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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Yeah...whatever. Technically it is a wonderful painting, but I think many renaissance artists have done equal, if not better work. And the contortions that one has to go through to see it in person are absolutely, 100%, not worth the trouble. Oh...it's smaller than you think! In this case, size matters! Full disclosure: I am perhaps a bit biased against this painting because I was forced...at the point of a gun or a bad grade...to read a short story called "The Giaconda Smile," by Aldous Huxley. It was an okay story, but not nearly as good as was supposed.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:32 AM (3D/fK)
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Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Ladyl at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (OyyDO)
Oh...it's smaller than you think! In this case, size matters!
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Yeah, it's tiny. Everyone's crowded around it, so you have to push through dozens of other tourists trying to get their look.
I've seen it once, and I'll happily just walk by that room in the Louvres if I ever go back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Ziba at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (S1hrL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: huerfano at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (MzKgG)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (vuisn)
Like Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, it's too familiar to be appreciated properly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Rothko at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021
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Ditto.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (/XOcP)
I'd say a 4 1/2 head. She doesn't have a full-on 5 head like Peyton Manning.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (vuisn)
Reminds me that the Omega is under there and we have to destroy it!
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (mbFEM)
Go without a mask.
Start hacking and coughing behind the crowd.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (/XOcP)
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Hahaha. Nice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (vRbbs)
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Scott_T at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (2waQ7)
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (AwYPR)
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The real one is in Marlon Brando's living room.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Sharkman at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (Vt61E)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021
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Ditto.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM
Go with his Marche Slave for better vodka drinking music.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (/XOcP)
Mona is short for Madonna "My Lady". The title is "My Lady, Lisa".
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: johnd01 at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (uVQvU)
Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM
The quintessence of white privilege. Duh...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (AwYPR)
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The real one is in Marlon Brando's living room.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone
I thought he was dead
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021
So, kinda like Zeppelin then.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone
I thought he was dead
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (arJlL)
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You probably also thought we lived in a constitutional republic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (tCPjF)
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (AwYPR
A few times. Once by an Italian who thought it should "go home." France is it's correct home, however.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)
IIRC it wasn't nearly so famous back in the day.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021
Mona is short for Madonna "My Lady". The title is "My Lady, Lisa".
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021
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Thanks, Kris. I keep thinking I should be able to read Italian because I know a lot of Spanish. Not so.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (Kd5Vh)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM
But in the Louvre, she does blend.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (m+jkK)
Just to get that final notch on his Space Belt.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (Vt61E)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (Kd5Vh)
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They make great jerky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (ZGrMX)
My name is Julie . . ."
Posted by: Jessi Colter at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (tCPjF)
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (/6GbT)
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (SJbY/)
I know there are a couple hundred years of self-proclaimed experts who disagree with me. Tough for them. My opinion of experts has diminished a lot as of late.
I would like t hear Kris' evaluation. Her I trust.
Posted by: JTB at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (Kd5Vh)
They make a great brown paint.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Skip's Phone
Yeah, me neither. Famous for being famous perhaps?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (/6GbT)
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2' 6" x 1' 9"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021
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Mummy dust makes a good aphrodisiac?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (/XOcP)
The quintessence of white privilege. Duh...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (m+jkK)]
Heard something during a charity golf tournament Monday.
"I'd like some black privilege. You're born with muscle tone to die for, can run fast and jump through the roof and have a radiator hose for a cock...."
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
Necrophiliacs.
Really, really, REALLY fucking old necrophiliacs.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (Vt61E)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (vRbbs)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: grammie winger
See comment 29
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (arJlL)
Lovely.
Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (/XOcP)
Mona is short for Madonna "My Lady". The title is "My Lady, Lisa".
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (OyyDO)
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Mona is also short for Ramona... just thought I'd throw that out there.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (tCPjF)
There's no bird sitting on the painting.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (tCPjF)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (Kd5Vh)
I went to the Louvre in 1998. Fortunately I'm 6'4" so i could hold the camera over all of the japanese tourists. 30 seconds to see this homely chick then on to the rest of the amazing art in the museum. Spent 8+ hours there. Great day!!
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (A+byS)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)
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I think that depends on the room and time of day. I seem to remember a lot of skylight windows.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone
I thought he was dead
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (arJlL)
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You probably also thought we lived in a constitutional republic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone
That escalated quickly !
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip's Phone
Yeah, me neither. Famous for being famous perhaps?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (mD/uy)
Internet says it got stolen in 1911 making it go viral(for that day and age).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (z5Vrg)
It's well executed (the background detail doesn't get mentioned much, but it's nice), and I think we all know a girl or two with that kind of face.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Iris at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (DibdT)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 08:43 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 13, 2021 08:43 AM (4thlk)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:43 AM (dfRN6)
Or, just go to Florence to see David. Way more impressive.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (vuisn)
Kris,
Mrs. JTB agrees with you. She saw Mona Lisa and it wasn't worth the effort. But she loved the Nike and said the David took her breath away.
Posted by: JTB at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (2SdPm)
Holy shit!!! VIA, how have you been?!
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (A+byS)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (k4dH2)
Look at art before it, then after. It really is a revolutionary achievement. Oh, and yeah: I've been re-reading da Vinci's notebook, a page or two every day. He didn't have our present-day scientific vocabulary to describe much of what he was thinking in modern terms but watching him work through concepts and problems is a marvel. No one like him.
Posted by: troyriser at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (pYLCQ)
That said, The Mona Lisa painting looks like it was done on an 8.5x11 xerox color printer from 1995. But at least it's behind several layers of glass and bulletproof velvet ropes.
There are way better paintings to experience than this one.
Posted by: johnd01 at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (uVQvU)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
*****
The thief was an aspiring wrapper?
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (vuisn)
Very much so. My favorite work of art.
Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM
It's my day off.
Posted by: Quoth, the raven at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (m+jkK)
We'll see about that. Macron's said some strong things about Islam in the last 2 years, and his likely opponent is polling well for wanting to kick all the Muslims out and suspend immigration. "Frexit" is even on the table, although I think "AdiEU" is funnier.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (6XIp1)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
Is she wearing a hairnet? Looks like there is a thin black line across her forehead just below her hair.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
******
The thief didn't figure anybody would miss their mummy!
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: A dude
Billy Davis, Jr. and Maryiln McCoo
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (mD/uy)
Who are the third and fourth and fifth?
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Intermittent Fasting, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
*****
The thief was an aspiring wrapper?
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (5Woea)
******
Golf clap.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: f'd at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM
Lovely little museum. I highly recommend it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (m+jkK)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
*****
The thief was an aspiring wrapper?
Posted by: Muldoon
I think you've wrapped up the case toot sweet!
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Ian Deal at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (0n053)
I was just about to make a similar comment. I guess I have never bothered to notice the background. With the winding road and peaky hilltops, it looks like a Lord of the Rings illustration.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (nfrXX)
That's part of why "Leverage" was set in Boston.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (m+jkK)
Kinda creepy.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021
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Leonardo did the "Noman Dates" page.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (A+byS)
And Elvis is at a Burger King in Ohio.
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Everybody knows he's working at a diner in Tupelo.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (ZGrMX)
Bwahaha! Had not heard that.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (SJbY/)
I wouldn't go bad-mouthing them Eye-talians especially on the day after Columbus Day. Where I grew up the local folk wisdom was with them folks, what isn't an opera is a vendetta.
And these days, the God-Doctor would probably put something in your vaccine.
Posted by: 11B40 at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (uuklp)
The "Mona Lisa" sort of has that feel to it, that the backdrop was painted, then, she was painted, sitting in front of the backdrop.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (2SdPm)
The Mona Lisa is the culmination of Renaissance theory and innovation. The reproduction of reality to such a photorealistic degree was unheard of. Also Leonardo himself loved this work. He kept it with him as he traveled around, reworking it tirelessly. It is also one of the few he actually completed. Finally, it had a great PR campaign spearheaded by the King of France himself, probably the most powerful ruler in Europe at the time.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Karen at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (jYQlA)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (bkUtD)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (AmoqO)
Meh.
Posted by: red speck at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (gS3OW)
And Elvis is at a Burger King in Ohio.
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Everybody knows he's working at a diner in Tupelo.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 08:48 AM (W+kMI)
"He's not dead, he just went home."
- Agent K
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (U2p+3)
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There is a theory that the Mona Lisa is Da Vinci's gender-bent self-portrait. Not sure about that, but he's the sort of guy who's raised more questions than answers. ON purpose, no doubt!
