pretty successful, and a few people successfully sued and bankrupted will cement the strategy.

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:55 AM (5gaNQ)

329 >>290 Sotomayor breaks shoulder in fall at home...

That's a shame. I hope because of her diabeetus complications do not set in because, that would be bad.

Posted by: Under Fire at April 17, 2018 10:56 AM (r9UYA)

330 Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (Enq6K)
++++
Look who's name is on the Poll

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:56 AM (y3aQB)

331 322 Here's something else I don't get....


New NBC/WSJ Poll on tax-cut:

mostly positive effects: 39%
mostly negative effects: 53%

Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:54 AM (Enq6K)


"My shrill leftist co-workers hate me even more than they used to and threaten to take me to HR every day" = Negative Effect.

Posted by: Hikaru at April 17, 2018 10:56 AM (XMDuf)

332 Read yesterday that Judge Kimbo Slice officiated over George Soros' wedding. Smart of the government to make sure she was the judge eh?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 10:57 AM (39g3+)

333 In end times, every woman will be entitled to destroy one man's life and livelihood with accusations of sexual impropriety.

We will all be brought to heel.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 17, 2018 10:58 AM (laUZs)

334 This was the reason for the transgender shit,
testing the water on how far you can push. It's been pretty successful,
and a few people successfully sued and bankrupted will cement the
strategy. Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:55 AM (5gaNQ)
=====

Prohibition, back in the day. Cigarettes now. Both very successful with almost unlimited governmental taxing authority.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 17, 2018 10:58 AM (MIKMs)

335 331: And eventually the sheer number of complaints will push them to force you out. No smoke without fire, no?

Best plan should be clamoring for a politics free workplace, but it will only be enforced against us while the SJWs wear their pussyhats to work

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 10:59 AM (5gaNQ)

336 Look who's name is on the Poll

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:56 AM (y3aQB)

I know but here's the breakdown...

Strong Democrat ............................... 21
Not very strong Democrat ................. 8
Independent/lean Democrat .............. 11
Strictly Independent........................... 17
Independent/lean Republican ............ 11
Not very strong Republican ............... 5
Strong Republican ............................. 17
Other (VOL) ..................................... 6
Not sure ........................................... 4


If you just take the Strong D's and R's...only 4%+ D.

Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:59 AM (Enq6K)

337 You are allowed to overplay your hand when there is nobody to stop you. Then you keep on doing it until you silence your critics completely.

Well, I'm sure that's their dream but... there are people to stop them, and are stopping them. The fact that they get well-publicized and twitter outrage successes doesn't mean they're winning everywhere or even most of the time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 10:59 AM (39g3+)

338 337: I wish I saw evidence of this

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 11:01 AM (5gaNQ)

339 166 You want blue on blue?

I give you this Twitter thread.

PLEASE take the time to read some of the comments.

http://tinyurl.com/y7uftdar
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 10:00 AM (EyPfd)
**************************************

Scream in my face with a bull horn and you may soon eat hot lead! There is never an excuse to use a bullhorn that close to someone, hearing matters!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 17, 2018 11:02 AM (JNTt1)

340 Holy Balls! The actors near POTUS who assembled these 12k CBTS and Qanon memes in different folders.... Its blowing my mind. Reading the long 3 page typed out plan. It's one thing to get access to things as bits here and there but all in one place. Wow! Puts things in perspective about what is going on for the public and it's small potatoes.

*pours another shot and makes a toast to POTUS and his team*

Posted by: Monk at April 17, 2018 11:03 AM (9acFt)

341 I wish I saw evidence of this

That's what happens when you immerse yourself in outrage and bad news: you sink so low you have no perspective. Remember David Hogg's big win, his only win? Laura Ingraham's advertisers are coming back. Remember the big push for tranny bathrooms? They got one big win: Target. Everyone else told them to shove off, then elected Trump.

The problem is, the bad news seems to loom gigantic because its so miserable and depressing. But its not the whole picture.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 11:07 AM (39g3+)

342
336 Look who's name is on the Poll

Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 10:56 AM (y3aQB)

I know but here's the breakdown...

Strong Democrat ............................... 21
Not very strong Democrat ................. 8
Independent/lean Democrat .............. 11
Strictly Independent........................... 17
Independent/lean Republican ............ 11
Not very strong Republican ............... 5
Strong Republican ............................. 17
Other (VOL) ..................................... 6
Not sure ........................................... 4


If you just take the Strong D's and R's...only 4%+ D.
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2018 10:59 AM (Enq6K)

Look at the jobs listings for persons polled:
Tax Attorneys- 43%

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 17, 2018 11:34 AM (e1mEI)

343 341: Transgender "rights" just won in Alaska. The ACLU backs them. Even Mattis is letting trannies serve. Target is far from their only win, and they are being well funded, suing like mad, and using the H8ter card at every turn, despite the fact that they will never really "change " genders. The Boston Marathon is letting men compete as women, and other sports are likely to follow (in this case I am unperturbed as women are the biggest group supporting trans)

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 11:53 AM (5gaNQ)

344 341: Every time someone decides to stop selling "assault" weapons, raises the age to buy them, refuses to lend to manufacturers, Hogg wins. I am willing to see small leftist victories as a foot in the door, and do not have a "grand Trump strategy" myopia

Posted by: CN at April 17, 2018 11:58 AM (5gaNQ)

345 Oh, great. Now I'll have nightmares.

Posted by: Corndog at April 17, 2018 12:25 PM (p3eEq)

346 Is the girl in the picture reading the Kama Sutra? Just looks like she's getting into a doggie style pose.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at April 17, 2018 12:40 PM (9BLnV)

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