Mid-Morning Art Thread

Three Dancers In An Exercise Hall
Edgar Degas

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 first

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at November 19, 2021 09:30 AM (8D42x)

3 Meh....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 and sniper in the window back and to the right...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at November 19, 2021 09:30 AM (8D42x)

5 How about the shower scene after, I want that one.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:31 AM (XB6+k)

6 But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly slowly

Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

7 Never got how balerina ( can't be spelled right) can stay on their toes.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (Mg9BG)

8 Guy with a telescope on the 4th floor across the street.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (0ryfU)

9 How about the shower scene after, I want that one.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:31 AM (XB6+k)

It always winds up back at Porky's.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Degas is a good starting point for the discussion, "should we separate the art from the man who created it?"

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (evAgx)

11 Peeping Tom in window, lower left.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (nR2nR)

12 It is the shoes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (0ryfU)

13 7 Never got how balerina ( can't be spelled right) can stay on their toes.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (Mg9BG)

Their toes got to be as fucked as a welfare mothers checkbook.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

14 Never got how balerina ( can't be spelled right) can stay on their toes.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (Mg9BG)

It's the shoes.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

15 The dancers look almost normal, but the outside world looks like a cartoon.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (XB6+k)

16 Ankle problems kept middle ballerina from becoming prima ballerina. She ended up an instructor, secretly hating any other dancer with good feet.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (lSZIs)

17 Binoculars more better than telescope. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: davidt at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (0hbQ6)

18
They're the mistresses of some rich guys.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:33 AM (/U27+)

19 I think he may have liked ballet.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 09:34 AM (h/pNJ)

20 Guy with a telescope on the 4th floor across the street.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (0ryfU)

You mean a guy with a 4K camera, no?

Posted by: dantesed at November 19, 2021 09:34 AM (88xKn)

21 I love paintings that convey so much with so little.

Brilliant.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 09:34 AM (voizY)

22 I much prefer Three Exercisers in a Dance Hall...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (flINI)

23 Lacks water creatures.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (LvTSG)

24 Reminds me of that "Dancer's Morning" ad from Folgers so many years ago: https://tinyurl.com/ydxws9zd

One of the most effective ads ever!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (txdEq)

25 This is wonderful. If I had a daughter, I would hang this in her room. It's just lovely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (DU+/6)

26 I remember going to the "ballet" outside the main gate of NOB Norfok.

Posted by: Donny Brook at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (bMmG2)

27 Lacks water creatures.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM

The giant squid was booked solid. I tried.

Posted by: Degas at November 19, 2021 09:36 AM (m+jkK)

28 It is nice that they can be inside dancing while the brown, lgbtq, and indigenous peoples suffer to give them that patrician life.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 09:36 AM (0ryfU)

29 I think the middle ballerina is in need of some Biofreeze or Icy Hot.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 19, 2021 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

30 "hold me closer..."

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 09:37 AM (mZUr4)

31 Hi, My name is Joe Biden, and I approve of this art selection.

My word as Biden.

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 19, 2021 09:37 AM (2SdPm)

32 "Debbie, is that dog shit on your shoe?"

"No, Bethany! We're in San Francisco. There's no telling what I stepped in outside."

Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:37 AM (gS3OW)

33 Best thing about taking a ballerina out is they don't often eat and the heroin keeps them pretty pliant with what you want to do to them.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:38 AM (XB6+k)

34 Ballerinas or ex-ballet lesson gals are always easy to identify:

1) Great posture

2) Feet turned outward like a duck's.

3) If still ballerinaizing, incredible hard body.

4) If shoes off...funky toes.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 19, 2021 09:38 AM (5NkmN)

35 27 Lacks water creatures.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM

The giant squid was booked solid. I tried.
Posted by: Degas at November 19, 2021 09:36 AM (m+jkK)

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Try harder, you pervert.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 19, 2021 09:38 AM (LvTSG)

36 Reminds me of that "Dancer's Morning" ad from Folgers so many years ago: https://tinyurl.com/ydxws9zd

One of the most effective ads ever!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (txdEq)
++++
My key memory of virtually every coffee ad - and this one has it - is people waking up at or after 07:00. At no time in my post-college life have I routinely woken up that late. Between odd shift times, working in alternate time zones, fighting the commute or whatever, I've always been up before then (on weekdays, anyway).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:39 AM (DU+/6)

37 Ballet is a weird thing.
It's most definitely art.
But it sits comfortably too close to castrato for me to enjoy it.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 09:39 AM (jIL4c)

38 ... 3) If still ballerinaizing, incredible hard body. ...
Posted by: naturalfake at November 19, 2021 09:38 AM (5NkmN)
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I think the word is "dancing"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:39 AM (DU+/6)

39
Degas is a good starting point for the discussion, "should we separate the art from the man who created it?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (evAgx)

Nobody could say Degas was a nice fellow, but he was less objectionable than most artistes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:40 AM (/U27+)

40 This one is certainly en pointe.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 09:40 AM (UHVv4)

41 I like the cropping in this one--the composition and framing. Degas was also a photographer and he liked to use the traits of that modern medium in his paintings, like here. The way the one dancer is cut off on the left and the lighting resemble photography. The indoor light is dark because the outside light is so bright. He didn't "adjust for the glare." The girls' faces are all in shadow and unrecognizable. These traits give the painting a spontaneous, snapshot feel. It's a photographic-Impressionist painting.

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 09:40 AM (OyyDO)

42 "Do you want to see my plie?"

"Uh, Lady, I'm just here to fix the water heater."

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:41 AM (mD/uy)

43 Lovely

Posted by: Tuna at November 19, 2021 09:41 AM (gLRfa)

44 My key memory of virtually every coffee ad - and this one has it - is people waking up at or after 07:00. At no time in my post-college life have I routinely woken up that late. Between odd shift times, working in alternate time zones, fighting the commute or whatever, I've always been up before then (on weekdays, anyway).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021

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I don't remember the last time I woke up that late -- even on weekends.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:41 AM (txdEq)

45 39
Degas is a good starting point for the discussion, "should we separate the art from the man who created it?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (evAgx)

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Since he's long dead? Yes, easy.

If he were alive, there'd be a very strong argument for him to never get financial support from those who found his actions as a human being objectionable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 09:41 AM (LvTSG)

46 37 Ballet is a weird thing.
It's most definitely art.
But it sits comfortably too close to castrato for me to enjoy it.
Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 09:39 AM (jIL4c)

If one thing can cure a foot fetishist of his obsession, take off the slippers after a recital and take a look . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 19, 2021 09:41 AM (s2VJv)

47
My key memory of virtually every coffee ad - and this one has it - is people waking up at or after 07:00.

I'm up before 5:00 and often at 4:00 every morning, even though there's no need to. If I sleep as late as 6:00, I'm ashamed of myself. And once I wake up, I'm up. No dawdling in bed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:42 AM (/U27+)

48 All work and no plié makes Jill a dull girl!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:42 AM (m45I2)

49 A song for today's art. From a "college rock" band probably not familiar to many. Late 80s / early 90s band out of Hershey, PA.

https://youtu.be/2FJF4Swq_PU

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (mZUr4)

50 With not much bathing back then, it must have smelled pretty rank in there.

Posted by: Mishdog at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (/VWLE)

51 Kind of reminds me, too, of one day when I was dating the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2. I stopped by her dance exercise class and watched as they finished up. Lesson: If you want to know how a girl will look and move at her best, watch her work out in a leotard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (txdEq)

52 The ballerinas are not happy that the Dems now have enough votes to pass the BBB bill in the House.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

53 37 Ballet is a weird thing.
It's most definitely art.
But it sits comfortably too close to castrato for me to enjoy it.

When I was in my teens, my older sister kept trying to get me to join her in ballet. Said there were lots of cute girls. I couldn't get past the tights for men, but seeing one live performance of Mikhail Baryshnikov was enough to stop me from thinking it was ghey.

Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (gS3OW)

54 48 All work and no pli� makes Jill a dull girl!
Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:42 AM (m45I2)

DOCTOR Jill. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (s2VJv)

55 Ballerina feet are not the feet you want to see...

Trust me.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (R/m4+)

56 Degas

*****

I'll say! Camilla Parker-Bowles can't stop talking about it!!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (m45I2)

57 My kid was in this dance school for a while. So twice a year they'd rifle us for money for costumes and to put on a show and then we paid tickets to see our kid in the show we already paid for! And of course, the little kids were only in it for a few minutes but they spread it out over the night so you couldn't just step out when your kids were done, no they had a bit part at the very end.

The worse part is that it was all ages. I was just there for my kid but no. And they had to throw in these nasty assed hiphop moves and there were 15-16yo girls in it. I'm looking up at the damned rafters the whole time, waiting for my little kid to come on. Oh look a lovely light rig I'll look at that instead of this group of teen girls twirking their business in my face. Four years of that and thankfully my kid decided it wasn't for her.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (h/pNJ)

58 Degas is a good starting point for the discussion, "should we separate the art from the man who created it?"
Posted by: Tom Servo
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What's wrong with Degas as a person?

I was going to guess "pedophile" because of the obsession with young ballerinas; but that's kind of baked into the art anyway.

Wikipedia suggests maybe it's actually "raving anti-semite". But if it's that, what's the big deal?

Posted by: Richard Wagner at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (sGnvY)

59 I'm up before 5:00 and often at 4:00 every morning, even though there's no need to. If I sleep as late as 6:00, I'm ashamed of myself. And once I wake up, I'm up. No dawdling in bed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021

***
Same here, as habitues of the Daily Tech Thread can attest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (txdEq)

60 48 All work and no pli� makes Jill a dull girl!
Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:42 AM (m45I2)

Once again Mul gets right to the pointe!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (yrol0)

61 Tomb� pas de bourr�e.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (ssJXH)

62 Say?? Are those ball bearings on the flooooooooooooor!!!

Posted by: the prima ballerina at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (UHVv4)

63 I'd give my right arm for a Degas bronze

Posted by: Gaige Grosskreutz at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (us2H3)

64
I couldn't get past the tights for men, but seeing one live performance of Mikhail Baryshnikov was enough to stop me from thinking it was ghey.
Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (gS3OW)

Handling all that thin, fit trim would make any guy heterosexual.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (/U27+)

65 24 Reminds me of that "Dancer's Morning" ad from Folgers so many years ago: https://tinyurl.com/ydxws9zd

One of the most effective ads ever!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (txdEq)

My favorite Folger's ad is the Christmas morning one. The son, who had been away and wasn't expected, surprises his parents and wakes them by making coffee.

https://tinyurl.com/6d2ceufb

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (OyyDO)

66 Degas is a good starting point for the discussion, "should we separate the art from the man who created it?"

Yes. It is a good point. Since Tattoo only came up to Mr. Rourk's waist , that's all he ever got. Degas.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (OCTRt)

67 That girl is doing The Jitterbug. This is a fake .

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (wkLBN)

68 Ballet would be more popular if the dancers had stripper bodies

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (XB6+k)

69 Katie barre the door!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (m45I2)

70 This painting is good, barre-ing a few things. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (txdEq)

71 Say?? Are those ball bearings on the flooooooooooooor!!!
Posted by: the prima ballerina at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (UHVv4)

"Come on guys! It's so simple -- perhaps you need a refresher. It's ALL ball bearings these days!"

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (mZUr4)

72 55 Ballerina feet are not the feet you want to see...

Trust me.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (R/m4+)

???

Posted by: Monkeys at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (AMIL/)

73 64 Handling all that thin, fit trim would make any guy heterosexual.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (/U27+)

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My sister danced through elementary school, and I went to one recital where the older kids had a big Johnny Be Good number where it was one dude and about 20 girls. I mean...I completely rethought my dismissal of dancing at that moment. Not that I ever followed through, but it suddenly felt like a great idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

74 When I was in my teens, my older sister kept trying to get me to join her in ballet. Said there were lots of cute girls. I couldn't get past the tights for men, but seeing one live performance of Mikhail Baryshnikov was enough to stop me from thinking it was ghey.
Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (gS3OW)
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I like ballet. I haven't been in a couple of years. Most of it is pretty far from Teh Ghey. I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (DU+/6)

75 When I was a little girl I was obsessed with ballet and had a couple of Degas prints hanging in my bedroom.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

76 67 That girl is doing The Jitterbug. This is a fake .
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 19, 2021 09:46 AM (wkLBN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0SahQIa9KA

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (yrol0)

77 I never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.

Posted by: dantesed at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (88xKn)

78 I guess Degas never got to the part in Art Class where the teacher discussed how to draw faces....

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (5iUNf)

79 74 I like ballet. I haven't been in a couple of years. Most of it is pretty far from Teh Ghey. I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (DU+/6)

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The unbearable pain in their feet?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

80 My favorite Folger's ad is the Christmas morning one. The son, who had been away and wasn't expected, surprises his parents and wakes them by making coffee.

https://tinyurl.com/6d2ceufb
Posted by: Kris

Why is it that in all commercials, tv programs and movies, the women never use the handle on the coffee cup?

Oh, and the sleeves of whatever they are wearing are way too long.

Every. Damn. Time.

Drives me batty.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (mD/uy)

81 My favorite Folger's ad is the Christmas morning one. The son, who had been away and wasn't expected, surprises his parents and wakes them by making coffee.

https://tinyurl.com/6d2ceufb
Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021

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Yes! TV spots often had real heart in those days. And they got their message ("Buy our product!") across in 30 seconds instead of a 30-minute infomercial.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (txdEq)

82 It's the shoes.
----------------------
Without the wooden inserts, it's nuthin'!

Posted by: frank costanza at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (UHVv4)

83 Once, I was outside of the Lincoln Center in New York when the ballerinas from the New York City Ballet came out of the side service door. They had just completed their rehearsal.

They were the most beautiful, statuesque goddesses I have ever seen. Absolutely stunning. They were wearing street clothes but you could tell they were divine.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (ssJXH)

84 Ballerina feet are not the feet you want to see...

******

Eww! Somebody call a toe truck!!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (m45I2)

85 One of my favorite Degas. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (TNYo7)

86 I don't always care for Degas' scenes but his technique is excellent. I especially like his use of pastels and how he uses them to catch the immediacy of the scene. In this one the girls are almost still but suggest movement. The background cityscape speaks of Paris and a traditional approach to ballet. The figures are in classical poses (as far as I know). It all suggests newcomers to a tradition that started before the girl students and will, presumably, continue into the future.

Posted by: JTB at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (7EjX1)

87 Yes! TV spots often had real heart in those days. And they got their message ("Buy our product!") across in 30 seconds instead of a 30-minute infomercial.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (txdEq)
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Oh, I dunno. Ads are pretty good about getting their message across in 30 seconds even today. Sadly, the message is usually "cut your dick off."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (DU+/6)

88 77 I never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.
Posted by: dantesed at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (88xKn)

like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPDfB40t48

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (yrol0)

89 81 Yes! TV spots often had real heart in those days. And they got their message ("Buy our product!") across in 30 seconds instead of a 30-minute infomercial.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:48 AM (txdEq)

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Emotional manipulation. Associating a product with an emotion.

