Chess Thread 06-16-2018

WGM Soumya Swaminathan

As always, the chess/dress pr0n thread is an open thread, so there is no such thing as an off-topic comment.

Easier Problem - Black To Play (Ch. 4139)

Hint: the Bishop on the long diagonal is key

r5k1/p3Qpbp/2p3p1/1p6/q3bN2/6PP/PP3P2/K2RR3 b - - 0 1

Hijab? Just Say No

WGM Soumya Swaminathan of India has told the mullahs of Iran to sod off:

Woman Grandmaster and former world junior girls’ champion Soumya Swaminathan has pulled out of the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Hamadan, Iran, from July 26 to August 4, calling the Islamic country’s “compulsory headscarf” rule violative of her personal rights.

What she said:

“I do not wish to be forced to wear a headscarf or burqa. I find the Iranian law of compulsory headscarf to be in direct violation of my basic human rights, including my right to freedom of expression and right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It seems that under the present circumstances, the only way for me to protect my rights is to not go to Iran,” the 29-year-old, who is India No. 5 and world No. 97 among women, posted on her Facebook account.

Another photo of Ms. Swaminathan:

(h/t CBD)

More Challenging Problem - Black To Play, White To Win (688 )

Even though it's Black to play, how does White queen the pawn? Yes, it's possible, even with Black making all the right moves, but it's a bit tricky.

Hint: Be careful not to box Black in and allow stalemate threats

8/8/6k1/8/6K1/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 1

This is a good position to study thoroughly, not because you'll encounter it OTB a lot (you most likely won't), but you're learn how to use your king to bully your opponent out of the way and seize control of the queening square.

Dress Pr0n For the 'Ettes:

An ethereal evening dress by Callot Sœurs from ca. 1910, spun from silk satin, metallic and silk tulle, and covered in delicate gold embroidery to catch the light whilst the wearer was dancing.

(©Jean Tholance, Les arts Décoratifs, Paris, collection UFAC) pic.twitter.com/IPhqOGyGey
— Anne Louise Avery (@AnneLouiseAvery) June 5, 2018

"The little imp! I'm going to give him such a smack."

"You left the toilet set up AGAIN!"

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - Black To Play

r5k1/p3Qpbp/2p3p1/1p6/q3bN2/6PP/PP3P2/K2RR3 b - - 0 1

Black can force a mate in 3:

1...Bxb2+
2.Kxb2 Qc2+
3.Ka1 Qc3#

or 3.Ka3 Qc3#

More Challenging Problem - Black To Play, White To Win

8/8/6k1/8/6K1/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 1

1...Kh6

Black's strategy is to hug the corner and generate stalemate threats. White's strategy is to outflank Blank and avoid the stalemate threats.

2.Kf5 Kg7
3.Kg5 Kh7
4.Kf6 Kh8
5.g4 Kg8
6.Kg6 Kh8
7.Kh6!

A critical move. Not 7.Kf7? because of 7...Kh7 8.g5 Kh8 and White will be unable to make progress.

7...Kg8
8. g5 Kf7

My chess app, playing BLack, chose this move, probably because it can see that defending the corner is hopeless and preferring to simply run away from a lost cause. Me, being human, would play something like 8...Kh8 9.g6 Kg8 10.g7 Kf7 11.Kh7 for the win.

9.Kh7 Ke7
10.g6 Kd6 etc.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:11 PM

Comments

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Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 05:03 PM (vWMNq)

2 Nerds!

*flips chess board*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 05:04 PM (JxMDl)

3 that 1910 dress must indeed have been gorgeous under candle or gaslight. I don't like the sleeves on Melanias dress.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at June 16, 2018 05:05 PM (jGiDM)

4 Justin Trudeau is exceedingly jealous of Ms Swaminathan's eyebrows.

Posted by: Northernlurk, but call me Teem at June 16, 2018 05:06 PM (nBr1j)

5 India Chess Girl is cute.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 05:07 PM (fuK7c)

6 Pretty girl

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 16, 2018 05:07 PM (Ydx5u)

7 Good for the pretty Indian chess player. A true feminist unlike 99.9 percent of the harpies and soyboys who call themselves feminists.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at June 16, 2018 05:08 PM (jGiDM)

8
Went with Her Majesty to Stein Mart to buy a lightweight summer sports coat for me. That took five minutes. She looked for a pair of slippers. That took 45 minutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2018 05:10 PM (LsBY9)

9 Easy Problem

1. Bxb2+ Kxb2
2. Qc2+ Ka1 or Ka3
3. Qc3#

Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 05:10 PM (vWMNq)

10 Low tonight is going to be 76. Fahrenheit, I hope.

Posted by: Burger Chef at June 16, 2018 05:10 PM (RuIsu)

11
We avoid the toilet seat issue by having separate bathrooms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2018 05:11 PM (LsBY9)

12 I love that 1910 dress, so beautiful, almost like a cloud. Not super fond of the other ones.

And I agree that India chess girl is pretty.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 05:12 PM (39g3+)

13 Went with Her Majesty to Stein Mart to buy a lightweight summer sports coat for me. That took five minutes. She looked for a pair of slippers. That took 45 minutes.
Posted by: Hadrian
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One can always spot the spousal unit at department stores. They're standing idly around, or if lucky, sitting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 05:13 PM (N+Do/)

14 Actually I have a neice who looks very much like India Chess Girl, my brother's only daughter after 5 boys.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 16, 2018 05:13 PM (39g3+)

15 Chess Thread Hip Hip Hooray!

None of the dress pics appeal to me this week.

