Mid-Morning Art Thread [Kris]

Eve (After the Fall)
Auguste Rodin

Sculpture is a hard medium to write about because its three-dimensionality translates poorly into flat pictures on a two-dimensional screen or in a book. You need to walk around sculpture to appreciate its contours and forms, and how it occupies the space. This work by August Rodin is doubly hard because it is a cast of a work that was intended to be smaller and attached to another. It’s meaning changed slightly with the new context. However, I think it has power as a stand-alone piece which is a testament to Rodin’s genius.

Eve was one of many figures created for the massive, unfinished Gates of Hell. Some others are The Thinker and The Kiss. I decided to write about this piece because I have experienced this piece in person. This version is in my hometown art gallery. I took these pictures [the one below. CBD] when I visited a few weeks ago and wanted to share my experience with the Horde. My impressions and observations in this essay are based solely on this specific cast.

Eve is life-sized. Because of this, I’m able to gaze into her face and study the details of her form closely (receiving a stern warning from security). This work depicts an ashamed and frightened Eve being kicked out of Eden. Her form twists and turns as she folds in on herself. Her limbs fold over her body to try to hide her nudity. Her left arm rises in a defensive gesture to shield her expressive face from the wrath of God. Eve seems like a three-dimensional recreation of Michelangelo’s Eve from the Sistine Chapel scene Expulsion from Paradise. The pose and face are almost identical.

The spiral twist of her form is so dramatic. She’s coiled tightly like a spring and I can feel its tension. Notice that the texture of the bronze surface is rough and unfinished. To me it feels impressionistic. Rodin seems to have molded the clay quickly. It gives the work a desperate immediacy. Everything seems to have happened in Eden so fast. Adam and Eve ate, fell, and were driven away. The drama of the act and its consequences seem imprinted onto the metal surface.

For me, the scale of this work matters. If she were smaller as intended, I think the details in her pose and her face would be lost or overlooked. If she were larger, her drama would be removed and abstracted. Life-sized she becomes real. I can see her fear-filled face clearly. Her emotion radiates. I walked around her and saw how her contours shifted from every angle. The gallery’s lighting keeps her face in shadow, and I think it mimics how she is now removed from God’s presence. She looks straight down, not forward to watch where she is going and appears to have a slight lean to the left. To me, she looks close to stumbling as she runs. Eve flees in panic. It’s so tragic and so emotional. It’s beautiful.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:30 AM

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1 Sculpture?!

Sculpture?!

What is this place coming to?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 09:31 AM (LvTSG)

2 meh

Posted by: BignJames at July 20, 2023 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

3 Mistakes were made, but...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 20, 2023 09:31 AM (hOUT3)

4 No dog, not art

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2023 09:32 AM (tVq6b)

5 I love Rodan's works. The National Art Museum in Washington has a wonderful collection. I've also seen his works in Paris.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (lf83v)

6 4 No dog, not art
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2023 09:32 AM (tVq6b)

Dog is implied:

https://tinyurl.com/495xux5k

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

7 Is her name 'Clay'??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (krqg6)

8 Rodan was always a bit flighty.

Posted by: Godzilla at July 20, 2023 09:34 AM (9eaoD)

9 I like Rodin's works, they always seem very powerful.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 20, 2023 09:34 AM (p+1gI)

10 I'm so glad to see sculpture making the Art Thread. Thanks for the insightful description, Kris.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (45fpk)

11
It sounded like a good idea at the time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (o4R5M)

12 5 I love Rodan's works. The National Art Museum in Washington has a wonderful collection. I've also seen his works in Paris.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (lf83v)

I want to see The Gates of Hell. Even unfinished, it's gotta be amazing. Inspired by Dante and a response to Ghiberti.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (VQp/A)

13 (receiving a stern warning from security)
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Next time tell them you're there to throw oil on it, Kris. Then they'll keep their distance.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (krqg6)

14 Morning.

Rodin...Sculptor of fine art, destroyer of Tokyo.

Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (K72K1)

15
Meh. It's no Bernini.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (o4R5M)

16 I've also seen his works in Paris.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (lf83v)

The Rodin Museum in Paris is pretty impressive!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (PHmov)

17 Anna Maria Ghiberti in a taxi, honey!
/music thread

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (krqg6)

18 Well, this is different...We don't show enough sculptures on the Art Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (YIVH2)

19 I want to see The Gates of Hell. Even unfinished, it's gotta be amazing. Inspired by Dante and a response to Ghiberti.
Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (VQp/A)
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"Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (YIVH2)

20 The Adam and Eve story put me right off the bible. (And it's basically the beginning). Why would God forbid them knowledge of good and evil? And what's with the shame? They were perfectly happy being naked until they could see and all of a sudden, oh noes!, titties.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (GzDfN)

21 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

22 s her name 'Clay'??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 20, 2023 09:33 AM (krqg6)

Clay. Bill Clay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

23
Tomorrow, the fat guy on the ottoman sculpture.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (o4R5M)

24 17 Anna Maria Ghiberti in a taxi, honey!
/music thread
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (krqg6)

Alberghetti

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (zZu0s)

25 I wonder why Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. They were already experiencing the Good. So their choice really amounted to choosing Evil.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (45fpk)

26 I just...this isn't a "would/would not hang" piece.

Too big to put on an end table.

What would you do with it? Stick it out in the backyard next to the birdbath?

Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 09:38 AM (K72K1)

27 I want to see The Gates of Hell.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:35 AM (VQp/A)

That's one reason to go to Philadelphia.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:38 AM (PHmov)

28 The Rodin Museum in Paris is pretty impressive!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:36 AM (PHmov)

I visit museums vicariously through others. *sigh*

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:39 AM (VQp/A)

29 Why would God forbid them knowledge of good and evil?

See me at 25. Perhaps that might help out.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at July 20, 2023 09:39 AM (45fpk)

30 Is that a Rodin?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 09:39 AM (XtkZj)

31 Thank you Kris
Been listening to a lot of bible podcasts lately, this is a perfect complement.
Eve is ashamed, I think, in this.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 20, 2023 09:39 AM (IDrE7)

32 My cat, Pouncer, is coiled like a spring. She can leap, too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 09:39 AM (3FiQa)

33 25 I wonder why Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. They were already experiencing the Good. So their choice really amounted to choosing Evil.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (45fpk)

Actually, I can completely imagine it. Boredom. Curiosity. Not appreciating what they have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 09:40 AM (zZu0s)

34 The Adam and Eve story put me right off the bible. (And it's basically the beginning). Why would God forbid them knowledge of good and evil? And what's with the shame? They were perfectly happy being naked until they could see and all of a sudden, oh noes!, titties.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (GzDfN)

Before, man was just like any other dumb ameenuhl. Then reason entered the picture and life has sucked ever sense.

Or as Dennis Leary once sang, life is gonna suck when you grow up and then you're gonna diiiieee!!!!

Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 09:40 AM (K72K1)

35 33 Actually, I can completely imagine it. Boredom. Curiosity. Not appreciating what they have.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 09:40 AM (zZu0s)

=========

Humanity's first "hold my beer" moment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 09:41 AM (LvTSG)

36 What would you do with it? Stick it out in the backyard next to the birdbath?
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 09:38 AM (K72K1)

I have a place already picked out. Right next to the apple tree of course.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:41 AM (VQp/A)

37 The Gates of Hell in Washington, DC?

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 20, 2023 09:41 AM (vs+83)

38
Actually, I can completely imagine it. Boredom. Curiosity. Not appreciating what they have.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 09:40 AM (zZu0s)

___________

Women figure if they really want something then it's all right.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:42 AM (o4R5M)

39 They chose autonomy.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 09:42 AM (PCK5/)

40 You do what you do with all sculptures. Hang dirty laundry on it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 09:42 AM (XtkZj)

41 A wonderful work of art, great depiction of the subject. Would place in my home.

Posted by: Gref at July 20, 2023 09:42 AM (AMIL/)

42 Hard to see her boobs with her arms like that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:43 AM (xTRSc)

43
No dog, not art
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2023 09:32 AM (tVq6b)

__________

*blusters*

That's my line.

A dog, of course, would have told Eve not to listen to the serpent. But did she? Noooooo!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:44 AM (o4R5M)

44 Hard to see her boobs with her arms like that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:43 AM (xTRSc)

God was body shaming her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

45 Archie Bunker said women were cursed with Aunt Flo since Eve talked Adam into eating the apple. When God found out what they had done, God told them to get their clothes on and get the hell out of the garden.

Would Smash.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 20, 2023 09:45 AM (b+YaX)

46 She looks straight down, not forward to watch where she is going and appears to have a slight lean to the left.

The origins of the AWFL go back to the beginning...