I prefer the nonsense ads like Old Spice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (LvTSG)

90 Knew that was Degas without looking. He has a sculpture, The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer, which is in the Musee d'Orsay. It's an interesting mix of media, and it's also interesting because he's captured the awkwardness of trying to learn ballet. She's twisted and contorted, not smooth and graceful.

Anyway, would hang. Probably wouldn't cross stitch. My backlog is too big.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (8548M)

91 How do you pronounce the artist's last name? Day-gah? Day-gahs? Dee-gass?

Posted by: pookysgirl, bad at French at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (XKZwp)

92 I can already smell the scent of strawberries and fear!

Is it getting hard, sorry, hot in here?

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (ESjRY)

93 I never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.
Posted by: dantesed at November 19, 2021

***
Yu have to admire the energy, control, and effort that goes into dance. It's hard work. John D. Macdonald had Travis McGee advise us never to sit in the front row at the ballet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (txdEq)

94 91 How do you pronounce the artist's last name? Day-gah? Day-gahs? Dee-gass?
Posted by: pookysgirl, bad at French at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (XKZwp)

the first one. Day-gah

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 09:50 AM (OyyDO)

95 never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.
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I find it confusing. It looks like opera, and the orchestra sounds like opera. But nobody is singing. Just jumping around with their mouths shut.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 09:50 AM (sGnvY)

96 Emotional manipulation. Associating a product with an emotion.

I prefer the nonsense ads like Old Spice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"Look at your man - look at me!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:50 AM (mD/uy)

97 Are they all on an acid trip?

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 19, 2021 09:51 AM (bVYXr)

98 Viva Ed Degas

Posted by: John Kruger at November 19, 2021 09:51 AM (2cfUo)

99 GAINZZ

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 19, 2021 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

100 Advertisements these days often leave the viewer wondering just what it is they are trying to sell. Makes ya wonder..

The best or at least better example - "Ask your Doctor if Froonobulax is Right For You", without a word on what it is supposed to treat.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021 09:52 AM (hdwhl)

101 Did Degas ever paint a portrait? His lighting here is like he's purposely avoiding having to render a face.

Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:52 AM (gS3OW)

102 The shutters on the building outside the window look crooked.
Somebody did not use a level.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 19, 2021 09:52 AM (NpAcC)

103 Needs a sasquatch.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (ntvtk)

104 I can hear Hermione Gingold saying....Three Grecian Urns..

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (XB6+k)

105 When I was in college, before electricity, I was amazed at how tiny the girls were that were dance majors.

Posted by: Archer at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (gmo/4)

106 My mother had this one hanging in her bedroom when I was growing up. I always thought it was so pretty.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (45fpk)

107 I don't see where ballerinas were any of Degas' beeswax

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (us2H3)

108 I'm up before 5:00 and often at 4:00 every morning, even though there's no need to. If I sleep as late as 6:00, I'm ashamed of myself. And once I wake up, I'm up. No dawdling in bed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

6:50 Monday & Friday
4:20 Tuesday thru Thursday
Weekends are mine. 7:30 or so.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (OCTRt)

109 Or a wookie.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (ntvtk)

110 101 Did Degas ever paint a portrait? His lighting here is like he's purposely avoiding having to render a face.

Degas had terrible eyesight, and eventually went blind. I don't think he could really render details well (since he couldn't see them)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 19, 2021 09:53 AM (j9HX3)

111 The shutters on the building outside the window look crooked.
Somebody did not use a level.
Posted by: redridinghood

The most uttered phrase in construction -

"The painters will fix it."

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (mD/uy)

112 "Ask your Doctor if Froonobulax is Right For You", without a word on what it is supposed to treat.

One one presume the multi-cultural but very gay guys making eyes at each other in the ad might give you a hint.

Or all the overweight people not eating fatty foods or whatever

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (ESjRY)

113 Et tutu, Edgar?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (m45I2)

114 Yu have to admire the energy, control, and effort that goes into dance. It's hard work.

I imagine setting bowling pins by hand, while hanging from a trapeze, wouldn't be a cake walk either. Not something I'd sit down and watch, though.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (s4uRb)

115
The best or at least better example - "Ask your Doctor if Froonobulax is Right For You", without a word on what it is supposed to treat.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021 09:52 AM (hdwhl)

Then the announcer rapidly lists 43 ways Froonobulax can kill you or blind you or cause you to grow a tail.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (AMIL/)

116 "WHO LEFT THE F*CKING LEGOS ON THE FLOOR!!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (mD/uy)

117 Manly? Yes! But I like to screw!

Posted by: the irish spring girl at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (UHVv4)

118 95 never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.

go to a Ballet that they don't wear panties

they got a name for it, I forgot tho

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (us2H3)

119 Degas!
Degas!
Degas come and me wanna go home

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (FVME7)

120 The best or at least better example - "Ask your Doctor if Froonobulax is Right For You", without a word on what it is supposed to treat.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021

***
When they do tell you, it's in more detail than you want to know about bodily functions and dysfunctions. The big difference is the long list of possible side effects that the voiceover rattles off while beautiful images of middle-aged people do fascinating things before your eyes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (txdEq)

121 91 How do you pronounce the artist's last name? Day-gah?

Daygiss.... like Las Vegas. Or Pegas[us].

Sorry. Kidding. Like Kris said: day-GAH'

Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (gS3OW)

122 Yu have to admire the energy, control, and effort that goes into dance. It's hard work. John D. Macdonald had Travis McGee advise us never to sit in the front row at the ballet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:49 AM (txdEq)

JDM was a wise man, but not the first to warn about how watching the sausage being made is NOT a good idea.

The Travis McGee series of books are mostly a contemporary commentary on the world and the US in particular, interspersed with ole Travis getting his ass kicked by various psychos.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (F0YaR)

123 Then the announcer rapidly lists 43 ways Froonobulax can kill you or blind you or cause you to grow a tail.

The law forces them to list all potential side effects even if they really aren't very likely based on the raw testing data.

Now...compare that to the clot shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (ESjRY)

124 Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, short ballet scenes were always stuck into operas. And the ballerinas were apparently commonly used as prostitutes backstage by the high society men in the audience. You weren't really anybody in high society if you did not have a ballerina whore on the side.

Wagner controversially placed his ballet scene in "Tannhauser" in the first act (instead of the traditional second act) and caused a riot by the high falutin' men in the Paris Opera audience.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (aW5/6)

125 Oh look a lovely light rig I'll look at that instead of this group of teen girls twirking their business in my face.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 09:44 AM (h/pNJ)

Oh, but sexualizing children is so modern and hip! You're just an old fuddy-duddy if you don't appreciate it.

It disgusts me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (Q9lwr)

126 The advertising I like is factual and straight to the point, conveying both the pros and cons of the product in question in a way that allows the consumer to assess how the product would fit with their needs.

I.e., it doesn't exist.

(I picked Med-El over Cochlear or Advanced Bionics because their advertising actually WAS factual and direct. For example, on the pages talking about music, they laid out the exact mechanism by which their product provided superior appreciation of music, complete with graphs and citations of studies, versus the other two companies, which had, essentially, a big two-page splash of someone who was obviously a model with a dummy implant glued to their head beaming widely with the slogan "Music is cool!!!")

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (8548M)

127 Manly? Yes! But I like to screw!
Posted by: the irish spring girl at November 19, 2021

***
"Ah, then, the hell with the fookin' soap, lass! C'mere!"

Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (txdEq)

128 You weren't really anybody in high society if you did not have a ballerina whore on the side.

Bah, amateurs!

Posted by: Vlad Putin with his olympic gymnastics girlfriend at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (ESjRY)

129 Nothing sexier than an Eastern European ballerina, on the anorexic side who chain smokes between practices while cussing like a sailor.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (BFigT)

130
Her Majesty did some dance when she was young. So when we go to see The Nutcracker we go for different reasons: HM for the choreography and me for the music. Makes for mutually uncomprehending conversation on the drive home.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (/U27+)

131 >>> When I was in my teens, my older sister kept trying to get me to join her in ballet. Said there were lots of cute girls.
Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:43 AM (gS3OW)
++++
I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (DU+/6)

Someone talked me into doing theater in high school. It was a musical so I thought sure ok I can sing. Wasn't really my thing. Then the first dress rehearsal, I found out there's only one dressing room. A girl in underwear says hey come here sit down, points at a chair. I lose the ability to talk but I sit down. Girl in underwater sits on my lap, smiles at me, and starts putting on stage makeup. I liked theater a lot. Sorry if that got penthouse letterish. It was mostly tame, but mindblowing for a shy teen boy. I got to meet a lot of girls there and make a few girlfriends.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 09:57 AM (h/pNJ)

132 grammie. Great comment on the sidebar.

Also, love this pic of the hildabeast trying to act and look human. Goes to RedState.

https://tinyurl.com/69f9cmmy

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 09:57 AM (2NHgQ)

133 the first one. Day-gah

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 09:50 AM (OyyDO)

Merci!

Posted by: pookysgirl, bad at French at November 19, 2021 09:57 AM (XKZwp)

134 "Ah, then, the hell with the fookin' soap, lass! C'mere!"
Posted by: Irish Spring Guy

Irish foreplay.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:57 AM (mD/uy)

135 110 Degas had terrible eyesight, and eventually went blind. I don't think he could really render details well (since he couldn't see them)

Guess that makes him pretty lucky the whole impressionism thing came along at the right time, then.

Posted by: red speck at November 19, 2021 09:58 AM (gS3OW)

136
The most uttered phrase in construction -

"The painters will fix it.".........So true

Posted by: Doug at November 19, 2021 09:58 AM (HMHlJ)

137 Sorry if that got penthouse letterish. It was mostly tame, but mindblowing for a shy teen boy. I got to meet a lot of girls there and make a few girlfriends.

A guy I knew in college that was...not popular with the ladies...joined the dance team.

After that point he pretty much had a new girlfriend, usually from the team, every team I talked with him.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 09:58 AM (ESjRY)

138 JDM was a wise man, but not the first to warn about how watching the sausage being made is NOT a good idea.

The Travis McGee series of books are mostly a contemporary commentary on the world and the US in particular, interspersed with ole Travis getting his ass kicked by various psychos.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 19, 2021

***
Then-contemporary, yes. The first McGee appeared in 1964, and the last, I think, the year he died in '86. Some are better *adventures* than others. But John D. wanted a character he could live with, in his words. He'd never done a series character since he started writing in about 1950 or so.

Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (txdEq)

139 I've know folks who did ballet and modern dance. Holy hell, to be good at it is constant--these people are athletes by any other name, and it takes a toll. Very few are still in by their late thirties.

Great respect for folks who do that and do it well.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (OUMaO)

140 The big difference is the long list of possible side effects that the voiceover rattles off while beautiful images of middle-aged people ~~do fascinating things~~ play pickleball before your eyes.

*****

suggested edit.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (m45I2)

141 I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage

You and I must have seen the same production. My date that evening and I were like WTaF?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (m+jkK)

142 Would have been Willowed: Let's put to bed one of the big lies of higher education right now. You can't - literally can not - teach somebody HOW to think. You can take somebody that thinks, expose them to some education, and maybe get a better thinker out of the deal.

I disagree with this to some large extent, you can provide the tools for people to spot bullshit, by learning the Classical Rules for Rhetoric - logical fallacies. This is particularly important for young people to learn, and hopefully better recognize when they are being manipulated by unscrupulous types. And there are a lot of unscrupulous types.

And there's no better source for manipulative lies and bullshit than to listen to the "News" or politicos. Go over some of the classic logic errors with your kids. Then get them to point out those errors while watching the various flavors of human filth infesting the body politic.

They'll get it. Right away. And it's something that once learned stays with you forever, and can't be taken away.

Now you know why they don't teach logical fallacies and Rhetoric in schools anymore.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (hdwhl)

143 So when we go to see The Nutcracker we go for different reasons: HM for the choreography and me for the music.
---------------------------
Ain't that suite!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (UHVv4)

144
Wagner controversially placed his ballet scene in "Tannhauser" in the first act (instead of the traditional second act) and caused a riot by the high falutin' men in the Paris Opera audience.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 19, 2021 09:55 AM (aW5/6)

I think if Wagner had placed his ballet in the second act - say, at the entry of the guests - instead of the Venusberg scene in Act I there still would have been demonstrations by the Jockey Club. Really, it was a political thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 10:00 AM (/U27+)

145 Sorry if that got penthouse letterish. It was mostly tame, but mindblowing for a shy teen boy. I got to meet a lot of girls there and make a few girlfriends.

A guy I knew in college that was...not popular with the ladies...joined the dance team.

After that point he pretty much had a new girlfriend, usually from the team, every team I talked with him.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021

***
If I'd had any dancing ability at all, I'd have gone in for it in college. From everything I hear still, the girls get pretty tired of being surrounded by gay men, and appreciate a straight guy. A *lot.*

Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 10:00 AM (txdEq)

146 It's wrong. It's all wrong.

Posted by: Rahm E. at November 19, 2021 10:00 AM (vN+oL)

147 Dancer number four is working the pole out of view at stage left.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (BPuaD)

148 Ronald Klain
@WHCOS
Fully paid for - by making big corps and the top 1% - pay their fair share.

If you make less than $400k, it will cut your costs; it will cut the deficit; and it will cut taxes for most families.

-
Never let a good lie go to waste.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (FVME7)

149 Then the announcer rapidly lists 43 ways Froonobulax can kill you or blind you or cause you to grow a tail.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 09:54 AM (AMIL/)

That's the same set of warnings they provide for taking FukItAll.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (F0YaR)

150 Irish foreplay.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 09:57 AM (mD/uy)

Brace uself Colleen

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (yrol0)

151 49 A song for today's art. From a "college rock" band probably not familiar to many. Late 80s / early 90s band out of Hershey, PA.

https://youtu.be/2FJF4Swq_PU
Posted by: Doof

Ocean Blue! Haven't listened to them in a long while. I used to have a couple of cassette's of theirs many moons ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (bA3Ln)

152 This painting is a little too too much.

Posted by: Lance Bottoms, Fire Island Gazette Social Gadfly at November 19, 2021 10:02 AM (a3Q+t)

153 Most of it is pretty far from Teh Ghey. I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage.
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Cirque de Soleil, the one where they go topless.
An orgy without sex. Take your wife, it's "art" not an evening at the Bada Bing.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 10:02 AM (jIL4c)

154 The best or at least better example - "Ask your Doctor if Froonobulax is Right For You", without a word on what it is supposed to treat.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021 09:52 AM (hdwhl)

Obviously, you need it to have a cookout with your homies....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (PiwSw)

155 China Joe gets his first 'routine' presidential physical at Walter Reed today.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (UHVv4)

156 >>> Oh, but sexualizing children is so modern and hip! You're just an old fuddy-duddy if you don't appreciate it.

It disgusts me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 09:56 AM (Q9lwr)

It wasn't just me but some other parents, especially the dads I knew were all, "welp, I'm out". Before their daughters were at the age that they'd start sexualizing them. And honestly, the teen girls looked more beautiful when they were dressed elegantly dignified and were dancing more ballet-like. The moves are more technically challenging and graceful and impressive. The hip-hop stuff they did is jerky and actually really vulgar and repulsive. You don't really want to look.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (h/pNJ)

157 Ow! My foot!

Posted by: Weasel at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (RrqtM)

158 148 Ronald Klain
@WHCOS
Fully paid for - by making big corps and the top 1% - pay their fair share.

