Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of a Condottiero
Artemisia Gentileschi

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Ooompa loompa

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 17, 2023 09:31 AM (U2p+3)

2
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:31 AM (MoZTd)

3 Dressed funny but at least he has a sword

Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (/p2C8)

4
"Margin call, gentlemen!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (MoZTd)

5 Count de Fram.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (wsSEe)

6 Wagner Group, Italian style.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

7 A dandy...fop?

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

8
What were those neck ruffles for? Catching food?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (MoZTd)

9 More like portrait of a fag

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

10 Looks like Artemisia didn't like him very much.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

11 He is trying to decide which feather would make the outfit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (wsSEe)

12 Those collars 1400> always puzzled me

Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (/p2C8)

13
The artist's Mob name was Arty the Gentleman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (MoZTd)

14 7 A dandy...fop?
Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

Condottiero. Italian Mercenary Leader.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

15 Damnit Giuseppe! Quit taking the paper towels out of the dispenser!!!

Posted by: Frustrated Building Custodian at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (JCZqz)

16
Looks like I'm wrong. The artist is a dame.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (MoZTd)

17 Condottiero. Italian Mercenary Leader.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

Still a fop.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (AwYPR)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Yeah he might look like a fruit, but he's a professional solider for hire in the 15th century. Those guys knew their trade.

Very nice painting.

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (gmo/4)

20 He's floating, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Fag.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 17, 2023 09:36 AM (xTRSc)

22 He suffers from whiplash.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2023 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

23 I'm a Condottiero, and you are not! Begone, you jealous peasant!

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 09:36 AM (AMIL/)

24 The Black Knight?

Posted by: ShainS -- Semiquincentennial or Bust! at July 17, 2023 09:36 AM (6wenc)

25 His right arm doesn't have a shadow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 09:37 AM (LvTSG)

26 Looks ghey.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (FVJNG)

27 Yeah he might look like a fruit, but he's a professional solider for hire in the 15th century. Those guys knew their trade.

Very nice painting.
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:35 AM (gmo/4)

Gays in the military didn't start with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (yE7Zc)

28 Soldier not solider, although he seems substantial. stupid auto cucumber.

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (gmo/4)

29 Condottiero?

Is that the term for a mercenary captain?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (nS5l5)

30 8 >>What were those neck ruffles for? Catching food?

Wife just took him to the vet. It's to keep him from biting at the stitchers.

Posted by: red speck at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (0Id0S)

31 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (FVJNG)

32 She's famous for painting Judith chopping the head off of what's his name.

This portrait is even less flattering to men. My goodness! At least King Whatever had to be horny and drugged to be defeated. This guy looks like a pushover.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (BHrzb)

33 I thought The Ghey stuff ended a coupla weeks ago.

Posted by: So Confused at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

34 A real ruff customer after spending three hours a day with his fencing master.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (krqg6)

35 That's a dandy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM (ZVVGW)

36 Looks like he could be surprised by the Spanish Inquisition.

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM (gmo/4)

37 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (FVJNG)

Word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

38 Italy is close to France, so I guess the homo bled over borders a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

39 Wife just took him to the vet. It's to keep him from biting at the stitchers.
Posted by: red speck at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM

I do not like the Ruff of Shame.

- Condottiero

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (FVJNG)

40 Ponce-y

Posted by: Ben Had at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (Wvycp)

41 I have a theory, that portrait artists generally hate their subjects, and manage to use subtlety to portray the person in a negative way, while somehow feeding the subject's ego to the point of the subject not realizing the extent to which the portrait makes them look ridiculous.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (yE7Zc)

42 What's interesting is his wrist ruffles look to be stained. Like powder burns.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (zZu0s)

43 WOULD.
HANG.

Posted by: Mayor Butt at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (kweZQ)

44
Thee Purpose of the Neck Doily - a limerick

Sure, it makes my face look a bit fatter
But when we get to the fact of the matter
It's the perfect damned solution
For my pending execution
They can serve up my head on a platter

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (kXYt5)

45 Looks like he could be surprised by the Spanish Inquisition.
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM

Looks like he just smelled something offensive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (FVJNG)

46 I wonder if he's planning on wearing those feathers?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

47

The term "condottiero" in medieval Italian originally meant "contractor" since the condotta was the contract by which the condottieri put themselves in the service of a city or of a lord.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (63Dwl)

48 why do these fags wear a collar that looks like air filter from a 1975 Chevy Silverado ?

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (us2H3)

49 I like tassels in art, so I'm giving this a B-. The floor and wall behind the subject are less interesting and frankly, quite boring. The Hammer photo in the FWP thread from yesterday had much better composition and symmetry.

Posted by: Art For the (M)asses at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (T0tUU)

50 That's a dandy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:39 AM (ZVVGW)

---------

He's no huckleberry.

Posted by: ShainS -- Semiquincentennial or Bust! at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (6wenc)

51 The depth in regards to the arms is not quite right.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 09:42 AM (eYoxG)

52 The armor itself looks cool, though. The all black. The cross. The insignia of rank.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:42 AM (zZu0s)

53 Quite the dandy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (t0OGg)

54 Wiki background:

The Portrait of a Gonfaloniere is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It hangs in the Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna. It is a portrait of an unknown gonfaloniere standing in full regalia and was painted in 1622.[1] Mary D. Garrard has speculated that the man may be Pietro Gentile of Genoa.[2]

https://tinyurl.com/yck7u4ye

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 208.4 cm × 128.4 cm (82.0 in × 50.6 in)
Location: Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna

[The Gonfalonier (in Italian: gonfaloniere) was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States.[1] The name derives from gonfalone (in English, gonfalon), the term used for the banners of such communes.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (krqg6)

55 The neck ruffle reminds me, I need to swap in a new filter on the air conditioner...

Posted by: reason at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (kweZQ)

56 He looks nice, but I wouldn't steal his luggage.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (NBVIP)

57 why do these fags wear a collar that looks like air filter from a 1975 Chevy Silverado ?
Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:41 AM (us2H3)

Filters out the pit smell and prevents them from passing out from their own putridness.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

58 It's the stance. The left leg turned outward forcing the hips forward.

Ghey.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (ZVVGW)

59 The neck collar prevents Cato from sneaking up behind him and chopping his head off when he arrives home after a hard day of sodomiting.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (uesY9)

60 I thought The Ghey stuff ended a coupla weeks ago.
Posted by: So Confused at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

If the trannies have their way, there will be no gays and no women.

This guy, if he was a pre-teen now, they'd be encouraging him to wear fingernail polish, and... eh, slightly less manly clothing.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (yE7Zc)

61 he's got lady hands, suitable for tug jobs

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (us2H3)

62 33 I thought The Ghey stuff ended a coupla weeks ago.
Posted by: So Confused at July 17, 2023 09:38 AM

It's now a whole SEASON of gay! And this young dandy has the right look for today's army...but he's probably a white heteronormative toxicly masculine colonizer. He's culturally appropriating queer dress!!!! Trans-face!!!

Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (yfYGT)

63

I have a cunning plan...

Posted by: B. Adder at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (5bJPc)

64 I have a cunning plan...
Posted by: B. Adder at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (5bJPc)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (zZu0s)

65 Artemisia Gentileschi was really a very fine painter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (Keyt1)

66 Portrait of a Condottiero

The artist apparently doesn't name the subject.

If he -was- a Condottiero, he wasn't a famous man, otherwise he would have been identified by third parties.

So Ms. Gentileschi could have simply hired a model for the painting. Doesn't have the look of a professional killer for hire, though.

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (rj6Yv)

67 It's now a whole SEASON of gay! And this young dandy has the right look for today's army...but he's probably a white heteronormative toxicly masculine colonizer. He's culturally appropriating queer dress!!!! Trans-face!!!
Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (yfYGT)

Also wearing a quite prominent cross.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (zZu0s)

68
The Portrait of a Gonfaloniere is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.

She also did The Portrait of a Goniff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (MoZTd)

69 Portrait of a Juto more like it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (BJEtz)

70 Those collars 1400> always puzzled me
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (/p2C

Edelbrock came from a centuries old family of tailors.

Posted by: reason at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (kweZQ)

71 he's got lady hands, suitable for tug jobs
Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:44 AM (us2H3)

Handies. Under the bridge. $20.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

72 So Ms. Gentileschi could have simply hired a model for the painting. Doesn't have the look of a professional killer for hire, though.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (rj6Yv)

The best wouldn't, would they?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

73 It's the stance. The left leg turned outward forcing the hips forward.

Ghey.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (ZVVGW)

The hands too. Very effeminate.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (yE7Zc)

74 Ponce-y
Posted by: Ben Had

********

Swisher Suite - a limerick

He's got to be putting me on
This guy goes above and beyond
Though performing his duty
He's a mite tutti fruity
Il Signore Ponce-y DeLeon

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (kXYt5)

75 That's some good character design.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2023 09:47 AM (rc3Z7)

76 He needs a pinky ring.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2023 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

77 The last condottiero was Giovanni delle Bande Nere, son of Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano and Caterina Sforza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 09:47 AM (nS5l5)

78 I have a cunning plan...
Posted by: B. Adder

Black Adder meets Monty Python:
B. Adder: I have a cunning plan.
MP: No you don't.
BA: Yes, I do.
MP: No you don't. We did that last year.
BA: And?
MP: It didn't work any better then.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:47 AM (ZVVGW)

79 *Horde makes comments on the subjects foppishness*

*JJ fires up the Time TV*

*Horde watches the 'Dandy' disembowel three men before lunch and then calmly go for drinks with the widow of a fourth*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:48 AM (zZu0s)

80 He is looking at a roach on the floor to his left.

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 09:48 AM (AMIL/)

81 Be gone, or I shall chastise you a second time!

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:48 AM (gmo/4)

82 And the lady's bio...
https://tinyurl.com/yyc5ycev

Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (US: /ˌdʒɛntiˈlɛski/,[1][2] Italian: [arteˈmiːzja dʒentiˈleski]; 8 July 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing professional work by the age of 15.[3] In an era when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence and she had an international clientele.[4][5]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 09:48 AM (krqg6)

83 Not surprising this was painted by a baroque artist. I wouldn't pay for this mess either.

Posted by: Starving Artists Motel Art at July 17, 2023 09:49 AM (T0tUU)

84 He farts in all general directions. Silent. Deadly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

85 This guy is a fag.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:49 AM (2graF)

86 Look at that grin. That grin is the grin of someone who just got some.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 17, 2023 09:50 AM (89Sog)

87 Rather dainty.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 09:50 AM (S2RnY)

88 For some reason I think this is what Garrett looks like. No Vespa or Crocs, though.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (2graF)

89 That grin is the grin of someone who just got some.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80

Some what? Peen? Poon?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (ZVVGW)

90 Tutti Frutti in black. A composition by L. Richard. 1955

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (Q4IgG)

91 Is that French Blackadder?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (lc5cP)

92 He looks like Gene Hackman. I guess it's the five head.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (ZVVGW)

93 For some reason I think this is what Garrett looks like. No Vespa or Crocs, though.
Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead

Shots fired! Shots fired!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:52 AM (ZVVGW)

94 Who knew combovers were a thing back then?

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (2graF)

95 Handies. Under the bridge. $20.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

never paid more than 10 bucks

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (us2H3)

96 Oh waiter, I ordered the gonfaloniere, you brought me the condottiero.

Posted by: common complaint in Renaissance Florentine ristorantes at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (iG1Nf)

97 I think I figured it out. It looks like John Lovitz's character from The Critic https://tinyurl.com/48m888kf sent his picture in to one of those artists who will paint you as a historical military figure.

