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DaVinci Virgin Rocks.jpg

The Virgin of the Rocks
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

[Bonus link in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 09, 2021 09:30 AM (bVYXr)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)

3 That baby is ripped.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 09:30 AM (0ryfU)

4 Is that like a mixed drink?

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 09, 2021 09:30 AM (bVYXr)

5 That rock behind her is a penis!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

6 That's a penis rock behind her

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (zdpQZ)

7 Eesh. My monitor (or the painting) gives their skin a deathly blue hue.

Posted by: t-bird at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (vOGqy)

8 Is that Mary Elizabeth Jesus and John?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

9 Virgin on the rocks.
Make mine a double

Posted by: Bruce at November 09, 2021 09:32 AM (vd8XM)

10 [Bonus link in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Is he mad at us ?

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:32 AM (arJlL)

11 Those rocks.... are... uh.... yeah.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 09:32 AM (0ryfU)

12 Jesus looks kind of ridiculous.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (45fpk)

13 "Those rocks.... are... uh.... yeah."

Phallacious?

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (Ectld)

14 [Bonus link in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Anyone got an ice pick? I need to clean my ears.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

15 Which one is Jesus ?

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (arJlL)

16 8 Is that Mary Elizabeth Jesus and John?
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (OyyDO)

17 This one has been posted before, but I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the archives like robbie does to post a link.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 09:34 AM (0ryfU)

18 L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel, sniper
Posted by: Kris

FIFY

Posted by: Bruce at November 09, 2021 09:34 AM (vd8XM)

19 [Bonus link in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

You're trying to trick us into exclaiming "JESUS !"

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:34 AM (arJlL)

20 It looks like Jesus has a high and tight Marine haircut

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 09, 2021 09:34 AM (zdpQZ)

21 There are two versions of this painting. IN the other, the angel looks out at the viewer and is pointing to Mary.

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (OyyDO)

22 An homage to SNAP Card Nation.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (FCPbW)

23 non-Jesus Baby is flashing the peace sign. Which is a secret right-wing code for Two Genders!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (Bmy3R)

24 Jesus has chubby thighs almost like he's got a disease.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

25 L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel


On tonight's very special episode, the part of the angel will be played by Meredith Baxter-Birney

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (0ryfU)

26 Is that Mary Elizabeth Jesus and John?
Posted by: rhennigantx


Who was Mary Elizabeth Jay-sus? I didn't know they had Mexicans in Israel.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (RR8iF)

27 CBD, when I tried to open the pic in a new tab, I got "illegal characters in path." There's a quotation mark at the end of the URL. When I took that out, it loaded fine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (txdEq)

28 Which one is Jesus ?
Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (arJlL)
*********
The one with the halo

Posted by: redridinghood at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

29 L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel
Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (OyyDO)

John the Baptist was a redhead?

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (88xKn)

30 L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel
Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:33 AM (OyyDO)

Obviously Jesus is the Rock!

ROCK ON JESUS

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (yrol0)

31 L to R: John the Baptist, Mary, Jesus, an angel
Posted by: Kris

Thank you !

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (arJlL)

32 And that Charlie Brown is the meaning of art

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (gWfA8)

33 CBD, when I tried to open the pic in a new tab, I got "illegal characters in path." There's a quotation mark at the end of the URL. When I took that out, it loaded fine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (txdEq)
*********
Same here.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

34 It looks like Jesus has a high and tight Marine haircut
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby


Talk about having a Service that is Blessed.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (RR8iF)

35 "Which is a secret right-wing code for Two Genders!"

Thanks for letting me know. I'll be using that from here on out.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (Ectld)

36 John the Baptist was a redhead?
Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (88xKn)

King David had red hair and Mary and Elizabeth both were of the House of David.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (yrol0)

37 Obviously Jesus is the Rock!

ROCK ON JESUS
Posted by: rhennigantx


FREEBIRD riff!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:38 AM (RR8iF)

38 Thought Elizabeth was a Levite.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (Ectld)

39
It's Raining Babies - a limerick

Baby after baby, out they popped!
It's gone too far. Another one just dropped!
Every minute on Earth
A woman gives birth
It's essential she be found. And somehow stopped.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (m45I2)

40 Would not hang.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (45fpk)

41 Error: Illegal characters in path.

Bad story writing to explain that as Red Ridding Hood went to see Grandma the wolf crossed her path.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (yrol0)

42 oh, so that is the Jesus Baby flashing the peace sign. I missed the halo.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (Bmy3R)

43 In retrospect, I should have known better than to click on the bonus link.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (OUMaO)

44 Holy Day Care!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (0CuV9)

45 John the Baptist was a redhead?
Posted by: dantesed

Don't know but it would explain a boatload of things, wouldn't it?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (mD/uy)

46 Both babys have halos. Now this picture is pissing me off.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:40 AM (Bmy3R)

47 38 Thought Elizabeth was a Levite.
Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (Ectld)

She was Mary cousin. So their Moms or Dads were siblings.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:40 AM (yrol0)

48 "Both babys have halos. Now this picture is pissing me off."

Just think of them as handy teething rings.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:40 AM (Ectld)

49 On tonight's very special episode, the part of the angel will be played by Meredith Baxter-Birney
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021


***
Once upon a time, Meredith was the spokeswoman for one of the $$$ shampoos, L'Oreal. She was one of the loveliest creatures on the planet, so it made sense.

So, fill me in on this family thing. I know John (later "The Baptist") was Jesus' cousin. Elizabeth was Mary's sister, and John's mother?

Family reunions and the High Holy Days must have been . . . interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:40 AM (txdEq)

50 non-Jesus Baby is flashing the peace sign. Which is a secret right-wing code for Two Genders!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (Bmy3R)


Not so secret now that you've told us!!

Posted by: Doof at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (mZUr4)

51 Why does this version look so different?

https://tinyurl.com/4h4y2wav

Posted by: redridinghood at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

52 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (RR8iF)

53 42 oh, so that is the Jesus Baby flashing the peace sign. I missed the halo.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (Bmy3R)

And what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a peace sign

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (yrol0)

54 Today's art shows how horrible the Trump maladministration will be in the future. Virgins will be forced out into the wilderness and their children will have no clothes. The plants at the top and bottom are in an immature state. They represent the preflowering, but not yet ripe pureness of the coming Biden Administration. Once in full bloom, the fresh air coming out of Biden will rejuvenate the world and restore the world's admiration of the reset country Trump destroyed. There will be rejoicing in every country.

Posted by: Russki at November 09, 2021 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)

55
Leonardo is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But until this day I didn't know it was Raphael.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2021 09:42 AM (v7a63)

56 52 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (RR8iF)

Jesus went to Egypt for many years. I do not know if John was under the same death threat.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:42 AM (yrol0)

57 CBD, that Yoko Ono link is...something.

MisHum would be proud.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (EU//e)

58 I didn't know they had Mexicans in Israel.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (RR8iF)

You kiddin'? They're everywhere.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (AwYPR)

59 It's Raining Babies - a limerick

Baby after baby, out they popped!
It's gone too far. Another one just dropped!
Every minute on Earth
A woman gives birth
It's essential she be found. And somehow stopped.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 09:39 AM (m45I2)


OK. But what about the MEN who give birth????? Whatcha got for them?????

Posted by: Doof at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (mZUr4)

60 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (txdEq)

The link should be fixed.

Thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (Q9lwr)

61 Duncanthrax is not thanked

Posted by: From That Time at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (qlcKc)

62 I didn't know they had Mexicans in Israel.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:36 AM (RR8iF)

Shimon Perez

Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 09:43 AM (FJYfm)

63 There's this neat triangular form connecting the three main figures, with Mary at the apex. The triangle can have Christian symbolism. It can represent the Trinity, it can be God's halo, or it can be a shape that adds stability and balance to a work.

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:44 AM (OyyDO)

64 Both babys have halos.
Posted by: Guy Smiley


As does Mary.

The only one without is the "actual" angel. She must be an imposter.

Posted by: mikeski at November 09, 2021 09:44 AM (P1f+c)

65
The link should be fixed.

Thanks!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2021


***
And so it is!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:44 AM (txdEq)

66 "She was Mary cousin. So their Moms or Dads were siblings."

I understand, but being of the lineage of David doesn't necessarily make her of the tribe of Judah, depending on how things played out. And I'm not smart enough to explain the nuances of Jewish lineage, but I know there are some quirks.

Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (Ectld)

67 Posted by: redridinghood at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

Stick with Kris, she knows everything!

It's a different version of the same scene.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (Q9lwr)

68 Here is the 2nd version of same painting:

https://tinyurl.com/hwvzt9fa

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (yrol0)

69 54 "...the fresh air coming out of Biden..."
===
You need to check with the Duchess on that.

Posted by: dingbat at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (Xd2Cp)

70 What's that leaning against John the Baptist's right shoulder?

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 09:46 AM (88xKn)

71 Please don't do naked Yoko on an ottoman.

Posted by: davidt at November 09, 2021 09:46 AM (FkR2T)

72 "But what about the MEN who give birth????? Whatcha got for them?????"

Strong meds.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:46 AM (Ectld)

73 King David had red hair and Mary and Elizabeth both were of the House of David.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:37 AM (yrol0)

Where does that come from? I believe David was described as "ruddy" in Samuel - that doesn't mean he was a ginger.