If you make less than $400k, it will cut your costs; it will cut the deficit; and it will cut taxes for most families.

-
Never let a good lie go to waste.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (FVME7)

What a fucking liar. Just the SALT change to $80k will give 65% of millionaires a tax cut. The PDT Tax changes move the top quintiles share of the taxes from just under 87% to just over 92%,

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (yrol0)

159 I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music).

******

Ah! I'll have to add that to my Bucket Liszt

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (m45I2)

160 Believe it or not, Bug-Out Joe is getting a physical now at Walter Reed Hospital. It will include a routine colonoscopy. Kamala will be in-charge while he's anesthesized for that, per a letter signed by Joe. Piss-Hockey says written results will be publicly released late this afternoon.

I expect we'll be told Joe is the healthiest 79 year-old ever examined. The mental cognition summary will be N/A.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (AMIL/)

161 Irish foreplay.
Posted by: Tonypete

Brace uself Colleen
Posted by: rhennigantx

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (OCTRt)

162 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? He will be dead before any polyp they find ever turns into a clinically significant cancer.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (0ryfU)

163
China Joe gets his first 'routine' presidential physical at Walter Reed today.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (UHVv4)

"Well, he's alive at least."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (/U27+)

164 139 I've know folks who did ballet and modern dance. Holy hell, to be good at it is constant--these people are athletes by any other name, and it takes a toll. Very few are still in by their late thirties.

Great respect for folks who do that and do it well.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 19, 2021 09:59 AM (OUMaO)

Reminds me of the scene in John Wick 3 where he and Morticia Addams are waking backstage and you see the price of art. The one girl pulling her toenail off... yeesh.

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (OyyDO)

165 So nancy got her win in the house with all but one dem voting for BBB. Now it's up to Manchin and Synema.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 10:05 AM (2NHgQ)

166 Dunno. Of all the Impressionists, Degas has always had the least impact on me.

It's interesting because he tends to have indoor subjects, while most of the others tend to have outdoor settings.

Eh. I don't hate him.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 19, 2021 10:05 AM (p+1gI)

167 And there's no better source for manipulative lies and bullshit than to listen to the "News" or politicos. . . .
Posted by: Common Tater at November 19, 2021

***
Among adults, not if they aren't ready to listen to facts and logic. The lover-70 leftist in my writing group is still convinced that the January 6 Capitol events left multiple police officers dead and that the protestors came there fully armed. I said, "Where do you get those ideas?" "It was on everywhere! CBS, NBC, CNN --"

I broke in. "As the mechanic said when he opened your car's hood: There's your trouble."

It's probably too late for him to wake up -- though I was not too much younger than he is now when I began to see through the veil of lies.

Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 10:05 AM (txdEq)

168 I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music). To say it was "erotic" would be perhaps an understatement. It is the closest thing I have ever seen to pornography where everyone was fully clothed. I don't know how the dancers did it without ripping each others' clothes off and getting down on stage

Oh Lort, you gots to see me in the new ballets productions of "Blackula In Jawja".

It gonna be off da chain erotic!

Posted by: Tank Abrams, Fat Ballerina at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (R/m4+)

169 Rare first printing of the U.S. constitution auctions for $43.2-million, setting a record for a document or book. [Printed matter, I'd suggest.] No word, however, on what Xi's going to do with it.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (UHVv4)

170 From everything I hear still, the girls get pretty tired of being surrounded by gay men, and appreciate a straight guy. A *lot.*
Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 10:00 AM

My rugby team took significant advantage of this.

They did seem to appreciate men who could lift them up without strain.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (a3Q+t)

171 165 So nancy got her win in the house with all but one dem voting for BBB. Now it's up to Manchin and Synema.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 10:05 AM (2NHgQ)

========

The House added a bunch of poison pills to their version. Their hope, apparently, is that the Senate passes their own version and they go to committee.

I don't know the last time a major bill has gone to that negotiation stage between both chambers. It would require a revote in both chambers afterwards, and that's a tall order.

I don't think anyone expects this to pass.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (LvTSG)

172 I never been to a ballet but it does look boring as hell to watch.

Posted by: dantesed at November 19, 2021 09:47 AM (88xKn)

The athleticism of the dancers is amazing, and many of them are stunningly beautiful. And the music can be wonderful too.

But at the end of the day, it just doesn't do much for me compared to other forms of classical art.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (Q9lwr)

173 92% SAY INFLATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM; 56% SAY BUILD BACK BRANDON PLAN WILL MAKE IT WORSE.

Posted by: SMOD at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

174
I'm completely comfortable with Joe getting something shoved up his ass today. Ever since Election Day last year I've had the same feeling.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 10:07 AM (dQvv7)

175 Did Degas ever paint a portrait? His lighting here is like he's purposely avoiding having to render a face.

That's actually how a nephew of mine learned his eyes were bad. His art teacher wondered why he was always skipping details. "Eyebrows? He didn't have any." Etc. (And he'd been driving for years by then)

Posted by: t-bird at November 19, 2021 10:07 AM (CTJwJ)

176 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? He will be dead before any polyp they find ever turns into a clinically significant cancer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (0ryfU)

I was wondering this myself. Maybe he will conveniently not wake up from anesthesia, and just like that we have Madam President.

Posted by: spypeach at November 19, 2021 10:07 AM (Up/Jb)

177 TheJames. They also must have used the year trickery for them to claim 1.7 trillion. Lies, all lie, all the time.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (2NHgQ)

178 I disagree with this to some large extent, you can provide the tools for people to spot bullshit, by learning the Classical Rules for Rhetoric - logical fallacies.

Parts of that were taught in my High School AP English classes. I went to a rural, very much poor area - so I can only assume it was widely taught elsewhere in the 80s

Now, look around. Is there any evidence that teaching that did any widespread good ? I don't see any. Any more than giving every man, woman, and child with a cellphone access to the greatest libraries in the world has done any good.

That's my point. You can't teach somebody how to use a tool, that doesn't have a talent for using tools. When it comes to "thinking" ? Most just don't have it.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (s4uRb)

179 Where's Spandau?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

180 173 92% SAY INFLATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM; 56% SAY BUILD BACK BRANDON PLAN WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
Posted by: SMOD at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

=========

Manchin right now has something like a 60% approval in WV while Biden has 30% or so. I find it hard to believe that he's going to vote for the bill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (LvTSG)

181 169 Rare first printing of the U.S. constitution auctions for $43.2-million, setting a record for a document or book. [Printed matter, I'd suggest.] No word, however, on what Xi's going to do with it.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (UHVv4)

roll a big ole blunt

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (yrol0)

182 China Joe gets his first 'routine' presidential physical at Walter Reed today.
Posted by: andycanuck

********

♫ ♪ ♫
Against the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong,
We were runnin'...
...Against the wind

/Walter Reed gastroenterologists

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:08 AM (m45I2)

183 Hadrian,

Yes it was political. I believe at the time Wagner was still banned from German territory because of his prior revolutionary activity. But I thought to bring up a little tidbit about ballerinas to the Horde! I though the whorish aspect might titillate a few!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 19, 2021 10:09 AM (aW5/6)

184 The athleticism of the dancers is amazing, and many of them are stunningly beautiful. And the music can be wonderful too.

But at the end of the day, it just doesn't do much for me compared to other forms of classical art.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:06 AM (Q9lwr)

I have yet to see ballet, even the Nutcracker. The only time I've seen the Nutcracker was when it was on ice with Olympic figure skaters. I've tried opera, but meh. I'd rather just listen to the music.

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 10:09 AM (OyyDO)

185 176 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

=====

More importantly why aren't I?

Posted by: Don Lemon at November 19, 2021 10:09 AM (vted1)

186 https://tinyurl.com/6d2ceufb
Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 09:45 AM (OyyDO)

I was afraid it was going to be the infamous Folgers Incest commercial, but it's the much better earlier one!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:09 AM (Bmy3R)

187 Mexican authorities [oxymoron??] discover ten bodies, including nine hanging from an overpass, in central state of Zacatecas.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:10 AM (UHVv4)

188 Reminds me of the scene in John Wick 3 where he and Morticia Addams are waking backstage and you see the price of art. The one girl pulling her toenail off... yeesh.

Posted by: Kris at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (OyyDO)

Art is pain. Yeah, that scene struck me too.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 19, 2021 10:10 AM (F0YaR)

189 I'm guessing they think the rutabaga has a bad case of diverticulosis. Would explain the shitting and farting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 10:10 AM (2NHgQ)

190 College Democrats of America Imploding as They Embrace Cancel Culture and Accuse Each Other of Racism

"The conflict has gotten so messy that the Democratic National Committee is considering disaffiliating with the national collegiate organization altogether"

Posted by: SMOD at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (RHGPo)

191 Should I send this to my crazy Democrat siblings?

https://tinyurl.com/42rphppb

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (TNYo7)

192 I was afraid it was going to be the infamous Folgers Incest commercial, but it's the much better earlier one!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:09 AM (Bmy3R)
+++++
Uhhh, what?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (DU+/6)

193 What is the effect of anesthesia on a dementia patient?

Oh, and 1000% guarantee it's not a colonoscopy.
1) I've never heard of anyone needing to be sedated for that
2) why is it needed for an 80-year old man?
3) on a Friday, before the Thanksgiving holiday? That means they have planned to hide Joe for the next 10 days. Why?

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (jIL4c)

194 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Just did most of my Christmas shopping online. Now to see if anything arrives at Stately Poppins Manor before then.

And a sideline - this cold has been kicking my ass all week and now my right lower jaw is aching. I don't have a fever and don't think my glands are swollen. Other than slapping hot iron to it, anyone have any idea what I can do or what this is besides a bad cold?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (2JVJo)

195 >>>176 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

I assume since it's Biden it's something to do with his brain.

Posted by: Match Checksout at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (dYe5S)

196 191 Should I send this to my crazy Democrat siblings?

https://tinyurl.com/42rphppb
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (TNYo7)

==========

"The parties switched in the 60s, dummy."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (LvTSG)

197 Firefighters in New York rescued a naked man who had been stuck in a theater's bathroom wall for several days

https://bit.ly/3cqxfIy

The story doesn't say how he came to be stuck in the wall. I walk by walls several times a day and they've never sucked me in.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (FVME7)

198 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

To install a new control valve.

Posted by: t-bird at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (CTJwJ)

199 Biden is cancer.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (wkLBN)

200 Lrrr. Yes you are sedated. Have had them many, many times.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (2NHgQ)

201 >>>176 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

I assume since it's Biden it's something to do with his brain.
Posted by: Match Checksout at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (dYe5S)
===============

One new keyboard, please

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (TNYo7)

202 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

They'll announce he has colon cancer and needs to step down for his health.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 19, 2021 10:12 AM (cSyAR)

203
In my opinion it's pretty damn dangerous to put a demented individual under anesthesia. I hope they have him strapped down when he comes to - before he throws a nurse out the window.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 10:13 AM (dQvv7)

204 And honestly, the teen girls looked more beautiful when they were dressed elegantly dignified and were dancing more ballet-like.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (h/pNJ)

There is something to be said for allowing teenagers to be children until their brains catch up with their bodies. Sex is both physical and emotional/mental, and they simply aren't there yet. That's why they can't be truly sexual (in a mature sense) until they grow up.

That our culture ignores this and celebrates the most base aspects of physical maturity is a damning indictment of us, and indicative of how far we have fallen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:13 AM (Q9lwr)

205
Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

==

They are looking for Psaki's cellphone that's gone missing a few days ago.

Posted by: runner at November 19, 2021 10:13 AM (V13WU)

206 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

==

Shitpants.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

207 @TPostMillennial 9s

BREAKING: House passes Biden's massive social spending bill after McCarthy's marathon speech opposing it

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:14 AM (cF8AT)

208 198 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

To install a new control valve.

Because it's where we put the battery. I think the software group is going to try for an update, too.

Posted by: Google Robotics at November 19, 2021 10:14 AM (cgz1y)

209 205
Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?
--------------
The pigs were complaining about the taste of the corn in his scat.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 10:14 AM (8Sqzu)

210 "So nancy got her win in the house with all but one dem voting for BBB. Now it's up to Manchin and Synema."

My MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR gripe about all of these spending bills is that they are being done outside of the Constitutional budget process.

The last proper federal budget (12 appropriation bills) was approved in 2006 under President Bush and we hobble along with continuing resolutions, which are patchwork Rube Goldberg spending plans.

Republicans need to demand that Joe Biden present a FEDERAL BUDGET as is required and stop this Christmas tree spending shit.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 10:14 AM (ssJXH)

211 now my right lower jaw is aching.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (2JVJo)

Stop getting blackout drunk at the local pub and picking fights?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (Q9lwr)

212 >>>I'm guessing they think the rutabaga has a bad case of diverticulosis. Would explain the shitting and farting.

>Lactose intolerant. Too much ice cream for the doddering geezer.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (BPuaD)

213 Hmm. No shit, they put you under to ram the camera up your bum?
I'd always heard it was: take your enema, lie on your side and think of England.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (jIL4c)

214 If I understand the college Dem scandal - the Muslims in the org's leadership were bad mouthing Jews, and the Jews in the org turned around and attacked them for it which is now...rayciss

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (ESjRY)

215 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

It's actually a brain scan.

Posted by: BignJames at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

216 BBB will pass in some form.

The GOPe when they retake Congress will do nothing about it.

But they will campaign against it.

This is Obamacare in every way.

Posted by: I'll ruin the ending for you at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (PFndM)

217 Depending on the environment...children age in different aspects.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (wkLBN)

218 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

I assume since it's Biden it's something to do with his brain.

*******

So they're going to try to pull his head out of his ass?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (m45I2)

219 214 If I understand the college Dem scandal - the Muslims in the org's leadership were bad mouthing Jews, and the Jews in the org turned around and attacked them for it which is now...rayciss
Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (ESjRY)

========

If only they had some Republicans in the organization to gang up on instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (LvTSG)

220 My rugby team took significant advantage of this.

When I played in college, our third half parties were quite the coed magnate. The ladies seemed to really dig testosterone on display. They liked the ribald singing, too. Heh, good times.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (Xrfse)

221 BREAKING: House passes Biden's massive social spending bill after McCarthy's marathon speech opposing it.

Why do we always see these grand gestures by the GOP, only in situations that are meaningless ? The GOP never had the votes in the House to stop this.

To ask is to answer.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (s4uRb)

222 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

They're looking for Jen Rubin's head.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (cSyAR)

223 "1) I've never heard of anyone needing to be sedated for that "

I can assure you that I slept through mine.

Perhaps they are referencing the twilight sedation that I went through.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (3D/fK)

224 On a serious note, the recent Eurotrip pooping and farting in front dignitaries might have been taken as something diagnostically significant that needed investigation toot sweet, as they say.