But it is almost Manhattan time so there is that!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 05:13 PM (EoRCO)

16 Dustin Johnson is bored and decided to make the US Open a tournament. He's now 2 over par and 3rd place.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 05:14 PM (FWhfT)

17 Girl in the blue dress needs to lose the hat and brush her hair.

Posted by: cfo mom at June 16, 2018 05:14 PM (RfzVr)

18 I love that 1910 dress, so beautiful, almost like a cloud. Not super fond of the other ones.
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I long for the Edwardian years...well, without the Typhus of course.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 05:14 PM (N+Do/)

19
They're standing idly around, or if lucky, sitting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Not lucky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2018 05:14 PM (LsBY9)

20 We avoid the toilet seat issue by having separate bathrooms.
Posted by: Hadrian
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Same here. Of course, Mike Hammer's Cat's litter box is in mine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 05:16 PM (N+Do/)

21 I don't like the sleeves on Melanias dress.

Me neither. I can just picture the sleeves getting into my nachos. No bueno.

Posted by: Jewells45 at June 16, 2018 05:16 PM (dUJdY)

22 Went with Her Majesty to Stein Mart to buy a lightweight summer sports coat for me. That took five minutes. She looked for a pair of slippers. That took 45 minutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2018 05:10 PM (LsBY9)

When I was 19 years old I was in a store with the girl I was dating. I must have looked ill because a salesman asked me, What's wrong? I said, She said she needed to stop at the mall to look for shoes. That was 3 hours ago and she's looked at everything but. He laughed and said, Get used to it son. It doesn't get any better

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 05:16 PM (SiINZ)

23 And now nobody is under par in the US Open.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 05:17 PM (FWhfT)

24 I really like the classy dress's - beautiful imagery like this has been missing from the daily pages for a long time - thank goodness most women remember THEMSELVES.

Posted by: MoJoeTee at June 16, 2018 05:17 PM (bpfI3)

25 I have a feeling that the Morons wouldn't mind so much if their girlfriend/wife complained once or twice about the toilet seat being up if she looked that that. ;^)

Nice. simple attractive dress, but you'd have to be thin to wear it well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:18 PM (0/+vJ)

26 The Asian gal in the flowery dress is purty.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 16, 2018 05:18 PM (FWhfT)

27
Cute kids.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2018 05:19 PM (LsBY9)

28 I have a feeling that the Morons wouldn't mind so much if their girlfriend/wife complained once or twice about the toilet seat being up if she looked that that. ;^)

She looks a little like Claudia Schiffer

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 05:20 PM (SiINZ)

29 I don't mind the toilet seat being up except when I'm in a state of sleepiness and I don't notice it and plonk unceremonoiusly onto the porcelain toilet rim. However, I'm outnumbered by men so what can I do? :^) I blame the teen boy under my breath.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:21 PM (0/+vJ)

30 OM, another nice thread.

That Indian chess player looks smart. Oh, forgot where I was. She is cute. But young. Too young. I'd hate to pair a wine for dinner with peanut butter.

I see our Korean model is shining again.

I like the problems, for a later post.

Good captions on the dress pictures. The dress in black is nice, but her 'tude isolates her.

Mrs. Melania Trump knows how to smile with her eyes, or she is a naturally happy person.

Thanks again. I hope your physical therapists have worked out any anger issues before your sessions. May the tool bar steel on the machines bend from your reps. And let the healing continue.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 05:21 PM (hyuyC)

31 the 1910 gown is a work of art

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 05:21 PM (hMwEB)

32 From willowed pet thread... Is this you, MH, and the Mrs. today after your pointing incident?
https://twitter.com/crudereporter/status/
1006509264494620672

Posted by: andycanuck at June 16, 2018 05:22 PM (Evws/)

33 The colors in the dress from 1910 are beautiful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:22 PM (0/+vJ)

34 Interesting that the girl in the floor length navy dress has a sun bonnet. Or whatever kind of hat that is. It works. Can't go wrong with a ginger though.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 16, 2018 05:23 PM (qWg0i)

35 the 1910 gown is a work of art
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 05:21 PM (hMwEB)

Right? I didn't even know that was a color, and now I want things in it.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 05:23 PM (fZuhk)

36 Not quite sure what is so complicated about #2. The key is avoid to keep your king ahead of the pawn at the onset and to not advance the white pawn too quickly so that you don't end up with black king on g7, white king on g5, pawn on g4 with white to move, which as far as I can see is a draw (just as this position would be if it were white to move). Various ways to achieve this, depending on black's moves.

Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 05:24 PM (t3LBb)

37 The poofy sleeve thing is one of the trends this year. I'm waiting for it to go away.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:24 PM (jm1YL)

38 Problem #1 was ~~solved~~ published by Off the reservation first.

I concur.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 05:25 PM (hyuyC)

39 I think that blonde is standing on a step stool underneath that dress.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 05:25 PM (pvjTE)

40 ''the 1910 gown is a work of art ''

And I suspect that photo doesn't do it justice.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:26 PM (jm1YL)

41 And good on Ms. Swaminathan. She's got more backbone that most.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 16, 2018 05:26 PM (qWg0i)

42 >> I think that blonde is standing on a step stool underneath that dress.

