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Mid-Morning Art Thread [Kris]
Sir Peter Paul Rubens In this work, symbolism, body language, and composition are important. Peter Paul Rubens is depicting the writing of the Four Gospels as a meeting between mortal writers and heavenly inspiration. From left to right, the writers are Luke, Matthew, Mark and John. They are each represented by their symbols that, in art, also sometimes act as their genii: an ox, a man (here an angel), a lion, and an eagle respectively. This work is divided into two sections. The left three-fourths contains the first three writers, Matthew, Mark and Luke. They are gathered around a table and listen intently to the angel as he tells them what to write. Since the angel is Matthew’s genius, he is the one shown writing. Mark just listens. According to scholars, Mark may have been the first Gospel written. If that was believed in Rubens’ time, then it’s not surprising that Mark is pictured leaning on closed books. His part is finished. His genius is asleep, tired from the efforts. Mark seems interested in what the angel is saying because he may be hearing new information—information that is now going into Matthew’s Book. Luke looks at what Matthew is writing. There is no book or ink well in front of him. His ox is awake. The author is waiting his turn. Luke is holding a scroll in his left hand, not a book like the others. This might be a quick reference to the Hebrew Testament. Each of the Gospels presents different aspects of Jesus. Luke and Matthew present the genealogy of Christ, but where Matthew’s goes forward from Adam, Luke’s goes backwards from Joseph. The scroll is behind Luke and is the older literary medium, so I think it might represent the older section of the Bible, but I really don’t know for sure.
Between Mark and John, Rubens has placed a virtual dividing line. John is very obviously set apart from the others. His posture is different—where the other three are sitting and slouched over, John is standing straight up. He is not paying attention to the angel. Instead his head is tilted back, looking up at the eagle. The bird was behind the curtain and only revealed when it was thrown back, and it is possible that only John can see it. This may represent a special knowledge—a “revelation.” His book is also closed. He has to wait for his turn at the writing station. The division of the authors is quite interesting because they are divided in the same way as many Biblical scholars divide the Gospels—the three Synoptics and John. In theory, Mark was the first Gospel to be written and then Matthew and Mark borrowed and expanded from him. John’s Book is supposed to be completely original ideas. I don’t know if this theory was around in Rubens’ day, but this painting seems to say so to me. Color also divides the work. The Three are draped in black or dark gray cloth. Matthew is dressed completely in black so his face and hands, and the hand of the angel, stand out. John is the only one in white. This may represent his special status among the Apostles. He was one of Jesus’ inner circle of Disciples with Peter and James. He was called The Beloved Disciple because he was the closest to Jesus. He witnessed the Transfiguration, the Crucifixion, and the Ascension; was tasked with taking care of Mary; and was privy to the final revelation of Jesus Christ. Matthew’s black garment occupies the exact center of the painting. This “void” is surrounded by the arms and heads of Matthew, Mark and the angel. The Evangelists’ eyes stare intently at the angel. Being in the center of the work, my eyes tended to go there first. Because they are looking at something, my eyes follow theirs. After hitting the angel’s face, I then follow the line of his pointing arm down to the Book, the real focus of the painting. So then, this painting is about the Christian belief that the Bible is “God-breathed”, that the human authors were told what to write by the Holy Spirit. Rubens then focuses this idea. Rubens shows us the biography of Jesus being written, the central figure of the Christian Bible. This work is about one of the most fundamental teachings of Christianity: the divine origins of the Bible.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:30 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 09:31 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 09:31 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: henry at March 04, 2020 09:31 AM (JMDly)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 09:32 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 04, 2020 09:32 AM (MU2MU)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 09:32 AM (axyOa)
Mounds of Peter Paul.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2020 09:32 AM (zBaqJ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 04, 2020 09:32 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (m45I2)
John, Paul, Pete, George, and Ringo?
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (SUJyY)
Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (B7KlG)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (PkVlr)
John, Paul, Pete, George, and Ringo?
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (bN4Ss)
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Deloris Van Cartier, sit down and shut up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (JUOKG)
heh
Posted by: Bumblebee at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (SUJyY)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (PyhP9)
John, Paul, Pete, George, and Ringo?
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (bN4Ss)
Pete was the Best Beatle
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (+y/Ru)
This could use a restoration. The shellac has darkened.
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (lbYzk)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (SUJyY)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (lbYzk)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (JUOKG)
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Hold my pollen.
Posted by: A Bumblebee at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (XVuno)
Why no paintings of Saul before he was Paul?
Paul was the undisputed GDOAT, yes?
(Greatest Disciple of All Time)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:36 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:34 AM (JUOKG)
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Note the small JATO units on his back.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:37 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:37 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 04, 2020 09:37 AM (lbYzk)
Pete was the Best Beatle
Posted by: rhennigantx
That's like being the tallest midget.
I hate f*cking midgets.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:37 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (T6t7i)
This could use a restoration. The shellac has darkened.
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:35 AM (gmo/4)
Top right. Follow John's line of sight.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (lbYzk)
And it's odd that only John of the men is clean-shaven. In Jesus' time, there were certainly barbers, sharp knives, and oil if not soap, but the combination might not have been available to common people as easily as today. It's understandable that men would grow beards as a matter of course. Still, it makes John stand out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (Ejm1K)
I am surprised that has not been forced to change.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (bN4Ss)
I hate f*cking midgets.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip
so that's a no to midget pron?
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (FZYNt)
I pretty much don't like paintings that are all allegory.
And I wouldn't sit on a live ox nor less a live lion.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (wzVKm)
Posted by: Mordineus at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (VDWU6)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 09:39 AM (PkVlr)
Johnny Come Lately - a limerick
A fine Gospel tableau, quite arty!
Of a writers' group, healthy and hearty
Matthew, Mark & Luke
All share a rebuke
For John (who was late to the party).
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 09:39 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 09:33 AM (m45I2)
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If only Disney had done this with its Star Wars sequels it might have come up with a coherent trilogy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:39 AM (XVuno)
> Peter was worst disciple.
Yeah, well, it's not called the Throne of St. Paul in the Vatican, now, is it?
Posted by: Peter the Pope at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (lbYzk)
Posted by: Nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 09:39 AM (PkVlr)
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And European angels are non-migratory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (OyyDO)
Thanks Kris!
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (6XlcD)
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (CMq2e)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Gref at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (AMIL/)
Yep.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 04, 2020
*
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"Dear and glorious physician."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (Ejm1K)
Today, the Roman empire is long gone, but the Throne of St. Peter is seated in Rome.
I am not Catholic, but I take that as a powerful message.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 09:41 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:41 AM (XVuno)
Btw, which of you dickweeds was socking count dracula on JJ's thread?
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 04, 2020 09:41 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Peter the Pope at March 04, 2020 09:40 AM (lbYzk)
Solid as a rock, baby!
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM (SUJyY)
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM (Izzlo)
John better look out; that beak is awfully close.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM (SUJyY)
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What do you mean? An African or European angel?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM
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African or European angel?
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Saint David of the French at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (qaSBO)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (lwiT4)
I toured the Sistine Chapel while it was under renovation. The unrestored portion looks like we now expect old religiously-themed art to look, dark and murky. The restored part almost looked like a comic strip by comparison. I've seen the completed job now in pictures, and it's definitely an improvement, but it was a really jarring contrast and required a mental recalibration of what it "should" look like.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (T6t7i)
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And not only the throne. There's also an ottoman and two very nice end tables.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (XVuno)
I think the second Mark is supposed to be Luke.
Very educational, Kris. Thank you!
Posted by: Ann at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (jDtBh)
But I wonder if it could also represent the Acts of the Apostles, also written by Luke? It wasn't considered a Gospel, so it should be represented differently from them. Just a thought...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Gref, a Mel Brooks fan at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (AMIL/)
Today, the Roman empire is long gone, but the Throne of St. Peter is seated in Rome.
I am not Catholic, but I take that as a powerful message.
Posted by: blaster
AANNNNNNNNDDDDDDD -
The Pope drives a Popemobile and the Romans ride vespas !
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Ann at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (jDtBh)
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And not only the throne. There's also an ottoman and two very nice end tables.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (XVuno)
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They'd be nicer if they matched, but...well...Kurt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (zZbCU)
Rome put Jesus to death (yeah, I know, their hands were forced).
Ann Wroe's biography of Pilate is interesting, if necessarily speculative, reading. Other scholarship has come out that indicates Pilate wasn't the star-crossed accomplice, but that he was actually a shrewd, hard, capable governor whose hand wouldn't have been forced much, and who undertook Christ's execution somewhat more gamely than has been previously depicted.
The Wroe bio is a pretty interesting read.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 09:44 AM (qXNVo)
Today, the Roman empire is long gone, but the Throne of St. Peter is seated in Rome.
I am not Catholic, but I take that as a powerful message.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 09:41 AM (9VeU0)
Christ conquered Rome.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at March 04, 2020 09:45 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:45 AM (gmo/4)
Today, the Roman empire is long gone, but the Throne of St. Peter is seated in Rome.
I am not Catholic, but I take that as a powerful message.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 09:41 AM (9VeU0)
Christ conquered Rome.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at March 04, 2020 09:45 AM (hLRSq)
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Next target: Ottawa.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:45 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 09:46 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:46 AM (VpIIl)
And it's odd that only John of the men is clean-shaven. In Jesus' time, there were certainly barbers, sharp knives, and oil if not soap, but the combination might not have been available to common people as easily as today. It's understandable that men would grow beards as a matter of course. Still, it makes John stand out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 09:38 AM (Ejm1K)
John will almost always be depicted as beardless (there are exceptions). He was thought to be the youngest of the Twelve. He lived into the AD 90s, so it's thought he was a young man during Jesus ministry. The easiest way to show this is without a beard as it makes him look very young. In a lot of art, it can make him look female. This is why some people think that's Mary Magdalene sitting next to Jesus in Leonardo's "Last Supper". It's not. That's John the Beloved.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 09:47 AM (OyyDO)
Outside of Berlin. Kind of a mini-Versailles. It was hard to get to before the Wall came down, but it was and is a nice little visit.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 09:47 AM (oTMWb)
Vespas are the only way to get around in Rome. You don't see the Pope taking joy rides.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 04, 2020 09:48 AM (wzVKm)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:49 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Gref, a Mel Brooks fan at March 04, 2020 09:49 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 09:49 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 09:49 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Marcus T
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It's all to sway the sheeple, they don't even believe their own bullshit.
Posted by: Guzalot at March 04, 2020 09:49 AM (prSvo)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:45 AM (gmo/4)
And you shall cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with...these five loaves and two fish!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (zZbCU)
Now the Sanhedrin manipulated Pilate (and tried it with Herod) in order to accomplish their murder scheme with clean hands. But you can't hide from God.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Marcus T
And when the market goes back down??
Orangemanbad
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 09:51 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 09:51 AM (Boy/L)
Pilate was fully complicit in the death of Jesus Christ. There is no other way to read that history. Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:50 AM (VpIIl)
There are as many ways to "read" any historical event as there are witnesses to the event itself.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (u4/yY)
Posted by: Guzalot at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (prSvo)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:46 AM (VpIIl)
...but you can fool all the democrats all of the time. Man, those guys are dumb. -- A. Lincoln
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (gmo/4)
John's mission statement.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (lwiT4)
I enjoy looking at these paintings, but just as a painting.
I don't know the whys and wherefores behind them
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (VpIIl)
John better look out; that beak is awfully close.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 09:43 AM (Ejm1K)
Bald eagles are American animals. Europeans would probably use golden eagles.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Marcus T
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It's not just some. It's all over cnbc and msnbc.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
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Stayed in Little Rock last night and was compelled to watch NBC at breakfast this morning at the hotel.
I swear they write this crap for a 3rd grade intellect. USA Today is for 2nd graders. They need to supply crayons with it.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2020 09:54 AM (PyhP9)
Posted by: Zod
Untrue! There's no doubt that Gavrilo Princip buried Kennedy in the Giants endzone.