Posted by: Match Checksout at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (dYe5S)

225 Uhhh, what?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 10:11 AM (DU+/6)

Behold the cringe. This one used to make me change the channel when it aired, it's so epically...weird. Don't miss where sister's hand is at :27. That's the most legendary part.

https://tinyurl.com/398h7c4e

("remastered"...in 240p LOL)

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (Bmy3R)

226 @realDailyWire

Report: Ex-NFL Running Back Zac Stacy Arrested After Violent Beating Accusation

https://tinyurl.com/yg4vk4he

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (cF8AT)

227 >>Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

Because that's where his head is.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (ZLI7S)

228 209 205
Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?
--------------
The pigs were complaining about the taste of the corn in his scat.

We're one-and-done on the bunny suits when we do his wash. No one's gonna wear one twice.

Posted by: White House Laundry Service at November 19, 2021 10:17 AM (cgz1y)

229 They're looking for Jen Rubin's head.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (cSyAR)

Brilliant! Do you mind if I use that in a fictional setting?

Posted by: Zombie H.P. Lovecraft at November 19, 2021 10:17 AM (PiwSw)

230 Where's Spandau?
---------------------------
Busy making machine-guns for the Kaiser!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:17 AM (UHVv4)

231 Behold the cringe. This one used to make me change the channel when it aired, it's so epically...weird. Don't miss where sister's hand is at :27. That's the most legendary part.

https://tinyurl.com/398h7c4e

("remastered"...in 240p LOL)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (Bmy3R)
++++
That does seem to skirt the edge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 19, 2021 10:18 AM (DU+/6)

232 I've only heard of 2 people who had a colonoscopy without some kind of sedation.

Posted by: Megthered at November 19, 2021 10:18 AM (sfWd9)

233 Art is pain.
-----------------------
Especially if you play piano by ear.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:18 AM (UHVv4)

234 And a sideline - this cold has been kicking my ass all week and now my right lower jaw is aching. I don't have a fever and don't think my glands are swollen. Other than slapping hot iron to it, anyone have any idea what I can do or what this is besides a bad cold?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021

***
MPPPP, right *lower* jaw? My bout with what I suspect was COVID in Dec. '19 began with an ache in my *upper* right jaw. At first I thought, "Oh, great, toothache" -- but that's where years back I had an extraction; it was very unlikely to be a tooth problem.

The infection moved swiftly into my nose and head, and knocked me flat for several days. Urgent Care diagnosed "bacterial sinusitis" and gave me antibiotics, and I took them and was quickly better. But I might have been on the mend even before; or the bacterial infection might have ridden in on top of the coof, if that's what it was. Look into some ivermectin if you have it, Vitamin D3, C, and zinc. Can't hurt and might help.

Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (txdEq)

235 197 Firefighters in New York rescued a naked man who had been stuck in a theater's bathroom wall for several days

https://bit.ly/3cqxfIy

The story doesn't say how he came to be stuck in the wall. I walk by walls several times a day and they've never sucked me in.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Messin' around with the Time/Space continuum has drawbacks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (bA3Ln)

236 https://youtu.be/2FJF4Swq_PU
Posted by: Doof

Ocean Blue! Haven't listened to them in a long while. I used to have a couple of cassette's of theirs many moons ago.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2021 10:01 AM (bA3Ln)

Fistbump. I still listen to those guys often. Saw them perform live a few times back in the day. Their type of music got bumped out of the modern rock / alternative rock scene when grunge happened.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (mZUr4)

237 @221

>>To ask is to answer.

Because they are a silly and pointless illegitimate political party that does silly and pointless things.

The GOP is The Aristocrats of political parties.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (voizY)

238 Notice the GOPe didn't send any emails out after infrastructure was passed?

Bc they passed it.

Watch as the Gope BBB emails start flying.

Oh noes, bishes! Help us stop communism!

Posted by: I'll ruin the ending for you at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (PFndM)

239 This one used to make me change the channel when it aired, it's so epically...weird. Don't miss where sister's hand is at :27. That's the most legendary part.

The only thing I can guess here is the actor/actress REALLY liked each other. Because that looks like complete "I'm in love!" puppy eyes from the actress...and I'm guessing she's not that good of an actress.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (ESjRY)

240 Everything
Everything gives you cancer
Everything
Everything gives you cancer
There's no cure, there's no answer
Everything gives you cancer

Posted by: SMOD at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (RHGPo)

241 I'm not sure if you can teach critical thinking or not. But I definitely think that most teachers are idiots. In almost twenty years of schooling, I had maybe a half dozen teachers who weren't morons (the bad kind). Even as a little kid, I knew some things better than the teacher (e.g., in kindergarten, I had to name a mammal that started with W, and I said walrus. The teacher told me I was wrong. I guess she thought a walrus was a fish).

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (8548M)

242 Yesterday, I was shocked that a Bulwark article thought the sentence for the "Q-Anon Shaman" was excessive and unfair. Today, however, our friend Charlie "Three Wives" Sykes disagrees with his confused cuck friend, and goes full TDS.

He ends his article with this summary:
"In other words, if the Insurrection posed an existential crisis to democracy, the courts should act like it. In this case, the court did.

Forty-one months for the QAnon shaman is exactly what justice looks like."

Posted by: Intrepid Bulwark AoS Liaison at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (JCZqz)

243 Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 10:03 AM (h/pNJ)

OMG yes! The vulgarity currently in popular dance is so off-putting. As a male of the species, the female is so tantalizing perhaps because of their inherent grace and beauty in their form and movement that is absent in the male. Even though I'm in Sir Mix-a-lot's camp regarding the posterior, seeing the squatting and flapping is sooooo gross.

Still the height of dance for me is ballroom with the male and female being complementary. Fred and Ginger haven't been topped yet. It figures that even Dancing with the Stars has to ruin it with two women dancing as partners.

By the way, I'm not that old, being less than 2 29 year cycles.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (fs1hN)

244 The problem is, they remade the Folgers commercial with waaay too old of an actress playing the sister. It was cute when it was a little girl. But the remake, that just did not work.

There are some funny parodies where they break out in a make-out.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (Bmy3R)

245 At least 14 suspects conduct 'grab & run' at Louis Vuitton store in Oak Brook Center Mall near Chicago; Police estimate $100,000 worth of merchandise was stolen

Posted by: SMOD at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

246 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy

Becaues the chicken that crosses the road is gone.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (wkLBN)

247 I never noticed before that Joe Biden bears a striking resemblance to Katie Couric!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (m45I2)

248 Lol!

@Jdkoa

Big day for Willie Brown, who on International Men's Day becomes the first confirmed dude to have gotten a BJ from a US President.

(Several potential titleholders from Obama administration pending confirmation)

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (cF8AT)

249 233 Art is pain.
-----------------------
Especially if you play piano by ear.

Genius is pain...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9VrWJj80Sc

(you either know this track, or you want to. It's actually all Lennon's words from an interview...)

Posted by: White House Laundry Service at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (cgz1y)

250 Joe Biden has the body of a 16-year-old.

Once it's removed, we'll start the physical.

Posted by: Walter Reed doctor at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4)

251 Behold the cringe. This one used to make me change the channel when it aired, it's so epically...weird. Don't miss where sister's hand is at :27. That's the most legendary part.

https://tinyurl.com/398h7c4e

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021

***
I fail to see anything incestuous about that. As for her hand, hell, maybe she was cold. C'mon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:22 AM (txdEq)

252 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

*****

Beause at that age you can't spell 'polyp' without 'plop'

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (m45I2)

253 Today's apparently the day my brain figured out "It's Tricky" stole from "My Sharona" AND "Hey Mickey" after what - 30 some years? Love figuring meaningless stuff out everyone else has known for decades.

Posted by: jhawk90 at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (gI/ds)

254
I've only heard of 2 people who had a colonoscopy without some kind of sedation.

Posted by: Megthered at November 19, 2021 10:18 AM

Oh, there's more then that.

Posted by: Low Budget HMO And Payday Loan Service at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (dQvv7)

255 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Friday already and I havent come up with a first world problem yet.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (axyOa)

256 If Cinnabuns is half as smart as I think she is

she's doing a lot of polling on the bill

it's gonna tell her to hold up

and if she votes for it and it doesn't change anything or makes things worser

she'll be a cooked gandergoose

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (us2H3)

257 I fail to see anything incestuous about that. As for her hand, hell, maybe she was cold. C'mon.

The looks like give each other aren't right for siblings, IMO. They look at each other like they are on a first date.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

258 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy

Because Pete Buttegieg. That's why.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (ssJXH)

259 Let's have a moment of silence for the person at Walter Reed who had to slide the tubing up Biden's ass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (ptqGC)

260 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

Perhaps the read out was garbled and he's really having brain surgery?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (BFigT)

261 I once saw a ballet production of "Dracula" (Liszt music).

I've never seen a Dracula ballet, but I do have a recording of the score Philip Feeney wrote in 2001 for the Northern Ballet Theatre. I like it.

https://tinyurl.com/y6yve6h3

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:24 AM (2JVJo)

262 252 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

*****

Beause at that age you can't spell 'polyp' without 'plop'

The Vatican washed and blessed his lower intestine and they're now putting it back.

Posted by: JEM at November 19, 2021 10:24 AM (cgz1y)

263 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

******

Early detection.

Duh.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:24 AM (m45I2)

264 I've only heard of 2 people who had a colonoscopy without some kind of sedation.

Hey, hey, hey. . .

Posted by: Bill Cosby at November 19, 2021 10:25 AM (ssJXH)

265 Which is worse...Russians buying campaign ads...or a Marxist controlling our banks/currency?

Posted by: BignJames at November 19, 2021 10:25 AM (AwYPR)

266 Maybe they'll find Joe's head up in there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:25 AM (ptqGC)

267 Maybe the colonoscopy will reveal Obama's hand.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (cSyAR)

268 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? He will be dead before any polyp they find ever turns into a clinically significant cancer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (0ryfU)

Maybe Hunter has lost another handgun.

It happens you know.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (R/m4+)

269 216 BBB will pass in some form.

The GOPe when they retake Congress will do nothing about it.

But they will campaign against it.

This is Obamacare in every way.
Posted by: I'll ruin the ending for you at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (PFndM)

If there are provisions in BBB to get money to everyone's congressional district, it doesn't make any political sense for Republican congresscritters to argue to repeal the free money they've gotten.

Failure theater redux. The GOPe is useless.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (bMboH)

270 "It's Tricky"

Isn't that the one where they showed off their knowledge of rock history - "There's three of us but we're not the Beatles"? Heh.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (Bmy3R)

271 The only thing I can guess here is the actor/actress REALLY liked each other. Because that looks like complete "I'm in love!" puppy eyes from the actress...and I'm guessing she's not that good of an actress.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021

***
Well, okay, they do hold the eye contact thing a little too long for siblings. Maybe the director intended to cut it out, but the spot had to run :60, so he was forced to leave it in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (txdEq)

272 Messin' around with the Time/Space continuum has drawbacks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM

It can make you shorter, for one.

Posted by: Transylvanians at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (a3Q+t)

273 Now we know why the price of gas is skyrocketing?

Nikki Fried@NikkiFried
With gas prices higher than ever, Ron DeSantis is RAISING gas taxes. He calls himself a fiscal conservative, but we know what he really is: a fraud

Gary Fineout@fineout
Replying to @fineout
Florida will raise its main gas tax on Jan. 1 from 18.5 cents per gallon to 19 cents. A second related gas tax will go from 8 cents to 8.3 cents

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 10:27 AM (FVME7)

274 271 Well, okay, they do hold the eye contact thing a little too long for siblings. Maybe the director intended to cut it out, but the spot had to run :60, so he was forced to leave it in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:26 AM (txdEq)

=========

Another 2 seconds of the parents smelling the coffee from their bed would have helped more than the creepy siblings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:27 AM (LvTSG)

275 259 Let's have a moment of silence for the person at Walter Reed who had to slide the tubing up Biden's ass.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Chernobyl helicopter pilots approve this message.

Posted by: JEM at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (cgz1y)

276 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? He will be dead before any polyp they find ever turns into a clinically significant cancer.

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

Wouldn't it be amazing if he codes, and BBB doesn't pass because there is no tie-breaker?

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (sX1BW)

277 Stop getting blackout drunk at the local pub and picking fights?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:15 AM (Q9lwr)

There is that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (2JVJo)

278 273 Now we know why the price of gas is skyrocketing?

Nikki Fried@NikkiFried
With gas prices higher than ever, Ron DeSantis is RAISING gas taxes. He calls himself a fiscal conservative, but we know what he really is: a fraud

Gary Fineout@fineout
Replying to @fineout
Florida will raise its main gas tax on Jan. 1 from 18.5 cents per gallon to 19 cents. A second related gas tax will go from 8 cents to 8.3 cents
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 10:27 AM (FVME7)

They have him this time! when was this passed by the FL legislature?

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (7C2Nd)

279 ooohhhh...

Posted by: JEM at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (cgz1y)

280 Woot! The temperature has climbed to the dizzying height if 53 degrees! I may go outside sometime today after all.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (MXdMt)

281 Apparently the girl in the commercial, Catherine Combs, has had a moderately successful acting career since then.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2021 10:28 AM (ESjRY)

282

Tsk, Tsk.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (s4uRb)

283 Just remembered, one of the ette is a ballerina

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (Mg9BG)

284 "Another 2 seconds of the parents smelling the coffee from their bed would have helped more than the creepy siblings."

Maybe that's not the parents, but the older siblings.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (3D/fK)

285 >>>Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

>Forgot where he put the Build Back Better legislation?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (BPuaD)

286 The only Dracula soundtrack I have is the one from Herzog's "Nosferatu - The Vampyre", by the awesome Popol Vuh. It's a good 'un. Good and creeeepy. Man, that opening scene.

https://tinyurl.com/27m75bmu

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (Bmy3R)

287 Its brunch time in the Barrel. Except that's not brunch.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (ptqGC)

288 284 "Another 2 seconds of the parents smelling the coffee from their bed would have helped more than the creepy siblings."

Maybe that's not the parents, but the older siblings.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (3D/fK)

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Forget it, VIA, it's Chinatown.

Speaking of terrible people who make great art.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (LvTSG)

289 Still the height of dance for me is ballroom with the male and female being complementary. Fred and Ginger haven't been topped yet. It figures that even Dancing with the Stars has to ruin it with two women dancing as partners.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (fs1hN)

Still better than twerking.

Then again, just about anything is better than twerking.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (Msrhc)

290 Maybe that's not the parents, but the older siblings.

Another ten years, and they'll redo this commercial where it's both.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (sFofr)

291 I'm getting tutored!

Posted by: Rusty Biden at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (4I/2K)

292 Climb in the Barrel, JEM.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (ptqGC)

293 Maxwell House is mountain grown, but Folger's is mount 'n groan.

I gotta leave that as a youtube comment.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (Bmy3R)

294 Even as a little kid, I knew some things better than the teacher (e.g., in kindergarten, I had to name a mammal that started with W, and I said walrus. The teacher told me I was wrong. I guess she thought a walrus was a fish).

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 19, 2021 10:20 AM (8548M)

I would have marched to the back of the classroom, grabbed the N--Z dictionary, flipped it to W, and read loudly, "Walrus, noun. A sea MAMMAL."