I think red heads were as rare in the Middle East as they are today. I assume that everyone in the Bible looked like - a Middle Eastern Jew.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at November 09, 2021 09:46 AM (HabA/)

74 I don't mean to body shame, but those babies are kinda fat.

Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 09:47 AM (FJYfm)

75 I'm so glad I have the volume turned off.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2021 09:47 AM (U2p+3)

76 6 That's a penis rock behind her
====

From what I understand, Da Vinci did like penis.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 09, 2021 09:48 AM (3duqG)

77 52 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:41 AM (RR8iF)

We'll never know. The Gospel writers don't tell us, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (HabA/)

78 Where does that come from? I believe David was described as "ruddy" in Samuel - that doesn't mean he was a ginger.

I think red heads were as rare in the Middle East as they are today. I assume that everyone in the Bible looked like - a Middle Eastern Jew.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at November 09, 2021 09:46 AM (HabA/)

I always assumed it meant red headed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (yrol0)

79 Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (yrol0)

Wow, that's interesting.

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (88xKn)

80 Kittuh hunting among the rocks.


Looks like a 'Yes' album cover if 'Yes' did an album of Catholic hymns.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (sAmhv)

81 Family reunions and the High Holy Days must have been . . . interesting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Especially saying Grace - "I am great, I am good. And we thank Me for our food. . . . . ."

Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (mD/uy)

82 Since the woman is Mary, and she is actually touching the child on our left, I'd suggest that is Jesus and the other is John. The child to the left is also cradling a crucifix -- a foreshadowing of what will happen to the child some 33 years hence.

If it weren't for the wings, the other female figure could be John's mother, since she's right by the child.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (txdEq)

83 Those virgin rocks seem to be squeezing out some kids.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (VwHCD)

84 Nice painting. ISTR something similar on a previous Art thread.

**off to my art thread database*

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 09:50 AM (u82oZ)

85 What have the Mexicans given us?? Nuthin'!

Posted by: judean peoples liberation front at November 09, 2021 09:50 AM (UHVv4)

86 I wonder if artists ever got tired of doing the same stuff. A lot of these paintings are so full of symbolism that they cease being engaging. This one feels like a high-brow one of those -- what were they called? -- "Col-R-Form" things that kids play with a printed background and a selection of thin plastic scenery bits that kids can place and remove at will. It all feels quite rote, like the background was done from memory/imagination, the posing of the figures was just muscle memory, the faces are bereft of true emotion... It's technically good but as engaging as a strip of wallpaper. The characters even look bored to be there.

Posted by: red speck at November 09, 2021 09:50 AM (gS3OW)

87 The art subject matter and style at that time is like auto tune today. It all looks ( sounds) the same.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 09:51 AM (2DOZq)

88 You need to check with the Duchess on that.

Posted by: dingbat at November 09, 2021 09:45 AM (Xd2Cp)

I have been assured it had the scent of roses. Very fine roses.

Posted by: The Art Critic at November 09, 2021 09:51 AM (7bRMQ)

89 John was one wild and crazy guy!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:51 AM (yrol0)

90 From the Utah national parks tour collection I see.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (2xGy+)

91 "John was one wild and crazy guy!"

Every guy needs a pair of camel hair under-drawers.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (Ectld)

92 Is a "virgin on the rocks" some kind of drink? If not, it should be.

Posted by: red speck at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (gS3OW)

93 Posted by: red speck at November 09, 2021 09:50 AM (gS3OW)

I promise you I did not read your comment before I posted. I'm glad someone else noticed this.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (2DOZq)

94 Those rocks are ROCK HARD.
YKWIM

Posted by: torabora at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (fbHXO)

95 Kittuh hunting among the rocks. . . .

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 09, 2021


***
That dark patch to the right of Mary and above the angel's head? I thought that was just shadows among the rocks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:52 AM (txdEq)

96 Halo placed for intracranial neurosurgery.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 09, 2021 09:53 AM (w9Wax)

97 Elizabeth in the Bible is the wife of Zechariah, mother of John the Baptist, and a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus. Her story is told in Luke 1:5-80.

By Jack Zavada
Updated May 06, 2019

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 09:53 AM (u82oZ)

98 I always assumed it meant red headed!
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:49 AM (yrol0)

Who knows what "ruddy" meant by Middle Eastern standards? All I can guess is that if David was a carrottop, it would have been exceedingly easy for Saul to find and kill him.

"Hey, did the red-haired guy come this way?" "Sure did. How'd he get his hair that color? Frightened my donkeys, he did."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at November 09, 2021 09:54 AM (HabA/)

99 I like my virgins with a splash of soda.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 09, 2021 09:54 AM (Y5qcH)

100 El Greco is the exception to the rule. The Father of modern art.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 09:54 AM (2DOZq)

101 Read an excellent biography of Leonardo by Walter Isaacson last year. Amazing ... he carried some of his paintings with him as he moved among locales for decades, adding a touch here and a touch there occasionally.

Don't recall if this was one, but obviously a pioneering artist who may have been the first (at least of such genius and renown) to integrate science with art.

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 09:54 AM (cUUIs)

102 #59

No matter how woke, men don't give birth.
Ever
Amen

Posted by: torabora at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (fbHXO)

103 Welp they are making a gun owner data base...


https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/484018/

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (CYnTg)

104 Windy as heck out here. Power flickering.

Time to head to the ferry. It's going to be a sleigh ride across the water!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (U2p+3)

105 Pete and his/her partner might be intested in finding another baby, they don't have much else to do right now.

Posted by: Colin at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (Oo8HA)

106 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021
*
We'll never know. The Gospel writers don't tell us, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at November 09, 2021


***
Did Jeffrey Hunter -- or was it Max von Sydow? -- and Charlton Heston ever meet? (I forget which film had CH as John. Greatest Story Ever Told or King of Kings?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (txdEq)

107 Not my favorite, but a da Vinci is always a good time.

A couple years ago, before the coof and when the museums were still open, the Carnegie Science Center down in Pittsburgh did a huge da Vinci exhibit for a couple weeks. There was some art (including at least one original), and they had constructed full-scale models of many of the devices he designed in his notebooks. Everything from battlefield tanks to water pumps to helicopters. He was a polymath and an amazing talent, one of those people who only come along every few centuries. Amazing stuff.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (lNHqD)

108 "...the fresh air coming out of Biden..."


And the sixth seal was cracked, and a foul odour emanated from within, smelling of sulphur...

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (RR8iF)

109 Elizabeth in the Bible is the wife of Zechariah, mother of John the Baptist, and a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus. Her story is told in Luke 1:5-80.

By Jack Zavada
Updated May 06, 2019
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 09:53 AM (u82oZ)

I always thought Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (2DOZq)

110 The rocks look like cacti and the kids look like fat corpses. Meh

Posted by: Carmenzoid at November 09, 2021 09:56 AM (9sa5h)

111 The keys to this work could be the setting and the shape of the canvas. The group is in a grotto, a similar setting to many Marian sightings. The shape is usually for altarpieces or niche-placements. If I remember right, this work (or the other version) was meant for a altar niche in a convent or monastery. The customers didn't like it, so Leonardo redid it.

Anyway, the idea of the work might be then having one's own personal vision of Mary, and the introduction of her Son. She gently nudges John to Jesus. John is the Preparer of the Way, the angel protects and presents the Savior, who blesses the Baptist and his mission.

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:56 AM (OyyDO)

112 Great oogly-moogly, did I get left in the non-nood dust on this one!

At least it's past 100 comments so I can gripe without fear.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 09, 2021 09:56 AM (dfRN6)

113 7 Eesh. My monitor (or the painting) gives their skin a deathly blue hue.

Posted by: t-bird at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (vOGqy)

----

It's Windows' latest Blue Sheen of Death.

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 09:56 AM (cUUIs)

114 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021

Jesus lived in Egypt as a child. To get away from Herod.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 09, 2021 09:56 AM (Y5qcH)

115 Windy as heck out here.

*****

Everyone knows it...

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 09:57 AM (m45I2)

116 And the sixth seal was cracked, and a foul odour emanated from within, smelling of sulphur...

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (RR8iF)

It was roses! Roses. That was a very rude question, sir!

Posted by: Today's Administration Press Secretary at November 09, 2021 09:57 AM (7bRMQ)

117 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021
*
Jesus lived in Egypt as a child. To get away from Herod.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 09, 2021


***
More reasonable rent. Have you *seen* what they want for a 1-bedroom in Galilee? Oy vey!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:57 AM (txdEq)

118 Every guy needs a pair of camel hair under-drawers.

And, when you walk, they scratch yer balls !

Posted by: JT at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (arJlL)

119 21 There are two versions of this painting. IN the other, the angel looks out at the viewer and is pointing to Mary.

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 09:35 AM (OyyDO)

----

I'd just recalled and was going to mention this, Kris. Thanks!

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (cUUIs)

120 103 Welp they are making a gun owner data base...

Can you hear the Republican outrage on Capital Hill? Well, can ya?

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (2xGy+)

121 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (txdEq)

All I can remember is Michael York as John the Baptist.

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (88xKn)

122 110 The rocks look like cacti and the kids look like fat corpses. Meh

They called Leonardo di ser Piero "The Wal-Mart Da Vinci" for a reason.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (Bmy3R)

123 Is a "virgin on the rocks" some kind of drink? If not, it should be.
Posted by: red speck


It's all of the drinks, but none of the fun ones.

"Virgin" is "without alcohol" in bartending lingo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (P1f+c)

124 Baby John met the in utero baby Jesus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (u82oZ)

125 Past 100. What are the odds that all 8 deaths at the Travis Scott rap concert were white?

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (2DOZq)

126 Welp they are making a gun owner data base...


https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/484018/
Posted by: steevy


Do you have a License to Carry? Ever bought a hunting license? They know you. They don't care what you own, just who you are.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (RR8iF)

127 "I always thought Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins."