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (W+kMI)
Kinda creepy.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:47 AM (5Woea)
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Kilroy transitioned? Why wasn't I told?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (2SdPm)
We've been making love for a while,
but your passions I can't seem to rile,
I've said at least twice,
A reaction'd be nice,
If not a moan, at least a smile
Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
"The Screaming Lisa" didn't make it out of the pitch meeting.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:50 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 08:51 AM (9YMCH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (/XOcP)
When she's done sitting for the painting, she's running to her shift at Taco Bell.
Posted by: johnd01 at October 13, 2021 08:51 AM (uVQvU)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (AmoqO)
I absolutely loved this painting when I was there. The size and details are amazing.
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:51 AM (A+byS)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (mD/uy)
I get conflicting information when I research it.
Posted by: four seasons at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (Ny/l2)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (CYnTg)
6 more weeks, and I'm done with this contract.
I have to admit, the extra income has come in handy, what with the vet bills we've been paying.
Later!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (3D/fK)
Kinda creepy.
Posted by: Muldoon
Kilroy was here.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Australia vs. Canada at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (Xrfse)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems
To quote an esteemed Moron - "Who are all these people and where the f*ck did they come from!!?"
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:53 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (SJbY/)
That chunky guy takes up 2 dimensions by himself.
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:53 AM (AwYPR)
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There's this Lovecraft story, "The Hound", about a pair of Goth grave robbers who grab stuff like that for kicks. HPL being who he was, they didn't sell the grave loot but kept it for themselves. Then they rob the wrong grave....
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 08:53 AM (W+kMI)
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Of all the paintings I have seen up close in European museums and galleries, the Raphaels and the Botticellis were the ones that impressed me most.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (vRbbs)
Mrs. JTB agrees with you. She saw Mona Lisa and it wasn't worth the effort. But she loved the Nike and said the David took her breath away.
Posted by: JTB at October 13, 2021 08:44 AM (7EjX1)
My favorite David is "Brutus and the Lictors". I have to see that in person before I die. His "Coronation of Josephine" is massive and I got to see that too. They're in the same room so a two-fer.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Intermittent Fasting, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021
When she's done sitting for the painting, she's running to her shift at Taco Bell.
Posted by: johnd01 at October 13, 2021
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I thought maybe she was the lunch lady at Florence High School!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (/XOcP)
Shoot me an e-mail when you get a chance.
Gotta go work on the house siding now.
BBL
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:52 AM (3D/fK)
Will do sir.
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (A+byS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:54 AM (BFigT)
but your passions I can't seem to rile,
I've said at least twice,
A reaction'd be nice,
If not a moan, at least a smile
*******
The King is dead!
Long live the King!
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: 496 at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (CYnTg)
I like it but not "fight the crush to see it" like it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (DcKNO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (/U27+)
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And eyebrows. And was actually smiling.
Posted by: bluebell at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (Iehh+)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (DcKNO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
If he gets any fatter, they're only gonna get about 10 feet in the air....
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Captain Kirk at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (jYQlA)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (mZOHK)
I like it but not "fight the crush to see it" like it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (DcKNO)
Mentioned above, it became famous when there was a lot of media attention on it after getting stolen in 1911.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (z5Vrg)
Soon!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (U2p+3)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems
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David liked scale. Bigger is better, especially when you are trying to pay compliment to the Alpha Dog.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (vRbbs)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 08:49 AM (AmoqO)
I absolutely loved this painting when I was there. The size and details are amazing.
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 08:51 AM (A+byS)
That painting is a masterclass of propaganda art, and is fun to teach. David at his height had no equal, and he had two career peaks.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 08:40 AM (/6GbT)
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2' 6" x 1' 9"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:41 AM (LvTSG)
It's no Stonehenge.
Posted by: Roy at October 13, 2021 08:57 AM (yN05i)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:57 AM (NpAcC)
Spinal Tap
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:58 AM (CYnTg)
Denny Crane!
___________
I never saw that show when it aired on the network, but I watched some episodes of it on Hulu last year, and it sucked -- except for Shatner. He was hilarious!
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:58 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Roy at October 13, 2021 08:57 AM (yN05i)
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Well, the midget makes it look smaller than it is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021
A veil. She also plucked her hairline and eyebrows, which was the style at the time. It made your forehead look bigger symbolizing intelligence.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (OyyDO)
Mentioned above, it became famous when there was a lot of media attention on it after getting stolen in 1911.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (z5Vrg)
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Thank you.
I'm suspect of the "value" of all art.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (DcKNO)
I have seen the David
Seen the Mona Lisa, too
And I have heard Doc Watson
play "Columbus Stockade Blues"
Burma Shave!
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (5Woea)
I like it but not "fight the crush to see it" like it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (DcKNO)
Notoriety, it was stolen, a da Vinci, a song, etc
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: redridinghood
That would pair well with the Dogs Playing Poker and the one my Aunt had for 50 years: Defeated Matador with his cape draped over his shoulder.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: BignJames at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (AwYPR
A few times. Once by an Italian who thought it should "go home." France is it's correct home, however.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)
That's interesting that it is the proper home for the painting. IIRC, Napoleon built the Louvre to house all the artwork that he 'appropriated' during his military campaigns.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (mdjgu)
Agreed. Bezos has one successful launch. SpaceX has done several in a week.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 08:59 AM (ZGrMX)
It was crowded in the room, but did get a decent view finally.
Agree, there are better pieces in the hallway right outside, IMO.
Overrated.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at October 13, 2021 09:00 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:00 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:00 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (o2MD2)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Beverly at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (ZcaaI)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (2UZp9)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (Y5qcH)
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems
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David liked scale. Bigger is better, especially when you are trying to pay compliment to the Alpha Dog.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (vRbbs)
Size matters in art. The bigger the work, the more epic the message. Massive painting were usually reserved for history paintings depicting heroes or great events. These events echoed through time. Their size needed to reflect that. A smaller work, like the Mona Lisa, implies a more personal or intimate connection.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:02 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:55 AM (CYnTg)
He had to have planned the similarity.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:02 AM (SJbY/)
sad
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 13, 2021 09:02 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (Kd5Vh)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (Va3dv)
It kinda sucks.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (Va3dv)
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It insists upon itself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (78fFR)
Posted by: Kris
So it's really a five head.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (SJbY/)
https://tinyurl.com/yfkku9jy
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Not going gently, yeah. Miss you much, Donaldus Maximus, in this era of Josephus Somnanbulus.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:03 AM (OCTRt)
Peyton Manning is jealous.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (pbStR)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 13, 2021 09:05 AM (86mbu)
Posted by: 496
*****
@35 & @60
Do try to keep up!
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:05 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:05 AM (SJbY/)
Indicates the artist believed her BJs to be a bit toothy.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:06 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:06 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at October 13, 2021 09:06 AM (78fFR)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (86mbu)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (Va3dv)
; )
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)
Domini, domini, domini, we're all Catholic now.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (UHVv4)
And the angels eat their grapes...
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (vuisn)
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I heard that, too. Shatner would've laughed though, as he can take a joke.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (W+kMI)
You call that Cleavage realistic? Please.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:04 AM (Va3dv)
Somewhat lacking for an Italian chick.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Intermittent Fasting, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (4I/2K)
*insert Ninja Turtle jokes here*
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Some dumb American kid at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: What DaVinci did after painting her. at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (ESjRY)
I went years ago in cold weather in the off-season. No lines, no crowds, just went right up to it. Would not stand in line for it again, but I'm pretty uncultured.
Posted by: t-bird at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (DMQdU)
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 08:56 AM (OyyDO)
I am not an art person but the sheer size and story of this painting is what made it interesting to me. Surely there are much better works of art in the Louvre, I was just really interested by this one.
Posted by: timon at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (A+byS)
Posted by: Captain Kirk at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (jYQlA)
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I heard that, too. Shatner would've laughed though, as he can take a joke.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (W+kMI)
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"No tower?"
"Just a bridge, sir."