Always thought about getting one of those for my Dad, with him as a Roman centurion....he'd get a kick out of it...

Posted by: Art Moron at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

98 Artemisia Gentileschi was really a very fine painter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2023 09:45 AM (Keyt1)

I knew I knew the name, so I looked her up. She did Judith Beheading Holofernes, which is quite effective.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (GzDfN)

99
never paid more than 10 bucks
Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (us2H3)

He's got dry cleaning to consider.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

100 94 Who knew combovers were a thing back then?
Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (2graF)

He seems to have the 70's gal straight part thing going on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (zZu0s)

101 So Ms. Gentileschi could have simply hired a model for the painting. Doesn't have the look of a professional killer for hire, though.

Condottiere were mercs. They tried very hard to make sure they got paid without actually having to fight.

So it was better to be good at diplomacy/treachery for them then war. Not so good for those paying them of course

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (lc5cP)

102 He should have raised a troop of soldiers and gone to the New World to serve the King of Spain and made some real money!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (krqg6)

103 I knew I knew the name, so I looked her up. She did Judith Beheading Holofernes, which is quite effective.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (GzDfN)

Holofernes thought so.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (zZu0s)

104 CBD, the eyes are looking in different directions in the image you posted and the image the link goes to. In the posted image he is looking straight ahead. In the linked image he is looking down to his left. Am I seeing things?

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (AMIL/)

105 I admit Ron Pearlman is a freak. It seems to work for him, though.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (2graF)

106 Wagner Group, Italian style.

Wait does that mean we need another $6B bribe?

Posted by: The CIA at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (lc5cP)

107 Go and change, you've soiled your armor again.

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (gmo/4)

108 The best wouldn't, would they?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

If you're in a mercenary band, you better look like you can do your job, not only to inspire your fellow mercs, but a ruthless demeanor and a reputation were also requisites for acquiring work from wealthy patrons.

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (rj6Yv)

109 "I Am The Regulator!": EU Commissioner Warns Social Media To Censor After French Riots

“L’Etat, c’est moi” – “I am the state” – Louis XIV is supposed to have said.

And in a contemporary echo of that famous phrase, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton repeatedly stressed on Monday that “I am the regulator” when lambasting social media networks for “not having done enough” during the recent French riots and threatening them with sanctions, including even banishment, if they should remain similarly inactive after August 25.

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (RHGPo)

110 Sweden Announces Latest Crackdown On Immigration Rules As Govt Seeks To Dissuade New Arrivals

The right-wing government has been ruthless in its immigration reforms since coming to power in September last year...

sure .. let's be more like Sweden

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:55 AM (RHGPo)

111 He should have raised a troop of soldiers and gone to the New World to serve the King of Spain and made some real money!

Cortez and Pizzaro both had amazing stories. And ones we will probably never see made into major movies.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (lc5cP)

112 "We Will Bring You Down": German MP Vows To Dismantle WHO's Grip On Governments

"An unelected body like who is controlled and run by multi-billionaires should never be allowed to act in place of a democratically elected government..."

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

113 The lawsuit against Musk presents evidence of his ownership of a disputed wallet by citing a tweet he posted on Feb. 10, 2021. In the tweet, Musk openly declared his acquisition of 28.061971 worth of Dogecoin. The plaintiffs claim that Musk exploited Dogecoin for personal gain by tweeting, using paid influencers, and appearing on Saturday Night Live, all while using wallets controlled by himself or Tesla to trade Dogecoin.

The lawsuit also highlights an incident in April when Musk sold approximately $124 million worth of Dogecoin. This sale coincided with Musk’s replacement of Twitter’s logo with Dogecoin’s iconic Shiba Inu logo, which led to a 30 percent spike in the cryptocurrency’s value — from $0.07705 to $0.10109.

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

114 Am I seeing things?

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (AMIL/)

Yes. If it last longer than four hours, go see a doctor.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (PHmov)

115 The right-wing government has been ruthless in its immigration reforms since coming to power in September last year...

"ruthless"? You mean arresting them, taking all their possessions and shipping them back to somewhere in the middle east?

Or "ruthless" as in kind of enforcing whatever their laws actually say currently?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (lc5cP)

116 Some what? Peen? Poon?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM (ZVVGW)

Whatever it was, it cost 20 Lira, same as in Rome.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (89Sog)

117 Handies. Under the bridge. $20.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

I know a guy who will do it for $15.

Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (yE7Zc)

118 Nutty as a secret squirrel.

Biden Admin's Non-Binary Luggage Bandit Sam Brinton Was on Secret Taxpayer-Funded Trip at Time of Theft

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (FVME7)

119
I know a guy who will do it for $15.
Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (yE7Zc)

Yeah, but LOOK at him!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

120 "ruthless"? You mean arresting them, taking all their possessions and shipping them back to somewhere in the middle east?

Or "ruthless" as in kind of enforcing whatever their laws actually say currently?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (lc5cP)

These days, and by comparison, the second one IS ruthless.

Ruth is kind of a pussy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:57 AM (zZu0s)

121 115 "ruthless"? You mean arresting them, taking all their possessions and shipping them back to somewhere in the middle east?

Or "ruthless" as in kind of enforcing whatever their laws actually say currently?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM

But they're BROWN people! It's not their fault!

Posted by: Typical Rabid Leftist at July 17, 2023 09:58 AM (JCZqz)

122 never paid more than 10 bucks
Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (us2H3)

He's got dry cleaning to consider.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

bullshit, he's going for hair plugs

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 09:58 AM (us2H3)

123 It's only money.

Federal Govt Now Running a Daily $5.1 Billion Deficit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 09:58 AM (FVME7)

124 Cortez and Pizzaro both had amazing stories. And ones we will probably never see made into major movies.
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They both employed the Alexander method when faced by a satrap army. They attacked the Hegemon and let the satraps watch.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 09:58 AM (2graF)

125 "Hey Dad ! How come that lady has a mustache ?"

Posted by: JT at July 17, 2023 09:59 AM (T4tVD)

126 It's unnatural that he could bend his left pinky that far and leave the other 3 fingers mostly extended.

ARTIST ERROR

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 17, 2023 09:59 AM (dQfJF)

127 Sweden Announces Latest Crackdown On Immigration Rules As Govt Seeks To Dissuade New Arrivals

How about, "Border is closed. Reindeer out front should have told you"?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 09:59 AM (ZVVGW)

128 I see the Ukes killed a couple of tourists on the Crimea Bridge.

It does look like a core part of the Uke strategy right now is to piss off Russia enough to do something that the US could claim as a Casus Belli.

And the Biden junta is enabling them.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:59 AM (lc5cP)

129 Yet another Hazmat train derailment, this time in PA.

I'm starting to think Mayor Pete might not be up to the job.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2023 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

130 The flag seems to say that he works for the pope.

Posted by: Kris at July 17, 2023 10:00 AM (VQp/A)

131 "We Will Bring You Down": German MP Vows To Dismantle WHO's Grip On Governments

"An unelected body like who is controlled and run by multi-billionaires should never be allowed to act in place of a democratically elected government..."
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

As long as the guy doesn't have a thin little mustache, I think I just found my new favorite politician.

Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at July 17, 2023 10:00 AM (yE7Zc)

132 Style - a limerick

The Ghey Blade Giuseppe van Blume
Getting ready for work (in his room)
Dressed all in black leather
With his signature feather
He's known as the Fruit of the Plume

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:01 AM (kXYt5)

133 It does look like a core part of the Uke strategy right now is to piss off Russia enough to do something that the US could claim as a Casus Belli.
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O, like Lincoln and Ft. Sumter?

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:01 AM (2graF)

134 Oh crap!

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:02 AM (yE7Zc)

135 Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:01 AM (kXYt5)

booooooooooooooouuurrrnnnss!!!

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 17, 2023 10:02 AM (89Sog)

136 The flag seems to say that he works for the pope.
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Perhaps; see #55's links.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:02 AM (krqg6)

137 123 It's only money.

Federal Govt Now Running a Daily $5.1 Billion Deficit
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 09:58 AM

Hopefully, like, President Biden can forgive the US debt. Expect the evil Republicans, and their corrupt Supreme Court, will block it because they hate poor and working class Americans!

Posted by: AOC at July 17, 2023 10:02 AM (JCZqz)

138 Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 17, 2023 09:53 AM (GzDfN)

Yes; That is her most famous picture, but she did a lot of interesting faces including pictures of Mary with Jesus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2023 10:03 AM (Keyt1)

139 The Pope then: Not only will I burn the heretics my armies will conquer Italy!

The Pope now: Ok when you do your animist ceremony in the Vatican make sure the photographers have a good angle ok? Now where did I put my big hat?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (lc5cP)

140 Is that French Blackadder?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM

More like the Earl of Doncaster.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (FVJNG)

141 I see the Ukes killed a couple of tourists on the Crimea Bridge.

It does look like a core part of the Uke strategy right now is to piss off Russia enough to do something that the US could claim as a Casus Belli.

