Mid-Morning Art Thread

Head Of An Old Man
Jan Lievens

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Dide

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (U2p+3)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Firsted on my own petard

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (w9Wax)

4 Dude

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (U2p+3)

5 More like 'Beard of an Old Man."

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

6
Sort of a George C. Scott as Scrooge vibe.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 08:30 AM (s2VJv)

7 False.

I also see his shoulders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

8 Joe Bidens good years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (yrol0)

9 Abbey Normal?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (w9Wax)

10 Thyroid Eye Disease on his right. He should get that checked.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

11 "Disgruntled Santa Clause"

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

12 I like it

Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 15, 2021 08:31 AM (BC84A)

13 "WTF did I do last night? I'm never drinking tequila again!"

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (OCTRt)

14 Hmm, I see the gentlemen in the painting uses the same person to inject the botox as Joe.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (2SdPm)

15 I think I shall put Head for an Old Man on my Christmas List.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (yrol0)

16 Once this prior art had been established, no one could patent the comb-over.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (w9Wax)

17 Give him a sign and stand him on a corner and I see this guy every time I go out

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (89OU7)

18 Very nicely executed glabella.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (PiwSw)

19 Wonderful portrait

Posted by: Tuna at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM (gLRfa)

20 On a more serious note, I like the way the artist managed to capture age and melancholy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (2SdPm)

21 He looks kind of familiar. Very good job rendering the texture of his temples and of the beard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (c6xtn)

22 The look on his face screams, "Pull my finger!!"

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (+S1Fy)

23 The face looks very realistic. I would give it high marks for technique but would not hang.

Posted by: Iris at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (DibdT)

24 Stoic.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (/hXfz)

25 Image captured shortly after he yelled "GET OFF MY LAWN!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

26 The beard would come in handy for concealing M & Ms.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (c6xtn)

27 The beard would come in handy for concealing M & Ms.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 08:33 AM (c6xtn)

***

Or a small ferret...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 15, 2021 08:34 AM (flINI)

28 Fagan?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 15, 2021 08:34 AM (Irn0L)

29 He's staring down at the dog who just pooped on the floor.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 08:34 AM (Y0dLt)

30 ".....and I would've succeeded too, if it weren't for these meddling kids....."

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

31 Beard is not real, because he has a mole on his face.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (w9Wax)

32 His beard still smells of stale beer and brothel.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Love the way the hair and beard are so soft, and the face stands out in sharper detail.

Posted by: skywch at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (QVgqY)

34 Fagan?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 15, 2021 08:34 AM (Irn0L)

***

Probably hetero

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (flINI)

35 Is this a series? Can't wait to see Ass of an Old Man

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (89OU7)

36 He's a large old man.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

37 The beard is very nicely rendered.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 08:35 AM (mD/uy)

38 Needs more lithium.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 15, 2021 08:36 AM (wAnMi)

39 Looks like a guy who would say the sea was angry.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:36 AM (s0W+3)

40 Give him a sign and stand him on a corner and I see this guy every time I go out
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

"Repent! The end is near!"

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:36 AM (OCTRt)

41 Looks like a guy who would say the sea was angry.
Posted by: Joe XiDen

Old man who yells at clouds.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (OCTRt)

42 His beard still smells of stale beer and brothel.
Posted by: Sponge

Ugh! I'm eating here!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (mD/uy)

43 I like this, but something about part of the hair and beard is off-putting. I think the artist did a great job with most of it, but then added a few unnaturally thick looking hairs that make him look like he was hit in the beard with thin spaghetti.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (m+jkK)

44
Ugh! I'm eating here!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (mD/uy)

I am too, actually. I see it's going to be a day of bad decisions all around......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

45 His beard still smells of stale beer and brothel.
Posted by: Sponge

Ugh! I'm eating here!
Posted by: Tonypete

Not anymore you're not!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (OCTRt)

46 I think the artist did a great job with most of it, but then added a few unnaturally thick looking hairs that make him look like he was hit in the beard with thin spaghetti.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (m+jkK)

Damn...tough crowd!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (Q9lwr)

47 41

Yeah I see what you mean.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (s0W+3)

48 but then added a few unnaturally thick looking hairs that make him look like he was hit in the beard with thin spaghetti.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:37 AM (m+jkK

Angel Hair Pasta, after the food fight in the school cafeteria.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

49 Looks like Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

50 This is astonishingly good. The level of detail is spectacular and I can really feel the weight of his years and experience.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (3p5uk)

51 James Thurber's "Get Ready!" Man.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM (dfRN6)

52 Alternate title:

"If I get one more call about buying an extended warranty, Ima gonna hurt somebody..."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (PiwSw)

53 It's Groundskeeper Willie's older brother!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

54 There's a really strange technique here. The face is hyper realistic with meticulous blending, shading, and detail. The beard starts off that way but then the artist adds numerous thick, solid brushstrokes. To me, these make the work look unfinished, AND they also make the beard look scraggly and wild. It's weird. They both add to and take away from the work.

Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)

55 I think that's the old man who keeps buying all of the TempTee cream cheese.

The old bastard is going to ruin the Yom Kippur break fast for millions of people!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (Q9lwr)

56 Guess he didn't have two bits.....

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (arJlL)

57 At least it wasn't a portrait of the butt of an old man.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (MH0eD)

58 The beard starts off that way but then the artist adds numerous thick, solid brushstrokes. To me, these make the work look unfinished, AND they also make the beard look scraggly and wild. It's weird. They both add to and take away from the work.
Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)

.......AND the tough crowd just got tougher.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

59 He just realized that rare tulip he spent his life savings to buy is worth diddlysquat.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (Y0dLt)

60 WHIPPERSNAPPERS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (XOHmk)

61 Beard is not real, because he has a mole on his face.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021

***
A mole? Looks more like a vole to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (c6xtn)

62 It's Kevin's neighbor from Home Alone.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

63 Damn...tough crowd!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:38 AM

I like the painting, but it really does jump out at me. Like skywch said above, he made most of the beard and hair appear very soft and realistic, then...bam...pasta.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (m+jkK)

64 Use to be a natural stone mountain of him, saw it as a kid in NH

Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (BC84A)

65 The Old Man is very, very disappointed with you.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (9Fwwf)

66 Beard is not real, because he has a mole on his face.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021

He's thankful it wasn't an otter.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Man? I hope someone asked them how they self identify before labeling them a man.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (4thlk)

68 They both add to and take away from the work.

Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)

RedMindBlueState called my attention to that a few minutes ago. I hadn't really noticed, and chose the work because of its pleasing colors and the hard focus on the face contrasting with the softer beard.

But now I can't unsee it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (Q9lwr)

69 What an ugly subject. Would flush

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (ONvIw)

70 Much better than Balls of an Old Man.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (Y5qcH)

71 John Bell Hood still stewing over Longstreet's refusal to let him move past the Union left flank the second day at Gettysburg.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (dfRN6)

72 It's Groundskeeper Willie's older brother!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021

***
"If it doesn't have a beard, it's CRAP!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (c6xtn)

73 Man? I hope someone asked them how they self identify before labeling them a man.
Posted by: lowandslow

"Old Woman!"

"MAN!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (mD/uy)

74 You are looking at the next contest at in the 2028 Olympics womens boxing event.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (s0W+3)

75 At least it wasn't a portrait of the butt of an old man.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (MH0eD)

That can be arranged...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (Q9lwr)

76 But now I can't unsee it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM

You're welcome!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (m+jkK)

77 Head of old man? Just one? Hey check out my duffel bag, I've got 8 of them!!!!

Posted by: Archer at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (gmo/4)

78
That can be arranged...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (Q9lwr)

THIS is why we can't have nice things.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

79 At least it wasn't a portrait of the butt of an old man.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 15, 2021 08:40 AM (MH0eD)

That can be arranged...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:43 AM

Just don't give us Scrotum of an Old Man.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (m+jkK)

80
"Old Woman!"

"MAN!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (mD/uy)

WABBIT season!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

81 He's not looking at anything. He's just looking.

Posted by: huerfano at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (MzKgG)

82 Now I have the hankering for some Smith Brothers cough drops.

Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (VJsqe)

83 His mouth is lost in the mists of time.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (Y0dLt)

84 At least his nose hair isn't unkempt.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 15, 2021 08:44 AM (PiwSw)

85 Painting of Jack Dorsey

Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

86 There's a really strange technique here. The face is hyper realistic with meticulous blending, shading, and detail. The beard starts off that way but then the artist adds numerous thick, solid brushstrokes. To me, these make the work look unfinished, AND they also make the beard look scraggly and wild. It's weird. They both add to and take away from the work.
Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:39 AM (OyyDO)
*********
Perhaps the artist wanted to convey that the old man had poor grooming habits.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

87 RedMindBlueState called my attention to that a few minutes ago. I hadn't really noticed, and chose the work because of its pleasing colors and the hard focus on the face contrasting with the softer beard.

But now I can't unsee it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2021 08:42 AM (Q9lwr)

The rendering of the face is superb tho. The wrinkles and creases in the face. The piercing eyes. The high domed forehead. Except for the beard, it reminds me of the old portraits from the Roman Republican era, like this one.

https://tinyurl.com/3ydm83za

Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM (OyyDO)

88 Would we really be able to tell if it was an old man's ass or Brie Larsen's?

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM (Y0dLt)

89 Beard is not real, because he has a mole on his face.

I was told there would be no propositional logic.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM (nfrXX)

90 Crap! Who changed the channel again?

Posted by: Bruce at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM (vd8XM)

91 The Personification of Pepperidge Farm Remembering.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM (m+jkK)

92 Needs aviator glasses.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 15, 2021 08:47 AM (Y0dLt)

93 Bring me The Head Of An Old Man!

Posted by: Art Patron at September 15, 2021 08:47 AM (XHhHI)

94 Old bastard's been collecting a social security ponzi check for far too long.

Would Not Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2021 08:47 AM (/1l9x)

95
Catch a lot of food in that beard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2021 08:47 AM (PZ9P9)

96 Pondering mortality.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (TZgEk)

97 The rendering of the face is superb tho. The wrinkles and creases in the face. The piercing eyes. The high domed forehead. Except for the beard, it reminds me of the old portraits from the Roman Republican era, like this one.

https://tinyurl.com/3ydm83za
Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:46 AM

Concur. The rest of the face and hair are so well rendered, I think that's why the beard is so distracting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (m+jkK)

98 Every time he eats he has to cough up a hairball.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (Y0dLt)

99 " Bring me The Head Of An Old Man!"

Would you settle for a painting of a shrubbery?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (3D/fK)

100 No bewbs, snipers, or unfortunate canoe accidents?

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (xopIz)

101 100, perhaps?

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (TZgEk)

102 Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.

Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (VJsqe)

103 This is not something I would have hanging on my wall.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

104 That's the Dirty Harry temple vein getting ready to bust.

Posted by: gp Would Like To Speak To A Manager at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (qpX6U)

105 Yeah. Looking with disdain from the upper story window at the kids on his lawn.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (o2MD2)

106 The Dogma of Original Sin explained in 15 seconds by a two year old.

https://www.barnhardt.biz/

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (xopIz)

107 "Cornflakes again!"