Posted by: The History Channel at July 20, 2023 09:45 AM (JCZqz)

47 A wonderful work of art, great depiction of the subject. Would place in my home.
Posted by: Gref at July 20, 2023 09:42 AM (AMIL/)

Meh. I've shit better.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 20, 2023 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

48 I love myself
I want you to love me
When I feel down
I want you above me
I search myself
I want you to find me
I forget myself
I want you to remind me
I don't want anybody else
When I think about you
I touch myself
Oh, I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 09:45 AM (RHGPo)

49 Eve took the apple for the most basic and universal of all motivations: because she was told she couldn’t.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 20, 2023 09:45 AM (vs+83)

50 This is wonderful! I was lucky to see a large Rodin exhibit decades ago and the memory is still bright. His ability to create emotion with the poses and gestures of his figures is hard to describe. Especially since he isn't using finely finished forms like the Pieta or many classic sculptures. The rougher surfaces of this and other Rodin pieces require the viewer to see into the image to absorb the full emotional content.

Thanks to Kris for the excellent description and analysis.

Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 09:46 AM (7EjX1)

51
Needs fig leaf.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 09:46 AM (gKzkw)

52 Rodin was discovered early in his career, in volcano hatching from a large egg. He didn't gain name recognition until his first attempt at destroying Tokyo.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 09:47 AM (OgrpQ)

53 Seems like a good place to drop this.

Art asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/s-1qjA5JV_Q

Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 20, 2023 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

54 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

55 We have one job to do in life, then and now. They cose poorly.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (PCK5/)

56 You just know little Cain would’ve eaten that fruit if his parents hadn’t already.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (xTRSc)

57 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

58 There goes Tokyo

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (XtkZj)

59 My best friend's step father was an artist. Their back yard was a hodgepodge of metal works, made with discarded pieces of rebar, sheet metal and whatnot. Modern stuff, but somehow a bit.... weird. He told me once that metal was a very unforgiving medium to work with.

My father called the backyard sculpture garden a 'junkyard.'

However, he also painted and I have one. I rather nice landscape of several trees.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (Q4IgG)

60 Kris -
Great writeup on this statue of Eve. I look forward to your posts and insight. Thank you for sharing this.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (N39Ws)

61 His ability to create emotion with the poses and gestures of his figures is hard to describe. Especially since he isn't using finely finished forms like the Pieta or many classic sculptures. The rougher surfaces of this and other Rodin pieces require the viewer to see into the image to absorb the full emotional content.

Thanks to Kris for the excellent description and analysis.
Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 09:46 AM (7EjX1)

jibber jabber

Posted by: BignJames at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (AwYPR)

62 The sculpture is beautiful and very sad. After the Fall is also a song by Klaus Nomi, it's on Youtube. He was one of the very first "celebrities" to die from the new disease of AIDS in the early 80s. Beautiful and sad.

Posted by: Actions Have Consequences at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (T0tUU)

63 There goes Tokyo
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (XtkZj)

Godzirra.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Sculpture is the best medium!

Posted by: Michelanglo Buonarroti at July 20, 2023 09:49 AM (+UMhJ)

65 If interested I posted my latest oil painting to my website under the still life -other category. It's my tribute to one of my favorite sitcoms.

Stuppleart.com

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:50 AM (5e0cQ)

66 50 This is wonderful! I was lucky to see a large Rodin exhibit decades ago and the memory is still bright. His ability to create emotion with the poses and gestures of his figures is hard to describe. Especially since he isn't using finely finished forms like the Pieta or many classic sculptures. The rougher surfaces of this and other Rodin pieces require the viewer to see into the image to absorb the full emotional content.

Thanks to Kris for the excellent description and analysis.
Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 09:46 AM (7EjX1)

I just wrote up a short analysis of his "Burghers of Calais" for a project. That is another beautiful piece. It reimagines the "hero" image.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:50 AM (VQp/A)

67 At least Eve didn’t open that stupid box, like that bitch Pandora.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:51 AM (xTRSc)

68
Stuppleart.com
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:50 AM (5e0cQ)

Lady in Red has some wailin' tas.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

69 Also, the metrics of modesty seem to have changed. Two hands for the titties but none for the mish?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:52 AM (GzDfN)

70 20 The Adam and Eve story put me right off the bible. (And it's basically the beginning). Why would God forbid them knowledge of good and evil? And what's with the shame? They were perfectly happy being naked until they could see and all of a sudden, oh noes!, titties.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:37 AM (GzDfN)

^^ It's about free will - if they had no choices then they are not free. And about trusting God. If they trust in God then they know they don't Need the knowledge of good and evil. But they were tricked and didn't talk to God about the temptation before giving in...

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2023 09:53 AM (NaH5I)

71 69 Also, the metrics of modesty seem to have changed. Two hands for the titties but none for the mish?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:52 AM (GzDfN)

Mish is naturally hidden from view.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 09:53 AM (XtkZj)

72 Also, thank you Kris. Really helps me to see what you see.

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2023 09:54 AM (NaH5I)

73
After the Fall is also a song by Klaus Nomi, it's on Youtube. He was one of the very first "celebrities" to die from the new disease of AIDS in the early 80s. Beautiful and sad.
Posted by: Actions Have Consequences at July 20, 2023 09:48 AM (T0tUU)

___________

After the Fall is over, after the break of morn,
After the couples' leaving, after the stars are gone,
Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all—
Many the hopes that have vanished after the Fall.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 09:54 AM (o4R5M)

74 I like Remington sculptures. What's cool about sculptures like his is that you could continue to buy Remington sculptures because they were made from from the cast he created.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:54 AM (5e0cQ)

75 In Paradise Lost, first thing Adam and Eve do after eating the fruit is have wild sex.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:55 AM (xTRSc)

76 Walking Man is one of my favorite Rodin sculptures. Shows process and motion while static.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 09:55 AM (OgrpQ)

77 Every kid who participates in T-Ball league gets one of these at the end of the season.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2023 09:55 AM (s12c9)

78 74 I like Remington sculptures. What's cool about sculptures like his is that you could continue to buy Remington sculptures because they were made from from the cast he created.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:54 AM (5e0cQ)

There are many recasts of Rodin too.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:56 AM (VQp/A)

79 First piece of art that ever moved me was Despair by Rodin. Saw it at the St. Louis Art Museum.

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/25391/

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 20, 2023 09:57 AM (ViCCR)

80 Also, the metrics of modesty seem to have changed. Two hands for the titties but none for the mish?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:52 AM (GzDfN)

Take a look at his sculpture of Iris...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:57 AM (PHmov)

81
Who Gives a Fig? - a limerick

The Forbidden Knowledge brought them to grief
With a sense of guilt beyond all belief
Now with all the shame and loathing
Where on earth can we find. clothing?
Perhaps we should turn o'er a new leaf!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 09:58 AM (kXYt5)

82 Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here

You belong here, at Ace's place.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2023 09:58 AM (LodBx)

83 >There are many recasts of Rodin too.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:56 AM (VQp/A)

Wouldn't that be a 'Re-din'?

I'll show myself out...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 20, 2023 09:58 AM (NgqoH)

84 This reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer turns his apartment into a smokers lounge and experiences a lifetime of smoking in a matter of days.

Jerry comments that Kramer's face looks like an old catcher's mitt, and when he looks in a toaster and sees his reflection, Kramer recoils and says, "No, look away. I'm hideous!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 09:58 AM (KbCG3)

85 Thanks, Kris. Excellent analysis, and it is an excellent work of art.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (Keyt1)

86 Eve seems like a three-dimensional recreation of Michelangelo’s Eve from the Sistine Chapel scene Expulsion from Paradise. The pose and face are almost identical.

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Have Michelangelo's descendants sue Rodin's yet for copyright infringement & reparations?

/Thanks for the analysis, Kris ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (6wenc)

87 Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:50 AM (5e0cQ)

You can put the link to your site in the URL box. Just use the full address...http and all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (PHmov)

88 There are many recasts of Rodin too.
Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:56 AM (VQp/A)

Yes and many other artists. I should have said what's cool about sculptures....

