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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Jacopo Bassano
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 06, 2020 09:31 AM (myjNJ)
Posted by: BignJames at July 06, 2020 09:31 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:31 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2020 09:31 AM (u6xw0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 09:32 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 09:32 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:32 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Edna Mode at July 06, 2020 09:33 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:34 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2020 09:34 AM (u6xw0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 09:34 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 06, 2020 09:35 AM (Ve//x)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2020 09:35 AM (0bkJJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 09:35 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 06, 2020 09:35 AM (myjNJ)
Jesus and the Ds seem to be high above the distant boats but they're on the same body of water.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 09:36 AM (gd9RK)
Castanet- a limerick
I'm not really one to complain
But this constant incessant refrain
These fish puns by the Horde
Please make them stop, dear Lord
Quite frankly they're driving me in seine!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 09:36 AM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2020 09:36 AM (0bkJJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:36 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 06, 2020 09:36 AM (jUVms)
Peter said, due, no way, we are tired. We have been fishing all day and got nothing to show for it. But you know what, sure, let's go fish.
Then they caught more fish than they had ever caught.
Jesus' divinity is captured in the fact that he did not say "I told you so."
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (wiXsO)
-Jesus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Allie at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (vmRc0)
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (xfb67)
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Yeah, those boats are ridiculously under-sized. Nobody could hope to get much fish from a canoe that's barely big enough to hold two people. Even if you managed a big catch, where would you put the fish, let alone the nets?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (k4dH2)
Jesus' divinity is captured in the fact that he did not say "I told you so."
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (9VeU0)
Unlike most wives.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (Jx5Qs)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (u6xw0)
Posted by: a skeptical Galilleean at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (h5TKJ)
Peter said, due, no way, we are tired. We have been fishing all day and got nothing to show for it. But you know what, sure, let's go fish.
Then they caught more fish than they had ever caught.
Jesus' divinity is captured in the fact that he did not say "I told you so."
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 09:37 AM (9VeU0)
Peter : "Got any Eights?"
Posted by: Allie at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (vmRc0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2020 09:39 AM (0bkJJ)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 09:39 AM (hku12)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 09:39 AM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 09:39 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:39 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Bass Lives Matter at July 06, 2020 09:40 AM (mrXxR)
Jesus is pink. And ripped.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 09:38 AM (xfb67)
Comes from scourging moneylenders in the Temple.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:40 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2020 09:40 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 09:40 AM (gmo/4)
This was an odd choice - Raphael did a version of this, and around the same time, that was so much better that it's not even comparable:
https://tinyurl.com/ycjdx9ya
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2020 09:41 AM (PBmdd)
I really like the colors in this. However, his cloak... I guess it's
supposed to be whipped by the wind? But nothing else seems to be moving
due to air movement and that cloak suggests howling gale type winds.
This is puzzling.
Ditto on the colors. I really need to do a bit of research on the materials used to achieve such nice colors. I know they used lapis lazuli for blue, but that's a pretty expensive way to go.
As to the cloak, the answer is simple. No matter how many times you tell them, the damn laundromat insists on too much starch.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 09:41 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Only if the Knights of Columbus doesn't beat them to it.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2020 09:41 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Archer
The puddle pirates are sailing over in the background for a safety inspection. I can see the red stripe on the bow..
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:42 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 09:43 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2020 09:43 AM (Rvt88)
Looking at it more, I'm intrigued by the brilliant colors and lively postures of the figures. I also like that Jesus is portrayed as a muscular man not some anorexic soy boy, reflecting his work as a carpenter.
A painting like this must have been a spot of bright color in a room, especially if placed correctly to catch some light.
BTW, Jacopo Bassano did some remarkable paintings using moon light. They are very effective and powerful.
Posted by: JTB at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Kris at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: stumck at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (VcFUs)
Look at the size of the boats. They're tiny. They wouldn't hold up anyone, much less people with a good catch of fish. They're better than Jesus' boat in the Bassano picture, though. It has a mean twist to it.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Madamemayhem
**********
Try The Eel, Tip Your Waitresses - a limerick
You wonder why I'm oddly attired
Yet there's no explanation required
But now, since you asked us
I just flew in from Damascus
And boy, howdy! Are my arms tired!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (Fc5rx)
"Peter Finds Out That No One is Impressed When He Reveals His Secret Identity as
SeaWeed Man, Scrouge of Crime!"
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (FOGOI)
There is a wing in the luve with double car garage door sized paintings that are similar to this. A lot of David focused on 'The Flood' as a theme.
CBD, how large (what size) is this work?
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2020 09:35 AM
You laugh...my property professor was the enviro who litigated that case.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2020 09:47 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020
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You're right. The boats look like those little punts for people to go "boating" on the park lagoon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:48 AM (rpbg1)
Hadrian is older than Vic?
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:48 AM (VcFUs)
This old bearded feller, apparently an experienced fisherman, starts yelling from the shore, "You're too far out, boys! This time of day, the fish are all up here in these grassy shallows." By the time we rowed up there, he was gone, but you could actually see all the fish wiggling around. Miraculous.
Okay, I made up the part about the old guy, but if he'd been there with some good advice, we might've caught something.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Shall Not Be Infringed
at July 06, 2020 09:48 AM (HqWIn)
It's a Miracle - a limerick
Retirement sounds awfully delicious
The lifestyle fulfills all your wishes
My buddy says it pleases
'Cause it makes him more like Jesus
Every day all he does is loafs and fishes!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: That guy who is slowly disappearing at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (kc5DY)
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (v16oJ)
this, and around the same time
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2020 09:41 AM (PBmdd)
I have posted eight Raphaels. This is the first Bassano.
But the hotair.com art thread is pretty solid, so.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (dLLD6)
https://tinyurl.com/ycjdx9ya
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2020
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Gritty, while Bassano's is light and colorful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (rpbg1)
Hadrian is older than Vic?
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:48 AM (VcFUs)
No, but I just feel that way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (rpbg1)
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Razors have been around for a very long time.
In some times and places, they used sharpened sea shells.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at July 06, 2020 09:50 AM (4zyav)
The trick is to say two Hail Marys.
Posted by: Fredo Corleone at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (gd9RK)
Hadrian is older than Vic?
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020
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Our Hadrian is the seventh of his line. Hadrian the emperor was the first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (VcFUs)
Pretty big. About 5'x8'
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (u/msz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 09:52 AM (tsZQ+)
I played first bassano in Senior Concert Band in high school.
Posted by: some woodwind instrumentalist at July 06, 2020 09:52 AM (h5TKJ)
I wonder what the 114 in the lower corner means. Is this a copy or a print?
Posted by: Infide
It means the white man is evil.
Posted by: Calypso Louis at July 06, 2020 09:52 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 09:52 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020
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The Roman procurator probably had a safety officer. Karenius Totalis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (pqzdQ)
I wonder what the 114 in the lower corner means. Is this a copy or a print?