Posted by: Old Man at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (XHhHI)

108 If this is suppose to be for the 'ettes, it's a fail.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

109 An old man deep in thought "What was the name of that wench that gave the great blowjobs....."

Posted by: Paladin at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (7qvpm)

110 Yeah. Looking with disdain from the upper story window at the kids on his lawn.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

And not remembering that it has been a city park for 20 years

Posted by: Bruce at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (vd8XM)

111 103 This is not something I would have hanging on my wall.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

Put it in the closet?

--Dorian Gray

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (TZgEk)

112 He's disappointed that he did not receive an invitation to the Met Gala.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 08:49 AM (w9Wax)

113 Old people should be seen and not beard.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (oEn12)

114 Perhaps the artist wanted to convey that the old man had poor grooming habits.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

I just thought the old man was helping his infant grandson eat spaghetti.

Posted by: Kris at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (OyyDO)

115 Vivid.

Dutch painters really are good with human figures.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (lMxC2)

116 Try our new cookie flavor, Dutch Fur.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (Y0dLt)

117 Needs aviator glasses.
Posted by: Joe Biden

Needs a table, a glass, and a bottle of Old Grandad whiskey.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (OCTRt)

118 "My name is... my name is... think! think!"

Posted by: Old Man at September 15, 2021 08:50 AM (XHhHI)

119 THEY SHIT MT PANTS... AGAIN!!!

Posted by: Old Joe Bide, glaring into his skivvies at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (3D/fK)

120 This is not something I would have hanging on my wall.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2021 08:48 AM

I dunno. I think I'd hang it in the library. If I had a library.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (m+jkK)

121 Old man with a beard. I fucking hate shaving with passion. The only thing I hate worse than shaving is the damn stubble of a beard, and the feeling of never actually being clean when I let it grow out. I'm screwed.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (o2MD2)

122 Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (yrol0)

123 "I still think a reasonable prosecutor WOULD have charged her!"

- old man

Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (VJsqe)

124 They think you're talking about Dylan Thomas, whoever he was.

*****

Dylan Thomas Had It Wrong - a limerick

Dylan Thomas' advice as we age:
"'gainst the dying of the light you should rage"
But time is never wrong
So sing your funeral song
Accept it, and turn that final page

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 08:52 AM (m45I2)

125 Needs a table, a glass, and a bottle of Old Grandad whiskey.
Posted by: rickb223

When asked by others how he has lived so long, he tells them, a shot of whiskey for breakfast and two cigars a day.
When they leave, he laughs his ass off

Posted by: Bruce at September 15, 2021 08:52 AM (vd8XM)

126 Accept it, and turn that final page
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 08:52 AM

I turned a lot of pages.

Posted by: Zombie Gerry Studds at September 15, 2021 08:52 AM (m+jkK)

127 Old man with a beard. I fucking hate shaving with passion. The only thing I hate worse than shaving is the damn stubble of a beard, and the feeling of never actually being clean when I let it grow out. I'm screwed.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

Fist bump.
Now do Texas in the summer. I can't stand it. The heat makes me want to scratch my face off.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (OCTRt)

128 Joe doesn't look like that and he's as old as dirt.

Posted by: dingbat at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (rNXR7)

129 Upon closer inspection that's a fried egg in his beard. He's saving it for later.

Anyone with a beard knows this is the way.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (BFigT)

130 Re Cali recall

It was a pipe dream to think it would ever happen. Sure there was cheating there is always cheating. But it was such a blowout that it was legit. I trust Trafalgar polls and they had it a blowout as well.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (s0W+3)

131 More from Norm:

Norm Macdonald
@normmacdonald
At times, the joy that life attacks me with is unbearable and leads to gasping hysterical laughter. I find myself completely out of control and wonder how could life could surprise me again and again and again, so completely. How could a man be a cynic? It is a sin.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (TZgEk)

132 "I still think a reasonable prosecutor WOULD have charged her!"

- old man
Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:51 AM (VJsqe)
---
Well, so did FBI Prosecutor James Baker, in an honest moment.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (XHhHI)

133 Joe doesn't look like that and he's as old as dirt.
Posted by: dingbat at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (rNXR7)
++++
Dude int he portrait didn't have access to hair plugs, veneers, botox and plastic surgery.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:54 AM (3p5uk)

134 He isn't old. He is only 30.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:54 AM (mdgQ7)

135 133 Joe doesn't look like that and he's as old as dirt.
Posted by: dingbat at September 15, 2021 08:53 AM (rNXR7)
++++
Dude in the portrait didn't have access to hair plugs, veneers, botox and plastic surgery.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:54 AM (3p5uk)

========

Or he did and chose not to use them because vanity is a sin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

136 Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 08:52 AM (m45I2)

That's a good one, Muldoon. More of a poem than a limerick, imo.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (oEn12)

137 A man that old with a beard like that, and his eyebrows look normal and in control? Not buying it. They should look like woolie-bears over his eyese.

Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (VJsqe)

138 He isn't old. He is only 30.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:54 AM (mdgQ7)
++++
Life came at him particularly fast...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (3p5uk)

139 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself. Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.

Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

140 Sunny McSunnyface
@sunnyright
8h
My hot California take is two-fold:

1) It was ridiculous Republicans thought they'd win this. California is lost my dudes and has been.

2) Democrats and their media hacks are waaaaay too cocky for a Democratic Governor managing to survive in . . . California

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (TZgEk)

141 139 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself. Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.
Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

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If only Comrade Biden knew.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

142 Cali needs every inch of what they get without lube. Yesterday was alot of chickens coming home to roost. They voted their way into it for 30 years.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:56 AM (mdgQ7)

143 Chemo and radiation will take care of that beard. At least on one side of your face, left me looking like I have mange. But the old guy in the above picture with that beard, he's thinking 'I wish I'd left California sooner.'

Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2021 08:56 AM (0OP+5)

144 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 15, 2021 08:47 AM (lMxC2)

Willowed: HF I put some scientific ivermectin links at the bottom of the last thread. Nothing you'll need a password for.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 08:56 AM (ONvIw)

145 140 2) Democrats and their media hacks are waaaaay too cocky for a Democratic Governor managing to survive in . . . California
Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (TZgEk)

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It'd be like DeSantis getting recalled and surviving.

"The taint of this recall effort, even if unsuccessful, will prevent DeSantis from ever gaining higher office."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (LvTSG)

146 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself. Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.

Kalorama chose him to go under the bus as a stray voltage thing. It's classic Obama.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (ZGrMX)

147 He looks Grandfatherly. I never knew my Grandfathers as they were both killed when I was little. I often wonder what I missed.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (o2MD2)

148 Both Cali and the US can be divided into time periods

Before Reagan, After Reagan.

He seemed to energize the left to a faster path of destruction.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (mdgQ7)

149 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself.

Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions.

If it doesn't include a room and a 1911 with one bullet, (makes shake weight motion) ...

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (OCTRt)

150 How much did gavin win by?

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (GbGWf)

151 Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.

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I'd feel better if the agreed opinion was to hang him.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (sX1BW)

152 148 Both Cali and the US can be divided into time periods

Before Reagan, After Reagan.

He seemed to energize the left to a faster path of destruction.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:57 AM (mdgQ7)

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And then Trump decided to run for president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (LvTSG)

153 Heh. Life is funny. I checked my email and there is one from a recruiter about a job in San Francisco. My standard reply to them is not a fucking chance in hell I am Moving to your state. Diplomatically stayed of course.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (s0W+3)

154 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself. Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.
Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
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So the anger on the Hill isn't that he's a traitor, but that he said the quiet parts out loud?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (3p5uk)

155 And how about Nanzi's hubris in calling Trump "fat ass."

Looked in the mirror in the past half-century, you horrible crone?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (Bmy3R)

156 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (mdgQ7)

157 So the anger on the Hill isn't that he's a traitor, but that he said the quiet parts out loud?

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At least Benedict Arnold was a competent traitor.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (sX1BW)

158 How much did gavin win by?
Posted by: banana Dream

132 million votes to 131 million votes.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (OCTRt)

159 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself. Veterans on Capitol Hill are discussing next actions. The agreed opinion is he must go, but that media sycophants will attempt to protect him.
Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
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A lot of people say Milley committed treason. I say no. He promised a foreign official he would commit treason.

And as he has no operational authority and his JOB was to advise the President in military matters. Plus, as I understand it, he violated all sorts of clauses of the Military Code of Justice and *should* be up for a Court Martial.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (XHhHI)

160 Heh. Life is funny. I checked my email and there is one from a recruiter about a job in San Francisco. My standard reply to them is not a fucking chance in hell I am Moving to your state. Diplomatically stayed of course.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at September 15, 2021 08:58 AM (s0W+3)
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I am flattered and pleased that you are considering me for the position. I am definitely interested in pursuing a career change with your company, though being located in California is a deal-breaker. If we can reach an accommodation on remote work and compensation, I am interested in pursuing this to the next stage!

Sock 'em for remote work and California pay scales...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (3p5uk)

161 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him?

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$$$$$

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (sX1BW)

162 156 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.
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Mmm, Obama is a CIA actor?

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (/MaDp)

163 How much did gavin win by?

360,000,000

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (mdgQ7)

164 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself.

One thing's for sure: we're being lied to.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (CTJwJ)

165 At least one of Milley's calls to China was intercepted by a partner nation targeting PRC leadership and resulted in a FVEY rocket of "WTF" to Meade and Bolling, per IC official

Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

166 A lot of people say Milley committed treason. I say no. He promised a foreign official he would commit treason.

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That's treason in my book. Why squabble over details.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (sX1BW)

167 360,000,000
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 09:00 AM (mdgQ7)

That's impressive.

Posted by: Kim Jong Fun-Yun at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (Bmy3R)

168 156 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (mdgQ7)

They get payoffs later in some fashion. No show jobs in some worthless NGO or book advances. No media coverage, of course, but they end up fine in the end.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (UuD2k)

169 I know how he feels.

Posted by: red speck at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (gS3OW)

170 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (mdgQ7)
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I think Obama was really good at selling the managerial state as if it were real socialism, and then turning to the other side and pointing out it wasn't really socialism.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (XHhHI)

171 Five Eyes (FVEY)

Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

172 Sock 'em for remote work and California pay scales...

Trust us, you'll earn every penny when you move here.

Posted by: SF Street Sweeping, Inc. at September 15, 2021 09:02 AM (DMQdU)

173 Is the fifth eye the brown one?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (mdgQ7)

174 The first time I saw a Fisherman's Friend commercial was with the TV sound muted, I thought it was a condom commercial because of the individual-lozenge packaging they showed at the end!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (UHVv4)

175 Who put Milley in Trump's orbit? I don't think Trump picked him out of thin air. He was recommended by someone. It wasn't McConnell who steered a lot of appointees to Teh Donald, it was someone else I think.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (BFigT)

176 170 I think Obama was really good at selling the managerial state as if it were real socialism, and then turning to the other side and pointing out it wasn't really socialism.
Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (XHhHI)

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"It's despotism with extra steps."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (LvTSG)

177 156 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (mdgQ7)

He's a religious figure.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (ONvIw)

178 A lot of people say Milley committed treason. I say no. He promised a foreign official he would commit treason.

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That's treason in my book. Why squabble over details.
Posted by: SH

Providing aid or comfort. Aid in allowing the other side to plan because they knew our response in advance because they were given assurances.