"Why does no one tell me about these things?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (Dj9Gz)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 08:45 AM (5Woea)
Back in the day, mummy wrapping was used to make wrapping paper for butchers. This is why butcher's paper is traditionally colored brown.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 13, 2021 09:10 AM (w9Wax)
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I heard that, too. Shatner would've laughed though, as he can take a joke.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021
***
If this launch had happened when Charlton Heston was alive and he had gone, what do you think he'd have said to the ape costume joke? (Yeah, I'm setting this one up)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:10 AM (/XOcP)
I mean beyond the fact that half the country are now part of the collective.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (ESjRY)
Truth/
Posted by: RS at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (1XDfN)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (Y5qcH)
I tried to get on the team to appraise a "long-lost Michelangelo". I was too late. Nuts.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (OyyDO)
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What if we get two Shatners coming back, one evil and one a wuss?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (ptqGC)
And the angels eat their grapes...
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:08 AM (vuisn)
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (SJbY/)
Lisa is small in comparison to "The Coronation of Napoleon" which was in the same room. It is 33' x 20'.
https://tinyurl.com/cmvanbzn
Posted by: Javems
Il Papa be like, "Hey! Whatsa matter you? You no turna your back on Il Papa!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: JuJuBee
Uptalking pushes me into the homicidal camp.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (OyyDO)
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Just call up Elmyr de Hory and get him to find another one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (LvTSG)
I do wonder if any of the surviving French revolutionary leaders had anything to say that day.
Out: Kings
In: Emperors
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (ESjRY)
Agreed. Bezos has one successful launch. SpaceX has done several in a week.
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Bezos is upgrading his Bond Villain level. He's definitely going to top Zuckerberg in the PR department, even though Zuckerberg delivered an election.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Captain Kirk at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (jYQlA)
Oh, no, no, no! YOU said "Man". It was that space technocrat Picard who switched in "One".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: andycanuck
Everyone else suck shit?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (OCTRt)
"Just a bridge, sir."
"Why does no one tell me about these things?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (LvTSG)
He was hilarious in the Airplane sequel.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 09:11 AM (mD/uy)
Some men are beginning to uptalk now. Makes me homicidal.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (ptqGC)
https://tinyurl.com/25r8b7ha
Posted by: It's not a conspiracy at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (lNHpT)
Now, I hope he grows a Van Dyke in orbit.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM (AmoqO)
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"Get me a list of everyone who's seen The Sound of Music more than 4 times."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (SJbY/)
That's right Mr Shatner. Your space craft has what I am calling a "laser" attached to it. That I will destroy the world with if I'm not given ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
Posted by: Dr Bezos at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (ESjRY)
Oh God I had this young girl waiting on me a few days ago in a gift store. Thank you became Thank yoouughhh. What the hell? Sounded like she had a lugie back there she needed to get out.
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (nxdel)
Posted by: Captain Kirk
Akshually they said where no "man" had gone before. Then it got pc and confusing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (qfUXd)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (86mbu)
Now, I hope he grows a Van Dyke in orbit.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021
***
"What happened to your beard? Where's my personal guard??!!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (a3Q+t)
Funniest picture I saw, was he was in his yellow/gold Captain Kirk uniform while the other three astronauts were in red.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (OCTRt)
Now, I hope he grows a Van Dyke in orbit.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:13 AM (Va3dv)
Maybe we'll get Mirror Universe Kirk.
Would still be a better President than Biden.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (fRsTM)
I mean beyond the fact that half the country are now part of the collective.
Posted by: 18-1
Isn't it interesting that 7 of 9 had a huge impact on Barry getting elected and all the crap that has flowed from him?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:15 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: brak at October 13, 2021 09:15 AM (i80Su)
I do wonder if any of the surviving French revolutionary leaders had anything to say that day.
Out: Kings
In: Emperors
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Any of the original French leaders from 1789 who had made it that far all enthusiastically applauded, since they really had no other choice. Who knows, maybe they all agreed that a strong national leader should unite the French people and spread the Good News of Levelling Vengeful Despotism to the rest of Europe.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:15 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (ptqGC)
Hey guys I'm banging 7 of 9. No seriously I'm going to show all you guys.
Wait...as a distinguished Republican legislator I'm NOT supposed to do that? HAVE YOU SEEN MY WIFE?!? Cuz like you really should. AND I'M HITTING THAT!
Posted by: Sen Ryan at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (tCPjF)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (qfUXd)
Posted by: Jewells45
Another one - "You're welcome!" has transmorgrafied into "No problem!" or "Absolutely!"
Kill me now.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (mD/uy)
Or the Episodes where Riker took the helm and they all went Space Woolin'.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (a3Q+t)
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To judiciously split infinitives is fine. It's just not very Latin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (LvTSG)
Now, I hope he grows a Van Dyke in orbit.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 at October 13, 2021
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The year before Trek, Shatner did an Outer Limits called "Cold Hands, Warm Heart," in which he played an astronaut who returns from Venus and can't get warm. I don't recall how it played out -- if there was a Venusian residing in his body, or what.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (/XOcP)
Do any of you morons know the Grade A Under A guys?
If you don't want to see the entire vid, watch at least until 0:34:
https://tinyurl.com/4bwny82u
Posted by: kallisto at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (DJFLF)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (CYnTg)
ha ... well surely Space Tourism will use up the rest of the excess oil we have, so we can finally get rid of gas guzzling cars, and trains and jets.
But really, does the Blue Origin Penis add a lot to global warming, or is it solar powered? Seems like several thousand lower level apes will have to give up driving for life to make up for the fuel used to get Shatner into space.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (dfRN6)
I'm not a doctor, and Aspirin is narrowly not a good idea for certain people (teenagers recovering from a bout of the flu) but I think a low dose regimen makes sense for a lot of folks, despite recent headlines "No longer recommended for heart attack and stroke prevention". If you take the time to read the draft, it's a lot more complicated than that. It's important skill to be able to read between the lines these days. They keep talking about Statins. No thanks.
I think Zinc, is also important to a healthy immune system, and Vitamin C.
But at the end of the day a healthy immune system able to ward off the nasties is not necessarily found in pills. Lose the weight, lose the fat, or at least practice a little fasting here and there. There are a whole host of internal processes that are only operative in a fasted state, counterpoints to Insulin, the opposite hormones of Insulin. Being somewhat thin or lean has definite advantages to the immune system, and reducing what is called inflammation, getting a lot of attention.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (lAVPT)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (86mbu)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (Kd5Vh)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (tCPjF)
He could, he could that...
too bad he was one of Robespierre's boys
Posted by: kallisto at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (DJFLF)
TNG rarely did exploration. Usually on some diplomatic mission or some errand.
Posted by: steevy
"Bureaucrats in Space" ought to have been its name.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (pNxlR)
Out: Riker flirting with alien chicks
In: Capt Janeway literally boring the borg to death
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 13, 2021 09:18 AM (qfUXd)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (ABbCw)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (VWp7G)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qfUXd)
"Just a bridge, sir."
"Why does no one tell me about these things?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:09 AM (LvTSG)
He was hilarious in the Airplane sequel.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:12 AM
Irony can be pretty ironic at times.
Posted by: Captain Buck Murdock at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qfUXd)
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And yet...no masks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (LvTSG)
Kate Sackoff and everyone involved in that should publicly apologize for during the show into another pointless Iraq war morality play.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM
She's got Colonel Sanders thighs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:14 AM (OCTRt)
Oh that's hilarious.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (xuyej)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:15 AM (W+kMI)
Fun Fact: David was commissioned to paint an epic rendition of the Tennis Court Oath. It was to be life size, room too. It would have been massive. He got the final sketch done, but could only complete three of four faces before he had to stop. A lot of the figures had already been denounced or executed.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (SGPGO)
https://tinyurl.com/yfkku9jy
Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (cF8AT)
To be fair, he's the one that started pushing the fucking vaccines instead of leaning hard on the TREATMENTS that were readily available across the board.
The vaccines are worse than Covid.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Only ampersands, all other characters verboten.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: memin_pinguin at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (oSX/P)
Kyle Dunigan's Stallone
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (86mbu)
Posted by: 18-1
The main problem was the writers had no idea where they wanted the series to go. The last few seasons were a convoluted mess.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:21 AM (AmoqO)
Ctrl-A, then Ctrl-V into Word. Then Ctrl-A again in word, Ctrl-V here.
It's fool proof.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021
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I don't think so; you get the Dreaded Page of Red Text. I just tried. I copied my text to Notepad, then copied and pasted into the comment box -- and got the same thing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (/XOcP)
So, my sister set up a Go Get Funding site for her grandson's hospital bills HOWEVER Paypal is being itself and apparently it will accept paypal donations but keeping it on hold until "verified".
Also although she sees donation coming in thru paypal, when I try to do a credit card donation it always gets declined (tried a couple). Any paypal experts have advise?