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (u/msz)
Finished on January 14th or November 4th.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: saf at July 06, 2020 09:54 AM (5IHGB)
The original number from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:54 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:55 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020
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If you're a long-time customer, maybe you should complain to the dealership that you were harassed, or that this woman was creating a disturbance or an unsafe environment, or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:55 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: McCool at July 06, 2020 09:56 AM (sZaoP)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 06, 2020 09:56 AM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:55 AM (rpbg1)
Throw in "triggered" for good measure.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 06, 2020 09:56 AM (vtNpt)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:56 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:57 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Emmie at July 06, 2020 09:57 AM (clsJu)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:51 AM (u/msz)
It may be a registry number from one of its past owners. It's in the National Gallery of Art now. Its present number is 1997.21.1.
Posted by: Kris at July 06, 2020 09:57 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)
They once shaved with sharpened sea shells
Which made shaving all kinds of hell
After, a splash of Old Spice
Would've been very nice
Instead of a rotten whelk's smell
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 09:57 AM (dWwl8)
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
1545
oil on canvas
overall: 143.5 × 243.68 cm (56 1/2 × 95 15/16 in.)
framed: 177.8 × 277.5 × 12.7 cm (70 × 109 1/4 × 5 in.)
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 09:58 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:58 AM (u/msz)
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 09:58 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 09:31 AM (mht8P)
Gefilte.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 06, 2020 09:58 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (ldmQR)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:58 AM (u/msz)
Ah, but turning their own rules against them...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (vtNpt)
was just sitting in the dealership waiting for my oil change to finish. I was not wearing a mask because I was up in a corner of the sales floor where I could get some computer work done while wearing ear plugs to tune out the horrendous music. I'm at least 30 feet away from anybody, on the other side of a partition.
Eventually, this woman comes in and sits in the same area about 20 feet away. She couldn't contain herself because eventually she moseys over and asked me to put my mask on. I pulled the ear plug out and say, what? She says, pointing at the door, it says I need to put on a mask. I said not if I'm 6 feet away and can maintain it. At this point she starts screeching at me so I just said, call a cop. She keeps screeching, I keep saying calmly, call a cop. Finally she goes and sits down and glares at me until my car is ready.
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM (pqzdQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (u/msz)
Think he did the soundtrack to The Untouchables - the 1987 film - and it's amazing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Emmie at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (clsJu)
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 09:46 AM (VcFUs)
You mean the Lurve?....in Paree?
Posted by: BignJames at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (X/Pw5)
Christ, Peter, and Andrew on the left contrasts with the denser grouping of Zebedee and his sons James and John on the right. Uniting the two groups of apostles is the dramatic form of Andrew's billowing cape
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 10:00 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 06, 2020 10:00 AM (vtNpt)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 06, 2020 10:00 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 06, 2020 10:01 AM (CLteG)
Why don't they use the "currently infected" number? It would be far more informative.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:01 AM (xfb67)
Those boats seem a mite small for commercial fishing.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 06, 2020 10:00 AM (vtNpt)
They belong to Pete's Anchovy Emporium.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:01 AM (mht8P)
I suppose since the artist was not going for a realistic depiction,
there must be some kind of symbolism that requires tiny boats and a pink
Jesus.
Tiny Boats and a Pink Jesus would be an excellent title for a C and W song.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 10:01 AM (v16oJ)
Think he did the soundtrack to The Untouchables - the 1987 film - and it's amazing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (bkUtD)
and Good Bad Ugly
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (oAY8z)
https://tinyurl.com/yca7m5bt
Thank you for the Art Thread, CBD! It's an uplifting break from the current news cycle...except when you punish us with that lumpy guy on the ottoman.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (8/7u2)
Posted by: Emmie at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (clsJu)
Speaking of tiny fishing boats, I just saw a YouTube video of a bunch of guys in two canoes fishing for sharks. It almost tipped the boats a few times before it finally snapped the line and got away. It looked a lot like this painting.
Posted by: Kris at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (oAY8z)
Locally sourced, for sure. Gluten-free, too.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (vtNpt)
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Brett Favre at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Emmie at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (clsJu)
I don't get it. If I saw this in a museum I would pass it by without a second thought.
The effects are jarring to my eyes, and frankly, since I know how to read, I don't really need any artists to tell me the stories of Jesus.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (hku12)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (bkUtD)
Posted by: BifBewalski - sinis est culus at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Emmie at July 06, 2020 09:59 AM (clsJu)
This sounds like a lightly disguised pornographic comment.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (Rvt88)
https://tinyurl.com/ycjdx9ya
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2020
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Gritty, while Bassano's is light and colorful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 09:49 AM (rpbg1)
Call both up and look at them side by side - Raphael, 1515, Bassano, 1545. Clearly, Bassano had studied Raphael's painting and made some sketches of it, since every character in the painting is the same, and even their various hand gestures are the same.
Still, I prefer what Bassano did with it. He's removed everything that is extraneous to the story, such as the large storks in the foreground and the crowds in the back, and focused all of the attention on the 6 characters in the boats. Then, he's made all of them pop out of the canvas with a fantastic use of color.
Admittedly, the green cape makes no sense on a fishermen, and neither does having him stand up in a small boat. (and in BOTH paintings - what is this, rub a dub dub, 3 men in a tub?) BUT as a magnificent splash of color meant to draw your eye to the top center of the triangle created by it and the ends of the boats, left and right, it works beautifully.
For me, Raphael's version is much more skilled, but Bassano's is far more enjoyable to look at.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (xfb67)
He's de-composing.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (oVJmc)
Ok, that was funny.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (6xA3t)
Today is the Feast Day of St. Maria Goretti.
Remember a few years back when the students of her school chased a bad guy or sumpin' ?
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 10:05 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 09:53 AM
He's there, but he's asleep.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2020 10:05 AM (ejd/p)
Italian chicks don't screw around. Well, they do, but not with criminals.
Still remember when they and St. John Neumann merged because the school's attendance was dwindling.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:06 AM (bkUtD)
Look at the size of the boats. They're tiny. They wouldn't hold up anyone, much less people with a good catch of fish. They're better than Jesus' boat in the Bassano picture, though. It has a mean twist to it.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 09:44 AM (v16oJ)
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The boats are so clearly a prop in both of these paintings that it's annoying.
It's not like people in Bassano's day didn't know boats pretty well.
On the other hand I'm thinking I now know where rub-a-dub-dub may have come from.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:06 AM (yL25O)
I hope you meant "clan."
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
Lol. Yes, she posted clan, but a couple of readers (not me for once !) read it as clam.
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 10:06 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at July 06, 2020 10:06 AM (4zyav)
He's de-composing.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:03 AM (oVJmc)
Ok, that was funny.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 06, 2020 10:04 AM (6xA3t)
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Monty Python's "Decomoposing Composers" song has a couple pretty good lines in it.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:07 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at July 06, 2020 10:05 AM (JFO2v)
Yes in the second Jesus is standing on the shore.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:07 AM (9VeU0)
The Karen looked at me and several of the other customers, started towards the desk to speak with the manager, (you could see it and sense it) and upon seeing the manager and counter guy also not wearing masks, she let out an audible "hmmph", took her two junior Karens firmly by the hand and marched out of the store, with an "I'll just order it on Amazon where it's safe" tossed over
her shoulder.
