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Pyle Jefferson.jpg


Thomas Jefferson Writing the Declaration of Independence

Howard Pyle

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 cool

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:31 AM (BRHaw)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2023 09:31 AM (omVj0)

3 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

4 Yeah. I should just burn it now.

Posted by: TJ at July 04, 2023 09:31 AM (iayUP)

5 That done in darkness will be exposed in the light.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 09:31 AM (Angsy)

6 In Philly?

Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

7 Very appropriate

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (xhxe8)

8 Well, close!

This looks like a modern film about TJ, with dim reddish lighting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (omVj0)

9
"Dear George..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (MoZTd)

10 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (OjHyA)

11 Kinda looks like Ken Howard..:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (xTRSc)

12 Title: Thomas Jefferson Writing the Declaration of Independence
Date: 1898/1898
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: H. Pyle (LLC)
Physical Dimensions: w24 x h36.25 in (Complete)
Illustrator: Howard Pyle
Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (BRHaw)

13 Looks like he is burning it up instead of writing it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (ncXxy)

14 Well, shit.

Anyway...

Happy Independence Day, ya Morons. Off to the range soon to make some Freedom Noise (TM) and make sure the RMBS Mom is properly trained up for the TXMoMe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (Wnv9h)

15 Kinda looks like Ken Howard..:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (xTRSc)

I can see that. It looks like he's casting a white shadow.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (Angsy)

16 Should have burnt it before they destroyed it by rewriting it

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (xhxe8)

17 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (BRHaw)

18 Was there a candle shortage in those days?

Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (88xKn)

19 And setting it on fire.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

20 No wonder the writing on it is so funky.... he can hardly see.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

21 Howard Pyle taught Newell Convers Wyeth, who taught his son Andrew, so this is a link in the chain.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (GzDfN)

22
Looks like he is burning it up instead of writing it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2023 09:32 AM (ncXxy)


https://youtu.be/KqX8BwOuOrw?t=111

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (MoZTd)

23 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (BRHaw)

24 I've been listening to the audio version of David McCullough's John Adams. Jefferson really comes off as a devious, two-faced shit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (AW0uW)

25 18 Was there a candle shortage in those days?
Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (88xKn)

thanks ERCOT

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:35 AM (BRHaw)

26 I guess was this after he’d played the violin for Gwyneth’s mom a few times.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:35 AM (xTRSc)

27 We are reading his work later today at our cookout. There will be cheering.

Posted by: Huck Follywood phone at July 04, 2023 09:35 AM (9a24s)

28 He's wondering if he should include forcing Colonists to put redundant "U"s in words in the list of grievances against England.

Posted by: Kris at July 04, 2023 09:36 AM (VQp/A)

29 Today I honor the ideals of our Founders, a set of principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution that we as a society have striven to attain for nearly 250 years, in fits and starts. Those ideals were unique in the history of human governments and will live on in the hearts of lovers of true liberty. As a nation we will survive if we continue to uphold those founding principles, not if we continue to tear them down. May God bless America.

Endeavour to persevere!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:36 AM (kXYt5)

30 PYYYLE!!!

Posted by: Sgt. Carter at July 04, 2023 09:36 AM (Vwz3I)

31 Would hang.

Posted by: Gref at July 04, 2023 09:36 AM (AMIL/)

32 I give to you these 2 oh shit *stomps out burning paper* 1 Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (BRHaw)

33 The room has an eerie red glow.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

34 Jefferson really comes off as a devious, two-faced shit.

Well, that's because...

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (eOEVl)

35 Hey, MP4! Happy Independence Day!

— Respectfully, G. Washington

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (xTRSc)

36 "Would hang.
Posted by: Gref "

Me too.

Posted by: King George at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (iayUP)

37
Actually, the note says, "Dear Sally, meet me by the smokehouse at 9:00 PM."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (MoZTd)

38 He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
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Anti-Hessian racist!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:37 AM (Vwz3I)

39 He's wondering if he should include forcing Colonists to put redundant "U"s in words in the list of grievances against England.
Posted by: Kris

Endeavour to persevere!
Posted by: Muldoon

**********

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:38 AM (kXYt5)

40 One wonders if the DofI would have been as beautifully written as it was, if Jefferson had had a laptop and Word.

Those tools certainly make writing easier, but for the best writing ever done, it is an impediment.

Regardless, nice painting, if a bit idealized.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:39 AM (eOEVl)

41 24 Eh, a lot of folks probably feel that way about Adams. Meh, they were politicians.

See also: Trump v. DeSantis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:39 AM (xTRSc)

42 Was there a candle shortage in those days?
Posted by: dantesed

After they burned down for a few hours, yes.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2023 09:39 AM (OjHyA)

43 I guess was this after he’d played the violin for Gwyneth’s mom a few times.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023


***
That triggered a faint memory: Ken Howard and Blythe Danner in the TV series adaptation of Adam's Rib in about 1973. Blythe was always lovelier than her daughter anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2023 09:39 AM (omVj0)

44 He's wondering if he should include forcing Colonists to put redundant "U"s in words in the list of grievances against England.

Actually, he's pondering "unalienable" vs. "inalienable".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM (eOEVl)

45 the range soon to make some Freedom Noise (TM) and make sure the RMBS Mom is properly trained up for the TXMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
----
That's awesome! Have fun!

I'm trying to talk my mom into riding up to the Blue Ridge Parkway today. No way I'll ever get her to the range!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM (EjcSq)

46 Nice choice!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM (avru5)

47 That triggered a faint memory: Ken Howard and Blythe Danner in the TV series adaptation of Adam's Rib in about 1973. Blythe was always lovelier than her daughter anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I liked her in The Great Santini too.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM (OjHyA)

48 Would definitely hang that pic in my house. I think it's well done.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 04, 2023 09:41 AM (BdMk6)

49 44 He's wondering if he should include forcing Colonists to put redundant "U"s in words in the list of grievances against England.

Actually, he's pondering "unalienable" vs. "inalienable".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM (eOEVl)

Happiness was property in first draft.
Hence, the idea that marxist burn and destroy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:41 AM (BRHaw)

50 Oh, I see -- Howard and Blythe played Thomas and Martha Jefferson in 1776.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2023 09:41 AM (omVj0)

51 Wasn’t Howard Pyle the artist who did a lot of paintings of pirates?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:41 AM (xTRSc)

52 Orange you glad Jefferson wrote it?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2023 09:41 AM (avru5)

53 In this scene the Angel of America's Future has just left after revealing what Jefferson's creation would be like in 2023. He's seriously considering burning the damm thing.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 09:42 AM (tA1/w)

54 Did I leave the iron on?

Posted by: TJ at July 04, 2023 09:42 AM (BRHaw)

55 One wonders if the DofI would have been as beautifully written as it was, if Jefferson had had a laptop and Word.

Perhaps he's contemplating what to put in his Powerpoint presentation to the delegates to the Continental Congress.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:42 AM (eOEVl)

56 If I had Ace's time machine I'd go back and convince TJ not to change"property" to "pursuit of happiness"

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 09:43 AM (EjcSq)

57 Better take a seat, Tom. You're going to be here a while what with all the drafts and rewrites...


Psst, maybe you could reconsider that bit about replacing 'property' with 'pursuit of happiness'...)