If you want to see the fundraiser page it is here and in my nic
https://goget.fund/3aymGlO
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (YynYJ)
"How to Get a Fragrant Tween to Shower"
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qpX6U)
Showering is bad. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis told me so.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (CYnTg)
Kate Sackoff and everyone involved in that should publicly apologize for during the show into another pointless Iraq war morality play.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM (ESjRY)
Yep. Justifying suicide bombing was a step to far.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (AmoqO)
You'll probably have to retype quotation marks and apostrophes.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (Cus5s)
Mmmm.. BOP!
Posted by: Hanson at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (/6GbT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:22 AM (SGPGO)
Seems like a trend in a lot of things lately - trying to make humanity's enemies sympathetic while making humanity morally grey, if not actively malign.
Like anti-human propaganda.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (fRsTM)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (IMmgC)
Posted by: Nat King Cole says Lets go Brandon at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (YTBIQ)
Opening monologue: The Cylons were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan.
Season 3: HAVING PLANS IS STUPID!
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (ESjRY)
*******
"Thank you" has become "I appreciate you!"
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:20 AM
I always liked 'You can go for now, but don't leave town.'
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)
You're not a nice person.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (Ez6QX)
"How to Get a Fragrant Tween to Shower"
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qpX6U)
Showering is bad. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis told me so."
The easiest way to get a tween into the shower is to send them an invite on Kik, Scout, or Grindr.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (CYnTg)
"On a secret mission...to uncharted space!
"To infinity...and be-YOND!!!"
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (vuisn)
Party-pooper.
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:17 AM (Cus5s)
Mmmm.. BOP!
Posted by: Hanson at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM (/6GbT)
Talk about earthporn.
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Australia vs. Canada at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (Xrfse)
TNG was a science vessel. They boldly followed the science around the galaxy.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
TNG was a masturbatory holodeck surrounded and crewed by a squad of maladjusted nimcompoops who were cowed by an obnoxious teenager and his mannish physician mother who hoodwinked Ol' Baldy into letting the punk take a Federation Starship out for a spin or two.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (pNxlR)
"How to Get a Fragrant Tween to Shower"
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:19 AM (qpX6U)
It's easier in the Army. Call Dr Dirt to attention and march him into the shower in the barracks.
Getting him to stop smoking Newports in the dayroom however.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (xuyej)
Robot dogs with sniper rifles!
https://tinyurl.com/wukak77f
Link goes to Interesting Engineering
Posted by: Fool Otto at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (DB16e)
Posted by: Nat King Cole says Lets go Brandon at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (YTBIQ)
; )
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM
His Klingon is passable as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (JUOKG)
They are easing back a bit on his meds so as to "rest his kidneys" and increasing fluids and starting some kind of food thing called oresol (is that thru a tube?)
I'm so scared about this kid
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (YZG/i)
Beyond the pale: Saying something mean to the school bureaucrat trying to cover up your daughter's rape.
Justifiable: Killing a bunch of American soldiers because they won't let you rape women not wearing a burqa.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at October 13, 2021
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I've been doing the D3 and zinc, also C and some B vitamins and minerals; distilled my own quinine tea for a teaspoon every 2-3 days; and am taking the pony paste once a month. Hardly ever been healthier.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (/XOcP)
You're not a nice person.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:25 AM (Ez6QX)
You should know better.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)
More tire irons may be necessary
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 09:27 AM (lAVPT)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 13, 2021 09:27 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 09:27 AM (9YMCH)
Ask anyone what's so great about the Mona Lisa, and they can't tell you.
Yes, they can pull words out of their asses and tell you things. No one can prove why Mona Lisa is so noteworthy because it isn't.
We all just accept it as so.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:27 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (YZG/i)
Do they still not know what's causing it?
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 202
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There wasn't anything mannish about Beverly Crusher!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: m at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (SJbY/)
Posted by: 496 at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:23 AM (/XOcP)
Thanks. I'm a slow typer so I'll just have to keep my comments brief.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (AmoqO)
I couldn't even come up with a joke about it.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:24 AM
His Klingon is passable as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (JUOKG)
Kirk is a bona fide 23rd Century Man!
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Deanna Troi's Cameltoe at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (CYnTg)
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Not an expert by any means, but my wife accepts Paypal for her little online retail biz, which she mostly does through FB. After FB had those technical issues last week, she had like a dozen transactions get held up for *days* while they caught up to their backlog. Maybe related to that?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (cTqLg)
Val Jar will lead the welcoming party.
Posted by: Rosanne at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (Va3dv)
Worf, Data, and the Reading Rainbow guy were pretty much the best parts.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (ESjRY)
This bothers me more than it really should.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (dfRN6)
TNG was a science vessel. They boldly followed the science around the galaxy.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
TNG was a masturbatory holodeck surrounded and crewed by a squad of maladjusted nimcompoops who were cowed by an obnoxious teenager and his mannish physician mother who hoodwinked Ol' Baldy into letting the punk take a Federation Starship out for a spin or two.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:26 AM (pNxlR)
Meh. TNG was fine, but didn't get decent until half-way thru season 3. The Borg was it's best contribution to the Trek Universe, but it managed to screw them up too with the introduction of the Borg Queen.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (CYnTg)
https://tinyurl.com/yfkku9jy
Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 09:01 AM (cF8AT)
To be fair, he's the one that started pushing the fucking vaccines instead of leaning hard on the TREATMENTS that were readily available across the board.
The vaccines are worse than Covid.
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Trump pushed vaccines and treatments. Hell, he even promoted his own treatment which took him from sick to walking about in 48 hours. The Lamestream Media got orders to discredit it, so they made bad jokes about bleach and said other stupid things, so the sheeple had no confidence. The Hiden Junta stole all the credit from Trump for making a (experimental) vaccine available for a mutable virus under a year. he reason the vaxx is unpopular is all due to the public trust in the Junta and Fauci the flip-flopper.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (OCTRt)
The Klingons never had a word for surrender until they met Kirk.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (SGPGO)
Send $100 to gp's Paypal Audit Service. We will notify you if the transaction was successful or not.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (qpX6U)
Maybe they were injecting a little realism into communism?
WE ARE ALL EQUAL! Except, uh, that queen over there tells us what to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (cTqLg)
Posted by: Jmel at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (YynYJ)
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No, just that the Protestant equivalent rank/s [and Jewish?] have to make the same announcement.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (ESjRY)
His banana clip visor always cracked me up.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:31 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:28 AM (Ez6QX)
No, just that he ha some kind of infection
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:29 AM (ESjRY)
Word!
Posted by: Rainbow Monkey Dildo Butt at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (3Pz/i)
Posted by: General Chang at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (QFVV9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (SGPGO)
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Boldly ripping off TOS for its first three seasons!
And you're on holodeck bucket duty again Wesley.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (SGPGO)
Also: Some in the tech industry still use Kirk as a verb, meaning to intentionally crash a computer.
Or maybe that's just my office.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (fRsTM)
(Check the Lady with with the hermelin, or any of the versions of the Virgin of the Rocks, same painter, better paintings).
The reason why this particular one is so iconic, is because it was Leonardo's own favorite, he brought it along when he moved to France and he personally gifted it to the King.
Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM (3Nqi/)
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM (8oe0E)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM (IMmgC)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: General Chang at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (a3Q+t)
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"taH pagh taHbe'"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (lAVPT)
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (oY6Yp)
A 13 October 1775 resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the United States Navy with "a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months..."
After the American War of Independence, the U.S. Constitution empowered the new Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress established the Department of the Navy on 30 April 1798.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (9YMCH)
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (8oe0E)
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No, just that the Protestant equivalent rank/s [and Jewish?] have to make the same announcement.
Posted by: andycanuck
Except there's no one person (Pope) that speaks for all Protestants or Jews.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (OCTRt)
Yes, they can pull words out of their asses and tell you things. No one can prove why Mona Lisa is so noteworthy because it isn't.
We all just accept it as so.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:27 AM (TldeD)
That's an impossible ask tho. No one can "prove" why a specific artwork is great because "greatness" is subjective--a matter of taste. It's like trying to prove why a particular type of music is great. I adore the Beatles. I think they're great. I also know that many people in this august site hate them. There is no way I can "prove" why they are great. It's a matter of taste. And no, I don't mean good taste vs. bad taste. I mean my taste vs. your taste.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (QFVV9)
I guess you haven't seen A Knight's Tale?