They are. First cousins.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (Ectld)

128 Kris, is it absolutely set that the child on the viewer's left is John and the other is Jesus? As I said earlier, Mary touching the child on the left suggests he is Jesus, as does the presence of the cross.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (txdEq)

129 52 Did baby John and baby Jesus ever meet as babies?
Posted by: rickb223



Mary, while pregnant with Jesus, visited Elizabeth, pregnant with John, is about as close to scripture as it gets. Luke 1:39-56

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (sAmhv)

130 Can you hear the Republican outrage on Capital Hill? Well, can ya?

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 09, 2021 09:58 AM (2xGy+)

It's so loud even I can hear it!

Posted by: Helen Keller at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (7bRMQ)

131 Has Governor Hair Gel made an appearance yet?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (cSyAR)

132 John the Baptist was also a miraculous birth.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (2DOZq)

133 Not exactly off-topic, from TMR:
135 It's OK, I'm sure the hekp wore masks!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 09, 2021 08:28 AM (bDqIh)
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And a good portion of our population sees nothing wrong with the help being masked while the party goers are not.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 08:28 AM (2SdPm)

I waded through the Vogue photo essay chronicling the Getty heiresses' wedding to a "photographer." The usual excess, name-dropping, and deviancy-worshipping excrement, including the overly-botoxed and -filler enhanced females of a certain age, Pachamama dancer, and...Nancy Pelosi officiating. All in attendence were required to don masks when the Speaker entered.

Quite the contrast to the humble Mother of the Humble Saviour.

Posted by: Flyover at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (Rbu5d)

134 "I always thought Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins."
*
They are. First cousins.
Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021


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Doesn't that mean that their mothers were siblings, not cousins themselves? That Elizabeth was Mary's sister?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (txdEq)

135 yeah, I'm kinda wahed up, ya know

wanna see my ass ??

Posted by: Madonna at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (us2H3)

136 Was at bfast at a hotel up by DFW yesterday and overheard 3 guys talking. 1 had been off a month from the Booster and another had been sick since the summer.

WTFO?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 10:01 AM (yrol0)

137 Gas masks are recommended around Joe Biden...

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:01 AM (CYnTg)

138 They are saying now that Gavin Newsome was at the Getty wedding in SF

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (zdpQZ)

139 Has Governor Hair Gel made an appearance yet?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 09, 2021 10:00 AM (cSyAR)

I'm working on it. I'm working on it!

Posted by: Official CA Undertaker at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (7bRMQ)

140 To hell with the sniper, I can't find the bats.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (F0YaR)

141 I was listening to a preschooler today, clucking like a chicken.

Last afternoon, she and 33 other preschoolers were learning the chicken dance.

So somewhere in town is a guy who gets 34 3-4 year olds to do the chicken dance. Puts some perspective on bad jobs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (u82oZ)

142 108 "...the fresh air coming out of Biden..."

And the sixth seal was cracked, and a foul odour emanated from within, smelling of sulphur...

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:55 AM (RR8iF)

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To augment Ace's Agincourt reference yesterday: "We few, we smelly few, we Brandon farters."

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (cUUIs)

143 Peace-sign Baby Jesus looks like he is expounding to John: "Now listen up, John-boy. My folks and I are getting ready to head off to Egypt, but mark your calendar, 'cause in a couple decades you and I are gonna meet at the River Jordan for a righteous dunking. Capiche!?"

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

144 Waitress! Over here!

Posted by: Jesus "At The Rocks" and is expected to pick up the tab at November 09, 2021 10:03 AM (xVB0A)

145 And John is all like, "Cool!"

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

146 126 Do you have a License to Carry? Ever bought a hunting license? They know you. They don't care what you own, just who you are.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (RR8iF)
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This, exactly. Between countless official forms, banking records and even your social media posts and likes, they already have far more information on you than you can possibly imagine. Don't worry about getting "put on a list." If you're an American and you have a pulse, I guarantee you're already on several.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 09, 2021 10:04 AM (lNHqD)

147 Waitress! Over here!

Posted by: Jesus "At The Rocks" and is expected to pick up the tab at November 09, 2021 10:03 AM (xVB0A)

Wait, I have to pay for your drinks too???

Posted by: Number Two of Three at November 09, 2021 10:04 AM (7bRMQ)

148 "Doesn't that mean that their mothers were siblings, not cousins themselves? That Elizabeth was Mary's sister?"

Ok, I don't know where I got the first cousins, Luke 1 says they were cousins, unless I'm missing something, which could mean any number of separations. Or they could be first cousins and I'm missing the reference.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (Ectld)

149 They called Leonardo di ser Piero "The Wal-Mart Da Vinci" for a reason.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

Da Vinci set up his works outside of a chariot shop on the corner and sold some of his stuff that way. He couldn't keep the black velvet Elvis paintings in stock.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (mD/uy)

150 If there were 8 deaths at a Toby Keith concert and they were all black , every law enforcement and civil rights department would be opening an investigation.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (2DOZq)

151 Thank God for FJB and his brilliance. What new wonders await?

The Biden administration is considering tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to lower prices at the pump. Biden has even touted an "arsenal of tools" to deal with OPEC+ to boost crude output.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (0ryfU)

152 Welp they are making a gun owner data base...
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Can you hear the Republican outrage on Capital Hill? Well, can ya?


They've (ATF) been doing this for years, maybe decades. Every so often, someone will sue them over it, win the suit, ATF will say "OK, we'll stop," and keep doing it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 09, 2021 10:06 AM (nfrXX)

153 Virgin of the rocks? WTeverlovinF?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:06 AM (o2MD2)

154 Virgin of the rocks? WTeverlovinF?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:06 AM (o2MD2)

Don't take it for granite

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (CjHGv)

155 The Biden administration is considering tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to lower prices at the pump. Biden has even touted an "arsenal of tools" to deal with OPEC+ to boost crude output.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (0ryfU)

If only we had oil deposits of our own!

Posted by: Tejas at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (7bRMQ)

156 >>131 Has Governor Hair Gel made an appearance yet?

No. Reliable sources say that his face is so twisted and disfigured, like a corkscrew, from a bad jab reaction, he won't be seen in public for weeks/months.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (2xGy+)

157 They are saying now that Gavin Newsome was at the Getty wedding in SF

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (zdpQZ)

It's probably true, but the media lied about RBG as she was fading from cancer, so why believe them unless they can prove it?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (DF0Uw)

158 Between countless official forms, banking records and even your social media posts and likes, they already have far more information on you than you can possibly imagine. Don't worry about getting "put on a list." If you're an American and you have a pulse, I guarantee you're already on several.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky

Banks know more about you than you do. They even know about you if you don't have an account with them.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (mD/uy)

159 Ted Cruz; 12h
The pedophiles at @ProjectLincoln need to stop talking about my children.

https://tinyurl.com/nbmf87yz

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (UHVv4)

160 Oddbob

If you hated Western Civ, and longed for the days of slaves and slave-owners, what would you do different than the Biden junta?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (u82oZ)

161 I agree they have the information and have had it for years. It looks like this administration might act on it. They certainly seem to be setting the propaganda groundwork...

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (CYnTg)

162 Ok, you can prove I bought them. Now prove they aren't at the bottom of the river.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (0ryfU)

163 They are saying now that Gavin Newsome was at the Getty wedding in SF

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

It's probably true, but the media lied about RBG as she was fading from cancer, so why believe them unless they can prove it?
Posted by: Grudge Harbor

If he were, there would be countless photos.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:09 AM (RR8iF)

164 I love the contrast of the brilliant blues in Mary's robe and the sky as well as the deep gold of the lining against the figures' ivory skin tones and dark background. It makes the figures almost pop out at the viewer and focuses attention to them. Also, the realism of their faces and expressions reinforces, at least to me, that this is a human as well as divine scenario.

I suspect there is significance to the way the rocks are drawn but don't know what it might be.

The effect on the viewer seeing it in person must be stunning.

Posted by: JTB at November 09, 2021 10:09 AM (7EjX1)

165 137 Gas masks are recommended around Joe Biden...

He thought they were chanting "Let go, Brandon."

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 10:09 AM (Bmy3R)

166 162 Ok, you can prove I bought them. Now prove they aren't at the bottom of the river.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (0ryfU)

You talk as if there is some sort of due process. You are behind the curve.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:09 AM (o2MD2)

167 Overall, a very gneiss painting.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (UHVv4)

168 The governor doesn't have to prove anything to the peasants!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (0ryfU)

169 Boston tea party... next....

Laredo Tx meth party.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (CwAXE)

170 The Biden administration is considering tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to lower prices at the pump. Biden has even touted an "arsenal of tools" to deal with OPEC+ to boost crude output.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:05 AM (0ryfU)

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Why don't they tap into the nation's Strategic Solar and Wind Reserve (SSWR) first? Why do they want to murder Mother Gaia even sooner?

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (cUUIs)

171 Jesus liked to rock and roll
And take a little water stroll
Because they're cousins. Identical cousins...

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (Bmy3R)

172 "Biden has even touted an "arsenal of tools" to deal with OPEC+ to boost crude output."

Has he considered not shutting down oil pipelines?

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (Ectld)

173 Overall, a very gneiss painting.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (UHVv4)


da Vinci knows his Schist

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (CjHGv)

174 You're a cruel one, Mr. CBD.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (2SdPm)

175 JTB looks pretty healthy for a baby that only eats crickets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (VxC1e)

176 Why don't they tap into the nation's Strategic Solar and Wind Reserve (SSWR) first?

He did. Camilla complained.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (0ryfU)

177 I shall release The Strategic Wind Reserve.

Posted by: Biden at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (FkR2T)

178 Christina Pushaw; 11h
We publish Governor DeSantis' official schedule every afternoon, 7 days a week. If we just didn't say anything about his whereabouts or activities for 11 days, the media would be in full meltdown mode. Even 2 days, for that matter.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (UHVv4)

179 "He did. Camilla complained."