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 04, 2020 09:54 AM (T6t7i)
Yep. One would think that his editor would've gotten to him--the man is routinely mocked in national press for his retarded, one-trick-pony column; NYT's ideology may be well established, but he's really an embarassment.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 09:54 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:46 AM (VpIIl)
What's more amazing is that when President Trump suggested that part of what was hurting the markets was Sanders strong showing and the MFM shrieking that markets don't move on primaries are now claiming the market is up because Biden looks to be the Dem nominee
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 09:54 AM (Un9AW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (axyOa)
lol. Democrats are now claiming Biden is Trump cryptonite. The
"argument" is that Biden can claim this is the Obama Economy and call
bullshit on Trump.
Please. Help. Can't. Breath.
What did you expect? They've got to keep the delusion going in order to avoid a psychotic break.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: DEMOCRATI ITE DOMUM at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (KXJp2)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 09:46 AM (VpIIl)
+++++++++++++
There is probably something to that, actually. Not the wishcasting part, but the "Biden did well yesterday" part.
Sanders is an outright expropriating communist. As he continues to win primaries, the odds of his nomination increase. As the odds of his nomination increase, the odds of his election to the presidency increase. There is nothing more destructive to the current business environment than the specter of a Sanders administration. Coronavirus, the debt load, the medical overhang, environmental regulation - all of it is chump change compared to a communist with a mandate and big plans.
So in some respects, Biden's surge is probably generally helpful for a jittery market because his surge reduces the odds of the worst-case scenario. He is by no means a best-case (or even a mediocre-case) scenario, but he is so much better than the guaranteed destruction that Sanders will bring that there may well be some sighs of relief on the Street.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 09:56 AM (I2dne)
[Anyone know the patron saint of cat herders?]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (axyOa)
I will be your Cyrano de Bergerac of art.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM (OyyDO)
All this talk about Greasy Joe have a heart, etc. is baloney dreamed up by the left to make him seem sympathetic. I've watched this douche my entire adult life and he is a stupid, vicious, arrogant, lying blunt instrument. He is at BEST a mediocrity. The Left can churn out this drivel but I don't have to play along.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM (VNfwt)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (0O7c5)
That "victory speech" was painful to watch....where was he at?
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM (X/Pw5)
Biden totally prepared for full broadside.
You've got some suspension of disbelief on your chin, man.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
They were sore afraid.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:58 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (JRaU+)
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (AXS9h)
Tank orders a dozen pizzas
for breakfast
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (rpxSz)
If you folks can't handle a 100 comment rule then I can certainly change that to a 150 comment rule. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2020 09:56 AM (dLLD6)
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." -- Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo
Posted by: Tuco at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
They were sore afraid.
Posted by: Insomniac
And we have the top of the order coming up next inning
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)
All this talk about Greasy Joe have a heart,
etc. is baloney dreamed up by the left to make him seem sympathetic.
I've watched this douche my entire adult life and he is a stupid,
vicious, arrogant, lying blunt instrument. He is at BEST a mediocrity.
The Left can churn out this drivel but I don't have to play along.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 09:57 AM---
Plus if he wins the nomination, Trump can play that video of him over and over in ads admitting to the quid pro quo thing with Ukraine.
That will make heads explode all over the place.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)
It's worse than that. Someone put maple syrup on his French toast.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
They were only 2 1/2 games back at the all star break.
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (6mvRv)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (JRaU+)
Dallas talk radio is comparing his speech last night to Howard Dean's epic freak out.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 09:55 AM (AXS9h)
Tank orders a dozen pizzas
for breakfast
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 09:59 AM (rpxSz)
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It's second breakfast. She already had the first.
She's looking forward to elevensies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 09:52 AM (u4/yY)"
Let Me know when you find that guy who said Pilate was a good person just doing his job.
I never really understood the argument, nor found the historical evidence to absolve Pilate of anything but complicity. It's like watching guys take direct lethal fire and only calling in the CASEVAC.
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (wetnX)
Thanks CBD. I do enjoy this daily respite.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (lwiT4)
Now they are like he is the savior of mankind!
Yeah, how did his program to cure cancer go?
They have some cognitive dissonance to work out.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (OyyDO)
Not only are his candy bars great, but his sandwich is awesome!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9wmyx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (NWiLs)
Oh.......shit.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Just got a directive from corporate:
Effective immediately:
There will be no further international business travel until further notice without explicit officer approval.
Employees are NOT to attend in-person business gatherings with greater than 100 persons in the meeting room.
Employees are to avoid domestic business air travel unless mission critical, and are recommended to avoid any other personal domestic air travel.
Employees with symptoms of fever, cough, sneezing, or respiratory symptoms including shortness of breath are required to work from home and may return to the work site or office after medical clearance.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (C+We0)
Not only are his candy bars great, but his sandwich is awesome!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9wmyx)
Was this before or after he was caught whacking it in a porn theater?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Now they are like he is the savior of mankind!
Yeah, how did his program to cure cancer go?
They have some cognitive dissonance to work out.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9VeU0)
==========
He's an old stupid liar in obvious mental decline from the short perch he already occupied.
He's neck deep in obvious corruption in the Ukraine.
He had no accomplishments for his decades in the Senate, was chosen as Obama's VP because he made Obama look good, and he did not hing as Obama's VP other than star in memes.
This is wish casting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
I kept waiting for the scream.
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM (X/Pw5)
100 person rule?
Is this a directive from CBD?
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: klaftern at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (RuIsu)
Not only are his candy bars great, but his sandwich is awesome!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9wmyx)
Was this before or after he was caught whacking it in a porn theater?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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During.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (zZbCU)
And the MFM will run with those lies from now till November. And what's worse is how many dolts will believe it
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (Un9AW)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (Uu+Jp)
No.
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (nRWPy)
==========
You may take our lives, but you'll never take my hatred of the Dutch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (zZbCU)
When was Rubens knighted, and by whom? It's news to me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (6rS3m)
We've got green things popping up in the front flower bed. It's officially spring
Those are zombies.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (T6t7i)
++++++++++++++
That tracks with my company's guidance, but my company has a mandatory self-quarantine and work-from-home for two weeks if sick. International travel to East Asia or Italy is forbidden, period. Travel within China is forbidden, period. Chinese offices remain closed, with employees working from home. Any other international travel requires SVP-level approval. Domestic travel requires VP-level approval.
If there's a silver lining, I guess the travel budgets are going to be in great shape for this half...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (NWiLs)
Jesus was Motocross? Or SUPERcross?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)
No.
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (nRWPy)
==========
You may take our lives, but you'll never take my hatred of the Dutch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I thought it was a fear of xylophones
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (UvJJq)
Boss, I think I have a cough!
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (n/eZB)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (C+We0)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (Uu+Jp)
============
The little I've seen of everyday Democrats is a mixture of the different stages of grief.
They know Biden's a terrible candidate, but he's not Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (zZbCU)
100 person rule?
Is this a directive from CBD?
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:02 AM
If there wasn't a patron saint for cat herders, there will be soon.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (axyOa)
[paraphrase from corporate email: NO TRAVEL! THE VIRUS IS GOING TO KILL US ALL!!!]
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (C+We0)
My company isn't *quite* there yet but... now they're telling us quarantines are a good idea? and closed borders?
Ftards.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (4eOZZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (zZbCU)
Woah....THAT'S impressive.....
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (H5knJ)
another sign of Joementum
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (NWiLs)
Oh.......shit.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
************
Hahahahaha.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:05 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (9wmyx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 09:53 AM (NWiLs)
Jesus was Motocross? Or SUPERcross?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)
And Jesus turned to the multitude and said "Peace! Be Stihl!"
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (NWiLs)
If there's a silver lining, I guess the travel budgets are going to be in great shape for this half...
The upside is that many businesses will discover how little they get for all those travel expenses, and cut it way back.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (T6t7i)
I never really understood the argument, nor found the historical
evidence to absolve Pilate of anything but complicity. It's like
watching guys take direct lethal fire and only calling in the CASEVAC. Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (wetnX)
I haven't seen anyone "absolve" Pilate of anything. I'm certainly not; in fact, my post suggested that he took rather more enthusiastically to the job than many allow.
How about I let you know when I find "that guy" who claims with anything approaching historical certitude to have heard Pilate say anything, "good person doing a job" or otherwise.
Posted by: Tuco at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (qXNVo)
Is this a directive from CBD?
Posted by: Bruce
Yeah.
Cantcha hear the tap-tap-tapping of da BANhammer ?
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (T6t7i)
+++++++++++
I would be fine with that. I have taken many business trips. I'd call something like 10%-15% of them "worth it."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020
*
*
If he lived into the 90s and was, say, 20 when Jesus was crucified in about AD 30, that gave him a good long run for those days, about age 80. Naturally, though, it was infant mortality and violence that got you in those days. If you survived that, you'd probably sand a good chance of making it to 80, even then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (Ejm1K)
We fully expect as this situation progresses that we may need to escalate our domestic travel restrictions.
Really.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (C+We0)
I guess I should have taken some art history. A picture is worth a thousand words, if you know the language.
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (veJcn)
sneezing, or respiratory symptoms including shortness of breath are
required to work from home and may return to the work site or office
after medical clearance.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (C+We0)
I wouldn't panic until corporate starts handing out NBC gear...
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (gmo/4)
Mark wishes this confab would wrap up soon so he could get on with taking a shower.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (pNxlR)
The little I've seen of everyday Democrats is a mixture of the different stages of grief.
They know Biden's a terrible candidate, but he's not Trump.
But they think he means they'll at least keep the House. They may be right, who knows.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: pep
They'll double up on worthless meetings
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (vd8XM)
A chainsaw? Your spell-checker should work for Joe Biden.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (Zo1XC)
No.
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (nRWPy)
I thought she was great when she was swinging the sword. Hell of a warrior!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (oVJmc)
No.
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:03 AM (nRWPy)
"When you see the new neighbors stoning their women for sneezing on a Tuesday, you pay them no never mind. They are foreigners, with customs and practices different from ours."
--Quotes that Atticus Finch probably didn't say
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (6rS3m)
I would be fine with that. I have taken many business trips. I'd call something like 10%-15% of them "worth it."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (I2dne)
Honestly, I'd have my numbers up around 80%.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Naw. Every agent writes their own 302, then compare.
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (veJcn)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: klaftern at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (RuIsu)
The US conducted an airstrike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who were actively attacking an #ANDSF checkpoint. This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack. This was our 1st strike against the Taliban in 11 days.
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The peace was nice while it lasted.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: LizLem
Could he paint titubas ?
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (u4/yY)
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (ZLI7S)
I never really understood the argument, nor found the historical evidence to absolve Pilate of anything but complicity. It's like watching guys take direct lethal fire and only calling in the CASEVAC.
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (wetnX)
Well, Pilate is a guy who claimed that he was a good person just doing his job.
He said:
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Sure, it was self-serving. And also - Pilate ordering Jesus' crucifixion was part of God's plan.
So that's where it comes from.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (9VeU0)
The little I've seen of everyday Democrats is a mixture of the different stages of grief.
They know Biden's a terrible candidate, but he's not Trump.
But they think he means they'll at least keep the House. They may be right, who knows.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:07 AM (T6t7i)
============
All it'll take is for 2/3 of the freshman Democrats from Trump districts who swore up and down that they wouldn't support impeachment and then voted for impeachment a few times to lose their seats while not delivering anything on health care.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM (Ejm1K)
++++++++++++++
Yeah, walking through a pre-industrial cemetery is enlightening. Lots of kids and old people but very few people in their teens through sixties, and lots of people older than their sixties. Most of the young and middle-aged were accidents.
If you made it out of childhood, you had a very good shot of making it a goodly while. The life expectancy at birth was probably the early forties, but life expectancy at age 12 was probably the mid sixties.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (I2dne)
I actually would hang this in my kitchen where most paperwork in my household is accomplished with the animals at my feet and hope for divine intervention in some financial or social matters. j/k
Not what we usually think of Rubens.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:09 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (VNfwt)
Vote early. Vote often. Vote Biden!
- the great unbiased American Media.
Posted by: Case at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (vZWaV)
Posted by: Disillusionist at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (Xf9v/)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (VNfwt)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (rpxSz)
A game the whole family can play!
"It was only a .22. If I'da shot that rabid dog in the street with my AR, he'da come apart like a ripe wassamellyon."
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (qXNVo)
Not only are his candy bars great, but his sandwich is awesome!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:01 AM (9wmyx)
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Meh. Vermeer painted AND made high quality tree chippers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (XVuno)
Or 50 Chinese.