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (SGPGO)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM (ESjRY)
That's an alternate definition. Words can have multiple meanings
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (fRsTM)
The Klingons never had a word for surrender until they met Kirk.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021
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Kirk was the Alexander the Great of space; he'd have cut the damn Gordian Knot. Picard was more like Julius Caesar with less "put the barbarians to death" and more "I'll forgive my enemies and let them live." Which of course did not work out well for Ol' Julius.
(Lest anybody draw the wrong conclusion, I'm a big TNG fan)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:33 AM
That's Sulu's job not Kirk's.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (JUOKG)
This is a real article title from a real Fake News publication, bloomberg fake news:
"America Needs Higher, Longer-Lasting Inflation --
The benefits of moderately rising wages and prices outweigh the costs"
1. Notice the lie #1 "moderately."
2. Notice the lie #2 wages are rising
3. Note how wages is even including in this title, and is listed before "prices," to give the stupid reader a feeling of consolation (that doesn't even exist).
4. This is the Propaganda we're up against, and we're losing to it.
We just repeated the purposely-manufactured "crisis" of 2008 (to steal an election) and now we are repeating 2009 almost exactly, right down to low poll numbers and predictable propaganda.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (tCPjF)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM (OCTRt)
Franky Fabulous isn't exactly providing cover for those of us opposed to the jab.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (IMmgC)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (yQpMk)
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Same here.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (ptqGC)
The Klingons never had a word for surrender until they met Kirk.
Posted by: Anna Puma
And then, like the Inuit and their many names for snow, suddenly the Klingons had dozens of words for surrender.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: steevy
It was hilarious a few years later when they tried to tie everything up, and called the show, "The Plan."
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (VWp7G)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021
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Who was the Reading Rainbow guy?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (qpX6U)
The benefits of moderately rising wages and prices outweigh the costs"
Pretty Retarded Hot Take, Right Here.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (5Woea)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (cTqLg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (SGPGO)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: IC at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (hV9ir)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (vuisn)
Question: In your lifetime, will you see the sacking and burning of the Louvre and the Met because their displays of Western "white" "supremacy?"
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: red speck at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2021
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"Schmaltz! La Choy makes Chinese Food Sing -- American!"
Posted by: A Jewish Chinese Guy at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (/XOcP)
On a tail of fire the way god and Robert A. Heinlein intended.
This stuff is very exciting.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Jordan61
I don't think I have actually. I assume she was in it, with her lovely Scottish accent and all?
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (QFVV9)
It's the only known image of Rivendell.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (Va3dv)
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er
I pray I'll see the sacking and burning of District 1.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 09:40 AM (nxdel)
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The game-breaking premise was to follow the post-modernist trend & make the Cylons "relatable" and "understandable", which made them into a Frankenstein Monster's Army, which made the humans seem less capable and heroic, and so on. The original Cylons were easy to understand, but not at all relatable. They were xenophobes who had a violent superiority complex towards everyone else, and maybe a special place for H. sapiens sapiens too. And when the Cylons couldn't win in open warfare, they resorted to treachery. But no, we can't have clearly delineated heroes and villains any more.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:40 AM (W+kMI)
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Notepad is your friend.
Posted by: Australia vs. Canada
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Don't listen to those losers! Cut & paste away from Word. I should know -- I've even got ampersands privilege!!
Posted by: New York City at October 13, 2021 09:40 AM (UHVv4)
Question: In your lifetime, will you see the sacking and burning of the Louvre and the Met because their displays of Western "white" "supremacy?"
I do.
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There was that asshole who burned the Library in Alexandria way back when. Same deal. Civilization Envy.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (fWTJL)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021
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Yes; like modern museums who discourage flash photography, the elves severely discouraged portraits of their home.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (/XOcP)
Yes, inflation is "good," now.
Expect fake "economist" paul krugman to jump on this propaganda bandwagon. Then the fake conservatives will hop on and tell us inflation was Reagan's best friend.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (TldeD)
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (TldeD)
Just like "Brown Sugar" it will be all be canceled. Big time Democrats will end up owning all the canceled great works.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (mbFEM)
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (TldeD)
I have a feeling that it will be attacked by imported terrorists once they feel bold enough.
That will be when France flips the bit and goes from Surrender Monkey to Conquering Empire again.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (fRsTM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (cTqLg)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:41 AM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 13, 2021 09:32 AM (QFVV9)
Good casting work for Breaking Bad. Many good actors I'd never seen before, like those who played Lydia and Gus Fring. A few are actors I had not seen in a long time, like the ones playing Tio Salamanca and Don Eladio (trivia: both were in "Scarface").
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (AMIL/)
fixt. that thing was always trying to take over the ship.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 13, 2021 09:39 AM (QFVV9)
Yes. She played a blacksmith, IIRC.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (Ez6QX)
TNG was one step removed from having John Effin' Kerry and James Taylor on board with a mission to go hither and yon spreading empathy and understanding to all and sundry.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape
Like a bottle rocket. Look for a fuse.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021
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At first I did not think I was going to like Breaking Bad, as it was a modern TV series. I swiftly changed my mind and now reflect back on it as if it were a great crime novel, or maybe just a great novel about a man who becomes a criminal.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Flyover at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Jordan61
An extraordinarily attractive woman, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (VWp7G)
Question: In your lifetime, will you see the sacking and burning of the Louvre and the Met because their displays of Western "white" "supremacy?"
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM (TldeD)
I don't know about the Louvre, the French are pretty proud of their iconic monuments.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (v3pYe)
This is just medical tyranny, one more powerful tentacle of their junta tyranny. And it is not just the jab, it is the medical passport, which becomes a DeepState approval, social credit passport for everything.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (TldeD)
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Bezos got to him first for the PR stunt and applied flattery and money in equal portions. that, and SpaceX is a serious business, while Bezos is a dilettante using $$ he was gifted from the Hiden junta.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:44 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (JUOKG)
Well, Bones was a good doctor. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Compare and contrast to both Biden and Harris.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM (OssQ4)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM (Va3dv)
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If we can't Trump lets get Shatner.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM (fWTJL)
A 13 October 1775 resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the United States Navy with "a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months..."
After the American War of Independence, the U.S. Constitution empowered the new Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress established the Department of the Navy on 30 April 1798.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 09:34 AM
Thank you, SMH! I am looking forward to the customary Army/Navy hug in a little over a week.
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (JUOKG)
It's funny. He's about the same age as Eastwood, but Shat looks better.
Posted by: Kris at October 13, 2021 09:46 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (YZG/i)
Crack. It's got crack.
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2021 09:46 AM (8oe0E)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM
No one could identify a dead man better than he could.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 09:46 AM (dkvcO)
Posted by: Timothy Stenger at October 13, 2021 09:46 AM (HgB8R)
Posted by: Javems
Notre Dame says hi.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:46 AM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Javems
Notre Dame says hi.
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Snort.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (fWTJL)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:43 AM (JUOKG)
It's funny. He's about the same age as Eastwood, but Shat looks better.
Posted by: Kris
Shat's movies were all inside on a set.
Clint's movies were all outside.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (OCTRt)
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If we can't Trump lets get Shatner.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM
Can't he was born in Canada.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (8oe0E)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (/hXfz)
Brilliant casting and deep character development. Yeah I'm impressed by actors who can do different accents well. Colin Farrell is Irish, but he can do all kinds of regional American accents.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (9AKnG)
The Cylons were basically a riff on Fred Saberhagen's 70's sci fi Beserker series of short stories and books. From what I remember, Saberhagen posited a long lost race created the Beserkers as war machines that then turned on its creators and was hostile to life everywhere. Saberhagen had a proto-Death Stars in them as well as bases for the Beserker robots to destroy life planets.
Some of Saberhagen's later stories had individual Beserker robots interacting with life instead of the epic space battle stories.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (9hXN1)
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Somebody else may have said this already. Won't stop me tho. There is a theory that this is actually half man half woman. You divide her in half, and separate the faces, most people view one side as being male the other as female. Even the chest is more female on one versus the other. Its a very interesting work. Also his last supper, piano keyboard, heads of the diners are notes on sheet music. He was a strange dude.
Posted by: I'm not an art critic, but I know the work of an interesting artist when I see it at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (ZEaSo)
*Shake-Weight*
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 13, 2021
No one could identify a dead man better than he could.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021
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On the idea of an eternal youth formula on the Yang/Kohm planet: "Poppycock! I can do more for you if you'll just eat right and exercise regularly!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 13, 2021 09:35 AM (yQpMk)
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Same here.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at October 13, 2021 09:37 AM
1968 for me. And yeah, you could have actually covered it with a neckerchief.