The cashier and I both said "OK, Karen" at almost the same time, and had a great laugh over it. (She was already out the door, we just said it to the air.)
See, bike people take a lot of abuse here, and as a bike person I generally stay out of it, but bike people tend to be a stubbornly independent lot.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 06, 2020 10:07 AM (FtO5h)
I like that the Raphael includes the crowds on the shore, who are the reason Jesus is in the boat. He asked to be rowed out, so he could preach to the people.
The colors are gorgeous. There's nice eye-leading flow across the painting.
Posted by: Sal at July 06, 2020 10:07 AM (bo8pf)
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I wouldn't go with that on a history test.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:08 AM (+y/Ru)
the Renaissance palette mirrored that of the Medieval Age but for three pigments: Naples yellow, smalt and carmine lake (cochineal). Other reds were vermilion and madder lake, which brought to Europe by crusaders in the 12th century.
The Renaissance color palette also featured realgar and among the blues azurite, ultramarine and indigo. The greens were verdigris, green earth and malachite; the yellows were Naples yellow, orpiment, and lead-tin yellow. Renaissance browns were obtained from umber. Whites were lead white, gypsum and lime white, and blacks were carbon black and bone black.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (dNzKv)
The Ecstasy of Gold
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:02 AM (gmo/4)
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His score to The Mission is one of the few film soundtracks I have purchased.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (yL25O)
Sorry, I did violate protocol. But if you could have seen the look of silent thwarted rage on her face as I left, you would agree it was itself a work of art.
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (ldmQR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (FOGOI)
The rescue boys Blaze and Rocket are coming around. They'll come up to me for ear noogies and wag their tails. Their dad, Dopple, is much more hesitant and will need more time before he's comfortable with us.
Beast seems the worst off physically. His teeth are bad, so I have to give him a bowl of kibble soaked into a paste twice a day. He also has a pinched nerve in his neck and we're trying to get him to the veterinary chiropractor to have it treated. The little imp Musya is the oldest but the best off temperamentally.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (mht8P)
Let's do this, and in twenty years, no one will ever remember slavery and BLM can go away forever.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (bkUtD)
I remember back in the Clinton days the media was busy telling us that lots of Presidents were philanderers and liars.
Funny they didnt do that in the past 3 years.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: FrodoB-
Back in the paddle again at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (dQF3z)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (dNzKv)
Blessed are the hoisters, for they shall inherit the kingdom of shreddin'.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (FOGOI)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:11 AM (FeOTH)
And illustrating bible stories was still essential at a time when only the clergy were trained to read.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2020 10:11 AM (Kpl3J)
...
The Sons of Thunder.
Simon Peter gets all the credit for being a roughneck but I suspect James and Andrew could hold their own too.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:11 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (yL25O)
Listening to that one right now! I first discovered it through an excerpt on an old sampler CD, one of those "Instrumental Ambiences" type cheapos. Bought the full album and loved that one ever since.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 06, 2020 10:11 AM (FtO5h)
I didn't write anything about my clan; I think it was votermom. But yes, I survived drinking with the Brazilians! If you can call one drink stretched out over about 3 hours drinking.
Posted by: bluebell at July 06, 2020 10:11 AM (/669Q)
Looney Left Coworker was going on and on about our company reorg and complaining about the systemic racism and sexism that keeps "people of color" (I fucking hate that term) out of the C-suite.
I snapped, alas. "IF IT IS SO SYSTEMIC WHY ARE MORE THAN JUST WHITE MEN ABLE TO VOTE, HOLD JOBS, AND BUY THINGS?!?"
mumble mumble something about hiding true aims.
Told her that politics has no place in my crew and just focus on the job at hand. Sigh.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
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And she said that openly with no fear of reprisal while working beside, and being paid the same as or more than, white men.
Huh.
Posted by: Charles Darwin Doing the Humpty Dance on the Interstate at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (kc5DY)
Is that what explains wearing speedos in the middle of a lane on a two-lane hilly country road?
I kid. Sort of.
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (ldmQR)
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (gmo/4)
They still teach history?
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (JKDz7)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (CLteG)
Posted by: Allie at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (vmRc0)
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I wouldn't go with that on a history test.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:08 AM (+y
============
*opens blue book*
*sees empty lines with realization that didn't study*
"History is As Much About Forgetting As Remembering"
*turns in blue book*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (LvTSG)
Forget the good things, remember the bad things. You are a victim, your parents were victims, their parents were victims. Never forget, never recover, dwell on the fact that you are a victim, and the only way to fix it is to give a couple wealthy white billionaires absolute control over your life.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:13 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Allie
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Please Allie! "Death of Color" is the enlightened term these days.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (FOGOI)
Posted by: Allie at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (vmRc0)
...
Inner Mongolia was tired of the homeless camps in LA getting all the attention.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (yL25O)
Let's do this, and in twenty years, no one will ever remember slavery and BLM can go away forever.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (bkUtD)
Freaking 1984 is their instruction manual and they don't even realize it. Newspeak is no longer used ironically.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (FeOTH)
*erases slavery*
*problem solved*
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (oVJmc)
*turns in blue book*
*gets little red book in exchange*
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (dNzKv)
..
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (9VeU0)
Any statues at the President Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Presidential Center? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Citizen at July 06, 2020 10:09 AM (ldmQR)
Don't double down. The smiting was gentle this time, more gentle than you deserved.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 10:14 AM (gd9RK)
I was compliant, b/c I was there for a sick kid.
Heard a talk radio guy discussing the new "mandate".
First, it's not a law. He was not even sure if Abbot, for whom I have lost all respect, can issue that sort of executive order.
Second, it's non-enforceable. You can't detain someone for not wearing a mask.
So, it's pure virtue signalling. The cities will comply, the rest of the state won't, in varying degrees.
Posted by: Sal at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (bo8pf)
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You know. Like how Democrats have exclusively controlled Atlanta for 150 years.
Posted by: Charles Darwin Doing the Humpty Dance on the Interstate at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (kc5DY)
https://tinyurl.com/yd9u4aq4
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (sWM8x)
================
Here is someone who has not a sailor's soul.
Truthfully Jesus was from the backwater of Nazareth, which today is still a backwater, albeit a backwater in range of missiles from Syria. (It's still better than the Gaza Strip though.) Posted by: exdem13 at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Bubba Wallace at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (VcFUs)
So, what's this about the Black Death appearing in China again?
Posted by: Allie
The black death is also common in prairie dogs and mice in the western US
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Fox2! at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: WitchDoktor
You will be called to the C suite and informed that some politics does, in fact, belong on your crew. Assimilate or be fired.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (dNzKv)
Damn. This is one hell of an address. He didn't quite call for blood-in-the-streets counter-revolution, but he didn't pull many punches, at least not yet (I am all of 50% through it). The Press had better be right that this speech was enjoyed only by the hardest of hardcore Deplorables. Because if that isn't true, if it had any broader appeal, they might be cooked. The battle lines were very clearly drawn here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (hYcqw)
https://tinyurl.com/y7deuejv
Case closed.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (2RBkF)
https://bit.ly/3ffXOzG
NSFW
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (+y/Ru)
I was assured that that event was simply a goat that ate some dynamite.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (oVJmc)
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Ah, so Kylo Ren was correct in TLJ then? Good to know.