And? She's not even a figurehead in her country. She's like the wife of the runner up to the figurehead.

"What does that make us?"

"Absolutely nothing."

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (Ectld)

180 138 They are saying now that Gavin Newsome was at the Getty wedding in SF
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 09, 2021 10:02 AM (zdpQZ)

There's a picture of him at the wedding. The great thing about wearing a mask, is that if there were facial drooping due to Bell's Palsy, the mask would hide it.

From what I saw of this picture, although it's blurry, he looks ok.

https://pbs.tw___.com/media/FDtxIdhVIAItbna.jpg

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (EU//e)

181 Mary and the angel look much more, well, human in the variant painting. You wouldn't expect that of an angel, though. I guess it would have assumed human female form so as not to frighten Mary and the children.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (txdEq)

182 128 Kris, is it absolutely set that the child on the viewer's left is John and the other is Jesus? As I said earlier, Mary touching the child on the left suggests he is Jesus, as does the presence of the cross.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 09:59 AM (txdEq)

It should be John because of the garment he's wearing. John is depicted many times in a garment similar to this. I admit the staff is confusing. It could be a mix of his walking staff in the wilderness and a foreshadowing of his mission's focus--Jesus. He is also clearly submissive to the other child.

The other child is nude, and his hand gesture of blessing with three fingers represents the Trinity. I'm not going to say it never happened, but I don't remember anyone in art besides Jesus, God the Father, or a pope make this gesture.

Posted by: Kris at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (OyyDO)

183 JTB looks pretty healthy for a baby that only eats crickets.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (VxC1e)

We've been telling you that!!

Posted by: SJW Insect eating advocate at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (2DOZq)

184 Rrrrrrrrrt. Whoops! Another release from the strategic reserve!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (0ryfU)

185 If only we had oil deposits of our own!
Posted by: Tejas at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (7bRMQ)
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Not to mention those icky high paying jobs that American do so they're not dependent on Mother Government.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (2SdPm)

186 That's nice that Baby Jesus has a toy crucifix.

I wonder if Robespierre's mom ever gave him a toy guillotine.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (VxC1e)

187 162 Ok, you can prove I bought them. Now prove they aren't at the bottom of the river.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (0ryfU)

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"This is America comrade, where you are presumed guilty until you prove your innocence! Bailiff, take him away to the Garland Archipelago. Next?"

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (cUUIs)

188 178 Christina Pushaw; 11h
We publish Governor DeSantis' official schedule every afternoon, 7 days a week. If we just didn't say anything about his whereabouts or activities for 11 days, the media would be in full meltdown mode. Even 2 days, for that matter.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (UHVv4)

==========

Remember when Trump beat Melania so badly that she disappeared from public for a while?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (LvTSG)

189 Tiny URL link of Newsom picture instead:

https://tinyurl.com/fxbz97m6

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (EU//e)

190 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE, THE BIGGEST TOOL IN BIDEN'S OPEC TOOLBAG IS HIMSELF.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (2xGy+)

191 "Remember when Trump beat Melania so badly that she disappeared from public for a while?"

She likes it rough.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (Ectld)

192 170 Why don't they tap into the nation's Strategic Solar and Wind Reserve (SSWR) first? Why do they want to murder Mother Gaia even sooner?

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (cUUIs)

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Transportation Secretary Buttplug kindly requests that all Americans go outside every day at noon, drop their trousers and fart. We need to follow the example of our Dear Leader and get those wind reserves back up to capacity!

Secretary Buttplug will be, umm, spot-checking individuals on a random basis. Wear clean skivvies!

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 09, 2021 10:14 AM (lNHqD)

193
Remember when Trump beat Melania so badly that she disappeared from public for a while?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (LvTSG)

Tater speculated on-air that Trump had *killed* her. On his program called "Reliable Sources." (spit)

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 10:14 AM (Bmy3R)

194 Not sure if I've mentioned it, but, where I live, Kern County, recently approved something like 1,000 new oil wells to be drilled.

The county was promptly sued by some outside "environmental" group.

A minimum of 10K jobs are now on hold, due to that idiocy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:14 AM (2SdPm)

195 That painting needs a good cleaning. Beautiful colors like those should really shine brightly!

Posted by: Gabriel Alon at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (TNYo7)

196 Why don't they tap into the nation's Strategic Solar and Wind Reserve (SSWR) first? Why do they want to murder Mother Gaia even sooner?

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (cUUIs)

You joke, but this is a good question for these eco- nuts. Ask them about building a reserve for their no oil future. The only solution would be a dirty energy stockpile they could convert to the blessed clean. Or batteries, really big batteries.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (DF0Uw)

197 174 You're a cruel one, Mr. CBD.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (2SdPm)

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Heh, I too got rickshaw-rolled ... rookie mistake.

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (cUUIs)

198 'Quantum Leap' Star Dean Stockwell Dies (Sunday) Aged 85-
he also was in the first Dune movie

Posted by: SMOD at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (RHGPo)

199 Cup half full.

8.6% inflation rate

No way Joe Manchin votes for BBB.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (8DR0c)

200 Not to mention those icky high paying jobs that American do so they're not dependent on Mother Government.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (2SdPm)

Someone has to do the Dirty Jobs!

Posted by: Mike Rowe at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (7bRMQ)

201 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Windy here too. Lights are flickering. Wait! It seems to be code. Z.....O....D. That guy is everywhere.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (axyOa)

202 198 'Quantum Leap' Star Dean Stockwell Dies (Sunday) Aged 85-
he also was in the first Dune movie
Posted by: SMOD at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (RHGPo)

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Also a fan of Roy Orbison sung into a light.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (LvTSG)

203 He did. Camilla complained.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:11 AM (0ryfU)

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*snort* Well played, CAT.

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (cUUIs)

204 Have to say da Vinci is among my favorites. His faces glow.

Posted by: Javems at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (AmoqO)

205 Somehow they found the only grotto in all of Judea.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (VxC1e)

206 199 Cup half full.

8.6% inflation rate

No way Joe Manchin votes for BBB.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (8DR0c)

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Manchin won't vote for it because he got his grift passed in the infrastructure bill this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (LvTSG)

207 Very nice! This is the one that hangs in National Gallery, right?

Posted by: runner at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (V7qBU)

208 177 I shall release The Strategic Wind Reserve.

Posted by: Biden at November 09, 2021 10:12 AM (FkR2T)

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Excellent hordemind ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (cUUIs)

209 198 'Quantum Leap' Star Dean Stockwell Dies (Sunday) Aged 85-
he also was in the first Dune movie

Posted by: SMOD at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (RHGPo)
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He was also absolutely incredible as Cylon Number One in the BSG remake. Brought new meaning to the word "sinister."

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (lNHqD)

210 I'll have two virgins on the rocks, please.

Posted by: Moctezuma at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (MdVI1)

211 Why don't they tap into the nation's Strategic Solar and Wind Reserve (SSWR) first? Why do they want to murder Mother Gaia even sooner?

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:10 AM (cUUIs)
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Laugh, but Jennifer Granholm (the dumbest woman in Washington) just announced a coastline leasing program for wind producers to build wind generation capacity up and down the coastline, with first power coming on line in only three years. So, rushing to get it done before the next "election".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (TNYo7)

212 Well, time to wander.

Fun times ahead,

Well, for a very perverted definition of, "Fun."

Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM (2SdPm)

213 We need wind powered cars. The forward motion of the car turns a wind turbine which powers an electric motor, runs all of the electronics, and charges the battery. Genius! Why haven't we done this before? We should give $1 trillion to James Biden to start a company to develop this!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM (0ryfU)

214 He was also absolutely incredible as Cylon Number One in the BSG remake. Brought new meaning to the word "sinister."

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (lNHqD)

Did he have a UL sticker on the back of his head?

Posted by: Cattlecar Galaxica at November 09, 2021 10:19 AM (7bRMQ)

215 Remember when Trump beat Melania so badly that she disappeared from public for a while?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:13 AM (LvTSG)

Tater speculated on-air that Trump had *killed* her. On his program called "Reliable Sources." (spit)

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 09, 2021 10:14 AM (Bmy3R)

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"He's been using a body double of Melania since!"

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2021 10:19 AM (cUUIs)

216 I've seen this in person! It's beautiful, and big. The National Gallery (UK) has it set in its own little area. It's much more impressive in person than on screen.

Posted by: bluebell at November 09, 2021 10:19 AM (wyw4S)

217 Those kids, angels, what? They got tumors from radiation exposure or are religious figures just better when they're extra lumpy?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 09, 2021 10:19 AM (QU5/8)

218 The other child is nude, and his hand gesture of blessing with three fingers represents the Trinity. I'm not going to say it never happened, but I don't remember anyone in art besides Jesus, God the Father, or a pope make this gesture.

I think the Lt. Hicox made that gesture in Inglourious Basterds.

It blew their cover and got them shot by the Nazis.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:20 AM (5We2S)

219 Fun times ahead,
Well, for a very perverted definition of, "Fun."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing


Pics or it didn't happen!

Oh, not that kind of perversion. Nevermind.