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (0OP+5)
Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
Replying to
@jtLOL
Denying private businesses the ability to require vaccination is just as much an assault on liberty as requiring private businesses to vaccinate.
4:59 AM · Oct 13, 2021·Twitter Web App
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (Obsrs)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:49 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:42 AM (qpX6U)
The propellants are liquid methane and liquid oxygen. I do not know why it does not vent as much vapor as other boosters do.
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:49 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 09:49 AM (BFigT)
I see a little at the main umbilical.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:49 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (OssQ4)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. The day i got to.see this painting it wasnt crowded so got a good viewing. I'd probably hang.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (axyOa)
Trump pushed vaccines and treatments. Hell, he even promoted his own treatment which took him from sick to walking about in 48 hours. The Lamestream Media got orders to discredit it, so they made bad jokes about bleach and said other stupid things, so the sheeple had no confidence. The Hiden Junta stole all the credit from Trump for making a (experimental) vaccine available for a mutable virus under a year. he reason the vaxx is unpopular is all due to the public trust in the Junta and Fauci the flip-flopper.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (W+kMI)
This is true.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021
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As if the Doomsday Machine could talk and (in machine form) reason.
Saberhagen was great with fantasy too: Empire of the East and the Books of Swords series.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (/XOcP)
It's the only known image of Rivendell.
Posted by: garrett
The upper left background is reminiscent of the Grey Havens.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (uOL2Q)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:45 AM
Can't he was born in Canada.
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Simple, just mandate Canada as America. Works all the time.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (fWTJL)
Can private companies make employees stop being fatasses that rant about sandwiches and hot dogs all day as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:50 AM (ESjRY)
@JonahDispatch
Replying to
@jtLOL
Denying private businesses the ability to require vaccination is just as much an assault on liberty as requiring private businesses to vaccinate.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (Obsrs)
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I agree that there's a whole lot of regulation antithetical to liberty, like how business owners can't refuse service to patrons for pretty much any reason. However, since we're post-constitutional republic in defense of liberty, I'm a fan of government using governmental power to prevent businesses from enforcing fascist mandates based on the whims of the Democratic media complex.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (LvTSG)
Question: In your lifetime, will you see the sacking and burning of the Louvre and the Met because their displays of Western "white" "supremacy?"
I do.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:38 AM
Well they sot the Notre Dame on fire, didn't they?
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (hQVBP)
Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
Replying to
@jtLOL
Denying private businesses the ability to require vaccination is just as much an assault on liberty as requiring private businesses to vaccinate.
4:59 AM Oct 13, 2021 Twitter Web App
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 13, 2021 09:48 AM (Obsrs)
Fat fuck.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (OssQ4)
They have their own problems but at least their elites do not seem to hate their own country and its culture/history as much as ours.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (9hXN1)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:40 AM (W+kMI)
IIRC, the war broke out between the Humans and Cylons because the Humans tried to stop the Cylons from enslaving some other species.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:51 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: If we don't battle to the death, they Will, kill us Both at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (vGzN3)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (qpX6U)
So Jonah's manager can demand he lose weight or fire him right?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: Timothy Stenger at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (HgB8R)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (Kd5Vh)
Nothing is stopping them from mandating the jab.
But now, they have to man up and be the bad guy and not hide behind the government's skirts.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (W+kMI)
And the unacceptable number of deaths and side effects may have something to do with it.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (uOL2Q)
Oh I see what pudgy Jonah Goldberg is doing there. He's trying to be cute and pretend he's a Libertarian -- Jonah is saying businesses should be allowed to do whatever they like -- the govt needs to bud out.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 13, 2021 09:53 AM (2JVJo)
Oh I see what pudgy Jonah Goldberg is doing there. He's trying to be cute and pretend he's a Libertarian -- Jonah is saying businesses should be allowed to do whatever they like -- the govt needs to bud out.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (TldeD)
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"But bake the cake because being anti-trans is worse than being free."
-Also Jonah, probably
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:53 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 09:53 AM (OssQ4)
He's a big fan of segregated Lunch Counters, too.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:53 AM (Va3dv)
Jack Chalker had an interesting take on the end of the world as we know it with his The Devil Will Drag You Under.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (9hXN1)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (ufFY8)
Denying private businesses the ability to require vaccination is just as much an assault on liberty as requiring private businesses to vaccinate.
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MUH PRINCIPLES!!!
yeah, wake up fatso. Its all Calvinball now.
Posted by: And Civility at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (hSN3z)
Nothing is stopping them from mandating the jab.
But now, they have to man up and be the bad guy and not hide behind the government's skirts.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM (OCTRt)
You think show me your papers is a right a business should have?
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (uOL2Q)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (qpX6U)
They're not going into fcking "Space."
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (TldeD)
Well technically yes. 100km.
I wouldn't pay for that though. Orbit or nothing.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (mbFEM)
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Pudgy is when you can stand to lose a few pounds. Soyberg is a walking solar eclipse.
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (hQVBP)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 09:52 AM
They pulled the plug on the swine flu vaccine in the 70s when 54 people died from getting it. We are in the thousands of deaths from the covid jab at this point. Maybe more but the CDC is playing around with the numbers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (Cus5s)
The Cylons were basically a riff on Fred Saberhagen's 70's sci fi Beserker series of short stories and books. From what I remember, Saberhagen posited a long lost race created the Beserkers as war machines that then turned on its creators and was hostile to life everywhere. Saberhagen had a proto-Death Stars in them as well as bases for the Beserker robots to destroy life planets.
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I do know the Berserker series, having collected just about every paperback that I could get my hands on. Great stuff, and now that you mention it there is a resemblance between the Berserkers and the Cylons in terms of goals and strategy. The humanist and transhumanist threads that run through the stories gives them some intellectual heft, but never sink to the level of making the killbots sympathetic.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Just a side note
I don't think it's the government's business to demand it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (OCTRt)
Idiot on CBS: "We have to get off Earth to save Earth."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (ufFY
Do the characters speak Jive?
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (AMIL/)
Jonah Goldberg thinks everyone is stupider than him.
Did any of you really expect him to support the gov of Texas?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (TldeD)
you haven't heard that famous poem that involves gyring and gimbaling in the wabe? it's all fun and games until gimbal lock.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (zCkIU)
They're not going into fcking "Space."
Posted by: S'oothsay'
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If they're above the Karman Line (about 62 miles) they're in Space.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (2JVJo)
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Jeebus, that sounds really special and original. How about a black Wizard of Oz?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (fWTJL)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (Kd5Vh)
Jack Chalker had an interesting take on the end of the world as we know it with his The Devil Will Drag You Under.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 0
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Saberhagen's vampire series -- you mean The Dracula Tape? Were there others?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (/XOcP)
Jonah Goldberg thinks everyone is stupider than him.
Did any of you really expect him to support the gov of Texas?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (TldeD)
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To be honest, I hadn't thought of it because Jonah isn't worthy of independent consideration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 09:53 AM (Va3dv)
He'd argue that's about denying based on race without realizing that vaccination is also illegally categorizing people base on violation of the Constitution also.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (uOL2Q)
You probably cannot require them to get a tattoo.
You definitely cannot require them to get circumcised.
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (YZG/i)
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (qpX6U)
Courts have extended some 'rights' to artificial people with the rise of corporations but traditionally businesses and their practices such as health and safety and employment have been regulated throughout the history of common law. And a similar situation existed in this country before the Constitution was adopted. Take a gander at old colonial state and municipal laws for example.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (9hXN1)
Jeebus, that sounds really special and original. How about a black Wizard of Oz?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (fWTJL)
I just want someone to have the balls to make a white "Shaft" movie.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (2JVJo)
Well technically yes. 100km.
I wouldn't pay for that though. Orbit or nothing.
Posted by: blaster
Is that out of the atmosphere completely?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (TldeD)
You probably cannot require them to get a tattoo.
You definitely cannot require them to get circumcised.
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (YZG/i)
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"All women must be circumcised for equality."
-The Left in 5 years, probably
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (RHGPo)
I see a little at the main umbilical.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:49 AM
spare him his life from this montrosity.
Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (W+kMI)
And the unacceptable number of deaths and side effects may have something to do with it.