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:43 AM (kXYt5)

58 Yeah, Blythe Danner…mmmmmmmm…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:43 AM (xTRSc)

59 In cursive? I can’t bees reading no cursive!
Dats retarded Sir!

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel, democrat voter at July 04, 2023 09:43 AM (R/m4+)

60 18 Was there a candle shortage in those days?

Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:33 AM (88xKn)

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Don't tell me ...... they had to use electricity?

Posted by: Ciampino - If you put Marijuana in the dryyer, all you get is tumbleweed at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (qfLjt)

61 @56 @57 Thnking along the same lines there s.i.d.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (kXYt5)

62 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed. He will be completely erased from history.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

63 49 56 57

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (BRHaw)

64 I hope he’s at least considering getting rid of that stupid long ess.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (xTRSc)

65 62 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed. He will be completely erased from history.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (BRHaw)

66 He's wondering if he should include forcing Colonists to put redundant "U"s in words in the list of grievances against England.
Posted by: Kris

I kinda like those u's randomly tossed into words like real bacon bits in a salad. A welcome surprise in an otherwise mundane offering!

(Full disclosure: My kids went to British school overseas in their formative years, and were required to spell with the "u". It's become a habit for all of us)

Posted by: Moki at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (JrN/x)

67 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed. He will be completely erased from history.

From what I've heard, that's pretty much the case for tours at Monticello now.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (eOEVl)

68 I knew that would be a Hordemind moment....

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (EjcSq)

69
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (MoZTd)

70 WTF is a Congreff??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (Vwz3I)

71 >>Wasn’t Howard Pyle the artist who did a lot of paintings of pirates?

Arrr, matey.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (ZLI7S)

72 Too many colours.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (PiwSw)

73 Actually, he's pondering "unalienable" vs. "inalienable".

"I happen to be a Harvard graduate. . ."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (AW0uW)

74 Needs more florescent lighting.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (45fpk)

75 By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (BRHaw)

76 And I love this painting, CBD. He knows he's writing a death sentence for him and the signers, and it's weighing heavily on him. Yet it's the right thing to do. That's the kind of intestinal fortitude we need from our leaders and fellow countrymen. God willing, we find it.

Posted by: Moki at July 04, 2023 09:47 AM (JrN/x)

77 " Was there a candle shortage in those days? "

A rendition of life in the future.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 09:47 AM (1n+EO)

78 It looks like he is burning the incriminating letter.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 09:47 AM (Qn59F)

79 70 WTF is a Congreff??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (Vwz3I)

combo of the senath and the housth

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:47 AM (BRHaw)

80 WTF is a Congreff??

Actually, it would have been "Congrefs." The long S was only used in the middle of words, never at the beginning or end.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (AW0uW)

81 Later, Jefferson retired to the local boarding house to hit his crack pipe and have wild sex with Ukrainian prostitutes.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (KVGVf)

82 Delaware Art Museum has the best collection of John Sloan Ashcan School art. Alas, I will never go there again, as I'd have to drive through Maryland to get there and they hate my gub(s).

Posted by: Arts and Farces at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (T0tUU)

83 I happen to be a Harvard graduate. . .


Well, I attended William & Mary.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (eOEVl)

84 Well he's wearing trousers and stockings so yes, I would hang.

Posted by: Ciampino - If you put Marijuana in the dryer, all you get is tumbleweed at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

85 The Founders spelled “choose” as “chuse” in the Constitution.

F’in retards.

/ (Just in case it’s necessary.)

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (xTRSc)

86
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (BRHaw)


During the trials of the Manhattan Project:

From this crude lab that spawned the dud,
Their necks to Truman's axe uncurled,
Lo! the embattled savants stood,
And fired the flop heard round the world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (MoZTd)

87 Well he's wearing trousers and stockings so yes, I would hang.

So...what you're saying is he's qualified for the Book Thread?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (eOEVl)

88 77 " Was there a candle shortage in those days? "

A rendition of life in the future.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice


And we had cars that ran on gasoline and did not require you to muck out their garages every day...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (hOUT3)

89 62 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed.

Until some neo-Charleton Heston stumbles onto the ruins of Mt Rushmore in the radioactive forbidden zone in the year 3776.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (tA1/w)

90
"We can call this off if you give us 10% for the Big Guy."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (MoZTd)

91 1776
Jan 10 "Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine published, advocating American independence

Feb 17 1st volume of Edward Gibbon's seminal work "The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published

Mar 9 Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"

wow

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (BRHaw)

92 83 I happen to be a Harvard graduate. . .


Well, I attended William & Mary.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (eOEVl)
----
So what did you do for them?
/s

Posted by: Ciampino -- If you put Marijuana in the dryer, all you get is tumbleweed at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (qfLjt)

93 Beeswax or tallow?

Look at the draft in that room! Windows must be open to the sound of the crickets, and the weeping and gnashing of teeth from the slave quarters.

He should have his mistress Ketanji 25 at his side, advising him on the wording about how all men are created.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (4ZE6o)

94 I like the subtle detail of the sunrise in the window. TJ has been working through the night on one of the most consequential letters in history. His face reflects the sobering reality of what 56 men are about to do. The sunrise could also symbolize a new beginning, a new era, new way of doing things, etc.

Posted by: Kris at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (VQp/A)

95 It looks like he is burning the incriminating letter.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Greeting: You are hereby ordered for induction. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM (OjHyA)

96 Until some neo-Charleton Heston stumbles onto the ruins of Mt Rushmore in the radioactive forbidden zone in the year 3776.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (tA1/w)

The Impossible Whopper is PEOPLE

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM (BRHaw)

97 One wonders if the DofI would have been as beautifully written as it was, if Jefferson had had a laptop and Word.

---------

Not to mention "AI."

/If I had time, I'd make up a ChatGPT mockery.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM (ul9wx)

98 Actually, it would have been "Congrefs." The long S was only used in the middle of words, never at the beginning or end.
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ƁŁŌŴ ⱮË!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM (Vwz3I)

99 For Jefferson this was a labour of love.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM (kXYt5)

100 >>By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.


Ah, the battle of Lexington and Concord!
Pretty sure the farmers had gathered at a tavern on the town green in Lexington, getting drunk while awaiting the arrival of the redcoats - God bless them!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (avru5)

101 “All men are created women”

— Tranny Declaration of Independence

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (xTRSc)

102 Finally, a living wage.

Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (FVME7)

103 "This is all well-and-good, but what I really want is some French Toast slathered in maple syrup."
-- T. Jefferson

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (a3Q+t)

104 Looks like a wall clock in the background.

Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (88xKn)

105 REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (BRHaw)

106 Well, I attended William & Mary.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:48 AM (eOEVl)

Saw many concerts @ W&M Hall.

Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (AwYPR)

107 >>Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed.

When my business partner from Australia was here in April we had some meetings down around VA and MD. We ended up having a free afternoon and he wanted to see the monuments in DC.

This was just a random Thursday afternoon in April and the place was packed with tourists and lots and lots of school kids from all over judging by the buses they arrived in. Given what we are spoon fed by the media I was pleasantly surprised how many people where there taking in the sights, even the Jefferson Memorial.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2023 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)

108 I believe TJ also introduced macaroni and cheese to America.

He is revered by me and toddlers everywhere for that alone.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (xTRSc)

109 104 Looks like a wall clock in the background.
Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (88xKn)



Jefferson's Grandfather would beg to differ...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (hOUT3)

110 “All men are created women”

— Tranny Declaration of Independence
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (xTRSc)
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I can imagine the "Sparkle Declaration" to be as blasphemous and heretical as the "Sparkle Creed."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (BpYfr)

111 The Spirit of Seventy Sex is a Bicentennial tribute to our founding fathers and mothers. A seminal work, if you will. Quite humourous, too.