That's aid.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (OCTRt)

179 A lot of people say Milley committed treason. I say no. He promised a foreign official he would commit treason.
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That's treason in my book. Why squabble over details.
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:01 AM (sX1BW)
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Because China is not an enemy at a time of war. They would be in the scenario Milley suggested. The Federalist papers detail why "treason" is narrowly defined. And it is narrowly defined.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (XHhHI)

180 If he smokes a pipe, the aroma will never come out of that beard. (For him, that might be a plus.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:04 AM (c6xtn)

181 Very nicely executed glabella.

*****

Thanks for mentioning the glabella, which evokes Muldoon's pediatric trivia item #105:

The glabellar reflex is a primitive neurologic reflex present in newborns. Gently tapping a finger between the infant's eyebrows will result in blinking of the eyes, but with continued tapping the eye blinks subside.

But my all time favorite newborn reflex is the asymmetric tonic neck reflex, also known as the 'fencing' reflex. Turning an infant's head toward one side (chin-to-shoulder) results in the arm on that side eextending, while the arm on the opposite side flexes (like reaching up toward his ear). Those of you with access to infants can try this at home. It's even better if you forcefully say "En garde!!" while performing this maneuver. Enjoy!!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:04 AM (m45I2)

182 Milley's fate is in the hands of CNN and MSNBC. Lucky guy.

Posted by: Ziba at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (S1hrL)

183 It's like back before RICO laws and the sentences were not as long, the Mob would pay some low level career criminal plead guilty to a crime he didn't even commit so the higher ups could skate.

There's a market for being the fall guy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (UuD2k)

184 Trump always assumed generals leaned right. It was an easy sell. You would think that after Kelly, McMaster, McCrystal, Petreaus, and Mattis he would have known better.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (mdgQ7)

185 Who put Milley in Trump's orbit? I don't think Trump picked him out of thin air. He was recommended by someone. It wasn't McConnell who steered a lot of appointees to Teh Donald, it was someone else I think.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2021 09:03 AM (BFigT)
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Trump, for some reason, seems to have thought that a lot of generals in his administration meant a lot of pragmatic--perhaps conservative--administrators.

This is a misjudgment.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (XHhHI)

186 Because China is not an enemy at a time of war. They would be in the scenario Milley suggested. The Federalist papers detail why "treason" is narrowly defined. And it is narrowly defined.
Posted by: Axeman

By that definition, there has been no treason since 1945 because we haven't declared war.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (OCTRt)

187 Cue the Milley votive candles.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (Bmy3R)

188 But my all time favorite newborn reflex is the asymmetric tonic neck reflex, also known as the 'fencing' reflex. Turning an infant's head toward one side (chin-to-shoulder) results in the arm on that side eextending, while the arm on the opposite side flexes (like reaching up toward his ear). Those of you with access to infants can try this at home. It's even better if you forcefully say "En garde!!" while performing this maneuver. Enjoy!!
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:04 AM

I'm definitely doing this the next time a friend has a kid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:06 AM (m+jkK)

189 Because China is not an enemy at a time of war. They would be in the scenario Milley suggested. The Federalist papers detail why "treason" is narrowly defined. And it is narrowly defined.

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In my living Constitution, China is an Enemy. Hang him. That should be our starting offer.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:06 AM (sX1BW)

190 >>A lot of people say Milley committed treason. I say no. He promised a foreign official he would commit treason.

I guess I'm left wondering what Milley was getting/had gotten in exchange for that plege?

There was also his work with Pelosi and Schumer. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2021 09:07 AM (+Rh4C)

191 Muldoon - I have a 12 month old here today - to old to exhibit the reflexes mentioned?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:07 AM (mD/uy)

192 I doubt Milley goes. They're going to give it a week or so for the media to do it's job of ignoring this and go from there. All he has to do is sit through a couple hearings and lie through his teeth and soon it will all be forgotten.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 15, 2021 09:07 AM (4thlk)

193 170 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him? His machine is really good at diffusing blame across a multitude of nameless people, but when someone needs to fall for him, they always do it eagerly.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 08:59 AM (mdgQ7

Simple. Black democratium.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:08 AM (Fs5vw)

194 156 What is it about Obama that makes people want to fall on their sword for him?

They're shallow and gullible enough to believe the words coming out of his mouth, yet refuse to believe the evidence of his treachery by examining his actions. They've judged the book by its cover, just like Trump, whom they hate because of his brash exterior, so they fail to even consider the wisdom of his policies with evidence all around them.

Posted by: red speck at September 15, 2021 09:08 AM (gS3OW)

195 By that definition, there has been no treason since 1945 because we haven't declared war.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (OCTRt)

Yep. That certainly helps Milley. But China is the manufacturer for the US, so it will be hard to label them the enemy, won't it? Richie rich will fight that tooth and nail.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:08 AM (ONvIw)

196 That's aid.
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And comfort because he paid for lunch.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 15, 2021 09:08 AM (UHVv4)

197 There was also his work with Pelosi and Schumer. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2021 09:07 AM (+Rh4C)
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Yes. A clear violation of the separation of powers.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (XHhHI)

198 But China is the manufacturer for the US, so it will be hard to label them the enemy, won't it?

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No. The GOP opening offer should be Miley has committed treason and should be hung.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (sX1BW)

199 Methinks we have no real use for JCS other than to play politics. Lets erase the entire outfit.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (/MaDp)

200 If it comes to it, Milley can always announce that he's living the rest of his life as an Polygendered Elfkin

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (Bmy3R)

201 A serious country would do more than fire Milley.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 15, 2021 09:10 AM (/hXfz)

202 Methinks we have no real use for JCS other than to play politics. Lets erase the entire outfit.

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Bingo!

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:10 AM (sX1BW)

203 Obama is a non-denominational religious figure for those who are no longer religious and need a "god" or a prophet. Few people can explain their allegiance to the man, yet it is strong, very strong.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (ONvIw)

204 By that definition, there has been no treason since 1945 because we haven't declared war.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (OCTRt)

Yep. That certainly helps Milley. But China is the manufacturer for the US, so it will be hard to label them the enemy, won't it? Richie rich will fight that tooth and nail.
Posted by: CN

So Snowden, Bergdahl and Assange didn't commit treason either.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (OCTRt)

205 203 Obama is a non-denominational religious figure for those who are no longer religious and need a "god" or a prophet. Few people can explain their allegiance to the man, yet it is strong, very strong.
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (ONvIw)

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They're so much more enlightened because they don't worship a carpenter from 2,000 years ago. Instead they worship a machine politician from Chicago with dark skin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

206 Senator Rand Paul
@RandPaul
13h
I don't care what you think of President Trump, the Chairman of the JCOS working to subvert the military chain of command and collude with China is exactly what we do not accept from military leaders in our country. He should be court martialed if true.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (TZgEk)

207 >>Because China is not an enemy at a time of war.

We were is a trade war as Trump renegotiated trade, with one of his stated opyons being decoupling/ending trade relations.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (+Rh4C)

208 The only purpose of elections is to humiliate and demoralize the enemies of the left by providing a grand orchestrated display of their iron fist's totalitarian might. Same as in all the other totalitarian leftist shitholes.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (GbGWf)

209 If it comes to it, Milley can always announce that he's living the rest of his life as an Polygendered Elfkin
Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (Bmy3R)

He's living that life right now if you listen to his Congressional testimony...

Posted by: Boswell at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (5iUNf)

210 Greetings:

Ambrose Bierce said that a lawyer is one skilled at getting around the law.

If the January 2017 anti-Trump confab in Obama's White House can be disappeared, why not Milley's peccadillo ???

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (uuklp)

211 Alternate title:

"500 Fleas and Some Old Guy They're Living On"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (5NkmN)

212 We know it was a Chairman of the Joint chiefs who made the call, but there are so many chairmen it is impossible to know which one did.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (mdgQ7)

213 His beard still smells of stale beer and brothel.
Posted by: Sponge

I saw Stale Beer and Brothel open for Brewer and Shipley at The Bitter End in '71.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:13 AM (s2VJv)

214 By that definition, there has been no treason since 1945 because we haven't declared war.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:05 AM (OCTRt)
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Well, the founders arguably intended for military action being the result of a declared war. But I can't imagine that aiding the forces you are attacking in military operation fares any better seeing that we have not declared war (I thought both Bushes *did* get a Declaration of war...)

That's always been one of the problems the left wanted to iron over. The official classification of Russia, since the Clinton administration has been "ally". It's hard then to make the claim that Russia is also an "enemy" since you're trying to deprive somebody of their personal freedom over an iffy classification.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:13 AM (XHhHI)

215 No. The GOP opening offer should be Miley has committed treason and should be hung.
Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:09 AM (sX1BW)

Not going to happen, sadly. Labelling your No. 1 business partner an enemy just won't work. If China is our "enemy" then everyone who aids and abets them is a traitor. I think they are, but it will not happen. And many GOPe are attached at the hip with Chinese cheap labor, no EPA manufacturers. They can say "We use responsible Chinese factories" til the end of time, but that doesn't make it true.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:14 AM (ONvIw)

216 211 Alternate title:

"500 Fleas and Some Old Guy They're Living On"
Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2021 09:12 AM (5NkmN)

I saw "500 Fleas and Some Old Guy They're Living On" open for 10,000 Maniacs at the Palladium in '94.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:14 AM (s2VJv)

217 " Mr President....does the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff enjoy your full trust and confidence?"

Posted by: A Question the MSM will never ask at September 15, 2021 09:14 AM (3D/fK)

218 He should be court martialed if true.

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Death is a just punishment for this type of court martial charge.

Again, the GOP opening offer should be hanging.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:14 AM (sX1BW)

219
Milley should be minimally courtmartialed for the willing indoctrination of our troops with Marxist agitprop.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (s2VJv)

220 Again, the GOP opening offer should be hanging.
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Breaking him on the wheel would be good for ratings.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (/MaDp)

221 I saw Stale Beer and Brothel open for Brewer and Shipley at The Bitter End in '71.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021

***
"One toke over the line . . . sittin' downtown in a railway station --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (c6xtn)

222 Not going to happen, sadly.

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Well that I know.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (sX1BW)

223 His more famous work was "Behind Of An Old Lady"

Posted by: Azjaeger at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (3/XaG)

224 219
Milley should be minimally courtmartialed for the willing indoctrination of our troops with Marxist agitprop.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (s2VJv)

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"Not guilty!"
-Other generals who will make up the court martial and also allowed for Marxist indoctrination

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

225 I saw "500 Fleas and Some Old Guy They're Living On" open for 10,000 Maniacs at the Palladium in '94.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:14 AM (s2VJv)

Ivermectin 200 mcg per kg

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (yrol0)

226 have a 12 month old here today - to old to exhibit the reflexes mentioned?
Posted by: Tonypete

******

Yes. Usually gone by about a month of age.