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not to mention the experimental first time tried novelty with no long term data on risk, and an abundance of evidence that it does not confer immunity to a disease that is 99% survivable without it, AND natural immunity is better, more complete and longer lasting.
Really, if they didn't mandate it, almost nobody would be lining up for it. Most of the people who are being told they now have to get a third shot arent super happy about that now are they. . .
Posted by: reasonable people make reasonable decisions at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (vGzN3)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (9hXN1)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (ufFY
Do the characters speak Jive?
Posted by: Gref at October 13, 2021 09:56 AM (AMIL/)
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It should be a riot.
Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (zCkIU)
Let's all pitch in for his one-way ticket.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (Xrfse)
Jeebus, that sounds really special and original. How about a black Wizard of Oz?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (fWTJL)
I just want someone to have the balls to make a white "Shaft" movie.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
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Recast the deceased Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther with Sharlto Copely. Copely is actually African.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 09:59 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:54 AM (TldeD)
Well technically yes. 100km.
I wouldn't pay for that though. Orbit or nothing.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 09:55 AM (mbFEM)
So this is an Alan Shephard up and down recreation.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (y7DUB)
Good News. We were able to secure you a berth on Ark 'B'.
Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (Va3dv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (qpX6U)
Jeebus, that sounds really special and original. How about a black Wizard of Oz?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:57 AM (fWTJL)
I just want someone to have the balls to make a white "Shaft" movie.
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I was hoping for black remake of Gone With The Wind.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (fWTJL)
From what I could tell they speak perfect 'white' English.
I am guessing middle class economically.
I predict the 68 riots will be a storyline, because H-wood writers are lazy and dumb, for the most part.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021
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It's hard to find Saberhagen's stuff without digging. Maybe at AbeBooks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (TldeD)
NASA says that the atmosphere extends to 10,000 km. So a lot of "space" is inside our atmosphere.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (mbFEM)
Is that out of the atmosphere completely?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 09:58 AM (TldeD)
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Only the Apollo lunar missions did that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (vuisn)
lmao
https://gab.com/NeonRevolt/posts/107092318470272406
LMAAAAOOOOOOO the absolute mad lad trolling his whole neighborhood with his Halloween decorations ahahahahahahhahahaha
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at October 13, 2021 10:01 AM (n+6+7)
Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:00 AM (y7DUB)
Hence the name New Shephard.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: memin_pinguin at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (oSX/P)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (TldeD)
Regulating employee, shaves and haircuts can be problematic under civil rights laws as they can adversely affect some racial groups more than others and perhaps religion as well. Ditto on some headgear/clothing/accessory/jewelry issues that can have religious connotations.
Basically, reasonable accommodations to individuals are less likely to get a business owner in trouble than rigid rules.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 10:02 AM (9hXN1)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S A RECREATIONAL RECREATION.
Posted by: ben roethlisberger at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: SMFH at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (u/7wY)
That capsule is about to be overrun by illegal aliens
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (8m0t4)
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Hollywood would never depict who blacks were burning out on air.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (fWTJL)
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 10:03 AM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 10:04 AM (eQrhb)
Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2021 10:04 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 09:30 AM (W+kMI)
And the unacceptable number of deaths and side effects may have something to do with it.
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It was the Junta that overrode the usual testing procedures and made everyone take The Jab in order to parade their virtue at Saving Humanity. Trump made vaccines happen in order to do something, and to get some relief from the epidemic club he was being beaten with on the days when the impeachment club and istaphobe clubs were at the cleaners. Trump didn't mandate vaccination, it was ostensibly there for vulnerable demographics and other adults who wanted one. The Junta wanted to be Vaxx populi, and they made sure Trump will never get popular credit...which in turn gets him off the hook for problems.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 10:04 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 10:04 AM (Kd5Vh)
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To the muh principled nevertrumpers who lumber their lard around, business rights supersede individual rights.
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (hQVBP)
So if we could put a year on it, what year is Bozos and Musk in terms of accomplishment?
1955?
1957?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (8m0t4)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: trump at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (GSJcT)
Posted by: Fired Nurses at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (V6f9+)
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Here's hoping our grandkids aren't painting on cave walls when they are in their 60's.
Posted by: It can always be worse at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (ZEaSo)
Posted by: Javems
Notre Dame says hi.
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Snort.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 09:47 AM (fWTJL)
Might take more than an arsonist to destroy the Louvre.
Posted by: Javems at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021
***
Was that like Guys and Dolls in the far future . . .?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (r5BVk)
Posted by: DaveA at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (FhXTo)
Oh I wish this guy lived across the street from the Karen with the "In this house we believe in science" sign
Posted by: kallisto at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (DJFLF)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (v3pYe)
Kill me now.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 09:16 AM (mD/uy)
That.
And "couple" instead of "couple of".
It's TWO letters, people! Make the effort!
Posted by: sal at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (3c1fY)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 13, 2021 10:06 AM (pQrYJ)
Posted by: DaveA at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (/6GbT)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (8m0t4)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021
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Was that like Guys and Dolls in the far future . . .?
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sit down you're rockin' the boat
Posted by: N. Detroit at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (xlOqw)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: DaveA at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021
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It's hard to find Saberhagen's stuff without digging. Maybe at AbeBooks.
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I bought 3 of the Berserker books at B. Dalton book stores, and got 1 as a gift. All the others, including my cherished first editions, came from The Paperback Rack and Half Price Books.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (W+kMI)
From 1903 and 1963 we went from the first powered flight to the first American to orbit the earth.
From 1961 to 2021 we went from the first American to fly suborbitally to the first 90-yeat-old to fly suborbitally.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (TldeD)
... by the sharp lapel of your checkered coat
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (pNxlR)
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It's important we get our pronouns right first.
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (hQVBP)
Umm, okay.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:07 AM (mbFEM)
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Sounds like something a Millennial marketing intern would come up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (63Dwl)
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sit down you're rockin' the boat
Posted by: N. Detroit at October 13, 2021
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Hey!
Posted by: Nicely-Nicely Johnson at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021 10:04 AM (Kd5Vh)
They have been working pretty consistently on all the things needed for a Mars landing and colonization. They just need the go ahead from the powers to be to 'officially' start a program like we did the moon landing.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (uOL2Q)
Get a life. It was a TV show
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (8m0t4)
IKR. If we're going to do that shouldn't they've referring to him as Admiral?
Posted by: 6-4-3 at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (R6xOg)
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To the muh principled nevertrumpers who lumber their lard around, business rights supersede individual rights.
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (hQVBP)
Hard to believe how many dimwitted frauds we were supposedly in ideological alignment with, all thanks to the GOP Big Tent.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 10:08 AM (uOL2Q)
Elon ain't waiting for shit.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (mbFEM)
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What you're saying inventing social media wasn't a greater achievement than reaching the moon???
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (hQVBP)
Posted by: 6-4-3 at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (R6xOg)
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He got demoted, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (8m0t4)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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So how many of you guys were in Guys in Dolls play in High school?
Posted by: N. Detroit at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (lYJiA)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021
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We should have had a Luna City by the mid-'70s, a Marsport by 1980, and outposts on the outer planets' moons by 1995.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (/XOcP)
Please note how Fake News is inserting themselves into this "space" launch, and are making it out that they too are responsible for making it happen for you.
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (TldeD)
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (hQVBP)
Hard to believe how many dimwitted frauds we were supposedly in ideological alignment with, all thanks to the GOP Big Tent.
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Our politics is an op.
Posted by: if it looks, acts, smells, sounds, and is timed like an op, its an op at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (BnjBX)
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:05 AM (hQVBP)
Hard to believe how many dimwitted frauds we were supposedly in ideological alignment with, all thanks to the GOP Big Tent.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (y7DUB)
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To be fair, "I am an individual who runs a business and I want to run my business the way I want," is a libertarian ideal. "I want to force my employee to make a life choice that will affect them forever," does seem to stretch the bounds of that original desire, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (dKiJG)
He is not a paying customer. He was paid to go.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:11 AM (mbFEM)
I can't remember who, but someone painted a museum wall in which the Mona Lisa was displayed, but back then there was like 30 paintings on a wall, and it was just one among many.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2021 10:11 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Sharkman at October 13, 2021 10:11 AM (JNJpw)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (OssQ4)
What you were promised from science: Moon bases, terraforming mars, visiting other star systems
What you were got from science: access to all the world's cat videos, transgenderism, glorbull warming theories
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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So how many of you guys were in Guys in Dolls play in High school?