Posted by: Siskel and Ebert at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (T0tUU)

112 "I happen to be a Harvard graduate. . ."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM


What a coincidence! #MeToo!

Posted by: David Hogg at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (a3Q+t)

113 96 The Impossible Whopper is PEOPLE

This seems highly probable. What do you think they are going to feed to all those insects that they want us to eat ? It won't be fun and games like forced labor in the new gulags.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (tA1/w)

114 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed. He will be completely erased from history.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2023 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

---------

Or he will have been outed as a black female transgender Marxist pedophile.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (ul9wx)

115 79 70 WTF is a Congreff??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (Vwz3I)

combo of the senath and the housth

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:47 AM (BRHaw)
----
Doctor: "Big Breaths."
Teen girl: "Yeth, and I'm only sixtheen!"

Posted by: Ciampino --- If you put Marijuana in the dryer, all you get is tumbleweed at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (qfLjt)

116 *T.J. looking at the historic paper he holds in his hand*




"And so it begins."

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 09:56 AM (1n+EO)

117 >>Finally, a living wage.

Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage


Future headlines: LA restaurants, other shops 'unexpectedly' close

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2023 09:56 AM (avru5)

118 English-type subjects have to go to work today. Ha ha!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 09:56 AM (4I/2K)

119 Ah, Mister Jefferson, I'm glad you're not here to see how this country has declined.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 04, 2023 09:57 AM (bkUtD)

120 That's awesome! Have fun!

I'm trying to talk my mom into riding up to the Blue Ridge Parkway today. No way I'll ever get her to the range!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 09:40 AM


Enjoy! A change of scenery does wonders.

Drizzly and cool here, but we'll have fun at the range. Then meat will be grilled. Because 'Murica.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 09:57 AM (Wnv9h)

121 I remember seeing his little office at Monticello and feeling a sort of reverence. This is where it began. The absolute brilliance of the founding fathers to create a system that has lasted this long.
A Republic, if we can keep it.

Happy Fourth of July all.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2023 09:57 AM (t/2Uw)

122 Look at the draft in that room! Windows must be open...

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Wasn't there a Sherlock Holmes story where Holmes solved the case by noting the candle wax had dripped down one side of the candle, something, something...?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 09:57 AM (kXYt5)

123 ƁŁŌŴ ⱮË!
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 09:51 AM


No attribution to CBD?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2023 09:57 AM (a3Q+t)

124 Well he's wearing trousers and stockings so yes, I would hang.

"breeches"

Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 09:58 AM (AwYPR)

125 Doctor: "Big Breaths."
Teen girl: "Yeth, and I'm only sixtheen!"
Posted by: Ciampino --- If you put Marijuana in the dryer, all you get is tumbleweed at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (qfLjt)

vy tank u

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:58 AM (BRHaw)

126 "No attribution to CBD?"

I thought that was Bjork?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 09:58 AM (1n+EO)

127 I believe TJ also introduced macaroni and cheese to America.

He is revered by me and toddlers everywhere for that alone.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (xTRSc)


IIRC, he also was the first to serve french fries at his table.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM (AW0uW)

128 "Well he's wearing trousers and stockings so yes, I would hang.

"breeches"


Into the breech!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM (1n+EO)

129 Ah, the battle of Lexington and Concord!
Pretty sure the farmers had gathered at a tavern on the town green in Lexington, getting drunk while awaiting the arrival of the redcoats - God bless them!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM


What really happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTg5-E2_O1A

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM (Wnv9h)

130 Okay, this is an effective painting. The mood is somber, the situation in the colonies is dark, time may be running out (that grandfather clock on the right). And one man is struggling to put it in perspective so that all can understand. The complete emphasis on Jefferson, the writer, and what he wrote points to what Pyle thought of him and his work. The hint of the shadow merging with the dark grandfather clock is, to me, another indication of one man's influence.

I've seen a number of Pyle's paintings and illustrations but hadn't seen this one. I also didn't know he taught Maxfield Parrish and, to some extent, NC Wyeth. You can see how he might have influenced today's premier historical artists like Kuntsler and Troiani.

This dark, poignant image seems especially appropriate for my mood about the country these last years.

Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM (7EjX1)

131 Almost sad.. Like was mentioned above he might has well have burned it

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM (bs+z0)

132 20 No wonder the writing on it is so funky.... he can hardly see.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)


Lanterns burning cheap kerosene for indoor lighting, replacing candles and fireplaces, was a revolution in human productivity and comfort that is rarely mentioned by historians. When kerosene and kerosene lanterns went on the market in the mid-1850s, everyone wanted a kerosene lantern.

The oil drilling and refining industries began and exploded in size by producing crude oil then refining kerosene from it. John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil partners became filthy rich selling kerosene, not gasoline. The oil industries were in trouble when natural gas and electricity began reducing the kerosene demand in the early 1900s. They were saved by the automobile.

Posted by: Gref at July 04, 2023 10:00 AM (AMIL/)

133 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 09:56 AM (1n+EO)

Yo VIA

You just know he was thinking surely Old George III would favour me with an Earldom if I sold out those Yankee peasants...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 04, 2023 10:00 AM (hOUT3)

134 Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage
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Oh, no! Canadian minimum wage will have to go to $32.94 CAD to compete!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:00 AM (Vwz3I)

135 “Oh, let me get through it once!”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:00 AM (xTRSc)

136 124 Well he's wearing trousers and stockings so yes, I would hang.

"breeches"
Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 09:58 AM (AwYPR)

Once more unto the breeches dear friends, once more.

Posted by: Henry V, monarch and clothing merchant at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (dE+9W)

137 The expression on his face is of a man who is very seriously considering putting his work to the candle flame. The fact that he didn't is a testament to his dedication and fortitude.

He *knew* that the consequences of that document would be severe, echoing down throughout history before him...

Very, very few documents have had as much impact on the world as the Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (BpYfr)

138 Breaches in breeches = assless chaps

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)

139 Prediction- In 30 yrs.it will be as if Thomas Jefferson never existed. He will be completely erased from history.

From what I've heard, that's pretty much the case for tours at Monticello now.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 09:45 AM (eOEVl)

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Courtesy of Biden Butt-Boy David Rubenstein, largest donor to the National Archives and why NARA was used as a vehicle to go after and try to eliminate Trump from the 2024 campaign.

See Lee Smith's great essay from February "Closing In on the Classified Cover-up" at The Tablet:

https://is.gd/CpSTh2

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:02 AM (ul9wx)

140 109 104 Looks like a wall clock in the background.
Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2023 09:53 AM (88xKn)


Jefferson's Grandfather would beg to differ...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 04, 2023 09:55 AM (hOUT3)
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So that's not a grandfather clock then?

Posted by: Ciampino - "Dad, how do stars die?" "Usually an overdose." at July 04, 2023 10:02 AM (qfLjt)

141 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:59 AM

Still need to get you to the range, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 10:02 AM (Wnv9h)

142 Oh, no! Canadian minimum wage will have to go to $32.94 CAD to compete!
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:00 AM (Vwz3I)

That's loonie.