And the Biden junta is enabling them.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:59 AM (lc5cP)

You gotta ask the question though, what are tourists doing on the Crimea bridge?

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (yE7Zc)

142 Although this painting is from 100+ years later, shows like The Medici and The Borgia give a good look at Italian power politics and the use of condottieri and their armies. It's really interesting how fluid loyalties were, based on the highest bidder.

Posted by: Kris at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (VQp/A)

143 Last one was in East Palestine, is this one in West Palestine?

The train wreck of Mayor Pete that is.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (nS5l5)

144 142 Although this painting is from 100+ years later, shows like The Medici and The Borgia give a good look at Italian power politics and the use of condottieri and their armies. It's really interesting how fluid loyalties were, based on the highest bidder.
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He who has the most canons wins.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:05 AM (2graF)

145 139 The Pope then: Not only will I burn the heretics my armies will conquer Italy!

The Pope now: Ok when you do your animist ceremony in the Vatican make sure the photographers have a good angle ok? Now where did I put my big hat?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (lc5cP)

With big muscular doge and little doge with popehat image.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (eYoxG)

146 You gotta ask the question though, what are tourists doing on the Crimea bridge?

Remember when American tourists were apprehended in Iran and then also North Korea?

People are willing to take crazy risks sometimes.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (lc5cP)

147 Morning.

The frilly neck thing is a security feature, right? Don't buy if the seal is broken.

Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (aRHM6)

148 Sam Brinton is exactly where that crook needs to be - in jail. Now to put the rest of the Bidet Kleptocracy under the jail...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (nS5l5)

149 With big muscular doge and little doge with popehat image.[/i

This guy? He gets it.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (lc5cP)

150

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (lc5cP)

151 Willowed from last thread:

Nofab or "No Nut November" was about getting young men to quit porn because it was unhealthy, corrupted their ability to form normal realtionships with women.

Posted by: Lizzy

No fault divorce industry did more to poison that than anything.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (ZVVGW)

152 Imagine Krispy decked out in this get up

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (us2H3)

153
More like the Earl of Doncaster.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (FVJNG)

The Duke of Earl of Buttcheeks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

154 Sam Brinton is exactly where that crook needs to be - in jail. Now to put the rest of the Bidet Kleptocracy under the jail...

Brinton stole a few thousands dollars in luggage.

Biden has stolen trillions.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (lc5cP)

155 You gotta ask the question though, what are tourists doing on the Crimea bridge?

A little soft shoe?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (ZVVGW)

156 Although this painting is from 100+ years later, shows like The Medici and The Borgia give a good look at Italian power politics and the use of condottieri and their armies. It's really interesting how fluid loyalties were, based on the highest bidder.
Posted by: Kris at July 17, 2023 10:04 AM (VQp/A)

Right, they would hire people to go pillage each other's village. They were sacks traffickers.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (yE7Zc)

157 He who has the most canons wins.
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Unless you have missal defence.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (krqg6)

158 How about dumb Westerners who go play tourist in the graveyard of empires and act all shocked when Reality mugs and murders them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (nS5l5)

159 Nofab or "No Nut November" was about getting young men to quit porn because it was unhealthy, corrupted their ability to form normal realtionships with women.

The relationship between men and women in America is all f*cked up right now. Seriously watch some of Brian Atlas's videos.

And pron is honestly nowhere near the top 10 issues.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (lc5cP)

160 Don't like. Nose is too small.

Posted by: Cyrano de Bergerac at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (PiwSw)

161 Nofab or "No Nut November" was about getting young men to quit porn because it was unhealthy, corrupted their ability to form normal realtionships with women.

Posted by: Lizzy

No fault divorce industry did more to poison that than anything.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (ZVVGW)

You'll thank me when you trade in your ex for something younger and hotter.

*Bills you for the comment*

Posted by: A Scumbag Attorney at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (aRHM6)

162 Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go? What part of Musketeer does he not get? Dumas indeed!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (kXYt5)

163 Kris

#77

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (nS5l5)

164 You gotta ask the question though, what are tourists doing on the Crimea bridge?
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A little soft shoe?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (ZVVGW)

Alternate answer: $20, same as in town.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (yE7Zc)

165 140 Is that French Blackadder?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 09:51 AM

did he say "back bladder" ??

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 10:10 AM (us2H3)

166 114 Am I seeing things?

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 09:54 AM (AMIL/)

Yes. If it last longer than four hours, go see a doctor.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (PHmov)

Shrinking the image for AoS web posting must have caused distortion. If I blow-up the web image I see him looking directly ahead. In the higher-rez linked image I see him looking down and left. My Mark I eyeballs or my Mark 1 brain must be screwed-up. Do you have the phone number for Disabled Joe's drug cocktail guy?

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 10:10 AM (AMIL/)

167 Fancy duds aside, experience and combat training with a 3-foot long knife - on foot and from a horse - trump a big running mouth, every time.

Posted by: Things Churchill Probably Didn't Say But Could Have at July 17, 2023 10:10 AM (j9DfL)

168 He who has the most canons wins.
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Unless you have missal defence.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM

Pew! Pew!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM (FVJNG)

169 Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go?

In that era melee weapons were still important. Though...halberds/pikes were where it was at.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM (lc5cP)

170 161 No fault divorce industry did more to poison that than anything.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (ZVVGW)

You'll thank me when you trade in your ex for something younger and hotter.

*Bills you for the comment*
Posted by: A Scumbag Attorney at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM

That only works if you're wealthy enough to STILL be wealthy after losing half to your ex. Blue collar guy to bum isn't trading up.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

171 The relationship between men and women in America is all f*cked up right now. Seriously watch some of Brian Atlas's videos.

And pron is honestly nowhere near the top 10 issues.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (lc5cP)

You don't need to watch a video to find that out. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM (yE7Zc)

172 129 Yet another Hazmat train derailment, this time in PA.

I'm starting to think Mayor Pete might not be up to the job.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2023 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

This one is in suburban Philly so they will perhaps give a shit if their constituents are exposed to carcinogens.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 17, 2023 10:12 AM (x0n13)

173 169 "Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go?"

In that era melee weapons were still important. Though...halberds/pikes were where it was at.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM (lc5cP)

The firearms of the era didn't make for the most riveting combat.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:12 AM (eYoxG)

174 You don't need to watch a video to find that out. Ask me how I know.

Will reason #7 shock me?

Posted by: A buzzfeed list at July 17, 2023 10:12 AM (lc5cP)

175 [The Gonfalonier (in Italian: gonfaloniere) was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States.[1] The name derives from gonfalone (in English, gonfalon), the term used for the banners of such communes.]
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 09:43 AM (krqg6)

"The Gonfalonier" was probably the accurate title of the painting. If the subject is the owner of a communal office, then that could likely be achieved with an aristocratic title and/or money. "Hey, look at me!" A true conditttore full-length portrait would be presented as an advertisement for a merc for hire.

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 10:13 AM (rj6Yv)

176 Twenty dollars. Same as in town.

Posted by: torabora at July 17, 2023 10:13 AM (OUiUM)

177 This one is in suburban Philly so they will perhaps give a shit if their constituents are exposed to carcinogens.

Just what Philly needs is yet more mutant villains...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:13 AM (nS5l5)

178
This one is in suburban Philly so they will perhaps give a shit if their constituents are exposed to carcinogens.

Meh,dead or alive their welfare checks will just go to someone else and they'll still vote for Biden/Kamala/etc in 2024.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:13 AM (lc5cP)

179 obligatory:

Does the Crimea Bridge span the Crimea River?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:14 AM (kXYt5)

180 169 Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go?

In that era melee weapons were still important. Though...halberds/pikes were where it was at.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:11 AM

Right...guns reloaded slowly and weren't particularly accurate, so melee combat was still quite common.

Also, while gentlemen could walk about town wearing a sword, lugging a large musket around would have stood out. Probably not a good option for sneaky clandestine missions, either.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2023 10:14 AM (JCZqz)

181 *looks at that guy's neckline* Well now I know why the store was out of the coffee filters I need.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2023 10:14 AM (nRMeC)

182 Meh,dead or alive their welfare checks will just go to someone else and they'll still vote for Biden/Kamala/etc in 2024.
Posted by: 18-1

YOU AINT GONNA TAKE OUR DRAW!

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (CIS44)

183 Imagine Krispy decked out in this get up

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (us2H3)

You'd have to scrap a '59 caddy to make that much armor.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

184 Wakes up.
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Early turtlenecks didn't look very comfortable.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (e4fEA)

185 Pew! Pew!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I'll be stealing that one in the future!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (krqg6)

186 Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM (aD39U)

187 I've never seen a video depiction of massed pike combat. I imagine it looked kind of comical even if it was still deadly. A bunch of guys trying to poke each other with a really, really long stick.

"OW MY EYE!"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM (lc5cP)

188 Imagine Krispy decked out in this get up

Posted by: REDACTED at July 17, 2023 10:07 AM (us2H3)

You'd have to scrap a '59 caddy to make that much armor.

Posted by: BignJames

"That's no moon." Obi-wan Kenobi

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM (nS5l5)

189 I saw what you did there Cat...

Posted by: Qmark at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM (+t9Oi)

190 Yet another Hazmat train derailment, this time in PA.

—

Obviously Trump’s fault.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM (S2RnY)

191 The silly collar was commented on previously.
Therefore, I got nuthin.

Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:18 AM (geLO8)

192 Look I told you people while I am an expert in trains, not choo choo trains ok?

Posted by: Pete Bootyjizz at July 17, 2023 10:18 AM (lc5cP)

193 I've never seen a video depiction of massed pike combat. I imagine it looked kind of comical even if it was still deadly. A bunch of guys trying to poke each other with a really, really long stick.

Saturday night at the San Francisco bath house?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:18 AM (ZVVGW)

194 In that era melee weapons were still important. Though...halberds/pikes were where it was at.

*******

We wish you a Melee Christmas and a Halberd New Year!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:18 AM (kXYt5)

195 We wish you a Melee Christmas and a Halberd New Year!

Slayed yet again by that rapier wit..