Posted by: exdem13 at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (W+kMI)
https://tinyurl.com/yd9u4aq4
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (sWM8x)
Heh. Totally not Mossad.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: t-bird at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (1vynn)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (oVJmc)
Goat Simulator LARPing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (FOGOI)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (CLteG)
yes if you are from water rich North America or Europe, neither The Jordan River or the Sea of Galilee is much. HOWEVER if your from fresh water poor Israel they are fantastic. Now what you also probably missed, was the Banias on the Golan:
Banias River is a river in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It is the easternmost of the three main northern tributaries of the Jordan River; together with the Dan River and the Snir Stream, it forms the Jordan River's upper catchment.
And The Banias, on a hot day, is fantastic in any language
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (tsZQ+)
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I wouldn't go with that on a history test.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:08 AM (+y
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*opens blue book*
*sees empty lines with realization that didn't study*
"History is As Much About Forgetting As Remembering"
*turns in blue book*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (LvTSG)
...
You forgot to add two paragraphs about how stressed you were walking by a greek revival building on the way to the test, and how it made you think of Rome because you're bad at architectural history too, and that made you think of Roman slaves and then how the black guy in Gladiator got almost no screen time.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (yL25O)
I bet The Mossad is posting that Kermit meme again.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 06, 2020 10:10 AM (bkUtD)
I... what?
Posted by: Kris at July 06, 2020 10:18 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:18 AM (VcFUs)
https://tinyurl.com/yd9u4aq4
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (sWM8x)
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It wasn't actually an attack. It was Todd who got a job there and just simply fucked up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:18 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: t-bird at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (1vynn)
I bet it was on his birthday too.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:19 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: FrodoB-
Back in the paddle again at July 06, 2020 10:19 AM (dQF3z)
My memory of Ocean Drive Miami in the 90's is full of crowds, and chicks in bikinis... but also of oiled-up gay dudes in thongs on cruiser bikes riding along near the restaurants. If you sat outside it was unavoidable. I guess they were advertising.
Posted by: Tommy Vercetti at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (/d0mh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:08 AM (+y/Ru)
++++++++++++
New campaign slogan for Trump: "Make Orwell Fiction Again"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Archer
It's endemic in Madagascar. They experience recurring outbreaks.
Posted by: pep at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: eleven at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (XTyi0)
This election season is all about the Dems stoking anger for all the things Dems did throughout American History so that people will vote for them.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (oVJmc)
*sees empty lines with realization that didn't study*
"History is As Much About Forgetting As Remembering"
*turns in blue book*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:12 AM (LvTSG)
Rated- True
Posted by: Minitrue at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (xaypX)
Stalin agrees.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: eleven at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (2RBkF)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (FeOTH)
Suspicion breeds confidence!
Posted by: eleven at July 06, 2020 10:20 AM (XTyi0)
"Math Is As Much About Wrong Answers as Correct Ones!"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: The Charlie Daniels of the Torque Wrench at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (Jj+59)
================
Here is someone who has not a sailor's soul. Truthfully Jesus was from the backwater of Nazareth, which today is still a backwater, albeit a backwater in range of missiles from Syria. (It's still better than the Gaza Strip though.)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (W+kMI)
This is a common experience for me, going to "famous" places. Whether a physical landmark or something manmade, my tendency is to see it, and say "is that it? Is that all there is to this?"
Interestingly though, not Rushmore. Someone mentioned last week, that Rushmore seems small, and frankly I think that's because people have a misperception that viewing area is right up next to it.
I blame North By Northwest.
Rushmore is majestic, and one cannot walk away from it without marveling at the technological achievement, as well as its artistic value.
May it stand for ages.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:22 AM (hku12)
I wasn't including them. I'm talking trail and off-trail riders, not urban hipsters. Although at fifty fi-er-twenty nine, I tend to stick to the trails these days.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 06, 2020 10:22 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:22 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: The Charlie Daniels of the Torque Wrench at July 06, 2020 10:22 AM (Jj+59)
Forget the good things, remember the bad things. You are a victim, your parents were victims, their parents were victims. Never forget, never recover, dwell on the fact that you are a victim
Our guests here have had miserable lives. They've been neglected, fed worthless food (when they were fed at all), allowed to be infested with fleas, never treated for parasites, ignored and never socialized.
Yet I don't doubt that they'll all come around. They'll learn to trust us, to be happy here, to realize we're trying to repair the damage done so that they can go to forever homes and be valued companions.
Why can a dog forgive the abuse it has personally suffered, yet people have to harp on a past that we've largely ameliorated at great cost?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:23 AM (mht8P)
He was 41.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 10:23 AM (0bosY)
History to them is what Chandise said about Beorge last Tuesday on facebook.
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2020 10:23 AM (JKDz7)
So, what's this about the Black Death appearing in China again?
Posted by: Allie
The black death is also common in prairie dogs and mice in the western US
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (gmo/4)
What's this about the black death appearing in China again!!
Posted by: The Good Dr Fauxi Stroking His Chin at July 06, 2020 10:24 AM (xaypX)
'History Is As Much About Forgetting As Remembering'
Forget your wife's birthday and see if saying that gets you out of trouble.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:24 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: t-bird at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (1vynn)
I bet it was on his birthday too.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:19 AM (FeOTH)
Funny, it doesn't look like April.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:24 AM (hku12)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:21 AM (PiwSw)
Cliff Clavin trivia: That's why spinach is considered a super food.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:24 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:25 AM (tsZQ+)
So, what's this about the Black Death appearing in China again?
Posted by: Allie
The black death is also common in prairie dogs and mice in the western US
Posted by: Archer at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM (gmo/4)
...
And we carry leprosy!
Posted by: Armadillos at July 06, 2020 10:25 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:26 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:27 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:17 AM (tsZQ+)
Especially in the company of hot Israeli chicks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 10:27 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: B. Hussein Obama at July 06, 2020 10:28 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:27 AM (xfb67)
My condolences to the lady armadillos.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:28 AM (hku12)
Posted by: kallisto at July 06, 2020 10:29 AM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:24 AM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Your Wedding Anniversary at July 06, 2020 10:30 AM (DMUuz)
And their only natural predator is the automobile.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:30 AM (VcFUs)
(non current events post. those are depressing anyway)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 06, 2020 10:30 AM (syg24)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 10:23 AM (0bosY)
Ok, I'll bite.
Never heard of the guy.
But since this is "news" I'll assume we're all supposed to be upset that a 41 year old died of China wuwu.
First, there's always exceptions to every rule, and second, I bet there were "health problems" we're not going to hear anything about.
Because China wuwu.
Corporate media mantra: Everything that feeds the narrative, nothing that doesn't.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (hku12)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (FeOTH)
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation
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Get a flamethrower.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (+y/Ru)
Togas and capes do not seem like fishing outfits.