Posted by: Bird is the word at July 04, 2023 10:03 AM (dE+9W)

143 Too many colours.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (PiwSw)

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"There are FOUR colours!"

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:03 AM (ul9wx)

144 Well, I attended William & Mary.
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As a young child, I thought Texas A&M was "Alice & Mary", undoubtedly misremembering "William & Mary"!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:03 AM (Vwz3I)

145 *contemplates the English form of royal government in preparation to writing the DoI*

It occurs to me that strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at July 04, 2023 10:04 AM (4I/2K)

146 B&C&T&A

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice U.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:04 AM (xTRSc)

147 "You just know he was thinking surely Old George III would favour me with an Earldom if I sold out those Yankee peasants..."

Yet....he chose a different path.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 10:05 AM (1n+EO)

148 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Liberty. This sweet! And perfect art. Dark. Yet there is a light for hope.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2023 10:06 AM (WKUCe)

149 Wasn't there a Sherlock Holmes story where Holmes solved the case by noting the candle wax had dripped down one side of the candle, something, something...?
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The Case of the Guttering S&M Bondage Bitch.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:06 AM (Vwz3I)

150 “Dear King George,

Dude, how’s your syphilis progressing?”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:07 AM (xTRSc)

151 Does the Canadian money have King Tampon’s picture on it yet?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

152 138 Breaches in breeches = assless chaps
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)

cheeky buggar!

Posted by: King George III at July 04, 2023 10:09 AM (z+89e)

153 There is a YouTube video on how letters in the English language have changed in last few centuries

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2023 10:09 AM (xhxe8)

154 “Dear King George,

Dude, how’s your syphilis porphyria progressing?”


FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2023 10:09 AM (eOEVl)

155 "We can call this off if you give us 10% for the Big Guy."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2023 09:49 AM (MoZTd)

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"I gave Arnold double his lands in Scotland, matching estates in England. Charles Lee turned for ... for much less."

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:09 AM (ul9wx)

156 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 09:34 AM (AW0uW)

David McCullough is a fan of powerful government, as was John Adams.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:10 AM (PHmov)

157 Dear King George,

Fuck off!

Sincerely,
(the undersigned)

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 04, 2023 10:10 AM (BdMk6)

158 Off the wall comment. Reading by candle light is very different from electric lighting. In the right circumstances, and with the right material (think Hound of the Baskervilles), it can add to the experience. Partly atmosphere and partly because you can only see the writing forcing you to concentrate on the words. It's a different focus.

Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2023 10:11 AM (7EjX1)

159 King George: “Why, this is madness!”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:11 AM (xTRSc)

160 I was not successful persuading my mom to go to the mountains. The forecast is for thunderstorms in that area anyway. Maybe I can go to the range today... I'm too caffeinated to sit around the house, I'll hang out here all day and end up on the Wall of Shame.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 10:11 AM (aBJcM)

161 Dude, how’s your syphilis progressing?”
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Porphyria!!

[It looks like the most-recent theory is having been bipolar.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:12 AM (Vwz3I)

162 Dude, how’s your syphilis progressing?”
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Hmm?

We weren't listening.

Posted by: zombie henry viii at July 04, 2023 10:12 AM (Vwz3I)

163 For those considering drinking a fifth on the Fourth, ValuRite is offering its finest brown, aged 12 days in an oaken bucket blend at a popular price. Limited edition plastic decanter, too.

Posted by: Look On the Bottom Shelf at July 04, 2023 10:13 AM (T0tUU)

164 If TJ had burned the damm thing then we would all be subjects of the King now. Our President may be a senile old fool but thank God we don't have to pledge allegiance to King Charles.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:13 AM (tA1/w)

165 I was not successful persuading my mom to go to the mountains. The forecast is for thunderstorms in that area anyway. Maybe I can go to the range today... I'm too caffeinated to sit around the house, I'll hang out here all day and end up on the Wall of Shame.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 10:11 AM


Bummer. The range beckons.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 10:14 AM (Wnv9h)

166 > So that's not a grandfather clock then?

Pro tip: if you're going to do an image service for "grandfather clock", be very, very careful what you type.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 04, 2023 10:14 AM (Y6AXb)

167 Off to get my seats for the local parade. See y'all tomorrow.

Posted by: Kris at July 04, 2023 10:15 AM (VQp/A)

168 138 Breaches in breeches = assless chaps

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)
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Breaches in breeches = assless chaps != chapless asses

Posted by: Ciampino - smoking asses at July 04, 2023 10:15 AM (qfLjt)

169 So that's not a grandfather clock then?
Posted by: Ciampino - "Dad, how do stars die?" "Usually an overdose." at July 04, 2023 10:02 AM


It identifies as a pocket watch.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2023 10:15 AM (Wnv9h)

170 Yeah, George, sorry about the porphyria.

Posted by: Alfred the Great at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (xTRSc)

171 > thank God we don't have to pledge allegiance to King Charles.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:13 AM (tA1/w)

Charles is what you get when cousins who were the children of cousins who were the children of cousins who were the children of cousins (lather, rinse, repeat) marry.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (Y6AXb)

172 David McCullough is a fan of powerful government, as was John Adams.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:10 AM (PHmov)


That's one of the reasons my admiration for Adams is tempered.

Apropos of that, I found it darkly humorous that, in the McCullough bio, both John and Abigail - who were vociferous supporters of independence - demanded Washington pop a cap in the ass of the Whiskey Rebellion. "Taxation for thee, but not for me!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (AW0uW)

173 Does the Canadian money have King Tampon’s picture on it yet?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

Haven't seen any such as yet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (85k0f)

174 Good morning! Happy Fourth of July. Let us pray the ideas our founding father’s had aren’t lost on and through the liberals chasing a concept that doesn’t work for anyone. Secretly, they know. Or they would immigrate to Venezuela.

Also, chaps, by design, do not have a bottom covering section. If they did, they would be leather pants. They go over pants for riding. Even breeches, for those of us who ride English. I prefer my half chaps, though. Easier than boots!

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

175 1776
Jan 10 "Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine published, advocating American independence

Feb 17 1st volume of Edward Gibbon's seminal work "The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published

Mar 9 Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"

wow

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (BRHaw)

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Glenn Beck was interviewing historian & author Stephen Mansfield on his radio show yesterday.

They claimed that Paine's "Common Sense" derived much from -- and wouldn't have been as effective sans -- "The Great Awakening," and in particular George Whitefield, whom Mansfield refers to as the "Unknown Founding Father."

Anyway, I found that fascinating and no very little about The Great Awakening. "We shall have to remedy that ..."

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (ul9wx)

176 Does the Canadian money have King Tampon’s picture on it yet?
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Not yet. They're working on it but no date announced yet. It might be a couple of years.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (Vwz3I)

177 Off, Anglo-Saxon King sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:18 AM (xTRSc)

178 For those considering drinking a fifth on the Fourth, ValuRite is offering its finest brown, aged 12 days in an oaken bucket blend at a popular price. Limited edition plastic decanter, too.
Posted by: Look On the Bottom Shelf at July 04, 2023


***
That plastic really adds to the bouquet!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2023 10:18 AM (omVj0)

179 I'm glad the painting of subjects in candle light grew out of fashion.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:18 AM (cxHZm)

180 173 and grooming children

Sorry, you mis-spelled mutilating.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:19 AM (tA1/w)

181 "I'll hang out here all day and end up on the Wall of Shame."