Because two Wongs make a...
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (oVJmc)
Are foreigners more or less likely to have in-house relatives who have recently been out of country?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (nRWPy)
I'll admit I got it because of the "ova" and a guess about "virent." Didn't know "perna."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (Ejm1K)
Rubens could do more than paint voluptuous fat bottomed girls
He knew, though, that they make this rockin' world go 'round.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski
If the hook is more than four feet off the ground, he'll have to get the butler to do it.
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (arJlL)
Barack Obama hardest hit. This is the crisis he was born to lead!
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (f6lTY)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (qXNVo)
********
Now you're just Poulan my leg.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (m45I2)
I'll admit I got it because of the "ova" and a guess about "virent." Didn't know "perna."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (Ejm1K)
++++++++++
"Green eggs and ham?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (VNfwt)
Is he?
I called that yesterday.
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Disillusionist at March 04, 2020 10:10 AM (Xf9v/)
I thought Jimmy Buffet wrote that?
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (Izzlo)
The upside is that many businesses will discover how little they get for all those travel expenses, and cut it way back.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:06 AM
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But will they act on that to make those savings permanent?
The VA does that all of the time. They make my wife travel to the VA in Dallas which is a four hour round trip if you can avoid rush hour on either end constantly for "meetings" or for her to give supervisor training.
She wastes an entire day for a one or two hour meeting when they could just do a video conference and let her work the other 6 hours at her actual job instead of traveling back and forth. The have video conferencing equipment here at the VA in Bonham with people trained to set it up.
To me that's criminal waste of government $$$.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (JUOKG)
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Participating in Muslim Capitol Day with Palestinian Islamic Jihad Convict Hatem Fariz
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Hate 'em, huh? Well, I guess his mama knew what to name him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:08 AM
Some hears ago, USC and UCLA played a conference game with no fans. If memory serves it was scheduled over a holiday and it was also some psych major's thesis project or some such thing.
Players said it was odd at first but as they got into the game it didn't matter. A lot more personal though. You could talk to your opponent.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (axyOa)
I'll admit I got it because of the "ova" and a guess about "virent." Didn't know "perna."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (Ejm1K)
++++++++++
"Green eggs and ham?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:12 AM (I2dne)
That would've been my guess. Stated in the form of a question, of course.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2020 10:13 AM (4eOZZ)
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (f6lTY)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BeYX8)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (veJcn)
angel, it's really a winged man. All the genii are winged, although
Rubens eliminates them on the ox and lion because he can. They are
borrowed from Ezekiel's (?) vision of the throne of heaven and the four
beasts that guard the Throne of God. These symbols are seen everywhere
in Mesopotamia and Egypt. They represent the four major classifications
of animals (from an ancient POV): Ox-domesticated beasts, Lion-wild
beasts, eagle-flying animals, Man. These are also the dominant animals
of these groups--the "kings" of the beasts, and Man is king of them all.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM
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Why does God need a guard?
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (JUOKG)
I keep waiting for the gay mafia to put forth the theory that Jesus was gay and John the beloved was his partner. So far if they are it is not taking. Maybe mayor Pete can help spread the good news.
*looks nervously at sky to see if lightning clouds form above me*
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BDZWU)
How do these explanations come about? There are so many hidden meanings within art, how does one figure/find out this information?
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (a4qVe)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Solid as Iraq!
/arresteddevelopment
Posted by: trev006 at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (Eqkqm)
But it's like my confusion in 2018. How could you, as a voter, fill the box in for Beto against Cruz, then, on the SAME BALLOT, fill in the box for Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick?
Fucking Schizophrenic voting public.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (f6lTY)
From the 12 year olds at Yahoo: Super Tuesday shows how Biden could beat Trump. The MFM is very giddy today thinking a guy who can't tell the difference between his wife and sister is a shoe in for the White House
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (kw5n8)
where I work the response is to send out emails and post instructions on how to wash hands on bathroom doors.
I think the executive suite is in level 4 biohazard lockdown though.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (6rS3m)
I'll admit I got it because of the "ova" and a guess about "virent." Didn't know "perna."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM (Ejm1K)
++++++++++
"Green eggs and ham?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020
*
*
That's it! I checked in my Latin dictionary after, and "perna" is indeed "ham" (though "pig" is "porcus," and "of pigs" is "suilli," hence "Suidae"). "Virent" comes from the word that gives us "verdant" and "viridical."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (oVJmc)
+++++++++++++
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to direct domestic affairs.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
He's still going to run the commercials though, right?
Oh please tell me he's still going to run the commercials!!
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
And make Tank Abrams his first lady and it will tip over fer sure !
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (VNfwt)
No love for me?
Posted by: The theoretical 'Q' gospel source at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Cd8NC)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (6rS3m)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Bruce at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (vd8XM)
reusable engine filter and cabin filter as opposed to replacing them
every so many miles?
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BDZWU)
They already have a reusable air filter Kan N. Been around for years.
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (oVJmc)
But it's like my confusion in 2018. How could you, as a voter, fill
the box in for Beto against Cruz, then, on the SAME BALLOT, fill in the
box for Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick?
Fucking Schizophrenic voting public.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM
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Single race voters that rely on name recognition for the rest of the ballot would be my guess.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (JUOKG)
We fully expect as this situation progresses that we may need to escalate our domestic travel restrictions.
:-( - - "Damn!" < = Mini Mike
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (Ejm1K)
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Yeah, that construction looks like "verde" or "verdant." Based on that guess and "ova" it is fairly easy to fill in the blank on "perna" though I had no idea (didn't know "virent" either, but it looks like a cognate to romance words for "green"). How many famous children's book have "egg" in the title?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (I2dne)
Fucking Schizophrenic voting public.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Some of the Texas Horde told us the Bush Crime Family doesn't like Cruz.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (y7DUB)
Never, ever turn your back on a Luxembourger.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:16 AM (Boy/L)
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Those Lexemourgers are fine on their own, individually. It's the Monacans you have to watch out for. Can't trust a one of 'em.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (nRWPy)
I sensed a disturbance in the force. As if thousands of television account execs cried out at once.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BeYX
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The next question is for Warren. Is she working for the establishment or not? It's obvious she's siphoning votes from Sanders. If she stays in, its obvious she's doing the DNC's bidding.
Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (veJcn)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020
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Maybe if the filters are very expensive, or you plan to keep the car a very long time, or both. But most filters today are pretty cheap. Going reusable won't save you from the labor of removing and replacing them; they'll still have to be taken out and cleaned.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (gmo/4)
Trump tweeted that it was $700 million. Who knows, maybe $800 million by the time he winds everything down, but at least he quit *after* Super Tuesday.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (Zo1XC)
Well, I think the takeaway is that Mini Mike will now be completely funding Biden.... That's certainly not good.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (axyOa)
Eh, he bought a lot of influence and will continue to. I have a feeling he will help prop up the floundering Biden coffers now, but for a steep price. Because that is how the swamp runs.
Someone asked a Bernie acolyte on UPR how he can claim to be the party of the little guy when his campaign is flush with more cash than Biden. I will give her credit, she spun it really well.
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: Remodern America at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (mXG82)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Izzlo)
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They'll be Bloomberg commercials, but they'll be promoting Biden.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Uu+Jp)
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It depends on people knowing Biden's name, knowing that he looks affable/"politician handsome," and knowing nothing else about Biden.
Trump will definitely help to dismantle this ploy, but he might got the chance - Sanders might go for a "Biden is a corrupt scumbag" gambit first.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (G0vdT)
Will she court Bloomberg for some of those sweet, sweet billions?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lieawatha at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Miinnfidel at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (lBeMA)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (Orx/W)
$500 million seems like a steep price to humiliate yourself. Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (ZLI7S)
His pride will demand that he blows it off like it's no big deal, just a pittance. History will continue laughing.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: The theoretical 'Q' gospel source at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Cd8NC)
Go back to pestering Captain Picard. He has it coming.
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (Izzlo)
Radio is telling me to avoid xenophobia
Don't you dare to tell me how I should treat those filthy icebacks and sneaky Walloons!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (pNxlR)
Shoe in is what Biden does when he talks
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (6rS3m)
Tell that to my phone. You know when I type in president the next words that show up are Barack and Obama. I've got a commie phone
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (kw5n8)
Posted by: FrodoB, because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (veJcn)
Second infraction. I have my eye on him!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (dLLD6)
reusable engine filter and cabin filter as opposed to replacing them
every so many miles?
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020
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Maybe if the filters are very expensive, or you plan to keep the car
a very long time, or both. But most filters today are pretty cheap.
Going reusable won't save you from the labor of removing and replacing
them; they'll still have to be taken out and cleaned.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM
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Stick with regular filters and use Amazon to buy them. They beat everyone's price and if you are Prime you get it shipped free and usually the next day. Plus if you order the wrong one, you can send it back for free.
That's where I get all of mine.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2020 10:18 AM (G0vdT)
I don't think it matters. With Bloomie dropping out (and he had to, his performance yesterday was humiliating) the race is over. Biden is the nominee.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Rusty at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Uu+Jp)
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It depends on people knowing Biden's name, knowing that he looks affable/"politician handsome," and knowing nothing else about Biden.
Trump will definitely help to dismantle this ploy, but he might got the chance - Sanders might go for a "Biden is a corrupt scumbag" gambit first.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:19 AM (I2dne)
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I fully trust the data machine that is the Trump campaign to spend it's mounds of cash defining Biden as a corrupt, stupid, creep who says vaguely racist things all the time through micro-targeted advertising to various Democratic client groups for the next eight months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (zZbCU)
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall Dr. Seuss ever specifying what color the ham was. It was Green Eggs and Ham. Not Green Eggs and Green ham.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (2PXwn)
Posted by: BluesFish at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (D0t2R)
This is Democrats candidate. A weird serial sniffer.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Diogenes
The answer is Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Chuck Norris at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (VNfwt)
Cancelling March madness due to a virus is racist!!
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (UvJJq)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:17 AM (Izzlo)
I heard this morning that he bought another $7 million in commercials in Michigan. Whoever is running his campaign must be taking him to the cleaners
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (kw5n8)
Right up to the moment where he's not.
That guy cannot do a full campaign.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (Qf83p)
In the illustrations the ham is green.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: steevy at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (KNsKs)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S)
the establishment will give her more cash and promises
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2020 at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (6XlcD)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (nRWPy)
angel, it's really a winged man. All the genii are winged, although
Rubens eliminates them on the ox and lion because he can. They are
borrowed from Ezekiel's (?) vision of the throne of heaven and the four
beasts that guard the Throne of God. These symbols are seen everywhere
in Mesopotamia and Egypt. They represent the four major classifications
of animals (from an ancient POV): Ox-domesticated beasts, Lion-wild
beasts, eagle-flying animals, Man. These are also the dominant animals
of these groups--the "kings" of the beasts, and Man is king of them all.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:11 AM
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Why does God need a guard?
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (JUOKG)
It's allegory. In Ezekiel's vision, God is trying to make visible something no human can envision nor understand. People were/are used to kings/emperors having guards around their thrones, so God showed it that way. He is trying to relate to finite humanity. He uses what we are familiar with. God used Mesopotamian imagery A LOT in the Hebrew Testament. It's why Jesus's parables work so well, too.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Diogenes
DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE!!!!!!
You'll spread the Coronavirus!!
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S)
the establishment will give her more cash and promises
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (rpxSz)
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They should try fire water and beads.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (zZbCU)
Turns out he should have run against Biden and Bernie.
Hadn't thought of that, but you're right.
Man, talk about a burn rate. Just incinerating money.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (n/eZB)
Posted by: josephistan at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Izzlo)
EVANGELIST: Well, I kinda thought....
ANGEL: THOU SHALT NOT PUT A COMMA THERE.
EVANGELIST: Geez, fine.
Anyway, it's an interesting piece that doesn't really grab me but I'm distracted by a snoot full of meetings and people throwing work at me. How dare I be expected to work at work. But we've made it to Wednesday so take heart.
Posted by: Ana at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (Qf83p)
In the illustrations the ham is green.
Posted by: Insomniac
I rest my case!
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
let the dubbing begin
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Case at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (vZWaV)
How do these explanations come about? There are so many hidden meanings within art, how does one figure/find out this information?