Posted by: mikeski at November 09, 2021 10:20 AM (P1f+c)

220 'Quantum Leap' Star Dean Stockwell Dies (Sunday) Aged 85-
he also was in the first Dune movie
Posted by: SMOD at November 09, 2021


***
A child actor too -- he starred as The Boy With Green Hair, I think, from the late Forties?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:21 AM (txdEq)

221 Damn, imagine having Melania AND her body double....

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:21 AM (CYnTg)

222 Have to say da Vinci is among my favorites. His faces glow.
Posted by: Javems at November 09, 2021 10:16 AM (AmoqO)



Another thing me and Jesus have in common.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at November 09, 2021 10:21 AM (VxC1e)

223 Genius! Why haven't we done this before? We should give $1 trillion to James Biden to start a company to develop this!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM (0ryfU)

Bring back the classics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2F5B78Gvs

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 10:22 AM (AwYPR)

224 Another thing me and Jesus have in common.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at November 09, 2021 10:21 AM (VxC1e)

That sounds like something Obama would say.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 09, 2021 10:23 AM (7bRMQ)

225 Don't take it for granite
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 09, 2021 10:07 AM (CjHGv)

Gold!

Posted by: Moctezuma at November 09, 2021 10:24 AM (MdVI1)

226 I think that and Raphael' s madonna and child are the epitome of perfection.

Posted by: runner at November 09, 2021 10:24 AM (V7qBU)

227 As far as art goes...

Posted by: runner at November 09, 2021 10:24 AM (V7qBU)

228 Virgin on the rocks > vodka on the rocks

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 09, 2021 10:25 AM (YZG/i)

229 Dean Stockwell's IMDb page lists his movies, including Compulsion w/ Orson Welles. He was a Hollywood mainstay for most of his life. He did both the original Twilight Zone and the 1980s version.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:25 AM (txdEq)

230 Fresh off their victory in the War on Poverty, the left is now Ending Racism.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 09, 2021 10:25 AM (Gov3R)

231 Biden has irritable bowel syndrome. You'd have it too if you were born a Biden.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:26 AM (LQjWA)

232 "Damn, imagine having Melania AND her body double...."

I found the perfect woman and I had her cloned.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:26 AM (Ectld)

233 "213 We need wind powered cars. The forward motion of the car turns a wind turbine which powers an electric motor, runs all of the electronics, and charges the battery. Genius! Why haven't we done this before? We should give $1 trillion to James Biden to start a company to develop this!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM (0ryfU) "


you laugh, but I met someone at a party a few years ago who was eagerly telling everyone about his idea to do just that.
didn't even try to explain, just wandered off to talk to someone else ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 09, 2021 10:26 AM (ahosz)

234 221 Damn, imagine having Melania AND her body double....

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:21 AM (CYnTg)

----

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:27 AM (cUUIs)

235 How are things going in the Rittenhouse trial?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 09, 2021 10:27 AM (Vxu+H)

236 * wanders in*

*sees Yoko*

*wanders out*

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 09, 2021 10:27 AM (5WlJk)

237 Somehow they found the only grotto in all of Judea.
Posted by: Cicero


Well they weren't going to use the one in Beverly Hills!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:27 AM (RR8iF)

238 We need wind powered cars. The forward motion of the car turns a wind turbine which powers an electric motor, runs all of the electronics, and charges the battery.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM (0ryfU) "

you laugh, but I met someone at a party a few years ago who was eagerly telling everyone about his idea to do just that.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz)

It wouldn't work in a closed system, but most people drive in the open air, so that's not really an issue.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (Ectld)

239 I hate wind generators. Hate them. Hate them with a searing heat of a thousand suns. Destroys bird life, ugly, ruins whole vistas, most are never working, and the result is paltry.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (axyOa)

240 Sup, John, how ya been?

Posted by: Jesus at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (8rX4S)

241 Laugh, but Jennifer Granholm (the dumbest woman in Washington) just announced a coastline leasing program for wind producers to build wind generation capacity up and down the coastline, with first power coming on line in only three years. So, rushing to get it done before the next "election".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (TNYo7)

Hello to the NIMBY lawsuits by all the rich elites that love windmills in flyover country.

My home area managed to make it illegal as it's the land of the cross tipped churches.

https://tinyurl.com/2a73a2a4

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (G2zl5)

242 How are things going in the Rittenhouse trial?
Posted by: Madamemayhem


For whom?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (RR8iF)

243 237 Somehow they found the only grotto in all of Judea.
Posted by: Cicero


Well they weren't going to use the one in Beverly Hills!
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They all seem to be a darker shade of pale.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (LQjWA)

244 Ok, you can prove I bought them. Now prove they aren't at the bottom of the river.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:08 AM (0ryfU)


Ever hear of a no knock warrant, preceded by a few flash bangs?

Buying guns... pshaw. Every time you buy a gun part, ammo online, anything charged to your credit card, FOID cards...

If you trust the gubmint to NOT gather this sort of info, you're a dummy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (F0YaR)

245 If we could only develop a technology that enables floating objects to move over the water, using only wind. That would solve so many of our problems!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (w9Wax)

246 How are things going in the Rittenhouse trial?

....

Kyle is going to be declared not guilty so that they can never come back after him again.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (5We2S)

247 Well they weren't going to use the one in Beverly Hills!
Posted by: rickb223


Jesus wasn't born in Beverly Hills because even God couldn't find three wise men or a virgin in California.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (Vxu+H)

248 Oil well heads are tiny and unobtrusive compared to wind turbine farms ....

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (CYnTg)

249 What fresh hell does this 2nd Tuesday of November bring?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 09, 2021 10:30 AM (Ao42M)

250 I hate wind generators. Hate them. Hate them with a searing heat of a thousand suns. Destroys bird life, ugly, ruins whole vistas, most are never working, and the result is paltry.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (axyOa)


I generally agree with you, but do they really destroy bird life? I've heard this argument a lot, but all I know is when a bunch of birds are eating spilled grain on the highway, and I zip through there at 70 mph, I never hit a bird. But they can't avoid a gigantic windmill? I'm skeptical.

Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 10:30 AM (FJYfm)

251 Jesus wasn't born in Beverly Hills because even God couldn't find three wise men or a virgin in California.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (Vxu+H)

Well, to be fair, he didn't look in northern CA.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 09, 2021 10:30 AM (7bRMQ)

252 Kyle is going to be declared not guilty so that they can never come back after him again.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (5We2S)

Kyle is going to be declared not guilty so that they can start some fresh riots.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 10:31 AM (AwYPR)

253 No snipers in this painting, but the Lincoln Project is probably lurking somewhere.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (ZGrMX)

254 Greetings:

No halo for Wingman ???

Posted by: 11B40 at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (uuklp)

255 But they can't avoid a gigantic windmill? I'm skeptical.
Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 10:30 AM (FJYfm)

I am guessing the windmills cause air currents that can trap the birds - like a swimmer fighting undertow or cross currents

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (YZG/i)

256 [Bonus link in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Did you and MisHum coordinate? Are we going to be getting Fat Man on an Ottoman in the ONT?!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (CAJOC)

257 Kyle is going to be declared not guilty so that they can start some fresh riots.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 10:31 AM (AwYPR)

.....

No one will riot over two dead whites.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (5We2S)

258 249 What fresh hell does this 2nd Tuesday of November bring?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 09, 2021 10:30 AM (Ao42M)

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More rape and mayhem.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (ptqGC)

259 245 If we could only develop a technology that enables floating objects to move over the water, using only wind. That would solve so many of our problems!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 09, 2021 10:29 AM (w9Wax)

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When they ban fossil fuels and those cargo container ships are all converted to sails ... at least THAT will put an end to the container ship backup crisis at the ports IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (cUUIs)

260 I generally agree with you, but do they really destroy bird life? I've heard this argument a lot, but all I know is when a bunch of birds are eating spilled grain on the highway, and I zip through there at 70 mph, I never hit a bird. But they can't avoid a gigantic windmill? I'm skeptical.
Posted by: Wally

Fedgov admits 100,000 to 500,000.
Bing "us bird deaths due to wind farms".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (RR8iF)

261 Have driven in Eastern Washington several times in the summer. Passing the wind farms you can see the occasional bird carcass but the stench is very noticeable.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (axyOa)

262 10x rise in baby deaths
*types* *deletes*

https://theexpose.uk/2021/11/07/british- funeral-director-dead-babies-are-piling-up-in-morgues/

During an interview with Resistance GB, Wesley, who has been a funeral director for over three years, speaks about his experience throughout the so-called "pandemic" and what he's been seeing in the morgues in recent times. He says he's currently seeing untold numbers of dead babies and new-borns in cold storage and piling up in mortuaries waiting for their funerals.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (6SrvO)

263 To avoid any misunderstanding in Cicero's comment in 175, his JTB means John The Baptist not my nic. I have a pretty positive self image but not that positive. :-)

Posted by: JTB at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (7EjX1)

264 Thinking on the economic theory, the idea that an economy can be "saturated" with government money.

What I'm looking at, is the idea that we've now gone over a decade of "priming the economic pump" with easy government money. That new spending, a trillion or ten trillion, can't increase economic activity because all possible growth from such has passed.

There is only one possible outcome left now ...

What happens when the ground is saturated with rain? Flooding.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (Gov3R)

265 242 How are things going in the Rittenhouse trial?
Posted by: Madamemayhem


For whom?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:28 AM (RR8iF)

Yesterday was a banner day for the defense thanks to a prosecution witness. You know you've lost the jury when your witness causes you to put your head in your hands.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 09, 2021 10:34 AM (N39Ws)

266 No one will riot over two dead whites.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (5We2S)

Hmmm...now that I think about it...