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:19 AM (nS5l5)

196 obligatory:

Does the Crimea Bridge span the Crimea River?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:14 AM (kXYt5)

Depends. Is it vital to Russian interests? If so, Team Biden will blow it up, and blame the Russians.

Check the video cameras, you say? Don't be silly, they will be using the 1600 Penn Ave. Crack House cameras. They won't be working that day.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:19 AM (yE7Zc)

197 Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Yes. Yes she was. She really liked "big" battalions.
IYKWIMAIKTYD.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:19 AM (ZVVGW)

198 Pew! Pew!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I'll be stealing that one in the future!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (krqg6)

I just had a flashback of my early days, when Catholic pews had vertical spring clips installed on the back of the pews for men to keep their hats safe. The ladies had to keep their hats on their heads

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 10:19 AM (rj6Yv)

199 We wish you a Melee Christmas and a Halberd New Year!

Khorne approved greeting card

Posted by: Skarbrand the Exiled at July 17, 2023 10:19 AM (lc5cP)

200 he Pope then: Not only will I burn the heretics my armies will conquer Italy!

The Pope now: Ok when you do your animist ceremony in the Vatican make sure the photographers have a good angle ok? Now where did I put my big hat?
Posted by: 18-1

Get those furries outta here before the Muslim afternoon prayers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:20 AM (TZ75n)

201 Dressed funny but at least he has a sword
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (/p2C

Lose the frilly collar and cuffs, and his clothing looks almost modern.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:20 AM (CWL8g)

202 And pron is honestly nowhere near the top 10 issues.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM (lc5cP)

It's the #1 issue. It really is. Nothing else can be resolved wrt men and women without resolving that first.

We desperately need an entire generation of men raised without exposure to porn.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:21 AM (IiPit)

203 President Biden ©
@POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)

204 He who has the most canons wins.
---------
Unless you have missal defence.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:08 AM

Pew! Pew!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

*********

You need altarnative weeapons systems

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (kXYt5)

205 162 Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go? What part of Musketeer does he not get? Dumas indeed!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:09 AM (kXYt5)

You know how long it takes to reload a flintlock pistol?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (zZu0s)

206 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

CBD, I am really going to have to listen to the new podcast, since it seems JJ is channeling me as far as 'elections.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (AW0uW)

207 This one is in suburban Philly so they will perhaps give a shit if their constituents are exposed to carcinogens.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 17, 2023 10:12 AM (x0n13)
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No, they still won't give a shit. They will see it as a perfect opportunity to grift more federal tax dollars in the name of "cleaning up" the Superfund site that's been created, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2023 10:23 AM (YIVH2)

208 Joey Bidet 2024 - "A derailment in every community!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:23 AM (nS5l5)

209 @POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)/i]

Uh....what?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

210 argh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

211 Nice pic of Blackadder.
Is it part of Baldwricks cunning plan?

Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (DKn0U)

212 President Biden ©
@POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)

...so we can have wrecks at high speed and cover a wider area.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (AwYPR)

213 It's time for common sense canon laws.

Posted by: Karen down the street at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (NBVIP)

214 209 @POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)/i]

Uh....what?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

High speed rail boondoggle?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (eYoxG)

215 Joey Bidet 2024 - "A derailment in every community!"
Posted by: Anna Puma

YOU get a derailment, YOU get a derailment *offered in best Oprah voice*

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (CIS44)

216
@POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)

_______

We have an extensive, heavily used and profitable rail system in the US. It is used, as it should be, to transport freight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (1CdyI)

217 I've never seen a video depiction of massed pike combat. I imagine it looked kind of comical even if it was still deadly. A bunch of guys trying to poke each other with a really, really long stick.

Saturday night at the San Francisco bath house?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:18 AM (ZVVGW)

There was a kind of "arms" race between mounted cavalry with lances and pikemen. The lances got longer to outreach the pikes, and the pikes got longer to outreach the lances. The Polish Hussar lances were well over 20 feet in length before massed flintlock volleys put an end to most of the muscle-powered combat.

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 10:25 AM (rj6Yv)

218 It's time for common sense canon laws.

In Vatican City, canon laws you!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2023 10:25 AM (AW0uW)

219 Condottiero. Italian Mercenary Leader.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

Still a fop.
Posted by: BignJames

And a Wop.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (kjOVp)

220 This one is in suburban Philly so they will perhaps give a shit if their constituents are exposed to carcinogens.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 17, 2023 10:12 AM (x0n13)

Beverly Hills ain't on the tracks.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (AwYPR)

221 No one needs more than one canon a month.

Posted by: Karen down the street at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (NBVIP)

222 Remember when American tourists were apprehended in Iran and then also North Korea?

People are willing to take crazy risks sometimes.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:06 AM (lc5cP)

Well, the thrill of riding a poorly maintained zip line in Mexico wears off after awhile.

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (gmo/4)

223 The fascination with trains by the left is so retarded.

Oh oh oh but in Europe everyone takes the train!!!

No you uneducated retards, they don’t. People take the train between Paris and Lyon or between Rome and Venice. Quick trips like that where trains make sense. They don’t take the train between Paris and Munich. They, you know, fucking fly.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (S2RnY)

224 These assholes could fuck up a one-car funeral.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (TZ75n)

225 I guess ppl have forgotten the nuclear meltdown all hands on deck total mobilization attitude by all the usual suspects when Ed Meese tried to ban porn.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (IiPit)

226 “On ‘Zero Line’ it’s horror. It’s horror. There is just a genocide. It’s slaughter”, says Rhys Byrne, codename ‘Rambo’, a 28-year-old from Dublin. Byrne fought for the 59th brigade in the Ukrainian territorial army, where he operated a heavy machine gun, Sparks reports.

“There are dead people everywhere. Russians dead. Ukrainian people dead…. the biggest problem we get when we’re going into trenches is stepping over all the dead bodies that are already there from the last people [who] went in – that kind of stuff really haunts you.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (RHGPo)

227 D’Artagnan being presented with his matchlock musket at the end of the 1973 Three Musketeers, although without the original soundtrack.

https://tinyurl.com/ye2yaxsy
4:29

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (krqg6)

228 High speed rail boondoggle?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (eYoxG)

Everything old is new again. Let's use 'em to bus the inner city kids to the suburbs.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (yE7Zc)

229 187 I've never seen a video depiction of massed pike combat. I imagine it looked kind of comical even if it was still deadly. A bunch of guys trying to poke each other with a really, really long stick.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:16 AM

You're in luck! A 1990 Japanese movie called "Heaven and Earth" is basically nothing but battle scenes. YouTube has the whole movie here: https://youtu.be/ex-h3f2peqE

Skip ahead to 1:23:45 to see some massed pike combat...pretty intense.
23:05 has a humorous fortification defense technique.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (JCZqz)

230 Speaking of mercenaries, why does Dumas always have the Musketeers sword fighting everywhere they go?

What part of Musketeer does he not get?

The nougat?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (ZVVGW)

231 Wee wish you a Melee Christmas and an Epee New Year!

/The ~~Three~~ ...er... ~~Four~~ er...Several Musketeers

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

232 I’ve always thought a poleaxe would be a cool weapon to wield.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (xTRSc)

233 These assholes could fuck up a one-car funeral.

Where is the McCain funeral now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (nS5l5)

234 Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night. Hawks, on the other hand . . .

Dive-bombing hawk forces Texas town to suspend mail delivery

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

235 One of the Civilization games has an opening scene with a Polish Hussar charging at musket infantry.

I suspect it isn't very accurate though because both members of the cavalry and infantry seem separated and isolated in the manner of more modern combat.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (lc5cP)

236 We have an extensive, heavily used and profitable rail system in the US. It is used, as it should be, to transport freight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (1CdyI)

It's an excellent system.

Passenger trains for a country this size are ridiculous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (PHmov)

237 223 No you uneducated retards, they don’t. People take the train between Paris and Lyon or between Rome and Venice. Quick trips like that where trains make sense. They don’t take the train between Paris and Munich. They, you know, fucking fly.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (S2RnY)

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The train from Rome to Paris was over eight hours.

The flight is about an hour.

Plenty take the train, but it's a massive time investment in comparison, and Rome and Paris aren't that far apart especially in comparison to distances across the US.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:28 AM (LvTSG)

238 High speed rail boondoggle?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:24 AM (eYoxG)

Everything old is new again. Let's use 'em to bus the inner city kids to the suburbs.
Posted by: BurtTC

You should see the green energy wind powered ships they are pushing.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:28 AM (ZVVGW)

239 @POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:22 AM (ezakk)/i]

Rails across the Pacific!

Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2023 10:28 AM (gmo/4)

240 236 It's an excellent system.

Passenger trains for a country this size are ridiculous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM (PHmov)

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If we built a criss-crossing series of maglevs, we'd be golden! Now, let's see how valuable those government contracts will be!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:28 AM (LvTSG)

241 The fascination with trains by the left is so retarded.

Oh oh oh but in Europe everyone takes the train!!!

No you uneducated retards, they don’t. People take the train between Paris and Lyon or between Rome and Venice. Quick trips like that where trains make sense. They don’t take the train between Paris and Munich. They, you know, fucking fly.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:26 AM (S2RnY)

Lenin took a train and see where that got him!

Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 10:29 AM (rj6Yv)

242 Whiplash injury.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at July 17, 2023 10:29 AM (eDQVt)

243 223 The fascination with trains by the left is so retarded.

Oh oh oh but in Europe everyone takes the train!!!

No you uneducated retards, they don’t. People take the train between Paris and Lyon or between Rome and Venice. Quick trips like that where trains make sense. They don’t take the train between Paris and Munich. They, you know, fucking fly.
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Until recently, public transport was a civilized affair. Now its to be avoided by sensible people. Yeah, we don't need more public spaces that the monkies will destroy.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:30 AM (2graF)

244 You know who else really liked trains?

Posted by: Don't look now, but at July 17, 2023 10:30 AM (NBVIP)

245 4
"Margin call, gentlemen!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 09:32 AM (MoZTd)

I get the reference! And he does look like that dude at the commodities exchange.