There are worse things to do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 10:19 AM (1n+EO)

182 Made one little typo when ordering from Amazon. Now have a whole case of Assless Chaos I don't know what to do with.

Posted by: Ben Dover at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (T0tUU)

183 Not yet. They're working on it but no date announced yet. It might be a couple of years.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (Vwz3I)

They'd better work up an image of William, in case Chuck kicks off early.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (85k0f)

184 How far that little candle throws its beams!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (vHIgi)

185 I prefer my half chaps, though. Easier than boots!
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

Chorts?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (4I/2K)

186 143 Too many colours.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at July 04, 2023 09:46 AM (PiwSw)

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"There are FOUR colours!"

Posted by: ShainS
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"The count of the colours shall be four!"

Posted by: Ciampino - If colour becomes color then four becomes for at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (qfLjt)

187 Not yet. They're working on it but no date announced yet. It might be a couple of years.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (Vwz3I)

You'd think because of her age, the gov't would have prepared for it years ago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (Angsy)

188 Beeswax or tallow?

Look at the draft in that room! Windows must be open to the sound of the crickets, and the weeping and gnashing of teeth from the slave quarters.

He should have his mistress Ketanji 25 at his side, advising him on the wording about how all men are created.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at July 04, 2023 09:50 AM (4ZE6o)

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[Editor's Note: Jefferson's slave mistress Ketanji 25 was not a biologist, and could offer no insight into how men and women are created, let alone define their differences.]

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (ul9wx)

189 By the way, this is a very fine painting, and a great choice for the day. Happy Independence Day to all my American friends!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (85k0f)

190 The Founders would be utterly heartbroken to see the country today. A bloated centralized fascist government crushing its citizens, proselytizing faggotry, and grooming children. It would destroy their very souls.
Posted by: A republic, not a fagscist queerocracy at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (dE+9W)

I'm not so sure. They'd probably look around at our unimaginable prosperity coupled with so much Godlessness and think that our falling is right on schedule.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (BdMk6)

191 Ben Franklin wanted to throw a few referees to “strumpets” into the DoI, but Roger Sherman nixed the idea.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (xTRSc)

192 186 I prefer my half chaps, though. Easier than boots!
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

Chorts?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:20 AM (4I/2K)
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Biden wears SHARTS. Brown ones.

Posted by: Ciampino -- If colour becomes color then four becomes for at July 04, 2023 10:22 AM (qfLjt)

193 Thomas Jefferson Writing the Declaration of Independence

He must have had great eyesight. I'd have to write as big as John Hancock to see what I was doing.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2023 10:23 AM (bt2PN)

194 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 04, 2023 10:23 AM (T4tVD)

195 "188 Not yet. They're working on it but no date announced yet. It might be a couple of years.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (Vwz3I)

You'd think because of her age, the gov't would have prepared for it years ago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (Angsy) "

in our times, "long term planning" seems to mean "until the next round of bonuses is announced"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at July 04, 2023 10:23 AM (dwh5k)

196 Um, about those assless chaps…

— Brie Larson

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:24 AM (xTRSc)

197
In Congreff - a limerick

Dear George, you've really made a meff
We've got terms of separation to profeff
I'll keep the wordiing sparse
You can shove it up your arse
Signed, Yours in rebellion, T. Jeff

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 10:24 AM (kXYt5)

198 Ben Franklin wanted to throw a few referees to “strumpets” into the DoI, but Roger Sherman nixed the idea.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:21 AM (xTRSc)

I saw Chuck Mangione and His Magic Strumpet at the Mega lo Mart in Texas a few years ago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 10:24 AM (Angsy)

199 King Charles is a dopey little hobo who looks like he's been nipping at the kitchen sherry.

You want to pick a fight, bring it!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 10:24 AM (KVGVf)

200 194 Thomas Jefferson Writing the Declaration of Independence

He must have had great eyesight. I'd have to write as big as John Hancock to see what I was doing.
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2023 10:23 AM

Lizard person confirmed! The US has been under their control since its founding!!!

Posted by: David Icke at July 04, 2023 10:25 AM (NCgXW)

201 “All men are created women”

— Tranny Declaration of Independence

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (xTRSc)

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* golf clap *

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:25 AM (ul9wx)

202 I saw Chuck Mangione and His Magic Strumpet at the Mega lo Mart in Texas a few years ago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2023 10:24 AM (Angsy)

In Russia, strumpet blows you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2023 10:25 AM (85k0f)

203 Finally, a living wage.

Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (FVME7)

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It should be $250 for blacks and illegal aliens. Reparations and all that ...

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:26 AM (ul9wx)

204 194 He must have had great eyesight.

TJ was only 33 at the time, so probably not bad.
Ben Franklin did not have good eyesight - he had to invent bifocal glasses ! Thanks Ben !

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:26 AM (tA1/w)

205 Ben Franklin wanted to throw a few referees to “strumpets” into the DoI, but Roger Sherman nixed the idea.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

How come referees get the strumpets ?

Posted by: JT at July 04, 2023 10:26 AM (T4tVD)

206 I knew I shoulda put in that "no trannys" codicil

Posted by: Tommy J at July 04, 2023 10:26 AM (us2H3)

207 And Prince Harry. Does this man possess anything resembling balls? He's a Hollywood sugar daddy baby!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 10:27 AM (KVGVf)

208 I don't think the founders actually gave much thought to what the future would hold. In my opinion they were mostly concerned with their "hear and now." And crafted documentation that they thought would give them some sort of validity as it pertained to the desire for self rule.

Their concepts have evolved over time, but what was originally written was fairly eloquent, but simple.

TL;DR "leave us the fuck alone to govern ourselves or we'll curb stomp your limey heads."

Too bad most people don't adhere that basic principle.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2023 10:27 AM (Q4IgG)

209 Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 09:52 AM (FVME7)

it will sink them

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:27 AM (us2H3)

210 Mom had Chuck Mangione greatest hits on 8 track.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2023 10:28 AM (TZ75n)

211 Los Angeles Is Floating a $25 Minimum Wage

Oh no! That means we'll have to raise ours, too, in order not to lose our own Starbucks baristas / Antifa organizers.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2023 10:28 AM (bt2PN)

212 Well, folks, it's been fun, but I think I'll sign off and relax.

I'm working tomorrow, so will see you all then.

Hope you have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 04, 2023 10:28 AM (AW0uW)

213 You, too, MP4.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:28 AM (xTRSc)

214 Spit Spot

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (tA1/w)

215 210 That’s one of the most 70s sentences ever.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (xTRSc)

216 it will sink them

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:27 AM (us2H3)

The service industry in Los Angeles is so pathetically bad already that simply eliminating most of those jobs won't be noticeable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (PHmov)

217 "it will sink them "

Just do it!!!


Or go for $30.00.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (1n+EO)

218 Really needed to biggify it to see it, but that's a damn fine painting. Would proudly hang.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 04, 2023 10:30 AM (4780s)

219 Well done Muldoon

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2023 10:30 AM (xhxe8)

220 166 > So that's not a grandfather clock then?