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (a4qVe)
It's study of cultures and looking at a lot of art. Iconography was my favorite part, tho, so I paid extra special attention to those lessons.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (OyyDO)
Man, talk about a burn rate. Just incinerating money.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (n/eZB)
He's still worth 82 billion after it's all said and done. He'll make this money back in 6 months.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: long bong at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (B+t5k)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March
thunderstick
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (HALdu)
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM (2PXwn)
Yeah, if only there was someone who cold enforce campaign finance laws.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
let the dubbing begin
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:23 AM (rpxSz)
Girl you know it's
*pop*
Girl you know it's
*pop*
Girl you know it's
*pop*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Chuck Norris at March 04, 2020 10:21 AM
On the Gun Thread they talk of 45s and 9mm's but the room goes silent when someone mentions Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (6XlcD)
I'm an expert, I read that to my kids approximately 5 kajillion times.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! (DlsPn) at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:24 AM (6XlcD)
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His whole, "I'm running to November no matter what" shtick was just talking past the sale of the nomination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: MSM at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: josephistan
Soylent Virent is people! It's people!
Posted by: Chuck Heston at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (VNfwt)
I'm an expert, I read that to my kids approximately 5 kajillion times.
Posted by: Circa
It's evergreen.
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:25 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Oxford at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (xSo9G)
But it's like my confusion in 2018. How could you, as a voter, fill the box in for Beto against Cruz, then, on the SAME BALLOT, fill in the box for Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick?
Fucking Schizophrenic voting public.......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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What was he angered about? Was there a particular candidate that was chosen by the Republicans that he was upset about?
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Muldoon
Dude, are you unfamiliar with the distributive property?
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (T6t7i)
Yes!
You gotta win the AFC before you can play the NFC champ in the Super Bowl.
Stupid wasteful campaign. Both Biden and Burny were easy knock offs. Plenty of awkward videos for each.
Just proof that being a billionaire doesn't mean you're smart.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (9wmyx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo--
Good idea. I don't trust him. (Eyes silverware)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (veJcn)
Does Susan Collins have "concerns" over Ratcliff yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 29, 2020
I was just a couple of days ahead of events...
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: I Have Questions at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (BvNzB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (kw5n
I have always believed that Bloomberg was never in to be competitive for President. Not competing in the first 4 contests was a technique. Not a good one.
The zillions of dollars he spent filled the coffers of the Dem-Media Industrial complex so they can coast through the next 8 months. Conveniently bypassing any campaign finance rules.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (6XlcD)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (m45I2)
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Yes, I noticed this, too. There is syntactic ambiguity in the original title. It can be inferred as "Green eggs and (regular) ham" or as "Green eggs and (green) ham."
The Jeopardy question writers clearly interpreted it as the latter. I don't know that this is wrong because the source material is ambiguous.
This reminds me of a practice question for the CO standardized tests that I got wrong and I fought the teacher on it. The question was to rewrite the statement properly.
Statement: "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking it."
Answers:
A. "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking the table."
B. "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking the glass."
C. "Joe set the glass down on the table, and it broke."
D. {something clearly wrong}
I chose "C" and got the answer wrong. When I asked why, the teacher told me that the point of the question was that the original statement was ambiguous, and so it had to be disambiguated and that either "A" *or* "B" would be considered correct. I argued that without adequate context, you couldn't assert which one was correct, and that the only to ensure the original meaning in its wider context was retained was to pick an equally ambiguous alternative, so long as it was correct. He said that he agreed with me, but that was not how the test was scored and I should just answer the question correctly to get my points.
So I did, but I hated it to the point that I still remember it.
And this is how you end up with "Green Eggs and Green Ham."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (I2dne)
"Greena eggas and hamma"
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020
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Ah, that woulda been too easy!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (XVuno)
One of the last lines in the script of "Casa Bloomberg" --
"We'll always have American Samoa ..."
** Bloomie stands on tip-toe and juuuuust manages to tuck Tulsi under her chin **
** fade to partially eaten pizza on a plate **
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (pNxlR)
Right up to the moment where he's not.
That guy cannot do a full campaign.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM (Boy/L)
We can only hope. But based on past experience, I think we now enter the stage where Burnie folds like a cheap lawn chair.
Burnie has been a sad joke politician his entire life. Shame on our medie for elevating a sad joke up to this level; but past hype doesn't change what he really is. He's nothing, he's weak, and he's an idiot. That's not the kind of man who fights back.
Joe isn't much either, but the party apparatus has chosen him, so that's who we're fighting. Them plus most of the bureaucracy plus all of the MSM, including Fox.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (Kpl3J)
Mini Mike is throwing in the mini towel
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (kw5n8)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (6XlcD)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (Qf83p)
He hasn't done anything notable since Harry Potter, and his performance there wasn't anything special.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: josephistan
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I'll take 'Jeopardy', for $500, Alex.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (xSo9G)
Yeah his campaign team and ad team reminds me of the Mandela Funeral signer. They got paid a lot but clearly didn't know what the hell they were doing. Spent a ton of money on just stupid awful crap.
Its kind of shocking how bad most super rich people are at pretty much everything except what made them rich. Trump seems an exception, somehow.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (KZzsI)
Joe isn't much either, but the party apparatus has chosen him, so that's who we're fighting. Them plus most of the bureaucracy plus all of the MSM, including Fox.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2020 10:27 AM (Kpl3J)
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"I AM A STRONG MAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ALL THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED...OH SHIT!"
*ducks when a small child reaches for his microphone*
-Bernie Sanders
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (m45I2)
Sorry, it's Green Eggs and Ham, not Green Eggs, and Ham. Therefore, due to proper grammar and punctuation and crap, the ham is green also.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: steevy at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (KNsKs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (HALdu)
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BDZWU)
My gut feeling is no. Go with the disposable paper elements.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (KL3tU)
Yup... Fox was orgasmic over Joe last night... Except Brit Hume... He said he was unfit to be President
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (6XlcD)
So, his costs will continue to go up. That's a lot of months. We won't know for w while yet how much he paid for that Samoan delegate.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (qaSBO)
Posted by: josephistan
Soylent Virent is people! It's people!
Posted by: Chuck Heston at March 04, 2020
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The perna-ment question.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (Ejm1K)
Right up to the moment where he's not.
That guy cannot do a full campaign.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2020 10:22 AM
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Neither could hillary. There were times in September and October where she had absolutely nothing on her schedule for one and two week periods of time when she should have been out campaigning, doing rallies or making fund raising appearances but the media covered for her, just like they will do with biden.
If joe wins the nod, he will most likely have a "bollard" moment just like hillary did.
I am convinced that moment more than anything else sealed her defeat and it will do the same to biden.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (JUOKG)
my German grandmother would have called him a kelbel
it's some kinda yiddish, I think
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (Qf83p)
What was he angered about? Was there a particular candidate that was chosen by the Republicans that he was upset about?
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (wiXsO)
Ryan Sitton lost.
Kay Granger won.
There's a runoff in the Education side including a guy that posted a picture of himself in front of a poster that said Trump is a child molester.
Overall, it's just that people don't know and it's really difficult for voters to know who's running for what and what their stances are.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (KZzsI)
So Mike isn't going to get it done?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (kw5n8)
The school district has made bank on me for 30 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (Z+uwH)
Posted by: naturalfake
Hey! The Chiefs did that! For the first time since electricity.
Posted by: Patrick Mahomes at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (OyyDO)
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You don't need a comma unless the list exceeds two items. The title is ambiguous. The text of the book, IIRC, does imply that the ham is also green (but I don't remember).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (I2dne)
He'll try to sniff its hair?
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: It's me donna --
I thought we needed pants for the art thread?
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (veJcn)
Posted by: rickb223 at March
you need to show them, have 10
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (HALdu)
Milady noticed this, I hadn't.
Kris: "In theory, Mark was the first Gospel to be written and then Matthew and
Posted by: The theoretical 'Q' gospel source at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (Cd8NC)
Posted by: Miinnfidel at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (lBeMA)
But here is the thing - Seuss actually drew us a picture.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (9VeU0)
"I AM A STRONG MAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ALL THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED...OH SHIT!"
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Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (ptqGC)
- Sam Malone
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (Xvo1a)
Statement: "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking it."
Answers:
A. "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking the table."
B. "Joe set the glass down on the table, breaking the glass."
C. "Joe set the glass down on the table, and it broke."
D. {something clearly wrong}
C has the same problem as the original, what is "it"? And B still has ambiguity, what if the table had a glass top? "A" is the only unambiguous answer.
sounds silly, but that kind of distinction is what almost every contract lawsuit is about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (Kpl3J)
Its pretty clear that the various machines and forces behind the Democrat Party all came together and agreed that he had to be the choice to stop Bernie. If that had not happened, he would have gotten crushed by now and dropped out. This is a development I did not expect.
Not that Bernie is out of things, he won Cali which has as many delegates as pretty much all the states Biden won, combined.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (sWM8x)
********
Huh. Geisel illustrated his books himself. I was going to accuse the illustrator of going off-script by coloring the ham green, but since it was Dr. Seuss doing the art (Hah! Art! On Topic) I guess it was Green Eggs and Green Ham.
Yuck! I don't think I could eat that. Not even on a boat.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Roland THTG at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (88+cf)
Definitely not Green (Eggs and Ham).
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (veJcn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (ptqGC)
As long as it's not a warning, you're good.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (BFizn)
Posted by: pulsating horror with hundreds of moths and eyes at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (OyyDO)
++++++++++
You don't need a comma unless the list exceeds two items. The title is ambiguous. The text of the book, IIRC, does imply that the ham is also green (but I don't remember).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM
***
Looks down at bowl of cheerios.
Sighs.....
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (axyOa)
375 Mini Mike is throwing in the mini towel
Posted by: TheQuietMan
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Looks more like a badly soiled hankie to us normals.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (pNxlR)
Bernie has announced that he will be touring Cuba real estate.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (rpxSz)
Milady noticed this, I hadn't.
Kris: "In theory, Mark was the first Gospel to be written and then Matthew and Mark" Luke.
Posted by: The theoretical 'Q' gospel source at March 04, 2020 10:30 AM (Cd8NC)
*sigh* Today's lesson: Do not proofread your own stuff.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (OyyDO)
WTF? Anti-dairy protesters storm Sundown.
https://bit.ly/32WDhes
They stormed Batshit Burnie a week or so ago. Dairy is the new Nazi?
Back in law school, we had a professor who, in discussing the commerce clause, ridiculed all the milk price support laws of the New Deal era. All those babies going without milk but for the SCOTUS. Now milk is Darth Vader.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (+y/Ru)
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall Dr. Seuss ever specifying
what color the ham was. It was Green Eggs and Ham. Not Green Eggs and
Green ham.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:20 AM (m45I2)
Sorry, it's Green Eggs and Ham, not Green Eggs, and Ham. Therefore,
due to proper grammar and punctuation and crap, the ham is green also.
you know, there are illustrations. could consult the source. the picture of the cover on wikipedia sure looks like it has green ham to me.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Paco at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (hOjCo)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM
Be safe! We're at least a month out from tornado season here up north. Hope any TN morons are all well. Hope it passes as nothing Jane.
Posted by: Miinnfidel at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (lBeMA)
Posted by: MJ at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (gAMkn)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (rpxSz)
sounds silly, but that kind of distinction is what almost every contract lawsuit is about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2020 10:31 AM (Kpl3J)
+++++++++++++
That is explicitly why I chose "C" as the answer. The question did not provide the context needed to disambiguate it. And the material of the table isn't relevant. It isn't likely that a glass would break, say, a wooden table but the table breaking is the table breaking.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (KZzsI)
Who ARE you people?
Posted by: mindful webworker
Tingle & Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (Cd8NC)
Posted by: Chris M at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (eAZVt)
Posted by: Paco at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (hOjCo)
Man, save that shit for the first 100 comments.
We're on to Green Eggs and Ham now.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
property taxes. $3581.16 on a two bedroom, one bath house. School taxes
are killing me. Over $1800 for school taxes snd I've never had a kid.
The school district has made bank on me for 30 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM
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We were just talking about that yesterday. It would be nice if there was a law that says you only pay schools taxes when you have kids in school.