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (5e0cQ)

89 It might make a nice hood ornament on my van but that would probably violate federal design standards for pedestrian safety.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (s12c9)

90 It's a magnificent piece. Beautiful pictures to enjoy & great insight for consideration. Thanks, CBD and Kris.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (GshMh)

91 Take a look at his sculpture of Iris...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 09:57 AM (PHmov

Headless Whores, man.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (XtkZj)

92 CBD, thank you for the commentary. You articulated in a few words some of ideas that were whipping around in my head. I also got a chuckle of you being admonished for your enthusiasm while viewing Eve. A few years ago at a fantastic Edward Hopper show in Minneapolis I received a similar but lessor caution. I think this proves, with great clarity, the moment you put a badge on somebody they instantly transform into a North Korean prison guard. Well, maybe that is a little strong. Nah.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (qxLut)

93 92 CBD, thank you for the commentary. You articulated in a few words some of ideas that were whipping around in my head. I also got a chuckle of you being admonished for your enthusiasm while viewing Eve. A few years ago at a fantastic Edward Hopper show in Minneapolis I received a similar but lessor caution. I think this proves, with great clarity, the moment you put a badge on somebody they instantly transform into a North Korean prison guard. Well, maybe that is a little strong. Nah.
Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (qxLut)

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Great job, CBD!

Kris, do you see how great a job CBD did?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (LvTSG)

94 Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (qxLut)

That was Kris!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (PHmov)

95 89 It might make a nice hood ornament on my van but that would probably violate federal design standards for pedestrian safety.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (s12c9)

May work on the Canyonero

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (BhqnE)

96 Makes me want to superglue my hands to her buttocks.

Posted by: Dimwitted Stop Oil Protester at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (Y6AXb)

97 Perhaps we should turn o'er a new leaf!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 09:58 AM (kXYt5)

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* golf clap *

/Had a brief image of them starting up a Nissan Leaf ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:02 AM (6wenc)

98 36 What would you do with it? Stick it out in the backyard next to the birdbath?
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 09:38 AM (K72K1)

I have a place already picked out. Right next to the apple tree of course.
Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 09:41 AM (VQp/A)

Ha!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2023 10:02 AM (LodBx)

99 Great job, CBD!

Kris, do you see how great a job CBD did?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures

Hands James Monroe a napkin (to wipe his nose.....)

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:02 AM (T4tVD)

100 So, does Kris get the full cob dental plan?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (xTRSc)

101 100 So, does Kris get the full cob dental plan?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (xTRSc)

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Lisa does need braces.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (LvTSG)

102 Really wanted to visit the Rodin museum last time we were over there but didn't make it. Driving past the museum, you can see The Thinker's butt from the road. Less than satisfying.

Posted by: Javems at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (AmoqO)

103 Great job, CBD!

Kris, do you see how great a job CBD did?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (LvTSG)

He took the words right out of my mouth.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (VQp/A)

104 It might make a nice hood ornament on my van but that would probably violate federal design standards for pedestrian safety.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2023 09:59 AM (s12c9)

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G'rump would place on his candy van.

/obligatory

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (6wenc)

105 Hunter Biden’s ‘laptop’ looks more and more like a politically motivated criminal scheme. During the 2016 elections, Russian government agents hacked into the DNC and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, dumping stolen data to sabotage Donald Trump’s election opponent. The more we learn about the supposed “Hunter Biden laptop,” a scandal meant to roil the campaign of Donald Trump’s election opponent four years later, the more it looks like somebody was following the same hack-and-dump playbook.

The Hunter laptop case is an uncannily similar series of events. Hunter's email, iCloud, Venmo, and other accounts were breached in 2018 and 2019. His data was copied, spyware was installed, and cursory attempts to cover it up were made.

And then a laptop with a copy of that data (with clear evidence of data tampering) gets dumped at a repair shop, never to be picked up, while its data somehow makes it to Giuliani.

We knew what the "laptop" revealed: Hunter Biden suffered through addiction, spent substantial cash on drugs and sex workers, and muddled through his troubled life slightly better than most addicts due to perceived closeness to his father.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

106 100 So, does Kris get the full cob dental plan?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (xTRSc)

I opted for the lifetime supply of Kaboom.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 10:05 AM (VQp/A)

107 "They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
but man I ain't goin' for that
I know it was a Pink Cadillac"

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:05 AM (T4tVD)

108 105 We knew what the "laptop" revealed: Hunter Biden suffered through addiction, spent substantial cash on drugs and sex workers, and muddled through his troubled life slightly better than most addicts due to perceived closeness to his father.
Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

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How did he get that cash?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:05 AM (LvTSG)

109 I wanna see a sculpture of dogs playing poker.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:05 AM (xTRSc)

110 G'rump would place on his candy van.

/obligatory
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (6wenc)

I would put it on my restored Pintero, but I'm trying to keep it original.

Posted by: BignJames at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (AwYPR)

111 National Moon Day
National Lollipop Day
National Pennsylvania Day
National Fortune Cookie Day
World Jump Day
International Chess Day
Get To Know Your Customers Day

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

112 Making the rounds on the left today: Republicans have nothing on Hunter. All they have is nude pics of him that MTG showed, which is harassment and a violation of his privacy.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (BhqnE)

113 Really wanted to visit the Rodin museum last time we were over there but didn't make it. Driving past the museum, you can see The Thinker's butt from the road. Less than satisfying.

Posted by: Javems at July 20, 2023 10:03 AM (AmoqO)

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Heh.

/You can see hundreds of them just driving through San Francisco.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (6wenc)

114 69 Also, the metrics of modesty seem to have changed. Two hands for the titties but none for the mish?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 09:52 AM (GzDfN)

I think she's hiding her face.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (LodBx)

115 Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

Fake news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

116 I think this proves, with great clarity, the moment you put a badge on somebody they instantly transform into a North Korean prison guard. Well, maybe that is a little strong. Nah.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (qxLut)

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At least a Stanford Prisoner Experiment prison guard.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (6wenc)

117 66 ... "I just wrote up a short analysis of his "Burghers of Calais" for a project. That is another beautiful piece. It reimagines the "hero" image."

That was one of the pieces I saw at the exhibit. The poses of the figures, their very individual expressions, and the emotional weight of their situation has a huge impact. I also saw Fallen "Caryatid Carrying Her Stone" which opened my eyes to the power of sculpture beyond just pretty forms. (The other sculpture that had that effect was The Pieta.)

Believe it or not, I was introduced to Rodin's work from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" back in the mid-60s. Whatever you think of the book, Jubal Harshaw's comments about the value of Rodin works began a lifelong interest in his art and an appreciation of art in general.

Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (7EjX1)

118 It's degas, gas, gas,gas,

Posted by: Stones at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (us2H3)

119 World Jump Day? WTH is that?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

120 >> Also, the metrics of modesty seem to have changed. Two hands for the titties but none for the mish?

Two hands won't be enough.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xChBq)

121 Maryhill Museum?

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (NWMg3)

122
[ponders bbq joint named 'Adam's Rib']

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (VG0cN)

123 Greetings!
Fen posted earlier:

Daisy bloom near Pacifica , California:

https://tinyurl.com/2wndapu7

This isn't far from my wind swept outpost. The plants are called ice plants (a succulent type) not really daisies. Thanks, Fenelon!

Rodin is awesome, several can be found within a short drive.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (MeG8a)

124 Makes me want to superglue my hands to her buttocks.

Posted by: Dimwitted Stop Oil Protester at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (Y6AXb)

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LOL.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (6wenc)

125 World Jump Day? WTH is that?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

Everyone blares Van Halen all day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

126 Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:00 AM (qxLut)

That was Kris!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Well, I am and idiot. Is this a barrel level offense? My apologies, Kris, I thought it was pretty sketchy that CBD could be the eloquent.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:09 AM (qxLut)

127 World Jump Day? WTH is that?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

House of Pain FTW!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (xPJvm)

128 World Jump Day? WTH is that?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

Trying to adjust the earth's rotation...globull warmening.

Posted by: BignJames at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (AwYPR)

129 112 Making the rounds on the left today: Republicans have nothing on Hunter. All they have is nude pics of him that MTG showed, which is harassment and a violation of his privacy.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:06 AM (BhqnE)

Given their recent actions, which hill do you think liberals are willing to die on with greater ferocity:

Protecting the crackhead son of a "president" with the mental capacity of a turnip

Protecting child traffickers

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (KbCG3)

130 126 Well, I am and idiot. Is this a barrel level offense? My apologies, Kris, I thought it was pretty sketchy that CBD could be the eloquent.
Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:09 AM (qxLut)

=========

CBD's apparent line of thought when choosing art: "This looks interesting. Sure, why not?"

Kris's apparent line of thought when choosing art: "Let's give the Horde a week of college-level art appreciation education in one post."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (LvTSG)

131 If only Eve didn't eat the apple! 🍎

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (NpAcC)

132 much too weird for my taste

Posted by: Jock Gametti at July 20, 2023 10:10 AM (us2H3)

133 Sneezing into her elbow.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:11 AM (aD39U)

134 Is Daily Kos still a thing? I mean I know it exists but is it still relevant at all? Reddit is where all the cool kids spew heir leftist nonsense these days.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:11 AM (BhqnE)

135 124 Makes me want to superglue my hands to her buttocks.