Posted by: N. Detroit at October 13, 2021
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I played Nathan Detroit. He fortunately has only 1 solo song or duet, and the actor can "talk/sing" his way through it. Good for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (/XOcP)
From 1903 and 1963 we went from the first powered flight to the first American to orbit the earth.
From 1961 to 2021 we went from the first American to fly suborbitally to the first 90-yeat-old to fly suborbitally.
Posted by: Hadrian
Okay, now set the timeframe to 1970-2021. Whatchu got?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (TldeD)
Jonah's not alone. How many times have we got the "private business can demand a mask, a vax, or everybody hop backward on one foot if they wish" speech here ? The only logical endgame for those folks is a world ruled by corporations, with no individual rights at all. He who owns the real estate makes all the rules.
Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (BK52m)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (dKiJG)
Sure, it comes down to the priority of rights. There is a hierarchy: life comes first, then liberty, then property. Your right to property doesn't give you the power over someone's life or liberty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: DaveA at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (FhXTo)
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You MUST concede everything on Principle, yet stand for nothing on Principle.
Posted by: Funny how that works for the GOPe at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (/QSim)
There was no LEM along, they weren't ready yet, which is why NASA changed the timeline and decided to go for a Lunar orbit. If something had gone wrong, the Astronauts were fooked, they could not have used the LEM as a "lifeboat" as they did on 13. It was a truly amazing mission, they orbited the Moon on Fucking Christmas Eve.
How cool is that?
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (lAVPT)
Guys and Dolls -- I was on the stage crew, not an actor or member of the pit orchestra.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 10:12 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:13 AM (mbFEM)
I don't blame William Shatner he's 90 and has the money to do it and now has the record for the oldest person in "Space"
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 10:10 AM (dKiJG)
He is not a paying customer. He was paid to go.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:11 AM -
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Hah. That's so Shatner.
Posted by: irright at October 13, 2021 10:13 AM (SchQD)
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That's why I enjoy the show For All Mankind so much
Woulda coulda shoulda
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 10:13 AM (YZG/i)
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That's why I enjoy the show For All Mankind so much
Woulda coulda shoulda
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 10:13 AM (YZG/i)
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Relying on government to get us to space was a mistake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Fist bump, me too! Also got to kiss Adelaide.
Posted by: N. Detroit at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (X+vpd)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:11 AM (mbFEM)
Well Crap I REALLY don't blame him. I wouldn't turn down a free ticket. Also is that Shatner's Wife?
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (dKiJG)
But now the government can just mandate everyone get jabbed with whatever strange brew Dr Fauchistein wants and its totes ok.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (ESjRY)
He was busted back to captain at the end of STIV.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 13, 2021 10:14 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 13, 2021
Manned space travel beyond a point was a pipe dream because of how keeping people alive became increasingly unrealistic. For pure research sending AIs up is the way to go.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:15 AM (y7DUB)
Yeah, I am really disappointed in the whole space thing, we're barely doing anything. Once people figured out long distance ship travel they explored hell and back, but we've barely made it to the moon.
I blame Reagan in part, for shutting down the space exploration when one lousy shuttle blew up. For God's sake if the old kings had shut down everything when a ship sunk we'd still be in the bronze age.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2021 10:15 AM (KZzsI)
Okay, now set the timeframe to 1970-2021. Whatchu got?
Posted by: S'oothsay'er
The long-awaited liberation of personal pronouns!
Reeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 13, 2021 10:15 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: V'ger at October 13, 2021 10:15 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 09:36 AM (dfRN6)
Well, he's not actually the Pope, so I just ignore.
Posted by: sal at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (3c1fY)
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That's where I land, individual rights should have the highest priority, then small businesses, larger businesses, and corporations, with larger corporations having the least rights. It's called check and balance.
Posted by: The UnVaxxed Who We Do Not Speak Of at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (hQVBP)
We won't even get fcking Tang out of this bullshit launch!
Posted by: S'oothsay'er at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (TldeD)
The Devil Will Drag You Under by Chalker is a man and woman picked by an alien 'demon' named Asmodeus, when an experiment to mine asteroids goes awry. Asmodeus puts the mission on the man and woman (for subsequently disclosed reasons) to save the world by a quest to alternative worlds. In that book, he resembles Saberhagen in tying together short stories into an overarching story.
Pretty fun reading.
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (9hXN1)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 10:15 AM (y7DUB)
Skynet smiles.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (mbFEM)
well worth the half million each, since they come with an embedded chip with secret US military tech, or other favors.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (mD/uy)
lmao
https://gab.com/NeonRevolt/posts/107092318470272406
LMAAAAOOOOOOO the absolute mad lad trolling his whole neighborhood with his Halloween decorations ahahahahahahhahahaha
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Well done dissent, that level of satire requires some congratulations.
Posted by: exdem13 at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Flyguy at October 13, 2021 10:16 AM (3sOO0)
Try smoking in a bar (for example). You might not like tobacco, and I don't either, but all the "private businesses" and Malls and the rest of it are deemed places of Public Accomodation. Consequently they have very little leeway. They only get away with all that nonsense because people believe it.
I expect to see "private clubs" make a grand resurgance. It's the only way forward, since the public commons is now a dystopian wasteland
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (lAVPT)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (sVtYq)
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (8oe0E)
Posted by: MJ at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (zwDuR)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (/XOcP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Quote of the Week nomination.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 13, 2021 10:17 AM (OssQ4)
You'd think we would at least have hand-held electronic computing and communication devices that would allow for instant information updates from around the globe...oh, wait.
Posted by: Captain Kirk at October 13, 2021 10:18 AM (jYQlA)
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 10:09 AM (mbFEM)
He's planning a one way trip right now. NASA and others have been working for decades on how to survive there. The oxygen and living quarters research is almost like Total Recall.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 13, 2021 10:18 AM (uOL2Q)
Posted by: whig at October 13, 2021 10:18 AM (9hXN1)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 13, 2021 10:18 AM (BvNzB)
We're the majority. Trump won by a landslide. We're not "dissenting", we're just expressing the views of most Americans.
I sincerely hope my generation does better than the previous
Wouldn't be tough to do better than mine; Gen X. We're worthless slackers that watched everything go to hell and hid in video games.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2021 10:19 AM (KZzsI)
Maybe some whales too human
Posted by: V'ger
Lena Dunham?
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 13, 2021 10:19 AM (YZG/i)
Can an employer require all of its employees to be heterosexual? Black? Tennis players?
We've already long ago past the point where employers had unfettered discretion to require or forbid whatever they wanted (and that's probably a good thing). But now, on this one issue, we should say, "Whoa! Government's gone too far now! I agree with the Democrats."
Welcome to earth, Jonah. Look around and try to figure out how it works.
Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2021 10:20 AM (FJYfm)
I thought he got busted back to Captain.
Now Checkov, he's an admiral...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Cryptid Anarchist at October 13, 2021 10:20 AM (p/VAA)
Most people don't do nuance. They take a few absolute ideas, fight like Hell to make sure those ideas don't get examined very hard, then run around breaking themselves patting their own backs about how educated and wise they are.
Most people's worldviews have the consistency of powdered eggs made with way too much water.
Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 13, 2021 10:21 AM (BK52m)
Get a life. It was a TV show
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Yeah.
Kirk retired as an Admiral!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 10:22 AM (UHVv4)
I would've held out for SpaceX, since their space tourism involves actually being in orbit for a few days, but Bezos paid him to do it so that's very Shatner.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 10:22 AM (ZGrMX)
Maybe some whales too human
Posted by: V'ger
Lena Dunham?
well, i did once see a paper that argued that it would be more efficient to launch fat astronauts than launch skinny astronauts + food.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 13, 2021 10:28 AM (v3pYe)
I'm the hand up Mona Lisa's skirt, I'm a big surprise
Posted by: Tech N9ne at October 13, 2021 10:28 AM (vlXMQ)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 10:40 AM (xopIz)
Posted by: bof at October 13, 2021 03:37 PM (UePSi)
Posted by: John Hyland at October 13, 2021 06:51 PM (0f/0U)
Posted by: 370H55V at October 13, 2021 08:46 PM (WusEB)
After waiting on line over two hours, we were herded by with only about ten seconds of viewing time. Oh well, at least I can say I was there.
I had much better luck with the King Tut show in 1977 at the New Orleans Museum of Art when I was there. No waiting, no rush, compared to what I heard about the situation in other show venues
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