Here's another fun one, the grasp reflex. press your finger firmly into a newborn's palm and the fingers will wrap around your finger tip and hold on. That kind of makes sense from an instinctive feeding standpoint and explains why grown men like. to knead breasts.

But...and here's the fun part...if you press your finger into the sole of a newborn's foot, just below the toes, the toes will do the same grasping action. Not sure how that translates in survival terms...

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (m45I2)

227 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

I take no joy in it, but I was right - there was no way Newsom was going to lose the recall. I said that from the beginning and, as I predicted, it wasn't even close.

Also, to file in the "masks are never going away" file - the two closest towns near to me have just reinstated mask orders for their public buildings, both times by unanimous vote. This isn't about safety anymore (people won't believe you when you tell them the freaking CDC says masks don't work), but magic. Masks are now the wine moms' healing crystals.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (2JVJo)

228 221 "One toke over the line . . . sittin' downtown in a railway station --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:15 AM (c6xtn)

Love that tune. I also quite liked their Indian Mescaline Song on the same (only?) album.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (s2VJv)

229 Babylon Bee
Powerful: AOC Writes 'Tax The Rich' In The Sky With Her Private Jet [see sock link]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

230 Worse case - Milley gets the Big Chicken Dip...but he isn't going to get an Article 94 - but I think at the least he ought to get conduct unbecoming and lowered on rank at a Summary CM, then forced to retire.

We'll see if Punchy and Obama need that here to get past this, they've survived a lot of retarded things in the past just by using the old modified limited hangout technique...

Posted by: Boswell at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (5iUNf)

231 Wakes w
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Thats a great picture. Ive only ever met a couple old dudes with that much beard. Id liked to have known this guy.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (axyOa)

232 A trade war is just another name for heated haggling with a commerce partner.

Wartime and enemy (hopefully declared) make it clear who Americans should not be aiding.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (XHhHI)

233 And let us not forget that the Speaker of the House entered into private plans with Milley.

One can possibly argue that Milley was acting within the chain of command.

But I don't believe the Speaker is ANYWHERE within the current chain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

234 Greetings:

"One step ahead of the shoeshine,
Two steps from the county line."

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (uuklp)

235 1) It was ridiculous Republicans thought they'd win this. California is lost my dudes and has been.

Posted by: m

Californians (present company excluded) do so like to piss into the wind.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (w9Wax)

236
They're so much more enlightened because they don't worship a carpenter from 2,000 years ago. Instead they worship a machine politician from Chicago with dark skin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

People need religion, and will replace unpopular religions with ones that meet their needs. Obama says you should not be "punished with a baby", so lefty women adore him, and his "we are the ones we've been waiting for" elevated his followers to an importance their lives previously lacked.
The statement was demonic due to his platform, but it was brilliant.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (ONvIw)

237 Reduce him in rank to 2ndLt and make him work in the Pentagon.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (/MaDp)

238 Wow!
Muldoon @124.
Dude. You've outdone yourself!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (axyOa)

239 But I can't imagine that aiding the forces you are attacking in military operation fares any better seeing that we have not declared war (I thought both Bushes *did* get a Declaration of war...)

The last time the United States Congress met it's Constitutional mandate officially to declare war by deliberating and voting for the record to engage members of the US military, each of whom takes an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution was 76 years ago, in 1942.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (OCTRt)

240 California - The Melamine State

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (Bmy3R)

241 Greetings:

General Milley should be sentenced to MREs for life !!!

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (uuklp)

242 Do-Over:
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Milley: "I want to understand White rage".

Congressman: "You don't seem to understand what treason is!"

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (XHhHI)

243 >>There was also his work with Pelosi and Schumer. . .

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>>Yes. A clear violation of the separation of powers.

And were these two things related?

Were Pelosi and Schumer in essence working with China behind Trump's back? I recall Pelosi, in Januart 2020, meeting with military leadership and saying they should not follow orders from Trump (because J6) -- was this merely bringing into the open what she had been doing in secret during Trump's presidency? Is this why the lied to him about pulling out of Afghanistan?

I fel like this Milley stiff is a thread that beeds to be pulled -- it wasn't a personal gaffe, it's indicatiive of a shadow government.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (+Rh4C)

244 But I don't believe the Speaker is ANYWHERE within the current chain.

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The Speaker is not in the chain of command at all.

In terms of Chain of Command, I hold the same place as the Speaker.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (sX1BW)

245 236 People need religion, and will replace unpopular religions with ones that meet their needs. Obama says you should not be "punished with a baby", so lefty women adore him, and his "we are the ones we've been waiting for" elevated his followers to an importance their lives previously lacked.
The statement was demonic due to his platform, but it was brilliant.
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (ONvIw)

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And yet, history shows these kinds of "you're fine just how you are" religions are ultimately really unsatisfying to the individual.

"If I'm fine, then what do I need you for?" enters the train of thought at some point after, "I'm fine and yet I'm fucking miserable."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

246 No one kneads breasts!

Posted by: fat dildo-laid-only ever feminist at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (UHVv4)

247 Old Wooden Head

Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (FPtms)

248 General Milley should be sentenced to MREs for life !!!
Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (uuklp)

"Multistrand Rope, Extended"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:20 AM (RHfRB)

249 >>> Yep. That certainly helps Milley. But China is the manufacturer for the US, so it will be hard to label them the enemy, won't it? Richie rich will fight that tooth and nail.
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:08 AM (ONvIw)

I think the rules state they have to send us literal trojan horses. Thousands of giant wooden simulacrums of horses containing hordes of PRC regulars ready to jump out bedecked with spartan helmets that also work as good paintbrushes for hard-to-reach corners. Until then we just have to sit tight and stay mum. The rules seem rather limiting but we're all good citizens of the state.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:20 AM (GbGWf)

250 Think I'm coming down on the side of Milley's sin, according to The System, being that he said the quiet part out loud.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (Bmy3R)

251 Norm Macdonald
@normmacdonald
At times, the joy that life attacks me with is unbearable and leads to gasping hysterical laughter. I find myself completely out of control and wonder how could life could surprise me again and again and again, so completely. How could a man be a cynic? It is a sin.

Fuck, that is a depressing tweet.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (2JVJo)

252 Greetings:

248 General Milley should be sentenced to MREs for life !!!
Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (uuklp)

"Multistrand Rope, Extended"

O.D. ???

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (uuklp)

253 230 Worse case - Milley gets the Big Chicken Dip...but he isn't going to get an Article 94 - but I think at the least he ought to get conduct unbecoming and lowered on rank at a Summary CM, then forced to retire.

We'll see if Punchy and Obama need that here to get past this, they've survived a lot of retarded things in the past just by using the old modified limited hangout technique...
Posted by: Boswell at September 15, 2021 09:16 AM (5iUNf)

IANAL, but this strikes me as perhaps espionage.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (8C7+r)

254 Energy Costs Spike in Europe as Wind Stops Blowing

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Be still, my raging Schadenboner.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (d9FiS)

255 I can't help myself. Muldoon told me that my need to kneade breast was there when I was an infant.

Posted by: SH (Non-Expert) at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (sX1BW)

256 251 Fuck, that is a depressing tweet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (2JVJo)

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Any update on your efforts at a religious exemption?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

257 254 Energy Costs Spike in Europe as Wind Stops Blowing

-
Be still, my raging Schadenboner.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (d9FiS)

=========

"You and me both, comrade."
-Putin

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

258 I'm definitely doing this the next time a friend has a kid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

*****

When my nieces and nephews were born, my brothers used to hate to see me coming, because I would always demonstrate these reflexes. Also great for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM (m45I2)

259 "If I'm fine, then what do I need you for?" enters the train of thought at some point after, "I'm fine and yet I'm fucking miserable."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

That isn't what Obama said. He favored social activism, and the BLM/antifa/occupy stuff. He gave them a way to work for his "fundamental change" and heaven on earth. He did not favor a static society at all

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

260 "Energy Costs Spike in Europe as Wind Stops Blowing "

At least they can count on solar panels, as we head toward winter.....right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:23 AM (3D/fK)

261 231 Wakes w
Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (axyOa)

?

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:23 AM (TZgEk)

262 IANAL, but this strikes me as perhaps espionage.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (8C7+r)
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I definitely think Pelosi is chargeable with espionage.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:23 AM (XHhHI)

263 When my nieces and nephews were born, my brothers used to hate to see me coming, because I would always demonstrate these reflexes. Also great for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM

My buddy in TX is due to become a grandfather in a few months. I'll have to tell him about this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:24 AM (m+jkK)

264 I'm not sure I've seen a photo of Gavin Newsom before today, but good grief that man looks like the ultimate sleezeballl lounge lizard, who's infected with every sexually transmitted disease known to man.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at September 15, 2021 09:24 AM (cSyAR)

265 259 That isn't what Obama said. He favored social activism, and the BLM/antifa/occupy stuff. He gave them a way to work for his "fundamental change" and heaven on earth. He did not favor a static society at all
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

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I'm thinking of it from the perspective of the individual who joins looking for some kind of meaning. The "I'm fine but I'm still miserable" aspect is part and parcel with the "search for Utopia on Earth" aspect of the larger ideology.

It's designed to make miserable people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

266 Be still, my raging Schadenboner.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at September 15, 2021 09:21 AM (d9FiS)

=========

"You and me both, comrade."
-Putin
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM

In Putin's Russia, Schadenboner has you for four hours.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (m+jkK)

267 "One step ahead of the shoeshine,
Two steps from the county line."
Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (uuklp)

I always liked that song, particularly because of the "one step ahead of a shoeshine" line. It makes no sense, and I like pop songs that, when you read the lyric, make no sense at all, but appear to when you are singing or listening to it.

The prime example is Jonathan King's 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," which he wrote on a bet, after being challenged to write a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (2JVJo)

268 The hair is really well done, until you look at the bottom of the beard, where the artist decided to use cans of silly string as his paint medium.

Fail there, dude, fail.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (F0YaR)

269 Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:20 AM (GbGWf)

Yeah the horse have to be literal horses, lol, as we are too stupid to realize that the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" immigrants are, in essence, troops. And so we jump on the silly bandwagon that we should hand them all the STEM spots in our best colleges. I am 100% behind NOT basing admissions on scores alone (these tests are hacked semi-annually)

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (ONvIw)

270 a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM

You mean like "Imagine"?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (m+jkK)

271 237 Reduce him in rank to 2ndLt and make him work in the Pentagon.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (/MaDp)

I'd be happy with a dishonorable discharge. That means no pension, no benefits.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (Fs5vw)

272 Photo of me before coffee.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at September 15, 2021 09:27 AM (FtJ1S)

273 The prime example is Jonathan King's 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," which he wrote on a bet, after being challenged to write a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (2JVJo),

Did someone leave the cake out in the rain again?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:27 AM (axyOa)

274 A hanging judge if I ever saw one.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 15, 2021 09:27 AM (yQpMk)

275 A hanging judge if I ever saw one.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 15, 2021 09:27 AM

Would hang?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:28 AM (m+jkK)

276 No statute of limitations for treason

Posted by: SMOD at September 15, 2021 09:28 AM (RHGPo)

277 Any update on your efforts at a religious exemption?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

I only filed the request yesterday. The mandate doesn't come into effect for a month. I expect to be rejected, in which case, I quit.