I wish I were the stool.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 05:26 PM (8O3HH)

43 Just a reminder, we have two guilds in World of Warcraft for morons & moronettes. Horde is on Hellscream server and Alliance is on Rexxar.

Trying it out is free up to level 20, you can give a shout out to Polliwogette or myself if you want some company and we are on most evenings and can get you in (can't invite trial accounts, but can chat and help you out). Relaxed and fun, we do questing with just about any level and use the launcher's voice chat to just chew the fat while killing monsters and such.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 16, 2018 05:26 PM (c1VpD)

44 I also can't imagine the hours of handwork that 1910 dress took to make.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:26 PM (0/+vJ)

45 That Callot Soeurs dress was really something.

Would like to glide around the dance floor with the owner. But with electricity, not candles. The dress may be dangerous around open flames.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 05:27 PM (hyuyC)

46 The goofy sleeves look like something from the 1700's

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:28 PM (0/+vJ)

47 Poofy, not goofy although they're pretty goofy too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 05:28 PM (0/+vJ)

48 Melania!
Been meaning to say rat-faced Rosenpenis is a dead ringer for Valenti Beria. Probably has the same *ahem* "proclivities". Others said Himmler. I didn't see it.

Posted by: 1921 C DRUM at June 16, 2018 05:28 PM (h7sWp)

49 ''The goofy sleeves look like something from the 1700's''

It does, doesn't it.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:29 PM (jm1YL)

50 Also, looks from older sisters to "insufferable" younger brothers transcend cultures, IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 05:30 PM (hyuyC)

51 #2 continued, for instance
1... Kf6, 2. Kh5, Kg7 3. Kg5 Kf7 4. Kh6 Kf6 5. g4 Kf7 6. Kh7 etc.

Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 05:30 PM (t3LBb)

52 ''Also, looks from older sisters to "insufferable" younger brothers transcend cultures, IMHO.''

He pretty cute though. I'll bet she doesn't stay mad at him for very long.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:32 PM (jm1YL)

53 I would probably go gaga in real life over the dress just above Melania's photo

and

the lines of the green dress that OM's Korean gf is wearing is very nice

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 05:32 PM (hMwEB)

54 ''the lines of the green dress that OM's Korean gf is wearing is very nice''

She has a nice figure doesn't she?

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:33 PM (jm1YL)

55 Darnitall, missed the Pet Thread again.

Anyway, very glad to see another great female player refusing to play by bogus rules. An American one did it not too long ago and it didn't hurt her rankings.

How many male grandmaster-lever players would allow blinkers like horses if they were playing.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 16, 2018 05:33 PM (MIKMs)

56 36 Not quite sure what is so complicated about #2. The key is avoid to keep your king ahead of the pawn at the onset and to not advance the white pawn too quickly so that you don't end up with black king on g7, white king on g5, pawn on g4 with white to move, which as far as I can see is a draw (just as this position would be if it were white to move). Various ways to achieve this, depending on black's moves.
Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 05:24 PM (t3LBb)

OK, but I would prefer seeing the actual moves you'd make, rather than a general description of the method. Because there's a potential 'gotcha' that I can't tell if you can see or not.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 05:33 PM (DXfIG)

57 52 Tuna

Truth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 05:33 PM (hyuyC)

58 Yummy Korean (?) girl is back!.

Posted by: 1921 C DRUM at June 16, 2018 05:35 PM (h7sWp)

59 ''57 52 Tuna

Truth.
Posted by: NaCly Dog ''

Right you are. My little brother was a doll. Funny too. Couldn't stay mad at him if I tried.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:37 PM (jm1YL)

60 I wish I were the stool.
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No! Just a white ottoman!!! Bwahahahahaha!!!

Be careful what you wish for, human!

Posted by: a laughing Satan at June 16, 2018 05:38 PM (Evws/)

61 51 #2 continued, for instance
1... Kf6, 2. Kh5, Kg7 3. Kg5 Kf7 4. Kh6 Kf6 5. g4 Kf7 6. Kh7 etc.
Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 05:30 PM (t3LBb)

OK, but this may not the Black's best defense.

Instead of 1...Kf6, Black instead plays 1...Kh6 and tries to spend as much time as possible hugging the 'h' file. Now how do you play it?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 05:39 PM (DXfIG)

62 She has a nice figure doesn't she?
Does she? I didn't notice. I was thinking about her social impact.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 05:41 PM (LAe3v)

63 37 The poofy sleeve thing is one of the trends this year. I'm waiting for it to go away.
Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 05:24 PM (jm1YL)
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That and the "cold shoulder" look.
There are a few dresses (and wearers) that make it work but they are the exception.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 05:42 PM (0jtPF)

64 On an unrelated note, the wife and I just enjoyed the first Mojitos of the season. Yummy.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 05:43 PM (LAe3v)

65 Incidentally, if you reach the position of black King on g8, white king on g6, white pawn on g5 - that is a classic end game win for white regardless of whose turn it is to move...

Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 05:43 PM (t3LBb)

66 Wow. OANN is on a tear today. Aired a report about the Manday Bay shooting suggesting a 2nd person involved and now hammering on the illegal FISA warrant spygate story.

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at June 16, 2018 05:46 PM (r4KP2)

67
I wish I were the stool.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear

Phrasing

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 05:47 PM (IqV8l)

68 I wish I were the stool.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pea

Sheesh. Germans.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 05:49 PM (LAe3v)

69 Is that 1910 evening gown called a "basque" or am I thinking of something from the 1870's?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2018 05:51 PM (2K6fY)

70 68
I wish I were the stool.

https://tinyurl.com/nly6cd2

Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 05:53 PM (vWMNq)

71 Is that 1910 evening gown called a "basque" or am I thinking of something from the 1870's?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2018 05:51 PM (2K6fY)

No, I think a basque is a creamy lobster soup.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 05:54 PM (fZuhk)

72 Nice to see that there are actually some people in the east like this chess player who are willing to adopt western values, and they hold that more important than trashing us (I was pissed at that Paki girl who was shot by the Taliban, treated in England, and still went all SJW).

Still, I suppose that whatever native opposition there was in Iran is over. The protests, and the demonstrations by women refusing to wear hijabs.

And frankly, nothing would surprise me now - if this woman eventually trashed the US as being worse than Iran to compensate for criticizing them... that would be par for the course.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at June 16, 2018 05:54 PM (/qEW2)

73 The b&w dress looks all washed out. Here's a different version of the same pic, darker with much better contrast. The pattern really pops out.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3922/14368797189_15c6d2f733_b.jpg

A lot of places that have that dress name it a wedding outfit. It's not a wedding dress, but I guess it could be worn to a wedding.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 05:55 PM (pvjTE)

74 https://tinyurl.com/nly6cd2

Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 05:53 PM (vWMNq)

Ew.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 05:55 PM (DXfIG)

75 A Basque is a separatist in the mountains on the French/Spanish border.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 05:55 PM (fuK7c)

76 Basques speak Euskera, btw. That's a good Jeopardy answer.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 05:57 PM (fuK7c)

77 74
https://tinyurl.com/nly6cd2
Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 05:53 PM (vWMNq)
Ew.Right? If the head of your system is of government needs help with excretion, I'm thinking maybe you need a new system of government.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 05:58 PM (LAe3v)

78 No, I think a basque is a creamy lobster soup.

Nope. It's a Spanish forest.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 05:59 PM (LAe3v)

79 Was I the only one who was having trouble getting the HQ to load today?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:01 PM (+y/Ru)

80 Nice to see that there are actually some people in the east like this chess player who are willing to adopt western values, and they hold that more important than trashing us (I was pissed at that Paki girl who was shot by the Taliban, treated in England, and still went all SJW).
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at June 16, 2018 05:54 PM (/qEW2)

And I don't much like Susan Polgar's position, which is "Big deal, wear the stupid headcovering if that's what they want." Yeah, I know her thinking is that the chess is what is most important, not clothing, but still, it seems a bit ... cowardly to me. Like those idiot feminists in the Swedish government who are all like to put on fierce faces when it comes to Donald Trump, but when it comes time to send a trade delegation to Iran, it's hijabs all the way down.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 06:02 PM (DXfIG)

81 >> Phrasing

Damn, didn't even think of that meaning.

The Groom of the Stool evolved into a very powerful position, financially. So handling the King's money follows naturally from handling the King's crap.

There's a lesson there about govt. money.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 06:03 PM (8O3HH)

82 Was I the only one who was having trouble getting the HQ to load today?

Yes.

You were singled out.

You shall report to the Hall of Ruminations and attempt to understand your sins, faults, blemishes, and peccadilloes.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:03 PM (fuK7c)

83 76 Basques speak Euskera, btw. That's a good Jeopardy answer.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 05:57 PM (fuK7c)

I did not know that. I thought Basques spoke Basque.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 06:03 PM (DXfIG)

84 Was I the only one who was having trouble getting the HQ to load today?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:01 PM (+y/Ru)

no but it seems fine now

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 06:04 PM (n9EOP)

85 The Groom of the Stool evolved into a very powerful position, financially. So handling the King's money follows naturally from handling the King's crap.

There's a lesson there about govt. money.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 16, 2018 06:03 PM (8O3HH)

Pecunia non olet.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:04 PM (fZuhk)

86 69 Is that 1910 evening gown called a "basque" or am I thinking of something from the 1870's?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2018 05:51 PM (2K6fY)
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No. The "basque" style flares over the hips from a tightly corseted waist. This dress has a soft drape (not flare) from just above a more natural waistline.

And, AFAIK, the "basque" is a style for jackets, over-blouses, or (later) lingerie, not dresses.

Maybe the fancy, heavy embroidery at the waist is what is bringing the "basque" to your mind since that was typical of the jackets.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 06:04 PM (0jtPF)

87 1. ... Kh6, 2. Kf5 Kh7, 3. Kf6 Kh6, 4. g4 Kh7, 5. g5 Kh8, 6. Kf7 Kh7, 7. a6+ Kh8, 8. a7+ Kh7, 9. a8/Q+ etc. ( 6. a6 also wins in a classic position, continuing with 6 ... Kg8, 7. a7 Kh7, 8. Kf7 Kh6 9. a8/Q) However, after 5. ...Kg8, 6. a6?? leads to the classic drawing position after black replies Kf8. Instead, this variation correctly goes 5 ...Kg8, 6. Kg6, Kh8, 7. Kf7 etc. (or 6 ... Kf8, 7. Kh7 etc.)