Once they are all out of school or you have no kids, then you don't pay school taxes.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (pNxlR)
Mini Mike has endorsed Gropin' Joe. The Biden nomination is a sure thing now and the convention will probably be a rather dull affair now. Damn. I was hoping for some real fireworks
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (kw5n8)
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BDZWU)
My gut feeling is no. Go with the disposable paper elements.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:28 AM (KL3tU)
MATH ALERT
You're supposed to change your filter between 15 and 30k miles. A disposable one costs what, about $15 and the reusable ones are like $50?
So if you're really on top of thing and do it promptly. So you break even on the fourth replacement, so if you expect to get 60,000 more miles out of the car, you come out ahead by getting the reusable one. Or if you're lazy and only replace very 30k miles, you would only break even after 120,000 miles.
So if you got your car new and you're just replacing the filter, it's probably worth it, if you've had the car for a while, probably not.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (RD7QR)
And its not like the cover was illustrated by some in-house publishing company designer who paid no attention to the contents of the novel. It was the writer who illustrated this.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March
You have to see ran against him.
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (HALdu)
Who ARE you people?
Posted by: mindful webworker
Tingle & Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (Cd8NC)
There were multiple Paul Reubens comments above......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Tom Servo
--------
The 'ambiguous antecedent'.
Bill hit the girl with the hammer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Miinnfidel at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (lBeMA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (KZzsI)
Pretty much yes to all of this.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (9VeU0)
I saw it coming, as usual:
Possible future fake news headline today?:
Markets Way Up On Prospects of a "President Biden!!"
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 02
and
Or how about...
Biden Boost Gives Markets Relief
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 02, 2020 04:00 PM
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (bN4Ss)
source. the picture of the cover on wikipedia sure looks like it has
green ham to me.
Posted by: Anachronda
Splitter!
Seriously, what is life without pointless discussions of irrelevant trivia? Now, on to those fools who think there are 50 angels dancing on the head of a pin. I see no way it could be more than 49.
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (6XlcD)
Discovered an interesting fossil!
He knew from the bend,
and the knob on the end,
t'was the peter of Paul the Apostle!
(apologies to Muldoon...)
Posted by: Parker at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (zV/fi)
Once they are all out of school or you have no kids, then you don't pay school taxes.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
That's the way it should be.
Taxation without representation.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (Z+uwH)
due to proper grammar and punctuation and crap, the ham is green also.
you know, there are illustrations. could consult the source. the picture of the cover on wikipedia sure looks like it has green ham to me.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (sGtp+)
416 Marvelous explication of a beautiful painting. Thanks for revealing the "story" in the work.
Posted by: Paco
Future historians will scroll upwards expecting a painting of green eggs and ham.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (qb5PP)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (VpIIl)
Look who the mayor is now. And he won twice.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (6XlcD)
++++++++++++
This is general. Most of the candidates are running against Trump, not against each other. It sort of misses the point of a primary.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (I2dne)
Bernie has announced that he will be touring Cuba real estate.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020
*
*
Warren: actually reassessing her relationship with a bottle of firewater
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Miinnfidel at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (lBeMA)
Nah, send him a really nice letter thanking him for helping the Economy by spending all that cash.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (KZzsI)
Look who the mayor is now. And he won twice.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)
==========
18% of New Yorkers voted in the last mayoral election.
Them's numbers that money can buy and machines can manipulate.
I have zero sympathy for New Yorkers who hate their mayor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Yes, an early spring means more murderous weather (I'm in Oklahoma, for crying out loud). But it should speed the end of Coronovirus panic.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (VNfwt)
Wow! If Elizabeth Warren wasn't in the race, Bernie Sanders would have EASILY won Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, not to mention various other states. Our modern day Pocahontas won't go down in history as a winner, but she may very well go down as the all time great SPOILER!
@realDonaldTrump 3 minutes ago
The Mayor of Los Angeles, @ericgarcetti, is dealing with us trying to get the Federal Government to fix the terrible problem he and the Dems have caused with the homeless, and the horrendous effects it is having on the City, which is a mess. I then watch him talk "trash" on me!
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (cF8AT)
I'm laughing so hard I almost sharted.
Could actually be.. I mean they could think "No one is gonna vote for this senile old man "
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (6XlcD)
Read the WSJ headline. It's something like "Markets Rally on Biden's win.
lolololololololololol
Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Allie at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (vmRc0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (veJcn)
Observer: Oh, the tall fellow was repeatedly refusing to ingest green eggs and ham, the short fellow was bizarrely insistent upon it.
Steffi: Yes, very good. "I will not eat them in a plane. I will not eat them on a train..."
Observer: Train, right. Why doesn't he just leave him alone? He has pointedly made his refusal to eat this dish clear. The hypothetical changing of a location is irrelevant and tedious. And that Sam I Am is so bloody repetitive I could scream!
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (BeYX8)
I still stand by my prediction that Breadline Bernie won't get the nomination.
So, loathing Gropey Joe as much as I do, I am excited as all get out for Trump to pound his senile, thieving, plagiarizing, lying ass into the dirt. I want him destroyed so badly that people will name their kids "Adolf" before they'll name them "Joe."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (Ki5SV)
Wow! If Elizabeth Warren wasn't in the race, Bernie Sanders would have EASILY won Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, not to mention various other states. Our modern day Pocahontas won't go down in history as a winner, but she may very well go down as the all time great SPOILER!
@realDonaldTrump 3 minutes ago
The Mayor of Los Angeles, @ericgarcetti, is dealing with us trying to get the Federal Government to fix the terrible problem he and the Dems have caused with the homeless, and the horrendous effects it is having on the City, which is a mess. I then watch him talk "trash" on me!
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (cF8AT)
Never thought I'd see the day when we had a president that was so good at trolling the left.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (6XlcD)
his heart was never into it
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Augustine at March 04, 2020 10:14 AM (BDZWU)
From an ROI perspective disposable is the way to go.
I don't know that they make reusable cabin filters but I am sure they do.
For engine air filters the claim from a K and N or Amsoil filter is that it also improves performance. Yes, a little.
Still ROI goes to disposable.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (9Om/r)
Who ARE you people?
Posted by: mindful webworkerTingle Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM
---
Hey we did work in a few Monty Python references.......
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:38 AM (JUOKG)
Wow! If Elizabeth Warren wasn't in the race, Bernie Sanders would have EASILY won Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, not to mention various other states. Our modern day Pocahontas won't go down in history as a winner, but she may very well go down as the all time great SPOILER!
..
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:36 AM (cF8AT)
+++++++++++
Yes. Warren and Sanders share a constituency. I don't know if it's bidirectional or not. I think most of Warren's people will move to Bernie now that Klobuchar is out and won't get the "sisterhood" subdivision of Warren's base. I doubt very much, though, that most of Bernie's people would move to Warren.
Warren is toast, and Sanders is going to get a big boost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:38 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:38 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I will reassess my campaign no more, forever.
Posted by: Lieawatha at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (VNfwt)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (KUaJL)
*******
It's glorious isn't it... I can die happy
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Tom Tasch at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (aFs/S)
I approve.
Great art today, thanks.
I'll have more comments about work fuckery and panic over the virus soonish
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (sWM8x)
Whoa, chainsaw puns. Not sure that's a good idea. Maybe we should take a Poulon it.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (LD5je)
He's right about this, its probably why she wasn't pressured out of the race. But then her delegates may got to Sanders anyway.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (6XlcD)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:38 AM
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That's exactly what we need for a brokered convention, warren to drop out and give bernie a big boost for the rest of the campaign.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:38 AM (I2dne)
A big boost if Warren had a big following.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (9VeU0)
There is syntactic ambiguity in the
original title. It can be inferred as "Green eggs and (regular) ham" or
as "Green eggs and (green) ham."
[[[ wall o'text clipped ]]]
And this is how you end up with "Green Eggs and Green Ham."
meh. i've argued with enough drive-through folks on behalf of mrs. chronda that i'd just go for "ham and green eggs" if the ham isn't green.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (sGtp+)
We really needed him to run a 3rd party campaign.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:39 AM (bN4Ss)
++++++++
My bet is that he will machinate for the Dem front-runner and shovel money down-ticket. He may not do so publicly, but he is probably Biden's financial backstop, along with a lot of Reps and Senators running. Might hurt in the Senate. The Republicans have a hard map this year, and the kind of cash infusion Bloomberg can bring in will be tough.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (Uu+Jp)
But for people over 70 it's somewhere around 20%?
I think the comparisons to a nasty flu are apt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (Qf83p)
Kay Granger won.
There's a runoff in the Education side including a guy that posted a picture of himself in front of a poster that said Trump is a child molester.
Overall, it's just that people don't know and it's really difficult for voters to know who's running for what and what their stances are.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
***********
Thanks.
Ryan Sitton was on the ballot for RR commissioner and I voted for him as well as my family members.
Kay Granger was not on my ballot, but was probably chosen because of her name and I did not pick her when I filled out the sample ballots for friends.
Do you happen to know the name of the runoff candidate that posted a picture next to a poster that said, Trump is a child molester?
I need to get the word out to friends and family members.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (wiXsO)
Jeb only wishes he had said, "Farmers are basically retarded; you just put a seed in the ground and it grows." Or, "I get to have armed protection and you don't because I'm rich and important and you're not." Or, "Yes, I get to fly in a private jet while lecturing about Climate Change because it helps me put coal miners out of work more efficiently."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:40 AM (BeYX8)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (65jPu)
Them's numbers that money can buy and machines can manipulate.
I have zero sympathy for New Yorkers who hate their mayor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March
Meh, you are misunderstanding NY.
First the republicans have not run anybody decent against Deblasio.
Second, the demos of ny are weird. The residents in our building are all likely voters, anywhere but ny. They are from somewhere outside ny and are transient so they do not have much interest in the mayor.
Everybody who was born and staying in ny is into the grift game.
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (HALdu)
someone needs to make a "I spent a half a billion dollars and all I got is this lousy t-shirt" T-shirt Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 10:34 AM (FZYNt)
Congolese children spotted wearing "2020 Democratic Nominee Mike Bloomberg" t-shirts.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (ZS9TG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:37 AM (+y/Ru)
In Venezuela, if you find green eggs and ham, it's mold. You eat it anyway.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)
-
Slow and stupid? Thinks it's balls and beers rather than bulls and bears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (+y/Ru)
Go ahead, work Husqvarna into this. I dare you.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (ZLI7S)
Kris is an excellent scholar who can offer one view of a painting, a
rationalist one which provides one with much information, but this
painting expresses a higher meaning which makes it a great work.There
is then still a more worthwhile explanation missing.
which one of them has the better hand?
Posted by: Anachronda at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (KUaJL)
Cleaning the filter, and re-oiling it with the special oil has a cost in both time and money, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (KL3tU)
chronda that i'd just go for "ham and green eggs" if the ham isn't
green.
And exactly how would the rest of the text then go? I am Sam, you dregs?
Posted by: pep at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (veJcn)
Go ahead, work Husqvarna into this. I dare you.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (ZLI7S)
I will keep the Homelite burning.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Current Delegate Count:
Biden: 453
Sanders: 382
Fake Injun: 50
Mini: 44
buttsex: 26
Sanders is done.
This is not good. We really needed a battle in Milwaukee and a 3rd party straw candidate.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (bN4Ss)
Pierce Bush, grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, loses congressional bid in rare defeat for family in Texas.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (BeYX8)
property taxes. $3581.16 on a two bedroom, one bath house. School taxes
are killing me. Over $1800 for school taxes snd I've never had a kid.
The school district has made bank on me for 30 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:29 AM
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We were just talking about that yesterday. It would be nice if there was a law that says you only pay schools taxes when you have kids in school.
Once they are all out of school or you have no kids, then you don't pay school taxes.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (JUOKG)
My parents live in a 55+ community, over a thousand homes. Not a single one of those households has a child in the local schools but 1/3 of their very high taxes goes to the schools. They can't even use the bs reason of "the schools influence your property values", it's a gated age restricted community.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (a4qVe)
425 Marvelous explication of a beautiful painting. Thanks for revealing the "story" in the work.
Posted by: Paco at March 04, 2020 10:32 AM (hOjCo)
Man, save that shit for the first 100 comments.