Pro tip: if you're going to do an image service for "grandfather clock", be very, very careful what you type.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 04, 2023 10:14 AM (Y6AXb)
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image search?
Tell me more ....

Posted by: Ciampino -- If colour becomes color then four becomes for at July 04, 2023 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

221 assless chap
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)

I was born that way. Sitting is painful.

Posted by: Reforger at July 04, 2023 10:31 AM (B705c)

222 10 That’s one of the most 70s sentences ever.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Pretty much. She also had the The Best of Bread on 8 track.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2023 10:31 AM (TZ75n)

223 Clearly leg before wicket!

You're out!

Posted by: Strumpet Referee at July 04, 2023 10:32 AM (Vwz3I)

224 One wonders if the DofI would have been as beautifully written as it was, if Jefferson had had a laptop and Word.


-
Well, there would have been more emojis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 10:33 AM (FVME7)

225 Anyway, I found that fascinating and no very little about The Great Awakening.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:17 AM (ul9wx)


Talk to commenter "Diogenes" about that. He does it every day!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:33 AM (PHmov)

226 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

227 David McCullough is a fan of powerful government, as was John Adams.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:10 AM (PHmov)

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Indeed, along with that rogue Hamilton.

Make Anti-Federalism Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:34 AM (ul9wx)

228 The Roger Sherman who was on the Declaration committee was a relative of William Tecunseh.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:34 AM (xTRSc)

229 >>Their concepts have evolved over time, but what was originally written was fairly eloquent, but simple.


So did their understanding that the only way they could achieve their desired state was through independence. Many years and constant debate and rejected ideas. It's not like they all woke up in 1776 and said "Hey, maybe we should go to war with the most powerful country the world has ever known!".

And it wasn't even a majority of the people living in the colonies who wanted freedom.

We might just be on a similar trajectory.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2023 10:34 AM (ZLI7S)

230 Well done Muldoon
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That's not rare.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 10:34 AM (Vwz3I)

231 Wouldn't it be beautifully ironic if King Charles, after waiting so long to gain the throne, did not live long enough to see his face on the currency?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 10:35 AM (kXYt5)

232 223 Clearly leg before wicket!

I thought there was a rule: No cricket references untill after 10000 comments in a thread ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:35 AM (tA1/w)

233 I usually use "genius" sarcastically but TJ was actually a genius. So was Ben Franklin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2023 10:35 AM (RIvkX)

234 Muldoon, 29. Well said.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (4780s)

235 Wouldn't it be beautifully ironic if King Charles, after waiting so long to gain the throne, did not live long enough to see his face on the currency?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 10:35 AM (kXYt5)


That's not irony!

Posted by: Alanis Morissette at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (7YrZ7)

236 I was not successful persuading my mom to go to the mountains. The forecast is for thunderstorms in that area anyway. Maybe I can go to the range today... I'm too caffeinated to sit around the house, I'll hang out here all day and end up on the Wall of Shame.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2023 10:11 AM (aBJcM)

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Heh. Rarely have gone to a movie theater over the past decade or two, but am trying to persuade the wifey to attend the opening of "Sound of Freedom" today (she sounds ... unenthusiastic).

I may go by myself ...

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (ul9wx)

237 Jefferson was an idealist to the end, writing about the "thought" of why the Founders had accomplished. The pragmatists , like Franklin, who knew this was a short term affair, were already gone by TJ's end (1826). None would have been surprised by the war between the states and would have correctly noted the end of the first Republic at that juncture.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (oWBc3)

238 Happy Independence Day, Horde.

To the men who fought their asses off to free this country. To the women that supported those men and kept them on the battlefield. And to a time where gender affirming care was in an insane asylum where it belongs.

America. May she stay free. May she remain a beacon of freedom on Earth. May we get her back, soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

239 215 210 That’s one of the most 70s sentences ever.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (xTRSc)

8 tracks of 'Feels so Good'...

Hell, 30 albums and they all sound like Feels so Good.

Posted by: Reforger at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (B705c)

240 Needed the bifocals to be able to clearly and sharply see the contours of a plump décolletage.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 04, 2023 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

241 I think the Founders were also worried about the new country falling apart before it really even got off the ground. Thus, the harsh reaction to Shay, the Whiskey Rebellion, etc., and the economic centralization of Hamilton. There was a reason for those policies at the time.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:37 AM (xTRSc)

242 Filed under no, just no.

Space Force Anthem. Eye in the Sky and all that. No.

Think Alan Parsons Project.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

243 236
Heh. Rarely have gone to a movie theater over the past decade or two, but am trying to persuade the wifey to attend the opening of "Sound of Freedom" today (she sounds ... unenthusiastic).

I may go by myself ...
Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (ul9wx)

We are going this afternoon… Jim Caviezal, Mia Sorvino… Supporting these films ( the qualityof which steadily increases) is very important, I think..

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:39 AM (PCK5/)

244 America. May she stay free. May she remain a beacon of freedom on Earth. May we get her back, soon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

I misread that as "a bacon of freedom". Yes!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:39 AM (4I/2K)

245 I had posted this earlier, but it just has so many things rolled into one story.

Forklifts, theft, BOTH big Box brands, death, folks sleeping in cars, etc.

https://tinyurl.com/4jmsawpn

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 10:40 AM (1n+EO)

246 Ben, if you need eyewear to see the décolletage, her boobs obviously aren’t big enough.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM (xTRSc)

247 We justifiably deify the Founders. But Geo Washington was the biggest distiller of whiskey in the country. Big business back then - so maybe the Whiskey Rebellion was a result of him not wanting the competition ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM (tA1/w)

248 For the anti government types the Whiskey Rebellion is often misrepresented. I understand both sides but what I mainly see is people want government until they don't want government. It's a constant struggle for balance and man's ability to fuck things up because they have blinders.

Only other note I would make is I think George Washington did a very good job handling the situation.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM (cxHZm)

249 "The count of the colours shall be four!"
Posted by: Ciampino - If colour becomes color then four becomes for

No leff, no more.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM (FVME7)

250 July is a big day for national holidays. Canada, ‘Murica and France, all within 14 days of each other. Kind of interesting.

Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:42 AM (KcUCT)

251 The service industry in Los Angeles is so pathetically bad already that simply eliminating most of those jobs won't be noticeable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:29 AM (PHmov)

my attempts at humor are rarely factual

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:42 AM (us2H3)

252 250 Only the Russians had the fortitude/inebriation level to launch revolutions in the winter and late fall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:43 AM (xTRSc)

253 One year ago, Highland Park IL had a mass shooting at the 4th of July parade. Nobody mentions the tranny angle.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:43 AM (MIKMs)

254
I misread that as "a bacon of freedom". Yes!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:39 AM (4I/2K)




Whittling my words down to 'bacon.'


I'll allow it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

255 We justifiably deify the Founders. But Geo Washington was the biggest distiller of whiskey in the country. Big business back then - so maybe the Whiskey Rebellion was a result of him not wanting the competition ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM (tA1/w

Not even close in my opinion. But one thing that did seem unfair to a point is you could pay a flat fee or by the gallon. The big producers paid the flat fee which made their tax per gallon a lot lower than the small producers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (cxHZm)

256 246 Ben, if you need eyewear to see the décolletage, her boobs obviously aren’t big enough.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM

A gentlemen needs to be able to ogle a woman's décolletage from across the room...DISCRETELY. Especially while in France...men get stabbed and shot if they get caught doin' that shit!