Also, in regard to my 1776 friends sharing vax status, I replied vaguely, letting them presume I had the shot. We will see what happens, though if I am directly challenged, I am not going to lie.

Also, TJM, hope to be sending out Dreams to you and others within a couple of weeks. I'm on the last chapter, but with my schedule this week, I probably won't be able to get back to it until Friday afternoon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:28 AM (2JVJo)

278 It's designed to make miserable people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

Even there, Obama gave them an enemy to fight. Hating conservatives, the GOPe, and "white Christian nationalists" makes them very, very happy. They are only miserable as we still exist.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:28 AM (ONvIw)

279 A hanging judge if I ever saw one.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Judge Roy Bean.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (OCTRt)

280 The prime example is Jonathan King's 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," which he wrote on a bet, after being challenged to write a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (2JVJo)
++++
Italian star Adriano Celentano wrote a song that was actually gibberish. He looked at the huge popularity of English-language rock and roll in Italy combined with the relative lack of competent English speakers in that country, and this led him to do an experiment. He wrote a song that *sounds* like English but actually has no real words in it other than "all right." It uses common English sounds/morphemes/phonemes/etc., but the words are just gibberish.

The song was reasonably successful, but as a native English speaker it's incredibly weird. I keep looking for words. It sounds *almost* like words, but not quite - sort of like listening to a radio playing a couple of rooms over.
https://youtu.be/_g6YxkSqL20

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (3p5uk)

281 271 237 Reduce him in rank to 2ndLt and make him work in the Pentagon.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:18 AM (/MaDp)

I'd be happy with a dishonorable discharge. That means no pension, no benefits.
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You have no idea what being a former 4 star 2ndLt working in the Pentagon would be like. Its like being killed over and over again.

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (/MaDp)

282 Word of caution: If you are going to look for the fencing reflex, please turn the head gently. It's not like you're trying to force open a pickle jar.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (m45I2)

283 Seems to me that if Dems want to make the argument that the Logan Act is in play, that Milley violated the Logan Act.

This cannot be said of Flynn, unless the Obama administration wants to come forward and say that Flynn subverted the American policy of a vindictive action on Russia/Putin's part to retaliate for the expulsion of delegates, Flynn's one general message of "Don't go overboard" hardly thwarts the diplomacy of the short-lived Obama administration.

Meanwhile, "I promise I'll tell you if we attack you" would run as a direct contradiction to the administration policy unless an administration were to "accidently plan an attack" against China.

It's clear that if the Logan Act is in play, Milley violates it, it is still farcical that Flynn did.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (XHhHI)

284 >>> The prime example is Jonathan King's 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," which he wrote on a bet, after being challenged to write a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (2JVJo)

Indagadadavida. Bart's version of that on the church organ was the best version.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (GbGWf)

285 277 Also, TJM, hope to be sending out Dreams to you and others within a couple of weeks. I'm on the last chapter, but with my schedule this week, I probably won't be able to get back to it until Friday afternoon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:28 AM (2JVJo)

========

I look forward to it.

I'm finalizing the design for the cover of The Sharp Kid, and I'm hoping to get that up on Amazon by the start of October.

It needs a quick re-look especially in the first chapter (Mark pointing out some things that needed work there that I agree with), but I'll finally publish something new.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

286 You mean like "Imagine"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (m+jkK)

My former congregation elevated that to a hymn!

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (ONvIw)

287 Put Milley on KP or toilet patrol.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (XHhHI)

288 Reduce him in rank to 2ndLt and make him work in the Pentagon.
Posted by: Puddin Head

with a compass and a map.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (mD/uy)

289 "but as a native English speaker it's incredibly weird. I keep looking for words. It sounds *almost* like words, but not quite - sort of like listening to ~~a radio playing a couple of rooms over~~ * Joe Biden speaking off script. "

*Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (3D/fK)

290 depressing tweet
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Not at all. CS Lewis wrote 'Surprised by Joy' about his spiritual journeys.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (MIKMs)

291 You mean like "Imagine"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:26 AM (m+jkK)

I know that's a joke, but no. "Imagine" at least makes some attempt at making a point. "Moon" has a verse such as -

Streets full of people, all alone -
Rows full of houses, never home -
Church full of singing out of tune -
Everyone's gone to the moon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (2JVJo)

292 You have no idea what being a former 4 star 2ndLt working in the Pentagon would be like. Its like being killed over and over again.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (/MaDp)

That second thing you mention, is that on the table?

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (P4LRL)

293 267 Jonathan King's 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," which he wrote on a bet, after being challenged to write a hit song whose lyrics were completely nonsensical.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:25 AM (2JVJo)

I did not know that.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (TZgEk)

294 If the Chinese, as has been reported were so concerned about Trump so as to up their readiness and give Milley cause to call, twice, then i have to wonder just WTF their intelligence people telling them? Given how deeply they have probably penetrated the government, what were their agents reporting?
Moreover, who in our government was saying such outrageous things about Trump?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (axyOa)

295 If AOC didn't exist, conservatives would have to invent her. That idiot is the walking poster child for anti-progressive policies.

Posted by: squid_hunt at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (Ectld)

296 Indagadadavida. Bart's version of that on the church organ was the best version.
Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (GbGWf)
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Started life as "In the Garden of Eden", it's just that the writer was on-his-ass drunk when he debuted it to the band.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:32 AM (XHhHI)

297 "If the Chinese, as has been reported were so concerned about Trump so as to up their readiness and give Milley cause to call, twice, then i have to wonder just WTF their intelligence people telling them?"

Milley also invented the question mark.

Posted by: squid_hunt at September 15, 2021 09:33 AM (Ectld)

298 Newsome had sex with our dates mouths!

Posted by: Flounder at September 15, 2021 09:33 AM (bx2m2)

299 *Suggested edit
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (3D/fK)
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*snort*

Yeah, it's sort of like the original, old-school, deliberate version of trunalimunumaprzure...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:34 AM (3p5uk)

300 Streets full of people, all alone -
Rows full of houses, never home -
Church full of singing out of tune -
Everyone's gone to the moon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (2JVJo)

That says a lot to some people who are lonely in a crowd, unhappy with their family, and don't like what their church is offering, but stay with it. Moon may hint at "lunacy" which linked insaity to moon phases.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:34 AM (ONvIw)

301 Greetings:

Nonsensical you want, nonmusical you get:

One clear day in the middle of the night,
Two dead men got up to fight.
One Wass blind, the other couldn't see,
So they used a dummy for the referee.
Back to back, they faced each other,
Dew their swords and shot one another.

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:34 AM (uuklp)

302
The song was reasonably successful, but as a native English speaker it's incredibly weird. I keep looking for words. It sounds *almost* like words, but not quite - sort of like listening to a radio playing a couple of rooms over.
https://youtu.be/_g6YxkSqL20
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (3p5uk)

Or Stevie Nix singing.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:34 AM (Fs5vw)

303 They should look like woolie-bears over his eyese.
Posted by: 496 at September 15, 2021 08:55 AM (VJsqe)

"Eyebrows like rabbits"

Posted by: sal at September 15, 2021 09:35 AM (3c1fY)

304 Newsome had sex with our dates mouths!
Posted by: Flounder

Some say we took liberties with our libtard supporters.

We did.

-- Otter

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:35 AM (mD/uy)

305 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (3p5uk)

Ha! I never heard that! I definitely must add it to my playlist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:35 AM (2JVJo)

306 Of my list of songs that i really really hate, "Imagine" would be in the top three.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2021 09:35 AM (axyOa)

307 Ha! I never heard that! I definitely must add it to my playlist.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:35 AM (2JVJo)
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Cool! I can't take credit for it, though - it was in the sidebar ages ago (sometime during the Before Times, IIRC)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (3p5uk)

308 The song was reasonably successful, but as a native English speaker it's incredibly weird. I keep looking for words. It sounds *almost* like words, but not quite - sort of like listening to a radio playing a couple of rooms over.
https://youtu.be/_g6YxkSqL20
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021

***
Doesn't sound much different from most pop songs since the '80s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (c6xtn)

309 Streets full of people, all alone -
Rows full of houses, never home -
Church full of singing out of tune -
Everyone's gone to the moon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM (2JVJo)

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Doesn't sound like nonsense. All those lines are interpretable and in a sense ironic.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (XHhHI)

310 Greetings:

How often has anyone ever played the flip side of "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" album ???

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (uuklp)

311
And when the band your in starts playin' different tunes.
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:37 AM (XHhHI)

312 Of my list of songs that i really really hate, "Imagine" would be in the top three.
Posted by: Diogenes

To round out the list:

Afternoon Delight
It's a Small World

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:37 AM (mD/uy)

313 310 Greetings:

How often has anyone ever played the flip side of "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" album ???

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (uuklp)

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Is that where to find the original "In the Garden of Eden"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDC1w1ydLI

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:37 AM (LvTSG)

314 Did someone leave the cake out in the rain again?
Posted by: Diogenes

I still say the guy in the recording booth fell asleep.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 09:37 AM (arJlL)

315 302 The song was reasonably successful, but as a native English speaker it's incredibly weird. I keep looking for words. It sounds *almost* like words, but not quite - sort of like listening to a radio playing a couple of rooms over.
https://youtu.be/_g6YxkSqL20
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:29 AM (3p5uk)

Or Stevie Nix singing.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:34 AM (Fs5vw)

In college, I moved into my dorm room, crashed, woke up to my never-before-met roommate playing Stevie Nicks fullblast "Dreams"; whoa.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:38 AM (TZgEk)

316 "Doesn't sound like nonsense. All those lines are interpretable and in a sense ironic."

Yup

Posted by: Zombie Neil Peart at September 15, 2021 09:38 AM (3D/fK)

317 Word of caution: If you are going to look for the fencing reflex, please turn the head gently. It's not like you're trying to force open a pickle jar.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021

***
** Ka-crack! ** "Oops, my bad!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (c6xtn)

318 Greetings:

"Be Careful with That Axeman, Eugene"

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (uuklp)

319 Doesn't sound like nonsense. All those lines are interpretable and in a sense ironic.
Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:36 AM (XHhHI)

Yep.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (ONvIw)

320 Of my list of songs that i really really hate, "Imagine" would be in the top three.
Posted by: Diogenes

*****

1. Imagine
2. Kokomo
3. One Tin Soldier

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (m45I2)

321 Norm Macdonald Enjoys Getting BOOED

https://youtu.be/2WvcyQQgaYY

Posted by: flounder at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (KnJdm)

322 It's even better if you forcefully say "En garde!!" while performing this maneuver. Enjoy!!
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:04 AM (m45I2)

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (oEn12)

323 >>> Word of caution: If you are going to look for the fencing reflex, please turn the head gently. It's not like you're trying to force open a pickle jar.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM (m45I2)

I use one of those rubber grip sleeves and a spoon to help pry open. Wait, what were we talking about?