We're on to Green Eggs and Ham now.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Hey, that's right!
If all we're allowed to discuss is the painting in the first 100 comments, then I submit - are we forbidden to discuss the painting after the 100th comment?
Law of the Excluded Middle and ipso facit!
I rest my case!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (KL3tU)
Didn't even realize that was a thing.
Yeah, just get disposable.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (KUaJL)
The Bernie Bros will grumble and maybe riot lightly at Milwaukee but they will be ignored. The ticket will be Biden and a woman, probably a woman of color. Biden will make vague noises about only serving one term when he is actually lucid. The MSM will bend every fiber of their pathetic, soy-fed being to drag him across the finish line. There will be enough fraud to make a Chicago wardheeler blush. Loins, gird, some assembly required.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (RD7QR)
Biden: 453
Sanders: 382
Fake Injun: 50
Mini: 44
buttsex: 26
Sanders is done.
This is not good. We really needed a battle in Milwaukee and a 3rd party straw candidate.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (bN4Ss)
Is California in yet? There's what, 33 states left? How many delegates are left up for grabs?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)
https://www.nicoclub.com/ archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html
(remove space before "archives")
Posted by: ptschett at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (32eGV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Too late.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (CDGwz)
I would vote for the entire thread being politics free.
It's a nice way to wake up in the morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (KL3tU)
Didn't even realize that was a thing.
Yeah, just get disposable.
Posted by: joe
K&N Air Filter FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (Z+uwH)
500 More good news:
Pierce Bush, grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, loses congressional bid in rare defeat for family in Texas.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (BeYX
May such outcomes bless them and their descendants from now until the end of time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (pNxlR)
This is not good. We really needed a battle in Milwaukee and a 3rd party straw candidate.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (bN4Ss)
I think you're really underestimating how rabid Sanders supporters are.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (KUaJL)
Well, to the extent that investors think maybe he'll keep Sanders out of the general election, maybe. But not out of delight over Biden himself.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (KZzsI)
If all we're allowed to discuss is the painting in the first 100 comments, then I submit - are we forbidden to discuss the painting after the 100th comment?
Law of the Excluded Middle and ipso facit!
I rest my case!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:43 AM (pNxlR)
Hey, don't tie me to this. I don't need CBD slapping me with 10 inches of limp dildo......
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)
I would vote for the entire thread being politics free.
It's a nice way to wake up in the morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched
i concur as long as boobs are permitted
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (nNEcr)
Is there an Echo in here? Husqvarna is actually what started the whole thing.
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (f6lTY)
In the painting, Mark is shirtless. Could you tell us why he would have been painted that way?
Posted by: NavyMom at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (EYMQq)
Its a push between how zealous his backers are and how determined the DNC is to cheat him out of the win.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (KZzsI)
I would vote for the entire thread being politics free.
It's a nice way to wake up in the morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (d7Ww2)
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We'd need an alternate thread for talking off topic. Maybe just staying on the news thread.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (FZYNt)
This would come to be known as the "Stetler loophole"
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)
I was gonna say that
it's like an Echo
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: MSM at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: Rick in SK at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (FZYNt)
+++++++++++++
Suggested change.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (I2dne)
*******
An in-kind campaign donation worth millions.
And yet I as an individual can donate no more than $2800 to any one candidate or $35,000 to a national party cvommittee per election. Hmmm.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar
ok who let bloomie out?
woof
woof
woof woof!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (Ki5SV)
Is California in yet? There's what, 33 states left? How many delegates are left up for grabs?
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)
All of 'em!
-- Gropey Joe
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (pNxlR)
He now supports Biden.
So these workers are now supposed to work for Biden, while being paid by Bloomy?
Is this somehow legal under the Current crap campaign finance laws?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (NgKpN)
K&N Air Filter FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (Z+uwH)
They're in ALL my vehicles. One, currently, has the full cold air kit.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Mini Mike Bloomberg just “quit” the race for President. I could have told him long ago that he didn’t have what it takes, and he would have saved himself a billion dollars, the real cost. Now he will pour money into Sleepy Joe’s campaign, hoping to save face. It won’t work!
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (KZzsI)
The DNC can cheat bernie out of the primary win. They can't force his supporters to vote for the guy who they valuted over him when the general election comes around.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (ZR7NL)
11 Wouldn't the Gospel be less compelling if the four collaborated on the project as a group? A kind of witness tampering if you will?
Posted by: Muldoon
When I sat down to read the Big Four for myself as an adult (well, over 1
, I knew a lot (not as much as I do today, but a lot) about the origins of the four gospels, and scholarship about them, that each gospel had a different origin, motive, perspective, and (the synopticalism notwithstanding) a different story to tell.
What amazed me was that -- despite potentially fallible human recollections, despite possible apocryphal intrusions, translation and doctrinal confusions, and cultural misinterpretations -- these disparate tracts persuaded me once and apparently forever that Jesus did live, that he did say and do pretty much everything attributed to him in the Gospels. Suddenly, that guy I'd heard about in the pulpit stories and always kinda liked became a full-blown reality in my life.
I remember two rather funny thoughts I had when I finished John: why didn't anyone tell me about this (hahaha), and, oh, now I see why this has been the centerpiece of civilization (duh). Jesus had me hooked.
I was left to believe either that the guy was some kind of amazing theological idiot savant, or he was the real deal, the Son of God incarnate, whatever that meant! Actually, having been convinced, it wasn't a choice. I believe.
Thank you to the tax collector, young feller, intrepid reporter, and beloved apostle.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Tingle & Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (Cd8NC)
This is clearly true because his outcomes were way out of sync with the polls. Well beyond the polls are crap range.
This points out a huge weakness - his voters weren't sold on him, they just sort of said, well, he isn't a socialist, I guess, or, he was part of that nice Obama's administration. They were not convinced that he was the best guy to beat Trump because they did not decide until the last couple of days.
I think that decisions made in haste are often regretted.
They have to backfill all these positive things about him to justify their hasty decision.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: JackStraw
A man's got to know his limitations.
I'll leave that for Muldoon.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (Z+uwH)
Taxation without representation.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:35 AM (Z+uwH)
School operating costs should be paid out of the State's general revenue fund, since it's in the interest of the population in general that kids have schooling.
School buildings, and capital additions/repairs, though, should come out of property taxes, as it can be argued that a nice school building nearby enhances the resale value of one's home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (KL3tU)
mac :]
Posted by: macbrooks at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (g4/WY)
Go ahead, work Husqvarna into this. I dare you.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And yet, they are Stihl making them.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (CDGwz)
Go ahead, work Husqvarna into this. I dare you.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM (ZLI7S)
I will keep the Homelite burning.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:42 AM
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I saw this earlier but noticed no one had logged on to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (axyOa)
You dipsticks, the MARXIST is still in the race, and the others are Socialists.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (KZzsI)
The DNC can cheat bernie out of the primary win. They can't force his supporters to vote for the guy who they valuted over him when the general election comes around.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (KUaJL)
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Perhaps we'll see the Green Party get another banner year, increasing its vote total from 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (sWM8x)
Yup....it was reported on Bloomberg News about 30 minutes ago that he is out and endorsing the paste eater.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (dLLD6)
He may be terrible, but so was Hillary and she came within 150,000 votes.
We're not going to get 1972 unfortunately. It will probably be midnight and up to Wisconsin on Election Night to figure out who's President.
I just don't think Biden's gaffes are enough to automatically throw the election.
Posted by: Blago at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (sjTfF)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (nNEcr)
It's the only outside shot he has and it needs to happen like today.
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (AXS9h)
521 Pierce Bush?
Where all the other double entendres taken?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (ZLI7S)
Nope. "Infected", "Diseased", and "Crusty" are still in that family's big hopper o' names!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (pNxlR)
In the painting, Mark is shirtless. Could you tell us why he would have been painted that way?
Posted by: NavyMom at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (EYMQq)
Two possible reasons off the top of my head...
1: Classicism.
B: Rubens is showing off his skill at male anatomy.
Perhaps a little of both?
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (pNxlR)
The Bushes are toast. The only way anyone with that name ever gets elected in most of America now is if they loudly and publicly repudiate globalism, which would likely put them at odds with the rest of the family.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March
or, just do the 100 thing
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (HALdu)
I don't think it was all that hasty. It was the plan.
Boot Edge Edge and Amy drop out and their votes go to Biden.
Biden is now the frontrunner. Let's see how he holds up to the scrutiny. I'm thinking not that well.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM
A lot better to be the puppet master than the puppet.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (axyOa)
First of all, good;
Second of all, who names their kid "Pierce Bush"?
Posted by: Vanya at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (GJqFw)
Fake Indian will endorse and pledge her delegates to Biden, eventually, as will all the other candidates.
Money and power talks.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (bN4Ss)
*******
An in-kind campaign donation worth millions.
And yet I as an individual can donate no more than $2800 to any one candidate or $35,000 to a national party cvommittee per election. Hmmm.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (m45I2)
I have always believed that Bloomberg was never in to be competitive for President. Not competing in the first 4 contests was a technique. Not a good one.
The zillions of dollars he spent filled the coffers of the Dem-Media Industrial complex so they can coast through the next 8 months. Conveniently bypassing any campaign finance rules.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:26 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (9VeU0)
Where all the other double entendres taken?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (ZLI7S)
I bet he has a brother named Lance.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (J+mig)
It is kind of a loophole, having someone else pay for extra campaign workers. I wonder how many stay, though, I mean is there a lot of Venn Diagram overlap between people who'd love to seem Gloomberg win and those who'd love to see Biden win??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (KZzsI)
Biden is now the frontrunner. Let's see how he holds up to the scrutiny. I'm thinking not that well.
well, he's already promised to personally cure cancer, diabetes, and alzheimers if we vote for him.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (sGtp+)
it's like an Echo
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (rpxSz)
When your mind is like a Stihl trap.....
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)
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I expect that many, if not most, voted for him because
A. Democrat. Just that simple.
B. They don't really know anything about any of the others.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Cato
announce, "Yes, my last name is Bush. No, I'm NOT related to them."
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (Z+uwH)
Posted by: Vanya at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (GJqFw)
++++++++++++
Is he a Bush? Or is his mother a Bush and thus he has dad's last name?
Also, another potential explanation is "sense of humor" or "cruelty."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:50 AM (I2dne)
Rubens is always wonderful to see. Thanks. Now to read the usual excellent explication.
Posted by: JTB at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (7EjX1)
Thanks to today's secondary painting, we know what that's called in Latin, too!
Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (dzJ3R)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (Z+uwH)
Tingle & Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (Cd8NC)
Nice post. Thx for your witness.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (WI7YS)
Posted by: Blago at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (sjTfF)
Sadly no. And now the MFM will be in full cover for him mode and downplay or ignore his gaffes
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Un9AW)
Usually these images are very iconic and based on strict rules of representation (to avoid being condemned or losing the commission). I think Mark was the one who got his tunic pulled off in the garden by the soldiers?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (KZzsI)
It's kinda oily for the bar to be open.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (Z+uwH)
Sometimes, it takes 2 strokes.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020
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For some modern cars, like mine, getting the bloody things out of their housings can be an energy sink. I cannot open the engine air filter housing in my '16 Buick. I can see where things fasten; I've changed filters in all my other cars for 40 years; I've watched innumerable YouTube videos. Still can't get it loose.
The car is only at 39K miles. I can have the thing replaced at the next oil change. But it's annoying, that GM and other manufacturers construct their cars so that only "experts" can work on them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:49 A
Scrutiny?
Posted by: MSM at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 10:46 AM (m45I2)
++++++++++
Run for office. I think campaigns are allowed to finance other campaigns much more generously. So if you run and fill up your coffers (no limit on self-funding), execute a desultory campaign and drop out early with a well-funded war chest, I think you can donate as much as you want to other campaigns, so long as it comes from your campaign coffers and not from your personal bank account.
Or do I have that wrong? The campaign-to-campaign funding is a bit murky for me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (0OmEj)
JUST IN: Warren reassessing campaign after disappointing Super Tuesday
Posted by: Tami
Considering everyone else already did and voted for someone else, I'd say she's a touch behind the curve.