Posted by: Ben "Paris Pimpin'" Franklin at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (NCgXW)

257 I misread that as "a bacon of freedom". Yes!
Posted by: Count de Monet

me too !

Posted by: JT at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (T4tVD)

258 Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

Posted by: Slater at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (4I/2K)

259 Caption:

Lessee here...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Corks of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to disso-

Oh, goddammit!!!

Corks??? When in the Corks??? Really?!?!?!

Corks!!!

Now, I gotta burn the dang thing and start all over again.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (fb7jX)

260 These explicitly conservative movies are just big circle jerks. The way to have influence in society is make regular movies but with a subtle conservative theme or message. Otherwise it’s just ghetto conservative cinema. Nobody is going to go to sound of freedom who isn’t already a 100% believer.

Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:45 AM (KcUCT)

261 253 One year ago, Highland Park IL had a mass shooting at the 4th of July parade. Nobody mentions the tranny angle.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:43 AM

We wanted to protect the victims...trans people, from the inevitable normie MAGA-country bigot backlash.

Posted by: MSM at July 04, 2023 10:45 AM (NCgXW)

262 We no longer measure Freedom in "bacons" - too large. Use MicroBacons (uBa) in Biden's America.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM (tA1/w)

263 253 One year ago, Highland Park IL had a mass shooting at the 4th of July parade. Nobody mentions the tranny angle.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:43 AM (MIKMs)

Mass shootings only happen because one of two things. Assault weapons and white supremacy.

Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM (KcUCT)

264 Talk to commenter "Diogenes" about that. He does it every day!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:33 AM (PHmov)

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HA! Well-played, CBD.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM (ul9wx)

265 what's the name of the lawyer that's always on Laura's show ?

Sol something or other

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM (us2H3)

266 Martha Washington’s sammich-making skills, like those of most Southern women of the time, were sadly deficient, however.

That’s why Southern men fought so hard to keep slavery.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (xTRSc)

267 American Underdog is an excellent movie… in my conservative opinion.

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (PCK5/)

268 One of my relatives was jailed in the Whiskey Rebellion

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (xhxe8)

269 My chuck roast is on the smoker. I think it will take about 5 hours to get to the table.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (Qn59F)

270 Mark Dice has a good video out today about the 4th and how blacks are displaying their disdain for the country that fought to make them free to live in prosperity and wealth.

They are demanding reparations. Your reparations are not having to live in a grass hut, sleeping on a dirt floor and doing the bidding of your masters. There are more black millionaires in this country than any country on Earth. THERE'S your reparations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

271 265 what's the name of the lawyer that's always on Laura's show ?
Sol something or other
Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM

INVICTUS

Posted by: SOL INVICTUS at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (NCgXW)

272 265 what's the name of the lawyer that's always on Laura's show ?

Sol something or other
Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:46 AM (us2H3)

Rubinek… also known as Artie…

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM (PCK5/)

273 Ben, if you need eyewear to see the décolletage, her boobs obviously aren’t big enough.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:41 AM


These crazy frogs have the belief that the perfect breast size and shape would just fill a champagne glass. Give me the mixing bowls!

Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

274 Not even close in my opinion. But one thing that did seem unfair to a point is you could pay a flat fee or by the gallon. The big producers paid the flat fee which made their tax per gallon a lot lower than the small producers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:44 AM (cxHZm)

Needed better lawyers back then...whiskey is just a form of grain storage/preservation.

Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

275 I saw Corks of Human Events open for…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM (xTRSc)

276 My chuck roast is on the smoker. I think it will take about 5 hours to get to the table.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (Qn59F)

Smoke on!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (4I/2K)

277 VIA, what a story.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (4780s)

278 >>Sol something or other

Weisenberg.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (ZLI7S)

279 Wouldn't it be beautifully ironic if King Charles, after waiting so long to gain the throne, did not live long enough to see his face on the currency?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 04, 2023 10:35 AM (kXYt5)

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Canada should put Meghan Markle's face on their currency to honor their first "black" "British" "Princess."

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (ul9wx)

280 Filed under no, just no.

Space Force Anthem. Eye in the Sky and all that. No.

Think Alan Parsons Project.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:37 AM (MIKMs)



Starman - Bowie

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (Qn59F)

281 Mass shootings only happen because one of two things. Assault weapons and white supremacy.
Posted by: Montec

Baltimore Mayor Blames Florida and Virginia for Mass Shooting Over the Weekend

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (FVME7)

282 anywho, this Sol guy, who seems to be a weighty lawyer, called Harry Littman an "idiot" on air

don't see lawyers do that in public very often

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)

283 Chuck roast is the poor man's brisket.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (Qn59F)

284 rosenberg,

Posted by: no 6 at July 04, 2023 10:51 AM (PXvVL)

285 273
These crazy frogs have the belief that the perfect breast size and shape would just fill a champagne glass. Give me the mixing bowls!
Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM

They may be on to something...big titties often end up on big women. Might be best to play it safe.

Posted by: Moron at July 04, 2023 10:51 AM (NCgXW)

286
Starman - Bowie
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (Qn59F)



Because we must go to Britain to find a theme for an American government entity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

287 Needed better lawyers back then...whiskey is just a form of grain storage/preservation.
Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

Yes the farmers on the frontier turned their unsold grain to distilled spirits. But the tax was the first tax passed on a domestic product and it was to pay for the war debt. Both sides had their points.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (cxHZm)

288 I started watching Suits on Netflix, I’d never seen it before. Not bad. Sparkles can’t act for shit but she does wear an expensive tight dress and high heels very nicely.

Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (KcUCT)

289 We are going this afternoon… Jim Caviezal, Mia Sorvino… Supporting these films ( the qualityof which steadily increases) is very important, I think..

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:39 AM (PCK5/)

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Exactly, my friend.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (ul9wx)

290
They may be on to something...big titties often end up on big women. Might be best to play it safe.
Posted by: Moron at July 04, 2023 10:51 AM (NCgXW)



*Samantha Fox has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

291 Filed under no, just no.

Space Force Anthem. Eye in the Sky and all that. No.

Think Alan Parsons Project.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 04, 2023 10:37 AM (MIKMs)


Starman - Bowie
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (Qn59F)

Not Major Tom? Peter Schilling version.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (4I/2K)

292 >>anywho, this Sol guy, who seems to be a weighty lawyer, called Harry Littman an "idiot" on air

He is a pretty weighty lawyer. Former DOJ, worked with Ken Starr on the Clinton investigation. Smart guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (ZLI7S)

293 don't see lawyers do that in public very often

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)

Littman worked for Janet Reno, so calling him an "idiot" is actually being polite.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (PHmov)

294 Chuck roast is the poor man's brisket.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (Qn59F)



I am the poor man's nothing, you blackguard!!!

Posted by: Sir Charles Roast at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (fb7jX)

295 >>Sol something or other

Goodman.