Posted by: DaveA at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (FhXTo)
And their only natural predator is the automobile.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:30 AM (VcFUs)
possum on the half shell
Posted by: BignJames at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Puddleglum
X Day : The Invasion of Japan is on Military history. Much better than current events.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:32 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 06, 2020 10:32 AM (W+kMI)
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation
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Get a flamethrower.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (+y/Ru)
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FICTION, YOU NUMBSKULLS!
Posted by: Zombie Ray Bradbury at July 06, 2020 10:32 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 06, 2020 10:32 AM (syg24)
Rushmore is majestic, and one cannot walk away from it without marveling at the technological achievement, as well as its artistic value.
May it stand for ages.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:22
It truly is. Crazy Horse as well. Went to Sturgis in 2000. Saw some blasts at crazy horse. SD is a beautiful state. Also stopped by a mammoth dig.
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:32 AM (u/msz)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:33 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: kallisto at July 06, 2020 10:33 AM (DJFLF)
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation
How about 'problematic' newspapers?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:33 AM (oVJmc)
The court ruled 9-0 in a pair of cases that states can enforce pledges requiring that electors of their states follow the will of the voters when casting their electoral ballots.
So this is a victory right?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:34 AM (tsZQ+)
Excerpt:
That's one reason "progressives" are so eager to erase the past, revise history, tear down the statues, burn the books. They don't want anyone to see how much they resemble the old monsters, how much their methods resemble those of yesterday's tyrants and conquerors.
America has stumbled, but never fallen. We've made mistakes, and benefited from a system that prevented the mistakes from becoming eternal. No one with a full understanding of history could reasonably argue that any of its chapters since 1776 would be better without us.
And that is why the hungry shadows lurking at the edge of freedom's light want to prevent you from having a full understanding of history. For at least half a century, they have wanted nothing more. You can defeat them by remembering. Teaching history is now an act of defiance.
The world needs America more than ever. We were fooled into thinking history ended at the turn of the century, but the truth is that the greatest challenge still lies ahead. We must now defeat Tyranny 2.0, fully upgraded for the Information Age, spreading its ideas like a virus.
It's just this simple: if America does not boldly lead the fight against tyranny once again, the tyrants will win. We are indispensable. Only we can decisively reject the dark ideas that have found such a broad audience around the world, including in our classrooms.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 10:34 AM (Do5/p)
Math Is As Much About Wrong Answers as Correct Ones!"
**********
Opinion Writing Is As Much About Shutting the Hell Up As It Is Typing Out Every Last Brain Fart
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 10:35 AM (Fc5rx)
Rushmore is majestic, and one cannot walk away from it without marveling at the technological achievement, as well as its artistic value.
May it stand for ages.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:22
It truly is. Crazy Horse as well. Went to Sturgis in 2000. Saw some blasts at crazy horse. SD is a beautiful state. Also stopped by a mammoth dig.
Posted by: Infidel
Saw Mt. Rushmore in the 80s. The Black Hills are beautiful and the near by Badlands are magical at sunset. Yep, love SD. Like to visit the Badlands in ND at some point.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 06, 2020 10:35 AM (syg24)
It had some visitors on the 4th.
The park was closed, but, whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS6C79z8e1A&feature=youtu.be
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 06, 2020 10:35 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 10:35 AM (dWwl8)
That's the only way the species could survive. My casual local assessment suggests that three out of four of those baby armadillos will be street pizza before they can breed.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Shall Not Be Infringed
at July 06, 2020 10:36 AM (HqWIn)
https://tinyurl.com/yd9u4aq4
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Somewhere in Dubai some CIA and/or Mossad agents are hoisting a cold one.
Posted by: exdem13 at July 06, 2020 10:36 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: vivi at July 06, 2020 10:37 AM (11H2y)
The court ruled 9-0 in a pair of cases that states can enforce pledges requiring that electors of their states follow the will of the voters when casting their electoral ballots.
So this is a victory right?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Yes, but not in my red area of a state controlled by the big blue city.
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:37 AM (u/msz)
Hmmmmm.
I luvz yew stock market!!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 06, 2020 10:35 AM (dWwl
How the Rising Stock Market May Spell Electoral Disaster for Trump!
Posted by: Bloomberg News at July 06, 2020 10:37 AM (PiwSw)
https://tinyurl.com/y7deuejv
Case closed.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 06, 2020 10:16 AM (2RBkF)
Eh, back then it wasn't so much plagiarism, but a means of learning greatness. Bassano copied a woodcut copy of Raphael's original and he was known for perfecting his art by studying woodcuts of Raphel's works.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at July 06, 2020 10:37 AM (8/7u2)
Oops, Armadillos always give birth to quadruplets.
Math Is As Much About Wrong Answers as Correct Ones!"
Some comments just plum write themselves.
Posted by: The Charlie Daniels of the Torque Wrench at July 06, 2020 10:37 AM (Jj+59)
Posted by: klaftern at July 06, 2020 10:38 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: guy who only skims the comments at July 06, 2020 10:38 AM (2M/TV)
**********
This is the same dumb mindset as the trend in cities and school districts to improve crime statistics by reclassifying certain things as non-criminal or simply not reporting.
You can't celebrate the good in society by erasing the bad, else you would have no framework for comparison and contrast and honest attempts at learning from past mistakes.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 10:39 AM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 06, 2020 10:39 AM (FZYNt)
Never heard of the guy.
But since this is "news" I'll assume we're all supposed to be upset that a 41 year old died of China wuwu.
First, there's always exceptions to every rule, and second, I bet there were "health problems" we're not going to hear anything about.
Because China wuwu.
Corporate media mantra: Everything that feeds the narrative, nothing that doesn't.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (hku12)
I think I remember a posting several months ago about Cordero being hospitalized, either Ace posted it or someone else did . I have seen nothing in reports of preexisting conditions , he has a one year old daughter with Amada Kloot.
I posted this because there was interest in the time of Cordero's hospitalization and his severe reaction to the virus.
In some people without prexisting conditions, this virus promotes incredible amounts of inflammation. My guess is Cordero's problems started early on, when MD's didn't know what symptoms to try to treat for( remember, everyone was begging for ventilators because of low oxygen levels in affected patients. People were dying anyway because pumping more oxygen wasn't the answer, suppressing inflammation and elevating low red blood cell counts was the better answer because without red blood cells, there's nothing for the oxygen to be transported on. Treating people BEFORE they became so ill was also the answer) .
The medical community has learned much about treating this virus and I think that is why the death rate is so much lower. Along with not shipping infected people into nursing homes.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 10:40 AM (0bosY)
So this is a victory right?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Victory is always fleeting. I don't know how broadly this decision is made, but it is possible that the ruling means whatever the state says about its electors is cool, and so the NPV pact is legal, too.
Even though it is clearly unconstitutional.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: creeper at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (XxJt1)
That one is a slow pitch softball. I'm not going to hit the bait and shall stick with the clam.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (6XLoz)
The court ruled 9-0 in a pair of cases that states can enforce pledges requiring that electors of their states follow the will of the voters when casting their electoral ballots.
So this is a victory right?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:34 AM (tsZQ+)
For state's rights I would say yes.