Posted by: civil truth at June 16, 2018 06:04 PM (t3LBb)

88 I like little sprinkles of nutmeg on my lobster basque when I am hanging out in Seville.

Noooooo reservations......

Posted by: Zombie Tony Bourdain at June 16, 2018 06:04 PM (EoRCO)

89 74 Ew.

What is the problem? It was on QI.

https://youtu.be/81huDW-OLik?t=13m10s

Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 06:05 PM (vWMNq)

90 Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:03 PM (fuK7c)

You forgot the public televised self denunciation session!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 06:05 PM (n9EOP)

91 . I don't like the sleeves on Melanias dress.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at June 16, 2018 05:05 PM (jGiDM)

Not a fan of poofy sleeves?

Posted by: buzzion at June 16, 2018 06:06 PM (cAnNx)

92 I did not know that. I thought Basques spoke Basque.

Hmm, the internet says both. I got Euskera from the Kurlansky book on Cod.

My first guess is that Euskera is a Basque word for Bask, the way Farsi is a Persian word for Persian.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:06 PM (fuK7c)

93 Pecunia non olet.

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Except in Greeley, CO.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:07 PM (+y/Ru)

94 I'm on the tablet and there's a bit of a slowdown loading the homepage but not the posts' pages.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 16, 2018 06:08 PM (Evws/)

95 My fingers just typed Bask when my brain told them to write Basque.

I am contemplating an appropriate punishment.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:08 PM (fuK7c)

96 What is the problem? It was on QI.

https://youtu.be/81huDW-OLik?t=13m10s

Posted by: Off the reservation at June 16, 2018 06:05 PM (vWMNq)

++++

Per Youtube, banned in my country.

Hooktube to the rescue!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 16, 2018 06:08 PM (pvjTE)

97 Was I the only one who was having trouble getting the HQ to load today?

Yes.

You were singled out.

You shall report to the Hall of Ruminations and attempt to understand your sins, faults, blemishes, and peccadilloes.

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The story of my life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:08 PM (+y/Ru)

98 92

Shameless Wiki theft:
"Spanish has a greater variety of names for the language. Today, it is most commonly referred to as el vasco, la lengua vasca, or el euskera "

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 06:09 PM (n9EOP)

99
And I don't much like Susan Polgar's position, which is "Big deal, wear the stupid headcovering if that's what they want."

O.K. Have her wear a handmaid's outfit and sign an anti abortion pledge. Would she be all right with that?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2018 06:10 PM (IqV8l)

100 "Spanish
has a greater variety of names for the language. Today, it is most
commonly referred to as el vasco, la lengua vasca, or el euskera "

And as we all know, this was the language spoken by Vasco de Gama, the man who discovered very high energy photons.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 06:10 PM (LAe3v)

101 I don't know why anyone would want to go to Iran for a chess match anyway?. Not only do you have to wear a head covering, but it's not the safest place to be, I imagine, even if they do provide some protection for the women chess competitors.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:11 PM (0/+vJ)

102 I have had a problem getting AoSHq, my wife keeps stealing my tablet.
Well I have to go look at the 1st problem

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:14 PM (pHfeF)

103 Pecunia non olet.

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Speaking of Latin, what I learned today. The word for "dog", canis, is derived from the verb "cano, canere" meaning "to chant, sing, celebrate, make noise, or play an instrument" because watch dogs sing when they hear something suspicious."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:14 PM (+y/Ru)

104 "Spanish has a greater variety of names for the language. Today, it is most commonly referred to as el vasco, la lengua vasca, or el euskera "

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I call it argle bargle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:15 PM (+y/Ru)

105 "Spanish has a greater variety of names for the language. Today, it is most commonly referred to as el vasco, la lengua vasca, or el euskera "
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I call it argle bargle.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:15 PM (+y/Ru)

I call it Jimmer Jammer.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 06:18 PM (EoRCO)

106 solutions up.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 06:19 PM (DXfIG)

107 So I just internetted the etymology of "dog", not canis, and it turns out nobody has any idea at all.

There are ready cognates of Hund, Hond, Hound, but absolutely nothing for dog.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:19 PM (fuK7c)

108 And as we all know, this was the language spoken by Vasco de Gama, the man who discovered very high energy photons.

Posted by: pep at June 16, 2018 06:10 PM (LAe3v)

Thanks, pep! I always learn so much here on AoSHQ.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 06:21 PM (DXfIG)

109 Didja see the stupid tweet of the day? I can't breastfeed my baby because it wouldn't be vegan.

https://bit.ly/2t4dzUk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:21 PM (+y/Ru)

110 Melania: Radiant as ever.

Black and white picture: The woman must have had her intestines removed. How do you get a waist like that?

Blonde: Hubbba, etc.

Posted by: joncelli, delivering his speech at June 16, 2018 06:22 PM (1FhAQ)

111 Good for the Grand Master lady from India. She should stand up for her beliefs. More guts than most of our world leaders by far.