Posted by: Dimwitted Stop Oil Protester at July 20, 2023 10:01 AM (Y6AXb)
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LOL.
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM

I felt the same about Kate Upton after seeing the video of her doing the Cat Daddy dance.

Posted by: True Moron at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

136 RFK Jr. Disavows Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, Whom He Once Called a "Truly Great Partner"

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Louis Louis, oh no, you gotta go where ya gotta go,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Louis Louis, oh baby, you gotta go where ya gotta go

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (FVME7)

137 FTI - the average reddit user in mid 40s.

Posted by: MJ at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (zwDuR)

138 We need to hear DU’s take on uttering and publishing.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (xTRSc)

139 133 Sneezing into her elbow.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:11 AM (aD39U)

Ha!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (LodBx)

140 Sneezing into her elbow.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023

***
Oh, yeah, they wanted us to do that during the Sniffle Scare. Excuse me? Get snot all over my freshly laundered and starched dress shirt? Get bent. Besides, Karen, you're wearing that face diaper. Don't you believe it will protect you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 10:13 AM (J2vNu)

141 Is that a casting flaw running straight down her upper arm?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023 10:13 AM (RMin8)

142 The Tate museum in London had a lot of sculpture as I recall. Haven't visited it in a long time.

Posted by: Javems at July 20, 2023 10:13 AM (AmoqO)

143 Has anyone at DU commented on Hunter getting a naked massage by a gaggle of preteen girls?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 10:13 AM (cMXNt)

144 Believe it or not, I was introduced to Rodin's work from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" back in the mid-60s. Whatever you think of the book, Jubal Harshaw's comments about the value of Rodin works began a lifelong interest in his art and an appreciation of art in general.
Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (7EjX1)

I just finished Stone's "the Agony and the Ecstasy" and had a similar reaction about the art. I already liked Michelangelo but the way the art is described is like describing the love of your life. If you like art or specifically Renaissance art, I cannot recommend that book enough. And it's really easy to read -- just long.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 10:14 AM (VQp/A)

145 Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey Signals 10th Straight Month Of Contraction

If this had been a woman in labor, she'd be delivering a 25+ pound baby

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 10:15 AM (RHGPo)

146 Bulgaroctonus’ line of thought when choosing art: “Boobs!”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:15 AM (xTRSc)

147 There's a rooftop garden filled with Rodin at the Met.

At the very least, he's not Remington and those stupid horses.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:15 AM (xChBq)

148 146 Bulgaroctonus’ line of thought when choosing art: “Boobs!”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:15 AM (xTRSc)

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There are worse metrics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (LvTSG)

149 Making the rounds on the left today: Republicans have nothing on Hunter. All they have is nude pics of him that MTG showed, which is harassment and a violation of his privacy.

Posted by: Montec

Jack Cocchiarella
@JDCocchiarella
Hunter Biden should sue Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she just did on the House floor.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (FVME7)

150 If only Eve didn't eat the apple! 🍎
Posted by: redridinghood

Shoulda et the Spam !

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (T4tVD)

151 Getting a jump on when this thread devolves into a movie thread. Following JTM's latest viewing obsession lead: my three favorite best pictures, this week, are Lawrence of Arabia, Patton, and Godfather I and II (OK, that makes it four movies but in my pea brain they are just one long movie with a huge intermission).

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (qxLut)

152 The more I see and hear Vivek the more I like him.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (BhqnE)

153 I'm reminded of Harlan Ellison's revisionist take on the Garden of Eden story, "The Deathbird," where he argues that the serpent was actually the good guy in Eden. An interesting take and presented in a startling way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (J2vNu)

154 What color(s) does milk turn when poured over Kaboom!? My privileged upbringing included higher end breakfast repasts.

Posted by: Richie Rich at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (T0tUU)

155 Who is Jack Cocchiarella?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:18 AM (aD39U)

156 Lawrence of Arabia is severely overrated.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:18 AM (xTRSc)

157 154 What color(s) does milk turn when poured over Kaboom!? My privileged upbringing included higher end breakfast repasts.
Posted by: Richie Rich at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (T0tUU)

Muddy.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:18 AM (Jk9SN)

158 Lawrence of Arabia was a BIG movie… my astute analysis.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (PCK5/)

159 Lawrence of Arabia is severely overrated.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:18 AM (xTRSc)

It's no Doctor Zhivago.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (aD39U)

160 >> Lawrence of Arabia is severely overrated.

Not half as much as The Godfather. That Movie sucks dick.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (xChBq)

161 It was kind of dumb to do what MTG did because now the narrative is poor Hunter is being harassed by mean on MTG. Stick to the important shit like getting $5M payments from Russian mobsters. Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (BhqnE)

162 Shoulda et the Spam !
Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (T4tVD)
******
She definitely wouldn't be tempted.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (NpAcC)

163 Jack Cocchiarella
@JDCocchiarella
Hunter Biden should sue Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she just did on the House floor.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (FVME7)[/i[

Dude had his own pornhub channel. I think he's more proud of it than embarrassed.

What would be the theory of the case?

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (Jk9SN)

164 Lawrence of Arabia is severely overrated.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:18 AM (xTRSc)

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Hold my mint julep.

Posted by: Gone With The Wind at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (s12c9)

165 >>What color(s) does milk turn when poured over Kaboom!? My privileged upbringing included higher end breakfast repasts.

Hopeless.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (xChBq)

166 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful. Love Rodin.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (e4fEA)

167 154 What color(s) does milk turn when poured over Kaboom!? My privileged upbringing included higher end breakfast repasts.
Posted by: Richie Rich at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (T0tUU)

The color of sadness and disappointment. Also known as Buffalo Bills colors.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 10:21 AM (VQp/A)

168 >> Jack Cocchiarella
@JDCocchiarella
Hunter Biden should sue Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she just did on the House floor.

Way to understand our Laws, retard.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:21 AM (xChBq)

169 Lawrence of Arabia was a BIG movie… my astute analysis.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023

***
Oddly, I've never seen all of it. My mother wisely didn't bring us kids to it when it was new -- it's way too long and grownup a film for kids 9 and 5.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 10:21 AM (J2vNu)

170 The more I see and hear Vivek the more I like him.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (BhqnE)
*****
He's impressive.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2023 10:21 AM (NpAcC)

171 Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (BhqnE)

Money transfers to multiple people through multiple LLCs is hard to understand.

Getting M&Ms eaten off your dingdong is dead simple.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (Jk9SN)

172 Shoulda et the Spam !
Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:16 AM (T4tVD)
******
She definitely wouldn't be tempted.
Posted by: redridinghood

LOL !

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (T4tVD)

173 My apologies, Kris, I thought it was pretty sketchy that CBD could be the eloquent.
Posted by: Lost In Space

********

First Rule of Holes is applicable here. Stop digging!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (kXYt5)

174 171 Money transfers to multiple people through multiple LLCs is hard to understand.

Getting M&Ms eaten off your dingdong is dead simple.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (Jk9SN)

========

That's nothing. Don Jr. divorced his wife!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (LvTSG)

175 The House on Wednesday voted in favor of barring the use of public schools and colleges that receive federal funds as shelters for migrants. The Schools Not Shelters Act passed the lower chamber in a 222-201 vote, with four Democrats joining all Republicans to vote in support of the legislation.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (RHGPo)

176 Oh and close tags FTW!

SUCK IT BARREL!

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (Jk9SN)

177 I've seen small period renaissance bronzes sell at auction

like 3 or 4 inches tall

hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes more

Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (us2H3)

178 >>Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.

You are forgetting the story where several DC Strippers fucked him with a Strap-On.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (xChBq)

179 Plus, the scene where Lawrence is captured by the Turks is disturbing, to say the least.

And apparently did not happen that way in real life.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (xTRSc)

180 171 Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (BhqnE)

Money transfers to multiple people through multiple LLCs is hard to understand.

Getting M&Ms eaten off your dingdong is dead simple.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 1

But it’s not illegal and who gives a fuck in the grand scheme of things? It turns into the Biden version of the pee per tape, a distraction.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (BhqnE)

181 175 The House on Wednesday voted in favor of barring the use of public schools and colleges that receive federal funds as shelters for migrants. The Schools Not Shelters Act passed the lower chamber in a 222-201 vote, with four Democrats joining all Republicans to vote in support of the legislation.
Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (RHGPo)

========

Odds on it passing the Senate?