Having the court rule 9-0 is so rare it needs a study to determine how it happened.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 10:42 AM (0bosY)
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at July 06, 2020 10:42 AM (xceTB)
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 06, 2020 10:31 AM (+y/Ru)
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Wow. What of all those "national conversations" and "public debates" that the WaPo champions, eh?
Of, that's right. Their "conversations" and "debates" aren't "problematic."
Jeff Bezos' blog will sadly not die soon. Even if Bezos were to become a relative pauper, he could keep it going in perpetuity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 10:42 AM (hYcqw)
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation
How about 'problematic' newspapers?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:33 AM (oVJmc)
Anyone got a match?
Posted by: Wasahington Post inching toward book burning at July 06, 2020 10:43 AM (xaypX)
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"You're going to need a bigger uterus."
/Sheriff Brody
Posted by: Muldoon at July 06, 2020 10:43 AM (Fc5rx)
No word yet from Fulbright scholar William Jefferson Clinton.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (6XLoz)
Rhodes Scholar, too. Guy is a double-barrelled beneficiary of Systemic Racism. Topple him too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:43 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:44 AM (u/msz)
Even though it is clearly unconstitutional.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (9VeU0)
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The entire point of the Electoral College was one final check against a bad decision on the part of the voters, n'est ce pas?
Posted by: Armadillos at July 06, 2020 10:44 AM (yL25O)
Dinner's on Me- a limerick
The clock struck a quarter past ten,
When Peter was about to give in,
When on the Sea of Galilee,
Jesus hauled in one fifty three,
And proclaimed "Now you'll be dishers of fin"
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 06, 2020 10:44 AM (YA914)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2020 10:45 AM (mht8P)
I was compliant, b/c I was there for a sick kid.
Heard a talk radio guy discussing the new "mandate".
First, it's not a law. He was not even sure if Abbot, for whom I have lost all respect, can issue that sort of executive order.
Second, it's non-enforceable. You can't detain someone for not wearing a mask.
So, it's pure virtue signalling. The cities will comply, the rest of the state won't, in varying degrees.
Posted by: Sal at July 06, 2020 10:15 AM
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abbott can't "create" a law where none existed before. It's not enforceable and like you said, outside of the big four, it's a joke.
I walked into Walmart this morning to get some stuff. Put my mask on so the door lady would not have to say anything and took it off. Lot's of people walking around without masks on.
What pi$$es me off, is abbott did exactly what he said he was not going to do just three weeks ago.
Posted by: Texas Mask Mandate at July 06, 2020 10:45 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:44 AM (u/msz)
OK, I'll bite what did he say? And of course he was a great QB but not the brightest bulb in the pack
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:46 AM (tsZQ+)
Posted by: Armadillos at July 06, 2020 10:44 AM (yL25O)
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Not exactly. It is because of the nature of American power. Power is not vested in the federal and then devolved to the states, it is vested in the states and then devolved to the federal.
The states elect the president. The arbitrary citizen does not.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 10:46 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 06, 2020 10:46 AM (LZ7Gl)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM (PiwSw)
states can enforce pledges requiring that electors of their states
follow the will of the voters when casting their electoral ballots.
So this is a victory right?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Victory is always fleeting. I don't know how broadly this decision
is made, but it is possible that the ruling means whatever the state
says about its electors is cool, and so the NPV pact is legal, too.
Even though it is clearly unconstitutional.
Posted by: blaster at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM
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This ruling pretty much puts paid to the NPV movement. You have to go with who the voters of your State picked.
Posted by: Texas Mask Mandate at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM (PiwSw)
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I like the actor one where they just give up and overdub him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 06, 2020 10:48 AM (Fx8i+)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
Assume the Front Leaning Rest Position and knock out forty pushups. That'll help.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:49 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 10:49 AM (sX1BW)
OK, I'll bite what did he say? And of course he was a great QB but not the brightest bulb in the pack
Posted by: Nevergiveup a
Just saw a commercial he was in. Whatever that 5K a week contest is. Publishers Clearinghouse? Pathetic. But yes, he was a good QB back in the day.
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:49 AM (u/msz)
Posted by: Texas Mask Mandate at July 06, 2020 10:45 AM (JUOKG)
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Masks are the biggest virtue signal yet; apparently they signal that one is on the Side of Science or Something. The Correct Side of History, at any rate.
I'm really disgusted with Abbot.
It's time to declare that whoohoo we're getting herd immunity y'all and this is what we expected it would look like, everybody keep calm and party on.
But no.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 06, 2020 10:49 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:50 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 06, 2020 10:50 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:50 AM (oVJmc)
Supposedly lots of microclots in the lungs.
Did this guy get HCQ, or was he in OrangeManBad Hospital?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:51 AM (oVJmc)
Cases are vastly up 'cause more testing, but fatalities are falling in most places and medical services are no where overloaded.
Posted by: JEM at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (8erNz)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (FeOTH)
This is bad. I'm starting to find the Liberty Mutual commercials funny. Help me!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM
Libbity Bibbity
Can I come out of the water?
Posted by: Struggling Actor Guy at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 10:50 AM
No not really.Months at best. But it helps and makes them paranoid
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (tsZQ+)
I like the actor one where they just give up and overdub him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 10:47 AM
Hah! Beat me to it.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (Do5/p)
There is going to be a reality show about the Bradshaws and it's going to be awful.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 10:53 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at July 06, 2020 10:54 AM (oWAzz)
blood clots in his legs and the blood thinners they gave him screwed him
up even more. I assume the Covid causes blood clots?
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I am merely speculating, but I suspect there is much more to his passing. It is entirely possible that his death is the aberration - there is always an aberration or two - but I'm guessing there is much more there medically.
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 10:54 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at July 06, 2020 10:54 AM (UUBmN)
Anyone got a match?
Posted by: Wasahington Post inching toward book burning
Jeff Bezos and a buffalo butt.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2020 10:54 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Bandersnatch a
Gah, Bander. Doesn't he do a tub redo commercial too? His football contract couldn't have been that bad.
Posted by: Infidel at July 06, 2020 10:55 AM (u/msz)
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I'd like to think Bradshaw is diversifying as he too can see the NFL waning even more and he is just protecting his bank account. Respect the hustle.
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 10:55 AM (sX1BW)
Law with guns as in you are wearing a red face mask with "Trump" on it in big white letters. You get arrested by armed cops and charged with the crime they've created with a law.
That's what "problematic" means.
You never hear it spoken by conservatives.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 06, 2020 10:55 AM (Fx8i+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 06, 2020 10:56 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: JEM at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (8erNz)
Take a look at the graph of daily deaths that I posted in the sidebar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 10:57 AM (dLLD6)
Bring back the cavemen!
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2020 10:57 AM (JKDz7)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2020 10:41 AM (6XLoz)
Don't interrupt me while I'm making the rape.....
Lawd, some people.