Posted by: SteveOReno, as an intelligent person, I self-identify as a Moron at June 16, 2018 06:22 PM (2sCft)

112 Now I have to go see the solution as I am not seeing the answer

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:23 PM (pHfeF)

113 I love that 1910 dress, so beautiful, almost like a cloud. Not super fond of the other ones.
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I long for the Edwardian years...well, without the Typhus of course.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 16, 2018 05:14 PM (N+Do/)

Cor'blimey! Any filthy faced street urchin can catch Typhus.

Faugh!

It takes a true gentleman to catch me.

Bespoke, I am. Right this way, Sir!

Posted by: Syphilis at June 16, 2018 06:24 PM (9q7Dl)

114 Didja see the stupid tweet of the day? I can't breastfeed my baby because it wouldn't be vegan.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:21 PM (+y/Ru)

*shrug*

Fine. My baby will eat your vegan baby in the Baby Arena.

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:25 PM (fZuhk)

115 I just learned that Germany let in one million immigrants in 2015 alone. much less the years after. I hope her party gets booted out, but I don't know that the next Chancellor will be any better. I know a man who was a military chaplain in Germany about 10 years ago. Except for being socially conservative on gay marriage and abortion he's pretty much of an European socialist and even he's appalled at what the government has allowed to happen so quickly and so destructively

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:26 PM (0/+vJ)

116 Why do they have to hold these chess tournaments in shit hole countries like Iran? Just play the damn things in Omaha or Tampa and let the girls dress how they want.

BTW, that 1910 dress is what Eliza should have worn in "My Fair Lady", not that unflattering sheath thing they put on Hepburn.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 06:26 PM (V+03K)

117 I think dog comes from doggerel.

"The IG report was mundane and doggerel to say the least."

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 06:27 PM (EoRCO)

118 I think foreign visitors should comply with the laws and customs of the country they are visiting, whether they like them or not. If Slobbovia forbids bikinis, don't wear a bikini. If Peruvia requires a hat, wear a hat.

BUT in my mind there is a difference between demanding someone wear a scarf on the street and demanding they do so inside during competition. A country with unusual dress laws should either relax the rules inside or not be allowed to host a chess tournament.

Are you going to let Saudi Arabia host a swimming meet and then make women wear burkas in the pool?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 06:28 PM (0jtPF)

119 115
It takes a long time to build a workable society, but it can be destroyed in a very short time!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 06:28 PM (n9EOP)

120 Faugh!

It takes a true gentleman to catch me.

Bespoke, I am. Right this way, Sir!

Posted by: Syphilis

Now for a Jeopardy answer to something that will never get asked on Jeopardy.

Winston Churchill's father Randolph was prim and withdrawn in college. His clubmates (fraternity brothers) decided to fix that and got him really drunk one night and served him up to a prostitute.

He got syphilis from that encounter and died deranged and young as a result of it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:28 PM (fuK7c)

121 Melania is a Stepford Wife you know, lots of Leftists say so.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:29 PM (pHfeF)

122 He got syphilis from that encounter and died deranged and young as a result of it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:28 PM (fuK7c)

One night with Venus...

Posted by: hogmartin at June 16, 2018 06:29 PM (fZuhk)

123 116----BTW, that 1910 dress is what Eliza should have worn in "My Fair Lady", not that unflattering sheath thing they put on Hepburn.
Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 06:26 PM (V+03K)
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Oooooh, yes!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 06:30 PM (0jtPF)

124 The nba wouldn't hold the all star game in nc because of bathrooms but an international chess competition can be held in Iran no probs

Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2018 06:30 PM (nU09Z)

125 JTB

Good thought, but what current actress could pull off that movie today?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 06:31 PM (hyuyC)

126 I think Churchill Senior said he woke up and that prosititue was toothless with not a lot of hair, so she wasn't exactly Venus; He was just too drunk to care.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:31 PM (0/+vJ)

127 ...because watch dogs sing when they hear something suspicious.
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Unless the dog doesn't bark in the nighttime but that would be very... curious.

Posted by: zombie sherlock holmes at June 16, 2018 06:32 PM (Evws/)

128 126 FenelonSpoke

Yikes. And his subsequent wife was quite the beauty when young, and had a captivating personality while older and widowed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 06:33 PM (hyuyC)

129 Should have allowed Julie Andrews to play Eliza on screen. although Hepburn is pretty and a good actress. Julie Andrews could have sung the parts without the movie dolts deciding that it needed to be dubbed by Marni Nixon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:34 PM (0/+vJ)

130 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Seventeen people were killed at a crowded nightclub in Venezuela's capital Saturday after a tear gas device exploded during a brawl and triggered a desperate stampede among hundreds gathered for a graduation celebration, government officials said.

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Socialist paradise.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:35 PM (+y/Ru)

131 ''BTW, that 1910 dress is what Eliza should have worn in "My Fair Lady", not that unflattering sheath thing they put on Hepburn. ''

Yes but that pink dress she wore at the end of the movie was simply beautiful. The apricot colored outfit she wore in the scene with Jeremy Brett was lovely too.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 06:35 PM (jm1YL)

132 129 Should have allowed Julie Andrews to play Eliza on screen. although Hepburn is pretty and a good actress. Julie Andrews could have sung the parts without the movie dolts deciding that it needed to be dubbed by Marni Nixon.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:34 PM (0/+vJ)

I have trouble even seeing Julie Andrews in that role. It just seemed to fit Hepburn, even if she couldn't handle the singing.