Posted by: a.moron at July 17, 2023 10:30 AM (tu3iY)

246 If we built a criss-crossing series of maglevs, we'd be golden! Now, let's see how valuable those government contracts will be!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Maglev from LA to Honolulu.
Salt water and electricity. What could go wrong?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:30 AM (ZVVGW)

247 The lawsuit also highlights an incident in April when Musk sold approximately $124 million worth of Dogecoin. This sale coincided with Musk’s replacement of Twitter’s logo with Dogecoin’s iconic Shiba Inu logo, which led to a 30 percent spike in the cryptocurrency’s value — from $0.07705 to $0.10109.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

Since crypto isn't actually a tangible good, or even a token of such, how can there be fraud associated with the buying and selling of it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:31 AM (CWL8g)

248 Whiplash injury.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at July 17, 2023 10:29 AM (eDQVt)

Snidely Whiplash....a great name.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:31 AM (AwYPR)

249 247 The lawsuit also highlights an incident in April when Musk sold approximately $124 million worth of Dogecoin. This sale coincided with Musk’s replacement of Twitter’s logo with Dogecoin’s iconic Shiba Inu logo, which led to a 30 percent spike in the cryptocurrency’s value — from $0.07705 to $0.10109.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

Since crypto isn't actually a tangible good, or even a token of such, how can there be fraud associated with the buying and selling of it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:31 AM (CWL8g)

Already precedented by carbon credit fraud cases.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:31 AM (eYoxG)

250 We can't get a bullet train from Dallas to Houston.
And it's pretty much a straight line.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (ZVVGW)

251 Lenin took a train and see where that got him!
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2023 10:29 AM (rj6Yv)

Lenin took a German train. The Czar and his family took a Russian train.

Big difference in outcomes.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (yE7Zc)

252 The lawsuit also highlights an incident in April when Musk sold approximately $124 million worth of Dogecoin. This sale coincided with Musk’s replacement of Twitter’s logo with Dogecoin’s iconic Shiba Inu logo, which led to a 30 percent spike in the cryptocurrency’s value — from $0.07705 to $0.10109.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

I asked the question when he did that if it was some sort of market manipulation and therefore illegal and was told no.

FWIW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

253 We can't get a bullet train from Dallas to Houston.
And it's pretty much a straight line.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (ZVVGW)

We don't really want one, do we?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

254
Everything old is new again. Let's use 'em to bus the inner city kids to the suburbs.
Posted by: BurtTC

I thought we used trolleys for that.

It's always funny to read Leftists raving that we had a great public transportation system in the early 20th century but those mean oil and car companies sabotaged them (see, Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Whereas they were mostly bankrupt and shrinking well before then.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (MoZTd)

255 Planes travel at 500 mph and can go in a straight line. Trains at best can travel 225 mph and still have to avoid and go around obstacles. For anything longer than 300 miles, taking a train vs a plane is stupid.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (S2RnY)

256 Skip ahead to 1:23:45 to see some massed pike combat...pretty intense.
23:05 has a humorous fortification defense technique.

See we are a smart military blog!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:33 AM (lc5cP)

257 Since crypto isn't actually a tangible good, or even a token of such, how can there be fraud associated with the buying and selling of it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Just saying "crypto" out loud should be fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:33 AM (ZVVGW)

258 Pike fight, Society of the Sealed Knot reenactors...

https://tinyurl.com/2p9wj2vv
2:18

The Sealed Knot, Edgehill 2016
Skippons Regiment of Foote

7,242 views Nov 3, 2016
The Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Edgehill. A more informative video on what we do will be added in the New Year

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:33 AM (krqg6)

259 >@POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.

Others have commented that we have one now.
Therefore, I got nuthin.

Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:33 AM (geLO8)

260 I asked the question when he did that if it was some sort of market manipulation and therefore illegal and was told no.

FWIW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

--------

You have no standing here.

;-)

Posted by: ShainS at July 17, 2023 10:34 AM (xLaq1)

261 A "one hour" plane trip is about 4hrs total time. And the time outside the airborne portion is 100% pure hassle.

True, the hassle is enforced and created and unnecessary, but it is currently.

And high speed trains cut a great deal of time. As does proper scheduling and routing. Which requires high utilization.

Planes are great and trains are great and cars are great.

Zepplins are of course the best.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:34 AM (IiPit)

262
I get the reference! And he does look like that dude at the commodities exchange.

Posted by: a.moron at July 17, 2023 10:30 AM (tu3iY)

The Duke brothers are in deep kimchee now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:34 AM (MoZTd)

263 We can't get a bullet train from Dallas to Houston.
And it's pretty much a straight line.
Posted by: rickb223

We don't really want one, do we?
Posted by: Sponge

No. But if someone is going to push trains, pick an easy one.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:34 AM (ZVVGW)

264 The fascination with trains by the left is so retarded.

Amusingly going to church or being in a restaurant would get you immediately killed by COVID. But sitting next to a bunch of people coughing on you in the NYT subway? Perfectly safe...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (lc5cP)

265 --------

You have no standing here.

;-)
Posted by: ShainS at July 17, 2023 10:34 AM (xLaq1)

FACT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

266 In that era melee weapons were still important. Though...halberds/pikes were where it was at.

That's mirree, roundeye!

Posted by: Mr Pak at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (e4fEA)

267 It's always funny to read Leftists raving that we had a great public transportation system in the early 20th century but those mean oil and car companies sabotaged them (see, Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Whereas they were mostly bankrupt and shrinking well before then.
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Umm, running railroads into the ground during WWII at less than breakeven pricing had a huge impact on that. Then turning around and building interstates didn't help much.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (2graF)

268 Planes travel at 500 mph and can go in a straight line. Trains at best can travel 225 mph and still have to avoid and go around obstacles. For anything longer than 300 miles, taking a train vs a plane is stupid.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (S2RnY)

I've been to Japan.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (IiPit)

269
We can't get a bullet train from Dallas to Houston.
And it's pretty much a straight line.
Posted by: rickb223

A straight line. Through relatively unpopulated areas. In Texas, where things get done. And they still can't do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (MoZTd)

270 >@POTUS My Administration is committed to
constructing a 21st century rail system.

Others have commented that we have one now.
Therefore, I got nuthin.

Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:33 AM (geLO

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He's talking about internationally across every ocean, sea, lake, river, creek, and wash.

Posted by: ShainS at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (xLaq1)

271 Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

Since crypto isn't actually a tangible good, or even a token of such, how can there be fraud associated with the buying and selling of it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:31 AM (CWL8g)

I would like to see that trial, bring some of those who were "harmed" by Musk's shenanigans to testify.

Musk's lawyer: If Elon Musk told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

Dogevictim: Yes

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (yE7Zc)

272 Where is the McCain funeral now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:27 AM

Intermission?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (FVJNG)

273 A fool and his money take Amtrak.

Posted by: It is known at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (NBVIP)

274 Umm, running railroads into the ground during WWII at less than breakeven pricing had a huge impact on that.

Then turning around and building interstates didn't help much.
Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead

Can't land an Army Air Force plane on train tracks.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (ZVVGW)

275 What is a condottiere in art? condottiere, plural Condottieri, leader of a band of mercenaries engaged to fight in numerous wars among the Italian states from the mid-14th to the 16th century. The name was derived from the condotta, or “contract,” by which the condottieri put themselves in the service of a city or of a lord. (Britannica)

Long ago Antifa? I see a relationship to persona & attire then and now.

Wouldn't hang though a decent history lesson. Thanks.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (GshMh)

276
A straight line. Through relatively unpopulated areas. In Texas, where things get done. And they still can't do it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (MoZTd)

The government can't do anything efficiently, correctly or helpful.

A successful project in Texas would mean Texas would benefit and we CAN'T have that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

277 A "one hour" plane trip is about 4hrs total time. And the time outside the airborne portion is 100% pure hassle.

True, the hassle is enforced and created and unnecessary, but it is currently.

I have taken European high speed trains and without all the security theater it is an amazing experience. You buy a ticket, get in, get to your destination and get off. In an airport that takes forever milling around surrounded by other people.

But...they will only take you to specific locations, and really they are for relatively short travel 200 MPH is fast. But not "plane fast"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (lc5cP)

278 All those foolish foolish ppl riding ACELA from NYC to DC.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (IiPit)

279 For anything longer than 300 miles, taking a train vs a plane is stupid.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (S2RnY)

The actual name was The Orient Not So Express.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (e4fEA)

280 We can't get a bullet train from Dallas to Houston.
And it's pretty much a straight line.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (ZVVGW)

We don't really want one, do we?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM

Monorail!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (FVJNG)

281 Edgar Allen Poe as a Poofer.

Edgar Allen Poofer.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (lf83v)

282 261 A "one hour" plane trip is about 4hrs total time. And the time outside the airborne portion is 100% pure hassle.

—

I used to do a 1 hour flight weekly and it was 2:30-2:45 door to door. Time it just right? it just right with TSA pre-check and no checked bags, you can be at the airport 25 minutes before the flight takes off.

But generally we agree. My threshold for drive vs fly is 300 miles. Above fly, below drive (or if there were a fast train option).

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (S2RnY)

283 Late to the thread; work-work, you know.

This guy looks like he'd be fussy -- the kind to send back his food at a restaurant because it's not *quite* the proper temperature.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

284 You know how long it takes to reload a flintlock pistol?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

********

Right. So you have 3 (maybe 4) Musketeers against 10 (maybe 12) of Richelieu's guys, right. So let 1 (maybe 2) Musketeers engage in elaborate swordplay against the Cardinal's men giving the other 2 (maybe 3) Musketeers time to reload at their leisure. Then fire another volley, reducing the Cardinal's men to 10 (maybe

. Et cetera...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

285 283 Late to the thread; work-work, you know.

This guy looks like he'd be fussy -- the kind to send back his food at a restaurant because it's not *quite* the proper temperature.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

=========

"Not enough salt. Send it back."

*waiter looks at salt shaker on table*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (LvTSG)

286
800 miles from Munich, Germany and you're in Belarus.

800 miles from Orange, Texas and you're in Texas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (MoZTd)

287 "Condottiero" -- "conductor"? That can't be right. he doesn't look at all like the uniformed guy collecting tickets on the train.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

288
This guy looks like he'd be fussy -- the kind to send back his food at a restaurant because it's not *quite* the proper temperature.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

"We make special won ton soup for YOU."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

289 A straight line. Through relatively unpopulated areas. In Texas, where things get done. And they still can't do it.

Can we make it stop at Buccee's? Every Buccee's?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (nfrXX)

290 Commies and trains. Always trains.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (TZ75n)

291 But...they will only take you to specific locations, and really they are for relatively short travel 200 MPH is fast. But not "plane fast"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (lc5cP)

Planes and trains are both great.