Posted by: Billy Jeff, The El Camino Rapist at July 06, 2020 10:57 AM (Z+IKu)
You're playing one of Bach's organ prelude fugues?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 10:58 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 06, 2020 10:58 AM (eKTVr)
That still is one of the weirdest pieces of trivia out there.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:58 AM (FeOTH)
That's going to explode some lefty heads.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:58 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at July 06, 2020
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That's what I'm going to use as my argument, if somebody gives me a hard time at a shop.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 10:58 AM (rpbg1)
...somehow this version of the text never made the final cut.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 10:59 AM (OUMaO)
legal. If someone doesn't wear a mask because of a medical condition
you can't ask them what/why/etc. because of HIPPA which is an actual
law. You also can't make business enforce it then punish them if they
fail because of the above. Even asking someone about the medical
condition can be a YUGE fine for a business. Plus unless he changed the
law about carrying a gun and face coverings he is forcing people to
break the law... I think the 2nd and 5th amendments trump a mandate that
isn't even legal... Abbott is a lawyer, he should know these things.
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at July 06, 2020 10:54 AM
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I am going to the bank today to get something notarized. I will be carrying, wearing a mask and entering a bank.
Posted by: Texas Mask Mandate at July 06, 2020 10:59 AM (JUOKG)
Take a look at the graph of daily deaths that I posted in the sidebar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 10:57 AM
Looks like we peaked right around Easter. When President Trump originally planned to end the State lockdowns.
Imagine that.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 11:00 AM (Do5/p)
You can turn it in for cash for a small percentage. Most grocery stores have those machines.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 11:00 AM (FeOTH)
That still is one of the weirdest pieces of trivia out there.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
I have a relative that lived in the same frat house at the same time they were there. Party central.
Posted by: BifBewalski- Sinis Est Culus at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: mrshad at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (IJsa1)
That's going to explode some lefty heads.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Shocker as it is, I've heard a number of discussions among black folk on the subject of What's Coming that sound as if they could have taken place on this very blog.
Folks know what's up.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 10:50 AM (FeOTH)
Yes, in some individuals, the blood vessels become severely inflamed which causes blood clots to form. Same with the lungs.
It's why steriods have gotten more attention lately as a treatment to prevent the severe inflammation some people get.
Cordero was hospitalized in NYC in mid March, before HCQ or any of the other treatments were getting any attention.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (0bosY)
Posted by: JEM at July 06, 2020 10:52 AM (8erNz)
Bur the Houston Chronicle said that the largest medical center in the world was at capacity
Posted by: MAC SOG'''' at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (P4Pk9)
The person who bought you the card already did.
Amazon has the $.
May as well use it. If you didn't, that would help Amazon, not you.
Posted by: attila the thrilla at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:02 AM (bRsp8)
That's when Trump said it would likely happen and was ridiculed for it.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 11:02 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: Texas Mask Mandate
I joked back in April when I visited my credit union that this may be the only time in modern history folks could get in trouble for visiting a bank without wearing a mask.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:02 AM (OUMaO)
I love the subject matter, the colors are beautiful...but I don't like the painting at all. I dislike the slash of boats across the center of the painting. The composition is chaotic, and my eye does not naturally travel to the subject of the painting: is the main subject Christ? He's off to the side. Is it the hail of fish (as the title says)? There's only a bit of net showing.
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From MR, Ric Grennel has evidently learned from his boss. What a great comeback to the Iranian despots. Unfortunately, the Iranian despots, like all bullies and despots, only respect violence.
Posted by: Flyover at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (dNzKv)
Use the card.
Return the items as many times as they will let you.
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (bRsp8)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (/UAb3)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
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They have already been supported by the purchase of the gift card. Using it won't change that.
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (UUBmN)
Second, it's non-enforceable. You can't detain someone for not wearing a mask. . . .
Posted by: Sal at July 06, 2020
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Yeah, but the state can fine the business. That's the routine Jeff Parish is apparently going for. (Yes, they can fight it, but that will take time and money. Easier for the company to roll over.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (dNzKv)
Other than the video, you probably wouldn't even need a mask for that kind of bank robbery.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (xfb67)
I'm going to laugh when they announce a vaccine around November/December.
That's when Trump said it would likely happen and was ridiculed for it.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 11:02 AM
October. October surprise.
October will have people standing in line to get the vaccine, proving they can then surely stand in line a few weeks later to vote.
No more "need" for mail-in voting.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 10:57 AM
It needs a source. I would re-post it, but not without a source.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (gd9RK)
wealth under Trump. Youd think he could show a bit of appreciation.
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How are Mom Pop doing?
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (sX1BW)
Shocker as it is, I've heard a number of discussions among black folk on the subject of What's Coming that sound as if they could have taken place on this very blog.
Folks know what's up.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:01 AM (OUMaO)
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"That Trump's gonna put them all back in chains?"
-Joe Biden
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at July 06, 2020 11:05 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (/UAb3)
It is not about his wealth. Bezos wants a government who will prevent the next Amazon from forming.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:05 AM (dNzKv)
They have already been supported by the purchase of the gift card. Using it won't change that.
Actually, NOT using it will allow the money they've already received to stay in their pocket.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 06, 2020 11:05 AM (oVJmc)
"I don't have to tell you about my medical condition, and you are not permitted to ask me."
And the Karen mask-shamer or store manager is stopped by that?
I am dead certain if you try this at a Costco, the door person will say, sorry, Costco policy, no mask, no entry.
But what if you persist?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (Fx8i+)
Second, it's non-enforceable. You can't detain someone for not wearing a mask. . . .
Posted by: Sal at July 06, 2020
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Yeah, but the state can fine the business. That's the routine Jeff
Parish is apparently going for. (Yes, they can fight it, but that will
take time and money. Easier for the company to roll over.)
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These things are easier to enforce when you have to get a license (i.e., a "royal privilege") every year from the state.
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V
So, as proof, are ya gonna post pics or yerself with no shirt on ?
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (arJlL)
I'm gonna laugh when the first patients to receive it go Zombie.
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (e5C34)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (eKTVr)
It needs a source. I would re-post it, but not without a source.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM
It's worldometers: https://bit.ly/31LJTxH
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (arJlL)
No "Miraculous Draught of Beer"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
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They have already been supported by the purchase of the gift card. Using it won't change that.
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue!
You can, however, force them to incur expenses associated with fulfilling orders paid with by said card. For maximum results, several small orders placed and shipped over an extended period of time.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (OUMaO)
I'm gonna laugh when the first patients to receive it go Zombie.
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:06 AM (e5C34)
Fast Zombie or Slow Zombie. It makes a difference.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (FeOTH)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (dNzKv)
I know this is a rhetorical question, but how does a tribe whose reservation boasts something like an 80% unemployment rate have the funds to keep filing stupid lawsuits over a pipeline that if they were smart, they would be negotiation instead a large lease payment for?
It's just like the idiots tribal leaders who refuse to accept the giant amount of money in escrow that the SC ordered the government to pay the tribes for the eminent domain taking of the Black Hills. Millions and millions of dollars are sitting in an account while the majority of residents of reservations live in abject poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and many live without running water or electricity.
"we want our land back". To do what with?
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (0bosY)
And ALL of them returned 2-3 times for replacements.