Posted by: joncelli, delivering his speech at June 16, 2018 06:35 PM (1FhAQ)

133 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 06:33 PM (hyuyC)

Yes, I have read the two part biography of her by-forget his name. My husband and I laugh because my husband bore quite a resemblance to the young Churchill; Spouse doesn't have sphyllis though, thankfully, :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:36 PM (0/+vJ)

134 I look forward to the asian chicks in your posts, is that kinda creepy?

Posted by: Max Power at June 16, 2018 06:36 PM (q177U)

135 The nba wouldn't hold the all star game in nc because of bathrooms but an international chess competition can be held in Iran no probs

Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2018 06:30 PM (nU09Z)

The NBA needs to go away along with the NFL. Sick of the "woke" sports and being lectured to by a bunch of uneducated, illiterate cretins.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 16, 2018 06:36 PM (SiINZ)

136 Posted by: joncelli, delivering his speech at June 16, 2018 06:35 PM (1FhAQ)

She played it on Broadway before it was turned into a movie, but she wasn't a screen star like Hepburn and so she didn't play it on screen..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:37 PM (0/+vJ)

137 I look forward to the asian chicks in your posts, is that kinda creepy?
Posted by: Max Power at June 16, 2018 06:36 PM (q177U)

Ummmmmmm......No.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2018 06:37 PM (EoRCO)

138 I think everyone of the dress pictures the models look very nice, and I don't come here for the dress pictures

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:40 PM (pHfeF)

139 Getting here late.

I saw the first pic and thought I'd better look her up before immediately saying "I'd hit it". Because she looks kind of young in that picture.

So anyway, here's another pic of Miss Swaminathan:

http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/soumya-swaminathan

Definitely a One. I like chess threads where the chess player is the cutest chick shown.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 06:40 PM (sdi6R)

140 124 The nba wouldn't hold the all star game in nc because of bathrooms but an international chess competition can be held in Iran no probs
Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2018 06:30 PM (nU09Z)
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Heh. Great point.
The double standard burns.

Y'no, that's the problem I have with those Scandi women wearing scarves on an official visit to Iran. They have soooo much respect for non-Western traditions and religion --- and nothing but contempt for Western ones.
They'll overlook the problem of forcing women to wear the hijab --- and then get hysterical about "misogynist" trivia in the West.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 16, 2018 06:40 PM (0jtPF)

141 Joncelli

Here's a "Time" cover of the 20 year old Andrews as Eliza Doolittle. I think she's adorable:

https://tinyurl.com/ztrpfj8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:41 PM (0/+vJ)

142 Move your duckin' arse, Justify!!!

Posted by: Eliza Moron at June 16, 2018 06:41 PM (Evws/)

143 And a religion of peace update:

Religion of Peace Update: Muslim Deliberately Plows Car Into Moscow, Russia Crowd, 8 Injured

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:41 PM (+y/Ru)

144 And yes, forcing her to wear a burka would be a crime against men.

Posted by: rickl at June 16, 2018 06:42 PM (sdi6R)

145 And good for Soumya for not playing their game

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:42 PM (pHfeF)

146 OT, Smerconish was just very fair about Trump on two issues (the IG report and the propaganda video). I usually think he's lying about seeing both sides, but he did today.

I knew who is was in high school, but he was a couple years behind me. His name was known because his Mom's real estate signs were on half the houses for sale in Buck's County.

Tall, skinny, poofy ginger, like an orange Q-tip. I take some comfort in the fact that I have my hair and he doesn't.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 16, 2018 06:43 PM (fuK7c)

147 Margarita DeVille

Those Swedish leaders are doomed unless something happens very soon. But many of their subjects will go first.

I wonder if the King's Reserve Powers can get them out of this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 06:43 PM (hyuyC)

148 That's right, Skip, the puppy pics are alot better!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 16, 2018 06:43 PM (Evws/)

149 Well, I need to skedaddle, so I'll put up the movie thread a couple three minutes early.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 16, 2018 06:43 PM (DXfIG)

150 'Cameras Off': New Video Shows Vegas Massacre Strike Team Being Told to Turn Off Body Cams

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Hmm. That's not hardly suspicious at all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:44 PM (+y/Ru)

151 ''Religion of Peace Update: Muslim Deliberately Plows Car Into Moscow, Russia Crowd, 8 Injured''

Well one thing we know for sure is that the Moscow police will not handle him with kid gloves.

Posted by: Tuna at June 16, 2018 06:44 PM (jm1YL)

152 I am seeing more and more total coverings of women that can only be Muzzies.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:45 PM (pHfeF)

153 Dinner out with my wife.

Have fun tonight, everyone.

And if you are at the World Cup, head on a swivel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 16, 2018 06:45 PM (hyuyC)

154 We have movie sign!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 16, 2018 06:45 PM (JxMDl)

155 When you think your replacement society should be muz you have a real problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 16, 2018 06:46 PM (S5QCA)

156 I saw the Moscow taxi story earlier, they were saying then the driver was drunk, which to me is the bigger chance.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (pHfeF)

157 Msg from Mrs Vic if not already posted:

Surgery was successful and she is feeling much better.