Both industries currently run in the most foolish way possible in the US.

Intentionally.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (IiPit)

292 But sitting next to a bunch of people coughing on you in the NYT subway? Perfectly safe...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:35 AM (lc5cP)

Coughing... don't worry about the coughing.

Coughing is the least of your concerns.

Posted by: Michael Jaxon Impersonator at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (yE7Zc)

293 China state newspaper Global Times on Sunday called its pro-regime observers “widely pessimistic” and expecting “no concrete progress” as President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy, John Kerry, landed in Beijing for talks to address the alleged climate “crisis.”

China has formally vowed to increase its carbon emissions as an “obligation” in the Paris Climate Agreement.

.. the biggest "polluter" gets to continue to "increase its carbon emissions"

Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (RHGPo)

294 278 All those foolish foolish ppl riding ACELA from NYC to DC.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (IiPit)

Ny to dc is one of the rare places where trains make sense. Ny to la? Not so much. But that’s what AOC and her cult members envision.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (S2RnY)

295 I have a theory, that portrait artists generally hate their subjects, and manage to use subtlety to portray the person in a negative way, while somehow feeding the subject's ego to the point of the subject not realizing the extent to which the portrait makes them look ridiculous.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 09:40 AM (yE7Zc)

Goya. While he was court painter to King Charles of Spain, his portraits made the king and the court look corrupt and stupid. The king proved his assessment to be correct by not stringing Goya up by his testicles.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (xFY1u)

296
Can we make it stop at Buccee's? Every Buccee's?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (nfrXX)

The one outside of Huntsville on the way to Houston would be sufficient.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

297 Planes travel at 500 mph and can go in a straight line. Trains at best can travel 225 mph and still have to avoid and go around obstacles. For anything longer than 300 miles, taking a train vs a plane is stupid.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:32 AM (S2RnY)
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That depends. If a 500 mile trip takes, say, 70 minutes by plane (travel time) and 140 minutes by train, that looks really bad - a 70-minute difference. But the train is much faster on the "ends" of the trip. You don't need to get to the train station 60-90 minutes early, and you can get out of the train station much faster than you can get out of the destination airport. At the end of it all, it's probably a wash on medium-haul trips when it comes to time.

Much beyond that, it starts to invert pretty quickly. And the prior example assumes, of course, that the train actually goes where you want to go.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (t0OGg)

298 All those foolish foolish ppl riding ACELA from NYC to DC.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (IiPit)

Are you being purposefully obtuse?

Long distance passenger rail is a huge boondoggle.

Regional rail can be useful.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (PHmov)

299 A straight line. Through relatively unpopulated areas. In Texas, where things get done. And they still can't do it.

Can we make it stop at Buccee's? Every Buccee's?
Posted by: Oddbob

Sure, even the fudge packers would use public transportation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (TZ75n)

300 294 278 All those foolish foolish ppl riding ACELA from NYC to DC.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (IiPit)

Ny to dc is one of the rare places where trains make sense. Ny to la? Not so much. But that’s what AOC and her cult members envision.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (S2RnY)

It's important to keep in mind a US state is roughly the size of a European country.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (eYoxG)

301 Can we make it stop at Buccee's? Every Buccee's?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM (nfrXX)

There's always Greyhound.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (AwYPR)

302 For timeline placement...

The siege of La Rochelle ( French: Le Siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes Le Grand Siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France and the Huguenots of La Rochelle in 1627-28.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (krqg6)

303 Commies and trains. Always trains.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM

More efficient for transporting enemies of the regime to the camps, doncha know.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (FVJNG)

304 300
It's important to keep in mind a US state is roughly the size of a European country.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (eYoxG)

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*nods sagaciously*

Alaska.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

305 That depends. If a 500 mile trip takes, say, 70 minutes by plane (travel time) and 140 minutes by train, that looks really bad - a 70-minute difference. But the train is much faster on the "ends" of the trip. You don't need to get to the train station 60-90 minutes early, and you can get out of the train station much faster than you can get out of the destination airport. At the end of it all, it's probably a wash on medium-haul trips when it comes to time.

Much beyond that, it starts to invert pretty quickly. And the prior example assumes, of course, that the train actually goes where you want to go.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (t0OGg)

You act as if the TSA wouldn't be in charge of 'safety' for trains at that point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

306 Why is that guy wearing an air filter around his neck. Dude looks a little light in the loafers.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (fMQtT)

307
I once read that it is quite possible that, historically, passenger aviation never made a profit. Rail only became profitable when the dead hand of the ICC was removed and the Staggers Act allowed rail companies to rationalize.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (MoZTd)

308 You'd have to scrap a '59 caddy to make that much armor.
Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

I saw a '59 Caddy on the road yesterday. It was long and dark, shiny and black. Gave the driver a "thumbs up". He had a huge grin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (9A3WR)

309 Just saying "crypto" out loud should be fraud.

Hey, now!

Posted by: Superboy at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (p+1gI)

310 Goya. While he was court painter to King Charles of Spain, his portraits made the king and the court look corrupt and stupid. The king proved his assessment to be correct by not stringing Goya up by his testicles.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (xFY1u)

The Spaniards of the time were awesome ppl. They demanded their likenesses be accurate.

They were a force of nature.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:42 AM (IiPit)

311 And..........it's gone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

312
The one outside of Huntsville on the way to Houston would be sufficient.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

The Madisonville one is a zoo. Her Majesty stops at the one in Ennis.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (MoZTd)

313 What's so bad about carbon?

Posted by: I'd like to know at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (NBVIP)

314 Driving that train
High on cocaine
Hunter B you better
Watch your speed

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (ZLI7S)

315 Can we make it stop at Buccee's? Every Buccee's?
Posted by: Oddbob

*Famous Buc-ee's billboard*

700 miles! You can hold it!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (ZVVGW)

316 All those foolish foolish ppl riding ACELA from NYC to DC.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:37 AM (IiPit)

If a meteor struck one of those trains and killed everyone on board, the world, on balance, would be a better place.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (yE7Zc)

317 303 Commies and trains. Always trains.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:39 AM

More efficient for transporting enemies of the regime to the camps, doncha know.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM

If big cities are any indication, trains also serve as cheap, mobile homeless shelters.

Posted by: Observant Moron at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

318 Mannix: don't need to get to the train station 60-90 minutes early

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You don’t need to do that for a flight either. I know people do, which I never understand. People show up 1:30 before the flight and then sit at the gate for an hour. Makes no sense.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (S2RnY)

319 the black outfit reminds me of the Sardaukar as described in Dune.

(What were they called in the parody, Doon? Imperial Har-De-Har-Har troops, Imperial comics/shock troops, right?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

320
You act as if the TSA wouldn't be in charge of 'safety' for trains at that point.

It would be funny if there was an opposition party and they started publicly demanding putting the TSA in charge of trains and busses.

"Remember to arrived at least 2 hours early for your bus trip to get through security! And you can't bring drinks onboard!"

On the plus side no more hobos on the busses...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (lc5cP)

321 The one outside of Huntsville on the way to Houston would be sufficient.
Posted by: Sponge

Waller coming in on 290 from Highway 6 and A&M.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (ZVVGW)

322 Long distance passenger rail is a huge boondoggle.

Regional rail can be useful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (PHmov)
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Long-haul rail will never make sense in the US now that we have airplanes. Intermediate-haul high-speed rail lines (like the Acela) *can* make sense depending on where you put them. The thing the rail boosters never mention is that you need pretty high population density to make the scheme work. The catchment area for the line has to have a *lot* of people living in it. In parts of Western Europe, or parts of East Asia, or New England/Mid-Atlantic, there is adequate density to try to make a go of it.

Most of this continent does *not* have adequate density to make it even a viable thing to consider, let alone actually try to do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (t0OGg)

323 Right. So you have 3 (maybe 4) Musketeers against 10 (maybe 12) of Richelieu's guys, right. So let 1 (maybe 2) Musketeers engage in elaborate swordplay against the Cardinal's men giving the other 2 (maybe 3) Musketeers time to reload at their leisure. Then fire another volley, reducing the Cardinal's men to 10 (maybe . Et cetera...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

This sounds suspiciously like math...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (zZu0s)

324 Are you being purposefully obtuse?

Long distance passenger rail is a huge boondoggle.

Regional rail can be useful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2023 10:41 AM (PHmov)

Lots of people think I am obtuse.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (IiPit)

325 There's always Greyhound.

I was on a Greyhound once. The restroom was not... "fabulous."

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (nfrXX)

326 What's so bad about carbon?
Posted by: I'd like to know at July 17, 2023

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Nothing!

Posted by: Wolfus after burning bacon or toast at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (J2vNu)

327 The Madisonville one is a zoo. Her Majesty stops at the one in Ennis.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

They're all zoos. Stopped at the one in Sieverville, TN 2 weeks back. Madhouse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (TZ75n)

328 Require all local and state officials to use rail for all official travel exceeding fifty miles. I'll throw in a lux coach for exclusive gov use.

Things that will never happen.

Posted by: 13times at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (StEwY)

329 I knew an engineer that worked on the Acela trains. He said weekly they'd find a corpse usually trying to steal wiring.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (lc5cP)

330
The Madisonville one is a zoo. Her Majesty stops at the one in Ennis.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:43 AM (MoZTd)

We stopped at one on the way to San Marcos last week. I-35. It was the most insane Buc-ees I'd ever been to. The line to the ladies room stretched out to the center, then curved around to the drink fridges along the outer wall. It moved along alright, tho Only took my daughter about 5 minutes to get into the actual bathroom. There was a lady in there directing traffic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

331 You don’t need to do that for a flight either. I know people do, which I never understand. People show up 1:30 before the flight and then sit at the gate for an hour. Makes no sense.
Posted by: Montec

Because when there is a hiccup, TSA check in stretches to 3 hours.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (ZVVGW)

332 You know what's stupider than allowing your munitions supply run low? Telling everyone your munitions supply has run low!