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 10:34 AM (AwYPR)

267 in honor of Duncanthrax's suggestion from the ONT

For the record, I did not suggest that CBD post a Yoko. There was some discussion comparing the difference between how pictorial works were commented on the ONT and the Art Threads and stylistic differences between MisHum and CBD

A commenter observed that MisHum had never posted Naked Man on an Ottoman. I responded that CBD had never posted a Yoko.

Apparently CBD resolved to remediate that deficiency.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 09, 2021 10:34 AM (a3Q+t)

268 The bird killing is well documented. Bats as well Read somewhere it is the large very slow turning props that they misjudge

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:34 AM (CYnTg)

269 257 Kyle is going to be declared not guilty so that they can start some fresh riots.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2021 10:31 AM (AwYPR)

.....

No one will riot over two dead whites.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (5We2S)

=========

"It's open season on antifa!"
-The Message the Left receives, hopefully

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (LvTSG)

270 I generally agree with you, but do they really destroy bird life? I've heard this argument a lot, but all I know is when a bunch of birds are eating spilled grain on the highway, and I zip through there at 70 mph, I never hit a bird. But they can't avoid a gigantic windmill? I'm skeptical.

It's 100% true. The ground underneath windmills is littered with dead and dying birds. It's really nasty, and puts the lie to any caring about the environment.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (ZGrMX)

271 8 Is that Mary Elizabeth Jesus and John?
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

Jesus is saying "Yo John! My homey!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (trdmm)

272 As horrible as Sean Hannity is, this video interview with James O'Keefe should scare the hell out of all Americans.

Is Merrick Garland insane?

https://tinyurl.com/apw4naew

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (TNYo7)

273 254 Greetings:

No halo for Wingman ???
Posted by: 11B40 at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (uuklp)

I'm sure there's some historical art reason for this. Like it's just an Angel rather than a named Angel that is considered a saint or something like St. Michael.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (G2zl5)

274 Put windmills on top of oil platforms. Problem solved.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (Ao42M)

275 Laugh, but Jennifer Granholm (the dumbest woman in Washington) just announced a coastline leasing program for wind producers to build wind generation capacity up and down the coastline, with first power coming on line in only three years. So, rushing to get it done before the next "election".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2021 10:17 AM (TNYo7)

Hurricane proof?

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (6SrvO)

276 No one will riot over two dead whites.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:32 AM (5We2S)


Not only will they not riot over 2 dead whites, they stopped rioting after they found out that people would shoot white rioters.

Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (FJYfm)

277 10x rise in baby deaths
*types* *deletes*

...

Dead baby jokes will be back!

I love a good 1980s dead baby joke.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (5We2S)

278 Just to note:

Bet Yoko is a beast in the sack. Lots shaking in that video.

Yoko does not even phase me.

Now current government policy is another matter entirely.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (u82oZ)

279 During an interview with Resistance GB, Wesley, who has been a funeral director for over three years, speaks about his experience throughout the so-called "pandemic" and what he's been seeing in the morgues in recent times. He says he's currently seeing untold numbers of dead babies and new-borns in cold storage and piling up in mortuaries waiting for their funerals.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at November 09, 2021 10:33 AM (6SrvO)

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Suspected result of vaccinated mothers, I presume?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (cUUIs)

280 Someone was caught photographing or recording the Rittenhouse jury this morning with a cell phone.

Posted by: Bert G at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (A2s4u)

281 I have a pretty positive self image but not that positive.
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You look just fabulous after your honey & locusts diet, darling!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (UHVv4)

282 ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon!

That is the word on the street. And a lot of miscarriages too.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (u82oZ)

283 270 I generally agree with you, but do they really destroy bird life? I've heard this argument a lot, but all I know is when a bunch of birds are eating spilled grain on the highway, and I zip through there at 70 mph, I never hit a bird. But they can't avoid a gigantic windmill? I'm skeptical.

It's 100% true. The ground underneath windmills is littered with dead and dying birds. It's really nasty, and puts the lie to any caring about the environment.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (ZGrMX)

It is, in fact, well documented that Wind power installations kill more endangered species than all other energy producing systems in the world, combined. They are especially deadly for large migratory birds, such as hawks, eagles, cranes, etc.

Such a wonderful "environmentally friendly" scheme, isn't it?

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (trdmm)

284 Have driven in Eastern Washington several times in the summer. Passing the wind farms you can see the occasional bird carcass but the stench is very noticeable.
Posted by: Diogene

******

I suspect that it is not the spinning turbine blades that are killing the birds, it is the ones that are not spinning. The stupid birds undermiscalculate the trajectory and fly right into the damn things, just like they do the picture window overlooking my deck, and die of a broken neck. #stationarybladeskill

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 10:38 AM (m45I2)

285 I have hit a bird while driving once. I think I've been in a car when someone else was driving and hit one as well.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:39 AM (G2zl5)

286 277 10x rise in baby deaths
*types* *deletes*

...

Dead baby jokes will be back!

I love a good 1980s dead baby joke.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:36 AM (5We2S)

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Back in the 80s, I had a book called Truly Tasteless Jokes, which had a bunch of such jokes, among others.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:39 AM (CAJOC)

287 Link to twatter about Rittenhouse jury recording:

https://tinyurl.com/wadusw8

Posted by: Bert G at November 09, 2021 10:39 AM (A2s4u)

288 Duncanthrax

It was Duncanthrax in the ONT with a Yoko video.

Book em, Danno.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:39 AM (u82oZ)

289 I guess were gonna have to mandate saftey screens on all windmills.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:40 AM (LQjWA)

290 280 Someone was caught photographing or recording the Rittenhouse jury this morning with a cell phone.
Posted by: Bert G at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (A2s4u)

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

Judge said, "Don't worry. It won't happen again".

Of course, it really only needs to happen once.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:40 AM (CAJOC)

291 The left has not the slightest problem with dead babies...

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:40 AM (CYnTg)

292 I love a good 1980s dead baby joke.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021


***
I used to hear, and tell, those in the '70s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:40 AM (txdEq)

293 BRAAAAAAAAAPPPPP!!!

Posted by: The Strategic Wind Reserve at November 09, 2021 10:40 AM (xVB0A)

294 Just a note from the previous rant - I thought the AoSHQ Style Guide recommended referring to Stelter as a "God-cursed.chimptato hybrid". That is all.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 10:41 AM (AlkyK)

295 Dead babies
Can't take care of themselves
Dead babies
Can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la

Alice Cooper.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:41 AM (LQjWA)

296 Puddin Head

Recycle the titanium into new attack submarine hulls.

Wind power is very overrated. And thermodynamically a net energy waste.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (u82oZ)

297 Wind turbines generally make between 10 and 20 revolutions per minute, depending on wind speed. Blade tip speed may differ depending on the size of the blades. Smaller blades may spin at 75 to 100 mph, while larger blades may easily top speeds of 150 mph.

Birds can't dodge blade tips moving at 100-150 mph.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (F0YaR)

298 'sup homies?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (4I/2K)

299 I used to hear, and tell, those in the '70s.
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It was the 70s. I was there.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (LQjWA)

300 zerohedge; 3m
*GHISLAINE MAXWELL LOSES BID FOR RELEASE ON BAIL FOR FIFTH TIME

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (UHVv4)

301 296 Puddin Head

Recycle the titanium into new attack submarine hulls.

Wind power is very overrated. And thermodynamically a net energy waste.
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If we build a bird protective screen the windmill will likey not function at all.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:43 AM (LQjWA)

302 Birds can't dodge blade tips moving at 100-150 mph.

Posted by: GnuBreed


Not even an Unladen European Swallow?

Posted by: davidt at November 09, 2021 10:43 AM (FkR2T)

303 Geez. Publix has a 15 lb turkey for $84.63.

Thanks Joe!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:43 AM (RR8iF)

304 I been driving as long I can remember. I never had a bird hit my car; however possums are a different story.

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (88xKn)

305 More rape and mayhem.
Posted by: Jane D'oh


Hot damn! Here I am!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (Vxu+H)

306 272 As horrible as Sean Hannity is, this video interview with James O'Keefe should scare the hell out of all Americans.

Is Merrick Garland insane?

https://tinyurl.com/apw4naew
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2021 10:35 AM (TNYo7)

The FBI now has information on O'Keefe's confidential informants, as well as reporters' notes on upcoming stories and partial donor lists.

What are the chances of this information being ringfenced from the scope of the warrant justifying the pre-dawn raid?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (EU//e)

307 We need wind powered cars. The forward motion of the car turns a wind turbine which powers an electric motor, runs all of the electronics, and charges the battery. Genius! Why haven't we done this before?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2021 10:18 AM


As I said before, we need to invent technologies that have never been invented before.

Posted by: AOC at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (a3Q+t)

308 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (o2MD2)

309 198 'Quantum Leap' Star Dean Stockwell Dies (Sunday) Aged 85-
he also was in the first Dune movie
Posted by: SMOD at November 09, 2021 10:15 AM (RHGPo)

He was featured as Kipling's Kim, and was joined by Errol Flynn as Mahbub Ali

I re-watched it a few weekends back, great fun!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (BgMrQ)

310 "Since we're in the Emerald Isles, let me quote the Bard, William Shakespeare", said Obama speaking from the Scotland summit. Washington Times

Posted by: jeannebodine at November 09, 2021 10:45 AM (QWHnR)

311 I been driving as long I can remember. I never had a bird hit my car; however possums are a different story.
Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (88xKn)

MAYBE you hit them. Or maybe they're just playing possum.