But seriously you want to witness the firepower of a fully armed and operational infant? Try putting in eye drops. It took both me and my wife wrestling with my 7-month-old daughter to put in a dr's rx. My wife tapped out. I eventually rolled her up like a burrito. I was covered in sweat at the end and had to take a breather.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (GbGWf)

324 Gonna be nice weather today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (3D/fK)

325 I did not know that.
Posted by: m

What do you get when you dent your Bucky ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 09:40 AM (arJlL)

326 Is that where to find the original "In the Garden of Eden"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDC1w1ydLI
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:37 AM (LvTSG)
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Sounds like Groening knew the story.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:40 AM (XHhHI)

327 139 An update: the level of anger at Gen. Milley on Capitol Hill is immeasurable. There is a strong belief he leaked this story himself.
___________

Thoroughly Modern Milley is a smug, arrogant, I'm so much smarter and better than you type, so it's no stretch to imagine him regaling the dimwitted Woodward with his tales of how he single-handedly saved the republic (or "our democracy" in his telling) from the depredations of the evil Orange Man.

Still, he deserves to swing. And not at a wife-swapping party, either.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at September 15, 2021 09:40 AM (k4dH2)

328 "I Am The Walrus" was written to frustrate all the people assigning hidden meaning to Beatles songs. Lennon said something like "let 'em try and figure this one out!"

Probably apocryphal, but it fits. Either that or the drugs.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 15, 2021 09:40 AM (O6DoG)

329 My former congregation elevated that to a hymn!
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:30 AM

So...they missed the line about imagining no religion?

The stoopid...it burnz.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:41 AM (m+jkK)

330 1) Allentown
2) Hey Soul Sister
3) Piano Man

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:41 AM (RHfRB)

331 But seriously you want to witness the firepower of a fully armed and operational infant? Try putting in eye drops.
Posted by: banana Dream

Yeah, that and when they decide they no longer have any bones and will not be held. It's like they turn into a bag of goo and just slide out from you.

What the hell?!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:41 AM (mD/uy)

332 Of my list of songs that i really really hate, "Imagine" would be in the top three.
Posted by: Diogenes

*****

1. Imagine
2. Kokomo
3. One Tin Soldier
Posted by: Muldoon

no Greatest hits of Yoko ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (arJlL)

333 314 Did someone leave the cake out in the rain again?
Posted by: Diogenes

And how do parks melt in the dark?

A candidate for stupid song lyrics in the one that just says "Mary Anne" over and over and over, then ends

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (ONvIw)

334 330 1) Allentown
2) Hey Soul Sister
3) Piano Man
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:41 AM (RHfRB)

I like two of those! And I don't know the other one.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (TZgEk)

335 I might also have "any song ever done by Pink Floyd" in a a tie with number 3.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (RHfRB)

336 Still, he deserves to swing. And not at a wife-swapping party, either.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden

At a wife swapping party. As the wife.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (OCTRt)

337 1) Mister JONES!!!! (screech)
2) Imagine
3) .....

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (ACi07)

338 I know that's a joke, but no. "Imagine" at least makes some attempt at making a point. "Moon" has a verse such as -

Streets full of people, all alone -
Rows full of houses, never home -
Church full of singing out of tune -
Everyone's gone to the moon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:31 AM

It was, and now I'm going to have to find that song. Never heard it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (m+jkK)

339 Alternate title:

" Old Mick Jagger Reflecting On When He Was Cool and The Fact That He Really Shouldn't Eat Liverwurst Sandwichs Anymore"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (5NkmN)

340 Fantastic realism in the painting... Morn' all...Has biden taken credit for Newsome's "surprising" victory last night ? I crack myself up.. I'm a Californian and no one really thought the idiots here would toss out a Dem for a Rep...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (L91xj)

341 Imagine

I Can't Get No Satisfaction

Cocaine

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (Fs5vw)

342 I like two of those! And I don't know the other one.
Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (TZgEk)

If you've ever been in a store in the United States at any point in the last ten years.... you've heard it. Train is the band, i think.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (RHfRB)

343 Alternate title:

"Old Mick Jagger Reflecting On When He Was Cool and The Fact That He Really Shouldn't Eat Liverwurst Sandwichs Anymore"
Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (5NkmN)
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Sounds almost like a Fiona Apple album title...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (3p5uk)

344 3) Piano Man
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021

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Joel's "Piano Man" is a good example of a journalist's eye (a real journalist, that is) combined with a songwriter's skill. That detail about "the microphone smells like a beer" -- you know the songwriter has been there for real. Which Joel had been.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (c6xtn)

345 Nice music thread...

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (6Je/Q)

346 Greetings:

Like "One of These Days" (I'm going to cut you into little pieces) ???

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (uuklp)

347 Did someone leave the cake out in the rain again?
Posted by: Diogenes

Actually, that album - A Tramp Shining is not all that bad, taken on it's own late 60s terms. I do find it funny that most of the songs are in the vein of "older, world-weary man breaking off love affair with young, besotted girl" - almost a college-professor-deflowers-freshman thing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:44 AM (2JVJo)

348 Which Joel had been.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (c6xtn)

I don't deny that Billy Joel has a certain talent....i just can't stand the fucker's music

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (RHfRB)

349 " Allentown" is a pretty good Joel piece.

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (6Je/Q)

350 2) Hey Soul Sister

I don't know that one. Are you sure you don't mean "Lady Marmalade?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (2JVJo)

351 Actually, that album - A Tramp Shining is not all that bad, taken on it's own late 60s terms. I do find it funny that most of the songs are in the vein of "older, world-weary man breaking off love affair with young, besotted girl" - almost a college-professor-deflowers-freshman thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:44 AM (2JVJo)
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I think the polite term for that is a "May and September Affair" ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (3p5uk)

352 348
I don't deny that Billy Joel has a certain talent....i just can't stand the fucker's music
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (RHfRB)

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Still smarting over his marriage to Christie Brinkley, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (LvTSG)

353 One can possibly argue that Milley was acting within the chain of command.

But I don't believe the Speaker is ANYWHERE within the current chain.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

Milley isn't part of the chain of command either.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (GSjKO)

354 1. Imagine
2. Kokomo
3. One Tin Soldier
Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:39 AM (m45I2)

0.5. Billy dont be a hero

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (yrol0)

355 I always thought Sister Sledge's "Greatest Dancer" was a better song than the endlessly replayed "We Are Family."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (c6xtn)

356 " Allentown" is a pretty good Joel piece.
Posted by: kraken

Well, I'm standing here in Allentown
and its cold because my pants fell down

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (arJlL)

357 >>> Started life as "In the Garden of Eden", it's just that the writer was on-his-ass drunk when he debuted it to the band.
Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:32 AM (XHhHI)

That's why it worked so good as a church him for Bart.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (GbGWf)

358 Oh, and dishonorable mention goes to, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (Fs5vw)

359 357 >>> Started life as "In the Garden of Eden", it's just that the writer was on-his-ass drunk when he debuted it to the band.
Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:32 AM (XHhHI)

That's why it worked so good as a church hymn for Bart.
Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (GbGWf)

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Just imagine the effort Bart had to put into that prank to make it work. I believe it's proof that Bart was a high functioning sociopath.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

360 I don't deny that Billy Joel has a certain talent....i just can't stand the fucker's music
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (RHfRB)
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I'm with you. Billy Joel is an insufferable, pretentious, overblown, self-impressed, intolerable prick and I can't change the station fast enough when his particular brand of cacophonous noise starts seeping out of my speakers. Everything about him is a towering turn-off.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:47 AM (3p5uk)

361 But seriously you want to witness the firepower of a fully armed and operational infant? Try putting in eye drops.
Posted by: banana Dream

*****

Here's a technique I used to suggest to parents for giving oral meds or eye drops, or nasal bulb suctioning for ages as young as maybe 6 months to as old as 3 years.

Sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you. place the toddler on his back, with his head between your upper thighs. Place the child's arms under your thighs, and press down and in with your legs, securing his arms and head. If needed, you can cross your lower legs over his legs to control kicking. This leaves both of your hands free to administer the medicine, and voila.

Yes, I did wrestle in high school, why do you ask?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:47 AM (m45I2)

362 358 Oh, and dishonorable mention goes to, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:46 AM (Fs5vw)

I hated that song.
And Ola Di obla dah

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (ONvIw)

363 Did someone leave the cake out in the rain again?

As with a lot of Jimmy Webb songs, the Glen Campbell version of "MacArthur Park" is superior. There's a live YouTube video of it from around 2002 with a symphony orchestra in South Dakota and he plays a fantastic improvised guitar solo in the middle.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (ZGrMX)

364 Manhunter and Inna-Gadda-Davida will be forever linked in my mind.

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (6Je/Q)

365 I don't know that one. Are you sure you don't mean "Lady Marmalade?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:45 AM (2JVJo)

It's that awful song that goes "hey soul sister, ain't that Mister Mister on the radio... blah blah blah""

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (RHfRB)

366 > Milley isn't part of the chain of command either.

I doubt anyone currently in the ruling junta is in the chain of command. Xi might be, but it sure doesn't include *biden.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (BFigT)

367 There used to be a hilarious "retort" to The Piano Man on the interwebz, in the form of a letter written to Billy Joel by the manager of the bar in the song.

Really funny stuff, I'll have to see if I can hunt it up.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (Bmy3R)

368 At least those songs you could hear the lyrics
Most pop songs nowadays...

ya YAAAAAHHH mumble mumblee rwwwer rwwwr

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (oEn12)

369
So...they missed the line about imagining no religion?

The stoopid...it burnz.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 09:41 AM (m+jkK

No they sing that, I think they are believers in a globalist society, more than religion.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (ONvIw)

370 368 At least those songs you could hear the lyrics
Most pop songs nowadays...

ya YAAAAAHHH mumble mumblee rwwwer rwwwr
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (oEn12)

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I love Nirvana!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (LvTSG)

371 342 I like two of those! And I don't know the other one.
Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:42 AM (TZgEk)

If you've ever been in a store in the United States at any point in the last ten years. . . . you've heard it. Train is the band, i think.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (RHfRB)

I just played it; I do recognize it--didn't recognize it by title. It sounds--nonmemorable! Boy-band'ish.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (TZgEk)

372 It's that awful song that goes "hey soul sister, ain't that Mister Mister on the radio... blah blah blah""
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (RHfRB)
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Train. Ugh.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (3p5uk)

373 As with a lot of Jimmy Webb songs, the Glen Campbell version of "MacArthur Park" is superior. There's a live YouTube video of it from around 2002 with a symphony orchestra in South Dakota and he plays a fantastic improvised guitar solo in the middle.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2021

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The instrumental break in the middle of the Richard Harris version is the only part of that song I really like. When Donna Summer redid it, I was disappointed that it didn't have that exciting, full-speed break.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:49 AM (c6xtn)

374 " Allentown" is a pretty good Joel piece.
Posted by: kraken

From the top of the mountain at the old farm, one could see Allentown on a clear day.