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:08 AM (e5C34)
But what if you persist?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 06, 2020
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Since there is usually only one Costco in a given area, you don't have the option to leave and go to another one (and that one will probably follow the "rule" too). Walmart, on the other hand, usually has multiple stores in different areas.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 11:08 AM (rpbg1)
Standing in a canoe never leads to anything good.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 06, 2020 11:08 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 06, 2020 11:08 AM (sGotD)
Posted by: bluebell
120 oz. glass ?
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:09 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2020 11:02 AM
I can't be in every painting. Wouldn't be
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at July 06, 2020 11:09 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 06, 2020 11:03 AM (/UAb3)
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It's not about the money, not anymore. There are six states of wealth:
- Poor. Cannot make ends meet.
- Getting by. Makes ends meet, but little left over.
- Near rich. Decent life, some savings, but not truly secure.
- Rich. Have what's needed, can survive for long periods or indefinitely without income. No debt or major obligations that are not paid for.
- Very rich. Top of the world. Can bug out at any time. Actual elite.
- Scorekeeping. The money doesn't matter anymore. It is about keeping score against the other scorekeepers. The money can't really buy you anything anymore because you already have it all.
Bezos and his buddies are Scorekeepers. It isn't about money anymore, so it is about something else. For Bezos, it appears to be about monopoly and power.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 11:09 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at July 06, 2020 11:09 AM (l4C/z)
kallisto
Long time, no see.
I thought you'd been kidnapped !
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (arJlL)
no kidnapping, who would pay my ransom?
Posted by: kallisto at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (DJFLF)
Posted by: thomas hobbes at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (hMlTh)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo
Bofus ?
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (arJlL)
score against the other scorekeepers. The money can't really buy you
anything anymore because you already have it all.
Bezos and his buddies are Scorekeepers. It isn't about money
anymore, so it is about something else. For Bezos, it appears to be
about monopoly and power.
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The show Billions captures this well.
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (sX1BW)
The pipeline isn't on their land, it cuts 70 feet under the Missouri river north of the reservation, therefore the pipeline threatens their water supply or something.
And we all know who is paying for the lawsuits. The man who stands to profit greatly from the trains which will be carrying the oil, over rails, through towns, over bridges that cross the missouri river. Warren Buffet.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM
Yep, they already have the money, might as well use it or have fun with them.
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (TULSu)
"I don't have to tell you about my medical condition, and you are not permitted to ask me."
And the Karen mask-shamer or store manager is stopped by that?
I am dead certain if you try this at a Costco, the door person will say, sorry, Costco policy, no mask, no entry.
But what if you persist?
Posted by: Les Kinetic
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The response is I have a medical condition.
If they ask what, tell them HIPPA doe not allow them to ask. If they persist, speak to the manager and bring up lawyer, law suit and $75,000 fine for violating said HIPPA law....
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (UUBmN)
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2020 11:10 AM (sX1BW)
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Never seen it. Any good?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: JT at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: tubal at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (bCLt0)
Posted by: IrishEi at July 06, 2020 11:08 AM
White Privilege! Don't any of y'all ever listen to me?
Posted by: Shaun King at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: thomas hobbes at July 06, 2020 11:12 AM (hMlTh)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 11:12 AM (xfb67)
Jesus is black, duh.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2020 11:12 AM (6XLoz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 11:04 AM (gd9RK)
What the fvck? It's on the internet, so it has to be true.
[I updated with a link]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 11:13 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 06, 2020 11:07 AM (Do5/p)
Thanks, but I meant like "according to whom?" Who counts the numbers?
I want to be able to respond to all of my Karens, and they are legion, when I post it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 11:13 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2020 11:13 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2020 11:14 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: thomas hobbes at July 06, 2020 11:12 AM (hMlTh)
The zombies in "I am Legend" were fast! And I think quite well done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2020 11:14 AM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 06, 2020 11:14 AM (/UAb3)
Posted by: thomas hobbes at July 06, 2020 11:14 AM (hMlTh)
already/starting to mutate to a different variant. Vaccine may be a scam
to fleece the rubes, by big pharma. Corona Viruses are a slippery
critter, if, you know, Real Science is to be believed. Vaccine??? No
thanks.
Posted by: tubal at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (bCLt0)
I'll never get it. I'm not tampering with my alien immune system. I don't get flu shots, I don't get the flu, never had the flu, or measles, or chickenpox, or whatever. They can kiss my ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 06, 2020 11:15 AM (9Om/r)
42 dead, half of downtown burned in crude rail disaster.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 11:15 AM (xfb67)
Why don't they use the "currently infected" number? It would be far more informative.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2020 10:01 AM (xfb67)
That is exactly why they don't use "currently infected."
Posted by: Flyover at July 06, 2020 11:15 AM (Rbu5d)
Why don't they use the "currently infected" number? It would be far more informative.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
They'll use whichever number best serves to "keep up the skeer".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 06, 2020 11:16 AM (pNxlR)
I want to be able to respond to all of my Karens, and they are legion, when I post it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
They explain their sources at the site.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 06, 2020 11:17 AM (OUMaO)
The way I'm reading it they only source the historical narrative portion.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 06, 2020 11:19 AM (gd9RK)
A 'Rona vaccine?? Saw something that said it is
already/starting to mutate to a different variant. Vaccine may be a scam to fleece the rubes, by big pharma. Corona Viruses are a slippery critter, if, you know, Real Science is to be believed. Vaccine??? No thanks.
Posted by: tubal at July 06, 2020 11:11 AM (bCLt0)
Not to worry. The Venerable Fauci, inventor of the AIDS vaccine, has assured all of us rubes that a 'Rona virus vaccine is "just around the corner".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 06, 2020 11:20 AM (pNxlR)
So am I!
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 06, 2020 11:21 AM (ELgVT)
Posted by: Wasahington Post inching toward book burning at July 06, 2020 10:43 AM (xaypX)
Ya, my ass and your face.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at July 06, 2020 11:22 AM (k/TB6)
...well, except for whatever retroviruses were in there.
Posted by: t-bird at July 06, 2020 11:23 AM (ELgVT)
If a business requires you to wear a mask, or requires you to wear a yellow hat, or any other arbitrary and silly rule, a customer can't object to the requirement - a business should have a right to refuse service to people not wearing yellow hats. So, if it's the business's ruling, don't kick up a fuss with the poor gal at the door, just wear a yellow hat or leave.
The HIPPA escape clause only works where the government is involved.
I am grateful that throughout this nonsense, we have not had any such demands made of us. Not a single Gladys Kravits chiding us for being 5.3 feet apart. Never wore masks and never were asked to. Life in Smallville - most folks just sort-of wave at the epidemic and go on.
One exception. Milady went to Goodwill and was told, twice, by two different gals, that she was supposed to wear a mask. She just said, "I'm not required to." Each replied, oh, okay. Heh.
In BiggerCity yesterday at the Sprouts™ store, we weren't the only ones unmasked, but the others I could count on one hand. Double whammy of City and Hip Store. They had all the signs and floor lines and everything. (The Exit Only door opened for me when I went in, though! haha) Confirmed with the checker that they were actually seriously enforcing all the virtue signals (my term, not hers). As we left, I told her, "It is not this way on my planet."
Checking for am I willowed nood monkey...
Of course.
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