Praise be.

Posted by: blaster at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (2IOkd)

158 Posted by: blaster at June 16, 2018 06:47 PM (2IOkd)

Thanks very much for the update, People were praying for her and asking about how she was doing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (0/+vJ)

159 Good news about Vic. Thanks for the update.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 16, 2018 06:49 PM (Evws/)

160 125... I'm not up on young current actresses to even guess who could play Eliza now. Perhaps Liv Tyler if she still has that waiflke look she had in LotR movies. Don't know who would do the signing.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (V+03K)

161 160
125... I'm not up on young current actresses to even guess who could
play Eliza now. Perhaps Liv Tyler if she still has that waiflke look she
had in LotR movies. Don't know who would do the signing.

Posted by: JTB at June 16, 2018 06:53 PM (V+03K)

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She might be able to hack it herself. Remember who her dad is...

Posted by: Jackal at June 16, 2018 06:57 PM (o3+fQ)

162 http://bit.ly/2yihwdl
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We Had Whistleblowers": Nunes Reveals "Good FBI Agents" Tipped Off Congress About Comey Team | Zero Hedge

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (y3aQB)

163 On Saturday's AM Joy show, MSNBC viewers were treated to the latest in a recent string of Bible-thumping on the liberal news network to promote left-wing policy as anti-evangelical Christian activist Frank Schaeffer excoriated pro-Donald Trump white Christians as "pimps of evil" who are "Jesus-hating," and need to "repent" by voting against President Trump in the future.

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Yeah, 'cause Hillz and Nanzi and Obola are one with Jesus.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (+y/Ru)

164 On
Saturday's AM Joy show, MSNBC viewers were treated to the latest in a
recent string of Bible-thumping on the liberal news network to promote
left-wing policy as anti-evangelical Christian activist Frank Schaeffer
excoriated pro-Donald Trump white Christians as "pimps of evil" who are
"Jesus-hating," and need to "repent" by voting against President Trump
in the future.

I didn't know the Pharisees were still in business.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (oVJmc)

165 http://bit.ly/2JKbnvJ
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Angela Merkel could be ousted as soon as next week - German MP reveals | World | News | Express.co.uk

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (y3aQB)

166 Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 16, 2018 05:32 PM (hMwEB)

Did you figger out what you're gonna replace your van with yet? Ford Fusions are nearly the same as Mazda 6. And very reasonably priced.

Posted by: clutch at June 16, 2018 07:13 PM (kiSdp)

167 124 The nba wouldn't hold the all star game in nc because of bathrooms but an international chess competition can be held in Iran no probs

Posted by: NCKate at June 16, 2018 06:30 PM (nU09Z)

And Kate brings it again. I'm still laughing over the side piece/parents thing in the other thread.

Posted by: clutch at June 16, 2018 07:22 PM (kiSdp)

168 Dang !

I missed the Chess Thread !

Posted by: JT at June 16, 2018 07:24 PM (70ODT)

169 Anybody else see the tweet by former CIA Dir. Hayden, with a photo of the infamous railroad entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and the unbelievable snark "Other governments have separated parents and children"?

This guy was CIA Director. And a general.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (QDnY+)

170 Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (QDnY+)
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also Charter Member of deep State

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 16, 2018 07:37 PM (y3aQB)

171
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at June 16, 2018 06:59 PM (+y/Ru)

"Pimps of Evil" because I voted for Trump ?

I laughed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 16, 2018 07:38 PM (0/+vJ)

172 This guy was CIA Director. And a general.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 16, 2018 07:32 PM (QDnY+)

But one thing we can count on is the integrity of senior military officers because they'll take the oath seriously...

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 07:48 PM (n9EOP)

173 I didn't know the Pharisees were still in business.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 16, 2018 07:03 PM (oVJmc)

We have changed our company name a few time but

"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste"

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 16, 2018 07:54 PM (n9EOP)

174 Had a weird thought ... as we devolve into a surveillance society, maybe burquas and those Tuareg headdresses will become survival gear.

Posted by: empire1 at June 16, 2018 08:34 PM (5oY80)

175 Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday 10:00 AM

Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and former White House cybersecurity coordinator and special assistant to President Obama Michael Daniel will testify.

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 16, 2018 08:46 PM (y3aQB)

176 Thanks for the

Posted by: platypus at June 16, 2018 11:46 PM (YOIA1)

177 Oops. lol Luckily it's late and no one is here to see that oopsies post.

Wanted to thank you OM for the Ms. Swaminathan story. She's my new hero. I realize most of my new heros are coming from outside America, not in it, when it comes to women & Islam. She's a beauty too. Wish our girls were looking up to her instead of celebrities.

Speaking of which, I see your crush has come back from the AI factory, with a smile now in place. Makes her marginally less creepy.

I did love your little captions on some of the dress pron. Very funny. Some of the dresses were gorgeously detailed. Wonderful selections too.

Thanks OM. Hope your health continues to improve.

Posted by: platypus at June 16, 2018 11:55 PM (YOIA1)

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