Hell, we all knew Allentown was sinking fast soon after the big Mack truck plant shuttered. The guys all being out of work affected damn near every community in Lehigh and Berks county years before the song came out.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (mD/uy)

375 I Am the Walrus is dumb AF

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (ONvIw)

376 Goldfrapp, Ooh La La

It's about the existentialism in dialog one derives through an exegesis of the primary Hellenic texts.

Or sex.

One or the other probably.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (GbGWf)

377 My mood often matches the mood of " Hurt" at times, anymore...

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (6Je/Q)

378 " 1) Allentown "

Having grown up in Allentown during the time of the writing of the song, I found it to be a rather spot-on verbal documentary of the experience.

Other than that...#FBJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (3D/fK)

379 "Jet" by Wings makes no damn sense at all. Supposedly about a dog. Fun to sing though.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (Bmy3R)

380 I want a version of Hurt in the style of a barber shop quartet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 09:51 AM (LvTSG)

381 Ah, Jimmy Webb... The Moon's a Harsh Mistress... great song..

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:51 AM (6Je/Q)

382 Greetings:

Nobody writes songs about the Bronx anymore.

Posted by: 11B40 at September 15, 2021 09:51 AM (uuklp)

383 364 Manhunter and Inna-Gadda-Davida will be forever linked in my mind.
Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:48 AM (6Je/Q)

Dazed and Confused

Can't Find My Way Back Home (Blind Faith)

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:51 AM (Fs5vw)

384 And Ola Di obla dah

In my opinion, the alternate version which ended up on the Anthology series is much better than the version that stinks up the "White Album."

https://tinyurl.com/2s4pc47f

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (2JVJo)

385 No love for Muskrat Love?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (3D/fK)

386 Mountains come out of the sky and they STAND THERE!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (Bmy3R)

387 There used to be a hilarious "retort" to The Piano Man on the interwebz, in the form of a letter written to Billy Joel by the manager of the bar in the song.

https://tinyurl.com/aaym2a4e

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:53 AM (2JVJo)

388 https://tinyurl.com/aaym2a4e
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:53 AM (2JVJo)

Thank ya!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:53 AM (Bmy3R)

389

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday criticized South Korea's president and threatened a "complete destruction" of bilateral relations after both of the countries tested ballistic missiles hours apart.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2021 09:53 AM (63Dwl)

390 "I Am The Walrus" was written to frustrate all the people assigning hidden meaning to Beatles songs. Lennon said something like "let 'em try and figure this one out!"

Lennon was definitely fucking with people. The line "The walrus was Paul!" in "Glass Onion" just continued it.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2021 09:54 AM (ZGrMX)

391 Sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you. place the toddler on his back, with his head between your upper thighs. Place the child's arms under your thighs, and press down and in with your legs, securing his arms and head. If needed, you can cross your lower legs over his legs to control kicking. This leaves both of your hands free to administer the medicine, and voila.
______________

When the ME's report comes in and you go to your arraignment, be sure to tell your lawyer that you were only trying to administer medication to your kid (Honest!) and that you were advised to use this technique by a trusted doctor you met on the interwebs.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at September 15, 2021 09:54 AM (k4dH2)

392 https://tinyurl.com/2s4pc47f
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (2JVJo)

Much better. The music was better than the lyrics and this is a better version.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 09:54 AM (ONvIw)

393 361 Here's a technique I used to suggest to parents for giving oral meds or eye drops, or nasal bulb suctioning for ages as young as maybe 6 months to as old as 3 years.

Sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you. place the toddler on his back, with his head between your upper thighs. Place the child's arms under your thighs, and press down and in with your legs, securing his arms and head. If needed, you can cross your lower legs over his legs to control kicking. This leaves both of your hands free to administer the medicine, and voila.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 09:47 AM (m45I2)

Cool!

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:55 AM (TZgEk)

394 I love music but never listen to the radio so I rarely hear a song I hate. The pub was playing contemporary country yesterday and it got on my nerves.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at September 15, 2021 09:55 AM (cSyAR)

395 There are songs that make no sense but you know what they're about when you listen to them. S&G put out a lot of these. They're like haikus or koans. My favorite is Hazy Shade of Winter with Bangle's being the best.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:55 AM (GbGWf)

396 1) Allentown "
Having grown up in Allentown during the time of the writing of the song, I found it to be a rather spot-on verbal documentary of the experience. . . .
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 202

***
Which was Joel's real talent: to distill something like that into a memorable pop song. His "Keepin' the Faith" still hangs in there as a great paean to the (mostly mythical) Fifties.

"I thought I was the Duke of Earl
When I made it with a red-head girl
In a Chevrolet . . ."

And "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a tour de force.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:56 AM (c6xtn)

397 Art ? Liberal arts is a waste of academic time

Posted by: Kurt at September 15, 2021 09:56 AM (jGeE1)

398 385 No love for Muskrat Love?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (3D/fK)

That should be a contender.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 09:57 AM (TZgEk)

399 No love for Muskrat Love?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycis

CORRECT !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2021 09:57 AM (arJlL)

400 394 I love music but never listen to the radio so I rarely hear a song I hate. The pub was playing contemporary country yesterday and it got on my nerves.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at September 15, 2021 09:55 AM (cSyAR

I like country music. Can't stand Country and Western.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 09:57 AM (Fs5vw)

401 I never cared that much for Joel's hit songs, except maybe Stilletto. But his deep cuts are anything but negligible.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:58 AM (XHhHI)

402 >>> I love music but never listen to the radio so I rarely hear a song I hate. The pub was playing contemporary country yesterday and it got on my nerves.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at September 15, 2021 09:55 AM (cSyAR)

Bro-Country is an abomination unto Hank Williams.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (GbGWf)

403 There used to be a hilarious "retort" to The Piano Man on the interwebz, in the form of a letter written to Billy Joel by the manager of the bar in the song.

https://tinyurl.com/aaym2a4e
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021

***
That's the same magazine, I think, that ran the famous play on the Toto song "Africa," casting it as a Hemingway parody!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (c6xtn)

404 In the store the other day, they were piping in the Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now".

I passed a middle-aged guy who was singing along under his breath.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (dfRN6)

405 Strong testimony about abuse of gymnasts by the team physician and cover-up by olympics, gymnastics and FBI.

Including falsifying 302s.

Where have we heard that before?

Posted by: Fox2 at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (qyH+l)

406 No love for Muskrat Love?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 15, 2021 09:52 AM (3D/fK)
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It's a shame that one of my favorite soft bands wrote that song. (America).

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (XHhHI)

407 404 In the store the other day, they were piping in the Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now".

I passed a middle-aged guy who was singing along under his breath.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (dfRN6)

heh

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:00 AM (TZgEk)

408 Some restaurant had a "country" station playing...

Who the shit covers Dan Fogelberg, for the love of fuck?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 10:00 AM (RHfRB)

409 I passed a middle-aged guy who was singing along under his breath.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (dfRN6)
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That's me with any Steely Dan or Donald Fagen song in a store.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (XHhHI)

410 I like country music. Can't stand Country and Western.
Posted by: Justsayin'

Aren't there about 42 different genres of Country music? Seriously - Oklahoma Swing, Texas Country, Bluegrass, and on and on.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (mD/uy)

411 404 In the store the other day, they were piping in the Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now".

I passed a middle-aged guy who was singing along under his breath.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 09:59 AM (dfRN6)

TIME... it's measured in a lot of ways, eh?

Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (6Je/Q)

412
Aquatic Mammals After Dark - a limerick

Muskrat Sam was a dirty lowdown rotter
He chased Suzy 'til finally he caught 'er
Then Sam, that great deceiver
Had a fling with Mrs. Beaver
And did what he hadn't-a otter.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (m45I2)

413 Listen to any Wings songs and none of them make sense. McCartney has been mailing it for decades.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (oWBc3)

414 From suggestions above:

Afternoon Delight
Muskrat Love

These are gonna be tough to "top".

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (TZgEk)

415 There were some awful songs that were played in . . . was in Gitmo?

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:02 AM (TZgEk)

416 379 "Jet" by Wings makes no damn sense at all. Supposedly about a dog. Fun to sing though.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 09:50 AM (Bmy3R)
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Mac was known for creating melodies and composition with nonsense lyrics to avoid writers block and stop the songwriting and recording process. sometimes the nonsense lyric made it into production.

Posted by: BluesFish at September 15, 2021 10:02 AM (kPJ/p)

417 From suggestions above:

Afternoon Delight
Muskrat Love

These are gonna be tough to "top".
Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (TZgEk)
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There is nothing like a good Rupert Holmes song...including any song Holmes did.

Posted by: Axeman at September 15, 2021 10:02 AM (XHhHI)

418 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (DpkTQ)

419 I like jazz and classical. No words. Mostly. If I do listen to music with words it's oldies. Mostly.

Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (0OP+5)

420 Paul McCartney blows donkeys.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (Ca4NP)

421 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Oh - so close!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (mD/uy)

422 Listen to any Wings songs and none of them make sense. McCartney has been mailing it for decades.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (oWBc3)

Which is a pity. McCartney has a freakish gift for melody, but except with John he just doesn't write memorable songs. Even his collaboration with Elvis Costello only produced "Veronica," and that was more of a hit for Elvis than Macca.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (2JVJo)

423 I'm from Long Island. I hate Billy Joel.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (Y0dLt)

424 Aren't there about 42 different genres of Country music? Seriously - Oklahoma Swing, Texas Country, Bluegrass, and on and on.
Posted by: Tonypete

Channels 59 & 61 on SiriusXM.
Willie's Roadhouse & Bluegrass.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM (OCTRt)

425 345 Nice music thread...
Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (6Je/Q)

Agreed.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (TZgEk)

426 Strong testimony about abuse of gymnasts by the team physician and cover-up by olympics, gymnastics and FBI.

Pretty sure molesting tweens is legal now, right Joe Biden?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (DpkTQ)

427 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Head?
Bad head?
Road head?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (OCTRt)

428 MP4, spot on.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at September 15, 2021 10:05 AM (oWBc3)

429 What does it matter to ya?

When you got a job to do, ya gotta do it well.

Ya gotta give the other fellah HEEEEEEEEELLLLL!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 10:05 AM (dfRN6)

430 Nice music thread...
Posted by: kraken at September 15, 2021 09:43 AM (6Je/Q)
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Be a shame if sumfin' 'appened to it.