Posted by: Lalo Salamanca at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (7YrZ7)

296 I misread that as "a bacon of freedom". Yes!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:39 AM (4I/2K)

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Out: Freedom Fries.
In: Bacon of Freedom.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (ul9wx)

297 "Starman - Bowie
Posted by: G'rump928(c) "

Uranus spins on it's side- Blue/Blue's Clues.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 10:53 AM (1n+EO)

298 273 These crazy frogs have the belief that the perfect breast size and shape would just fill a champagne glass. Give me the mixing bowls!
Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 04, 2023 10:48 AM

That's.so.AMAZING!!! I should take a trip to "gay Par-ee" and wear my cute little strapless number. I've heard there's some protests going on because of police brutality against brown people, so maybe I can go march with them, too. For Pride solidarity, or whatever.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at July 04, 2023 10:54 AM (NCgXW)

299
Starman - Bowie
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:49 AM (Qn59F)

Not Major Tom? Peter Schilling version.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (4I/2K)



The theme to Airwolf.

https://youtu.be/SfyhL-pFFMw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

300 I started watching Suits on Netflix, I’d never seen it before. Not bad. Sparkles can’t act for shit but she does wear an expensive tight dress and high heels very nicely.
Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (KcUCT)

That the guy left his beautiful blonde, nice and non crazy girl for Markle's character took me immediately out of the show.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:54 AM (cxHZm)

301 300 I started watching Suits on Netflix, I’d never seen it before. Not bad. Sparkles can’t act for shit but she does wear an expensive tight dress and high heels very nicely.
Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:52 AM (KcUCT)

That the guy left his beautiful blonde, nice and non crazy girl for Markle's character took me immediately out of the show.
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:54 AM (cxHZm)

I did not like any of the characters, so that was a problem..

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:55 AM (PCK5/)

302 Starman - Bowie
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Fly Like an Eagle

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 10:56 AM (FVME7)

303 301 300 That the guy left his beautiful blonde, nice and non crazy girl for Markle's character took me immediately out of the show.
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2023 10:54 AM (cxHZm)

I did not like any of the characters, so that was a problem..
Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:55 AM

Oh...that's a problem?

Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy, desperately trying to get people to watch Indiana Jones at July 04, 2023 10:56 AM (NCgXW)

304 These crazy frogs have the belief that the perfect breast size and shape would just fill a champagne glass. Give me the mixing bowls!
Posted by: Ben Franklin
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Now this is worth discussing. I lean with the french here, but maybe toward on of those oversize martini glasses around nowadays.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 04, 2023 10:57 AM (4780s)

305
Fly Like an Eagle
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 04, 2023 10:56 AM (FVME7)



Where Eagles Fly

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

306 Chuck roast is the poor man's brisket.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 10:50 AM (Qn59F)

Just as tasty, more funds available for ice cold beer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:57 AM (4I/2K)

307 Characters don’t have to be likable to make a good movie/TV show. Everyone on Seinfeld was a horrible person but the show was great. Breaking Bad too. And many others.

Posted by: Montec at July 04, 2023 10:58 AM (KcUCT)

308 Chuck roast- pork steak… eating cheap can be very tasty..

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 10:58 AM (PCK5/)

309 The United States of Bacon:

https://is.gd/FEGVvR

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:58 AM (Zz0t1)

310 Mark Dice has a good video out today about the 4th and how blacks are displaying their disdain for the country that fought to make them free to live in prosperity and wealth.

They are demanding reparations. Your reparations are not having to live in a grass hut, sleeping on a dirt floor and doing the bidding of your masters. There are more black millionaires in this country than any country on Earth. THERE'S your reparations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

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Not to mention that millions of blacks have intentionally & legally immigrated here and generally do very well for themselves & their families.

Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:59 AM (ul9wx)

311 What an awesome painting!

Posted by: Ladyhobbit at July 04, 2023 10:59 AM (o3AQE)

312 >>>Smoke on!

Posted by: Count de Monet

>I have been experimenting with the smoke over this long weekend and find the apple wood and cherry wood to be quite satisfying. I may try to squeeze in some pecan tho' time is growing short.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (KVGVf)

313 Posted by: Ladyhobbit at July 04, 2023 10:59 AM (o3AQE)


Any relation to She Hobbit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

314 I wonder if there are going to be any low cost flights to Paris soon?

https://tinyurl.com/mvyjd9h6

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (1n+EO)

315 310


Not to mention that millions of blacks have intentionally & legally immigrated here and generally do very well for themselves & their families.
Posted by: ShainS - Algorithmic Discrimination, Data Inequity/Disparity Mitigator AI Bot at July 04, 2023 10:59 AM (ul9wx)

Emigrate to Asia.. see how that goes.

Posted by: tubal at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (PCK5/)

316 Just as tasty, more funds available for ice cold beer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 10:57 AM (4I/2K)

Go for the brisket...you can get bud light for next to nothing...brown bag it.

Posted by: BignJames at July 04, 2023 11:01 AM (AwYPR)

317 nood

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at July 04, 2023 11:01 AM (MvF+J)

318 Space Force anthem is not Thus Spoke Zarathustra?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2023 11:01 AM (4I/2K)

319 Is now a good time to re-run the Food Lion PSA?

Boston Shoulder Butt.....99 cents per pound, through today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 11:01 AM (1n+EO)

320 I wonder if there are going to be any low cost flights to Paris soon?

https://tinyurl.com/mvyjd9h6
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (1n+EO)


Yes! They're having a Fire Sale.

Thank you! Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen!

I'll be here all week.

Try the eel!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 04, 2023 11:02 AM (fb7jX)

321 got a bunch of nice fresh basil

so it looks like shrimp pesto pasta and a caprese salad

and some sort of basil cocktail

Posted by: REDACTED at July 04, 2023 11:03 AM (us2H3)

322
>I have been experimenting with the smoke over this long weekend and find the apple wood and cherry wood to be quite satisfying. I may try to squeeze in some pecan tho' time is growing short.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (KVGVf)



Most fruit wood does good, depending on your marinade or rub. I can tell you Worcestershire and mesquite (not fruit wood, I know) clash quite hard and I don't recommend the 2 flavors at the same time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 04, 2023 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

323 I have been experimenting with the smoke over this long weekend and find the apple wood and cherry wood to be quite satisfying. I may try to squeeze in some pecan tho' time is growing short.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 04, 2023 11:00 AM (KVGVf)



I have been using the pecan-applewood mix pellets in my electric Brinkman for everything, beef, pork, and fowl.

It seems to be a good compromise.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 04, 2023 11:03 AM (Qn59F)

324 "Just a Song Before I Go" because traveling twice the speed of sound, it's easy to get burned.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at July 04, 2023 11:06 AM (Vwz3I)

325 185 I prefer my half chaps, though. Easier than boots!
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2023 10:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

Chorts?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July

I wonder if that is what farriers call their chaps…but half chap just go around the calf over paddock boots. Like a removable top part of a tall boot.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2023 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

326 I'm late, again. Thank you so very much, CBD.

A family, all dressed in red, white and blue, with seven very small children put a parade on this morning for the immediate neighborhood.

Seven children from 3 weeks to 7 years old in strollers, on bikes, pulled by wagon, all decorated with flags, ribbons, signs. Two sets of parents, one set of grandparents, carrying a CD player playing 'God Bless the USA' sung by Lee Greenwood and other appropriate music, and all of those little ones scurrying about. It was wonderful, beautiful, heartwarming.

Proud to be an American.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect & speeds the security clearance process at July 04, 2023 11:41 AM (GshMh)

327 Was Jefferson really 8'6"?

Posted by: with all possible dispatch at July 04, 2023 02:49 PM (nakGR)

328 How will this be treated by UN/DNC/Globalists? not very good at all

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