1,000,000,000:1?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (LvTSG)

182 Lawrence of Arabia was a BIG movie… my astute analysis.
Posted by: tubal

That is probably the best review of L of A I have ever read except for when I saw it in the theater when I was 12: The British and French were real shits and that massacre was bestest thing evar.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (qxLut)

183 Wondering about the alignment of the planets today.

FJB visiting the Philly Shipyard for a union rally and big announcement about clean energy. (No credit for Trump, of course, but messaging for DeSantis imo.) He said he'd run his campaign from Wilmington, DE. Guess it was his word as a Biden.

The screen actors guild strike made it to Love Park. Actors from Abbott Elementary and Tina Fey, Kevin Bacon involved.

And, there'll be a Phillies game. Yay! for that.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (GshMh)

184 171 Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (BhqnE)

Money transfers to multiple people through multiple LLCs is hard to understand.

Getting M&Ms eaten off your dingdong is dead simple.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:22 AM (Jk9SN)

Melts in your mouth, not on your shaft!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (KbCG3)

185 World Jump Day? WTH is that?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM (xTRSc)

It's not Maggie Thatcher Day, that's for sure. https://youtu.be/QiMs165tVdw

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (GzDfN)

186 All the news that's fit to print.

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
I can fart hard enough to inflate a car tire

-
Hilarious proposed community note.

https://tinyurl.com/y5k3uvrv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:24 AM (FVME7)

187 But it’s not illegal and who gives a fuck in the grand scheme of things? It turns into the Biden version of the pee per tape, a distraction.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (BhqnE)

Except for the fact that it, you know, exists.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:24 AM (Jk9SN)

188 >>Melts in your mouth, not on your glans ~~shaft~~!

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:24 AM (xChBq)

189 Hunter Biden should sue Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she just did on the House floor.

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What did she just do?

Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 10:25 AM (sX1BW)

190 The more I see and hear Vivek the more I like him.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:17 AM (BhqnE)

He has to lose the surname that sounds like butt secks with the Maharishi.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023 10:25 AM (RMin8)

191 143 Has anyone at DU commented on Hunter getting a naked massage by a gaggle of preteen girls?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 10:13 AM

Lol....those uncomfortable stories aren't even brought up to be denied. They just...don't exist.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:25 AM (JCZqz)

192 much too weird for my taste
Posted by: Jock Gametti
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Nah...c'mon, take a bite, give a try.

Posted by: The Serpent at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (SbsCg)

193 But it’s not illegal and who gives a fuck in the grand scheme of things? It turns into the Biden version of the pee per tape, a distraction.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (BhqnE)

Except this actually happened. And that's now the visual dems are forced to defend. They can't wish it away as Russian propaganda and I'm guessing that more than a few normies will be turned off by an image the media has basically embargoed.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (KbCG3)

194 Biden said he'd run his campaign from Wilmington, DE?

Same basement as last time?

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (SYTee)

195 >> Jack Cocchiarella
@JDCocchiarella
Hunter Biden should sue Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she just did on the House floor.

Who should we sue for leftists doing far worse to children in our schools?

I like where this is headed.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (ZLI7S)

196 187 But it’s not illegal and who gives a fuck in the grand scheme of things? It turns into the Biden version of the pee per tape, a distraction.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:23 AM (BhqnE)

Except for the fact that it, you know, exists.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:24 AM (Jk9SN)

Sure it exists. Hunter is a sex addicted crack head. OK. Fine.

My point is it’s a distraction from the stuff that matters which is Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian bribes to the Biden family.

Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (BhqnE)

197 Eve's regret and anxiety is palpable in this piece. The palm of her left hand seems to try to deflect God's observation of her horror and shame. It's touching. And I can reflect on those times I have fallen far short of expectations.

Thank you for the write up, Kris. I do hope to make it out your way one of these days and go to a museum with you and andycanuck.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (/z/cO)

198 Bulgaroctonus’ line of thought when choosing art: “Boobs!”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:15 AM (xTRSc)

This is my line of thought when choosing just about anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

199 Thanks for your observations, Kris!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

200 Look the Left never worries that oh we were too mean and they never pay a price for it.

Not reporting money loaned to a guy through an LLC that got paid by another LLC that knew a guy whose sister said they saw Romanian money given to Ferris at 31 flavors last night is hand wavable.

Putting a hooker as a business expense to avoid taxes AND video it for the kink?

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:27 AM (Jk9SN)

201 184 171 Everyone already knows Hunter is a crackhead who fucks anything with a pulse.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 10:19 AM (BhqnE)

DON'T LIMIT ME

Posted by: Hunter at July 20, 2023 10:28 AM (us2H3)

202
What did she just do?
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 10:25 AM (sX1BW)

She had images from his laptop of Hunter getting head from prostitutes on a poster board.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

203 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
I can fart hard enough to inflate a car tire
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Well, except for a Tesla spare tire.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 10:28 AM (SbsCg)

204 Smoking crack is illegal. Transporting hookers across state line for sex is illegal as MTG pointed out yesterday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:28 AM (ZLI7S)

205 161. She wanted to show that he possibly trafficked women across state lines for prostitution which is a violation of the Mann Act. ( then deducted the plane fare.) She asked the IRS agent if that was one of his findings on Hunters taxes.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (IhlFR)

206 Mrs. Wrecks demanded that we get Apple TV so we could watch The After Party. And it is pretty good. I like several of the shows on there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (FVME7)

207 I can inflate 50 tires.

Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (SYTee)

208 Would you say that MTG is an Exhibitionist???

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (PCK5/)

209
Well, except for a Tesla spare tire.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 10:28 AM (SbsCg)

The cars don't come with one. You have to rent one from Tesla in the event of a flat, then THEY will replace your original tire, or you risk voiding the warranty.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

210 > It was kind of dumb to do what MTG did because now the narrative is poor Hunter is being harassed by mean on MTG.
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TBH she is pretty dumb. They all are.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (Q4IgG)

211 What did she just do?
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 10:25 AM (sX1BW)

She had images from his laptop of Hunter getting head from prostitutes on a poster board.

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Gross.

Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (sX1BW)

212
Sure it exists. Hunter is a sex addicted crack head. OK. Fine.

My point is it’s a distraction from the stuff that matters which is Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian bribes to the Biden family.

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Seems like we could publicize both things.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2023 10:30 AM (s12c9)

213 Democrats are pedophiles, and love them some human trafficking.

THIS is the message to get out.

Bud Light these childfuckers and taint them forever.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 10:30 AM (ufFY8)

214 “Look, you f’ked up. You trusted me.”
- Eve

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 20, 2023 10:30 AM (JTwsP)

215 Eve, after the botched abdominal surgery.

She's been working out though, hasn't skipped leg day, that's for sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 10:30 AM (K8TIL)

216 >>Smoking crack is illegal. Transporting hookers across state line for sex is illegal as MTG pointed out yesterday.

Regardless. Anything she says in the course of doing her job is off limits for Libel.

Now. Someone like Adam Schiff, who leaked info to news outlets and then went on those same outlets to further disseminate false info....THAT could be seen as False/Libel OUTSIDE of the purview of his job.

And still. Untouchable in our Courts.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:31 AM (xChBq)

217 This is the problem. Republicans have to "stick to issues" and be above the fray.

Meanwhile, Trump said pussy.

Let me be clear: fuck that noise. The game now is damage the other side's brand. Make them defend this kind of conduct. Don't give them a pass on it.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:31 AM (Jk9SN)

218 World Jump Day? WTH is that?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:08 AM

Don't!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:31 AM (nkgiG)

219
Bud Light these childfuckers and taint them forever.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 10:30 AM

Heh..... You said 'taint.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

220 Why is her index finger 'cocked' in her upraised hand? Is there something symbolic to it?

Posted by: Mr. Wolf at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (Zh2lX)

221 what on earth is this "it's a distraction" nonsense?!?!

the media is in the bag for the left

you do whatever - whenever - you can to puncture that

people DON'T know about Hunt and his garbage life

there's room for all of it - DISRUPT THEM

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (AcWfM)

222 >>Seems like we could publicize both things.

Remind me, what laws did they toss notorious, murderous organized crime figure Al Capone in prison for?

Hit them on all fronts.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (ZLI7S)

223 Pelican count already over 150. Also, one Blackhawk and an Osprey (V-22).

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (h/xVB)

224 217 This is the problem. Republicans have to "stick to issues" and be above the fray.

Meanwhile, Trump said pussy.