Air Force general says USA, NATO have "dangerously low" stockpiles of weapons, but I think that's by design. Let me explain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

333 If big cities are any indication, trains also serve as cheap, mobile homeless shelters.
Posted by: Observant Moron at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM

I see you know the Red Line.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (FVJNG)

334 331 You don’t need to do that for a flight either. I know people do, which I never understand. People show up 1:30 before the flight and then sit at the gate for an hour. Makes no sense.
Posted by: Montec

Because when there is a hiccup, TSA check in stretches to 3 hours.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (ZVVGW)

Showing up 1.5 hours early won't save your ass from the man with his hand doing a cavity search in that case either.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (eYoxG)

335 So it's a train thread now?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (NBVIP)

336 A straight line. Through relatively unpopulated areas. In Texas, where things get done. And they still can't do it.
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Trains only go from one spot to another. What is the demand to travel from one city center to another? Take a hard look at NYC and Chicago and tell me you want to go to either.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (2graF)

337 We stopped at one on the way to San Marcos last week. I-35. It was the most insane Buc-ees I'd ever been to. The line to the ladies room stretched out to the center, then curved around to the drink fridges along the outer wall. It moved along alright, tho Only took my daughter about 5 minutes to get into the actual bathroom. There was a lady in there directing traffic.
Posted by: Sponge

And it was still cleaner than any bathroom around.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (ZVVGW)

338 322 Most of this continent does *not* have adequate density to make it even a viable thing to consider, let alone actually try to do.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (t0OGg)

=========

Retort:

Monorail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (LvTSG)

339 There's always Greyhound.

I was on a Greyhound once. The restroom was not... "fabulous."

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (nfrXX)

When was the last time you saw a Greyhound ad?..."leave the driving to us".

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

340 You don’t need to do that for a flight either. I know people do, which I never understand. People show up 1:30 before the flight and then sit at the gate for an hour. Makes no sense.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM (S2RnY)
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Depends entirely on the airport. My local airport here? An hour early is fine. Get to the gate 15-30 minutes ahead of departure.

A mega-hub like Denver International (which used to be my primary airport)? Good luck with that, especially if you don't have pre-check or Clear. And most people - not some, but *most* people - do not have those things. For some, they don't fly frequently enough to justify it, and for others (like me), it's insulting to consider and bluntly I'd rather wait than agree to pay-for-play for government services that supposed to equitable. not to mention that TSE Pre-check was a terrible idea that promoted yet more bad performance by rewarding the poor performances with even more money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (t0OGg)

341 This dude will cut a brother.

Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (z3WCn)

342 332 You know what's stupider than allowing your munitions supply run low? Telling everyone your munitions supply has run low!

Air Force general says USA, NATO have "dangerously low" stockpiles of weapons, but I think that's by design. Let me explain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

To be fair, our adversaries probably know that without us making any public statements about it. I could reasonably guess it by what we're sending to Ukraine and where we're sending it from.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (eYoxG)

343 In parts of Western Europe, or parts of East Asia, or New England/Mid-Atlantic, there is adequate density to try to make a go of it.

In New England there are constant complaints there isn't enough parking for the trains. And...any time I've been to one there are endless luxury SUVs parked in the lot in the 'burbs.

Those people SHOULD be walking to the train station (you want to save the ERF don't you!) but in fairness winter makes that impossible.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (lc5cP)

344 335 So it's a train thread now?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (NBVIP)

========

Again?

Jeez. Can people talk about something else for once?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (LvTSG)

345 Partying in San Marcos in the late '90's. What a time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (TZ75n)

346 Most of this continent does *not* have adequate density to make it even a viable thing to consider, let alone actually try to do.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (t0OGg)
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You think a little thing like "population density" is going to stop them? The obvious solution is to condense the populations to key cities connected by high-speed rail.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (YIVH2)

347 326 What's so bad about carbon?
Posted by: I'd like to know at July 17, 2023

***
Nothing!
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We are star dust, million year old carbon. Never argue with Joni Mitchell.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (2graF)

348
And it was still cleaner than any bathroom around.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (ZVVGW)

Fact. Although, the CEFCO's have been stepping up their game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)

349 Anyone want to take a stab at how many miles of rail track we have today that can support 'high speeds' of over 100MPH? There is some, but it's not often that passenger trains hit the limits due to other train traffic and various other reasons (curves, populated areas, etc.)

So, unless they're building new track this is simply another grifting con game.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)

350 Technically planes travel in sort of an elongated arc rather than a straight line...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (kXYt5)

351 Kamala the VICE president. Listen to her talk, if you've ever been around people on coke they talk just like her; they ramble and think they're being profound, but they're saying nothing, then they laugh.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (CecP5)

352 Retort:

Monorail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (LvTSG)
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You've got me there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (t0OGg)

353 So it's a train thread now?

And Buccee's. I am inordinately pleased with myself for that.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (nfrXX)

354 Pardon me boy, is this the Nagasaki station?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (63Dwl)

355 When was the last time you saw a Greyhound ad?..."leave the driving to us".
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Thank God they got rid of those Vista Cruisers.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (2graF)

356 When was the last time you saw a Greyhound ad?..."leave the driving to us".
Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM

Around here we have Fung Wah between Boston and NYC. Fung Wah being Mandarin for "Bus on fire!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (FVJNG)

357
And it was still cleaner than any bathroom around.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:47 AM (ZVVGW)

Buc-ee's got right what every interstate stop should know. If you want a good reputation and repeat business, have immaculately clean restrooms where everything works.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (MoZTd)

358 Societal collapse and foolish utilization and malevolent incompetence are not arguments for or against any form of transportation.

It being prohibitively expensive to execute murderers currently says nothing about the merits of the death penalty.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (IiPit)

359 Pardon me boy, is this the Nagasaki station?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM

Hai! Track B-29!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (FVJNG)

360 I love trains!

You can get through the fleet 5 times faster!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (lc5cP)

361
Because when there is a hiccup, TSA check in stretches to 3 hours.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (ZVVGW)

Eh. The TSA line thing has become a myth/meme way out of proportion with reality. I can’t remember last time I was in line for even 30 mins. 15-20 mins is the norm for a busy day. Some days there is no line. I travel a lot and never show up more than an hour early.

Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (S2RnY)

362 Train derailment, Montgomery County, Pa

Residents in the area were evacuated as a precaution, according to CBS. Silicone pellets were leaking from at least one car. Police said they posed no risk to the public. It's not known what the others were carrying. (firehouse dot com)

Not to worry as Governor Shapiro cares about Montgomery County. $$$

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (GshMh)

363 You think a little thing like "population density" is going to stop them? The obvious solution is to condense the populations to key cities connected by high-speed rail.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2023 10:48 AM (YIVH2)
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Yup!

Plus, when the high-speed rail fails to materialize, it will be no problem because you'll have everything you ever wanted - erm, I mean needed - erm, I mean "permitted to have" - in your 15-minute zone!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (t0OGg)

364 Air Force general says USA, NATO have "dangerously low" stockpiles of weapons, but I think that's by design. Let me explain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

Who cares about ammo. Do the lesbians have enough dildos. Do the army men have enough lip gloss.

That's our thoroughly modern General Milli military.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (yE7Zc)

365 It seems the flag officers are nothing more than throne sniffers and dick slurpers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (TZ75n)

366 So it's a train thread now?

******

Those always go off the rails at some point...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (kXYt5)

367 361 Eh. The TSA line thing has become a myth/meme way out of proportion with reality. I can’t remember last time I was in line for even 30 mins. 15-20 mins is the norm for a busy day. Some days there is no line. I travel a lot and never show up more than an hour early.
Posted by: Montec at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (S2RnY)

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Atlanta, though...

ew.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, perfectly captured in the frame by William Wyler at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (LvTSG)

368 Fact. Although, the CEFCO's have been stepping up their game.
Posted by: Sponge

With Buc-ee's, if you are hired for bathroom detail, that's all you do. You won't be making brisket sammiches then be pulled off to clean a couple of toilets, then sent back to sammiches.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (ZVVGW)

369 Retort:

Monorail.
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Bottom Line - flying cars.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (2graF)

370 I never understood why, back in the day, men wore those party decorations around their necks.

Posted by: Paco at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (njExo)

371 Last time the US had a munitions shortage, USS Forrestal almost sank because they had to use Korean War era bombs even though LBJ said there was no munitions shortage.

Then there is the classic photo of a Douglas A-1J Skyraider taking off with a toilet attached to a bomb rack.

But there was NO munitions shortage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (nS5l5)

372
So it's a train thread now?

******

Those always go off the rails at some point...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (kXYt5)

Seems to be chugging along just fine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (MoZTd)

373 Megabus!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (63Dwl)

374 Usually it's a movie thread by now...

Posted by: Not sure what happened at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (NBVIP)

375 Residents in the area were evacuated as a precaution, according to CBS. Silicone pellets were leaking from at least one car. Police said they posed no risk to the public.

It's not known what the others were carrying. (firehouse dot com)

Boobs.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (ZVVGW)

376 >>Jeez. Can people talk about something else for once?

How would the Civil War have been different if Lincoln were a robot from the future

Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (geLO8)

377 Everybody sing along ...

Once upon a time there was an engineer.
Drove a locomotive both far and near.
Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would do

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (ZLI7S)

378 Let's make a law that all Amazon deliveries must be transported by railroads. Mmmkay?

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (2graF)

379 Silicone pellets? So a rail car full of future fake boobs?

Maybe that explains Fetterman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:53 AM (nS5l5)

380 With Buc-ee's, if you are hired for bathroom detail, that's all you do. You won't be making brisket sammiches then be pulled off to clean a couple of toilets, then sent back to sammiches.
Posted by: rickb223

Even the fudge packers don't have to scrub toilets.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2023 10:53 AM (TZ75n)

381 How would the Civil War have been different if Lincoln were a robot from the future
Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (geLO

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It wouldn't have been any different because there is no way that it could be the case. You see, future robo-Lincoln would be unable to arrive in Washington in the first place because the high-speed rail line from the factory in southern California didn't exist yet!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 17, 2023 10:53 AM (t0OGg)

382 If big cities are any indication, trains also serve as cheap, mobile homeless shelters.
Posted by: Observant Moron at July 17, 2023 10:44 AM

I see you know the Red Line.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:46 AM (FVJNG)

And the Orange Line.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM (AW0uW)

383 Pardon me boy, is this the Nagasaki station?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM

Hai! Track B-29!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Coming in hot!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM (ZVVGW)

384 How would the Civil War have been different if Lincoln were a robot from the future

Well, Boothe would have had a rather big surprise at the showing of Our American Cousin wouldn't he.