Posted by: pookysgirl was a little punk at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (XKZwp)

295 If you put this after your nic in the name box, it will automatically close tags you left open...remove the space I put in before each /....

[ /i] [ /b] [ /s] [ /u]

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (cF8AT)

296 286 The only Dracula soundtrack I have is the one from Herzog's "Nosferatu - The Vampyre", by the awesome Popol Vuh. It's a good 'un. Good and creeeepy. Man, that opening scene.

https://tinyurl.com/27m75bmu
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:29 AM (Bmy3R)

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I've starting wondering which director I will go through after Ford. I'm about halfway through the 80 or so Ford films, and I'm teetering between Lang and Herzog. Herzog will be different because of all of his documentaries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

297 Today's apparently the day my brain figured out "It's Tricky" stole from "My Sharona" AND "Hey Mickey" after what - 30 some years? Love figuring meaningless stuff out everyone else has known for decades.
Posted by: jhawk90 at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (gI/ds)

Check this out -- when you've got time for rabbit holes...
https://www.whosampled.com/

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:31 AM (mZUr4)

298 We've got some early images from Biden's colonoscopy:

https://tinyurl.com/Uncle-Joe-colonoscopy

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:31 AM (m45I2)

299 Posted by: Irish Spring Guy at November 19, 2021 10:19 AM (txdEq)

Many thanks. I really think this is just a cold, but I can't remember a jaw ache before. I have to go to the drugstore after work anyway, so I will stock up on the D3, C and zinc.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:31 AM (2JVJo)

300 Climb in the Barrel, JEM.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (ptqGC)

YES!! I'm out!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (mZUr4)

301 Finally, Doof gets out of the barrel.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

302 @291

>>What's the reason to vote for them?

Because the alternative is to vote for pedophiles, deviants , maniacs and psychopaths.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (voizY)

303 President Poopy pants is getting a colonoscopy?

God help the medical team performing that procedure.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (ssJXH)

304 What's the reason to vote for them?

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I'm not sure if you noticed, but our illustrious Speaker just gave a rousing 9 hour speech against BBB that will do absolutely nothing to prevent its passage, but it clearly shows how against the bill the GOP is. You're welcome.

- GOPe

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (sX1BW)

305 Always admired Degas works, especially his sculpture, He was an accomplished painter. Never knew of his antisemitism until today. Learn every day, hopefully not the same things.

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (AmoqO)

306 -
The Gope are not fiscally conservative.
The Gope are not socially conservative.
They support unchecked immigration.

What's the reason to vote for them?

Posted by: I guess I'll ask them at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM -
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It's your duty to vote for these great Americans!

Posted by: Sean "Karate Kid" Hannity at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (SchQD)

307 Horde mind with Sponge. Does that mean I get to share FIRST!!! ??

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

308 JEM!

Get in mah belleh!

Posted by: The Barrel at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (m+jkK)

309 If you put this after your nic in the name box, it will automatically close tags you left open...remove the space I put in before each /....

[ /i] [ /b] [ /s] [ /u]
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (cF8AT)

That's no fun!

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (Ez6QX)

310 It's your duty to vote for these great Americans!

Posted by: Sean "Karate Kid" Hannity at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (SchQD)

The man also painted houses, in case you hadn't heard for the zillionth time.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (s4uRb)

311 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:31 AM (2JVJo)

I have been told, as a piece of folk wisdom,that colds can settle in various joints as well as the traditional head and chest variety.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (MXdMt)

312 Because the alternative is to vote for pedophiles, deviants , maniacs and psychopaths.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (voizY)

Hey now.

Posted by: Methodists at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (yQpMk)

313 The UK has banned Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (UHVv4)

314 I've starting wondering which director I will go through after Ford. I'm about halfway through the 80 or so Ford films, and I'm teetering between Lang and Herzog. Herzog will be different because of all of his documentaries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

Ed Wood!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (evAgx)

315 314 Ed Wood!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (evAgx)

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Obviously.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (LvTSG)

316 @291

>>What's the reason to vote for them?

Because the alternative is to ~~vote for pedophiles, deviants , maniacs and psychopaths.~~ deny them your essence.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (voizY)

Posted by: General Ripper at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (4I/2K)

317 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

Herzog is very hit or miss to me. Aguirre-The Wrath of God and Nosferatu are so good, such masterpieces. Then there's stuff like Herz aus Glas (Heart of Glass) that I have never been able to make it more than halfway through. At least his soundtracks are always great, if Popol Vuh did it.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (Bmy3R)

318 It's really quite astonishing, the amount of pain I'm experiencing today.....damn bones.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

319 Honestly, dying of ass cancer would be true justice for Joe.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (8Sqzu)

320 Behold the cringe.

Oh, man. You were not kidding. That is awful to watch.

Posted by: t-bird at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (9Fwwf)

321 Because the alternative is to vote for pedophiles, deviants , maniacs and psychopaths.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (voizY)

The two party system has us by the short and curlies. We really need to figure out how to create a third party and push it over the hump for long enough to revise the system to one that no longer penalizes third parties.

No ranked choice crap (that's how you get Empress Merkel). All of the current system could be preserved, all we'd have to do is just add a runoff election if none of the top two candidates had a majority. Voting for a third party in the general election would be "safe", since if they didn't make the top two, you could still vote for the least worst option.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (Msrhc)

322 I'll bet Comma'La is on her knees... praying that the 'tard doesn't wake up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (BFigT)

323 Love Degas....Regarding the KR trial, I'm begging to think at least one of the Jurors wants a guilty plea for the High kick man.. reckless endangerment... Truly F'ed up if that's the case since the prosecution kept this Man from testifying because he is another one of those "hero" felons....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (87qwM)

324 Am I the only OCD moron who insists on putting my nic's close tags in alphabetical order?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (H5elZ)

325 259 Let's have a moment of silence for the person at Walter Reed who had to slide the tubing up Biden's ass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:23 AM (ptqGC)

One of the military robots used to disarm IEDs is going to do the (ahem) dirty work. The doc and nurses will be 5 rooms away, controlling the robot the best they can using remote video while wearing doubled-MOPP-4 gear.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (AMIL/)

326 That's no fun!
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 10:33 AM (Ez6QX)

LOL!

My favorite is the open strikethrough tag. I seldom use that tag but when I do I recheck about 10 times to make sure I closed it.

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:37 AM (cF8AT)

327 Have to admire the Dems who are willing to go out in a political blaze of glory to get the things they want. Why should they care? They know it won't be overturned. They will be out of power for a term or two and will come back living comfortably on the payoffs they just enacted the payoffs with a bureaucracy protecting them at every turn.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 10:37 AM (sX1BW)

328 LOL!

My favorite is the open strikethrough tag. I seldom use that tag but when I do I recheck about 10 times to make sure I closed it.
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:37 AM (cF8AT)

Most comments should be stricken from the record, tbh......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

329 MFM spinning for China Joe [even here]..., "U.S. retailers continue to issue positive outlooks that signal a good holiday shopping season."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (UHVv4)

330 I guess I'm the only moron whose only tags are on my shirt collar.

Posted by: irright at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (SchQD)

331 Am I the only OCD moron who insists on putting my nic's close tags in alphabetical order?
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (H5elZ)

Next level OCD right there!! LOL!!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (mZUr4)

332 Biden's getting a colonoscopy ?Good.... Maybe they can find his head

Posted by: It's me donna at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (87qwM)

333 7 Never got how balerina ( can't be spelled right) can stay on their toes.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 19, 2021 09:32 AM (Mg9BG)

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They should just use taller dancers.

Posted by: 496 at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (U1eOr)

334 Am I the only OCD moron who insists on putting my nic's close tags in alphabetical order?
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:36 AM (H5elZ)

No, there is another.

Posted by: Count Yoda de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (4I/2K)

335 Ed Wood!

Really? Worst film you ever saw? Well, my next one will be better!

I don't even like Johnny Depp, but he knocked that role OUt. Of. The. Park. Shoulda won an Oscar like Landau.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (Bmy3R)

336 Let's have a moment of silence for the person at Walter Reed who had to slide the tubing up Biden's ass.

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

One can only hope it is Dr. Brandon McNeil.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (sX1BW)

337 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

After the trip to the Vatican, the tank was empty. Needs a refill.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (axyOa)

338 What's the reason to vote for them?
Posted by: I guess I'll ask them at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (KXeVo)

Because they'll negotiate with the Dems and draw a hard line - instead of being prodded at gunpoint onto the cattle cars next year, they'll arrange it so you're escorted on at taser point two years from now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (2JVJo)

339 Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (mZUr4)

got your info

will try and friend you today

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (us2H3)

340 Have to admire the Dems who are willing to go out in a political blaze of glory to get the things they want. Why should they care? They know it won't be overturned. They will be out of power for a term or two and will come back living comfortably on the payoffs they just enacted the payoffs with a bureaucracy protecting them at every turn.
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 10:37 AM (sX1BW)

I think some of the stuff the left gets away with even surprises them! So they keep going further and further to see where the actual boundary is.

It's kinda like bluffing in poker. If you never get caught bluffing, you're not doing it it enough.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (mZUr4)

341 329 MFM spinning for China Joe [even here]..., "U.S. retailers continue to issue positive outlooks that signal a good holiday shopping season."
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (UHVv4)

About that.. I ventured out yesterday and it was super busy.. I asked one person why they were shopping and they said they were shopping early because they thought things would be gone.. This is just early shoppers who will start tapering off big time

Posted by: It's me donna at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (87qwM)

342 No, there is another.
Posted by: Count Yoda de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:38 AM (4I/2K)

Aren't you an accountant? Being OCD is a prerequisite.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (Ez6QX)

343 **reaches a hand to Jem**

I was the one who didn't close tags. It's my turn in The Barrel.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (2JVJo)

344 >>The two party system has us by the short and curlies. We really need to figure out how to create a third party and push it over the hump for long enough to revise the system to one that no longer penalizes third parties.

Todays Democrat party bears little resemblance to the Democrat party of 40 or even 20 years ago. The far left infiltrated the party and now runs it and dictates policy.

That seems a much better model to me and it's already in process thanks largely to Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (ZLI7S)

345 335 Ed Wood!

Really? Worst film you ever saw? Well, my next one will be better!

I don't even like Johnny Depp, but he knocked that role OUt. Of. The. Park. Shoulda won an Oscar like Landau.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (Bmy3R)

=========

I've heard that Tim Burton gets mad in interviews when interviewers say that Ed Wood is their favorite movie of his.

Why? Because it made no money. He started selling out pretty heavily shortly after that and Mars Attacks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

346 Am I the only OCD moron who insists on putting my nic's close tags in alphabetical order?
Posted by: ShainS

Unless you spell it CDO, you're not really OCD.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)

347 337 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?
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Cuz Obama told him to. Time for that desease he promised if he and Obama crossed swords on a moral question.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (8Sqzu)

348 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

Afterwards, at the bar, one of the colonoscopy team raises his glass towards the others and says, "Here's mud in your eye. Again."

Posted by: Count Yoda de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (4I/2K)

349 Ed Wood!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 10:34 AM (evAgx)

No, no - Andy Milligan.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (2JVJo)

350 Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (mZUr4)

got your info

will try and friend you today
Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (us2H3)

Nice!! Than I can finally answer YES when my mom asks me if I made any friends today. She's been waiting 50 years

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (mZUr4)

351 317 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

Herzog is very hit or miss to me. Aguirre-The Wrath of God and Nosferatu are so good, such masterpieces. Then there's stuff like Herz aus Glas (Heart of Glass) that I have never been able to make it more than halfway through. At least his soundtracks are always great, if Popol Vuh did it.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:35 AM (Bmy3R)

Werner Herzog is one of those directors whose persona has transcended his directorial efforts. He has, of course, a very distinctive speaking style. More people probably know about him through The Mandalorian and Paul F. Tomkins impersonation of Herzog reviewing a Trader Joe's on Yelp than any movie he's worked on.

Look up the Yelp review, by the way. It's hilarious.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (bMboH)

352 The two party system has us by the short and curlies. We really need to figure out how to create a third party and push it over the hump for long enough to revise the system to one that no longer penalizes third parties.

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This is true; however, I can see NO SCENARIO (outside violent revolution) where those who ultimately control the so-called "laws" and "elections" -- and concomitant lucrative grift owing to -- the D and R Parties, will EVER give up their self-interest and allow any serious third party to compete with or threaten it.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (H5elZ)

353 Next level ~~OCD~~ CDO right there!! LOL!!!!

FIFY

Posted by: Oddbob at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (nfrXX)

354 -
Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? -
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The White House tv remote has gone missing.

Posted by: irright at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (SchQD)

355 Am I the only OCD moron who insists on putting my nic's close tags in alphabetical order?
Posted by: ShainS

Unless you spell it CDO, you're not really OCD.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)

Until you start arranging your grocery coupons in the correct aisle order, you only have a mild case.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:43 AM (4I/2K)

356 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

Archeological dig

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (fs1hN)

357 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

Shovel ready job!!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (mZUr4)

358 So will today be bidens excuse to be removed?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (87qwM)

359 Nice!! Than I can finally answer YES when my mom asks me if I made any friends today. She's been waiting 50 years
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (mZUr4)

you should hope she never meets me

she would be severely disappointed in your judgement

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (us2H3)

360 I don't even like Johnny Depp, but he knocked that role OUt. Of. The. Park. Shoulda won an Oscar like Landau.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (Bmy3R)

Depp could have won an Oscar for several of his roles. He's a dissipated shell now, but he was a great actor before he started acting for the next paycheck.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (bMboH)

361 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

******

Tapping the National Strategic Gas Reserves?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (m45I2)

362 Unless you spell it CDO, you're not really OCD.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)

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Heh. I'm stealing that, rick ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (H5elZ)

363 It's kinda like bluffing in poker. If you never get caught bluffing, you're not doing it it enough.

David Sklansky - who wrote the absolute best poker book I've ever read, called strangely enough "On Poker" - recommended drawing a card at random, and bluffing to that particular card.

I can't do it. I play aggressive, yet tight, if you can imagine that.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (s4uRb)

364 I was the one who didn't close tags. It's my turn in The Barrel.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:41 AM (2JVJo)

Do NOT eat the raisins on that sticky yellow paper. You'll thank me later.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (axyOa)

365 I don't even like Johnny Depp, but he knocked that role OUt. Of. The. Park. Shoulda won an Oscar like Landau.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:39 AM (Bmy3R)

"I've got 5 days to finish this picture. Don't get goofy on me." Love it.

Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (FJYfm)

366 "Until you start arranging your grocery coupons ~~in the correct aisle order,~~ alphabetically, in order of value, earliest expiring on top, you only have a mild case."

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (3D/fK)

367 Doof

If you need me in reserve, for the future, let me know. Gotta keep Mom happy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (u82oZ)

368 Until you start arranging your grocery coupons in the correct aisle order, you only have a mild case.
Posted by: Count de Monet,

I memorize my grocery store aisles. I feel like rain man in a new setting when they "re-arrange" the store aisles.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (OCTRt)

369 358 So will today be bidens excuse to be removed?
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Not today, but, yes, they need to move the merchandise, its starting to smell. And, no, Kamala will never be president. Can you say President Hillary?