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (OUMaO)
Where all the other double entendres taken?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (ZLI7S)
Nope. "Infected", "Diseased", and "Crusty" are still in that family's big hopper o' names!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (pNxlR)
*******
Don't forget me!!
Posted by: Smelly Bush at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (flINI)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (nNEcr)
It's the only outside shot he has and it needs to happen like today.
Posted by: Ha
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Didn't Warren just receive an infusion of cash? Interesting. If so, my guess is that it is just part of the insurance plan to siphon votes from Bernie.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (xSo9G)
https://bit.ly/2PJFqos
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (KZzsI)
Also, another potential explanation is "sense of humor" or "cruelty."
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Grandson of 41.
Daddy is Neil Bush.
First Bush to lose a Texas race in 40 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (Z+uwH)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 10:47 AM (KL3tU)
Not if you have an HOA or village rules about what is acceptable. I'm not buying that bs. I'm not buying a house next to a school even if I had kids.
Stossel did a couple of expose' on this and found HUGE amounts of waste.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (a4qVe)
Slow and stupid? Thinks it's balls and beers rather than bulls and bears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (+y/Ru)
So when it goes down, what? Biden is now a loser? See how this sets the Dems up? They don't know what they are doing, do they?
Posted by: Boswell at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (32YRo)
His campaign lasted 101 days.
Take "101", turn it 180 degrees, and you get LOL.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Trump For President 2020 at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (dLLD6)
Where all the other double entendres taken?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (ZLI7S)
Nope. "Infected", "Diseased", and "Crusty" are still in that family's big hopper o' names!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020
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"I'm Crusty Bush, and I approved this message."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (Ejm1K)
He may be terrible, but so was Hillary and she came within 150,000 votes.
We're not going to get 1972 unfortunately. It will probably be midnight and up to Wisconsin on Election Night to figure out who's President.
I just don't think Biden's gaffes are enough to automatically throw the election.
Posted by: Blago at March 04, 2020 10:48 AM (sjTfF)
Granted, to paraphrase Winston Wolf, we shouldn't be punching each other's babies in the dicks just yet, but remember that Biden is not yet (nor not necessarily) the nominee. Trump has only been dancing around the ring, throwing jabs here and there as a series of tomato cans come by.
Once Joe is the nominee, Trump now has one person to go full Muhammad Ali on. Biden is barely sentient in his own party - once he has to deal with Trump, he'll be reduced to silly trivialities like "my IQ is bigger than yours" or "let's do pushups, man," and Trump will be able to say, "do you really want this retard's finger on the button?"
I do think Trump has a hard road ahead, and I don not count out MFM lies and Democrat cheating, but Gropey Joe is going to feel like a trailer park that just had a tornado rip through it by the time Trump is done with that nickelfucker.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (Ki5SV)
Posted by: Ripley at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (xSo9G)
Yep.
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (AXS9h)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (xSo9G)
I hope Bernie offers her VP to drop out.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (nNEcr)
the bar is open
Posted by: REDACTED
It's kinda oily for the bar to be open.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (Z+uwH)
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Im thinking a kickback is involved here.
Maybe we should start a blog Poulon when a NOOD pops up.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (nRWPy)
That's nice, but it's still joke fodder.
Posted by: Vanya at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (GJqFw)
Democrat party has fully transitioned to Democratic party, just like a tranny.
John Ward says it's Democrat with a sneaky "IC" at the end. Indeed.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: Gavin Newsome at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (dzJ3R)
His campaign lasted 101 days.
Funny, it feels like I spent about that much time just watching his damned commercials.
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (OUMaO)
Can't imagine anyone gave Bloomy money
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (nRWPy)
His campaign lasted 101 days.
Take "101", turn it 180 degrees, and you get LOL.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 04, 2020 10:54 AM (wtvvX)
+++++++++++
Only if you use serif typefaces...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (I2dne)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: 70's Bush at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (flINI)
Turns out he should have run against Biden and Bernie.
Hadn't thought of that, but you're right.
Man, talk about a burn rate. Just incinerating money.
I kept telling my person who must listen that Mini-Mike was wasting his money on issue ads instead of just running flash ads of his face and then Biden asking who can beat trump, with a needle scratching sound.
The another with his face and Bernie, same question same sound. He would be WAY ahead now.
Posted by: Actually inside the Beltway at March 04, 2020 10:56 AM (fMhOl)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:51 AM (Z+uwH)
Sometimes, it takes 2 strokes.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020
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Time for a massacre.
Posted by: Texas at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (Ejm1K)
The only disappointment here is that Bernie would have almost certainly meant the loss of the House, while Biden at least gives them a chance to maintain it.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (+HiBe)
Maybe we should start a blog Poulon when a NOOD pops up.
Posted by: fixerupper
We could always chain the HQ's doors shut. That would sharpen everyone's wit.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (Z+uwH)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (nRWPy)
Joe will have to do his campaign appearances with a Bloomberg LLC cap on. Eventually, they won't even wear suits; they'll wear jumpers like sports car drivers, covered with the brands and patches of their paymasters.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM (Z+uwH)
Yeah on the harley's it makes sense, because you buy it for life, and can clean it as needed, and on a harley with the engine breather being piped into the air cleaner you will be cleaning it. They are roughly around twice the price of an original.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (9Om/r)
Didn't Warren just receive an infusion of cash? Interesting. If so, my guess is that it is just part of the insurance plan to siphon votes from Bernie.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (xSo9G)
Yep.
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Question 2: Is she cognizant of her role in this, or is she golly-blinky glad happy to get that affirming cash so she can take this campaign to the Whiiiite Houuuse!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (M9ntN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Ejm1K)
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Its how I discorvered that "security torx screws" are a thing.
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 10:44 AM
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CA results are not in yet. sanders is expected to regain the delegate lead after CA reports their results.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:53 AM (xSo9G)
She got $9 million. I'm guessing it was from the DNC to keep her in the race long enough to hinder Comrade Bernie
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (Un9AW)
The only disappointment here is that Bernie would have almost certainly meant the loss of the House, while Biden at least gives them a chance to maintain it.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (+HiBe)
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He doesn't even have "first woman president" to help him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (zZbCU)
Joe will have to do his campaign appearances with a Bloomberg LLC cap on. Eventually, they won't even wear suits; they'll wear jumpers like sports car drivers, covered with the brands and patches of their paymasters.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
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If that happens, at least we'll know who the sponsors are.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (I2dne)
After Super Tuesday they said, nah, good money after bad.
I don't think there are enough coeds with the bad judgment to turn over half of their last single digit bank accounts to keep her going.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 10:49 AM (HALdu)
The whole point is, though, is that nurse is suggesting the entire art thread be about the art only, so that there are 90+ enforced minutes of "NO POLITICS".
That the 100 comment rule isn't enough.
Posted by: Allie at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (vmRc0)
That's what happens when you have the lawyers who work for politicians write how campaign finance 'law' works.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (NgKpN)
488 Bloomberg is... OUT!!? He's OUT??
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at March 04, 2020 10:41 AM (65jPu)
Yeah, he is! And he's staying out! That strutting pimp's personal hygiene was a ticking time bomb that would shut down our operations, permanently!
-- Keebler Elves Baking Local 638
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Augustine
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No
The oil on those can coat the the mass air flow sensor and screw things up.
Also, the reason they let more air in is the filter is less fine, so way more dirt particles get in.
Posted by: Blago at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (sjTfF)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS)
And then the market crashes?
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (Qf83p)
Everything in America is worse now.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (BeYX8)
he didn't have money
he won in states he didn't even have offices in
he did well in states he didn't even visit
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (9VeU0)
-Bloomberg spent over half a billion dollares in just over 100 days and lost
-Russians spent about 100k on lousy Facebook ads and won for Trump
One of these things is not like the others
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Mr. Scott
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Not a chance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 10:59 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
At debates, the "candidates" will be like pitchers, with their sponsor-approved talking points signaled into them.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (qXNVo)
Its how I discorvered that "security torx screws" are a thing.
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (8XRCm)
Torx with a pin in the center. You can get torx bit kits from any too manufacturer with the hole in the center for this.
Screw them. I'll STILL fix my own shit.
Between the internet and a good code reader, there's a LOT I can still do.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Joe will have to do his campaign appearances with a Bloomberg LLC cap on. Eventually, they won't even wear suits; they'll wear jumpers like sports car drivers, covered with the brands and patches of their paymasters.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
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If that happens, at least we'll know who the sponsors are.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2020 10:58 AM (I2dne)
That will never happen!
Posted by: President Grant at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (NgKpN)
700 so-called superdelegates, out of 4600.
The definition and power of these "superdelegates"
are, as you all know, fluid.
It's gonna be biden.
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (0O7c5)
Because dementia.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (VNfwt)
That was a wonderful explanation. It really adds to my appreciation, knowledge, and enjoyment of a master work. Thanks to you and CBD for my daily dose of art.
Posted by: JTB at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (I99aF)
Posted by: navybrat, at large at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Ejm1K)
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Its how I discorvered that "security torx screws" are a thing.
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020
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I have the torx driver set, and can undo those things. But the rear nozzle of the air box goes into a big hose that I can't get loose for fear or breaking something, and the box is partly under the fender flange, so I can't just lift it up and slide it out of the hose. Grrrr.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (qXNVo)
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper
altex.com sells torx security bits.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (Z+uwH)
I think the 100-comment rule should have one comment added to it for every comment CBD hammers. Like, today would be a 104-comment rule or so.
I also think when comments are replaced by cobs, the text should be in red <span style="color:red;"> - or pink. Depending.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Tingle & Flounce - a cautionary biography
at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (Cd8NC)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (so+oy)
Pierce was Barbara's maiden name
Posted by: dagny
Third of all.....who names their daughter Tituba ?
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: dagny at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 10:52 AM (Ejm1K)
Heh. Checked the air filter on my bought-last-summer '96 Suburban. Had a sticker on the housing warning not to discard the filter as it had been "upgraded" to a K and N. Undid two luggage-style latches, lid comes off. A disposable paper element inside, quite clean. Brushed a little debris (bugs, leaves) out of the box, replaced clean paper element, peeled off dumb sticker. Good for another 5000 miles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (6Y/U/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: t-bird
*******
By my count it is at least three (and possibly more) things.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (Dx2t8)
Name something Cory Booker has never done.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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As an aside, I will point out that Atlanta mayor's name is Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 11:02 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 04, 2020 11:02 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 04, 2020 11:02 AM (wzVKm)
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper
altex.com sells torx security bits.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM
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Home Depot and Harbor Freight sell them too.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 11:02 AM (JUOKG)
I never really understood the argument, nor found the historical evidence to absolve Pilate of anything but complicity. It's like watching guys take direct lethal fire and only calling in the CASEVAC.
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at March 04, 2020 10:00 AM (wetnX)
Pilate caved to political pressures to execute an innocent man, so yes, he was certainly complicit. He had a choice. Washing his hands after rendering the verdict was an empty gesture and he knew it. And now his name is synonymous with injustice forever, and he knows that, too.
Posted by: troyriser at March 04, 2020 11:02 AM (E2EAq)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (M9ntN)
She just came in 3rd in her home state.
She knows she has zero chance.
Posted by: Ha at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (AXS9h)
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper
altex.com sells torx security bits.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (Z+uwH)
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I know..... I was pissed I needed to make a trip to buy the bits to change my air filter. Basic maintenance item requires a specialty bit to do?? W the AF GM ??
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 11:01 AM (6Y/U/)
If you've got an air compressor, you can make the paper filters last a long time by blowing them out (back to front to get the embedded particles out) every few thousand miles.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
He may be terrible, but so was Hillary and she came within 150,000 votes.
We're not going to get 1972 unfortunately. It will probably be midnight and up to Wisconsin on Election Night to figure out who's President.
I just don't think Biden's gaffes are enough to automatically throw the election.
Posted by: Blago
This, sadly. Biden, with the full cooperation of the press, (which will cover up any gaffes) will blather on about about his "blue collar roots" and how moderate he is - I could see Michigan and Wisconsin flipping, add in voter fraud and you could flip Pennsylvania. And no way we win back the House, Sanders has to be the nominee in order to scare wine moms back into voting GOP.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (5KWnQ)
Posted by: navybrat, at large at March 04, 2020
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If Pilate was a man of mature years in AD 30, maybe age 40, he would have had to convert to this new religion pretty early in its run, say, by the time of Saul/Paul and Nero. Christianity was still a minor player in the Roman religion stakes at that time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (Ejm1K)
That the 100 comment rule isn't enough.