Let me be clear: fuck that noise. The game now is damage the other side's brand. Make them defend this kind of conduct. Don't give them a pass on it.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:31 AM (Jk9SN)

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But the electorate is yearning for straight-laced talk about policy above all else! They don't think of politics as some sort of cultural marker but as vehicles for preferred public policy!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

225 I think before all this 2024 stuff is done, RFK JR will make waves and trouble for the dems. LOL, GOOD

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (pVWRI)

226 144 ... "I just finished Stone's "the Agony and the Ecstasy" and had a similar reaction about the art. I already liked Michelangelo but the way the art is described is like describing the love of your life. If you like art or specifically Renaissance art, I cannot recommend that book enough. And it's really easy to read -- just long."

Kris, Just ordered a used hardcover of the book. Oddly, the local used bookstore doesn't have a copy and the B and N doesn't stock it. As a Tolkien fanatic and having read Moby Dick and Count of Monte Cristo, long books don't deter me. :-)

Books that enhance my appreciation of beauty and art have ever greater appeal these days.

Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (7EjX1)

227 blaster YES YES YES

and the time is NOW (or before now but now is the best we're gonna do)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (AcWfM)

228 Any stick will do to beat a dog.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) reminds you at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (aD39U)

229 >>Why is her index finger 'cocked' in her upraised hand? Is there something symbolic to it?

"She has her index finger cocked as if she is ashamed and would like to keep the Creator from smelling it."

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (xChBq)

230 227 blaster YES YES YES

and the time is NOW (or before now but now is the best we're gonna do)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (AcWfM)

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I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

231 The cars don't come with one. You have to rent one from Tesla in the event of a flat, then THEY will replace your original tire, or you risk voiding the warranty.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 20, 2023 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

And why don't they have a spare tire? So the space and load capacity can be used to cram in more battery, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (RMin8)

232 I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

Unpossible!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (aD39U)

233 But the electorate is yearning for straight-laced talk about policy above all else! They don't think of politics as some sort of cultural marker but as vehicles for preferred public policy!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (LvTSG)

I don't get it.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (Jk9SN)

234 Nice write-up CBD. Thank you.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (h/xVB)

235 I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."

and the way the bidens are going, that likelihood seems to be going up (from none to slim but still)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (AcWfM)

236 175, 181. IDK but does it have teeth, really matter?

There's the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Context from website nche ed gov: Subtitle VII-B of The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act authorizes the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program and is the primary piece of federal legislation related to the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. It was reauthorized in December 2015 by Title IX, Part A, of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (GshMh)

237 FTI - the average reddit user in mid 40s.

Posted by: MJ at July 20, 2023 10:12 AM (zwDuR)

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IQ or Age?

/AND. Power of. Embrace.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (6wenc)

238 Nice write-up CBD. Thank you.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (h/xVB)

ISWYDT

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (aD39U)

239 long books don't deter me. :-)

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Does boredom? I found that book boring. Maybe I need to give it another shot.

Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (sX1BW)

240 Hard to see her boobs with her arms like that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 09:43 AM (xTRSc)

I'm sure it's been said already, but lots of these artists hadn't actually seen a female body before. So the bobs were always off somehow.

As for the cochana, this one looks like a Barbie doll depiction. Just a slight mound. As in, a male body, just without a peener.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (K8TIL)

241 >>Why is her index finger 'cocked' in her upraised hand? Is there something symbolic to it?

Because that is her thumb?
The left hand, correct?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (ufFY8)

242 And still. Untouchable in our Courts.

Since we all know the left dominates the courts and the legal system that is not where we should be fighting. If they can't censor us we need to fight the battle in the court of public opinion where lately we are beginning to win large battles. That's why they are determined to keep censoring us.

We can't keep whining our team doesn't fight and then when they do complain they aren't keeping their pinkies out. Hit them with everything. Then hit them again and keep hitting them until they are nothing but bloody pulp.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)

243 And why don't they have a spare tire? So the space and load capacity can be used to cram in more battery, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023 10:34 AM (RMin

Lots of cars don't come with spares. I have a 16 year old Porsche that doesn't and sra blaster has a 5 year old Civic that doesn't.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (Jk9SN)

244 The 2020 cheat was obvious, and yet here we are.

The 2024 cheat will be more obvious, and yet there we will be.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (SYTee)

245 "... of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)."

Orwell weeps.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:36 AM (6wenc)

246 244 The 2020 cheat was obvious, and yet here we are.

The 2024 cheat will be more obvious, and yet there we will be.
Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (SYTee)

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We just need a better candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

247 Maryland.

Where one can both be in prison, and hold a government position.

https://tinyurl.com/3z7zja39

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:36 AM (isNL8)

248 Nice write-up CBD. Thank you.
Posted by: Tonypete

(hands Tonypete a napkin....)

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:36 AM (T4tVD)

249 242. This.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (IhlFR)

250 She looks vulnerable, but sexy.

Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (84jHt)

251 230 227 blaster YES YES YES

and the time is NOW (or before now but now is the best we're gonna do)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 10:32 AM (AcWfM)

=======

I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

"Do I think it's weird that they stopped counting votes in 9 states? Yes. Do I think it's weird that certain states had more votes than residents? Yes. Do I think it's weird that they pre-arrested all republican electoral voters the second Biden took the lead a week after election day? Yes.

But! I'm glad that this all happened and our country is better for it."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (KbCG3)

252 We can't keep whining our team doesn't fight and then when they do complain they aren't keeping their pinkies out. Hit them with everything. Then hit them again and keep hitting them until they are nothing but bloody pulp.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)

Spoon request!

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (Jk9SN)

253 I believe in cars that don't come with spare tires, you can buy & carry around a "tire repair kit" that works like the old bicycle tire repair kits we had as kids.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (6wenc)

254 She looks vulnerable, but sexy.
Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (84jHt)

She was the hottest chick in the bar when I met her. The rest were just beasts.

Posted by: Adam at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (ufFY8)

255 >> She looks vulnerable, but sexy.

Eve had that 'Only woman in existence' appeal.

Like the only Girl at the Campground. She gets prettier every day.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (xChBq)

256 We just need a better candidate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

I don't get it.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (Jk9SN)

257 a violation of the Mann Act.

*******

Like the guy who believed that he could indefinitely extend the lives of bottle-nosed dolphins by feeding them a certain kind of seabird and tried to smuggle them into the dolphin enclosure through the African Savannah late at night while the animals were sleeping majestically.

He was arrested for transporting gulls across stately lions for immortal porpoises!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

258 And why don't they have a spare tire? So the space and load capacity can be used to cram in more battery, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023

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My 2015 BMW 3 Series didn't have a spare either, not even the donut. The trunk on that is not very big anyway, and then the battery is back there too. I was planning to get a spare. Then the July rainstorm flood totaled the car.

The Buick has its battery up front where David D. Buick intended it to be, and a space-saver spare under the trunk floor. In fact I've had to use it once in the four years I've had the car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

259 "She looks vulnerable, but sexy."

Sins to the left...

Sins to the right..

And you're the only girl in town..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:39 AM (isNL8)

260 I believe in cars that don't come with spare tires, you can buy & carry around a "tire repair kit" that works like the old bicycle tire repair kits we had as kids.

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Forgot to include: I think you probably get a can of compressed air or something. But the new ones supposedly have concierge towing service as well.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:39 AM (6wenc)

261 >> I believe in cars that don't come with spare tires, you can buy & carry around a "tire repair kit" that works like the old bicycle tire repair kits we had as kids.

Bikes used patches. Tires (Tubeless) use plugs.

But yes. Carry 2 Patch Kits and a portable compressor (cigarette lighter powered).

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2023 10:40 AM (xChBq)

262 244, 245, 259

Horde Mind, in all its glory.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 10:40 AM (ufFY8)

263 Mrs VIA's MX-5 has no spare.
Small tire patch kit, and a small compressor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:40 AM (isNL8)

264 Looks like something pulled out of Pompeii.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2023 10:40 AM (VwHCD)

265 Lots of cars don't come with spares. I have a 16 year old Porsche that doesn't and sra blaster has a 5 year old Civic that doesn't.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (Jk9SN)

That's a deal-killer for me. Roads have hazards on them. A spare tire is a must.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023 10:40 AM (RMin8)

266 251 "Do I think it's weird that they stopped counting votes in 9 states? Yes. Do I think it's weird that certain states had more votes than residents? Yes. Do I think it's weird that they pre-arrested all republican electoral voters the second Biden took the lead a week after election day? Yes.

But! I'm glad that this all happened and our country is better for it."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (KbCG3)

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Pretty much, but the larger, cultural effect would be that everyone would acknowledge that there were massive irregularities with the election that led to an implausible result.

Throw in the fact that downballot races tend to not get stolen in these situations, and you've got the making for a popular revolt manifesting through state-level action on voting.