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (8Sqzu)

370 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (u82oZ)

371 you should hope she never meets me

she would be severely disappointed in your judgement
Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM

Is this, after all, not the story of the Horde?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (m+jkK)

372 This is true; however, I can see NO SCENARIO (outside violent revolution) where those who ultimately control the so-called "laws" and "elections" -- and concomitant lucrative grift owing to -- the D and R Parties, will EVER give up their self-interest and allow any serious third party to compete with or threaten it.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:42 AM (H5elZ)

We don't have a parliamentary system, so there's no way that a third party will get a foothold here, I think. On the other hand, if we did, our government would probably look like Israel's.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (bMboH)

373 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

He's a giver.

Posted by: Katie Couric at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (yPDRi)

374 you should hope she never meets me

she would be severely disappointed in your judgement
Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:44 AM (us2H3)

She's met ME - so that disappointed box is already checked

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (mZUr4)

375 All hail president kamala.. !

Posted by: It's me donna at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (87qwM)

376 Salty!!!!

Hope all is well my friend.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (3D/fK)

377 "Until you start arranging your grocery coupons ~~in the correct aisle order,~~ alphabetically, in order of value, earliest expiring on top, you only have a mild case."
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (3D/fK)

I defer to a Master.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (4I/2K)

378 300 Climb in the Barrel, JEM.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (ptqGC)

YES!! I'm out!!

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379 Until you start arranging your grocery coupons in the correct aisle order, you only have a mild case.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:43 AM (4I/2K)

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Heh. I was a pretty talented software systems analyst and developer (who designed zero-defect systems), but I always thought I would have made a better (and been more at peace with working as an) accountant.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:47 AM (H5elZ)

380 I memorize my grocery store aisles. I feel like rain man in a new setting when they "re-arrange" the store aisles.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (OCTRt)

No signs?

Posted by: BignJames at November 19, 2021 10:47 AM (AwYPR)

381 Which smells fresher, Joey Bidet or three day old garbage?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2021 10:47 AM (8dM0w)

382 Doof

If you need me in reserve, for the future, let me know. Gotta keep Mom happy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (u82oZ)

Proudly -- thanks, Salty!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:47 AM (mZUr4)

383 TJM, you could always go through Erich von Stroheim's films. He didn't direct as many as Ford.

If this cold doesn't dissipate by tomorrow, I think I'll do a mini-marathon and watch Foolish Wives, The Great Gabbo and Queen Kelly.

There's no way I can write feeling like this.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:48 AM (2JVJo)

384 Village Idiot's Apprentice

It has taken 15 years for me to get my wife to use coupons for stuff she regularly buys. That was so down market when we married.

I have expiration dates from soon to later, in the portable holder.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 19, 2021 10:48 AM (u82oZ)

385 383 TJM, you could always go through Erich von Stroheim's films. He didn't direct as many as Ford.

If this cold doesn't dissipate by tomorrow, I think I'll do a mini-marathon and watch Foolish Wives, The Great Gabbo and Queen Kelly.

There's no way I can write feeling like this.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:48 AM (2JVJo)

=========

I've never seen any of his, though I already have like 5 on my DVD queue. I know of him, but having seen nothing yet I'm not yet ready to dedicate myself to the prospect.

Feel better!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

386 Heh. I was a pretty talented software systems analyst and developer (who designed zero-defect systems), but I always thought I would have made a better (and been more at peace with working as an) accountant.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:47 AM (H5elZ)

Having a button-down mind sure helps.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Newhart at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (4I/2K)

387 Climb in the Barrel, JEM.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 19, 2021 10:30 AM (ptqGC)

YES!! I'm out!!
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:32 AM (mZUr4)

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Posted by: AoSHQ Marketing Dept. at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (PiwSw)

Not without a lawyer present. I'm gonna call Saul!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (mZUr4)

388 I memorize my grocery store aisles. I feel like rain man in a new setting when they "re-arrange" the store aisles.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (OCTRt)

I have never met an intelligent person that does not have some form of OCD, ADHD, ADD - whatever. With smart comes crazy. How much do you want ?

Obviously a few smart people here.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (s4uRb)

389 "It has taken 15 years for me to get my wife to use coupons for stuff she regularly buys. That was so down market when we married. "

I always suspected that Mrs VIA has a sister....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (3D/fK)

390
I memorize my grocery store aisles. I feel like rain man in a new setting when they "re-arrange" the store aisles.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM

fistbump

I know the layout of the local Walmart better than 90% of the Walmart employees

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (DUIap)

391 Many thanks. I really think this is just a cold, but I can't remember a jaw ache before. I have to go to the drugstore after work anyway, so I will stock up on the D3, C and zinc.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021

***
That was actually me, MPPPP. Not being a doctor, I don't know if there are sinus areas in the lower jaw as well as the upper. My admittedly sketchy knowledge of anatomy tells me there are weird spaces in our skulls. If it feels like it's near the base of your teeth, of course, it could be a tooth issue. If it feels to be under your jaw, then could that be salivary glands? Not sure. The classic home test for mumps was to give the patient a pickle and see if he yelped.

Does anybody get mumps any more?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (txdEq)

392 Third parties don't work in a 1st past the post system. If a third party start to gather momentum, one of the two major parties absorbs it.

Trump had the opportunity to create a MAGA party, split the GOP, and then try to absorb the GOP (replacing the internal power brokers). But that ultimately would have created a new two party system (with different people in charge of the successor GOP).

Posted by: Revenant at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (6Xyqy)

393 (Several potential titleholders from Obama administration pending confirmation)
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 10:21 AM (cF8AT)

Don't forget William Rufus King! I'm sure he and Aunt Fancy fooled around in the 1850s.

Posted by: Mishdog at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (/VWLE)

394 One can only imagine the horror of the results of yesterdays prep work for Biden

Posted by: Tofer732 at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (GcxM3)

395 Good news, you guys!

Mexican youth are being bused across the border to be vaxxed under a pilot program.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (UHVv4)

396 She's met ME - so that disappointed box is already checked
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:46 AM (mZUr4)

I can assure you

you are the JV in the league of undesirables

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (us2H3)

397 iirc, Trump had a non-sedated colonoscopy because he didn't want Pence to have the Presidential powers during the procedure.

Posted by: davidt at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (0hbQ6)

398 Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (mZUr4)

Speaking of Bourbon...

Four Roses Single Barrel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (Q9lwr)

399 375 All hail president kamala.. !

Let's Go Karen!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (Bmy3R)

400 Get to feeling better MPPPP

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2021 10:51 AM (8dM0w)

401 Got stuff to do.

Here the Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine":
http://www.youtube.com/oXvJ8UquYoo

The real fun is a tad way in the framing sequence.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 19, 2021 10:51 AM (u82oZ)

402 The two party system has us by the short and curlies. We really need to figure out how to create a third party and push it over the hump for long enough to revise the system to one that no longer penalizes third parties.

No ranked choice crap (that's how you get Empress Merkel). All of the current system could be preserved, all we'd have to do is just add a runoff election if none of the top two candidates had a majority. Voting for a third party in the general election would be "safe", since if they didn't make the top two, you could still vote for the least worst option.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas

Welcome to eleven years ago.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 19, 2021 10:51 AM (OUMaO)

403 Which smells fresher, Joey Bidet or three day old garbage?
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Trick question: Joey is garbage

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (jIL4c)

404 Good news, you guys!

Mexican youth are being bused across the border to be vaxxed under a pilot program.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (UHVv4)

Musical Youth > Mexican youth

https://youtu.be/dFtLONl4cNc

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (mZUr4)

405 Having a button-down mind sure helps.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Newhart at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (4I/2K)

Hey! I'm not dead yet. Just retired.

Posted by: Bob Newhart at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (bMboH)

406 I memorize my grocery store aisles. I feel like rain man in a new setting when they "re-arrange" the store aisles.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:45 AM (OCTRt)

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We have two Walmarts nearby, and it drives me crazy that they're laid out in mirror___s of each other -- so I have to continually re-adjust where to go find something.

OTOH, EVERY Costco I've ever shopped in (once in Ontario, Canada!) are all laid out in the exact same way.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (H5elZ)

407 One can only imagine the horror of the results of yesterdays prep work for Biden

Couldn't have been too much worse than any other day.

Posted by: Camilla, Duchess of Tampon at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (Xrfse)

408
Until you start arranging your grocery coupons in the correct aisle order, you only have a mild case.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 10:43 AM (4I/2K)

________

The construction and order of my classical music playlist represent an OCD masterpiece.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (/U27+)

409 Rather than wasting time with third parties, I'd rather we just go straight to the Imperial Stage, and hope like hell we get an Emperor who's on our side. Yeah, I know, unlikely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (evAgx)

410 Someone has a rock in her slipper.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (WKiUH)

411 Heh. "mirror images of each other" as pixy replaces the word "image" with underlines ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (H5elZ)

412 Does anybody get mumps any more?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (txdEq)

I think most kids get vaccinated for it now. It can be serious. I spent 10 days in a hospital from the mumps when I was 16.

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (AmoqO)

413 OK, forget my last snark. We're far past the point a third party would work now. The other two would work together to lock it out of any real competition. Even if it somehow won the insiders would just do what they did with Trump.

As always, it seems too many are just now planning to fight the war we lost decades previously.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (OUMaO)

414 I went through the mirror___ Wal-Mart thing when I moved. Took me months to stop heading the wrong way.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (Bmy3R)

415 They didn't lockdown the ~~sub-humans~~ unvaxxed quickly enough -- Austria moving to a national lockdown to contain the Fourth Wave!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (UHVv4)

416 Woops, mirror-IMAGE

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (Bmy3R)

417 Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:40 AM (mZUr4)

Speaking of Bourbon...

Four Roses Single Barrel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (Q9lwr)

Yes sir! Just finished a bottle. Especially great considering I got it for a shockingly low price of 29.99 at a Walgreens in Lexington, KY earlier this year.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (mZUr4)

418 I've never seen any of his, though I already have like 5 on my DVD queue. I know of him, but having seen nothing yet I'm not yet ready to dedicate myself to the prospect.

Feel better!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

I first started watching Von after Kino brought out its 'completion' of Queen Kelly. And I've just gone from there. I hope that someday I can find a DVD copy of Greed; I'm actually reading McTeague now and would love to see his adaptation, but as far as I know, only an old VHS copy is still on the market.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (2JVJo)

419 411 Heh. "mirror images of each other" as pixy replaces the word "image" with underlines ...

As I just discovered! That was strange.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (Bmy3R)

420 In TJM's honor, I followed his suggestion and watched "Salt" last night. Happily, little acting talent is required of Angelina Jolie and the action is pretty much nonstop. I like action movies and this one was pretty good. Thanks for the tip. Chiwetel Ojiofor (a real mouthful of a name) gives his usual excellent performance. And Liev Schreiber, who is a nutcase (he went to a nutcase college, and what sane man walks away from Naomi Watts?) is good as well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (TNYo7)

421 OTOH, EVERY Costco I've ever shopped in (once in Ontario, Canada!) are all laid out in the exact same way.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 202

***
Like Roman legion camps.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (txdEq)

422 "Austria moving to a national lockdown to contain the Fourth Wave!"

They gonna reactivate the border control at the Brenner Pass?

Last time we drove through there, it was a straight shot, not even a slowdown.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (3D/fK)

423 The two party system has us by the short and curlies. We really need to figure out how to create a third party and push it over the hump for long enough to revise the system to one that no longer penalizes third parties.

Even a brief scan of McCain / Feingold is enough to show that it has nothing to do with campaign finance reform, and everything to do with preventing a third party.

Isn't it amazing, a country of over 350 million people are held hostage by a political process, only because that process is dominated by two parties that agree on one thing - Highlander was wrong.

In the end, there can be only two.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (s4uRb)

424 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

They're afraid the gerbil will start running the show.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (wAnMi)

425 Having a button-down mind sure helps.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Newhart at November 19, 2021 10:49 AM (4I/2K)

Hey! I'm not dead yet. Just retired.
Posted by: Bob Newhart at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (bMboH)

Bob, you're dreaming.

Posted by: Zombie Suzanne Pleshette at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (4I/2K)

426 Heh. "mirror images of each other" as pixy replaces the word "image" with underlines ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 10:52 AM (H5elZ)

Sam Beckett and Al were most confused

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (mZUr4)

427 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

All that paste builds up after a while.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:56 AM (Bmy3R)

428 Ima say this because I really like MP3 and I'm worried. I know pain in the lower jaw, absent tooth issues, at least for females is heart attack related.

Please go get checked out. There is an artery that feeds that area, and I believe that is a blockage indicator.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 10:56 AM (OCTRt)

429 Rona Romney still considers Liz Cheney a Republican even though the WY state GOP has given her the boot.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 10:56 AM (2xGy+)

430 Speaking of Bourbon...

Four Roses Single Barrel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (Q9lwr)

Yes sir! Just finished a bottle. Especially great considering I got it for a shockingly low price of 29.99 at a Walgreens in Lexington, KY earlier this year.
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (mZUr4)

If you like a bit of spice, I recommend a 100 proof rye... might be appropriate this week.

Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (7C2Nd)

431 Ronna

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (2xGy+)

432 Maybe Biden is getting a colonoscopy because of what a ColoGard test indicated? (ugh for the White House person who had to get the sample and send it in, and ugh for the ColoGard technician)

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (AMIL/)

433 418 I first started watching Von after Kino brought out its 'completion' of Queen Kelly. And I've just gone from there. I hope that someday I can find a DVD copy of Greed; I'm actually reading McTeague now and would love to see his adaptation, but as far as I know, only an old VHS copy is still on the market.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (2JVJo)

=========

It looks like iTunes is the only option now for Greed. I would assume the elements are in terrible shape which is why no one's bothered releasing it at this point. Would be otherwise a cheap option for a label like Kino or Criterion unless they had to pay for a restoration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:58 AM (LvTSG)

434 pretty talented software systems analyst and developer (who designed zero-defect systems)
=====

Zero defects, eh?

We're now trying a "zero-bug" policy at work, but what that means in practice is mostly that we decide that things aren't actually bugs and close the reports as "Won't Fix".

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 10:58 AM (sGnvY)

435 Maybe Biden is getting a colonoscopy because of what a ColoGard test indicated? (ugh for the White House person who had to get the sample and send it in, and ugh for the ColoGard technician)
Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (AMIL/)

He shits in a box cuz he don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 10:58 AM (Zz0t1)

436 Is there really a difference between Joe Biden's daily mental state and Joe Biden's mental state on anasthesia?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (ssJXH)

437 Four Roses Single Barrel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 10:50 AM (Q9lwr)

Yes sir! Just finished a bottle. Especially great considering I got it for a shockingly low price of 29.99 at a Walgreens in Lexington, KY earlier this year.
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:54 AM (mZUr4)

If you like a bit of spice, I recommend a 100 proof rye... might be appropriate this week.

Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.
Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (7C2Nd)

I do indeed like Rittenhouse. And it's slightly older and higher proof brother, Pikesville. Rittenhouse and Bulliet are must-have ryes for my home bar.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (mZUr4)

438 Maybe Biden is getting a colonoscopy because of what a ColoGard test indicated? (ugh for the White House person who had to get the sample and send it in, and ugh for the ColoGard technician)
Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021

***
That damn box keeps turning up everywhere I go! Playing tennis, the pool, hiking in the woods . . . can't get away from him!

Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (txdEq)

439 Get to feeling better MPPPP
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2021 10:51 AM (8dM0w)

Thanks, Anna. I wish I felt better, because I need to be editing. In any event, I have to work 11-6 today, so perhaps it will take my mind off this.

BTW, have you had a chance to look at The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (2JVJo)

440 420 In TJM's honor, I followed his suggestion and watched "Salt" last night. Happily, little acting talent is required of Angelina Jolie and the action is pretty much nonstop. I like action movies and this one was pretty good. Thanks for the tip. Chiwetel Ojiofor (a real mouthful of a name) gives his usual excellent performance. And Liev Schreiber, who is a nutcase (he went to a nutcase college, and what sane man walks away from Naomi Watts?) is good as well.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 10:55 AM (TNYo7)

========

Written by Kurt Wimmer who's one of those guys who's got some basic writing talent combined with interesting ideas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (LvTSG)

441 >>432 Maybe Biden is getting a colonoscopy because of what a ColoGard test indicated?

There are many reasons why a person may have blood in their stool.

Posted by: Frank Luntz at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (2xGy+)

442 (ugh for the White House person who had to get the sample and send it in, and ugh for the ColoGard technician)

Maybe the Pope sent it in?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 11:00 AM (ssJXH)

443 Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:00 AM (juH8z)

444 Biden getting a physical? I can already foresee the results that will be announced 'the president is in exceptionally good health and can serve us for another 10 years'

Posted by: IC - #FJB at November 19, 2021 11:00 AM (hV9ir)

445 There are many reasons why a person may have blood in their stool.

^This.

Posted by: Pete Buttegeig at November 19, 2021 11:00 AM (ssJXH)

446 As always, it seems too many are just now planning to fight the war we lost decades previously.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at November 19, 2021 10:53 AM (OUMaO)

More like planning what to do if we ever manage to displace the political class for long enough to ram anything we actually want through.

I don't see it as being likely to happen, but you should always plan for every contingency. I believe it was Eisenhower who said that plans are generally useless, but planning is essential.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at November 19, 2021 11:00 AM (Msrhc)

447 Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (7C2Nd)

Bottled In Bond!

It is an excellent rye for cocktails. But the hipsters have driven the price up around here.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Q9lwr)

448 The logic of re-arranging the store aisles is to keep you in the store longer and therefore purchase more.
Nothing new here.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (vuisn)

449 FIRST BLACK FEMALE ACTING PRESIDENT RAAWWK!

Posted by: Propaganda Parrot at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Tnijr)

450 That damn box keeps turning up everywhere I go! Playing tennis, the pool, hiking in the woods . . . can't get away from him!
Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (txdEq)

Heh. Aren't they trying to get people to do it at like 35 now? Gotta expand that consumer base and keep the $$$ rolling in.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Ez6QX)

451 Kind of blurry. Should have wiped the vaseline off the lens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (P3gRi)

452 If you like a bit of spice, I recommend a 100 proof rye... might be appropriate this week.

Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.
Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM

*takes notes*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (m+jkK)

453
There are many reasons why a person may have blood in their stool.
Posted by: Frank Luntz at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (2xGy+)

Shit, blood and cum on my hands......

https://youtu.be/HQqjHechnj4

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

454 I do indeed like Rittenhouse. And it's slightly older and higher proof brother, Pikesville. Rittenhouse and Bulliet are must-have ryes for my home bar.
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (mZUr4)

Thank you for the pikesville recommendation... I'll be finding that one post haste.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (7C2Nd)

455 FJB's colonoscopy is probably a cover story for brain scans

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (YZG/i)

456 A good "go to" Bourbon that's easy on the wallet is Evan Williams Bottled in Bond. Old Forrester has a couple selections that are also good. The 100 proof is very drinkable neat or on the rocks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (BFigT)

457 NYT says the BBB will solve inequity in health care. So there you go.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (zNv9H)

458 Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2021

***
"Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer" always reminds me of the WKRP episode where the Russian diplomat has eyes for Bailey, and quotes that song to her. (Man had good taste.)

(Trivia: He was the same actor who insults Kirk as a "Denebian slime devil" in Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles.")

Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (txdEq)

459 Breaking News: Kamala appointed Groom-of-the-Stool.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (UHVv4)

460 448 The logic of re-arranging the store aisles is to keep you in the store longer and therefore purchase more.
Nothing new here.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (vuisn)

=========

My dad, an expert in experiment design, hates this practice. There's a goal of trying to find ideal configurations to increase sales, or at least figuring out which changes increase sales the most at which time. He sees the whole practice as wildly inefficient when he could design something across a handful of stores that got all the results they would need in a few weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (LvTSG)

461 NYT says the BBB will solve inequity in health care. So there you go.
Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (zNv9H)

I thought Owebamacare did that already......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

462 457 NYT says the BBB will solve inequity in health care. So there you go.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (zNv9H)

They should go big and say BBB will solve world hunger and find a cure for cancer.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at November 19, 2021 11:03 AM (hV9ir)

463 Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 10:57 AM (7C2Nd)

Bottled In Bond!

It is an excellent rye for cocktails. But the hipsters have driven the price up around here.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Q9lwr)

Old Overholt bottled in bond is a nice similarly priced alternative. Nothing fancy -- just a solid rye whiskey our dads and grandfathers would have been proud to drink.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:03 AM (mZUr4)

464 Bottled In Bond!

It is an excellent rye for cocktails. But the hipsters have driven the price up around here.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Q9lwr)

It really should retail at a higher price... in this instance I fear the hipsters are correct.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (7C2Nd)

465 458 "Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer" always reminds me of the WKRP episode where the Russian diplomat has eyes for Bailey, and quotes that song to her. (Man had good taste.)

Great ep. Bailey didn't get many features, but she made the most of the ones she did get. The one where she pulls the long con on Herb over the painting that turns out to be worthless is another Bailey classic.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (Bmy3R)

466 A good "go to" Bourbon that's easy on the wallet is Evan Williams Bottled in Bond. Old Forrester has a couple selections that are also good. The 100 proof is very drinkable neat or on the rocks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (BFigT)

We trashed Evan Williams soundly on last night's ONT. Not a fan at all. But as I said to Tim Riggins, I'd gladly buy you a bottle if you were coming for a visit.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (mZUr4)

467 Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.

Speaking of Rittenhouse, any word on the trial?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (OCTRt)

468 Not a fan of Degas although his bronzes are nice. I figure we can all get allonge.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (axyOa)

469 455 FJB's colonoscopy is probably a cover story for brain scans
----------------
He's incontinent at both ends. Embrace the concept of 'and.'

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (8Sqzu)

470 BTW, have you had a chance to look at The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

MP4 in case you you need another proofreader / beta reader I can look at it
voter mom at gm ail

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (YZG/i)

471 Dick in a box >> Turd in a box

Posted by: Justin Timberlake & Andy Samberg at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (4I/2K)

472 Rittenhouse is a bourbon and Rittenhouse is also a defender-of-self, how does that kind of stuff happen outside the matrix?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (fs1hN)

473 Ok I will be first....

Bailey > Jennifer

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (zNv9H)

474 470 MP4 in case you you need another proofreader / beta reader I can look at it
voter mom at gm ail
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (YZG/i)

===========

*kicks dirt at feet*

*says nothing*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (LvTSG)

475 That damn box keeps turning up everywhere I go! Playing tennis, the pool, hiking in the woods . . . can't get away from him!
Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 10:59 AM (txdEq)

Those Cologuard commercials creep me out. That guy is walking up to people and essentially asking, "Won't you poop on me?"
Maybe that's what Steele was referring to in the dossier.

Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (FJYfm)

476 467 Called Rittenhouse. retails in the mid $20 range and sips much better than price.

Speaking of Rittenhouse, any word on the trial?
------------------
You mean, any word on the fake riot?

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 19, 2021 11:05 AM (8Sqzu)

477 460 448 The logic of re-arranging the store aisles is to keep you in the store longer and therefore purchase more.
Nothing new here.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (vuisn)

=========

My dad, an expert in experiment design, hates this practice. There's a goal of trying to find ideal configurations to increase sales, or at least figuring out which changes increase sales the most at which time. He sees the whole practice as wildly inefficient when he could design something across a handful of stores that got all the results they would need in a few weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (LvTSG)
---

Have to agree.

I usually have a limited time to shop, so when the store re-arranges everything I end up buying less rather than more.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (vuisn)

478 We trashed Evan Williams soundly on last night's ONT. Not a fan at all. But as I said to Tim Riggins, I'd gladly buy you a bottle if you were coming for a visit.
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM

Damn. Glad I wasn't on the ONT, then.

I keep a decanter of the 1783 on the sideboard as an inside joke on the age of the house.

Relocating, soon, though, so I'll have to change that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (m+jkK)

479 Ah, Doof.. pikesville is done by Heaven Hill, just cracked a bottle of Heaven Hill last week when I brought my daughter home.

Cant wait to try it, thanks again.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (7C2Nd)

480 221 BREAKING: House passes Biden's massive social spending bill after McCarthy's marathon speech opposing it.

Why do we always see these grand gestures by the GOP, only in situations that are meaningless ? The GOP never had the votes in the House to stop this.

To ask is to answer.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 10:16 AM (s4uRb)

Scott Johnson at Powerline loved the gesture. He says:

"If the Senate ever returns to the old-fashioned Senate filibuster, McCarthy will be the indispensable man."

That settles it for me, then. Let's keep McCarthy!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (bMboH)

481 On Tim Pool a lawyer guest said he thinks it is 9-3 or 10-2 in favor of not guilty and he said he would gladly take a mistrial because it can only get better for the defense in around 2.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (zNv9H)

482 NYT says the BBB will solve inequity in health care. So there you go.
Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (zNv9H)

Yes, we'll all be dead. Very equitable and even like.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (4I/2K)

483 There's a wiki page for old overholt.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (KAi1n)

484 Great ep. Bailey didn't get many features, but she made the most of the ones she did get. The one where she pulls the long con on Herb over the painting that turns out to be worthless is another Bailey classic.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021

***
The episodes are disturbing for me to watch, as the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was a dead ringer for Jan Smithers even to the glasses.

Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (txdEq)

485 MP4 in case you you need another proofreader / beta reader I can look at it
voter mom at gm ail
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (YZG/i)

I'd volunteer, but I got A's in technical writing, so you might not like how it comes back.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

486 President hostile takeover now at 48% full woke capacity.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (juH8z)

487 McCarthhy is a piece of shit who will now send fundraising emails to gullible rubes telling them how hard he fought to stop the radical Biden agenda.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (zNv9H)

488 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

All that paste builds up after a while.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at November 19, 2021 10:56 AM (Bmy3R)

they have to pull the plastic horses out that he stuck up there over the weekend?

Doctors have called his condition stable...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (8D42x)

489 Karen the foreperson is browbeating the other eleven.

She'll never go for acquittal on any of the charges. Legal Insurrection says she knows at least a couple of the witnesses for the state.

Nice juror screening, assholes.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (KiBMU)

490 We trashed Evan Williams soundly on last night's ONT. Not a fan at all. But as I said to Tim Riggins, I'd gladly buy you a bottle if you were coming for a visit.
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM

Damn. Glad I wasn't on the ONT, then.

I keep a decanter of the 1783 on the sideboard as an inside joke on the age of the house.

Relocating, soon, though, so I'll have to change that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (m+jkK)

It was all in fun. It's like coke vs pepsi trash talk for bourbon lovers!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (mZUr4)

491 Have to agree.

I usually have a limited time to shop, so when the store re-arranges everything I end up buying less rather than more.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (vuisn)

Probably makes a big difference depending on whether the man or woman is shopping.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (z5Vrg)

492 The episodes are disturbing for me to watch, as the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was a dead ringer for Jan Smithers even to the glasses.
Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (txdEq)

You fortunate bastard you.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (4I/2K)

493 Why do we always see these grand gestures by the GOP, only in situations that are meaningless ? The GOP never had the votes in the House to stop this.

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

In another magnanimous gesture to show what good actors we are, Mitt Romney has offered to be the 51st vote in the Senate, since VP Harris is unable to provide the tie-breaking vote while serving as the President.

- GOPe

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (sX1BW)

494 I usually have a limited time to shop, so when the store re-arranges everything I end up buying less rather than more.

I make a list. If its not on the list, it ain't going in the basket. Re-arranging the aisles just pisses me off, doesn't change what I buy.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (s4uRb)

495 If she knows a couple of the witnesses then judge can replace her.

Posted by: torabora at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (dKPgi)

496 162 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy?

=====

Finally, an appropriate time for Biden to put on a lid.

Posted by: Blind Roscoe McGee at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (1DGjJ)

497
It was all in fun. It's like coke vs pepsi trash talk for bourbon lovers!!
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (mZUr4)

Old Coke, New Coke or new old Coke?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

498 There's a wiki page for old overholt.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 19, 2021 11:07 AM (KAi1n)

The actual former distillery in western PA was part of a storyline on Boardwalk Empire. That's what inspired me to get a bottle.

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (mZUr4)

499 Almost 500 posts on the art thread. Apparently the horde is restless today.

She'll never go for acquittal on any of the charges. Legal Insurrection says she knows at least a couple of the witnesses for the state.

Then the defense sucks more than I thought if this is true.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (TDj17)

500 There is only so much you can do with juror screening.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (zNv9H)

501 FIRST BLACK FEMALE ACTING PRESIDENT RAAWWK!
Posted by: Propaganda Parrot at November 19, 2021 11:01 AM (Tnijr)

Moscow in Flames!
Missiles headed towards NY.
Film at 11!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (axyOa)

502 McCarthy making his, "This is why I should be speaker!" speech. Fabulous.
Rounding up some vulnerable Democrats to stop this mess might have been a better use of his time, but hey, grifters gonna grift.

Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (FJYfm)

503 Primate deprived.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (Hudry)

504 Pelosi let the GOPe do some failure theater, per deal, and made them do it in the middle of the night just to fuck with them.

Posted by: davidt at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (0hbQ6)

505 It was all in fun. It's like coke vs pepsi trash talk for bourbon lovers!!
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:08 AM (mZUr4)

Old Coke, New Coke or new old Coke?
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

The kind Hunter likes!!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (mZUr4)

506 495 If she knows a couple of the witnesses then judge can replace her.
Posted by: torabora at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (dKPgi)

I read yesterday that this came out during jury questioning (I can't spell the correct term), and she stated it would not influencer her.
Doesn't mean she isn't full of crap, but the defense should have known this.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (7C2Nd)

507 The kind Hunter likes!!

So all of the coke. Noted.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (TDj17)

508
The kind Hunter likes!!
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM (mZUr4)

Ah. Prepubescent Asian feet......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

509 MP4 in case you you need another proofreader / beta reader I can look at it
voter mom at gm ail
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:04 AM (YZG/i)

I'd love to, vmom, but I've already started editing based on some excellent suggestions from TJM and Christopher Taylor, so it's a mess right now.