Posted by: Lougi and Vinnie at September 15, 2021 10:05 AM (XHhHI)

431 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Head?
Bad head?
Road head?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (OCTRt)

She checks all the boxes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2021 10:05 AM (Ca4NP)

432 Is Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda allowed? It was intentionally awful.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:06 AM (TZgEk)

433 Aren't there about 42 different genres of Country music? Seriously - Oklahoma Swing, Texas Country, Bluegrass, and on and on.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (mD/uy)

I do like country swing and most Bluegrass. Zydeco is also fun.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 10:06 AM (Fs5vw)

434 Strong testimony about abuse of gymnasts by the team physician and cover-up by olympics, gymnastics and FBI.

===

I really still don't understand why they all colluded to cover up for one pervy doctor.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 10:06 AM (oEn12)

435 Painting dude looks like he's thinking "just kill me now"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:07 AM (VwHCD)

436 What did the fox say?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 10:07 AM (oEn12)

437 436 What did the fox say?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 10:07 AM (oEn12)

======

Well, cow goes moo, cat goes meow...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 10:07 AM (LvTSG)

438 Pretty sure molesting tweens is legal now, right Joe Biden?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (DpkTQ)

The child sports industry is just plain awful. I wonder how many parents just thought this was the price of glory and fame? All the adults involved in this mess and cover-up stink.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (ONvIw)

439 I Love You Just the Way You Are

Divorces her two seconds later.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (Y0dLt)

440 Wheresthafukkingorilla?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (o2MD2)

441 What did the fox say?

The same band did a great song about Mass that the radio stations didn't air. NSFW https://youtu.be/JvUMV1N7eGM

Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (DpkTQ)

442 438 Pretty sure molesting tweens is legal now, right Joe Biden?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2021 10:04 AM (DpkTQ)

The child sports industry is just plain awful. I wonder how many parents just thought this was the price of glory and fame? All the adults involved in this mess and cover-up stink.
Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (ONvIw)

========

It's a good thing it's not the Catholic Church doing this, or we would have to hear about it in The New York Times.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (LvTSG)

443 Is Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda allowed? It was intentionally awful.
Posted by: m

Related trivia via novelty songs - Dave Seville, see Ross Bagdasarian Sr., was in Rear Window as the musician/songwriter.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (mD/uy)

444 421 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Oh - so close!
Posted by: Tonypete

But no cigar

Posted by: Bill Clinton at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (oEn12)

445 Which was Joel's real talent: to distill something like that into a memorable pop song. His "Keepin' the Faith" still hangs in there as a great paean to the (mostly mythical) Fifties.

"I thought I was the Duke of Earl
When I made it with a red-head girl
In a Chevrolet . . ."

And "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a tour de force.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 09:56 AM (c6xtn)
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I'll add Downeaster 'Alexa' to this list.

Posted by: WisRich at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (G0vdT)

446 I've gotta brand new pair of rollerskates. You gotta brand new key.

Posted by: irright at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (SchQD)

447 I really still don't understand why they all colluded to cover up for one pervy doctor.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 10:06 AM

The kiddie gymnastic industry is serious business, as are other kids' sports where the kids work may hours a day for a shot at the bigtime

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (ONvIw)

448 Aren't there about 42 different genres of Country music? Seriously - Oklahoma Swing, Texas Country, Bluegrass, and on and on.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:01 AM (mD/uy)

Damn, and I thought metal was losing it's mind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (VwHCD)

449 Is Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda allowed? It was intentionally awful.
Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:06 AM (TZgEk)

I like Allan Sherman, but a little of his parodies go a long way. I feel the same way about Weird Al.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (2JVJo)

450 444 421 I gotta say, I'm tired of giving old men had.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Oh - so close!
Posted by: Tonypete

But no cigar
Posted by: Bill Clinton at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (oEn12)

LOL

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (TZgEk)

451 Ahz cud shore use some had rite now.....

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (o2MD2)

452 441 What did the fox say?

The same band did a great song about Mass that the radio stations didn't air. NSFW https://youtu.be/JvUMV1N7eGM
Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2021 10:08 AM (DpkTQ)

=========

They're a Norwegian comedy duo. I think my favorite is Old Friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2NtlTFQznA

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (LvTSG)

453 435 Painting dude looks like he's thinking "just kill me now"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:07
Dude, he voted demo in kalifornia his entire life except yesterday.

Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (0OP+5)

454 Nice painting. No need to hang in my home, already have the best old man around, Mr NEC. He has beautiful white hair and a killer beard.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 15, 2021 10:10 AM (2NHgQ)

455 Elvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon.

If you like novelty songs and you're an Elvis fan, this one's for you.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 10:11 AM (Y0dLt)

456 I really still don't understand why they all colluded to cover up for one pervy doctor.
-----------------------------------
Disgusting!

Posted by: jerry sandusky and michael mann at September 15, 2021 10:11 AM (UHVv4)

457 446 I've gotta brand new pair of rollerskates. You gotta brand new key.
Posted by: irright at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (SchQD)

Oooh. Bad song. Very bad song.

Posted by: m at September 15, 2021 10:11 AM (TZgEk)

458 - -
Painting dude looks like he's thinking "just kill me now"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:07 -
-
He looks like he's trying to "Scanners" the cat.

Posted by: irright at September 15, 2021 10:12 AM (SchQD)

459 I also like upbeat Cuban music.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM (Fs5vw)

460 It's a good thing it's not the Catholic Church doing this, or we would have to hear about it in The New York Times.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (LvTSG)

True.

In my area, the focus is soccer and swimming. From quite an early age it is totally possible to send your kid seven days a week, especially in swimming, and hours daily with a probably unreachable Olympic "dream" and an NCAA fall back (also rarely achieved) I've seen plenty of kids running around with icepacks on their shoulders on a nightly basis. The parents love this shit

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM (ONvIw)

461 446 I've gotta brand new pair of rollerskates. You gotta brand new key.
Posted by: irright at September 15, 2021 10:09 AM (SchQD)
Rumor at the time round the jersey shore was, she wrote that after doing Springsteen.

Posted by: BluesFish at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM (kPJ/p)

462 McCartney has a freakish gift for melody, but except with John he just doesn't write memorable songs

McCartney simply writes better pop/rock melodies than 99% of the music writers out there. Wass a gift for arranging as well.

But...lyrics, well...sometimes he writes great ones or turns a nice phrase and you wonder where this guy's been all along, but it's rare.

His music unfortunately probably dies with him.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM (Xo5lP)

463 Who the shit covers Dan Fogelberg, for the love of fuck?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021

***
Another good songwriter. HIs "Same Old Lang Syne" is fantastic. (I lived it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM (c6xtn)

464 What's wrong with Dan Fogelberg? Other than he's dead.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 15, 2021 10:14 AM (/Kt3K)

465 455 Elvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon.

If you like novelty songs and you're an Elvis fan, this one's for you.
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 10:11 AM (Y0dLt)

"Don Henley Must Die"

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 15, 2021 10:14 AM (vuisn)

466 Who the shit covers Dan Fogelberg, for the love of fuck?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I knew I was getting old when I heard a muzak version of C'mon Baby Light my Fire in an elevator.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:14 AM (mD/uy)

467 I love "Elvis is Everywhere."

Also "Asshole From El Paso."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 10:16 AM (2JVJo)

468 Remember when Milla Jovavich had a music career?
https://youtu.be/fQ_I_aWsaRM

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 10:16 AM (3p5uk)

469 Paul McCartney blows donkeys.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2021 10:03 AM

* sobs *

Posted by: Moroccan Donkey at September 15, 2021 10:16 AM (a3Q+t)

470

No nood.

Gorilla be getting head from Kamalaho...

Posted by: Flounder at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (bx2m2)

471 Painting dude looks like he's thinking "just kill me now"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:07 -

He lives in California.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (AiZBA)

472 463 Who the shit covers Dan Fogelberg, for the love of fuck?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021

***
Another good songwriter. HIs "Same Old Lang Syne" is fantastic. (I lived it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 15, 2021 10:13 AM
Part Of The Plan.

Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (0OP+5)

473 Anyone familiar with Rosti? (umlaut over the "o")

https://tinyurl.com/uv2xewnz

I'm thinking I need to familiarize myself with this breakfast food.

"One massive hashbrown that's smuggling creamy mashed potatoes underneath its shell"

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (Bmy3R)

474 This is going to be willowed:

I knew I was getting old when I heard a muzak version of C'mon Baby Light my Fire in an elevator.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:14 AM (mD/uy)

https://tinyurl.com/495sxmhb

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (2JVJo)

475 C'mon Baby Light My Fire reminds me of my dad. When we turned the song up on the radio in the car he turned to my mom and said, "How can you light a fire? It's already lit.".

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 15, 2021 10:17 AM (Y0dLt)

476 Painting dude looks like he's thinking "just kill me now"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2021 10:07 -

He looks disgusted, or just smells something horrid.

Posted by: CN...FJB at September 15, 2021 10:18 AM (ONvIw)

477 I knew I was getting old when I heard a muzak version of C'mon Baby Light my Fire in an elevator.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 15, 2021 10:14 AM (mD/uy)

LOL. I think the Beatles have cornered the Muzak business for a long time though.

Posted by: Justsayin' at September 15, 2021 10:18 AM (Fs5vw)

478 The US Prog band Glass Hammer covered Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" for some reason. It totally f's up the album it's on. Love the band, hate that track.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 10:18 AM (Bmy3R)

479 We're anxiously awaiting the plethora of Ms. Ono covers.

Posted by: Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistry Appreciation Association at September 15, 2021 10:18 AM (a3Q+t)

480 What did the fox say?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at September 15, 2021 10:07 AM

If you haven't seen it, look up the parody "What Does The Kid Say?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2021 10:19 AM (m+jkK)

481 APE!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 15, 2021 10:19 AM (dfRN6)

482 NOOD APE (CENTERED)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 10:19 AM (3p5uk)

483 NOOD Chimp

Posted by: Guy Smiley at September 15, 2021 10:19 AM (Bmy3R)

484 Just getting organized here in Idaho, so I have not caught up on the particulars. But I gather that Newsom stole another election. I had a bet about that, here on the site, which involved a donation to AoS if Newsom won. I will come back tomorrow also. But I just made the donation.
You paid $25.00 USD
to Ace of Spades HQ

Posted by: MikeM at September 15, 2021 10:20 AM (fYcSe)

485 Since I was a kid many pop songs I thought what where they thinking?

Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 15, 2021 10:20 AM (BC84A)

486 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 15, 2021 10:16 AM (3p5uk)

Wow. Milla really sucked.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 15, 2021 10:20 AM (o2MD2)

487 "Italian star Adriano Celentano wrote a song that was actually gibberish. He looked at the huge popularity of English-language rock and roll in Italy combined with the relative lack of competent English speakers in that country, and this led him to do an experiment. He wrote a song that *sounds* like English but actually has no real words in it other than "all right." It uses common English sounds/morphemes/phonemes/etc., but the words are just gibberish."

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The closing theme for WKRP In Cincinnati is just like that

Posted by: Bigsmith at September 15, 2021 10:23 AM (MrBsC)

488 Don't get me wrong, i like Dan Fogelberg.

He's just not the kind of act one covers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 15, 2021 10:32 AM (RHfRB)

489 .

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 15, 2021 10:50 AM (AiZBA)

490 Test.

Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 15, 2021 11:04 AM (lAZxY)

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