Of course, I was hoping for the same thing in 2022, and here we are with PA's Democrat Party having just entrenched power in the state capitol.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

267 He was arrested for transporting gulls across stately lions for immortal porpoises!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

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The Triple Lindy!

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:41 AM (6wenc)

268 Floor mats are extra, too.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 10:42 AM (ufFY8)

269 (hands Tonypete a napkin....)
Posted by: JT

n.b - Eddie Haskell never suffered due to being a suck-up.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:42 AM (h/xVB)

270 Spare tires are risk management and engineering sub optimization.

Most punctures are small and through the tread. A can of fix a flat and a compressor will get you some place to get a new tire.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:43 AM (Jk9SN)

271 Never believed the story.

Posted by: sidney at July 20, 2023 10:43 AM (Uy/WF)

272 Pretty much, but the larger, cultural effect would be that everyone would acknowledge that there were massive irregularities with the election that led to an implausible result.

Throw in the fact that downballot races tend to not get stolen in these situations, and you've got the making for a popular revolt manifesting through state-level action on voting.

Of course, I was hoping for the same thing in 2022, and here we are with PA's Democrat Party having just entrenched power in the state capitol.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

There were many oddities in 2020 and 2022. That NJ trucker winning office. Believe in 2020, Rhode Island (which may or may not exist) elected a republican to a certain position that a rep had not had in forever.

To say nothing of things like Herschel Walker losing in GA while Kemp romped.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (KbCG3)

273 Lots of cars don't come with spares. I have a 16 year old Porsche that doesn't and sra blaster has a 5 year old Civic that doesn't.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (Jk9SN)

That's a deal-killer for me. Roads have hazards on them. A spare tire is a must.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2023

***
To be fair, the BMW 3 Series came with run-flat Continental tires, so in theory I could keep driving to a repair center. Oddly, though run-flats (RFTs) are supposed to be hard-riding, these were not. And I checked; they had the RFT code on them. The little sedan would probably have ridden even more smoothly with regular Continentals like I have on the Buick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

274 You don't need a spare, you need a new tire.

Posted by: Big Tire at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (SYTee)

275 {230} I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

I'm not sure anything can penetrate their cognitive dissonance.

Also, take a gander at my reply right near the end of the morning report thread. It might give you a laugh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (nRMeC)

276 Looks like something pulled out of Pompeii.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Don't be an ash.

See you in Oct?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (h/xVB)

277 >>Hunter Biden’s ‘laptop’ looks more and more like a politically motivated criminal scheme.

Or, you know, Hunter is a life-long addict who's high most of his waking hours, and did forget where he left the laptops. Occam's Razor.

One could add another layer based on emails/texts found on the laptops: he hates Pops for forcing him to do his dirty work, and subconsciously wanted to get caught so that he wouldn't have to be bagman during Joe's presidency? Weird that his sister Ashley also misplaced/left behind her diary with (allegedly) info about his abuse the same year. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2023 10:46 AM (avru5)

278 Making the rounds on the left today: Republicans have nothing on Hunter. All they have is nude pics of him that MTG showed, which is harassment and a violation of his privacy.
Posted by: Montec

I saw that clip this morning. One of the Dems sounded offended...OFFENDED...that she was showing such pornographic material (the naughty bits were marked over) in an official setting.

But gay porn in elementary schools is perfectly fine and encouraged.

Posted by: Biergood at July 20, 2023 10:46 AM (FQWHA)

279 I'm really hoping that the cheat is so big and obvious that even DU goes, "That was weird..."

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https://tinyurl.com/26ejehbs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

280 When you are trying to make reasonable arguments with unreasonable , immoral , mentally unstable people you will fail.

It’s newspeak and doublespeak right down the line. It’s constant gaslighting and suppression of facts.

For instance, they will take what I said above and claim that is exactly what the Right does.

Only way to fight them is with a straight jacket.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 10:46 AM (MNhXM)

281 I still can't wrap my brain around expensive cars that require you to replace all 4 tires if 1 goes flat. High performance, I guess.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 20, 2023 10:47 AM (MeG8a)

282 Why intentionally misspelling Ramaswamy is racist, while DeSatan is fine. a comment that called Ramaswamy “Ramalamadingdong” really touched a nerve with me. Here's why....followed by a 1500 word, rambling essay on all the grievances possible surrounding it.

Asian Americans don’t experience racism as severely or in the same ways as other People of Color in America, one more unique aspect of racism directed at us is our perceived “alienness.” By alienness, I mean the idea that Asian Americans are permanent outsiders to “real America” (TM) as Donald might put it.

One memorable example would be Rosie O’Donnell’s comments on The View in 2006 when she repeatedly described Chinese Americans talking about Danny DeVito as “ching-chong, ching-chong” in describing their Chinese accents.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

283 "Only way to fight them is with a straight jacket."

You misspelled Baseball Bay.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (isNL8)

284 The Left will not question a cheat. They WANT it and celebrate it.

Their response to 120% turnout in Central Philadelphia is not "that's weird" but rather "Ha suck it!"

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (Jk9SN)

285 270 Spare tires are risk management and engineering sub optimization.

Most punctures are small and through the tread. A can of fix a flat and a compressor will get you some place to get a new tire.
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The German Army (don't laugh) vehicles did not come with spares cuz they thought the only time they would be deployed was in Germany and tires would be easy to pickup locally. Then they deployed to Afghanistan cuz NATO. Things went sideways quickly.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (3FiQa)

286 282 Why intentionally misspelling Ramaswamy is racist, while DeSatan is fine. a comment that called Ramaswamy “Ramalamadingdong” really touched a nerve with me. Here's why....followed by a 1500 word, rambling essay on all the grievances possible surrounding it.

Asian Americans don’t experience racism as severely or in the same ways as other People of Color in America, one more unique aspect of racism directed at us is our perceived “alienness.” By alienness, I mean the idea that Asian Americans are permanent outsiders to “real America” (TM) as Donald might put it.

One memorable example would be Rosie O’Donnell’s comments on The View in 2006 when she repeatedly described Chinese Americans talking about Danny DeVito as “ching-chong, ching-chong” in describing their Chinese accents.
Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2023 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

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Italians never experience prejudice in America. That's why they set up an alternate justice system in the form of the mob in major cities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (LvTSG)

287 Bay=Bat

But, you knew that.

F...U Autocucumber!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (isNL8)

288 Trump is leading by a lot in IA but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump

Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)

289 Don't be an ash.

See you in Oct?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 10:44 AM (h/xVB)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2023 10:50 AM (VwHCD)

290 "but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump"

Imagine that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2023 10:51 AM (isNL8)

291 "163 Jack Cocchiarella
Dude had his own pornhub channel. I think he's more proud of it than embarrassed.

What would be the theory of the case?
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:20 AM (Jk9SN)"

He didn't just have a Pornhub channel. The Dems also MADE Pornhub channels featuring laptop content after the fact, so they could say "hey look everyone, this stuff is just taken from Pornhub!"

I've mentioned this a number of times but there is really slam-dunk damning stuff on that laptop re: minors.

Posted by: somedood at July 20, 2023 10:51 AM (GsQOb)

292 Trump is leading by a lot in IA but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)
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Even in IA you can probably find a couple of purple-haired trannies...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 10:51 AM (YIVH2)

293 288 Trump is leading by a lot in IA but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)

Mr Luntz wears the pants in that family!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 10:51 AM (zZu0s)

294 254 She looks vulnerable, but sexy.
Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 10:37 AM (84jHt)

She was the hottest chick in the bar when I met her. The rest were just beasts.
Posted by: Adam at July 20, 2023 10:38 AM

Not that there's anything wrong with beasts, mind you...

Posted by: Torwald the ~~bridge builder~~ goat fucker at July 20, 2023 10:52 AM (JCZqz)

295
Smoking crack is illegal. Transporting hookers across state line for sex is illegal as MTG pointed out yesterday.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yeah but parading and muttering and uttering is much much worse.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2023 10:52 AM (63Dwl)

296 Posted by: Torwald the bridge builder goat fucker at July 20, 2023 10:52 AM (JCZqz)

Torwald? Sounds nordic. I guess it still works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 10:52 AM (zZu0s)

297 Is Cocchiarella a lesbian music festival?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2023 10:53 AM (63Dwl)

298 The German Army (don't laugh) vehicles did not come with spares cuz they thought the only time they would be deployed was in Germany and tires would be easy to pickup locally. Then they deployed to Afghanistan cuz NATO. Things went sideways quickly.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 10:48 AM (3FiQa)
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Yeah, about those spares....

Posted by: unhappy Audi owner who recently discovered his "temporary" spare at July 20, 2023 10:53 AM (CgfMO)

299 ...and never buy a Degas from Senor Benanti.