Posted by: Allie at March
meh, no
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (HALdu)
I know..... I was pissed I needed to make a trip to buy the bits to change my air filter. Basic maintenance item requires a specialty bit to do?? W the AF GM ??
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (8XRCm)
GM Sucks, but they're all going this route. I remember when I could check the trans fluid via a dipstick in the engine compartment........
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Mini Mike Bloomberg will now FIRE Tim O'Brien, and all of the fools and truly dumb people who got him into this MESS. This has been the worst, and most embarrassing, experience of his life...and now on to Sleepy Joe!
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (cF8AT)
...for sale. You know the thing.
Posted by: remy joe biden at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (q/kmn)
not count out MFM lies and Democrat cheating, but Gropey Joe is going to
feel like a trailer park that just had a tornado rip through it by the
time Trump is done with that nickelfucker.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (Ki5SV)
Yeah, and don't think for a minute that Trump isn't figuring out ways to activate biden's dementia. Not that he needs much help, but the entertainment value of seeing trump take command of his brain would be worth the price of admission.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (9Om/r)
That the 100 comment rule isn't enough.
Posted by: Allie at March
meh, no
Posted by: not so
Maybe in a non election year.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:05 AM (Z+uwH)
That's not such an odd name...
Posted by: Mr. and Mrs. Winner at March 04, 2020 11:05 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (9Om/r)
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Dear Lord, the debates are going to be fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 11:05 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2020 11:05 AM (Qf83p)
Posted by: klaftern at March 04, 2020 11:05 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
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I identify as motor oil, bigot!
Posted by: trans fluid trans fluid at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (q/kmn)
not count out MFM lies and Democrat cheating, but Gropey Joe is going to
feel like a trailer park that just had a tornado rip through it by the
time Trump is done with that nickelfucker.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 04, 2020 10:55 AM (Ki5SV)
Yes. Trump isn't just campaigning against Biden. He's campaigning against the entire media complex, a majority of other countries, and the EU.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020
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The heck of it is, GM/Buick pretends replacing the air filter is something the owner can do. The instructions are right there in the owner's manual.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
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Draincocks on the radiator made of plastic designed to break when turned are another favorite of mine.
No drainplug on the transmission sump cover is another pet peeve.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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We're here aren't we?
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (veJcn)
remember when I could check the trans fluid via a dipstick in the engine
compartment........
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:04 AM
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Yep. The wife has a Honda CR-V with no way to check the transmission fluid.
If you think it is low just pop the filler cap off and pour some in which is pretty much guesswork.
The dealer guys said the car will tell you if it is low but I would rather "trust but verify" it myself just like I do with the oil level.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (JUOKG)
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (ptqGC)
667 Yeah, and don't think for a minute that Trump isn't figuring out ways to activate biden's dementia
"This will take time, Mr. President, but you need to learn to repeat every fifth word. Doing so will immobilize his verbal responses."
"I said we were gonna gonna build a wall, and we we have. It's coming along nicely nicely...."
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: DB- just DB. I'm not wearing pants at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (iTXRQ)
That's not such an odd name...
Posted by: Mr. and Mrs. Winner at March 04, 2020
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Wasn't "Tituba" the name of the slave or housekeeper who started teaching the girls of Salem, MA, about witchy things, thus leading to the witch trials?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (Ejm1K)
Mini Mike, "Three months ago I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump, (and I failed miserably!)
Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (cF8AT)
That the 100 comment rule isn't enough.
Posted by: Allie at March
meh, no
Posted by: not so
Maybe in a non election year.
Posted by: rickb223 at March
It is a political blog.
Maybe, if somebody is not interested in that, do something other.
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (HALdu)
And they are on my Silverados breather box.
Posted by: fixerupper
altex.com sells torx security bits.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM
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Home Depot and Harbor Freight sell them too.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
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I think they are primarily used because it's easier for the assembly line, the tool can "hold" the bolt. I don't think it's to prevent someone access.
Every real mechanic on Earth has these tools
Posted by: Blago at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (sjTfF)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (Dx2t8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (ptqGC)
holy hell. it frightens me
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (d7Ww2)
The same people that name their son, Skin Flute?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (Z+uwH)
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Dude.... you couldnt even defeat Warin' Liz Warren.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (Bh9UA)
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:07 AM (ptqGC)
Uh-oh. Stay safe, SE morons!
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (Ez6QX)
Maybe, if somebody is not interested in that, do something other.
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (HALdu)
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Not so.
It is a smart military blog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (zZbCU)
probably he's deef
Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! (DlsPn) at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (jsWA8)
Dialing the psychic hot line.......
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020
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His handlers are pumping him full of meth so he will project energy to the audience. Watch for his teeth to start falling out about September.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (Ejm1K)
Democrat voters are too stupid to vote intelligently. Don't count on them to do the right thing.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (E+OcO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:08 AM (ptqGC)
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Its his way of putting critics on the defensive.
Because debating and articulating the reasons for a given position are not required of Democrats.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:10 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: klaftern at March 04, 2020 11:10 AM (RuIsu)
NO NO NO NO!
I did not say anything of the sort
I said it could be politics free.
not boob free, or movie free or star trek or butts, or booze or anything.
JUST FREE OF POLITICS.
don'[t put words in my mouth, cretin
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 11:10 AM (d7Ww2)
It is a smart military blog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March
Political Blog? I thought it was a smart Military blog?
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March
Posted by: not so at March 04, 2020 11:10 AM (HALdu)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (jUVms)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (Bh9UA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run at March 04, 2020 11:09 AM (zZbCU)
And yet we never debate advanced warfighting tactics.
Posted by: Allie at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (vmRc0)
Who knows how things will turn out but the idea of Trump running against Biden almost makes me feel bad for Biden. It will be like a rhinocerous fighting a chihuahua
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Don't get cocky, kid!
Posted by: Han Duet at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (jUVms)
Thanks.
Posted by: Kris at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (OyyDO)
Joe will have to do his campaign appearances with a Bloomberg LLC cap on. Eventually, they won't even wear suits; they'll wear jumpers like sports car drivers, covered with the brands and patches of their paymasters.
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
Any politician who talks about principles should be automatically disqualified and prosecuted for fraud.
The real question each and every one needs to be asked is "why are you seeking power, and what do you intend to do with it?" or perhaps just "what's your angle?"
What is more important than why. Good things done for the wrong reason are still good. Bad things done for the right reason are no less disastrous.
If you can't honestly reveal your plan without hiding behind platitudes and false piety, you should never be allowed anywhere near power.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (J+mig)
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No other fastener under the hood of my truck has a security torx.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (8XRCm)
holy hell. it frightens me
Posted by: nurse ratched
What should, in a sane universe, sink her, is no real world experience.
She's never run a business. Never had to make payroll. Never had executive experience. No management experience.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (Z+uwH)
"My heart is with Buttigieg, but my head is with Biden."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (ptqGC)
That sounds familiar.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:06 AM (Ejm1K)
Only new car I ever bought was a Nissan Maxima in '04. a couple years later, the dash lights went full bright and the dimmer stopped working. I thought nothing of it until one night I was driving with the family and a guy came up beside me and said "Your tail lights are out, but your break lights work."
I found there was a hidden fuse panel under some pinned down plastic panels and there was a 14 amp fuse blown (should've been higher due to the load). The dealership had been charging owners $200+ dollars for troubleshooting and part replacement.
The Owners Manual didn't list that fuse panel anywhere.
I'll never own another Nissan. The car was largely a lemon along with that bullshit.
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (bN4Ss)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March
I thought it was a dessert topping
Posted by: DB- just DB. I'm not wearing pants at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (iTXRQ)
She's never run a business. Never had to make payroll. Never had executive experience. No management experience.
Posted by: rickb223
well, neither did the JEF, and he won twice
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (Bh9UA)
Posted by: Archer at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (gmo/4)
"My heart is with Buttigieg, but my head is with Biden."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2020 11:11 AM (ptqGC)
As someone posted earlier......
Plugs / Butt 2020
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
Joe will have to do his campaign appearances with a Bloomberg LLC cap on. Eventually, they won't even wear suits; they'll wear jumpers like sports car drivers, covered with the brands and patches of their paymasters.
Posted by: Zod
That's the way it should be now. Truth in advertising.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (Z+uwH)
I'm sure the answer is no, but still.
What if he walked onto the stage naked from the waist down?
What if he insists he is campaigning against Richard Nixon?
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:12 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: c at March 04, 2020 11:13 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: nurse ratched
As thin as it was, he DID have elective office experience.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2020 11:13 AM (Z+uwH)
Posted by: navybrat, at large at March 04, 2020 11:00 AM (w7KSn)
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There is a medieval mystery play about Pilate that turns into screwball comedy. Pilate dies at the beginning and his bloated blackened smelly twisted corpse is causing crop failures, well poisonings, etc., and the protagonists are trying to figure out how to dispose of it without causing more mayhem. Never let it be said that our ancestors lacked for humor.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at March 04, 2020 11:14 AM (PD1/H)
Christ this Democrat Dungeon scheme room is beyond funky now,can someone change Bernie's socks?
Joe is incompetent and incontinent and warren is rancid ....bloomie is beyond the olde dollar note smell......they are ALL stinkin' the joint up...fumigate.
Posted by: saf at March 04, 2020 11:14 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: Zod at March 04, 2020 10:57 AM (qXNVo)
Hah! I now have my sure to be a hit Washington State initiative.
They will need to add large billowing velcro capes to allow enough surface area.
Could be a feat of strength just to wear it and move.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 04, 2020 11:15 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Sponge at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Yes, I routinely do that. No need, in this instance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2020 11:16 AM (6Y/U/)
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at March 04, 2020 11:03 AM (5KWnQ)
I wouldn't go that far. Bernie would have almost assured a loss but it's still very possible with Biden, just not as possible as with Bernie. Everything is based on turnout and we know by the primary results that Trump's voters are motivated. It's going to come down to how many feel bothered to show up for Biden after Trump goes at him with a lead pipe and a blowtorch.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 04, 2020 11:16 AM (+HiBe)
They will need to add large billowing velcro capes to allow enough surface area.
Could be a feat of strength just to wear it and move.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 04, 2020
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Capes? I think Miss Edna will have something to say about that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 04, 2020 11:16 AM (Ejm1K)
I have read that 38% of delegates would have been pledged by the end of ST.
There are 3980 delegates (pledged), and that means 1991 to win an absolute majority in first ballot.
If 38% are supposed to have been awarded, that would be some 1512 total among all candidates. However, I see only 963 awarded. I know there are some still to be awarded but not 550.
Still, the current leader is Biden - he has 453. Presuming that the amount outstanding is minimal, he has to win 1438 out of the next 2837 delegates.
Delegates are proportionally awarded, so that means he is going to have to win only a little more than 50% in each of the next contests. In a 2 man race, that is easier to do.
Posted by: blaster at March 04, 2020 11:17 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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It is just an element of emotional manipulation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2020 11:22 AM (CDGwz)
Art, especially narrative art like this, is a fount of wonder. My life is richer for becoming interested in it.
Posted by: vivi at March 04, 2020 11:29 AM (11H2y)
Posted by: TexasDan at March 04, 2020 11:33 AM (hr5kG)
Posted by: NavyMom at March 04, 2020 10:45 AM (EYMQq)
Two possible reasons off the top of my head...
1: Classicism.
B: Rubens is showing off his skill at male anatomy.
Perhaps a little of both?
I like the idea of an artist painter being kind of a show off. Posted by: NavyMom at March 04, 2020 11:50 AM (EYMQq)
Posted by: Sooner at March 04, 2020 11:52 AM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: vivi at March 04, 2020 11:29 AM (11H2y)
Yes! What I know about art could fit into a thimble with room to spare, but the symbolism is fascinating! That's why I love reading this every morning.
Posted by: NavyMom at March 04, 2020 11:54 AM (EYMQq)
Posted by: Filly at March 04, 2020 12:27 PM (aNmky)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at March 04, 2020 04:16 PM (wGqjj)
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