Posted by: Wally at November 09, 2021 10:45 AM (FJYfm)

312 Read somewhere it is the large very slow turning props that they misjudge

They may be rotating at only 8 or 10 RPM but if you do the math, the blade tips are moving pretty dang fast.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 09, 2021 10:45 AM (nfrXX)

313 "I been driving as long I can remember. I never had a bird hit my car; however possums are a different story."

You can completely miss an armadillo and they will be safely under your car. Unfortunately, its defense mechanism is to jump straight up in the air.

I hit an owl once. I felt terrible about it. I was driving along and it was off the side of the road. When I came up, it flew straight across in front of me. Made a soft little poof on my windshield and then fell off behind me.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:46 AM (Ectld)

314 The turkeys I've seen here at Kroger, HEB, and Sam's Club mostly fall in the $2 - $3 per pound range. HEB did have a $1.28/lb turkey as a free bonus when you buy their spiral ham and some other comestibles.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 09, 2021 10:46 AM (4I/2K)

315 Someone was caught photographing or recording the Rittenhouse jury this morning with a cell phone.
Posted by: Bert G at November 09, 2021 10:37 AM (A2s4u)


Imagine a Horde jury...name tags like Madamemayhem, Charlie Brown's Dildo, The Otters, Nurse Ratchet...
Antifa would be besides themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:46 AM (axyOa)

316 304 I been driving as long I can remember. I never had a bird hit my car; however possums are a different story.
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Let's not bring up squirrels and deer. Those guys are seriously dumb.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:46 AM (LQjWA)

317 If I were the judge in the Rittenhouse trial, I would have banned cell phones or other recording devices from the court room.

And I would have anyone that was caught violating that order arrested and put into jail.

I would also remind the jury that not just radical lefties, but also right-wingers have access to Twitter-doxxing.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (5We2S)

318 312 That's what the birds realize right before ..SPLAT

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (CYnTg)

319 "Since we're in the Emerald Isles, let me quote the Bard, William Shakespeare", said Obama speaking from the Scotland summit. Washington Times
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Three strikes, right there.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (UHVv4)

320 Wind turbines generally make between 10 and 20 revolutions per minute, depending on wind speed. Blade tip speed may differ depending on the size of the blades. Smaller blades may spin at 75 to 100 mph, while larger blades may easily top speeds of 150 mph.

Birds can't dodge blade tips moving at 100-150 mph.
Posted by: GnuBreed


You're gonna like our nuts! Slap Chop. (tm)

Posted by: Vince Shlomi at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (RR8iF)

321 "Since we're in the Emerald Isles, let me quote the Bard, William Shakespeare", said Obama speaking from the Scotland summit. Washington Times
Posted by: jeannebodine at November 09, 2021 10:45 AM (QWHnR)

No shit?
Did that dumbass really say that?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (axyOa)

322 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (o2MD2)

They never done see an elephant fly.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

323 Duncan Thrax shall be carried forth on a hurdle to be scorned by the crowd, he shall be taken to the public square on then drawn, his entrails plucked out and burned before his eyes, then he shall be quartered and before he is beheaded, he will be then shown Yoko Ono videos.

Posted by: A fitting punishment at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (x+caK)

324 272 Garland is a communist totalitarian. Ruthless, he will do whatever he thinks is necessary to achieve his goal.

Posted by: CN- at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (ONvIw)

325 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM

Crows always have a lookout bird. They are smart for sure. But still creepy.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (cOXDn)

326 I've seen birds fly into window panes. I know I don't have gene that makes you a serial killer because it made me feel really sad,

Posted by: SJW Insect eating advocate at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (2DOZq)

327 320 Wind turbines generally make between 10 and 20 revolutions per minute, depending on wind speed. Blade tip speed may differ depending on the size of the blades. Smaller blades may spin at 75 to 100 mph, while larger blades may easily top speeds of 150 mph.

Birds can't dodge blade tips moving at 100-150 mph.
Posted by: GnuBreed

If you've ever been skating and played "crack the whip", you'd know all about this effect.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (BgMrQ)

328 322 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (o2MD2)

They never done see an elephant fly.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

Racist!

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (V8qSB)

329 it wasn't a rock
it was a rock virgin!

Posted by: The B-52s at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (oY6Yp)

330 317 If I were the judge in the Rittenhouse trial, I would have banned cell phones or other recording devices from the court room.

And I would have anyone that was caught violating that order arrested and put into jail.

I would also remind the jury that not just radical lefties, but also right-wingers have access to Twitter-doxxing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2021 10:47 AM (5We2S)

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It wasn't in the courtroom. The jury is not sequestered. They were filmed at the "bus location", wherever that may be.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (CAJOC)

331 I suspect that it is not the spinning turbine blades that are killing the birds, it is the ones that are not spinning. The stupid birds undermiscalculate the trajectory and fly right into the damn things, just like they do the picture window overlooking my deck, and die of a broken neck. #stationarybladeskill

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 10:38 AM (m45I2)

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Had this problem in our work office and our home in Northern CA back in the day; people resorted to putting large stickers on window panes and it did seem to help reduce those incidents. We just had one here in Northern AZ a few months ago ... really upset the wifey as she watched it happen, and couldn't save the mortally wounded bird.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (cUUIs)

332 I don't know if this point was corrected earlier in the thread... Jesus is the baby on the left, with the cross. Baby John is giving a hand signal to Jesus. There are many documentaries on this (and other) Leonardo Da Vinci paintings. Why the cave setting, the strange hand signal, etc...

Posted by: Smile, Wink, & a Nod at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (lNHpT)

333 If I were the judge in the Rittenhouse trial, I would have banned cell phones or other recording devices from the court room.

And I would have anyone that was caught violating that order arrested and put into jail.

I would also remind the jury that not just radical lefties, but also right-wingers have access to Twitter-doxxing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger


I would also remind the radical lefties that a right winger is currently on trial for busting caps in left wing ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (RR8iF)

334 Birds a lot of times will fly into a window because they see a spider or insect. They usually survive from my experience

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:50 AM (CYnTg)

335 I suspect that it is not the spinning turbine blades that are killing the birds, it is the ones that are not spinning.

It's absolutely the spinning blades, the non-crazy environmentalists have a ton of video footage.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:50 AM (ZGrMX)

336 It wasn't in the courtroom. The jury is not sequestered. They were filmed at the "bus location", wherever that may be.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (CAJOC)


Heh.
Well thats an easy fix. Say tomorrow morning...about 100 meters from the bus stop?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2021 10:50 AM (axyOa)

337 Jesus is the baby on the left, with the cross.


Jesus was a ginger?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (RR8iF)

338 " There are many documentaries on this (and other) Leonardo Da Vinci paintings. Why the cave setting, the strange hand signal, etc..."

I saw the movie with Tom Hanks.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (Ectld)

339 I've hit lots of birds with my vehicle, sparrows, doves, pheasants, etc. Hell, I've hit a turkey buzzard.

Posted by: irright at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (8rX4S)

340 We just had one here in Northern AZ a few months ago ... really upset the wifey as she watched it happen, and couldn't save the mortally wounded bird.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (cUUIs)


You are promoting the survival of the fittest in helping to kill off the ones of the species that are two stupid to not recognize a window.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (V8qSB)

341 Obama thinks Shakespeare is from Scotland or the Emerald Isle? What??

Posted by: dantesed at November 09, 2021 10:52 AM (88xKn)

342 It's absolutely the spinning blades, the non-crazy environmentalists have a ton of video footage.

Just to back that up, I've seen video of a bald eagle getting decapitated by one. Which symbolically is amazing given that Democrats push the wind turbines.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:52 AM (ZGrMX)

343 328 322 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:44 AM (o2MD2)
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Story goes that my great grandfather had a talking crow. That and I'm decended from Alfred the Great make me a special kind of guy.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:52 AM (LQjWA)

344 Duncan Thrax shall be carried forth on a hurdle to be scorned by the crowd, he shall be taken to the public square on then drawn, his entrails plucked out and burned before his eyes, then he shall be quartered and before he is beheaded, he will be then shown Yoko Ono videos.
Posted by: A fitting punishment at November 09, 2021


***
If you're feeling merciful, move the Yoko Ono videos to right after the scorning. After that, being drawn and quartered won't seem so terrible.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:52 AM (txdEq)

345 Story goes that my great grandfather had a talking crow.

Corvids can be taught to talk. Not a tall tale.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:53 AM (ZGrMX)

346 297 Wind turbines generally make between 10 and 20 revolutions per minute, depending on wind speed. Blade tip speed may differ depending on the size of the blades. Smaller blades may spin at 75 to 100 mph, while larger blades may easily top speeds of 150 mph.

Birds can't dodge blade tips moving at 100-150 mph.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2021 10:42 AM (F0YaR)

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Radial velocity.

*starts sweating profusely at flashbacks to physics exams*

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 10:53 AM (cUUIs)

347 Crows always have a lookout bird. They are smart for sure. But still creepy.
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM


They're like crabs. They work in pairs.

Posted by: Admiral "Tug" Benson at November 09, 2021 10:53 AM (m+jkK)

348 Just to back that up, I've seen video of a bald eagle getting decapitated by one. Which symbolically is amazing given that Democrats push the wind turbines.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 09, 2021 10:52 AM (ZGrMX)

The leftard method of dealing with problems is to just lie about them. Simple, like their minds.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:53 AM (o2MD2)

349 I think it's the first Obama wrote his own speech.

Posted by: jeannebodine at November 09, 2021 10:53 AM (QWHnR)

350 I've hit lots of birds with my vehicle, sparrows, doves, pheasants, etc. Hell, I've hit a turkey buzzard.
Posted by: irright at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (8rX4S)

Hah your car just happens to steer into them.