Posted by: zombie Toby Esterhazy at July 20, 2023 10:53 AM (CCSxw)

300 "but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump"
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Fox is Succession if Kendall would have won.

Posted by: MJ at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (zwDuR)

301 As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (xTRSc)

302 I am becoming more and more convinced that they may in fact 14th Amendment Trump next year…

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (PCK5/)

303 Trump is leading by a lot in IA but somehow FOX has 2 random voters who aren't for Trump
Posted by: REDACTED

It is the state that repeatedly elects Joni Ernst, their are plenty of GOPe folks their, just like every state.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (CIS44)

304 I think it's also important to point out that all of the Biden kids and their significant others have cocaine issues.

It's not just Hunter.

Posted by: MJ at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (zwDuR)

305 Clown World
@ClownWorld_

Illegal immigrants in Chicago are demanding paid job training and housing

https://tinyurl.com/5427df9z

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (NpAcC)

306 "270 Spare tires are risk management and engineering sub optimization.

Most punctures are small and through the tread. A can of fix a flat and a compressor will get you some place to get a new tire.
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 10:43 AM (Jk9SN)"

This thought process only works in boring places where the heat or cold isn't potentially lethal, or for boring people who don't at least occasionally have important places to be where other people are waiting on them.

It also usually ruins the wheel. Fuck cleaning that stuff out. Use a real patch kit instead if you have to.

Posted by: somedood at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (GsQOb)

307 Yeah but parading and muttering and uttering is much much worse.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

And publishing, dont forget publishing.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (CIS44)

308 One lucky California lottery player is now $1 BILLION richer after sweeping the sky-high Powerball jackpot

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (FVME7)

309 I had no idea that Brandon's Johnson is black

ladies man

Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:55 AM (us2H3)

310 The Republican Party has managed to show that the family members of powerful political families get preferable treatment by the court systems and law enforcement.

This is a stunning new revelation.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 20, 2023 10:56 AM (gqxmn)

311
As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

If you are first your beauty is beyond compare.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2023 10:56 AM (63Dwl)

312 As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Yah because thats when she would start to put on her winter weight.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 10:56 AM (CIS44)

313 Trump leads Iowa because he has consistently stated he would continue all the subsidy programs.

Yeah us.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 10:56 AM (MNhXM)

314 302 I am becoming more and more convinced that they may in fact 14th Amendment Trump next year…
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (PCK5/)

No way the SCOTUS would allow that

Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:57 AM (us2H3)

315 277 Or, you know, Hunter is a life-long addict who's high most of his waking hours, and did forget where he left the laptops. Occam's Razor.

used, no doubt, to cut occam's lines.

Posted by: peasant scum anachronda at July 20, 2023 10:57 AM (oY6Yp)

316 No way the SCOTUS would allow that
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 10:57 AM (us2H3)

It is clearly a tax.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 10:57 AM (aD39U)

317 I never knew that in addition to battling Godzilla, Rodin could sculpt.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (lf83v)

318 "Eve had that 'Only woman in existence' appeal.

Like the only Girl at the Campground. She gets prettier every day."

The first woman may have looked better than the last woman.

Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (84jHt)

319 No way the SCOTUS would allow that
Posted by: REDACTED

NO STANDING

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (CIS44)

320 311 As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

If you are first your beauty is beyond compare.

i dunno. i've heard she was a bit of a butterface.

Posted by: lilith at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (oY6Yp)

321 Where is this displayed?

Posted by: DaisyB at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (AbL8c)

322 I still can't wrap my brain around expensive cars that require you to replace all 4 tires if 1 goes flat. High performance, I guess.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 20, 2023 10:47 AM (MeG8a)

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Am twice 29 and never knew that 4WD and AWD vehicles require the tires to be generally the same tread wear. [Costco TIre Center should have told me when they put a new tire on vs. 3 half-worn tires.]

Learned the hard way as my transfer case is now on its way out judging by the noise.

Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (6wenc)

323 >>I am becoming more and more convinced that they may in fact 14th Amendment Trump next year…

Norm Eisen was tweeting about it last year. He's the one who ran the 2020 election steal (and wrote the color revolution playbook US IC have been using for years). He's also the guy that Congressional Democrats tasked with questioning people at Trump's impeachment, the first time ever a non-Congressman has questioned people at a Congressional hearing, IIRC.

Yeah, they've been laying the groundwork for this since January 6th.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (avru5)

324 Like the only Girl at the Campground. She gets prettier every day."
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You meant Band Camp, rite?

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (3FiQa)

325 ..and never buy a Degas from Senor Benanti.
Posted by: zombie Toby Esterhazy

Or from Mr. Haney....

Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 10:59 AM (T4tVD)

326 What would really set this sculpture off is some dynamite.

Posted by: Taliban Art Critic at July 20, 2023 10:59 AM (KFhLj)

327 301 As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (xTRSc)

In Michelangelo's "The Fall and Expulsion of Man" in the Sistine Chapel, it looks like he makes her very beautiful before and ugly after. It could be just an expression of horror, shame, and shock on Eve's face, but it's striking how different she looks before and after. Like a commentary of the effects of sin.

Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2023 10:59 AM (VQp/A)

328 >> The Republican Party has managed to show that the family members of powerful political families get preferable treatment by the court systems and law enforcement.

Trump has a powerful political family. Did they get preferential treatment?

They showed that some powerful political families get preferential treatment.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:59 AM (ZLI7S)

329 318 "Eve had that 'Only woman in existence' appeal.

Like the only Girl at the Campground. She gets prettier every day."

The first woman may have looked better than the last woman.
Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 10:58 AM (84jHt)

Hottest woman in prison/factory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 10:59 AM (zZu0s)

330 Before the Fall Adam couldn't see her and there was no one else, wo who gaf what she looked like.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2023 11:00 AM (GzDfN)

331 Nood. Punk Minkey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 11:00 AM (zZu0s)

332 In Michelangelo's "The Fall and Expulsion of Man" in the Sistine Chapel, it looks like he makes her very beautiful before and ugly after. It could be just an expression of horror, shame, and shock on Eve's face, but it's striking how different she looks before and after. Like a commentary of the effects of sin.
Posted by: Kris

Art imitates life again and again.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2023 11:01 AM (h/xVB)

333 Noodus simianus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2023 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

334 252 We can't keep whining our team doesn't fight and then when they do complain they aren't keeping their pinkies out. Hit them with everything. Then hit them again and keep hitting them until they are nothing but bloody pulp.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2023 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)

Spoon request!

SPOON!

Posted by: the tick at July 20, 2023 11:02 AM (oY6Yp)

335 I never knew that in addition to battling Godzilla, Rodin could sculpt.

It's even more impressive when you realize he did all this with wings and his ferocious maw.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2023 11:03 AM (KFhLj)

336 he Republican Party has managed to show that the family members of powerful political families get preferable treatment by the court systems and law enforcement.

This is a stunning new revelation.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 20, 2023 10:56 AM (gqxmn)

It will be stunning when the MSM report on it a 10th of how they would report on it if it were a Republican.

Hell , the MSM reported that Bush got a DUI in Kennebunkport where his Father was the most prominent member of the community and CIA director and made it like it was the worst thing ever when the story should have been , Bush treated like everyone else in spite of his connections.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 11:03 AM (MNhXM)

337 "She's been working out though, hasn't skipped leg day, that's for sure."
People used to walk around a lot more before cars, probably this is how the woman who posed for Rodin looked like, legs-wise.

Posted by: PG at July 20, 2023 11:07 AM (84jHt)

338 An 'istoric First: my local rag, formerly a daily but now twice a week, has a "Today in History" feature To-Day is July 20. For the first time ever, the moon landing did not make the cut. Too old?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 20, 2023 11:15 AM (4PZHB)

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Posted by: Ciampino --- no rain yet today! at July 20, 2023 11:19 AM (qfLjt)

340 301 As the first woman, Eve must have been indescribably beautiful. Especially before the Fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 10:54 AM (xTRSc)

You mean Jill.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2023 02:15 PM (LdYi7)

341 Bandersnatch, would you live eternally knowing sin?
You asked: The Adam and Eve story put me right off the bible. (And it's basically the beginning). Why would God forbid them knowledge of good and evil?
We grow cold to the injustice of the world, grump against the damage of hurt, growl over the pain of regret in a few short decades. To persist for eternity, accumulating the ravages of sin, is the very definition of hell is it not? God removed them from the hell they deserved. That was Mercy.

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343 The Rodin Museum in Philly is a must see.

Posted by: VizzinisGuess at July 20, 2023 04:13 PM (h8s0C)

344 Better then hugging Trees

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