[metal clanking sound]

WHY DIDN'T MY PEW PEW WORK!?!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM (lc5cP)

385 And not to put too fine a point on it, but government boondoggles take many forms. There are those who want to send ammo to Ukraine, so the weapons manufacturing industrial complex can make bazillions, and there are those that want to build "infrastructure," so the union worker industrial complex can make bazillions.

While people are arguing over whether this war or that war is a good idea, arguing over whether windmills and trains will work, they're counting their money.

That's what it's all about.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM (yE7Zc)

386 Pardon me boy, is this the Nagasaki station?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM

Hai! Track B-29!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Coming in hot!

That's Bock's Car!

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM (nS5l5)

387 Monorail!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:38 AM (FVJNG)

Is there a chance the track could bend?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM (aD39U)

388 And the Orange Line.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM

Haven't been on it in about 25 years, but I could see that. South of Copley it was a bit sketchy as I recall. Can't have gotten better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM (FVJNG)

389 I never understood why, back in the day, men wore those party decorations around their necks.

As opposed to the colorful strips of cloth that we expect well-dressed gentlemen wear around their necks now? Fashion is fashion; it doesn't need to make sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM (nfrXX)

390 Infinite money for infinite grift.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (63Dwl)

391 Residents in the area were evacuated as a precaution, according to CBS.

White powder?

Silicone pellets were leaking from at least one car.

Oh. How anticlimactic.

Posted by: spindrift at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (iG1Nf)

392 As opposed to the colorful strips of cloth that we expect well-dressed gentlemen wear around their necks now? Fashion is fashion; it doesn't need to make sense.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM (nfrXX)
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Colorful? What kind of queers are you hanging out with?! Ties are black. Period.

Posted by: Thread Derailment Services, LLP at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (t0OGg)

393 Lots of people think I am obtuse.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM (IiPit)

Everybody has to have an angle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (NZowV)

394 From the makers of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter comes...

MECHA RAIL SPLITTER

The story of one president that will end the threats of slavery and Godzilla.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (lc5cP)

395 Is there a chance the track could bend?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 17, 2023 10:55 AM

Not on your life, my Moron friend!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2023 10:57 AM (FVJNG)

396 As opposed to the colorful strips of cloth that we expect well-dressed gentlemen wear around their necks now? Fashion is fashion; it doesn't need to make sense.
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Wearing noose around your neck indicates you have a Deathwish.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:57 AM (2graF)

397 That's what it's all about.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:54 AM (yE7Zc)

Both sets are pikers compared to Int'l Finance.

The grift from your grifters would be unnoticed were Finance reined in.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:57 AM (IiPit)

398 Everybody has to have an angle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 10:56 AM (NZowV)

So true.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (IiPit)

399
Lots of people think I am obtuse.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM

Some acutely so.

Posted by: Pythagoras at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (NBVIP)

400 How would the Civil War have been different if Lincoln were a robot from the future
Posted by: DB - at July 17, 2023 10:52 AM (geLO

That would explain why Mary Todd always had a sour look on her face, and was fond of seances.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (yE7Zc)

401 Thank God they got rid of those Vista Cruisers.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (2graF)

That was an Oldsmobile...Scenic Cruisers, I rode one from NYC to Boston, it was cool, but then I was a 10yo.

Posted by: BignJames at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (AwYPR)

402 Does "condottiero" mean poofter in ancient Italian?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (RIvkX)

403 With Buc-ee's, if you are hired for bathroom detail, that's all you do. You won't be making brisket sammiches then be pulled off to clean a couple of toilets, then sent back to sammiches.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2023 10:51 AM (ZVVGW)

It would be even worse if you were assigned to clean toilets all day, and then got called over to make a couple sammiches cuz things were busy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (i9ffA)

404 Trains and Godzilla?

The 2023 Godzilla - 1.0 trailer has the giant lizard playing games with Japanese rail.

Mark the calendar - 1 Dec premier in the US.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (nS5l5)

405 I'd love to take a train, a luxury train, to someplace like Albuquerque. Trains used to go there. But the last time I checked Amtrak's website, it seemed I would have to ride to Chicago first, then head out southwest to ABQ. Maybe I misread it. But that seems . . . weird.

I think there's a line that parallels I-10, and you could get to Las Cruces or El Paso. But then you'd have to rent a car to drive up to ABQ.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

406 Aljazeera News: Russia says Black Sea grain deal "terminated"

Germany, UN, White House commenting.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (GshMh)

407 401 Thank God they got rid of those Vista Cruisers.

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (2graF)

That was an Oldsmobile...Scenic Cruisers, I rode one from NYC to Boston, it was cool, but then I was a 10yo.
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How much vista could you actually view in an Oldsmobile?

Posted by: Quizno Puddinhead at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (2graF)

408 Lots of people think I am obtuse.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:45 AM

Some acutely so.
Posted by: Pythagoras at July 17, 2023 10:58 AM (NBVIP)

As always, it depends on how you look at it.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (IiPit)

409 Silicone pellets??

What a bunch of boobs!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 17, 2023 10:59 AM (krqg6)

410 * Does "condottiero" mean poofter in ancient Italian?*

It's a type of cheese.

Posted by: Just spitballing at July 17, 2023 11:00 AM (NBVIP)

411 nood buck up

Posted by: SturmToddler at July 17, 2023 11:00 AM (Mkvkw)

412 Residents in the area were evacuated as a precaution, according to CBS. Silicone pellets were leaking from at least one car. Police said they posed no risk to the public. It's not known what the others were carrying. (firehouse dot com)

Not to worry as Governor Shapiro cares about Montgomery County. $$$
Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 17, 2023 10:50 AM (GshMh)

Price of boob jobs to increase?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2023 11:01 AM (NZowV)

413 Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
@MrAndyNgo
The person who wrote this Bloomberg opinion piece [calling Sound of Freedom a "QAnon dog whistld] is leftist activist Noah Berlatsky @nberlat. He was the spokesperson for M.A.P. (minor-attracted person) advocacy group, Prostasia. In 2017, he tweeted that pedophiles are a stigmatized group who get designated as deviants for hateful purposes.

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This is my shocked face.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 17, 2023 11:01 AM (FVME7)

414 Looks kind of like Geezer Butler.

Posted by: General Augusto Pinochet at July 17, 2023 11:01 AM (L97iz)

415 Nood

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 17, 2023 11:01 AM (GshMh)

416 Both sets are pikers compared to Int'l Finance.

The grift from your grifters would be unnoticed were Finance reined in.
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 17, 2023 10:57 AM (IiPit)

But Elon Musk said "dogecoin," and some incels in their mother's basements lost part of their SSI checks.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 17, 2023 11:01 AM (yE7Zc)

417 He was the spokesperson for M.A.P. (minor-attracted person) advocacy group

The left: How dare you say we are soft on grooming and pedophiles

Also the left: Why are you bible thumpers so keyed up about a little consenting sex between adults and kids?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 11:02 AM (lc5cP)

418 But the last time I checked Amtrak's website, it seemed I would have to ride to Chicago first, then head out southwest to ABQ. Maybe I misread it.

I bet you didn't. A few years ago my wife was going from San Antonio to Atlanta and thought it might be fun to take a train. The only route went through Chicago and took two and a half days.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 11:04 AM (nfrXX)

419 Buc-ee's got right what every interstate stop should know. If you want a good reputation and repeat business, have immaculately clean restrooms where everything works.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (MoZTd)

Stopped at 3 Buc-ee's on my FL trip a few months ago. We hit St. Augustine on the way down, Daytona and Florence SC on the way back. They were all crazy busy but the overall experience was awesome. Loved it.

And you can get ethanol free gas there. Easily picked up 3-4mpg with my 5.3L CC Silverado.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 17, 2023 11:04 AM (N39Ws)

420 Also the left: Why are you bible thumpers so ~~keyed up~~ TRIGGERED about a little consenting sex between adults and kids?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2023 11:02 AM (lc5cP)

Triggered as in..... well you know what MAPs deserve.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 17, 2023 11:06 AM (N39Ws)

421 418 But the last time I checked Amtrak's website, it seemed I would have to ride to Chicago first, then head out southwest to ABQ. Maybe I misread it.

I bet you didn't. A few years ago my wife was going from San Antonio to Atlanta and thought it might be fun to take a train. The only route went through Chicago and took two and a half days.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2023 11:04 AM (nfrXX)

Riding Amtrak is expensive.

Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2023 11:08 AM (AMIL/)

422 349 Anyone want to take a stab at how many miles of rail track we have today that can support 'high speeds' of over 100MPH? There is some, but it's not often that passenger trains hit the limits due to other train traffic and various other reasons (curves, populated areas, etc.)

So, unless they're building new track this is simply another grifting con game.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2023 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)

High speed passenger traffic and freight on the same tracks does not work. High speed passenger requires dedicated trackage, which costs large $$$$. What's called "high-speed rail" in this country is no such thing. What's the max speed on Acela? 100 MPH or 110 MPH maybe, and that's only on a fraction on the route. Mostly it's 50-70 MPH on the same tracks as freight trains.

Posted by: a.moron at July 17, 2023 11:32 AM (tu3iY)

423 Amtrak's Sunset Limited runs San Antonio to New Orleans, but only three days a week. Heck of a layover.

Many years ago I sometimes had a meeting in Chicago or Pittsburgh, and the station was walking distance from my office. As long as the meetings were held in the Loop or the Triangle, I was golden for the train. Then one morning I arrived in Pittsburgh to find that the meeting had been moved to the airport hotel, to make it more accessible to those who were flying in. And that is how social change takes place. Next time I drove.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 17, 2023 11:40 AM (4PZHB)

424 One of the guys from Live at the Roxbury,bobble heads.

Posted by: safristi at July 17, 2023 03:32 PM (v+/Xc)

425 This thing makes his neck feel stiff and leaves a mark

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 17, 2023 04:22 PM (wGqjj)

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