Posted by: SJW Insect eating advocate at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (2DOZq)

351 308 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.

crows hang out by dumpsters. they rummage through the dumpsters looking for mcdonalds bags.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (v3pYe)

352 334 Birds a lot of times will fly into a window because they see a spider or insect. They usually survive from my experience
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We had one hammer our living room window. Left a remarkably detailed impression on the glass. I guess birds are oily.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (LQjWA)

353 Crows cannot talk. Ravens can talk however.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (o2MD2)

354 Obama is in danger of taking off in a strong enough gust with those ear flaps....

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (CYnTg)

355 Off sock

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM (2DOZq)

356 They never done see an elephant fly.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

Never seen an elephant wear pants, so there's that.

An elephant in my pajamas, is another thing entirely.
*raises eyebrows and taps cigar

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (w9Wax)

357 Crows hang out along highways and eat carrion provided by same. How many crows have you seen hit by cars? Crows are smart birds.

crows hang out by dumpsters. they rummage through the dumpsters looking for mcdonalds bags.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at November 09, 2021


***
is that the reason seagulls cluster in empty parking lots? When I lived in Denver, I continually saw gulls in the parking lots of big box stores or malls -- 1000 miles from any ocean, yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (txdEq)

358 Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (BgMrQ)

I yanked your chain a bit last night about Bonnie Raitt. I wasn't being critical of you (and I am sorry if it seemed that way)...just how frustrated I am with the politicization of everything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (Q9lwr)

359 You guys talking birds?

Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (4I/2K)

360 345 Story goes that my great grandfather had a talking crow.

Corvids can be taught to talk. Not a tall tale.
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Yeah, its pretty cool but it can't beat a headless chicken that lives seven years after loosing its head.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (LQjWA)

361 Easy way to tell ravens from crows while flying is ravens soar and glide, crows don't.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:56 AM (o2MD2)

362 >>> Obama thinks

I think I have spotted the error.

Posted by: fluffy at November 09, 2021 10:56 AM (vwz7D)

363 353 Crows cannot talk. Ravens can talk however.
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I think that is true. Change Crow to Raven on great grandads star student.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 10:56 AM (LQjWA)

364 "294 Just a note from the previous rant - I thought the AoSHQ Style Guide recommended referring to Stelter as a "God-cursed.chimptato hybrid". That is all.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 10:41 AM (AlkyK) "

Thanks !
I was trying to remember that phrase !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (ahosz)

365 You have to split a Ravens tongue and then it can talk. I think.

Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (CYnTg)

366 Crows always have a lookout bird. They are smart for sure. But still creepy.
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM

Heckle and Jeckle

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (2DOZq)

367 You are promoting the survival of the fittest in helping to kill off the ones of the species that are two stupid to not recognize a window.
Posted by: Buzzion


We had twenty seven hit the front windows across the lobby of the building once. Lobby security had to clean it up. They played The Fabulous Thunderbirds and followed their leader augering in.
You could see where every bird hit all across the glass. They thought they saw clear skies, instead of reflected clear skies.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (RR8iF)

368 Crows cannot talk. Ravens can talk however.
---------------
I think that is true. Change Crow to Raven on great grandads star student.
Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021


***
That's So Raven

Posted by: Nick at Nite at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (txdEq)

369 >>>It wasn't in the courtroom. The jury is not sequestered. They were filmed at the "bus location", wherever that may be.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (CAJOC)

=====
I wonder if the the judge or the Lt know that deleted videos/pics can be retrieved with 28 days of being deleted? At least in the case of an iPhone.

Posted by: Turn Two at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (yk3T/)

370 358 Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:49 AM (BgMrQ)

I yanked your chain a bit last night about Bonnie Raitt. I wasn't being critical of you (and I am sorry if it seemed that way)...just how frustrated I am with the politicization of everything.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2021 10:55 AM (Q9lwr)

No worries CBD...we're family, chain yanking allowed!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (BgMrQ)

371 I saw video of a talking raven recently. Very high-pitched, peeping sort of voice, not at all what one would expect.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (AlkyK)

372 Great stunt

Someone in the House introduce legislation requiring the Presidential limo fleet be all electric.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (B8kNI)

373 -
Crows cannot talk. Ravens can talk however.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:54 AM
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---------

Oh, crows can talk. They just won't because they're sneaky bastards.

Posted by: irright at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (8rX4S)

374 Crows always have a lookout bird. They are smart for sure. But still creepy.
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 09, 2021 10:48 AM
*
Heckle and Jeckle
Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021


***
They were magpies, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (txdEq)

375 Crows cannot talk. Ravens can talk however.

In fact, you can't make the damn things shut up.

Posted by: Edgar P. at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (nfrXX)

376 I saw video of a talking raven recently. Very high-pitched, peeping sort of voice, not at all what one would expect.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (AlkyK)

Did it say Nevermore ?

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (2DOZq)

377 365 You have to split a Ravens tongue and then it can talk. I think.
Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (CYnTg)

Splitting his tongue gives him the ability to have a split tongue. It doesn't aid his ability to talk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (o2MD2)

378 Last time it blowed up good. Real good.

Posted by: Bodega Bay Gas & Cafe at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (4I/2K)

379 Ravens like to play. I have seen them do barrel rolls.

Posted by: fluffy at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (vwz7D)

380

US industrial giant General Electric, once the world's largest company by market size, is getting a lot smaller. The conglomerate will split into three separate businesses focused on healthcare, power, and aviation, the company announced today.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (63Dwl)

381 Heckle and Jeckle
Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021

***
They were magpies, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (txdEq)

Correct!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (BgMrQ)

382 Crows can talk. They give the voice of Randall Flagg.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (LvTSG)

383 "Did it say Nevermore ?"

It might have quothed it once or twice.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 10:59 AM (Ectld)

384 Thanks !
I was trying to remember that phrase !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (ahosz)
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I didn't want such a great descriptor to go down the memory hole.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 11:00 AM (AlkyK)

385 365 You have to split a Ravens tongue and then it can talk. I think.
Posted by: steevy at November 09, 2021 10:57 AM (CYnTg)

I've heard that about myna birds. I don't see how that makes any anatomical sense.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (UuD2k)

386 ITS FUNNY CAUSE THERES A NOOD!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (kTF2Z)

387 I saw video of a talking raven recently. Very high-pitched, peeping sort of voice, not at all what one would expect.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (AlkyK)

Nevermore

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (cSyAR)

388 Heckle and Jeckle
Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021

***
They were magpies, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 10:58 AM (txdEq

For the purposes of snark they identify as Crows.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (2DOZq)

389 "General Electric...will split into three separate businesses focused on healthcare,"

Since when is GE focused on healthcare? Anyone have any insight about that?

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (Ectld)

390 *pauses*

If only I had Twitter and followed Doll Eyes Alex, aka Donkey Chompers, I would ask her why the Presidential limo fleet isn't all electric to help save the Earth from Climate Change.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 09, 2021 11:02 AM (B8kNI)

391 I've seen crows talk and even sing about a flying elephant. The were pretty racist though.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 09, 2021 11:02 AM (UuD2k)

392 Crows, like humans, have Crows Court. They deliver quick justice.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 09, 2021 11:02 AM (LQjWA)

393 A non Da Vinci Code explanation of both the Louvre and National Gallery versions.
https://tinyurl.com/4ku3tx5f

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 11:02 AM (UHVv4)

394 General Electric...will split into three separate businesses focused on healthcare,"

Since when is GE focused on healthcare? Anyone have any insight about that?
Posted by: squid_hunt at November 09, 2021 11:01 AM (Ectld)

Probably make MRI machines and such.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 09, 2021 11:03 AM (2DOZq)

395 268 The bird killing is well documented. Bats as well Read somewhere it is the large very slow turning props that they misjudge

don't think of it as killing birds. think of it as selecting for birds that can correctly judge large very slow turning props.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at November 09, 2021 11:04 AM (v3pYe)

396 390 *pauses*

If only I had Twitter and followed Doll Eyes Alex, aka Donkey Chompers, I would ask her why the Presidential limo fleet isn't all electric to help save the Earth from Climate Change.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 09, 2021 11:02 AM (B8kNI)


And then ask her what the plastic of her Tesla is going to be made out of when oil drilling is banned.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 11:04 AM (G2zl5)

397 Noodus simianus minor

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 09, 2021 11:04 AM (txdEq)

398 You are promoting the survival of the fittest in helping to kill off the ones of the species that are two stupid to not recognize a window.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 09, 2021 10:51 AM (V8qSB)

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Heh. I'd always heard it was because they see what they think is another bird in the reflection and fly toward it (perhaps a potential mate?).

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 09, 2021 11:04 AM (cUUIs)

399 388 For the purposes of snark they identify as Crows.

just the place for a snark, the bellman cried
as he landed the crew with care
supporting each man on the top of the tide
by a finger entwined in his hair

Posted by: Random Poetry Diversion at November 09, 2021 11:07 AM (oY6Yp)

400 I didn't really think a /sarc tag was needed. I guess I won't post what I was planning to about performing a small scale test with a hummingbird in a blender and computer modeling up to scale.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 09, 2021 11:08 AM (m45I2)

401 The raven was misquothed.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 11:09 AM (UHVv4)

402 BTW, usual depiction of adult St John the Baptist, here by Raphael.
https://tinyurl.com/ndws6s45

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 09, 2021 11:11 AM (UHVv4)

403 She'd better stay away from them rocks or she won't stay a virgin for long.

Posted by: jbspry at November 09, 2021 05:33 PM (ATe9j)

404 Dont forget to Burp them after their Baw Bee

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 09, 2021 06:21 PM (wGqjj)

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