But thank you for the offer!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (2JVJo)

510 Karen the foreperson is browbeating the other eleven.

She'll never go for acquittal on any of the charges. Legal Insurrection says she knows at least a couple of the witnesses for the state.

Karen the Foreskin should be a cause for a mistrial then.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (OCTRt)

511 The episodes are disturbing for me to watch, as the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was a dead ringer for Jan Smithers even to the glasses.
Posted by: Average Over-50 Consumer at November 19, 2021
*
You fortunate bastard you.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021

***
Yeah, well, that was more than 35 years ago. I glimpsed the ex-Mrs. W's pic atop her Facebook page, and was saddened to no end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (txdEq)

512 Moscow in Flames!
Missiles headed towards NY.
Film at 11!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2021 11:10 AM

Women and BIPOC hardest hit!

Posted by: The New York Times at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (m+jkK)

513 Apparently, the only thing the Gop is good at is keeping plants illegal.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (KAi1n)

514 Ah, Doof.. pikesville is done by Heaven Hill, just cracked a bottle of Heaven Hill last week when I brought my daughter home.

Cant wait to try it, thanks again.
Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:06 AM (7C2Nd)

Hope you enjoy it!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (mZUr4)

515 hello all, not to hi jack the thread but...what is the name of the spook that was cheering on the protesters on Jan 6 ??

Posted by: dananjcon at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (u6xw0)

516 Nice juror screening, assholes.

Hey, we have a small budget.

Posted by: Dollar Tree Legal Team LLC at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (2xGy+)

517 *kicks dirt at feet*

*says nothing*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Do you need a beta reader? (Or a mind reader?)
I do ok on the first, just so-so on the latter.

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (YZG/i)

518 McCarthy making his, "This is why I should be speaker!" speech. Fabulous. Rounding up some vulnerable Democrats to stop this mess might have been a better use of his time, but hey, grifters gonna grift.

Notice - when 13 Republicans joined the Dems to pass the last shit sandwich out of the House - McCarthy had jack and shit to say about it either before, during, or after.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (s4uRb)

519 >>>If she knows a couple of the witnesses then judge can replace her.
Posted by: torabora at November 19, 2021 11:09 AM (dKPgi)

=====

She admitted during jury election, but said it would not affect her impartiality.

Posted by: Turn Two at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (H1eAg)

520 My dad, an expert in experiment design, hates this practice. There's a goal of trying to find ideal configurations to increase sales, or at least figuring out which changes increase sales the most at which time. He sees the whole practice as wildly inefficient when he could design something across a handful of stores that got all the results they would need in a few weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 19, 2021 11:02 AM (LvTSG)

The marketing technique of putting daily or weekly specials on the ends of aisles rarely works on me. I know the location of the things I want and I don't waste time in stores, so I pretty-much ignore the stuff on the aisle-ends when I pass-by going to the next aisle.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (AMIL/)

521 Obviously Karen foreperson wants to be on this jury. Most would have jumped at the chance to not be on a jury, especially this one with such high-stakes outside of the courtroom.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (TDj17)

522 MP4 good luck.and feel better!

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (YZG/i)

523 Biden is in the 30s approval. Does that stop Dems from pushing through their agenda? Fuck no.

Meanwhile Reps see one bad poll and run to embrace everything the Dems want.

It is why the left always wins no matter who wins elections.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (zNv9H)

524 Trump should fund a McCarthy op candidate.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (2xGy+)

525 *points at sky*
De Gas!

De Gas!

Posted by: Bi den's Plane Watcher at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (dKPgi)

526 She admitted during jury election, but said it would not affect her impartiality.
Posted by: Turn Two

And the defense didn't bounce her? WTF

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (YZG/i)

527 Yeah, well, that was more than 35 years ago. I glimpsed the ex-Mrs. W's pic atop her Facebook page, and was saddened to no end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 11:11 AM (txdEq)

To flowers in their full bloom of youth! Time and gravity are cruel.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (4I/2K)

528 523 Biden is in the 30s approval. Does that stop Dems from pushing through their agenda? Fuck no.

Meanwhile Reps see one bad poll and run to embrace everything the Dems want.

It is why the left always wins no matter who wins elections.
Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (zNv9H)

And they KNOW the left runs the polls.. yet they still do it.
It's because that's what they want and they use polling as an excuse.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (7C2Nd)

529 521 Obviously Karen foreperson wants to be on this jury. Most would have jumped at the chance to not be on a jury, especially this one with such high-stakes outside of the courtroom.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (TDj17)

Almost makes you wonder whether Antifa et al. wanted her there as well.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (bMboH)

530 523 Biden is in the 30s approval. Does that stop Dems from pushing through their agenda? Fuck no.
Meanwhile Reps see one bad poll and run to embrace everything the Dems want.
It is why the left always wins no matter who wins elections.

Dems run for office to use the power. Rs gain power to run for re-election.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (TDj17)

531 NBC News
@NBCNews
Christina Wyman: Parents think they have the right to control teaching and learning because their children are the ones educated. It's sort of like entering a surgical unit thinking you can interfere with an operation because the patient is your child.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (FVME7)

532 I have always thought it should be 12-0 to convict but only 10-2 to acquit. This is a perfect example of why.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (zNv9H)

533 She admitted during jury election, but said it would not affect her impartiality.
Posted by: Turn Two at November 19, 2021 11:13 AM (H1eAg)

What the hell? And they let her on the jury?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (Ez6QX)

534 Parents are to instill values. Not the 24 year old girl whose claim to fame is learning how to make collages in college.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 19, 2021 09:18 AM

Had to laugh at this. This is spot-on. I dated a girl back in 2002-2003 who was in her senior year at Central Michigan. Majoring in History, but planning to be a high school teacher. I visited her during her last semester on campus and she had to stop by some professor's office for something. On the way we passed a classroom where some teaching course was going on and it looked like Kindergarten for young adults. They were making collages.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (Do5/p)

535 Karen the foreperson is browbeating the other eleven.

She better be glad I'm not on that jury. Because I wouldn't hesitate to tell her that I'd rip the table leg off and beat her with it before I'd vote Rittenhouse guilty.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (OCTRt)

536
To flowers in their full bloom of youth! Time and gravity are cruel.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (4I/2K)

Tell us about it......

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi's Tits at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

537 She admitted during jury election, but said it would not affect her impartiality.
Posted by: Turn Two

And the defense didn't bounce her? WTF
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (YZG/i)

Haven't been paying too much attention to all of this, but if the witnesses she knew were the medical examiner and maybe a chain of custody person, it wouldn't cause a whole lot of concern.
Now, if she knew Lefty...

Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2021 11:16 AM (FJYfm)

538 Yeah, well, that was more than 35 years ago. I glimpsed the ex-Mrs. W's pic atop her Facebook page, and was saddened to no end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021
*
To flowers in their full bloom of youth! Time and gravity are cruel.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021

***
Whereas I, though a little grimmer looking and with a few more face and throat lines, weight about the same as I did then, and still have all my real hair. Heh, heh, heh. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 11:16 AM (txdEq)

539
What the hell? And they let her on the jury?
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (Ez6QX)

It seems the world is chock full of people who just aren't very good at their jobs.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

540 On Tim Pool a lawyer guest said he thinks it is 9-3 or 10-2 in favor of not guilty
=====

Sounds like a WAG, but I wonder what he's basing it on.

Maybe something like: 30% of potential jurors were convinced before the trial that KR is a domestic terrorist. His self-defense case was strong enough to persuade every open-minded person, but only strong enough to flip one or two of the Karens.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 11:17 AM (sGnvY)

541 536 Karen the foreperson is browbeating the other eleven.

She better be glad I'm not on that jury. Because I wouldn't hesitate to tell her that I'd rip the table leg off and beat her with it before I'd vote Rittenhouse guilty.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (OCTRt)

I have a feeling no one picking acquittal is going to be convinced by browbeating at this stage... diggin in would have occurred yesterday if not sooner.

Posted by: Inogame at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (7C2Nd)

542 hello all, not to hi jack the thread but...what is the name of the spook that was cheering on the protesters on Jan 6 ??

Posted by: dananjcon at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (u6xw0)

Ray Epps?

Posted by: BignJames at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (AwYPR)

543 524 Trump should fund a McCarthy op candidate.
Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 11:14 AM (2xGy+)

This. It should not be hard to bounce a congressman from that district. The bad news is that we'll be stuck with Scalise, who isn't really much better. Considering that the Democrats almost literally killed the guy, I'm a little surprised by that.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (bMboH)

544 Humor me....
Is the rittenhouse jury foreperson the silverback white ape with two X chromosomes?

That's a guilty holdout, lover of dark complected individuals if I ever saw one.... (Which is cool....to each their own....but damn....the defense should have ditched that one)..
Posted by: Hold My Montrachet

Sometimes in jury selection, the Defense and the Prosecution are allowed "x number" of rejections of jurors. Maybe the Defense used up all their juror rejection numbers and these were the LEAST objectionable people left in the pool of jurors.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (vcOmj)

545 " logic of re-arranging the store aisles is to keep you in the store longer and therefore purchase more."

Aldi's made some big changes ... and the cashier always asks "Did you find everything OK". I hadn't thought about that much, but maybe that is their mechanism for getting feedback on their schemes to make shoppers go down more aisles.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (Cus5s)

546 It seems the world is chock full of people who just aren't very good at their jobs.....
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

This, exactly.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (4I/2K)

547 Nothing is more bitter or deranged than a liberal, White woman.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (juH8z)

548 Noodus simianus major

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (txdEq)

549 Monkey nood

Posted by: AoSHQ Marketing Dept. at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (PiwSw)

550 Nothing is more bitter or deranged than a liberal, White woman.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:19 AM (juH8z)

Can't be done.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

551 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (FVME7)
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AW, we talked a bit about this silliness in the MR thread and, by acclaim, the winning comment is in the sidebar. No idea who this babe is, but she's publicly made a complete ass of her self.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 11:20 AM (TNYo7)

552 Posted by: dananjcon at November 19, 2021 11:12 AM (u6xw0)

Ray Epps?
Posted by: BignJames at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (AwYPR)

Thats it...thanks.

Posted by: dananjcon at November 19, 2021 11:20 AM (u6xw0)

553 Zero defects, eh?

We're now trying a "zero-bug" policy at work, but what that means in practice is mostly that we decide that things aren't actually bugs and close the reports as "Won't Fix".

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 10:58 AM (sGnvY)

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Yes, I was a workaholic perfectionist (80 - 100 hours weeks) who burned out every couple years, quit, vowed I'd change careers ... and then kept going back.

Somebody finally convinced me (at age 40) to do so, and I subsequently got a wife and a life: "A workaholic is like an alcoholic -- they're running away from something."

But I did roll out a number of systems, when I could fully code them (back in the minicomputer and mainframe days, on Tandem systems), that had zero defects and bugs on Day One. Zero ambiguity in what the customer specs (that I wrote) were and how they were ultimately implemented.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 11:21 AM (H5elZ)

554 I have always thought it should be 12-0 to convict but only 10-2 to acquit. This is a perfect example of why.

I absolutely disdain the entire process of deliberations. Now we've got self-appointed lawyers in that room trying to convince each other.

Put 'em in their own rooms until they write down their own verdict in a sealed envelope that only they control. Once they've all got an envelope ready to go - each juror directly places their envelope in an empty, see through tumbler. Give it a few spins, and open them one by one.

FWIW - I am definitely the guy that would tell KarenForman "Not guilty, and blow it out your See You Next Tuesday ass". Have received a few jury notices - never had to sit on one. Never wanted to, either. I'll try to disqualify myself. Won't be hard.

Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 11:21 AM (s4uRb)

555 24 Reminds me of that "Dancer's Morning" ad from Folgers so many years ago: https://tinyurl.com/ydxws9zd

One of the most effective ads ever!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 19, 2021 09:35 AM (txdEq)

Must have been in the middle of the Lord of the Dance craze. They're doing Irish Step dancing. And the lead is a Ginger.

Posted by: Fox2! at November 19, 2021 11:21 AM (qyH+l)

556 Wait the Karen's out. They will eventually become bored and FOMO of the outside world will set in.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 11:21 AM (2xGy+)

557 >>>On the way we passed a classroom where some teaching course was going on and it looked like Kindergarten for young adults. They were making collages.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 19, 2021 11:15 AM (Do5/p)

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I was a PE major and even we were required to take classes on how much "create" posters, bulletin board, collages, etc. The elementary ed. majors would spend hours upon hours on that stuff.

Posted by: Turn Two at November 19, 2021 11:22 AM (H1eAg)

558 Biden is in the 30s approval. Does that stop Dems from pushing through their agenda? Fuck no.

One reason they want to tank the economy is to pass a new $3 Trillion Economic Recovery Plan. It's wash-rise-repeat with the Tax and Spend Democrats.

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 11:22 AM (AMIL/)

559 Why is a 79 year old man getting a colonoscopy? He will be dead before any polyp they find ever turns into a clinically significant cancer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 10:04 AM (0ryfU)

Maybe they are looking for his brain?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2021 11:22 AM (P3gRi)

560 Can't be done.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)
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My wife is an immigrant. I was explaining things in this country to her.

She was surprised to find out that we're really not racist....but the divide between libs and conservatives in this country....shocked her.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:24 AM (juH8z)

561 FWIW - I am definitely the guy that would tell KarenForman "Not guilty, and blow it out your See You Next Tuesday ass". Have received a few jury notices - never had to sit on one. Never wanted to, either. I'll try to disqualify myself. Won't be hard.

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I'd say this, there are probably too many who don't want to serve on a jury that would actually make good jury members. So we don't really get the best people, and then we complain about the juries.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 19, 2021 11:24 AM (sX1BW)

562 Wait her out.
Her cats can only survive so long without food.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:26 AM (juH8z)

563 That's a beautiful sight to see. Thanks, CBD.
What's made so clear, by the setting, is that these are not the very best dancers in the world. And yet they are talented far above lesser humans. There's so much talent out there.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 11:27 AM (nzEdf)

564 Sometimes in jury selection, the Defense and the Prosecution are allowed "x number" of rejections of jurors. Maybe the Defense used up all their juror rejection numbers and these were the LEAST objectionable people left in the pool of jurors.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 19, 2021 11:18 AM (vcOmj)
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Thank you. Didn't know.

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 19, 2021 11:28 AM (juH8z)

565 "Did Degas ever paint a portrait? His lighting here is like he's purposely avoiding having to render a face."

Degas' early paintings are quite conventional, more like those of Manet than Monet. He spent some time in New Orleans, and his painting of the cotton exchange could have been done by any number of talented but middle-of-the-road 19th-century artists. The Art Institute of Chicago has several portraits by him, including a dual portrait of his uncle and the uncle's young daughter, which are quite well done - not quite Sargent-quality, but good.

Posted by: Nemo at November 19, 2021 01:28 PM (S6ArX)

566 All the Ballarinas must Piroet Upon their Musical Toes

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 19, 2021 06:10 PM (wGqjj)

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